UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-05742
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Name of Fund: | | BlackRock Funds |
| | BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund |
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Fund Address: | | 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809 |
Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Funds, 55 East 52nd
Street, New York, NY 10055
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 441-7762
Date of fiscal year end: 05/31/2016
Date of reporting period: 11/30/2015
Item 1 – Report to Stockholders
NOVEMBER 30, 2015
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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT (UNAUDITED) | | | |  |
BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund | of BlackRock FundsSM
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Not FDIC Insured • May Lose Value • No Bank Guarantee |

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2 | | BLACKROCK IMPACT U.S. EQUITY FUND | | NOVEMBER 30, 2015 | | |
Dear Shareholder,
Diverging monetary policies and shifting economic outlooks across regions have been the overarching themes driving financial markets over the past couple of years. With U.S. growth outpacing the global economic recovery in 2015, the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) has been posturing for a change from its low-rate policy while the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan have taken a more accommodative stance. In this environment, the U.S. dollar strengthened considerably, causing profit challenges for U.S. exporters and high levels of volatility in emerging market currencies and commodity prices. After plunging in late 2014, oil prices have been particularly volatile and below the historical norm due to an ongoing imbalance in global supply and demand.
Global market volatility increased in the summer of 2015, beginning with a sharp, but temporary, sell-off in June as Greece’s long-brewing debt troubles came to an impasse. These concerns abated with the passing of austerity and reform measures in July, but the market’s calm was short-lived as signs of weakness in China’s economy sparked a significant decline in Chinese equities. Higher volatility spread through markets globally in the third quarter as further indications of a deceleration in China stoked worries about the broader global economy, resulting in the worst quarterly performance for equities since 2011. Given a dearth of evidence of global growth, equity markets became more reliant on central bank policies to drive performance. As such, equities powered higher in October when China’s central bank provided more stimulus, the ECB poised for more easing and soft U.S. data pushed back expectations for a Fed rate hike. As the period came to a close, volatility crept higher and asset prices again weakened as investors digested more mixed economic data against a backdrop of generally high valuations.
At BlackRock, we believe investors need to think globally, extend their scope across a broad array of asset classes and be prepared to move freely as market conditions change over time. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit blackrock.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.
Sincerely,

Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC
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Total Returns as of November 30, 2015 | |
| | 6-month | | | 12-month | |
U.S. large cap equities (S&P 500® Index) | | | (0.21 | )% | | | 2.75 | % |
U.S. small cap equities (Russell 2000® Index) | | | (3.21 | ) | | | 3.51 | |
International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index) | | | (7.42 | ) | | | (2.94 | ) |
Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index) | | | (17.67 | ) | | | (16.99 | ) |
3-month Treasury bills (BofA Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index) | | | 0.01 | | | | 0.02 | |
U.S. Treasury securities (BofA Merrill Lynch 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index) | | | (0.21 | ) | | | 1.60 | |
U.S. investment-grade bonds (Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) | | | (0.12 | ) | | | 0.97 | |
Tax-exempt municipal bonds (S&P Municipal Bond Index) | | | 2.24 | | | | 3.14 | |
U.S. high yield bonds
(Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index) | | | (5.80 | ) | | | (3.38 | ) |
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index. | |
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| | THIS PAGE NOT PART OF YOUR FUND REPORT | | | | 3 |
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Fund Summary as of November 30, 2015 | | |
BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to seek to provide total return.
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Ten Largest Holdings | | Percent of Net Assets |
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Apple, Inc. | | | 4 | % |
Microsoft Corp. | | | 2 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 2 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | 1 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | | 1 | |
Wells Fargo & Co. | | | 1 | |
Pfizer, Inc. | | | 1 | |
Alphabet, Inc. | | | 1 | |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | | | 1 | |
Facebook, Inc. | | | 1 | |
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Sector Allocation | | Percent of Net Assets |
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Information Technology | | | 21 | % |
Financials | | | 19 | |
Health Care | | | 15 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | | 13 | |
Industrials | | | 10 | |
Consumer Staples | | | 7 | |
Energy | | | 6 | |
Materials | | | 4 | |
Utilities | | | 3 | |
Telecommunication Services | | | 1 | |
Short-Term Securities | | | 1 | |
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| | Actual | | | Hypothetical2 | |
| | Beginning Account Value October 5, 2015 | | | Ending Account Value November 30, 2015 | | | Expenses Paid During the Period1 | | | Beginning Account Value October 5, 2015 | | | Ending Account Value November 30, 2015 | | | Expenses Paid During the Period1 | | | Annualized Expense Ratio | |
Institutional | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,045.00 | | | $ | 1.02 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,006.66 | | | $ | 1.00 | | | | 0.65 | % |
Investor A | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,044.00 | | | $ | 1.41 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,006.27 | | | $ | 1.38 | | | | 0.90 | % |
Investor C | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,043.00 | | | $ | 2.58 | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,005.13 | | | $ | 2.53 | | | | 1.65 | % |
| 1 | | For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 56/366 (to reflect the period from October 5, 2015, the commencement of operations, to November 30, 2015). |
| 2 | | Hypothetical 5% return before expenses is calculated by pro rating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 366. See “Disclosure of Expenses” on page 5 for further information on how expenses were calculated. |
The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.
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4 | | BLACKROCK IMPACT U.S. EQUITY FUND | | NOVEMBER 30, 2015 | | |
Institutional Shares are not subject to any sales charge. These shares bear no ongoing distribution or service fees and are available only to certain eligible investors.
Investor A Shares are subject to a maximum initial sales charge (front-end load) of 5.25% and a service fee of 0.25% per year (but no distribution fee). Certain redemptions of these shares may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase. These shares are generally available through financial intermediaries.
Investor C Shares are subject to a 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within one year of purchase. In addition, these shares are subject to a distribution fee of 0.75% per year and a service fee of 0.25% per year. These shares are generally available through financial intermediaries.
Performance information reflects past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Refer to www.blackrock.com/funds
to obtain performance data current to the most recent month end. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment return and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Distributions paid to each class of shares will vary because of the different levels of service, distribution and transfer agency fees applicable to each class, which are deducted from the income available to be paid to shareholders.
BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Fund’s investment advisor, has contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses. Without such waiver and/or reimbursement, the Fund’s performance would have been lower. The Manager is under no obligation to continue waiving and/or reimbursing its fees after the applicable termination date of such agreement. See Note 5 of the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information on waivers and/or reimbursements.
Shareholders of the Fund may incur the following charges: (a) transactional expenses, such as sales charges; and (b) operating expenses, including investment advisory fees, service and distribution fees, including 12b-1 fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, and other fund expenses. The expense example on the previous page (which is based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested on October 5, 2015 (commencement of operations) and held through November 30, 2015) is intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in the Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The expense example 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 corresponding to their Fund and share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”
The expense example also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the 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 the Fund and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical example that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.
The expenses shown in the expense example are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as sales charges, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical example is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only, and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.
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Derivative Financial Instruments | | |
The Fund may invest in various derivative financial instruments. Derivative financial instruments are used to obtain exposure to a security, index and/or market without owning or taking physical custody of securities or to manage market, equity, credit, interest rate, foreign currency exchange rate, commodity and/or other risks. Derivative financial instruments may give rise to a form of economic leverage. Derivative financial instruments also involve risks, including the imperfect correlation between the value of a derivative financial instrument and the underlying asset, possible default of the counterparty to
the transaction or illiquidity of the derivative financial instrument. The Fund’s ability to use a derivative financial instrument successfully depends on the investment advisor’s ability to predict pertinent market movements accurately, which cannot be assured. The use of derivative financial instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may limit the amount of appreciation the Fund can realize on an investment and/or may result in lower distributions paid to shareholders. The Fund’s investments in these instruments are discussed in detail in the Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments November 30, 2015 (Unaudited) | | (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Aerospace & Defense — 1.7% | | | | | | | | |
B/E Aerospace, Inc. | | | 95 | | | $ | 4,391 | |
Boeing Co. | | | 634 | | | | 92,215 | |
BWX Technologies, Inc. | | | 96 | | | | 2,923 | |
Hexcel Corp. | | | 86 | | | | 4,050 | |
Honeywell International, Inc. | | | 709 | | | | 73,701 | |
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | | | 43 | | | | 5,630 | |
Moog, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 34 | | | | 2,246 | |
Northrop Grumman Corp. | | | 134 | | | | 24,972 | |
Precision Castparts Corp. | | | 125 | | | | 28,943 | |
Raytheon Co. | | | 280 | | | | 34,728 | |
Rockwell Collins, Inc. | | | 120 | | | | 11,122 | |
Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 128 | | | | 6,714 | |
TransDigm Group, Inc. (a) | | | 48 | | | | 11,262 | |
Triumph Group, Inc. | | | 44 | | | | 1,762 | |
United Technologies Corp. | | | 463 | | | | 44,471 | |
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| | | | | | | 349,130 | |
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
FedEx Corp. | | | 324 | | | | 51,367 | |
Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 84 | | | | 3,236 | |
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Airlines — 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
Alaska Air Group, Inc. | | | 679 | | | | 54,137 | |
JetBlue Airways Corp. (a) | | | 744 | | | | 18,407 | |
Southwest Airlines Co. | | | 675 | | | | 30,969 | |
United Continental Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 413 | | | | 23,016 | |
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Auto Components — 0.9% | | | | | | | | |
Johnson Controls, Inc. | | | 439 | | | | 20,194 | |
Lear Corp. | | | 1,403 | | | | 176,638 | |
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Automobiles — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Ford Motor Co. | | | 475 | | | | 6,807 | |
General Motors Co. | | | 553 | | | | 20,018 | |
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Banks — 5.9% | | | | | | | | |
Bank of America Corp. | | | 1,999 | | | | 34,843 | |
Central Pacific Financial Corp. | | | 1,034 | | | | 24,030 | |
Citigroup, Inc. | | | 2,087 | | | | 112,886 | |
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | | | 4,356 | | | | 116,000 | |
Heritage Commerce Corp. | | | 624 | | | | 6,739 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 5,609 | | | | 374,008 | |
South State Corp. | | | 546 | | | | 42,921 | |
Trico Bancshares | | | 290 | | | | 8,497 | |
Umpqua Holdings Corp. | | | 10,286 | | | | 184,325 | |
Wells Fargo & Co. | | | 4,802 | | | | 264,590 | |
Western Alliance Bancorp (a) | | | 1,455 | | | | 56,440 | |
Wintrust Financial Corp. | | | 232 | | | | 12,210 | |
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Beverages — 1.9% | | | | | | | | |
Coca-Cola Co. | | | 1,826 | | | | 77,824 | |
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. | | | 579 | | | | 29,124 | |
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. | | | 1,683 | | | | 151,049 | |
National Beverage Corp. (a) | | | 320 | | | | 13,904 | |
PepsiCo, Inc. | | | 1,259 | | | | 126,101 | |
Primo Water Corp. (a) | | | 849 | | | | 7,548 | |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Biotechnology — 4.1% | | | | | | | | |
AbbVie, Inc. | | | 2,546 | | | $ | 148,050 | |
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 84 | | | | 3,208 | |
Amgen, Inc. | | | 653 | | | | 105,198 | |
Baxalta, Inc. | | | 294 | | | | 10,108 | |
Biogen, Inc. (a) | | | 357 | | | | 102,409 | |
Celgene Corp. (a) | | | 1,323 | | | | 144,802 | |
Emergent Biosolutions, Inc. (a) | | | 296 | | | | 11,150 | |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | | | 1,609 | | | | 170,490 | |
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | | | 241 | | | | 4,290 | |
Incyte Corp. (a) | | | 90 | | | | 10,282 | |
Medivation, Inc. (a) | | | 520 | | | | 21,985 | |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 116 | | | | 63,162 | |
United Therapeutics Corp. (a) | | | 307 | | | | 46,857 | |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | | | 80 | | | | 10,349 | |
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Building Products — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a) | | | 287 | | | | 7,660 | |
Insteel Industries, Inc. | | | 184 | | | | 4,490 | |
Masco Corp. | | | 1,236 | | | | 36,969 | |
Masonite International Corp. (a) | | | 36 | | | | 2,374 | |
NCI Building Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 210 | | | | 2,491 | |
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Capital Markets — 2.7% | | | | | | | | |
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (a) | | | 563 | | | | 99,780 | |
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | | | 1,521 | | | | 171,797 | |
Ashford, Inc. (a) | | | 36 | | | | 2,226 | |
Evercore Partners, Inc., Class A | | | 92 | | | | 5,109 | |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | | | 199 | | | | 37,814 | |
Invesco Ltd. | | | 2,332 | | | | 78,565 | |
Legg Mason, Inc. | | | 283 | | | | 12,559 | |
Morgan Stanley | | | 2,810 | | | | 96,383 | |
Northern Trust Corp. | | | 515 | | | | 38,594 | |
OM Asset Management PLC | | | 313 | | | | 5,074 | |
Piper Jaffray Cos. (a) | | | 269 | | | | 10,903 | |
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | | | 36 | | | | 2,741 | |
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Chemicals — 2.5% | | | | | | | | |
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | | | 343 | | | | 46,953 | |
Airgas, Inc. | | | 25 | | | | 3,455 | |
Albemarle Corp. | | | 629 | | | | 33,689 | |
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a) | | | 533 | | | | 15,468 | |
Cabot Corp. | | | 283 | | | | 12,322 | |
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | | | 90 | | | | 4,153 | |
Dow Chemical Co. | | | 639 | | | | 33,311 | |
Eastman Chemical Co. | | | 191 | | | | 13,876 | |
Ecolab, Inc. | | | 662 | | | | 78,884 | |
Huntsman Corp. | | | 1,027 | | | | 12,858 | |
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | | | 446 | | | | 42,736 | |
Monsanto Co. | | | 725 | | | | 68,991 | |
Mosaic Co. | | | 650 | | | | 20,566 | |
PPG Industries, Inc. | | | 770 | | | | 81,420 | |
Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc. | | | 354 | | | | 3,968 | |
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Class A | | | 248 | | | | 17,308 | |
Sherwin-Williams Co. | | | 100 | | | | 27,607 | |
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See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (continued) | | |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
ADT Corp. | | | 180 | | | $ | 6,385 | |
ARC Document Solutions, Inc. (a) | | | 420 | | | | 2,125 | |
Cintas Corp. | | | 128 | | | | 11,724 | |
Interface, Inc. | | | 950 | | | | 18,886 | |
KAR Auction Services, Inc. | | | 737 | | | | 27,954 | |
Quad/Graphics, Inc. | | | 410 | | | | 4,231 | |
Steelcase, Inc., Class A | | | 980 | | | | 19,600 | |
Tyco International PLC | | | 1,087 | | | | 38,382 | |
West Corp. | | | 236 | | | | 6,018 | |
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Communications Equipment — 1.4% | | | | | | | | |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | | | 3,167 | | | | 86,301 | |
F5 Networks, Inc. (a) | | | 659 | | | | 67,877 | |
Harris Corp. | | | 114 | | | | 9,477 | |
Ixia (a) | | | 837 | | | | 10,931 | |
Juniper Networks, Inc. | | | 519 | | | | 15,637 | |
Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 642 | | | | 12,840 | |
NETGEAR, Inc. (a) | | | 336 | | | | 14,821 | |
QUALCOMM, Inc. | | | 1,405 | | | | 68,550 | |
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Construction & Engineering — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. | | | 560 | | | | 17,774 | |
Dycom Industries, Inc. (a) | | | 281 | | | | 24,554 | |
EMCOR Group, Inc. | | | 157 | | | | 7,913 | |
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Consumer Finance — 0.8% | | | | | | | | |
Ally Financial, Inc. (a) | | | 937 | | | | 18,702 | |
Capital One Financial Corp. | | | 519 | | | | 40,747 | |
Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. (a) | | | 1,489 | | | | 6,969 | |
Discover Financial Services | | | 1,342 | | | | 76,172 | |
Emergent Capital, Inc. (a) | | | 482 | | | | 2,063 | |
Synchrony Financial (a) | | | 475 | | | | 15,119 | |
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Containers & Packaging — 0.7% | | | | | | | | |
Aptargroup, Inc. | | | 952 | | | | 70,905 | |
Avery Dennison Corp. | | | 136 | | | | 8,971 | |
Graphic Packaging Holding Co. | | | 1,268 | | | | 17,333 | |
Sonoco Products Co. | | | 620 | | | | 27,168 | |
WestRock Co. | | | 549 | | | | 27,796 | |
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Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
K12, Inc. (a) | | | 481 | | | | 4,877 | |
Diversified Financial Services — 1.2% | | | | | | | | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a) | | | 312 | | | | 41,836 | |
CME Group, Inc. | | | 560 | | | | 54,684 | |
IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc. | | | 184 | | | | 47,810 | |
McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc. | | | 244 | | | | 23,539 | |
Moody’s Corp. | | | 651 | | | | 67,131 | |
Nasdaq, Inc. | | | 288 | | | | 16,883 | |
Voya Financial, Inc. | | | 80 | | | | 3,256 | |
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| | | | | | | 255,139 | |
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.0% | | | | | | | | |
AT&T, Inc. | | | 3,782 | | | | 127,340 | |
Fairpoint Communications, Inc. (a) | | | 284 | | | | 5,200 | |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | | | 1,462 | | | | 66,448 | |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Electric Utilities — 1.2% | | | | | | | | |
Exelon Corp. | | | 699 | | | $ | 19,090 | |
IDACORP, Inc. | | | 1,280 | | | | 87,091 | |
NextEra Energy, Inc. | | | 1,296 | | | | 129,418 | |
OGE Energy Corp. | | | 190 | | | | 4,961 | |
Pepco Holdings, Inc. | | | 77 | | | | 1,977 | |
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Electrical Equipment — 0.5% | | | | | | | | |
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (a) | | | 1,239 | | | | 23,727 | |
Emerson Electric Co. | | | 408 | | | | 20,400 | |
Hubbell, Inc., Class B | | | 217 | | | | 21,546 | |
Regal-Beloit Corp. | | | 210 | | | | 13,537 | |
Rockwell Automation, Inc. | | | 114 | | | | 12,134 | |
Sensata Technologies Holding NV (a) | | | 99 | | | | 4,535 | |
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Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.5% | | | | | |
Amphenol Corp., Class A | | | 93 | | | | 5,120 | |
Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (a) | | | 989 | | | | 21,224 | |
CDW Corp. | | | 162 | | | | 6,994 | |
Fabrinet (a) | | | 454 | | | | 10,864 | |
Flextronics International Ltd. (a) | | | 3,346 | | | | 37,642 | |
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 268 | | | | 8,257 | |
Tech Data Corp. (a) | | | 140 | | | | 9,471 | |
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Energy Equipment & Services — 0.9% | | | | | | | | |
Archrock, Inc. | | | 840 | | | | 8,879 | |
Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (a) | | | 542 | | | | 3,523 | |
Baker Hughes, Inc. | | | 394 | | | | 21,304 | |
Bristow Group, Inc. | | | 150 | | | | 4,582 | |
Cameron International Corp. (a) | | | 172 | | | | 11,746 | |
Dawson Geophysical Co. (a) | | | 1,000 | | | | 4,430 | |
Exterran Corp. (a) | | | 148 | | | | 2,423 | |
FMC Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 703 | | | | 23,916 | |
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. | | | 366 | | | | 3,623 | |
Halliburton Co. | | | 205 | | | | 8,169 | |
Matrix Service Co. (a) | | | 246 | | | | 5,655 | |
Noble Corp. PLC | | | 547 | | | | 7,259 | |
Schlumberger Ltd. | | | 904 | | | | 69,744 | |
TETRA Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 378 | | | | 3,523 | |
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| | | | 178,776 | |
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.0% | | | | | | | | |
CVS Health Corp. | | | 838 | | | | 78,847 | |
Supervalu, Inc. (a) | | | 3,631 | | | | 24,400 | |
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | | | 1,512 | | | | 88,966 | |
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | | | 284 | | | | 23,865 | |
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| | | | 216,078 | |
Food Products — 2.2% | | | | | | | | |
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | | | 1,434 | | | | 52,327 | |
Bunge Ltd. | | | 315 | | | | 20,982 | |
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. | | | 588 | | | | 32,052 | |
Flowers Foods, Inc. | | | 201 | | | | 4,728 | |
General Mills, Inc. | | | 657 | | | | 37,948 | |
Hershey Co. | | | 477 | | | | 41,170 | |
Hormel Foods Corp. | | | 981 | | | | 73,496 | |
J.M. Smucker Co. | | | 595 | | | | 72,108 | |
Lancaster Colony Corp. | | | 293 | | | | 34,064 | |
McCormick & Co., Inc. | | | 106 | | | | 9,107 | |
Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. | | | 347 | | | | 27,965 | |
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | | | 132 | | | | 5,763 | |
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. | | | 1,432 | | | | 30,831 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Pinnacle Foods, Inc. | | | 265 | | | $ | 11,538 | |
WhiteWave Foods Co. (a) | | | 55 | | | | 2,235 | |
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| | | | 456,314 | |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.9% | | | | | | | | |
Abbott Laboratories | | | 1,069 | | | | 48,020 | |
AngioDynamics, Inc. (a) | | | 849 | | | | 10,103 | |
Boston Scientific Corp. (a) | | | 3,275 | | | | 59,867 | |
C.R. Bard, Inc. | | | 82 | | | | 15,319 | |
DENTSPLY International, Inc. | | | 278 | | | | 16,863 | |
DexCom, Inc. (a) | | | 63 | | | | 5,356 | |
ICU Medical, Inc. (a) | | | 34 | | | | 3,857 | |
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a) | | | 29 | | | | 15,081 | |
Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 444 | | | | 1,572 | |
LivaNova PLC (a) | | | 34 | | | | 2,035 | |
Masimo Corp. (a) | | | 566 | | | | 23,478 | |
Medtronic PLC | | | 2,260 | | | | 170,268 | |
Stryker Corp. | | | 379 | | | | 36,558 | |
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| | | | 408,377 | |
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.3% | | | | | | | | |
Aetna, Inc. | | | 359 | | | | 36,887 | |
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | | | 29 | | | | 2,861 | |
Anthem, Inc. | | | 213 | | | | 27,771 | |
Cardinal Health, Inc. | | | 142 | | | | 12,333 | |
Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (a) | | | 1,053 | | | | 3,780 | |
HCA Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 237 | | | | 16,130 | |
Health Net, Inc. (a) | | | 69 | | | | 4,365 | |
Humana, Inc. | | | 136 | | | | 22,938 | |
McKesson Corp. | | | 366 | | | | 69,302 | |
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a) | | | 379 | | | | 22,838 | |
Team Health Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 861 | | | | 47,475 | |
Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a) | | | 52 | | | | 1,726 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 883 | | | | 99,523 | |
VCA, Inc. (a) | | | 1,995 | | | | 109,785 | |
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| | | | 477,714 | |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.7% | | | | | | | | |
Carnival Corp. | | | 142 | | | | 7,175 | |
Cheesecake Factory, Inc. | | | 1,014 | | | | 47,790 | |
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a) | | | 19 | | | | 11,012 | |
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. | | | 370 | | | | 46,590 | |
Darden Restaurants, Inc. | | | 167 | | | | 9,380 | |
DineEquity, Inc. | | | 119 | | | | 10,096 | |
Extended Stay America, Inc. | | | 1,226 | | | | 20,977 | |
J Alexanders Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 327 | | | | 3,479 | |
Jack in the Box, Inc. | | | 607 | | | | 45,003 | |
Luby’s, Inc. (a) | | | 801 | | | | 3,829 | |
Starbucks Corp. | | | 1,467 | | | | 90,059 | |
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. | | | 241 | | | | 17,314 | |
Wyndham Worldwide Corp. | | | 472 | | | | 35,834 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 348,538 | |
Household Durables — 0.7% | | | | | | | | |
GoPro, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 153 | | | | 3,121 | |
La-Z-Boy, Inc. | | | 309 | | | | 8,284 | |
Lennar Corp., Class B | | | 255 | | | | 10,608 | |
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a) | | | 297 | | | | 56,644 | |
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. | | | 292 | | | | 13,041 | |
NVR, Inc. (a) | | | 6 | | | | 10,095 | |
TopBuild Corp. (a) | | | 719 | | | | 21,901 | |
TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (a) | | | 930 | | | | 12,973 | |
WCI Communities, Inc. (a) | | | 508 | | | | 12,299 | |
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| | | | | | | 148,966 | |
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Household Products — 2.1% | | | | | | | | |
Central Garden and Pet Co., Class A (a) | | | 256 | | | $ | 4,042 | |
Clorox Co. | | | 1,001 | | | | 124,424 | |
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | | | 1,087 | | | | 71,394 | |
Energizer Holdings, Inc. | | | 59 | | | | 1,996 | |
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | | | 597 | | | | 71,133 | |
Procter & Gamble Co. | | | 2,092 | | | | 156,565 | |
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| | | | | | | 429,554 | |
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Dynegy, Inc. (a) | | | 265 | | | | 4,272 | |
NRG Energy, Inc. | | | 210 | | | | 2,596 | |
Talen Energy Corp. (a) | | | 403 | | | | 3,139 | |
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| | | | | | | 10,007 | |
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.7% | | | | | | | | |
3M Co. | | | 548 | | | | 85,806 | |
Carlisle Cos., Inc. | | | 104 | | | | 9,199 | |
Danaher Corp. | | | 990 | | | | 95,426 | |
General Electric Co. | | | 5,335 | | | | 159,730 | |
Roper Industries, Inc. | | | 35 | | | | 6,772 | |
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| | | | | | | 356,933 | |
Insurance — 3.5% | | | | | | | | |
Aflac, Inc. | | | 1,596 | | | | 104,123 | |
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. | | | 170 | | | | 4,558 | |
American International Group, Inc. | | | 467 | | | | 29,692 | |
American National Insurance Co. | | | 496 | | | | 53,251 | |
Aon PLC | | | 74 | | | | 7,011 | |
Assured Guaranty Ltd. | | | 99 | | | | 2,618 | |
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | | | 192 | | | | 11,733 | |
CNA Financial Corp. | | | 595 | | | | 21,860 | |
CNO Financial Group, Inc. | | | 105 | | | | 2,124 | |
Erie Indemnity Co., Class A | | | 144 | | | | 13,872 | |
Everest Re Group Ltd. | | | 39 | | | | 7,193 | |
Fidelity & Guaranty Life | | | 372 | | | | 9,553 | |
FNF Group | | | 261 | | | | 9,357 | |
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | | | 790 | | | | 66,834 | |
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | | | 1,618 | | | | 73,846 | |
Lincoln National Corp. | | | 1,157 | | | | 63,623 | |
MetLife, Inc. | | | 956 | | | | 48,842 | |
PartnerRe Ltd. | | | 42 | | | | 5,843 | |
Progressive Corp. | | | 915 | | | | 28,200 | |
Prudential Financial, Inc. | | | 850 | | | | 73,567 | |
Travelers Cos., Inc. | | | 766 | | | | 87,761 | |
Willis Group Holdings PLC | | | 239 | | | | 10,984 | |
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| | | | | | | 736,445 | |
Internet & Catalog Retail — 1.8% | | | | | | | | |
Amazon.com, Inc. (a) | | | 278 | | | | 184,814 | |
Expedia, Inc. | | | 218 | | | | 26,838 | |
Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Series A (a) | | | 115 | | | | 3,443 | |
Liberty Ventures, Series A (a) | | | 1,001 | | | | 43,053 | |
Netflix, Inc. (a) | | | 360 | | | | 44,399 | |
Priceline Group, Inc. (a) | | | 55 | | | | 68,687 | |
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| | | | | | | 371,234 | |
Internet Software & Services — 3.9% | | | | | | | | |
Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 297 | | | | 226,566 | |
Alphabet, Inc., Class C (a) | | | 234 | | | | 173,768 | |
Constant Contact, Inc. (a) | | | 177 | | | | 5,538 | |
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (a) | | | 102 | | | | 3,663 | |
eBay, Inc. (a) | | | 959 | | | | 28,377 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Facebook, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 2,065 | | | $ | 215,256 | |
HomeAway, Inc. (a) | | | 232 | | | | 8,204 | |
IAC/InterActiveCorp | | | 46 | | | | 2,888 | |
IntraLinks Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 242 | | | | 2,476 | |
LogMeIn, Inc. (a) | | | 326 | | | | 23,283 | |
Marchex, Inc., Class B | | | 1,088 | | | | 4,635 | |
QuinStreet, Inc. (a) | | | 1,369 | | | | 6,694 | |
Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (a) | | | 212 | | | | 6,067 | |
SciQuest, Inc. (a) | | | 1,117 | | | | 14,421 | |
VeriSign, Inc. (a) | | | 821 | | | | 73,430 | |
Web.com Group, Inc. (a) | | | 456 | | | | 11,040 | |
Yahoo!, Inc. (a) | | | 342 | | | | 11,563 | |
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| | | | | | | 817,869 | |
IT Services — 3.8% | | | | | | | | |
Accenture PLC, Class A | | | 1,038 | | | | 111,294 | |
Amdocs Ltd. | | | 346 | | | | 19,573 | |
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | | | 1,040 | | | | 89,710 | |
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | | | 273 | | | | 15,010 | |
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A (a) | | | 811 | | | | 52,374 | |
Computer Sciences Corp. | | | 41 | | | | 1,284 | |
Computer Task Group, Inc. | | | 874 | | | | 5,882 | |
CSRA, Inc. | | | 41 | | | | 1,292 | |
Datalink Corp. (a) | | | 677 | | | | 4,976 | |
Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a) | | | 287 | | | | 22,306 | |
First Data Corp., Class A (a) | | | 79 | | | | 1,327 | |
Global Payments, Inc. | | | 362 | | | | 25,648 | |
International Business Machines Corp. | | | 207 | | | | 28,860 | |
Mastercard, Inc., Class A | | | 1,021 | | | | 99,976 | |
Paychex, Inc. | | | 1,410 | | | | 76,492 | |
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 1,450 | | | | 51,127 | |
Sabre Corp. | | | 565 | | | | 16,532 | |
Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (a) | | | 122 | | | | 3,882 | |
Travelport Worldwide Ltd. | | | 573 | | | | 7,627 | |
Vantiv, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 67 | | | | 3,532 | |
VeriFone Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 157 | | | | 4,503 | |
Visa, Inc., Class A | | | 1,667 | | | | 131,710 | |
Xerox Corp. | | | 2,838 | | | | 29,941 | |
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| | | | | | | 804,858 | |
Leisure Products — 0.5% | | | | | | | | |
Brunswick Corp. | | | 1,526 | | | | 80,314 | |
Hasbro, Inc. | | | 370 | | | | 27,043 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 107,357 | |
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.2% | | | | | | | | |
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | | | 162 | | | | 6,775 | |
Illumina, Inc. (a) | | | 71 | | | | 13,057 | |
INC Research Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 175 | | | | 8,277 | |
Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 44 | | | | 2,992 | |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | | | 1,598 | | | | 221,163 | |
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| | | | | | | 252,264 | |
Machinery — 2.4% | | | | | | | | |
Caterpillar, Inc. | | | 570 | | | | 41,410 | |
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (a) | | | 627 | | | | 2,132 | |
Cummins, Inc. | | | 285 | | | | 28,605 | |
Deere & Co. | | | 383 | | | | 30,475 | |
Greenbrier Cos., Inc. | | | 58 | | | | 1,965 | |
Hillenbrand, Inc. | | | 213 | | | | 6,452 | |
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | | | 1,234 | | | | 115,971 | |
Ingersoll-Rand PLC | | | 1,260 | | | | 73,924 | |
John Bean Technologies Corp. | | | 141 | | | | 6,895 | |
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PACCAR, Inc. | | | 1,760 | | | $ | 91,450 | |
SPX Corp. (a) | | | 4,117 | | | | 45,452 | |
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | | | 572 | | | | 62,440 | |
Wabash National Corp. (a) | | | 240 | | | | 3,113 | |
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| | | | | | | 510,284 | |
Media — 3.1% | | | | | | | | |
Cablevision Systems Corp., New York Group, Class A | | | 182 | | | | 5,551 | |
CBS Corp., Class B | | | 1,040 | | | | 52,499 | |
Comcast Corp., Class A | | | 2,505 | | | | 152,454 | |
Comcast Corp., Special Class A | | | 345 | | | | 21,059 | |
Entercom Communications Corp., Class A (a) | | | 297 | | | | 3,597 | |
Harte-Hanks, Inc. | | | 1,839 | | | | 6,915 | |
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | | | 1,358 | | | | 31,234 | |
Liberty Global PLC LiLAC, Class A (a) | | | 67 | | | | 2,516 | |
National CineMedia, Inc. | | | 261 | | | | 4,142 | |
Omnicom Group, Inc. | | | 346 | | | | 25,576 | |
Salem Communications Corp., Class A | | | 407 | | | | 2,304 | |
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., Class A | | | 166 | | | | 9,429 | |
Time Warner Cable, Inc. | | | 157 | | | | 29,009 | |
Time Warner, Inc. | | | 2,972 | | | | 207,980 | |
Time, Inc. | | | 142 | | | | 2,363 | |
Tribune Media Co., Class A | | | 120 | | | | 4,681 | |
Viacom, Inc., Class B | | | 308 | | | | 15,335 | |
Walt Disney Co. | | | 711 | | | | 80,677 | |
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| | | | | | | 657,321 | |
Metals & Mining — 0.5% | | | | | | | | |
Alcoa, Inc. | | | 685 | | | | 6,412 | |
Compass Minerals International, Inc. | | | 128 | | | | 10,770 | |
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | | | 1,118 | | | | 9,145 | |
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. | | | 54 | | | | 4,629 | |
Newmont Mining Corp. | | | 369 | | | | 6,793 | |
Nucor Corp. | | | 95 | | | | 3,938 | |
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | | | 286 | | | | 16,820 | |
Royal Gold, Inc. | | | 133 | | | | 4,781 | |
Steel Dynamics, Inc. | | | 1,102 | | | | 19,164 | |
Worthington Industries, Inc. | | | 525 | | | | 16,154 | |
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| | | | | | | 98,606 | |
Multi-Utilities — 1.5% | | | | | | | | |
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | | | 5,350 | | | | 90,682 | |
DTE Energy Co. | | | 448 | | | | 36,060 | |
Sempra Energy | | | 1,992 | | | | 197,666 | |
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| | | | | | | 324,408 | |
Multiline Retail — 0.5% | | | | | | | | |
Burlington Stores, Inc. (a) | | | 655 | | | | 31,512 | |
Kohl’s Corp. | | | 146 | | | | 6,881 | |
Nordstrom, Inc. | | | 641 | | | | 36,095 | |
Target Corp. | | | 370 | | | | 26,825 | |
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| | | | | | | 101,313 | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.3% | | | | | | | | |
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | | | 975 | | | | 58,402 | |
Apache Corp. | | | 361 | | | | 17,754 | |
Chevron Corp. | | | 1,141 | | | | 104,196 | |
Concho Resources, Inc. (a) | | | 166 | | | | 18,167 | |
ConocoPhillips | | | 1,230 | | | | 66,481 | |
Devon Energy Corp. | | | 1,681 | | | | 77,343 | |
DHT Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,131 | | | | 8,482 | |
EOG Resources, Inc. | | | 346 | | | | 28,867 | |
EP Energy Corp., Class A (a) | | | 344 | | | | 1,947 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | 3,795 | | | $ | 309,900 | |
Gener8 Maritime, Inc. (a) | | | 1,411 | | | | 13,673 | |
Hess Corp. | | | 462 | | | | 27,258 | |
HollyFrontier Corp. | | | 320 | | | | 15,386 | |
Isramco, Inc. (a) | | | 28 | | | | 2,576 | |
Marathon Petroleum Corp. | | | 903 | | | | 52,744 | |
Newfield Exploration Co. (a) | | | 223 | | | | 8,532 | |
Noble Energy, Inc. | | | 387 | | | | 14,191 | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | | | 927 | | | | 70,072 | |
Phillips 66 | | | 889 | | | | 81,370 | |
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | | | 26 | | | | 3,763 | |
Plains GP Holdings LP, Class A | | | 411 | | | | 5,039 | |
Scorpio Tankers, Inc. | | | 1,381 | | | | 11,946 | |
Teekay Corp. | | | 586 | | | | 16,314 | |
Tesoro Corp. | | | 47 | | | | 5,413 | |
Valero Energy Corp. | | | 1,032 | | | | 74,160 | |
Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a) | | | 360 | | | | 5,944 | |
Williams Cos., Inc. | | | 48 | | | | 1,755 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,101,675 | |
Paper & Forest Products — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
Domtar Corp. | | | 1,548 | | | | 63,607 | |
International Paper Co. | | | 162 | | | | 6,777 | |
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| | | | | | | 70,384 | |
Personal Products — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A | | | 263 | | | | 22,124 | |
Herbalife Ltd. (a) | | | 66 | | | | 3,810 | |
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| | | | | | | 25,934 | |
Pharmaceuticals — 5.2% | | | | | | | | |
Allergan PLC (a) | | | 282 | | | | 88,517 | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | | 2,302 | | | | 154,257 | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | | 456 | | | | 37,410 | |
Endo International PLC (a) | | | 185 | | | | 11,374 | |
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a) | | | 336 | | | | 49,254 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | | 3,055 | | | | 309,288 | |
Merck & Co., Inc. | | | 2,056 | | | | 108,989 | |
Perrigo Co. PLC | | | 170 | | | | 25,396 | |
Pfizer, Inc. | | | 7,229 | | | | 236,894 | |
Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 715 | | | | 36,387 | |
Zoetis, Inc. | | | 749 | | | | 34,978 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,092,744 | |
Professional Services — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
Equifax, Inc. | | | 127 | | | | 14,160 | |
Insperity, Inc. | | | 373 | | | | 16,099 | |
Kforce, Inc. | | | 452 | | | | 12,177 | |
Mistras Group, Inc. (a) | | | 108 | | | | 2,325 | |
Nielsen Holdings PLC | | | 120 | | | | 5,602 | |
TransUnion (a) | | | 71 | | | | 1,815 | |
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| | | | | | | 52,178 | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 4.6% | | | | | | | | |
American Tower Corp. | | | 169 | | | | 16,795 | |
Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc. | | | 221 | | | | 3,138 | |
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | | | 127 | | | | 23,087 | |
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A | | | 433 | | | | 12,514 | |
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. | | | 162 | | | | 2,117 | |
Chatham Lodging Trust | | | 1,351 | | | | 30,789 | |
Colony Capital, Inc., Class A | | | 1,532 | | | | 31,345 | |
Crown Castle International Corp. | | | 303 | | | | 26,031 | |
EPR Properties | | | 1,352 | | | | 75,766 | |
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Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. | | | 2,594 | | | $ | 161,814 | |
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. (a) | | | 55 | | | | 1,089 | |
Gramercy Property Trust, Inc. | | | 108 | | | | 2,580 | |
InfraREIT, Inc. | | | 402 | | | | 8,108 | |
Lexington Realty Trust | | | 775 | | | | 6,657 | |
Macerich Co. | | | 26 | | | | 2,032 | |
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | | | 351 | | | | 31,084 | |
New Residential Investment Corp. | | | 1,124 | | | | 14,297 | |
NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. | | | 3,295 | | | | 59,442 | |
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust | | | 802 | | | | 25,544 | |
Prologis, Inc. | | | 997 | | | | 42,622 | |
PS Business Parks, Inc. | | | 311 | | | | 27,499 | |
RLJ Lodging Trust | | | 2,862 | | | | 69,833 | |
Simon Property Group, Inc. | | | 990 | | | | 184,378 | |
Sovran Self Storage, Inc. | | | 178 | | | | 17,887 | |
Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust | | | 262 | | | | 6,196 | |
Weingarten Realty Investors | | | 556 | | | | 19,438 | |
Weyerhaeuser Co. | | | 1,453 | | | | 46,743 | |
WP GLIMCHER, Inc. | | | 507 | | | | 5,349 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 954,174 | |
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Realogy Holdings Corp. (a) | | | 535 | | | | 22,101 | |
Road & Rail — 0.9% | | | | | | | | |
ArcBest Corp. | | | 150 | | | | 3,612 | |
CSX Corp. | | | 1,038 | | | | 29,511 | |
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | | | 192 | | | | 15,022 | |
Ryder System, Inc. | | | 1,421 | | | | 93,729 | |
Swift Transportation Co. (a) | | | 991 | | | | 15,826 | |
Union Pacific Corp. | | | 401 | | | | 33,664 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 191,364 | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.1% | | | | | |
Altera Corp. | | | 273 | | | | 14,414 | |
Analog Devices, Inc. | | | 485 | | | | 29,890 | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | | | 6,680 | | | | 125,384 | |
Avago Technologies Ltd. | | | 74 | | | | 9,653 | |
Cascade Microtech, Inc. (a) | | | 153 | | | | 2,486 | |
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (a) | | | 107 | | | | 2,091 | |
First Solar, Inc. (a) | | | 213 | | | | 12,037 | |
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (a) | | | 743 | | | | 20,834 | |
Intel Corp. | | | 1,144 | | | | 39,777 | |
Lam Research Corp. | | | 516 | | | | 40,351 | |
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | | | 457 | | | | 17,718 | |
Micron Technology, Inc. (a) | | | 1,340 | | | | 21,346 | |
Microsemi Corp. (a) | | | 559 | | | | 20,130 | |
NVIDIA Corp. | | | 696 | | | | 22,077 | |
NXP Semiconductors NV (a) | | | 103 | | | | 9,626 | |
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | | | 391 | | | | 32,461 | |
Tessera Technologies, Inc. | | | 953 | | | | 30,353 | |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | | | 2,952 | | | | 171,570 | |
Xilinx, Inc. | | | 546 | | | | 27,131 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 649,329 | |
Software — 4.2% | | | | | | | | |
A10 Networks, Inc. (a) | | | 841 | | | | 6,484 | |
Adobe Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 345 | | | | 31,554 | |
Aspen Technology, Inc. (a) | | | 590 | | | | 25,931 | |
Autodesk, Inc. (a) | | | 85 | | | | 5,395 | |
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a) | | | 532 | | | | 46,438 | |
Citrix Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 37 | | | | 2,837 | |
Electronic Arts, Inc. (a) | | | 83 | | | | 5,627 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (continued) | | |
| | | | | | | | |
Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Software (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Guidewire Software, Inc. (a) | | | 159 | | | $ | 9,433 | |
Intuit, Inc. | | | 297 | | | | 29,759 | |
Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a) | | | 450 | | | | 34,470 | |
Microsoft Corp. | | | 7,476 | | | | 406,321 | |
MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 11 | | | | 1,907 | |
Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc. | | | 316 | | | | 8,352 | |
Oracle Corp. | | | 1,035 | | | | 40,334 | |
Pegasystems, Inc. | | | 1,406 | | | | 41,533 | |
Progress Software Corp. (a) | | | 1,775 | | | | 42,582 | |
QLIK Technologies, Inc. (a) | | | 295 | | | | 9,384 | |
Red Hat, Inc. (a) | | | 28 | | | | 2,279 | |
salesforce.com, Inc. (a) | | | 924 | | | | 73,634 | |
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a) | | | 1,193 | | | | 42,196 | |
Verint Systems, Inc. (a) | | | 130 | | | | 6,091 | |
VMware, Inc., Class A (a) | | | 117 | | | | 7,185 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 879,726 | |
Specialty Retail — 2.2% | | | | | | | | |
Aaron’s, Inc. | | | 1,333 | | | | 32,352 | |
AutoZone, Inc. (a) | | | 15 | | | | 11,756 | |
Barnes & Noble, Inc. | | | 979 | | | | 12,531 | |
Cabela’s, Inc. (a) | | | 47 | | | | 2,203 | |
Chico’s FAS, Inc. | | | 1,417 | | | | 17,004 | |
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | | | 545 | | | | 21,271 | |
Express, Inc. (a) | | | 339 | | | | 5,675 | |
GameStop Corp., Class A | | | 86 | | | | 3,013 | |
Group 1 Automotive, Inc. | | | 148 | | | | 12,021 | |
Home Depot, Inc. | | | 443 | | | | 59,309 | |
L Brands, Inc. | | | 538 | | | | 51,331 | |
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | | | 1,791 | | | | 137,191 | |
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | | | 81 | | | | 3,779 | |
Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc. (a) | | | 771 | | | | 6,137 | |
Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A | | | 639 | | | | 15,502 | |
TJX Cos., Inc. | | | 906 | | | | 63,964 | |
Tractor Supply Co. | | | 50 | | | | 4,467 | |
West Marine, Inc. (a) | | | 368 | | | | 3,382 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 462,888 | |
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 4.1% | | | | | | | | |
Apple, Inc. | | | 6,613 | | | | 782,318 | |
EMC Corp. | | | 1,056 | | | | 26,759 | |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | | | 1,040 | | | | 15,455 | |
HP, Inc. | | | 654 | | | | 8,201 | |
Seagate Technology PLC | | | 379 | | | | 13,621 | |
Western Digital Corp. | | | 324 | | | | 20,221 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 866,575 | |
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.0% | | | | | | | | |
Carter’s, Inc. | | | 119 | | | | 10,261 | |
Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a) | | | 342 | | | | 16,738 | |
G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a) | | | 138 | | | | 6,330 | |
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Common Stocks | | Shares | | | Value | |
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (continued) | | | | | | | | |
NIKE, Inc., Class B | | | 1,013 | | | $ | 134,000 | |
PVH Corp. | | | 321 | | | | 29,304 | |
Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a) | | | 557 | | | | 16,821 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 213,454 | |
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.5% | | | | | | | | |
Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin, Inc. (a) | | | 79 | | | | 3,317 | |
Essent Group Ltd. (a) | | | 347 | | | | 8,578 | |
EverBank Financial Corp. | | | 3,670 | | | | 63,344 | |
Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. (a) | | | 551 | | | | 13,533 | |
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 412 | | | | 5,611 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 94,383 | |
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4% | | | | | | | | |
AerCap Holdings NV (a) | | | 745 | | | | 33,853 | |
Air Lease Corp. | | | 181 | | | | 6,087 | |
HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (a) | | | 1,002 | | | | 31,693 | |
Neff Corp., Class A (a) | | | 391 | | | | 3,249 | |
Watsco, Inc. | | | 141 | | | | 17,923 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 92,805 | |
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. | | | 44 | | | | 3,301 | |
Water Utilities — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
American Water Works Co., Inc. | | | 310 | | | | 17,905 | |
California Water Service Group | | | 1,498 | | | | 33,750 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 51,655 | |
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
SBA Communications Corp., Class A (a) | | | 216 | | | | 22,715 | |
T-Mobile U.S., Inc. (a) | | | 288 | | | | 10,224 | |
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. | | | 1,073 | | | | 30,355 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 63,294 | |
Total Long-Term Investments (Cost — $19,983,962) — 99.1% | | | | 20,764,489 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Short-Term Securities | | | | | | |
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.03% | | | 108,514 | | | | 108,514 | |
Total Short-Term Securities (Cost — $108,514) — 0.5% | | | | 108,514 | |
Total Investments (Cost — $20,092,476) — 99.6% | | | | 20,873,003 | |
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.4% | | | | | | | 81,789 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 20,954,792 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Notes to Schedule of Investments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(a) | | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | | During the period ended November 30, 2015, investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Fund for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows: |
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Affiliate | | Net Activity | | | Shares Held at November 30, 2015 | | | Income | |
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class | | | 108,514 | | | | 108,514 | | | $ | 160 | |
(c) | | Represents the current yield as of period end. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| | |
Schedule of Investments (concluded) | | |
|
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Financial Futures Contracts | | | | | | | | | | |
Contracts Long | | Issue | | | Expiration | | | Notional Value | | | Unrealized Appreciation | |
1 | | | Russell 2000 Mini Index | | | | December 2015 | | | | USD | | | | 119,590 | | | $ | 4,537 | |
|
Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure |
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
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Assets – Derivative Financial Instruments | | | Commodity Contracts | | | Credit Contracts | | | Equity Contracts | | | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | | | Interest Rate Contracts | | | Other Contracts | | | Total | |
Financial futures contracts | | | Net unrealized appreciation | 1 | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 4,537 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 4,537 | |
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on financial futures contracts, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. | |
For the period ended November 30, 2015, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statement of Operations was as follows:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: | | Commodity Contracts | | | Credit Contracts | | | Equity Contracts | | | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | | | Interest Rate Contracts | | | Other Contracts | | | Total | |
Financial futures contracts | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 4,537 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 4,537 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | |
Financial futures contracts: | | | | |
Average notional value of contracts—short | | $ | 119,590 | 1 |
1 Actual amounts for the period are shown due to limited outstanding derivative financial instruments as of each quarter. | | | | |
For information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
|
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End |
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following tables summarize the Fund’s investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy:
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| | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Total | |
Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-Term Investments1 | | $ | 20,764,489 | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 20,764,489 | |
Short-Term Securities | | | 108,514 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 108,514 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total | | $ | 20,873,003 | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 20,873,003 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1 See above Schedule of Investments for values in each industry. | |
| | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Total | |
Derivative Financial Instruments 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | $ | 4,537 | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 4,537 | |
1 Derivative financial instruments are financial futures contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. | |
The Fund may hold assets and/or liabilities in which the fair value approximates the carrying amount for financial statement purposes. As of period end, cash pledged for financial futures contracts of $6,000 was classified as Level 1 within the disclosure hierarchy.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| | |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | |
| | | | |
November 30, 2015 (Unaudited) | | | |
| | | | |
Assets | | | | |
Investments at value — unaffiliated1 | | $ | 20,764,489 | |
Investments at value — affiliated2 | | | 108,514 | |
Cash pledged for financial futures contracts | | | 6,000 | |
Receivables: | | | | |
Dividends | | | 37,033 | |
From the Manager | | | 33,015 | |
Investments sold | | | 142,167 | |
Deferred offering costs | | | 156,193 | |
Prepaid expenses | | | 593 | |
| | | | |
Total assets | | | 21,248,004 | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Liabilities | | | | |
Payables: | | | | |
Investments purchased | | | 142,166 | |
Offering costs | | | 125,271 | |
Officer’s and Trustees’ fees | | | 952 | |
Service and distribution fees | | | 29 | |
Other accrued expenses | | | 24,304 | |
Variation margin payable on financial futures contracts | | | 490 | |
| | | | |
Total liabilities | | | 293,212 | |
| | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 20,954,792 | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Net Assets Consist of | | | | |
Paid-in capital | | $ | 20,057,646 | |
Undistributed net investment income | | | 59,460 | |
Accumulated net realized gain | | | 52,622 | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | 785,064 | |
| | | | |
Net Assets | | $ | 20,954,792 | |
| | | | |
1 Investments at cost — unaffiliated | | $ | 19,983,962 | |
2 Investments at cost — affiliated | | $ | 108,514 | |
| | | | |
Net Asset Value | | | | |
Institutional — Based on net assets of $20,846,991 and 1,995,191 shares outstanding, unlimited shares authorized, $0.001 par value | | $ | 10.45 | |
| | | | |
Investor A — Based on net assets of $81,719 and 7,824 shares outstanding, unlimited shares authorized, $0.001 par value | | $ | 10.44 | |
| | | | |
Investor C — Based on net assets of $26,082 and 2,500 shares outstanding, unlimited shares authorized, $0.001 par value | | $ | 10.43 | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | |
See Notes to Financial Statements. | | | | |
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| | | | |
October 5, 20151 to November 30, 2015 (Unaudited) | | | |
| | | | |
Investment Income | | | | |
Dividends | | $ | 80,130 | |
Income — affiliated | | | 160 | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | | (228 | ) |
| | | | |
Total income | | | 80,062 | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Expenses | | | | |
Investment advisory | | | 12,645 | |
Administration | | | 1,343 | |
Administration — Institutional | | | 630 | |
Administration — Investor A | | | 1 | |
Administration — Investor C | | | 1 | |
Service — Investor A | | | 14 | |
Service and distribution — Investor C | | | 39 | |
Transfer agent — Institutional | | | 308 | |
Transfer agent — Investor A | | | 3 | |
Transfer agent — Investor C | | | 3 | |
Organization and offering costs | | | 43,307 | |
Professional | | | 11,760 | |
Custodian | | | 5,488 | |
Printing | | | 4,088 | |
Accounting services | | | 1,904 | |
Officer and Trustees | | | 952 | |
Miscellaneous | | | 1,063 | |
| | | | |
Total expenses | | | 83,549 | |
Less: | | | | |
Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager | | | (60,658 | ) |
Fees waived by the administrator | | | (1,343 | ) |
Fees waived by the administrator — Institutional | | | (630 | ) |
Fees waived by the administrator — Investor A | | | (1 | ) |
Fees waived by the administrator — Investor C | | | (1 | ) |
Transfer agent fees reimbursed — Institutional | | | (308 | ) |
Transfer agent fees reimbursed — Investor A | | | (3 | ) |
Transfer agent fees reimbursed — Investor C | | | (3 | ) |
| | | | |
Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | 20,602 | |
| | | | |
Net investment income | | | 59,460 | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain | | | | |
Net realized gain from investments | | | 52,622 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | |
Investments | | | 780,527 | |
Financial futures contracts | | | 4,537 | |
| | | | |
| | | 785,064 | |
| | | | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | | | 837,686 | |
| | | | |
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | | $ | 897,146 | |
| | | | |
1 Commencement of operations. | | | | |
| | | | | | |
See Notes to Financial Statements. | | | | |
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| | |
Statement of Changes in Net Assets | | |
| | | | | | |
Increase in Net Assets: | | Period October 5, 20151 to November 30, 2015 (Unaudited) | | | |
| | | | | | |
Operations | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | $ | 59,460 | | | |
Net realized gain | | | 52,622 | | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | 785,064 | | | |
| | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 897,146 | | | |
| | | |
| | | | | | |
Capital Share Transactions | | | | | | |
Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions | | | 20,057,646 | | | |
| | | |
| | | | | | |
Net Assets | | | | | | |
Total increase in net assets | | | 20,954,792 | | | |
Beginning of period | | | — | | | |
| | | |
End of period | | $ | 20,954,792 | | | |
| | | |
Undistributed net investment income, end of period | | $ | 59,460 | | | |
| | | |
1 Commencement of operations. | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
See Notes to Financial Statements. | | | | |
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| | Institutional | | | Investor A | | | Investor C | | | |
| | Period October 5, 20151 to November 30, 2015 | | | Period October 5, 20151 to November 30, 2015 | | | Period October 5, 20151 to November 30, 2015 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Per Share Operating Performance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 10.00 | | | $ | 10.00 | | | $ | 10.00 | | | |
| | | |
Net investment income2 | | | 0.03 | | | | 0.03 | | | | 0.03 | | | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | | | 0.42 | | | | 0.41 | | | | 0.40 | | | |
| | | |
Net increase from investment operations | | | 0.45 | | | | 0.44 | | | | 0.43 | | | |
| | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 10.45 | | | $ | 10.44 | | | $ | 10.43 | | | |
| | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Return3,4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Based on net asset value | | | 4.50% | | | | 4.40% | | | | 4.30% | | | |
| | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ratios to Average Net Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses5,9 | | | 2.24% | 6 | | | 2.49% | 7 | | | 3.29% | 8 | | |
| | | |
Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed5,9 | | | 0.65% | 6 | | | 0.90% | 7 | | | 1.65% | 8 | | |
| | | |
Net investment income5,9 | | | 1.88% | 6 | | | 1.60% | 7 | | | 0.88% | 8 | | |
| | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000) | | $ | 20,847 | | | $ | 82 | | | $ | 26 | | | |
| | | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 9% | | | | 9% | | | | 9% | | | |
| | | |
| 1 | | Commencement of operations. |
| 2 | | Based on average shares outstanding. |
| 3 | | Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
| 4 | | Aggregate total return. |
| 6 | | Organization costs were not annualized in the calculation of the expense ratios. If these expenses were annualized, the total expenses would have been 2.64%. |
| 7 | | Organization costs were not annualized in the calculation of the expense ratios. If these expenses were annualized, the total expenses would have been 2.78%. |
| 8 | | Organization costs were not annualized in the calculation of the expense ratios. If these expenses were annualized, the total expenses would have been 3.69%. |
| 9 | | Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows: |
| | | | |
| | Period October 5, 20151 to November 30, 2015 | |
| | | | |
Investments in underlying funds | | | 0.01% | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | |
See Notes to Financial Statements. | | | | |
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| | |
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) | | |
1. Organization:
BlackRock FundsSM (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The Trust is organized as a Massachusetts business trust. BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund (the “Fund”) is a series of the Trust. The Fund is classified as diversified under the 1940 Act.
The Fund offers multiple classes of shares. Institutional Shares are sold without a sales charge and only to certain eligible investors. Investor A Shares are generally sold with an initial sales charge, and may be subject to a CDSC for certain redemptions where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase. Investor C Shares may be subject to a CDSC. All classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and are subject to the same terms and conditions. Investor A and Investor C bear certain expenses related to shareholder servicing of such shares, and Investor C Shares also bear certain expenses related to the distribution of such shares. Investor A and Investor C Shares are generally available through financial intermediaries. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters relating to its shareholder servicing and distribution expenditures.
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Share Class | | Initial Sales Charge | | | CDSC | | | Conversion Privilege | |
Institutional | | | No | | | | No | | | | None | |
Investor A Shares | | | Yes | | | | No | 1 | | | None | |
Investor C Shares | | | No | | | | Yes | 2 | | | None | |
| 1 | | Investor A Shares may be subject to a CDSC for certain redemptions where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase. |
| 2 | | There is no CDSC on Investor C Shares after one year. |
The Fund, together with certain other registered investment companies advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”) or its affiliates, is included in a complex of open-end funds referred to as the Equity-Liquidity Complex.
2. Significant Accounting Policies:
The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:
Segregation and Collateralization: In cases where the Fund enters into certain investments (e.g. financial futures contracts) that would be treated as “senior securities” for 1940 Act purposes, the Fund may segregate or designate on its books and records cash or liquid assets having a market value at least equal to the amount of the Fund’s future obligations under such investments. Doing so allows the investment to be excluded from treatment as a “senior security.” Furthermore, if required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Fund may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments or obligations.
Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized on the accrual basis. Income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.
Distributions: Distributions paid by the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.
Organization and Offering Costs: Upon commencement of operations, organization costs associated with the establishment of the Fund were expensed by the Fund and reimbursed by the Manager. The Manager reimbursed the Fund $15,000, which is shown as other expenses reimbursed in the Statement of Operations. Offering costs are amortized over a 12-month period beginning with the commencement of operations.
Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Fund, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.
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Other: Expenses directly related to the Fund or its classes are charged to the Fund or the applicable class. Other operating expenses shared by several funds, including other funds managed by the Manager, are prorated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses directly related to the Fund and other shared expenses prorated to the Fund are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets or other appropriate methods.
3. Investment Valuation and Fair Value Measurements:
Investment Valuation Policies: The Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time). U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to provide oversight of the pricing function for the Fund for all financial instruments.
Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods (or “techniques”) and inputs are used to establish the fair value of the Fund’s assets and liabilities:
• | | Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at the official close price each day, if available. For equity investments traded on more than one exchange, the official close price on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded is used. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day may be valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price. |
• | | Investments in open-end registered investment companies, except exchange traded funds, are valued at net asset value (“NAV”) each business day. |
• | | Financial futures contracts traded on exchanges are valued at their last sale price. |
If events (e.g., a company announcement, market volatility or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such instruments, or in the event that the application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, seeks to determine the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, deems relevant consistent with the principles of fair value measurement. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof on a quarterly basis.
Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial statement purposes as follows:
• | | Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access |
• | | 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 and derivative financial instruments) |
The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments are typically categorized as Level 3. The fair value hierarchy for the Fund’s investments has been included in the Schedule of Investments.
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Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the hierarchy. In accordance with the Fund’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments is based on the pricing transparency of the investments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.
4. Derivative Financial Instruments:
The Fund engages in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Fund and/or to manage economically its exposure to certain risks such as equity risk. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange.
Financial Futures Contracts: The Fund invests in long and/or short positions in financial futures contracts and options on financial futures contracts to gain exposure to, or economically hedge against, changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk). Financial futures contracts are agreements between the Fund and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and at a specified date. Depending on the terms of the particular contract, financial futures contracts are settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash settlement amount on the settlement date.
Upon entering into a financial futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated on the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, is recorded on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged for financial futures contracts. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin. Variation margin is recorded by the Fund as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if applicable, as a receivable or payable for variation margin in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The use of financial futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of financial futures contracts, interest or foreign currency exchange rates and the underlying assets.
5. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is the largest stockholder and an affiliate of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”), for 1940 Act purposes.
The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Manager, the Fund’s investment advisor, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory services. The Manager is responsible for the management of the Fund’s portfolio and provides the personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Fund. For such services, the Fund pays the Manager a monthly fee based on a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets at the following annual rates:
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Average Daily Net Assets | | Investment Advisory Fee | |
First $1 Billion | | | 0.40% | |
$1 Billion — $3 Billion | | | 0.38% | |
$3 Billion — $5 Billion | | | 0.36% | |
$5 Billion — $10 Billion | | | 0.35% | |
Greater than $10 Billion | | | 0.34% | |
The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Fund pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds. This amount is included in fees waived by the Manager in the Statement of Operations. For the period ended November 30, 2015, the amount waived was $77.
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The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, entered into an Administration Agreement with the Manager, to provide administrative services. For these services, the Manager receives an administration fee computed daily and payable monthly, based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of the Fund is as follows:
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Average Daily Net Assets | | Administration Fee | |
First $500 Million | | | 0.0425% | |
$500 Million — $1 Billion | | | 0.0400% | |
$1 Billion — $2 Billion | | | 0.0375% | |
$2 Billion — $4 Billion | | | 0.0350% | |
$4 Billion — $13 Billion | | | 0.0325% | |
Greater than $13 Billion | | | 0.0300% | |
In addition, the Manager charges each of the share classes an administration fee, which is shown as administration – class specific in the Statement of Operations, at an annual rate of 0.02% of the average daily net assets of each respective class.
The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, entered into a Distribution Agreement and a Distribution and Service Plan with BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of the Manager. Pursuant to the Distribution and Service Plan and in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund pays BRIL ongoing service and distribution fees. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly at annual rates based upon the average daily net assets of the relevant share class of the Fund as follows:
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| | Service Fee | | | Distribution Fee | |
Investor A | | | 0.25% | | | | — | |
Investor C | | | 0.25% | | | | 0.75% | |
Pursuant to sub-agreements with BRIL, broker-dealers and BRIL provide shareholder servicing and distribution services to the Fund. The ongoing service and/or distribution fee compensates BRIL and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder servicing and/or distribution related services to the shareholders.
The Manager maintains a call center, which is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Fund, such as responding to shareholder inquiries and processing transactions based upon instructions from shareholders with respect to the subscription and redemption of Fund shares.
The Manager contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit expenses, excluding interest expense, dividend expense, tax expense, acquired fund fees and expenses, and certain other fund expenses, which constitute extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business. The expense limitation as a percentage of average daily net assets is as follows:
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Institutional | | | 0.65% | |
Investor A | | | 0.90% | |
Investor C | | | 1.65% | |
The Manager has agreed not to reduce or discontinue this contractual waiver or reimbursement prior to September 30, 2017, unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees.
These amounts waived and/or reimbursed are included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager and shown as fees waived by the administrator — class specific, and transfer agent fees reimbursed — class specific in the Statement of Operations. For the period ended November 30, 2015, the Fund waived and/or reimbursed the following amounts:
If during the Fund’s fiscal year the operating expenses of a share class, that at any time during the prior two fiscal years received a waiver or reimbursement from the Manager, are less than the expense limit for that share class, the Manager is entitled to be reimbursed by such share class up to the lesser of (a) the amount of fees waived or expenses reimbursed during those prior two fiscal years under the agreement and (b) the amount by which the expense limit for that share class exceeds the operating expenses of the share class for the current fiscal year, provided that: (1) the Fund, of which the share class is a part, has more than $50 million in assets for the fiscal year and (2) the Manager or an affiliate continues to serve as the Fund’s investment advisor or administrator. In the event the expense limit for a share class is changed subsequent to a fiscal year in which the Manager becomes entitled to reimbursement for fees waived or reimbursed, the amount available to reimburse the Manager shall be calculated by
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reference to the expense limit for that share class in effect at the time the Manager became entitled to receive such reimbursement, rather than the subsequently changed expense limit for that share class.
On November 30, 2015, the Fund level and class specific waivers and/or reimbursements subject to possible future recoupment under the expense limitation agreement are as follows:
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| | Expiring May 31, 2017 | |
Fund Level | | $ | 46,426 | |
Institutional | | $ | 938 | |
Investor A | | $ | 4 | |
Investor C | | $ | 4 | |
For the period ended November 30, 2015, affiliates did not earned any underwriting discounts, direct commissions and dealer concessions on sales of the Fund’s Investor C Shares.
For the period ended November 30, 2015, affiliates did not received any CDSCs for Investor C Shares.
Certain officers and/or trustees of the Trust are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Fund reimburses the Manager for a portion of the compensation paid to the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer, which is included in officer and trustees in the Statement of Operations.
6. Purchases and Sales:
For the period ended November 30, 2015, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities, were $21,797,941 and $1,866,601, respectively.
7. Income Tax Information:
It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.
The Fund files U.S. federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination.
Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Fund as of November 30, 2015, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Fund’s financial statements.
As of period end, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
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Tax cost | | $ | 20,092,476 | |
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Gross unrealized appreciation | | $ | 1,133,008 | |
Gross unrealized depreciation | | | (352,481 | ) |
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Net unrealized appreciation | | $ | 780,527 | |
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8. Bank Borrowings:
The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates (“Participating Funds”), is a party to a 364-day, $2.1 billion credit agreement with a group of lenders, under which the Fund may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. Excluding commitments designated for certain individual funds, the Participating Funds, including the Fund, can borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $1.6 billion at any time outstanding, subject to asset coverage and other limitations as specified in the agreement. The credit agreement has the following terms: a fee of 0.06% per annum on unused commitment amounts and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) one-month LIBOR (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum or (b) the Fed Funds rate (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) in effect from time to time plus 0.80% per annum on amounts borrowed. The agreement expires in April 2016 unless extended or renewed. Participating Funds paid administration, legal and arrangement fees, which, if applicable, are included in miscellaneous expenses in the Statement of Operations, and along with commitment fees, were allocated among such funds based upon portions of the aggregate commitment available to them and relative net assets of Participating Funds. During the period ended November 30, 2015, the Fund did not borrow under the credit agreement.
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9. Principal Risks:
In the normal course of business, the Fund invests in securities and enters into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of the issuer to meet all its obligations, including the ability to pay principal and interest when due (issuer credit risk). The value of securities held by the Fund may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers of securities owned by the Fund. Changes arising from the general economy, the overall market and local, regional or global political or/and social instability, as well as currency, interest rate and price fluctuations, may also affect the securities’ value.
Counterparty Credit Risk: Similar to issuer credit risk, the Fund may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions. The Fund manages counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that the Manager believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Fund to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Fund’s exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Fund.
A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.
With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Fund since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.
10. Capital Share Transactions:
Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:
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| | Period October 5, 20151 to November 30, 2015 | |
| | Shares | | | Amount | |
Institutional | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 1,995,191 | | | $ | 19,952,000 | |
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Net increase | | | 1,995,191 | | | $ | 19,952,000 | |
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Investor A | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 7,824 | | | $ | 80,646 | |
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Net increase | | | 7,824 | | | $ | 80,646 | |
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Investor C | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 2,500 | | | $ | 25,000 | |
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Net increase | | | 2,500 | | | $ | 25,000 | |
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Total Net Increase | | | 2,005,515 | | | $ | 20,057,646 | |
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| 1 | | Commencement of operations. |
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At period end, shares owned by BlackRock HoldCo 2, Inc., an affiliate of the Fund, were as follows:
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Institutional | | | 1,995,000 | |
Investor A | | | 2,500 | |
Investor C | | | 2,500 | |
11. Subsequent Events:
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.
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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement |
The Board of Trustees (the “Board,” and the members of which are referred to as “Board Members”) of BlackRock FundsSM (the “Trust”) met in person on September 24-25, 2015 (the “Meeting”) to consider the approval of the Trust’s proposed investment advisory agreement (the “Agreement”) with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager” or “BlackRock”) on behalf of BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund (the “Fund”), a portfolio of the Trust. The Advisory Agreement was the same agreement that had previously been approved by the Board with respect to other portfolios of the Trust. The Fund commenced operations in October 2015.
Activities and Composition of the Board
On the date of the Meeting, the Board consisted of fifteen individuals, thirteen of whom were not “interested persons” of the Trust as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independent Board Members”). The Board Members are responsible for the oversight of the operations of the Fund and perform the various duties imposed on the directors of investment companies by the 1940 Act. The Independent Board Members have retained independent legal counsel to assist them in connection with their duties. The Chair of the Board is an Independent Board Member. The Board has established five standing committees: an Audit Committee, a Governance and Nominating Committee, a Compliance Committee, a Performance Oversight and Contract Committee and an Executive Committee, each of which is chaired by an Independent Board Member and composed of Independent Board Members (except for the Executive Committee, which also has one interested Board Member).
The Agreement
Pursuant to the 1940 Act, the Board is required to consider the initial approval of the Agreement. In connection with this process, the Board assessed, among other things, the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided to the Fund by BlackRock, BlackRock’s personnel and affiliates, including (as applicable) investment management services; administrative and shareholder services; the oversight of fund service providers; marketing services; risk oversight; compliance; and ability to meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Board Considerations in Approving the Agreement
The Approval Process: At the Meeting, the Board reviewed materials relating to its consideration of the Agreement. The Board considered all factors it believed relevant with respect to the Trust and the Fund, including, among other factors: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of BlackRock portfolio management; (c) the advisory fee and the cost of the services to be provided and profits to be realized by BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with the Fund; (d) the sharing of potential economies of scale; (e) fall out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with the Fund; (f) possible alternatives to the proposed Agreement; (g) the policies and practices of BlackRock with respect to portfolio transactions for the Fund; (h) BlackRock’s portfolio compliance systems and capabilities; and (i) other factors deemed relevant by the Board Members.
In determining to approve the Agreement, the Board met with the relevant investment advisory personnel from BlackRock and considered all information it deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreement. The Board received materials in advance of the Meeting relating to its consideration of the Agreement, including fees and estimated expense ratios of each class of the Fund, and for a representative class of the Fund, as compared with the fees and expense ratios of a peer group of funds. Both the peer group and the funds within the peer group (collectively, the “Peer Group”) were selected by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”), which is not affiliated with BlackRock.1 The Board also received (a) information regarding BlackRock’s economic outlook for the Fund and its general investment outlook for the markets; (b) information regarding fees paid to service providers that are affiliates of BlackRock; and (c) information outlining the legal duties of the Board under the 1940 Act with respect to the consideration and approval of the Agreement. The Board also noted information received at prior Board meetings concerning compliance records and regulatory matters relating to BlackRock.
The Board also considered other matters it deemed important to the approval process, such as payments made to BlackRock or its affiliates relating to the distribution of Fund shares, securities lending and cash management, services related to the valuation and pricing of Fund portfolio holdings, direct and indirect benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with the Fund and advice from independent legal counsel with respect to the review process and materials submitted for the Board’s review. The Board noted the willingness of BlackRock personnel to engage in open, candid discussions with the Board. The Board did not identify any particular information as determinative, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various items considered.
A. Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services: The Board, including the Independent Board Members present at the Meeting, reviewed the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided by BlackRock, including the investment advisory services to be provided to the Fund. The Board received
1 | | Funds are ranked by Lipper in quartiles, ranging from first to fourth, where first is the most desirable quartile position and fourth is the least desirable. |
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information concerning the investment philosophy and investment process to be used by BlackRock in managing the Fund, as well as a description of the capabilities, personnel and services of BlackRock. In connection with this review, the Board considered BlackRock’s in-house research capabilities as well as other resources available to its personnel. The Board considered the scope of the services provided by BlackRock to the Fund under the Agreement relative to services typically provided by third parties to other funds. The Board noted that the standard of care applicable under the Agreement was comparable to that found generally in investment company advisory agreements. The Board concluded that the scope of BlackRock’s services to be provided to the Fund was consistent with the Fund’s operational requirements, including, in addition to seeking to meet its investment objective(s), compliance with investment restrictions, tax and reporting requirements and related shareholder services.
The Board, including the Independent Board Members, also considered the quality of the administrative and non-investment advisory services to be provided by BlackRock and its affiliates to the Fund. The Board evaluated the procedures of BlackRock designed to fulfill its fiduciary duty to the Fund with respect to possible conflicts of interest, including BlackRock’s code of ethics (regulating the personal trading of BlackRock’s officers and employees), the procedures by which BlackRock allocates trades among its various investment advisory clients, the integrity of the systems in place to ensure compliance with the foregoing and the record of BlackRock in these matters. The Board also noted information received at prior Board meetings concerning standards of BlackRock with respect to the execution of portfolio transactions.
The Board considered, among other factors, with respect to BlackRock: the number, education and experience of investment personnel generally and the Fund’s portfolio management team; BlackRock’s research capabilities; investments by portfolio managers in the funds they manage; portfolio trading capabilities; use of technology; commitment to compliance; credit analysis capabilities; risk analysis and oversight capabilities; and the approach to training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s compensation structure with respect to the Fund’s portfolio management team and BlackRock’s ability to attract and retain high-quality talent and create performance incentives. The Board also considered the business reputation of BlackRock and its financial resources and concluded that BlackRock would be able to meet any reasonably foreseeable obligation under the Agreement.
In addition to advisory services, the Board considered the quality of the administrative and other non-investment advisory services to be provided to the Fund. The Board noted that BlackRock and its affiliates will provide the Fund with certain administrative, shareholder and other services (in addition to any such services provided to the Fund by third parties) and officers and other personnel as are necessary for the operations of the Fund. In particular, BlackRock and its affiliates will provide the Fund with the following administrative services, including, among others: (i) preparing disclosure documents, such as the prospectus, the summary prospectus, the statement of additional information and periodic shareholder reports; (ii) oversight of 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; (vi) furnishing analytical and other support to assist the Board in its consideration of strategic issues such as the merger, consolidation or repurposing of certain open-end funds; and (vii) performing other administrative functions necessary for the operation of the Fund, such as tax reporting, fulfilling regulatory filing requirements and call center services. The Board reviewed the structure and duties of BlackRock’s fund administration, shareholder services, legal and compliance departments and considered BlackRock’s policies and procedures for assuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
B. The Investment Performance of the Fund and BlackRock: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, previously received and considered information about BlackRock’s investment performance for other funds. The Board, however, did not consider the performance history of the Fund because the Fund is newly organized and had not yet commenced operations as of the date of the Meeting.
C. Consideration of the Advisory Fees and the Cost of the Services and Profits to be Realized by BlackRock and its Affiliates from their Relationship with the Fund: In connection with the initial approval of the Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Board Members present at the Meeting, reviewed the Fund’s contractual management fee ratio compared with the other funds in the Fund’s Peer Group. The contractual management fee rate represents a combination of the advisory fee and any administrative fees, before taking into account any reimbursements or fee waivers. The Board also compared the Fund’s estimated total expense ratio, as well as its estimated actual management fee rate, to those of other funds in its Peer Group. The total expense ratio represents a fund’s total net operating expenses, including any 12b-1 or non 12b-1 service fees. The total expense ratio gives effect to any expense reimbursements or fee waivers that benefit a fund, and the actual management fee rate gives effect to any management fee reimbursements or waivers that benefit a fund. Additionally, the Board noted information received at prior Board meetings concerning the services provided and the fees charged by BlackRock and its affiliates to other types of clients with similar investment mandates, as applicable, including institutional accounts and sub-advised mutual funds.
The Board noted that the Fund’s contractual management fee rate ranked in the first quartile, and that the estimated actual management fee and the estimated total expense ratio each ranked in the first quartile, relative to the Fund’s Peer Group. The Board also noted that the Fund has an advisory
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fee arrangement that includes breakpoints that adjust the fee rate downward as the size of the Fund increases above certain contractually specified levels. The Board also noted that BlackRock has contractually agreed to a cap on the Fund’s total net operating expenses as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets on a class-by-class basis.
Following consideration of this information, the Board, including the Independent Board Members present at the Meeting, concluded that the fees to be paid pursuant to the Agreement were fair and reasonable in light of the services provided.
As the Fund had not commenced operations as of the date of the Meeting, BlackRock was not able to provide the Board with specific information concerning the expected profits to be realized by BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationships with the Fund. BlackRock, however, will provide the Board with such information at future meetings.
D. Economies of Scale: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase. The Board noted the existence of breakpoints in the advisory fee based upon the asset level of the Fund. The Board further noted the existence of expense caps.
E. Other Factors Deemed Relevant by the Board Members: The Board, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, also took into account other ancillary or “fall-out” benefits that BlackRock or its affiliates may derive from their respective relationships with the Fund, both tangible and intangible, such as BlackRock’s ability to leverage its investment professionals who manage other portfolios and risk management personnel, an increase in BlackRock’s profile in the investment advisory community, and the engagement of BlackRock’s affiliates as service providers to the Fund, including for administrative, distribution, securities lending and cash management services. The Board also considered BlackRock’s overall operations and its efforts to expand the scale of, and improve the quality of, its operations. The Board also noted that BlackRock may use and benefit from third party research obtained by soft dollars generated by certain registered fund transactions to assist in managing all or a number of its other client accounts. The Board further noted that it had considered the investment by BlackRock’s funds in affiliated ETFs without any offset against the management fees payable by the funds to BlackRock.
The Board, including the Independent Board Members, concluded that these ancillary benefits that BlackRock and its affiliates could receive with regard to providing investment advisory and other services to the Fund were consistent with those generally available to other mutual fund sponsors.
Conclusion
The Board, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, approved the Agreement between the Manager and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, for a two-year term beginning on the effective date of the Agreement. Based upon its evaluation of all of the aforementioned factors in their totality, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, was satisfied that the terms of the Agreement were fair and reasonable and in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders. In arriving at a decision to approve the Agreement, the Board did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, but considered all factors together, and different Board Members may have attributed different weights to the various factors considered. The Independent Board Members were also assisted by the advice of independent legal counsel in making this determination.
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Rodney D. Johnson, Chair of the Board and Trustee
David O. Beim, Trustee
Collette Chilton, Trustee
Frank J. Fabozzi, Trustee
Dr. Matina S. Horner, Trustee
Herbert I. London, Trustee
Cynthia A. Montgomery, Trustee
Barbara G. Novick, Trustee
Joseph P. Platt, Trustee
Robert C. Robb, Jr., Trustee
Toby Rosenblatt, Trustee
Mark Stalnecker, Trustee
Kenneth L. Urish, Trustee
Frederick W. Winter, Trustee
John M. Perlowski, Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer
Richard Hoerner, CFA, Vice President
Jennifer McGovern, Vice President
Neal Andrews, Chief Financial Officer
Jay Fife, Treasurer
Charles Park, Chief Compliance Officer
Fernanda Piedra, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer
Benjamin Archibald, Secretary
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Investment Advisor BlackRock Advisors, LLC Wilmington, DE 19809 | | Custodian and Accounting Agent State Street Bank and Trust Company Boston, MA 02110 | | Distributor BlackRock Investments, LLC New York, NY 10022 | | Legal Counsel Sidley Austin LLP New York, NY 10019 |
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| | Transfer Agent BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. Wilmington, DE 19809 | | Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Deloitte & Touche LLP Philadelphia, PA 19103 | | Address of the Fund 100 Bellevue Parkway Wilmington, DE 19809 |
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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 is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please call the Fund at (800) 441-7762.
Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on how to access documents on the SEC’s website without charge may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.
Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available upon request and without charge (1) by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) at http://www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Availability of Proxy Voting Record
Information about how the Fund voted proxies relating to securities held in the Fund’s portfolio during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available upon request and without charge (1) at http://www.blackrock.com; or by calling (800) 441-7762; and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
BlackRock’s 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. Visit BlackRock online at http://www.blackrock.com for more information.
Account Information
Call us at (800) 441-7762 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST on any business day to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also reach us on the Web at http://www.blackrock.com/funds.
Automatic Investment Plans
Investor Class shareholders who want to invest regularly can arrange to have $50 or more automatically deducted from their checking or savings account and invested in any of the BlackRock funds.
Systematic Withdrawal Plans
Investor Class shareholders can establish a systematic withdrawal plan and receive periodic payments of $50 or more from their BlackRock funds, as long as their account balance is at least $10,000.
Retirement Plans
Shareholders may make investments in conjunction with Traditional, Rollover, Roth, Coverdell, Simple IRAs, SEP IRAs and 403(b) Plans.
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BlackRock is committed to maintaining the privacy of its current and former fund investors and individual clients (collectively, “Clients”) and to safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information BlackRock collects, how we protect that information and why in certain cases we share such information with select parties.
If you are located in a jurisdiction where specific laws, rules or regulations require BlackRock to provide you with additional or different privacy-related rights beyond what is set forth below, then BlackRock will comply with those specific laws, rules or regulations.
BlackRock obtains or verifies personal non-public information from and about you from different sources, including the following: (i) information we receive from you or, if applicable, your financial intermediary, on applications, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from a consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.
BlackRock does not sell or disclose to non-affiliated third parties any non-public personal information about its Clients, except as permitted by law or as is necessary to respond to regulatory requests or to service Client accounts. These non-affiliated third parties are required to protect the confidentiality and security of this information and to use it only for its intended purpose.
We may share information with our affiliates to service your account or to provide you with information about other BlackRock products or services that may be of interest to you. In addition, BlackRock restricts access to non-public personal information about its Clients to those BlackRock employees with a legitimate business need for the information. BlackRock maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that are designed to protect the non-public personal information of its Clients, including procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.
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This report is intended for current holders. It is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by the Fund’s current prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Investment returns and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change.

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Item 3 – | | Audit Committee Financial Expert – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report |
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Item 4 – | | Principal Accountant Fees and Services – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report |
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Item 5 – | | Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not Applicable |
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Item 7 – | | Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable |
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Item 8 – | | Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable |
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Item 9 – | | Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable |
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Item 10 – | | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders –There have been no material changes to these procedures. |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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By: | | /s/ John M. Perlowski |
| | John M. Perlowski |
| | Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of BlackRock Funds |
Date: January 29, 2016
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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By: | | /s/ John M. Perlowski |
| | John M. Perlowski |
| | Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of BlackRock Funds |
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Date: | | January 29, 2016 |
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By: | | /s/ Neal J. Andrews |
| | Neal J. Andrews |
| | Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of BlackRock Funds |
Date: January 29, 2016
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