UNITEDSTATES
SECURITIESANDEXCHANGECOMMISSION
Washington,D.C.20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-07177
Name of Fund: BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund of BlackRock Mid Cap Value
Opportunities Series, Inc.
Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809
Name and address of agent for service: Anne F. Ackerley, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Mid
Cap Value Opportunities Fund of BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series, Inc., 55
East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055.
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 441-7762
Date of fiscal year end: 01/31/2010
Date of reporting period: 01/31/2010
Item 1 – Report to Stockholders
EQUITIES FIXED INCOME REAL ESTATE LIQUIDITY ALTERNATIVES BLACKROCK SOLUTIONS
BlackRock Mid Cap Value
Opportunities Fund
OF BLACKROCK MID CAP VALUE OPPORTUNITIES
SERIES, INC.
ANNUAL REPORT | JANUARY 31, 2010
NOT FDIC INSURED
MAY LOSE VALUE
NO BANK GUARANTEE
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Table of Contents | |
| Page |
Dear Shareholder | 3 |
Annual Report: | |
Fund Summary | 4 |
About Fund Performance | 6 |
Disclosure of Expenses | 6 |
Financial Statements: | |
Schedule of Investments | 7 |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | 10 |
Statement of Operations | 11 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets | 12 |
Financial Highlights | 13 |
Notes to Financial Statements | 16 |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 21 |
Important Tax Information | 21 |
Officers and Directors | 22 |
Additional Information | 25 |
Mutual Fund Family | 27 |
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JANUARY 31, 2010
Dear Shareholder
Over the past year, investors worldwide witnessed a seismic shift in market sentiment as guarded optimism replaced the fear and pessimism that
had dominated since late 2007. The single most important reason for this change was the swing from a severe economic recession to an emergent
global recovery.
At the start of 2009, markets were reeling from the virtually unprecedented global financial and economic meltdown. The looming threat of further
collapse in global markets prompted stimulus packages and central bank interventions on an extraordinary scale. By period end, these actions had
helped stabilize the financial system, and the economic contraction abated.
After reaching a trough in March 2009, stocks galloped higher as the massive, coordinated global monetary and fiscal stimulus began to re-inflate world
economies. Sidelined cash poured into the markets, triggering a dramatic and steep upward rerating of stocks and other risk assets. Still, the rally has
not been without interruption, as mixed economic data, global challenges regarding sovereign credit risk and proposed fees and levies on banks had
begun to dampen investor conviction toward period end. The experience in international markets generally mirrored that seen in the United States;
notably, emerging markets firmly reclaimed their leadership status.
The easing of investor risk aversion was notable in the fixed income markets as well, where non-Treasury assets made a robust recovery. One of the major
themes over the past year was the reversal of the flight-to-quality trade. High yield finished the period as the strongest-performing fixed income sector in
both the taxable and tax-exempt space. Overall, the municipal market made a strong showing as technical conditions remained supportive of the asset
class. The Build America Bond program was deemed a success, adding $65 billion of taxable supply to the municipal marketplace in 2009 and $4 billion
so far this year. The program continues to alleviate tax-exempt supply pressure and attract the attention of a global audience. However, fundamental con-
cerns are moving to the fore in the municipal space, and bear close watching as the year progresses. At the same time, yields on money market securities
declined throughout the reporting period and remain near all-time lows, with the Federal Open Market Committee reiterating that economic circumstances
are likely to necessitate an accommodative interest rate stance for an “extended period.” Investor assets in money market funds declined from the peak
registered in early 2009, but remain well above pre-crisis levels.
All told, the rebound in sentiment and global market conditions resulted in positive 6- and 12-month returns for nearly every major benchmark index,
with the most dramatic improvement seen among risk assets.
| | |
Total Returns as of January 31, 2010 | 6-month | 12-month |
US equities (S&P 500 Index) | 9.87% | 33.14% |
Small cap US equities (Russell 2000 Index) | 8.86 | 37.82 |
International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index) | 6.93 | 39.68 |
3-month Treasury bill (BofA Merrill Lynch 3-Month Treasury Bill Index) | 0.10 | 0.22 |
US Treasury securities (BofA Merrill Lynch 10-Year US Treasury Index) | 0.62 | (3.31) |
Taxable fixed income (Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index) | 3.87 | 8.51 |
Tax-exempt fixed income (Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index) | 4.90 | 9.49 |
High yield bonds (Barclays Capital US Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index) | 15.90 | 50.80 |
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Index performance shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.
The market environment continues to improve, but questions about the strength and sustainability of the recovery abound. Through periods of market
uncertainty, BlackRock’s full resources are dedicated to the management of our clients’ assets. For additional market perspective and investment insight,
visit www.blackrock.com/shareholdermagazine, where you’ll find the most recent issue of our award-winning Shareholder® magazine, as well as its
quarterly companion newsletter, Shareholder Perspectives. As always, we thank you for entrusting BlackRock with your investments, and we look
forward to your continued partnership in the months and years ahead.
President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC
THIS PAGE NOT PART OF YOUR FUND REPORT
JANUARY 31, 2010
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Fund Summary as of January 31, 2010
Portfolio Management Commentary
How did the Fund perform?
• Effective September 30, 2009, the Fund’s benchmark was changed from
the S&P MidCap 400 Index to the S&P MidCap 400 Value Index, which
the portfolio management team believes more accurately reflects the
investment strategy of the Fund.
• The Fund generated strong absolute returns for the twelve-month period,
but underperformed both the S&P MidCap 400 Value Index and its for-
mer benchmark, the S&P MidCap 400 Index. The following discussion
of relative performance pertains to the S&P MidCap 400 Value Index.
What factors influenced performance?
• The Fund’s relative underperformance was due largely to negative attri-
bution in the materials, financials and consumer discretionary sectors.
Weakness in the materials sector stemmed largely from both an under-
weight and disappointing stock selection in chemicals. In particular, an
underweight position in Ashland, Inc. hampered relative performance as
the stock gained more than 400% during the period. Within the financials
sector, real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) generated strong gains.
Although we increased Fund exposure to REITs during the period, an
underweight hampered returns. Elsewhere in the financials sector, the
Fund’s capital markets holdings produced solid absolute gains, but failed
to keep pace with their benchmark counterparts, negatively affecting rela-
tive performance. Consumer discretionary stocks also rallied during the
twelve-month period. An underweight in the sector and disappointing
stock selection among restaurants, apparel manufacturers and multiline
retail dampened Fund performance. Lastly, the Fund’s cash position was
a significant detractor from performance, given the sharp positive move
in equity prices.
• Stock selection in the health care sector contributed positively to Fund
performance for the year. Key areas of strength included pharmaceuticals
and health care equipment & supplies. Performance also benefited from
a surge in shares of health care technology providers, Cerner Corp. and
IMS Health, Inc. An underweight in the utilities sector, particularly among
electric utilities, also added considerable value to Fund performance,
as more defensive utilities stocks lagged the broader market during the
period. Lastly, an overweight position and favorable stock selection in the
energy sector boosted relative performance. Energy stocks outperformed,
fueled by a sharp rebound in commodity prices. Notable individual
contributors included oil, gas & consumable fuel companies, Newfield
Exploration Co. and Whiting Petroleum Corp., and energy, equipment
& services provider BJ Services Co.
Describe recent portfolio activity.
• During the annual period, we primarily added to REITs, insurance and
commercial banks within the financials sector. We also added select
specialty retail and textiles, apparel & luxury goods manufacturers, which
decreased the Fund’s underweight in the consumer discretionary sector.
Conversely, we took advantage of gains in the health care sectors, reduc-
ing exposure in the health care providers & services, biotechnology and
pharmaceuticals industries.
Describe Fund positioning at period end.
• The Fund ended the period with overweight positions in information
technology (primarily software and semiconductors & semiconductor
equipment), energy and health care (particularly pharmaceuticals). The
Fund was underweight in financials (notably REITs, insurance and capital
markets names), industrials (particularly professional services, road & rail
and commercial services & supplies companies) and utilities (primarily
gas utilities).
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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Portfolio Information | | | |
| Percent of | | Percent of |
| Long-Term | | Long-Term |
Ten Largest Holdings | Investments | Sector Allocation | Investments |
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. | 2% | Financials | 24% |
Coventry Health Care, Inc. | 2 | Information Technology | 15 |
Dover Corp. | 2 | Industrials | 13 |
Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. | 2 | Consumer Discretionary | 12 |
Whiting Petroleum Corp. | 1 | Health Care | 10 |
Wisconsin Energy Corp. | 1 | Utilities | 9 |
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. | 1 | Energy | 6 |
Harte-Hanks, Inc. | 1 | Materials | 6 |
Timken Co. | 1 | Consumer Staples | 3 |
Alliant Energy Corp. | 1 | Telecommunication Services | 1 |
| | Investment Companies | 1 |
For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund's sector classifications refer to any one
or more of the sector sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized
market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management.
This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine
sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.
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Fund Summary (concluded)
Total Return Based on a $10,000 Investment
1 Assuming maximum sales charge, transaction costs and other operating expenses, including advisory fees, if any. Institutional Shares do not
have a sales charge.
2 The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in equity securities of mid cap companies.
3 This unmanaged index is a market value-weighted index that consists of 400 domestic stocks and measures the performance of the mid-size
company segment of the US market.
4 This unmanaged index measures the performance of the mid-capitalization value sector of the US equity market. It is a subset of the S&P
MidCap 400 Index and consists of those stocks in the S&P MidCap 400 Index exhibiting the strongest value characteristics, as determined by
the index provider, representing approximately 50% of the market capitalization of the S&P MidCap 400 Index. The Fund now uses this index
as its benchmark rather than the S&P MidCap 400 Index because Fund management believes it better reflects the Fund’s investment strategies.
| | | | | | | |
Performance Summary for the Period Ended January 31, 2010 | | | | | | |
| | | | Average Annual Total Returns5 | | |
| | 1 Year | | 5 Years | | 10 Years |
| 6-Month | w/o sales | w/sales | w/o sales | w/sales | w/o sales | w/sales |
| Total Returns | charge | charge | charge | charge | charge | charge |
Institutional | 12.76% | 40.63% | N/A | 2.99% | N/A | 7.31% | N/A |
Investor A | 12.59 | 40.10 | 32.74% | 2.68 | 1.58% | 7.01 | 6.43% |
Investor B | 12.08 | 38.95 | 34.45 | 1.87 | 1.63 | 6.33 | 6.33 |
Investor C | 12.00 | 38.76 | 37.76 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 6.09 | 6.09 |
Class R | 12.32 | 39.50 | N/A | 2.31 | N/A | 6.74 | N/A |
S&P MidCap 400 Index | 12.73 | 43.36 | N/A | 3.13 | N/A | 6.32 | N/A |
S&P MidCap 400 Value Index | 14.13 | 42.54 | N/A | 2.63 | N/A | 6.95 | N/A |
5 Assuming maximum sales charges, if any. Average annual total returns with and without sales charges reflect reductions for distribution and service fees. See “About Fund
Performance” on page 6 for a detailed description of share classes, including any related sales charges and fees.
N/A — Not applicable as share class and index do not have a sales charge. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
| | | | | | |
Expense Example | | | | | | |
| | Actual | | | Hypothetical7 | |
| Beginning | Ending | | Beginning | Ending | |
| Account Value | Account Value | Expenses Paid | Account Value | Account Value | Expenses Paid |
| August 1, 2009 | January 31, 2010 | During the Period6 | August 1, 2009 | January 31, 2010 | During the Period6 |
Institutional | $1,000 | $1,127.60 | $ 5.36 | $1,000 | $1,019.86 | $ 5.09 |
Investor A | $1,000 | $1,125.90 | $ 7.31 | $1,000 | $1,018,02 | $ 6.94 |
Investor B | $1,000 | $1,120.80 | $11.32 | $1,000 | $1,014.23 | $10.75 |
Investor C | $1,000 | $1,120.00 | $12.47 | $1,000 | $1,013.13 | $11.84 |
Class R | $1,000 | $1,123.20 | $ 9.10 | $1,000 | $1,016.32 | $ 8.65 |
6 For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class (1.01% for Institutional, 1.38% for Investor A, 2.14% for Investor B, 2.36% for
Investor C and 1.72% for Class R), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).
7 Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by pro rating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by 365.
See “Disclosure of Expenses” on page 6 for further information on how expenses were calculated.
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About Fund Performance
• Institutional Shares are not subject to any sales charge. Institutional
Shares bear no ongoing distribution or service fees and are available only
to eligible investors.
• Investor A Shares incur a maximum initial sales charge (front-end load)
of 5.25% and a service fee of 0.25% per year (but no distribution fee).
• Investor B Shares are subject to a maximum contingent deferred sales
charge of 4.50% declining to 0% after six years. In addition, Investor B
Shares are subject to a distribution fee of 0.75% per year and a service
fee of 0.25% per year. These shares automatically convert to Investor A
Shares after approximately eight years. (There is no initial sales charge
for automatic share conversions.) All returns for periods greater than
eight years reflect this conversion. Investor B Shares of the Fund are
only available for purchase through exchanges, dividend reinvestments
or for purchase by certain qualified employee benefit plans.
• Investor C Shares are subject to a 1.00% contingent deferred sales
charge if redeemed within one year of purchase. In addition, Investor C
Shares are subject to a distribution fee of 0.75% and a service fee of
0.25% per year.
• Class R Shares do not incur a maximum initial sales charge (front-end
load) or deferred sales charge. These shares are subject to a distribution
fee of 0.25% per year and a service fee of 0.25% per year. Class R
Shares are available only to certain retirement plans. Prior to February
4, 2003, Class R Share performance results are those of Institutional
Shares (which have no distribution or service fees) restated to reflect
Class R Share fees.
Performance information reflects past performance and does not guar-
antee 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. Figures
shown in the performance table on the previous page assume reinvest-
ment of all dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, at net asset
value on the ex-dividend date. Investment return and principal value of
shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more
or less than their original cost. Dividends 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. The Fund’s investment
advisor waived a portion of its investment advisory fee. Without such
waiver, the Fund’s performance would have been lower.
Disclosure of Expenses
Shareholders of this Fund may incur the following charges: (a) expenses
related to transactions, including sales charges, redemption fees and
exchange fees; and (b) operating expenses including advisory fees,
service and distribution fees including 12b-1 fees and other Fund
expenses. The expense example on the previous page (which is based
on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested on August 1, 2009
and held through January 31, 2010) 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 table 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 share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During
the Period.”
The table 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 this
Fund and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical example with the 5%
hypothetical examples that appear in other funds’ shareholder reports.
The expenses shown in the table are intended to highlight shareholders’
ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as
sales charges, redemption fees or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypotheti-
cal example is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only, and will not
help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning differ-
ent funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder
expenses would have been higher.
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Schedule of Investments January 31, 2010
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
| | |
Common Stocks | Shares | Value |
Aerospace & Defense — 1.1% | | |
Alliant Techsystems, Inc. (a)(b) | 11,900 | $ 939,743 |
Curtiss-Wright Corp. | 71,800 | 2,194,208 |
| | 3,133,951 |
Airlines — 0.6% | | |
Delta Air Lines, Inc. (b) | 146,400 | 1,790,472 |
Biotechnology — 0.2% | | |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b) | 13,900 | 533,760 |
Capital Markets — 0.2% | | |
Legg Mason, Inc. (a) | 22,200 | 572,316 |
Chemicals — 2.6% | | |
Airgas, Inc. | 42,800 | 1,808,728 |
Cytec Industries, Inc. | 47,400 | 1,768,494 |
FMC Corp. | 41,800 | 2,129,292 |
Intrepid Potash, Inc. (a)(b) | 64,400 | 1,577,156 |
| | 7,283,670 |
Commercial Banks — 5.8% | | |
Associated Banc-Corp | 111,500 | 1,418,280 |
BancorpSouth, Inc. (a) | 113,500 | 2,596,880 |
Bank of Hawaii Corp. | 62,200 | 2,828,856 |
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | 42,400 | 2,175,968 |
FirstMerit Corp. | 104,300 | 2,137,107 |
Regions Financial Corp. (a) | 340,500 | 2,162,175 |
TCF Financial Corp. | 101,700 | 1,488,888 |
Valley National Bancorp (a) | 103,900 | 1,428,625 |
| | 16,236,779 |
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5% | | |
Republic Services, Inc., Class A | 48,795 | 1,307,218 |
Communications Equipment — 1.5% | | |
JDS Uniphase Corp. (b) | 263,000 | 2,067,180 |
Tellabs, Inc. | 351,200 | 2,258,216 |
| | 4,325,396 |
Construction & Engineering — 2.0% | | |
Foster Wheeler AG (b) | 31,100 | 870,178 |
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (b) | 48,100 | 1,817,699 |
URS Corp. (b) | 63,200 | 2,836,416 |
| | 5,524,293 |
Consumer Finance — 0.7% | | |
Discover Financial Services, Inc. | 137,500 | 1,881,000 |
Containers & Packaging — 1.8% | | |
Bemis Co. | 51,000 | 1,431,060 |
Packaging Corp. of America | 69,400 | 1,529,576 |
Sonoco Products Co. | 80,200 | 2,226,352 |
| | 5,186,988 |
Distributors — 0.7% | | |
Genuine Parts Co. | 55,000 | 2,072,400 |
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.4% | | |
Regis Corp. | 71,000 | 1,131,030 |
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.9% | | |
Qwest Communications International, Inc. | 621,200 | 2,615,252 |
Electric Utilities — 2.8% | | |
Cleco Corp. | 56,400 | 1,461,888 |
DPL, Inc. | 72,100 | 1,935,164 |
Great Plains Energy, Inc. | 90,500 | 1,616,330 |
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (a) | 110,800 | 2,191,624 |
NV Energy, Inc. | 61,400 | 707,328 |
| | 7,912,334 |
| | |
Common Stocks | Shares | Value |
Electrical Equipment — 0.4% | | |
Ametek, Inc. | 30,500 | $ 1,111,420 |
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.7% | |
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (b) | 86,700 | 2,277,609 |
Avnet, Inc. (b) | 112,300 | 2,969,212 |
Ingram Micro, Inc., Class A (b) | 141,000 | 2,382,900 |
| | 7,629,721 |
Energy Equipment & Services — 2.6% | | |
Dresser-Rand Group, Inc. (a)(b) | 68,000 | 2,011,440 |
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. | 118,800 | 1,824,768 |
Smith International, Inc. | 43,200 | 1,309,824 |
Superior Energy Services, Inc. (b) | 91,800 | 2,108,646 |
| | 7,254,678 |
Food Products — 1.4% | | |
The J.M. Smucker Co. | 23,700 | 1,423,659 |
Smithfield Foods, Inc. (b) | 157,800 | 2,376,468 |
| | 3,800,127 |
Gas Utilities — 1.2% | | |
Nicor, Inc. | 36,300 | 1,470,876 |
South Jersey Industries, Inc. | 49,300 | 1,889,669 |
| | 3,360,545 |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.2% | | |
Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (b) | 121,400 | 5,012,606 |
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (b) | 21,500 | 1,210,880 |
| | 6,223,486 |
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.7% | | |
Coventry Health Care, Inc. (b) | 210,700 | 4,820,816 |
Health Net, Inc. (b) | 115,200 | 2,794,752 |
| | 7,615,568 |
Hotels Restaurants & Leisure — 0.4% | | |
Burger King Holdings, Inc. | 57,500 | 1,002,800 |
Household Durables — 1.1% | | |
Jarden Corp. | 63,100 | 1,923,288 |
MDC Holdings, Inc. | 35,600 | 1,196,160 |
| | 3,119,448 |
Household Products — 1.6% | | |
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | 35,500 | 2,140,295 |
Clorox Co. | 41,200 | 2,437,804 |
| | 4,578,099 |
IT Services — 1.8% | | |
Amdocs Ltd. (b) | 75,300 | 2,152,827 |
Convergys Corp. (b) | 282,300 | 3,020,610 |
| | 5,173,437 |
Insurance — 6.5% | | |
Arch Capital Group Ltd. (b) | 31,800 | 2,274,972 |
Fidelity National Title Group, Inc., Class A | 77,800 | 1,003,620 |
HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. | 65,000 | 1,761,500 |
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | 51,100 | 2,167,662 |
PartnerRe Ltd. | 28,000 | 2,088,520 |
ProAssurance Corp. (b) | 42,900 | 2,177,604 |
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 52,200 | 2,543,184 |
Stancorp Financial Group, Inc. | 35,900 | 1,542,982 |
Symetra Financial Corp. (b) | 72,300 | 929,055 |
W.R. Berkley Corp. | 74,200 | 1,805,286 |
| | 18,294,385 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (continued)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
| | |
Common Stocks | Shares | Value |
Internet Software & Services — 1.0% | | |
IAC/InterActiveCorp. (b) | 137,900 | $ 2,769,032 |
Leisure Equipment & Products — 1.0% | | |
Mattel, Inc. | 148,600 | 2,930,392 |
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.3% | | |
Affymetrix, Inc. (b) | 383,500 | 2,024,880 |
Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. | 192,900 | 4,506,144 |
| | 6,531,024 |
Machinery — 7.4% | | |
AGCO Corp. (a)(b) | 87,800 | 2,713,898 |
Dover Corp. | 105,900 | 4,540,992 |
IDEX Corp. | 61,000 | 1,721,420 |
Joy Global, Inc. | 32,400 | 1,481,976 |
Parker Hannifin Corp. | 56,800 | 3,175,688 |
SPX Corp. | 40,900 | 2,226,596 |
Terex Corp. (b) | 77,300 | 1,511,215 |
Timken Co. | 154,700 | 3,466,827 |
| | 20,838,612 |
Media — 1.2% | | |
Harte-Hanks, Inc. | 329,500 | 3,479,520 |
Metals & Mining — 1.3% | | |
Carpenter Technology Corp. | 54,400 | 1,457,920 |
Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. | 55,600 | 2,221,220 |
| | 3,679,140 |
Multi-Utilities — 4.8% | | |
Alliant Energy Corp. | 103,922 | 3,242,366 |
MDU Resources Group, Inc. | 105,400 | 2,320,908 |
NSTAR | 51,600 | 1,771,944 |
NiSource, Inc. | 79,300 | 1,130,025 |
OGE Energy Corp. | 42,200 | 1,528,484 |
Wisconsin Energy Corp. | 73,600 | 3,601,984 |
| | 13,595,711 |
Multiline Retail — 1.0% | | |
JCPenney Co., Inc. (a) | 115,400 | 2,865,382 |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.4% | | |
Arch Coal, Inc. | 58,000 | 1,222,060 |
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., Class A | 37,100 | 1,419,817 |
Frontier Oil Corp. | 63,400 | 789,964 |
PetroHawk Energy Corp. (b) | 65,800 | 1,469,314 |
St. Mary Land & Exploration Co. | 32,200 | 1,031,688 |
Whiting Petroleum Corp. (b) | 54,800 | 3,647,488 |
| | 9,580,331 |
Personal Products — 0.4% | | |
Alberto-Culver Co. | 35,700 | 1,013,523 |
Pharmaceuticals — 1.7% | | |
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b) | 248,200 | 2,980,882 |
Mylan, Inc. (a)(b) | 92,800 | 1,691,744 |
| | 4,672,626 |
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 6.3% | | |
AMB Property Corp. | 122,700 | 2,944,800 |
BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. | 105,500 | 1,537,135 |
Camden Property Trust | 30,100 | 1,166,977 |
Corporate Office Properties Trust | 35,900 | 1,281,271 |
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 17,900 | 1,426,451 |
| | |
Common Stocks | Shares | Value |
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (concluded) | | |
Federal Realty Investment Trust | 26,500 | $ 1,706,070 |
Host Marriott Corp. (a) | 105,825 | 1,121,745 |
The Macerich Co. (a) | 84,742 | 2,614,281 |
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 37,100 | 694,141 |
Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. (a) | 62,500 | 2,260,625 |
ProLogis | 89,000 | 1,121,400 |
| | 17,874,896 |
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5% | | |
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. | 24,500 | 1,396,745 |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.5% | |
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (b) | 255,100 | 2,290,798 |
Intersil Corp., Class A | 178,900 | 2,409,783 |
KLA-Tencor Corp. | 81,000 | 2,284,200 |
Microchip Technology, Inc. | 54,400 | 1,404,064 |
RF Micro Devices, Inc. (b) | 394,500 | 1,518,825 |
| | 9,907,670 |
Software — 3.5% | | |
CA, Inc. | 121,000 | 2,666,840 |
Electronic Arts, Inc. (b) | 44,500 | 724,460 |
Novell, Inc. (b) | 581,400 | 2,598,858 |
Synopsys, Inc. (b) | 88,100 | 1,873,887 |
TIBCO Software, Inc. (b) | 233,300 | 2,090,368 |
| | 9,954,413 |
Specialty Retail — 4.1% | | |
Foot Locker, Inc. | 199,557 | 2,252,999 |
The Gap, Inc. | 93,800 | 1,789,704 |
Limited Brands, Inc. | 119,700 | 2,276,694 |
RadioShack Corp. (a) | 110,800 | 2,162,816 |
Urban Outfitters, Inc. (b) | 94,800 | 2,992,836 |
| | 11,475,049 |
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.4% | | |
Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. | 32,900 | 1,292,641 |
VF Corp. | 36,200 | 2,607,486 |
| | 3,900,127 |
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 2.2% | | |
First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. | 180,500 | 2,478,265 |
New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (a) | 239,000 | 3,592,170 |
| | 6,070,435 |
Total Common Stocks – 93.4% | | 263,205,201 |
Investment Companies | | |
iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate Index Fund (a)(c) | 25,900 | 1,124,837 |
SPDR Gold Trust (b) | 5,400 | 572,184 |
SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust | 10,500 | 1,338,750 |
Total Investment Companies – 1.1% | | 3,035,771 |
Total Long-Term Investments | | |
(Cost – $234,598,978) – 94.5% | | 266,240,972 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (concluded)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
| | |
| Beneficial | |
| Interest | |
Short-Term Securities | (000) | Value |
BlackRock Liquidity Series, | | |
LLC Money Market Series, 0.27% (c)(d)(e) | $ 31,550 | $ 31,550,050 |
| Shares | |
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, | | |
TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.10% (c)(d) | 9,914,420 | 9,914,420 |
Total Short-Term Securities | | |
(Cost – $41,464,470) – 14.7% | | 41,464,470 |
Total Investments (Cost – $276,063,448*) — 109.2% | 307,705,442 |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (9.2)% | | (25,840,419) |
Net Assets – 100.0% | | $ 281,865,023 |
* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of January
31, 2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:
| | |
| Aggregate cost | $ 281,069,869 |
| Gross unrealized appreciation | $ 35,713,594 |
| Gross unrealized depreciation | (9,078,021) |
| Net unrealized appreciation | $ 26,635,573 |
(a) | Security, or a portion of security, is on loan. | |
(b) | Non-income producing security. | |
(c) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund, for purposes
of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, were as follows:
| | | | | |
| Purchase | Sales | Realized Gain | |
Affiliate | | Cost | Cost | (Loss) | Income |
BlackRock | | | | | |
Liquidity Funds, | | | | | |
TempFund, | | | | | |
Institutional | | | | | |
Class | $ 9,914,4201 | — | — | $ 38,325 |
BlackRock | | | | | |
Liquidity Series, | | | | | |
LLC Cash Sweep | | | | | |
Series | | — $23,188,6992 | — | $ 14,161 |
BlackRock | | | | | |
Liquidity Series, | | | | | |
LLC Money | | | | | |
Market Series | $14,731,1001 | — | — | $ 122,186 |
iShares Dow Jones | | | | |
US Real Estate | | | | | |
Index Fund | $ 7,116,737 | $ 9,508,126 | $ (416,550) | $ 139,287 |
iShares Russell | | | | | |
Midcap Growth | | | | | |
Index Fund | $ 2,547,777 | $ 2,547,777 | $ 1,106,867 | $ 22,598 |
1 Represents net purchase cost.
2 Represents net sale cost.
(d) Represents the current yield as of report date.
(e) Security was purchased with the cash collateral from securities loans.
• For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry classifications refer to any one
or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized
market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management.
This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine
industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.
• Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value
of investments, which are as follows:
• Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets
and liabilities
• Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices
for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for iden-
tical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other
than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as
interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities,
credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)
• Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the
circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the
Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments)
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an
indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information
about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant
accounting policies, please refer to the Note 1 of the Notes to Financial
Statements.
The following table summarizes the inputs used as of January 31, 2010 in
determining the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments:
| |
Valuation | Investments in |
Inputs | Securities |
| Assets |
Level 1 | |
Long-Term Investments1 | $ 266,240,972 |
Short-Term Securities | 9,914,420 |
Total Level 1 | 276,155,392 |
Level 2 — Short-Term Securities | 31,550,050 |
Level 3 | — |
Total | $ 307,705,442 |
1 See above Schedule of Investments for values in each industry.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | |
January 31, 2010 | |
Assets | |
Investments at value — unaffiliated (including securities loaned of $29,163,417) (cost — $233,676,974) | $ 265,116,135 |
Investments at value — affiliated (including securities loaned of $434,300) (cost — $42,386,474) | 42,589,307 |
Investments sold receivable | 8,807,075 |
Capital shares sold receivable | 304,306 |
Dividends receivable | 192,414 |
Securities lending income receivable — affiliated | 4,323 |
Prepaid expenses | 18,594 |
Total assets | 317,032,154 |
Liabilities | |
Collateral at value — securities loaned | 31,550,050 |
Investments purchased payable | 1,761,604 |
Capital shares redeemed payable | 1,332,209 |
Investment advisory fees payable | 153,278 |
Service and distribution fees payable | 101,414 |
Other affiliates payable | 10,389 |
Officer’s and Directors’ fees payable | 159 |
Other accrued expenses payable | 258,028 |
Total liabilities | 35,167,131 |
Net Assets | $ 281,865,023 |
Net Assets Consist of | |
Paid-in capital | $ 363,012,270 |
Undistributed net investment income | 12,474 |
Accumulated net realized loss | (112,801,715) |
Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation | 31,641,994 |
Net Assets | $ 281,865,023 |
Net Asset Value | |
Institutional — Based on net assets of $60,548,708 and 4,628,517 shares outstanding, 20 million shares authorized, $0.10 par value | $ 13.08 |
Investor A — Based on net assets of $101,184,485 and 7,910,600 shares outstanding, 40 million shares authorized, $0.10 par value | $ 12.79 |
Investor B — Based on net assets of $12,708,357 and 1,069,515 shares outstanding, 40 million shares authorized, $0.10 par value | $ 11.88 |
Investor C — Based on net assets of $57,113,153 and 4,895,842 shares outstanding, 40 million shares authorized, $0.10 par value | $ 11.67 |
Class R — Based on net assets of $50,310,320 and 4,211,990 shares outstanding, 40 million shares authorized, $0.10 par value | $ 11.94 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| |
Statement of Operations | |
Year Ended January 31, 2010 | |
Investment Income | |
Dividends | $ 3,639,745 |
Foreign taxes withheld | (189) |
Income — affiliated | 214,371 |
Securities lending — affiliated | 122,186 |
Total income | 3,976,113 |
Expenses | |
Investment advisory | 1,648,369 |
Service — Investor A | 199,113 |
Service and distribution — Investor B | 173,444 |
Service and distribution — Investor C | 531,586 |
Service and distribution — Class R | 214,688 |
Transfer agent — Institutional | 120,326 |
Transfer agent — Investor A | 300,084 |
Transfer agent — Investor B | 74,401 |
Transfer agent — Investor C | 344,524 |
Transfer agent — Class R | 205,537 |
Accounting services | 119,827 |
Professional | 96,987 |
Printing | 75,231 |
Registration | 64,233 |
Custodian | 37,036 |
Officer and Directors | 22,790 |
Miscellaneous | 31,589 |
Total expenses | 4,259,765 |
Less fees waived by advisor | (7,840) |
Total expenses after fees waived | 4,251,925 |
Net investment loss | (275,812) |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |
Net realized gain (loss) from: | |
Investments — unaffiliated | (11,773,775) |
Litigation proceeds | 1,042,462 |
Investments — affiliated | 690,317 |
| (10,040,996) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments | 92,957,110 |
Total realized and unrealized gain | 82,916,114 |
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | $ 82,640,302 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| | |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets | | |
| Year Ended January 31, |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets: | 2010 | 2009 |
Operations | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ (275,812) | $ 531,855 |
Net realized loss | (10,040,996) | (95,998,581) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation | 92,957,110 | (31,773,375) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 82,640,302 | (127,240,101) |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders From | | |
Net investment income: | | |
Institutional | (435,001) | — |
Investor A | (276,392) | — |
Class R | (4,030) | — |
Net realized gain: | | |
Institutional | — | (624,349) |
Investor A | — | (824,034) |
Investor B | — | (299,995) |
Investor C | — | (618,544) |
Class R | — | (428,160) |
Decrease in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions to shareholders | (715,423) | (2,795,082) |
Capital Share Transactions | | |
Net decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions | (12,302,022) | (28,668,524) |
Net Assets | | |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 69,622,857 | (158,703,707) |
Beginning of year | 212,242,166 | 370,945,873 |
End of year | $ 281,865,023 | $ 212,242,166 |
Undistributed net investment income | $ 12,474 | $ 754,985 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Financial Highlights | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Institutional | | | | | | | | Investor A | | | |
| | | | Year Ended January 31, | | | | Year Ended January 31, | | |
| | 2010 | | 2009 | 2008 | | 2007 | 2006 | 2010 | | 2009 | | 2008 | 2007 | | 2006 |
Per Share Operating Performance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
beginning of year | $ 9.37 | $ 14.80 | $ 18.79 | $ 19.89 | $ 19.58 | $ 9.16 | $ 14.52 | $ 18.49 $ | 19.63 | $ 19.33 |
Net investment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
income (loss)1 | | 0.06 | | 0.11 | 0.05 | | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.02 | | 0.06 | | (0.00)2 | 0.003 | | 0.03 |
Net realized and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
unrealized gain (loss) | | 3.73 | | (5.42) | (0.81) | | 1.79 | 4.34 | 3.65 | | (5.30) | | (0.79) | 1.76 | | 4.28 |
Net increase (decrease) from | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
investment operations | | 3.79 | | (5.31) | (0.76) | | 1.84 | 4.41 | 3.67 | | (5.24) | | (0.79) | 1.76 | | 4.31 |
Dividends and distributions | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
from: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | (0.08) | | — | — | | — | — | (0.04) | | — | | — | — | | — |
Net realized gain | | — | | (0.12) | (3.23) | | (2.94) | (4.10) | — | | (0.12) | | (3.18) | (2.90) | | (4.01) |
Total dividends and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
distributions | | (0.08) | | (0.12) | (3.23) | | (2.94) | (4.10) | (0.04) | | (0.12) | | (3.18) | (2.90) | | (4.01) |
Net asset value, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
end of year | $ 13.08 | $ 9.37 | $ 14.80 | $ 18.79 | $ 19.89 | $ 12.79 | $ 9.16 | $ 14.52 $ | 18.49 | $ 19.63 |
Total Investment Return4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Based on net asset value | | 40.63%5 | (36.16)% | (5.36)% | 10.09% | 23.90% | 40.10%6 | (36.39)% | (5.64)% | 9.76% | | 23.66% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses | | 1.04% | | 0.98% | 0.93% | | 1.01% | 1.01% | 1.42% | | 1.36% | | 1.24% | 1.26% | | 1.26% |
Total expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
after fees waived | | 1.04% | | 0.98% | 0.93% | | 1.01% | 1.01% | 1.42% | | 1.36% | | 1.24% | 1.26% | | 1.26% |
Net investment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
income (loss) | | 0.53% | | 0.84% | 0.29% | | 0.28% | 0.34% | 0.17% | | 0.46% | | (0.02)% | 0.00%7 | 0.13% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
end of year (000) | $ 60,549 | $ 46,590 | $ 78,988 | $ 105,207 | $ 114,921 | $ 101,184 | $ 64,948 | $ 110,362 $ | 121,065 | $ 98,343 |
Portfolio turnover | | 106% | | 154% | 148% | | 99% | 110% | 106% | | 154% | | 148% | 99% | | 110% |
1 Based on average shares outstanding.
2 Amount is less than $(0.01) per share.
3 Amount is less than $0.01 per share.
4 Where applicable, total investment returns exclude the effects of any sales charges and include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.
5 Includes proceeds received from a settlement of litigation, which impacted the Fund’s total investment return. Not including these proceeds, the total investment return would
have been 40.20%.
6 Includes proceeds received from a settlement of litigation, which impacted the Fund’s total investment return. Not including these proceeds, the total investment return would
have been 39.66%.
7 Amount is less than 0.01%.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Financial Highlights (continued) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Investor B | | | | | | | | | Investor C | | | | |
| | | | Year Ended January 31, | | | | | Year Ended January 31, | | |
| | 2010 | | 2009 | | 2008 | | 2007 | | 2006 | 2010 | | 2009 | | 2008 | | 2007 | | 2006 |
Per Share Operating Performance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
beginning of year | $ 8.55 | $ 13.66 | $ 17.54 | $ 18.73 | $ 18.43 | $ 8.41 | $ 13.47 | $ 17.36 | $ 18.61 | $ 18.39 |
Net investment loss1 | | (0.08) | | (0.04) | | (0.14) | | (0.14) | | (0.13) | (0.09) | | (0.06) | | (0.16) | | (0.14) | | (0.13) |
Net realized and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
unrealized gain (loss) | | 3.41 | | (4.96) | | (0.74) | | 1.67 | | 4.09 | 3.35 | | (4.90) | | (0.72) | | 1.65 | | 4.07 |
Net increase (decrease) from | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
investment operations | | 3.33 | | (5.00) | | (0.88) | | 1.53 | | 3.96 | 3.26 | | (4.96) | | (0.88) | | 1.51 | | 3.94 |
Distributions from | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
net realized gain | | — | | (0.11) | | (3.00) | | (2.72) | | (3.66) | — | | (0.10) | | (3.01) | | (2.76) | | (3.72) |
Net asset value, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
end of year | $ 11.88 | $ 8.55 | $ 13.66 | $ 17.54 | $ 18.73 | $ 11.67 | $ 8.41 | $ 13.47 | $ 17.36 | $ 18.61 |
Total Investment Return2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Based on net asset value | | 38.95%3 | (36.91)% | (6.38)% | 8.94% | | 22.69% | 38.76%4 | (37.06)% | (6.50)% | 8.90% | | 22.65% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses | | 2.26% | | 2.12% | | 2.04% | | 2.03% | | 2.04% | 2.48% | | 2.35% | | 2.15% | | 2.04% | | 2.05% |
Total expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
after fees waived | | 2.26% | | 2.12% | | 2.04% | | 2.03% | | 2.04% | 2.47% | | 2.35% | | 2.15% | | 2.04% | | 2.05% |
Net investment loss | | (0.77)% | (0.34)% | (0.83)% | (0.75)% | (0.67)% | (0.92)% | (0.54)% | (0.93)% | (0.78)% | (0.67)% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
end of year (000) | $ 12,708 | $ 20,131 | $ 46,499 | $ 78,174 | $ 112,073 | $ 57,113 | $ 47,034 | $ 85,547 | $ 111,084 | $ 103,468 |
Portfolio turnover | | 106% | | 154% | | 148% | | 99% | | 110% | 106% | | 154% | | 148% | | 99% | | 110% |
1 Based on average shares outstanding.
2 Where applicable, total investment returns exclude the effects of any sales charges and include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.
3 Includes proceeds received from a settlement of litigation, which impacted the Fund’s total investment return. Not including these proceeds, the total investment return would
have been 38.60%.
4 Includes proceeds received from a settlement of litigation, which impacted the Fund’s total investment return. Not including these proceeds, the total investment return would
have been 38.29%.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| | | | | | |
Financial Highlights (concluded) | | | | | | |
| | | Class R | | | |
| | Year Ended January 31, | | |
| 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | | 2007 | 2006 |
Per Share Operating Performance | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of year | $ 8.56 | $ 13.63 | $ 17.58 | $ 18.81 | $ 18.71 |
Net investment income (loss)1 | (0.02) | 0.01 | (0.07) | | (0.05) | (0.02) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 3.40 | (4.97) | (0.74) | | 1.69 | 4.11 |
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | 3.38 | (4.96) | (0.81) | | 1.64 | 4.09 |
Dividends and distributions from: | | | | | | |
Net investment income | (0.00)2 | — | — | | — | — |
Net realized gain | — | (0.11) | (3.14) | | (2.87) | (3.99) |
Total dividends and distributions | (0.00) | (0.11) | (3.14) | | (2.87) | (3.99) |
Net asset value, end of year | $ 11.94 | $ 8.56 | $ 13.63 | $ 17.58 | $ 18.81 |
Total Investment Return3 | | | | | | |
Based on net asset value | 39.50%4 | (36.66)% | (6.02)% | | 9.55% | 23.26% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets | | | | | | |
Total expenses | 1.81% | 1.78% | 1.64% | | 1.51% | 1.51% |
Total expenses after waiver | 1.80% | 1.78% | 1.64% | | 1.51% | 1.51% |
Net investment income (loss) | (0.22)% | 0.07% | (0.39)% | | (0.28)% | (0.11)% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of year (000) | $ 50,310 | $ 33,540 | $ 49,550 | $ 32,476 | $ 17,981 |
Portfolio turnover | 106% | 154% | 148% | | 99% | 110% |
1 Based on average shares outstanding.
2 Amount is less than $(0.01) per share.
3 Where applicable, total investment returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.
4 Includes proceeds received from a settlement of litigation, which impacted the Fund’s total investment return. Not including these proceeds, the total investment return would
have been 39.15%.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:
BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) of BlackRock
Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series, Inc. (the “Series”) is registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940
Act”), as a diversified, open-end management investment company and
is organized as a Maryland Corporation. The Fund’s financial statements
are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America, which may require the use of manage-
ment accruals and estimates. Actual results may differ from these esti-
mates. 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 a front-end sales charge.
Investor B and Investor C Shares may be subject to a contingent
deferred sales charge. Class R Shares are sold only to certain retirement
or similar plans. All classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liq-
uidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except
that Investor A, Investor B, Investor C and Class R Shares bear certain
expenses related to the shareholder servicing of such shares, and
Investor B, Investor C and Class R Shares also bear certain expenses
related to the distribution of such shares. Investor B Shares automati-
cally convert to Investor A Shares after approximately eight years.
Investor B Shares are only available for purchase through exchanges,
dividend reinvestments or for purchase by certain qualified employee
benefit plans. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to mat-
ters relating to its shareholder servicing and distribution expenditures
(except that Investor B shareholders may vote on material changes to
the Investor A distribution plan).
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by
the Fund:
Valuation: The Fund’s policy is to fair value its financial instruments at
market value. Equity investments traded on a recognized securities
exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market System are valued at the last
reported sale price that day or the NASDAQ official closing price, if appli-
cable. For equity investments traded on more than one exchange, the
last reported sale 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 are valued at the last available
bid price. If no bid price is available, the prior day’s price will be used,
unless it is determined that such prior day’s price no longer reflects the
fair value of the security. Investments in open-end investment companies
are valued at net asset value each business day. Short-term securities
with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized
cost, which approximates fair value.
The Fund values its investment in BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money
Market Series (the "Money Market Series"), an unregistered investment
company, at fair value, which is ordinarily based upon its pro rata owner-
ship in the net assets of the underlying fund. The Money Market Series
seeks current income consistent with maintaining liquidity and preserv-
ing capital. The Money Market Series' investments will follow the param-
eters of investments by a money market fund that is subject to Rule
2a-7 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
under the 1940 Act. The Fund may withdraw up to 25% of its investment
daily, although the manager of the Money Market Series, in its sole
discretion, may permit an investor to withdraw more than 25% on any
one day.
In the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a
price for an investment which is deemed not to be representative of the
market value of such investment or is not available, the investment will
be valued by a method approved by the Board of Directors (the “Board’)
as reflecting fair value. When determining the price for such investments,
the investment advisor and/or sub-advisor seeks to determine the price
that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive from the current sale
of that asset in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations
shall be based upon all available factors that the investment advisor
and/or sub-advisor deems relevant.
Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting
purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the trans-
actions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on
investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis.
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Upon notification
from issuers, some of the dividend income received from a real estate
investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the
related investment and/or realized gain. Interest income is recognized
on the accrual basis. Income and realized and unrealized gains and
losses are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.
Dividends and Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by the
Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates.
Securities Lending: The Fund may lend securities to financial institutions
that provide cash as collateral, which will be maintained at all times in
an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the
loaned securities. The market value of the loaned securities is deter-
mined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required
collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. The Fund
may earn a fee on securities loaned, a portion of which may be rebated
to the borrower. The Fund invests the cash collateral received, income
from which is retained by the Fund. The Fund may pay reasonable lend-
ing agent, administrative and custodial fees in connection with its loans.
Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after
notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time
period for settlement of securities transactions. In the event that the
borrower defaults on its obligation to return borrowed securities because
of insolvency or for any other reason, the Fund could experience delays
and costs in gaining access to the collateral. The Fund also could suffer
16 BLACKROCK MID CAP VALUE OPPORTUNITIES FUND
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls
below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an invest-
ment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original
cash collateral received.
Income Taxes: It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of
the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment compa-
nies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its share-
holders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Under the
applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax may be imposed on inter-
est, dividends and capital gains at various rates.
The Fund files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No
income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limita-
tions on the Fund’s US federal tax returns remains open for each of the
four years ended January 31, 2010. The statutes of limitations on the
Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional
year depending upon the jurisdiction.
Recent Accounting Standards: In June 2009, amended guidance was
issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) for trans-
fers of financial assets. This guidance is intended to improve the rele-
vance, representational faithfulness and comparability of the information
that a reporting entity provides in its financial statements about a trans-
fer of financial assets; the effects of a transfer on its financial position,
financial performance, and cash flows; and a transferor’s continuing
involvement, if any, in transferred financial assets. The amended guid-
ance is effective for financial statements for fiscal years and interim
periods beginning after November 15, 2009. Earlier application is pro-
hibited. The recognition and measurement provisions of this guidance
must be applied to transfers occurring on or after the effective date.
Additionally, the enhanced disclosure provisions of the amended guid-
ance should be applied to transfers that occurred both before and after
the effective date of this guidance. The impact of this guidance on
the Fund’s financial statements and disclosures, if any, is currently
being assessed.
In January 2010, the FASB issued amended guidance to improve
disclosure about fair value measurements which will require additional
disclosures about transfers into and out of Levels 1 and 2 and separate
disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the
reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable
inputs (Level 3). It also clarifies existing disclosure requirements relating
to the levels of disaggregation for fair value measurement and inputs
and valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The amended
guidance is effective for financial statements for fiscal years and interim
periods beginning after December 15, 2009 except for disclosures
about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the rollforward of
activity in Level 3 fair value measurements, which are effective for fiscal
years beginning after December 15, 2010 and for interim periods within
those fiscal years. The impact of this guidance on the Fund’s financial
statements and disclosures is currently being assessed.
Other: Expenses directly related to the Fund or its classes are charged
to that Fund or class. Other operating expenses shared by several funds
are pro rated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or
other appropriate methods. Other expenses of the Fund are allocated
daily to each class based on its relative net assets. The Fund has an
arrangement with the custodian whereby fees may be reduced by credits
earned on uninvested cash balances, which if applicable are shown
as fees paid indirectly in the Statement of Operations. The custodian
imposes fees on overdrawn cash balances, which can be offset by accu-
mulated credits earned or may result in additional custody charges.
2. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions
with Affiliates:
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. ("PNC"), Bank of America
Corporation ("BAC") and Barclays Bank PLC ("Barclays") are the largest
stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. ("BlackRock"). Due to the ownership
structure, PNC is an affiliate for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and
Barclays are not.
The Series, on behalf of the Fund, entered into an Investment Advisory
Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Fund’s
investment advisor, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock,
to provide investment advisory and administration services.
The Manager is responsible for the management of the Fund’s portfolio
and provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain
other services necessary to the operation of the Fund. For such services,
the Fund pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.65% of
the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets.
The Manager has voluntarily agreed to waive its advisory fee by the
amount of investment advisory fees the Fund pays to the Manager
indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds, how-
ever the Manager does not waive its advisory fees by the amount of
investment advisory fees through its investment in other affiliated invest-
ment companies. This amount is included in fees waived by advisor in
the Statement of Operations.
The Manager has entered into a separate sub-advisory agreement with
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”), an affiliate of the
Manager, under which the Manager pays BIM for services it provides, a
monthly fee that is a percentage of the investment advisory fee paid by
the Fund to the Manager.
For the year ended January 31, 2010, the Series, on behalf of the Fund,
reimbursed the Manager $4,607 for certain accounting services, which
is included in accounting services in the Statement of Operations.
BLACKROCK MID CAP VALUE OPPORTUNITIES FUND
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17
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
The Series, on behalf of the Fund, has entered into a Distribution
Agreement and Distribution Plans with BlackRock Investments, LLC
(“BRIL”) which is an affiliate of BlackRock.
Pursuant to the Distribution Plans adopted by the Fund in accordance
with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund pays BRIL ongoing
service and distribution fees. The fees are accrued daily and paid
monthly at annual rates based upon the average daily net assets of
the shares as follows:
| | |
| Service | Distribution |
| Fee | Fee |
Investor A | 0.25% | — |
Investor B | 0.25% | 0.75% |
Investor C | 0.25% | 0.75% |
Class R | 0.25% | 0.25% |
Pursuant to sub-agreements with BRIL, broker-dealers and BRIL provide
shareholder servicing and distribution services to the Fund. The ongoing
service fee and/or distribution fee compensates BRIL and each broker-
dealer for providing shareholder servicing and/or distribution related
services to Investor A, Investor B, Investor C and Class R shareholders.
For the year ended January 31, 2010, affiliates earned underwriting
discounts, direct commissions and dealer concessions on sales of
the Fund’s Investor A Shares, which totaled $2,385. Affiliates received
contingent deferred sales charges of $9,034, and $1,866 relating to
transactions in Investor B and Investor C Shares, respectively. Further-
more, affiliates received contingent deferred sales charges of $51
relating to transactions subject to front-end sales charge waivers on
Investor A Shares.
PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc., an indirect, wholly owned
subsidiary of PNC and an affiliate of the Manager, serves as transfer
agent and dividend disbursing agent. Each class of the Fund bears the
costs of transfer agent fees associated with such respective classes.
Transfer agency fees borne by each class of the Fund are comprised of
those fees charged for all shareholder communications including mailing
of shareholder reports, dividend and distribution notices, and proxy
materials for shareholder meetings, as well as per account and per
transaction fees related to servicing and maintenance of shareholder
accounts, including the issuing, redeeming and transferring of shares of
each class of the Fund, 12b-1 fee calculation, check writing, anti-money
laundering services, and customer identification services.
Pursuant to written agreements, certain affiliates provide the Fund
with sub-accounting, recordkeeping, sub-transfer agency and other
administrative services with respect to sub-accounts they service. For
these services, these affiliates receive an annual fee per shareholder
account which will vary depending on share class. For the year ended
January 31, 2010, the Fund paid $889 in return for these services,
which is included in transfer agent — class specific in the Statement
of Operations.
The Manager maintains a call center, which is responsible for providing
certain shareholder services to the Fund, such as responding to share-
holder inquiries and processing transactions based upon instructions
from shareholders with respect to the subscription and redemption of
Fund shares. For the year ended January 31, 2010, the Fund reimbursed
the Manager the following amounts for costs incurred in running the call
center, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the
Statement of Operations.
| |
| Call Center |
| Fees |
Institutional | $ 621 |
Investor A | $3,344 |
Investor B | $ 867 |
Investor C. | $1,945 |
Class R | $ 768 |
The Fund has received an exemptive order from the SEC permitting it
to, among other things, pay an affiliated securities lending agent a fee
based on a share of the income derived from the securities lending
activities and has retained BIM as the securities lending agent. BIM may,
on behalf of the Fund, invest cash collateral received by the Fund for
such loans, among other things, in a private investment company man-
aged by the Manager or in registered money market funds advised by
the Manager or its affiliates. The share of income earned by the Fund on
such investments is shown as securities lending — affiliated in the
Statement of Operations. For the year ended January 31, 2010, BIM
received $30,435 in securities lending agent fees.
Certain officers and/or directors of the Fund are officers and/or directors
of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Fund reimburses the Manager for com-
pensation paid to the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer.
3. Investments:
Purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities,
for the year ended January 31, 2010 were $251,704,114 and
$255,744,309, respectively.
4. Borrowings:
The Series, on behalf of the Fund, along with certain other funds man-
aged by the Manager and its affiliates, is a party to a $500 million
credit agreement with a group of lenders, which was renewed until
November 2010. The Fund may borrow under the credit agreement to
fund shareholder redemptions and for other lawful purposes other than
for leverage. The Fund may borrow up to the maximum amount allowable
under the Fund’s current Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information, subject to various other legal, regulatory or contractual lim-
its. Prior to its renewal the credit agreement had the following terms:
18 BLACKROCK MID CAP VALUE OPPORTUNITIES FUND
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
0.02% upfront fee on the aggregate commitment amount which was
allocated to the Fund based on its net assets as of October 31, 2008; a
commitment fee of 0.08% per annum based on the Fund’s pro rata
share of the unused portion of the credit agreement, which is included in
miscellaneous in the Statement of Operations, and interest at a rate
equal to the higher of the (a) federal funds effective rate and (b) reserve
adjusted one-month LIBOR, plus, in each case, the higher of (i) 1.50%
and (ii) 50% of the CDX Index (as defined in the credit agreement) on
amounts borrowed. Effective November 2009, the credit agreement was
renewed with the following terms: 0.02% upfront fee on the aggregate
commitment amount which was allocated to the Fund based on its net
assets as of October 31, 2009, a commitment fee of 0.10% per annum
based on the Fund's pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit
agreement and interest at a rate equal to the higher of the (a) one-
month LIBOR plus 1.25% per annum and (b) the Fed Funds rate plus
1.25% per annum on amounts borrowed. The Fund did not borrow under
the credit agreement during the year ended January 31, 2010.
5. Income Tax Information:
Reclassifications: Accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America require that certain components of net assets
be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and
tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or
net asset values per share. The following permanent difference as of
January 31, 2010 attributable to net operating losses, income recog-
nized from pass-through entities and distributions paid in excess of
taxable income were reclassified to the following accounts:
| |
Paid-in capital | $ (279,670) |
Undistributed net investment income | $ 248,724 |
Accumulated net realized loss | $ 30,946 |
The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended
January 31, 2010 and 2009 was as follows:
| | |
| 1/31/2010 | 1/31/2009 |
Distributions paid from: | | |
Ordinary income | $ 715,423 | $ 2,649,128 |
Long-term capital gains | — | 145,954 |
Total distributions | $ 715,423 | $ 2,795,082 |
As of January 31, 2010 the tax components of accumulated net losses
were as follows:
| |
Capital loss carryforwards | $ (107,782,820) |
Net unrealized gains* | 26,635,573 |
Total | $ (81,147,247) |
* The differences between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains were
attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales and the timing
and recognition of partnership income.
As of January 31, 2010, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards
available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated
expiration dates:
| |
Expires January 31, | |
2017 | $ 32,503,018 |
2018 | 75,279,802 |
Total | $ 107,782,820 |
6. Concentration, Market and Credit Risk: | |
In the normal course of business, the Fund invests in securities and
enters into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the
market (market risk) or failure of the issuer of a security to meet all its
obligations (credit risk). The value of securities held by the Fund may
decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving
the issuers whose securities are owned by the Fund; conditions affecting
the general economy; overall market changes; local, regional or global
political, social or economic instability; and currency and interest rate
and price fluctuations. Similar to credit risk, the Fund may be exposed
to counterparty risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Fund has
unsettled or open transactions may default. Financial assets, which
potentially expose the Fund to credit and counterparty risks, consist
principally of investments and cash due from counterparties. The extent
of the Fund’s exposure to credit and counterparty risks with respect to
these financial assets is generally approximated by their value recorded
in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held
by the Fund.
The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in securities in the
financials sector. Changes in economic conditions affecting the finan-
cials sector would have a greater impact on the Fund and could affect
the value, income and/or liquidity of positions in such securities.
BLACKROCK MID CAP VALUE OPPORTUNITIES FUND
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19
| | | | | | |
Notes to Financial Statements (concluded) | | | | | |
7. Capital Share Transactions: | | | | | | |
Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows: | | | | | | |
| Year Ended | | Year Ended | |
| January 31, 2010 | January 31, 2009 |
| Shares | | Amount | Shares | | Amount |
Institutional | | | | | | |
Shares sold | 1,197,992 | $ 13,095,393 | 894,301 | $ 11,455,153 |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment | | | | | | |
of dividends and distributions | 36,094 | | 413,997 | 41,113 | | 590,260 |
Total issued | 1,234,086 | | 13,509,390 | 935,414 | | 12,045,413 |
Shares redeemed | (1,579,573) | | (18,355,938) | (1,298,490) | | (16,730,965) |
Net decrease | (345,487) | $ (4,846,548) | (363,076) | $ (4,685,552) |
Investor A | | | | | | |
Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares | 2,903,260 | $ 32,744,277 | 2,531,583 | $ 32,621,453 |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment | | | | | | |
of dividends and distributions | 23,192 | | 260,446 | 55,323 | | 778,361 |
Total issued | 2,926,452 | | 33,004,723 | 2,586,906 | | 33,399,814 |
Shares redeemed | (2,108,416) | | (23,160,451) | (3,092,464) | | (38,735,071) |
Net increase (decrease) | 818,036 | $ 9,844,272 | (505,558) | $ (5,335,257) |
Investor B | | | | | | |
Shares sold | 109,186 | $ 1,065,664 | 224,445 | $ 2,637,937 |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment | | | | | | |
of distributions | — | | — | 20,760 | | 273,808 |
Total issued | 109,186 | | 1,065,664 | 245,205 | | 2,911,745 |
Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares | (1,394,821) | | (14,518,074) | (1,294,910) | | (15,558,989) |
Net decrease | (1,285,635) | $ (13,452,410) | (1,049,705) | $ (12,647,244) |
Investor C | | | | | | |
Shares sold | 845,202 | $ 8,557,135 | 1,149,424 | $ 13,409,837 |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment | | | | | | |
of distributions | — | | — | 44,752 | | 581,751 |
Total issued | 845,202 | | 8,557,135 | 1,194,176 | | 13,991,588 |
Shares redeemed | (1,540,665) | | (15,444,453) | (1,951,732) | | (23,077,661) |
Net decrease | (695,463) | $ (6,887,318) | (757,556) | $ (9,086,073) |
Class R | | | | | | |
Shares sold | 2,024,704 | $ 20,891,203 | 2,075,802 | $ 24,379,139 |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment | | | | | | |
of dividends and distributions | 383 | | 4,030 | 32,466 | | 427,903 |
Total issued | 2,025,087 | | 20,895,233 | 2,108,268 | | 24,807,042 |
Shares redeemed | (1,732,823) | | (17,855,251) | (1,823,292) | | (21,721,440) |
Net increase | 292,264 | $ 3,039,982 | 284,976 | $ 3,085,602 |
8. Subsequent Events: | | | | | | |
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued and has deter-
mined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of BlackRock
Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund of BlackRock Mid Cap
Value Opportunities Series, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities
of BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund of BlackRock Mid Cap
Value Opportunities Series, Inc. (the “Fund”), including the schedule of
investments, as of January 31, 2010, and the related statement of oper-
ations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets
for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial
highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These
financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of
the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assur-
ance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are
free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were
we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial
reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over
financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing
an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over finan-
cial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well
as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our proce-
dures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2010,
by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; where replies were
not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We
believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred
to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund of BlackRock Mid Cap
Value Opportunities Series, Inc. as of January 31, 2010, the results of
its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets
for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial
highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in con-
formity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Princeton, New Jersey
March 31, 2010
Important Tax Information (unaudited)
The following information is provided with respect to the distributions paid by BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund of BlackRock Mid Cap
Value Opportunities Series, Inc. during the taxable year ended January 31, 2010.
| |
| Record Date 7/22/09 |
| Payable Date 7/24/09 |
Qualified Dividend Income for Individuals | 100% |
Dividends Qualifying for the Dividend Received Deduction for Corporations | 100% |
Short-Term Capital Gain Dividends for Non-U.S. Residents* | 100% |
* Represents the portion of the taxable ordinary income dividends eligible for exemption from U.S. withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations.
BLACKROCK MID CAP VALUE OPPORTUNITIES FUND
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| | | | | |
Officers and Directors | | | | |
| | | | Number of BlackRock- | |
| | | | Advised Registered | |
| | Length | | Investment Companies | |
| Position(s) | of Time | | (“RICs”) Consisting of | |
Name, Address | Held with | Served as | | Investment Portfolios | Public |
and Year of Birth | Series | a Director2 | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | (“Portfolios”) Overseen | Directorships |
Non-Interested Directors1 | | | | |
Robert M. Hernandez | Chairman of the | Since | Director, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of USX | 35 RICs consisting of | ACE Limited |
55 East 52nd Street | Board, Director | 2007 | Corporation (energy and steel business) from 1991 to 2001. | 97 Portfolios | (insurance company); |
New York, NY 10055 | and Member of | | | | Eastman Chemical |
1944 | the Audit | | | | Company (chemical); |
| Committee | | | | RTI International |
| | | | | Metals, Inc. (metals); |
| | | | | TYCO Electronics |
| | | | | (electronics) |
Fred G. Weiss | Vice Chairman | Since | Managing Director, FGW Associates (consulting and investment | 35 RICs consisting of | Watson |
55 East 52nd Street | of the Board, | 2007 | company) since 1997; Director, Michael J. Fox Foundation for | 97 Portfolios | Pharmaceutical, Inc. |
New York, NY 10055 | Chairman of the | | Parkinson’s Research since 2000; Director, BTG International | | |
1941 | Audit Committee | | Plc (a global technology commercialization company) from | | |
| and Director | | 2001 to 2007. | | |
James H. Bodurtha | Director | Since | Director, The China Business Group, Inc. (consulting firm) since | 35 RICs consisting of | None |
55 East 52nd Street | | 2002 | 1996 and Executive Vice President thereof from 1996 to 2003; | 97 Portfolios | |
New York, NY 10055 | | | Chairman of the Board, Berkshire Holding Corporation since 1980. | | |
1944 | | | | | |
Bruce R. Bond | Director | Since | Trustee and Member of the Governance Committee, State Street | 35 RICs consisting of | None |
55 East 52nd Street | | 2007 | Research Mutual Funds from 1997 to 2005; Board Member | 97 Portfolios | |
New York, NY 10055 | | | of Governance, Audit and Finance Committee, Avaya Inc. | | |
1946 | | | (computer equipment) from 2003 to 2007. | | |
Donald W. Burton | Director | Since | Managing General Partner, The Burton Partnership, LP (an | 35 RICs consisting of | Knology, Inc. (tele- |
55 East 52nd Street | | 2007 | investment partnership) since 1979; Managing General Partner, | 97 Portfolios | communications); |
New York, NY 10055 | | | The South Atlantic Venture Funds since 1983; Member of the | | Capital Southwest |
1944 | | | Investment Advisory Council of the Florida State Board of | | (financial) |
| | | Administration from 2001 to 2007. | | |
Honorable | Director | Since | Partner and Head of International Practice, Covington and | 35 RICs consisting of | Alcatel-Lucent (tele- |
Stuart E. Eizenstat | | 2007 | Burling (law firm) since 2001; International Advisory Board | 97 Portfolios | communications); |
55 East 52nd Street | | | Member, The Coca Cola Company since 2002; Advisory Board | | Global Specialty |
New York, NY 10055 | | | Member, BT Americas (telecommunications) since 2004; | | Metallurgical (metal- |
1943 | | | Member of the Board of Directors, Chicago Climate Exchange | | lurgical industry); |
| | | (environmental) since 2006; Member of the International | | UPS Corporation |
| | | Advisory Board GML (energy) since 2003. | | (delivery service) |
Kenneth A. Froot | Director | Since | Professor, Harvard University since 1992. | 35 RICs consisting of | None |
55 East 52nd Street | | 2005 | | 97 Portfolios | |
New York, NY 10055 | | | | | |
1957 | | | | | |
John F. O’Brien | Director | Since | Chairman and Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute | 35 RICs consisting of | Cabot Corporation |
55 East 52nd Street | | 2007 | since 2009 and Trustee thereof from 2003 to 2009;Director, | 97 Portfolios | (chemicals); LKQ |
New York, NY 10055 | | | Allmerica Financial Corporation from 1995 to 2003;Director, | | Corporation (auto |
1943 | | | ABIOMED from 1989 to 2006; Director, Ameresco, Inc. | | parts manufacturing); |
| | | (energy solutions company) from 2006 to 2007; Vice Chairman | | TJX Companies, Inc. |
| | | and Director, Boston Lyric Opera from 2002 to 2007. | | (retailer) |
Roberta Cooper Ramo | Director | Since | Shareholder, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A. (law | 35 RICs consisting of | None |
40 East 52nd Street | | 2002 | firm) since 1993; Chairman of the Board, Cooper’s Inc., (retail) | 97 Portfolios | |
New York, NY 10022 | | | since 2000; Director of ECMC Group (service provider to | | |
1942 | | | students, schools and lenders) since 2001; President, The | | |
American Law Institute, (non-profit) since 2008; President, |
| | | American Bar Association from 1995 to 1996. | | |
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| | | | | |
Officers and Directors (continued) | | |
| | | | Number of BlackRock- | |
| | | | Advised Registered | |
| | Length | | Investment Companies | |
| Position(s) | of Time | | (“RICs”) Consisting of | |
Name, Address | Held with | Served as | | Investment Portfolios | Public |
and Year of Birth | Series | a Director2 | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | (“Portfolios”) Overseen | Directorships |
Non-Interested Directors1 (concluded) | | | | |
David H. Walsh | Director | Since | Director, National Museum of Wildlife Art since 2007; Director, | 35 RICs consisting of | None |
55 East 52nd Street | | 2007 | Ruckleshaus Institute and Haub School of Natural Resources | 97 Portfolios | |
New York, NY 10055 | | | at the University of Wyoming from 2006 to 2008; Trustee, | | |
1941 | | | University of Wyoming Foundation since 2008; Director, The | | |
American Museum of Fly Fishing since 1997; Director, The |
| | | National Audubon Society from 1998 to 2005. | | |
Richard R. West | Director | Since | Dean Emeritus, New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School | 35 RICs consisting of | Bowne & Co., Inc. |
55 East 52nd Street | and Member | 2007 | of Business Administration since 1995. | 97 Portfolios | (financial printers); |
New York, NY 10055 | of the Audit | | | | Vornado Realty Trust |
1938 | Committee | | | | (real estate |
| | | | | company); |
| | | | | Alexander’s Inc. |
| | | | | (real estate |
| | | | | company) |
| 1 Directors serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72. | |
| 2 Date shown is the earliest date a person has served as a director for the Series covered by this annual report. Following the combination of Merrill |
| Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) in September 2006, the various legacy MLIM and legacy BlackRock |
| Fund boards were realigned and consolidated into three new Fund boards in 2007. As a result, although the chart shows certain directors as join- |
| ing the Series’ board in 2007, each director first became a member of the board of other legacy MLIM or legacy BlackRock Funds as follows: James |
| H. Bodurtha, 1995; Bruce R. Bond, 2005; Donald W. Burton, 2002; Stuart E. Eizenstat, 2001; Kenneth A. Froot, 2005; Robert M. Hernandez, 1996; |
| John F. O’Brien, 2004; Roberta Cooper Ramo, 2000; David H. Walsh, 2003; Fred G. Weiss, 1998; and Richard R. West, 1978. | |
Interested Directors3 | | | | | |
Richard S. Davis | Director | Since | Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. since 2005; Chief Executive | 170 RICs consisting of | None |
55 East 52nd Street | | 2007 | Officer, State Street Research & Management Company from | 300 Portfolios | |
New York, NY 10055 | | | 2000 to 2005; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, State Street | | |
1945 | | | Research Mutual Funds from 2000 to 2005; Chairman, SSR | | |
| | | Realty from 2000 to 2004. | | |
Laurence D. Fink | Director | Since | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock, Inc. since its | 35 RICs consisting of | None |
55 East 52nd Street | | 2007 | formation in 1998 and of BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities | 97 Portfolios | |
New York, NY 10055 | | | since 1988 and Chairman of the Executive and Management | | |
1952 | | | Committees; Formerly Managing Director, The First Boston Corp- | | |
| | | oration, Member of its Management Committee, Co-head of its | | |
| | | Taxable Fixed Income Division and Head of its Mortgage and Real | | |
Estate Products Group; Chairman of the Board of several of |
| | | BlackRock’s alternative investment vehicles; Director of several of | | |
| | | BlackRock’s offshore funds; Member of the Board of Trustees of | | |
| | | New York University, Chair of the Financial Affairs Committee and | | |
| | | a member of the Executive Committee, the Ad Hoc Committee on | | |
| | | Board Governance, and the Committee on Trustees; Co-Chairman | | |
| | | of the NYU Hospitals Center Board of Trustees, Chairman of the | | |
| | | Development/Trustee Stewardship Committee and Chairman of | | |
the Finance Committee; Trustee, The Boys’ Club of New York. |
|
Henry Gabbay | Director | Since | Consultant, BlackRock, Inc. from 2007 to 2008; Managing | 170 RICs consisting of | None |
55 East 52nd Street | | 2007 | Director, BlackRock, Inc. from 1989 to 2007; Chief | 300 Portfolios | |
New York, NY 10055 | | | Administrative Officer, BlackRock Advisors, LLC from 1998 to | | |
1947 | | | 2007; President of BlackRock Funds and BlackRock Bond | | |
Allocation Target Shares from 2005 to 2007 and Treasurer of |
certain closed-end funds in the BlackRock fund complex from |
| | | 1989 to 2006. | | |
3 Messrs. Davis and Fink are both “interested persons,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, of the Series based on their positions with
BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. Mr. Gabbay is an "interested person" of the Series based on his former positions with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliated
as well as his ownership of BlackRock, Inc. and The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. securities. Directors serve until their resignation, removal or
death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72.
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| | | | | | | |
Officers and Directors (concluded) | | |
| Position(s) | | | | | |
Name, Address | Held with | Length of | | | | |
and Year of Birth | Series | | Time Served | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | | |
Series Officers1 | | | | | | | |
Anne Ackerley | President | Since | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2000; Vice President of the BlackRock-advised funds from 2007 to |
55 East 52nd Street | and Chief | 2009 | 2009; Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock’s Global Client Group (GCG) since 2009; Chief Operating Officer |
New York, NY 10055 | Executive | | of BlackRock’s U.S. Retail Group from 2006 to 2009; Head of BlackRock’s Mutual Fund Group from 2000 |
1962 | Officer | | | to 2006. | | |
Jeffrey Holland, CFA | Vice | | Since | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2010; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2006 to 2009; Chief Operating |
55 East 52nd Street | President | 2009 | Officer of BlackRock’s U.S. Retail Group since 2009; Co-head of Product Development and Management for |
New York, NY 10055 | | | | BlackRock’s U.S. Retail Group from 2007 to 2009; Product Manager of Raymond James & Associates from |
1971 | | | | 2003 to 2006. | | |
Brendan Kyne | Vice | | Since | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2010; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2008 to 2009; Head of Product |
55 East 52nd Street | President | 2009 | Development and Management for BlackRock's U.S. Retail Group since 2009, Co-head thereof from 2007 to |
New York, NY 10055 | | | | 2009; Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. from 2005 to 2008. | |
1977 | | | | | | | |
Brian Schmidt | Vice | | Since | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2004; Various positions with U.S. Trust Company from 1991 to 2003 |
55 East 52nd Street | President | 2009 | including Director from 2001 to 2003 and Senior Vice President from 1998 to 2003; Vice President, Chief Financial |
New York, NY 10055 | | | | Officer and Treasurer of Excelsior Funds, Inc., Excelsior Tax-Exempt Funds, Inc. and Excelsior Funds Trust from 2001 |
1958 | | | | to 2003. | | |
Neal Andrews | Chief | | Since | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Senior Vice President and Line of Business Head of Fund |
55 East 52nd Street | Financial | 2007 | Accounting and Administration at PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. from 1992 to 2006. |
New York, NY 10055 | Officer | | | | | | |
1966 | | | | | | | |
Jay Fife | Treasurer | Since | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007 and Director in 2006; Assistant Treasurer of the Merrill Lynch |
55 East 52nd Street | | | 2007 | Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and Fund Asset Management, L.P. advised funds from 2005 to 2006; Director |
New York, NY 10055 | | | | of MLIM Fund Services Group from 2001 to 2006. | |
1970 | | | | | | | |
Brian Kindelan | Chief | | Since | Chief Compliance Officer of the BlackRock-advised funds since 2007; Managing Director and Senior Counsel of |
55 East 52nd Street | Compliance | 2007 | BlackRock, Inc. since 2005. | | |
New York, NY 10055 | Officer | | | | | | |
1959 | | | | | | | |
Howard B. Surloff | Secretary | Since | Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. and General Counsel of U.S. Funds at BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; General |
55 East 52nd Street | | | 2007 | Counsel (U.S.) of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. from 1993 to 2006. | |
New York, NY 10055 | | | | | | | |
1965 | | | | | | | |
| 1 Officers of the Series serve at the pleasure of the Board. | | |
| Further information about the Series’ Officers and Directors is available in the Series’ Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained |
| without charge by calling (800) 441-7762. | | | |
Investment Advisor | | Custodian | | Accounting Agent | Legal Counsel | Address of the Fund |
BlackRock Advisors, LLC | The Bank of New York Mellon | State Street Bank and Trust | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | 100 Bellevue Parkway |
Wilmington, DE 19809 | New York, NY 10286 | | Company | New York, NY 10019 | Wilmington, DE 19809 |
| | | | | Princeton, NJ 08540 | | |
Sub-Advisor | | Transfer Agent | | | Independent Registered | |
BlackRock Investment | | PNC Global Investment | | Distributor | Public Accounting Firm | |
Management, LLC | | Servicing (U.S.) Inc. | | BlackRock Investments, LLC | Deloitte & Touche LLP | |
Plainsboro, NJ 08536 | | Wilmington, DE 19809 | | New York, NY 10022 | Princeton, NJ 08540 | |
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Additional Information
General Information
Electronic Delivery
Electronic copies of most financial reports and prospectuses are available
on the Fund’s website or shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications
of quarterly statements, annual and semi-annual reports and prospectuses
by enrolling in the Fund’s electronic delivery program.
To enroll:
Shareholders Who Hold Accounts with Investment Advisors, Banks or
Brokerages:
Please contact your financial advisor. Please note that not all investment
advisers, banks or brokerages may offer this service.
Shareholders Who Hold Accounts Directly with BlackRock:
1) Access the BlackRock Web site at
http://www.blackrock.com/edelivery
2) Select “eDelivery” under the “More Information” section
3) Log into your account
Householding
The Fund will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including
prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports and proxy statements, to
shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice
is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses
and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of
your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you
instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents
to be combined with those for other members of your household, please
call (800) 441-7762.
Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedule
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the first and third
quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are
available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may also
be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in
Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference
Room may be obtained by calling (202) 551-8090. The Fund’s Forms
N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling
(800) 441-7762.
Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to
determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available
(1) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) at
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 www.black-
rock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762 and (2) on the SEC’s website
at http://www.sec.gov.
Shareholder Privileges
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
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.
BLACKROCK MID CAP VALUE OPPORTUNITIES FUND
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Additional Information (concluded)
BlackRock Privacy Principles
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 infor-
mation is provided to help you understand what personal information
BlackRock collects, how we protect that information and why in certain
cases we share such information with select parties.
If you are located in a jurisdiction where specific laws, rules or regula-
tions require BlackRock to provide you with additional or different privacy-
related rights beyond what is set forth below, then BlackRock will comply
with those specific laws, rules or regulations.
BlackRock obtains or verifies personal non-public information from and
about you from different sources, including the following: (i) information
we receive from you or, if applicable, your financial intermediary, on appli-
cations, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your trans-
actions with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from
a consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.
BlackRock does not sell or disclose to non-affiliated third parties any non-
public personal information about its Clients, except as permitted by law
or as is necessary to respond to regulatory requests or to service Client
accounts. These non-affiliated third parties are required to protect the
confidentiality and security of this information and to use it only for its
intended purpose.
We may share information with our affiliates to service your account
or to provide you with information about other BlackRock products or
services that may be of interest to you. In addition, BlackRock restricts
access to non-public personal information about its Clients to those
BlackRock employees with a legitimate business need for the information.
BlackRock maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards
that are designed to protect the non-public personal information of its
Clients, including procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal
of such information.
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A World-Class Mutual Fund Family
BlackRock offers a diverse lineup of open-end mutual funds crossing all investment styles and managed by experts in equity, fixed income and
tax-exempt investing.
| | |
Equity Funds | | |
BlackRock All-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio | BlackRock Global Growth Fund | BlackRock Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock Asset Allocation Portfolio† | BlackRock Global Opportunities Portfolio | BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund |
BlackRock Aurora Portfolio | BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund | BlackRock Natural Resources Trust |
BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund† | BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio | BlackRock Pacific Fund |
BlackRock Basic Value Fund | BlackRock Healthcare Fund | BlackRock Science & Technology |
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Portfolio | BlackRock Index Equity Portfolio* | Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio | BlackRock International Fund | BlackRock Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund | BlackRock International Index Fund | BlackRock Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock EuroFund | BlackRock International Opportunities Portfolio | BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II |
BlackRock Focus Growth Fund | BlackRock International Value Fund | BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund |
BlackRock Focus Value Fund | BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund | BlackRock Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio |
BlackRock Fundamental Growth Fund | BlackRock Large Cap Core Plus Fund | BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund |
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund† | BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund | BlackRock U.S. Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund | BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund | BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund |
BlackRock Global Emerging Markets Fund | BlackRock Latin America Fund | BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund |
BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund | BlackRock Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio | |
Fixed Income Funds | | |
BlackRock Bond Portfolio | BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio | BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund |
BlackRock Emerging Market Debt Portfolio | BlackRock Intermediate Government | BlackRock Strategic Income |
BlackRock GNMA Portfolio | Bond Portfolio | Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Government Income Portfolio | BlackRock International Bond Portfolio | BlackRock Total Return Fund |
BlackRock High Income Fund | BlackRock Long Duration Bond Portfolio | BlackRock Total Return Portfolio II |
BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio | BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio | BlackRock World Income Fund |
BlackRock Income Portfolio† | BlackRock Managed Income Portfolio | |
BlackRock Income Builder Portfolio† | BlackRock Multi-Sector Bond Fund | |
Municipal Bond Funds | | |
BlackRock AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio | BlackRock Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio | BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund |
BlackRock California Municipal Bond Fund | BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund | BlackRock Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund | BlackRock National Municipal Fund | BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund |
BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund | BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund | BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund |
Target Risk & Target Date Funds | | |
BlackRock Prepared Portfolios | BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared Portfolios | |
Conservative Prepared Portfolio | Prepared Portfolio 2010 | Prepared Portfolio 2030 |
Moderate Prepared Portfolio | Prepared Portfolio 2015 | Prepared Portfolio 2035 |
Growth Prepared Portfolio | Prepared Portfolio 2020 | Prepared Portfolio 2040 |
Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio | Prepared Portfolio 2025 | Prepared Portfolio 2045 |
| | Prepared Portfolio 2050 |
* See the prospectus for information on specific limitations on investments in the fund. | |
† Mixed asset fund. | | |
BlackRock mutual funds are currently distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC. You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and
expenses of the funds under consideration carefully before investing. Each fund’s prospectus contains this and other information and is available at
www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762 or from your financial advisor. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.
BLACKROCK MID CAP VALUE OPPORTUNITIES FUND
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27
This report is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or
a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Fund unless
accompanied or preceded by the Fund’s current prospectus.
Past performance results shown in this report should not be
considered a representation of future performance. Investment
return and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares,
when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original
cost. Statements and other information herein are as dated
and are subject to change.
Item 2 – Code of Ethics – The registrant (or the “Fund”) has adopted a code of ethics, as of the end of the
period covered by this report, applicable to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal
financial officer and principal accounting officer, or persons performing similar functions. During
the period covered by this report, there have been no amendments to or waivers granted under the
code of ethics. A copy of the code of ethics is available without charge at www.blackrock.com.
Item 3 – Audit Committee Financial Expert – The registrant’s board of directors or trustees, as applicable
(the “board of directors”) has determined that (i) the registrant has the following audit committee
financial experts serving on its audit committee and (ii) each audit committee financial expert is
independent:
Robert M. Hernandez
Fred G. Weiss
Richard R. West
Under applicable securities laws, a person determined to be an audit committee financial expert will
not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section
11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee
financial expert. The designation or identification as an audit committee financial expert does not
impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liabilities greater than the duties, obligations, and
liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of directors in the
absence of such designation or identification.
Item 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services
| | | | | | | | |
| (a) Audit Fees | (b) Audit-Related Fees1 | (c) Tax Fees2 | (d) All Other Fees3 |
| Current | Previous | Current | Previous | Current | Previous | Current | Previous |
| Fiscal Year | Fiscal Year | Fiscal Year | Fiscal Year | Fiscal Year | Fiscal Year | Fiscal Year | Fiscal Year |
Entity Name | End | End | End | End | End | End | End | End |
BlackRock Mid Cap | | | | | | | | |
Value Opportunities | | | | | | | | |
Fund of BlackRock | $28,200 | $28,200 | $0 | $0 | $6,100 | $6,100 | $55 | $1,028 |
Mid Cap Value | | | | | | | | |
Opportunities Series, | | | | | | | | |
Inc. | | | | | | | | |
1 The nature of the services include assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit of financial
statements not included in Audit Fees.
2 The nature of the services include tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.
3 The nature of the services include a review of compliance procedures and attestation thereto.
(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures:
The registrant’s audit committee (the “Committee”) has adopted policies and procedures with
regard to the pre-approval of services. Audit, audit-related and tax compliance services provided to
the registrant on an annual basis require specific pre-approval by the Committee. The Committee
also must approve other non-audit services provided to the registrant and those non-audit services
provided to the registrant’s affiliated service providers that relate directly to the operations and the
financial reporting of the registrant. Certain of these non-audit services that the Committee believes
are a) consistent with the SEC’s auditor independence rules and b) routine and recurring services
that will not impair the independence of the independent accountants may be approved by the
Committee without consideration on a specific case-by-case basis (“general pre-approval”). The
term of any general pre-approval is 12 months from the date of the pre-approval, unless the
Committee provides for a different period. Tax or other non-audit services provided to the registrant
which have a direct impact on the operation or financial reporting of the registrant will only be
deemed pre-approved provided that any individual project does not exceed $10,000 attributable to
the registrant or $50,000 for all of the registrants the Committee oversees. For this purpose,
multiple projects will be aggregated to determine if they exceed the previously mentioned cost
levels.
Any proposed services exceeding the pre-approved cost levels will require specific pre-
approval by the Committee, as will any other services not subject to general pre-approval (e.g.,
unanticipated but permissible services). The Committee is informed of each service approved
subject to general pre-approval at the next regularly scheduled in-person board meeting. At this
meeting, an analysis of such services is presented to the Committee for ratification. The Committee
may delegate to one or more of its members the authority to approve the provision of and fees for
any specific engagement of permitted non-audit services, including services exceeding pre-approved
cost levels.
(e)(2) None of the services described in each of Items 4(b) through (d) were approved by the audit
committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
(f) Not Applicable
(g) Affiliates’ Aggregate Non-Audit Fees:
| | |
| Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year |
Entity Name | End | End |
BlackRock Mid Cap Value | | |
Opportunities Fund of | | |
BlackRock Mid Cap Value | $16,932 | $412,128 |
Opportunities Series, Inc. | | |
(h) The registrant’s audit committee has considered and determined that the provision of non-audit
services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any non-affiliated
sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by
the registrant’s investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common
control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not
pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with
maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.
Regulation S-X Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) – $10,777, 0%
Item 5 – Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not Applicable
Item 6 – Investments
(a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed
under Item 1 of this form.
(b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the
previous Form N-CSR filing.
Item 7 – Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment
Companies – Not Applicable
Item 8 – Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable
Item 9 – Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated
Purchasers – Not Applicable
Item 10 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – The registrant’s Nominating and
Governance Committee will consider nominees to the board of directors recommended by
shareholders when a vacancy becomes available. Shareholders who wish to recommend a nominee
should send nominations that include biographical information and set forth the qualifications of the
proposed nominee to the registrant’s Secretary. There have been no material changes to these
procedures.
Item 11 – Controls and Procedures
11(a) – The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers or persons performing similar
functions have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule
30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as
of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and
procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 15(d)-15(b) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
11(b) – There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period
covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12 – Exhibits attached hereto
12(a)(1) – Code of Ethics – See Item 2
12(a)(2) – Certifications – Attached hereto
12(a)(3) – Not Applicable
12(b) – Certifications – Attached hereto
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company
Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund of BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series,
Inc.
By: /s/ Anne F. Ackerley
Anne F. Ackerley
Chief Executive Officer of
BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund of BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities
Series, Inc.
Date: March 19, 2010
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company
Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant
and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: /s/ Anne F. Ackerley
Anne F. Ackerley
Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund of BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities
Series, Inc.
Date: March 19, 2010
By: /s/ Neal J. Andrews
Neal J. Andrews
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund of BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities
Series, Inc.
Date: March 19, 2010