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BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.ETF Trust II

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

BlackRock EuroFund

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Funds IIIV

BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.Funds VI

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Series, Inc.

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

FDP Series, Inc.

FDP Series II, Inc.

Managed Account Series

Managed Account Series II

Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC

Master Bond LLC

Master Focus Growth LLCInvestment Portfolio II


 

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October 3, 2018

September 18, 2023

Dear Shareholder:

JointA joint special meetingsmeeting of shareholders of the following funds (each, a “Fund” or an “Equity-Bond Fund,“Fund,which may also beand collectively, referred to herein as the “Equity-Bond Complex”“Funds”) will be held at the offices of BlackRock Advisors, LLC, 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, New Jersey 08540-6455, on Wednesday,Thursday, November 21, 2018,9, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time) (the “Meeting”) to consider and vote on the proposals discussed in the enclosed joint proxy statement. The Meeting will be held in a virtual meeting format only. Shareholders will not have to travel to attend the Meeting but will be able to view the Meeting live and cast their votes by accessing a web link.

 

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Series, Inc.

BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock ETF Trust II

BlackRock Funds IV

BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Funds VI

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

  

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.

FDP Series, Inc.

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

FDP Series II, Inc.

BlackRock EuroFund

Managed Account Series

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.

Managed Account Series II

BlackRock Funds II

Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC

BlackRock Funds V

Master Bond LLC

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

Master Focus Growth LLCInvestment Portfolio II

The Funds and the series of the Funds are set forth onAppendix A to the enclosed joint proxy statement.

You have received this letter and joint proxy statement because you were a shareholder of record of at least one Equity-Bond Fund on September 24, 201811, 2023 (the “Record Date”). The purpose of the Meeting, as described in the enclosed joint proxy statement, is to seek shareholder approval in connection with a realignment of the boardsfour nominees named in the enclosed joint proxy statement (the “Board Nominees”) to the Board of directors/trustees overseeing the mutual funds andclosed-end funds advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLCDirectors or BlackRock Fund Advisors and/or their affiliates (collectively, “BlackRock” and such funds, the “BlackRock-advised Funds”). The current boards of directors/trustees of the BlackRock-advised Funds (the “Existing Boards,Trustees (each, a “Board,” the members of which are referred to as “Existing“Board Members”) of each Fund.

Each Board Members”) are proposing this realignment following a comprehensive review in consultation with BlackRock.

Currently,has unanimously approved the BlackRock-advised Funds are divided into three different complexes – the Equity-Liquidity Complex, the Equity-Bond Complex and theClosed-End Complex (each, a “Fund Complex” and collectively, the “BlackRock Fund complex”) – and the same individuals comprise the boardsfour Board Nominees on behalf of directors/trusteeseach of the BlackRock-advised Funds within a Fund Complex. It is proposed that the three current boards of directors/trustees and the Fund Complexes they oversee be realigned and consolidated into two boards of directors/trustees and two Fund Complexes. Subject to shareholder approval, one board of directors/trustees (referred to in this proxy statement as “Board I”) would focus on the oversight of the BlackRock-advisednon-index fixed-income mutual funds and all of the BlackRock-advisedclosed-end funds within the BlackRock Fund complex, including fixed-income mutual funds that are designed for sale through insurance company separate accounts (collectively, the “Insurance Funds”). Subject to shareholder approval, the second board of directors/trustees (referred to in this proxy statement as “Board II”) would


focus on the oversight of the BlackRock-advised equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds within the BlackRock Fund complex, including equity, multi-asset, index and money market Insurance Funds. Shareholders of the BlackRock-advised Funds in the Equity-Liquidity Complex (collectively, the “Equity-Liquidity Funds”) and the Insurance Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex are being asked to approve the Board Nominees to Board I and Board II, as applicable, in separate proxy statements. Board I and Board II are referred to together as the “New Boards.”

Following the proposed realignment, certain Equity-Bond Funds (referred to in the enclosed joint proxy statement as “Group B Funds”) would be overseen by Board I, and certain Equity-Bond Funds (referred to in the enclosed joint proxy statement as “Group A Funds”) would be overseen by Board II. As explained in the enclosed joint proxy statement, shareholders of Group A Funds are being asked to elect fifteen nominees to Board II and shareholders of Group B Funds are being asked to elect eleven nominees to Board I. Such nominees (collectively, the “Board Nominees”) have been reviewed and unanimously approved by your Fund’s Existing Board,oversees, subject to approval by the applicable Fund’s shareholders. The Existing Boards have reviewed the qualifications and backgrounds of the applicable Board Nominees and believe that their election iswould be in your best interest.


If you are a shareholder of a Fund or a series of a Fund that is organized as a “feeder” in a “master/feeder” structure, where the master fund is a part of the Equity-Bond Complex, you will also be asked to provide voting instructions to your feeder Fundfund as to how, as a beneficial owner of the master fund, your feeder Fundfund should vote in connection with the election of the Board Nominees for the Board of the applicable master Fund. In addition, shareholders of BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc., which invests in Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC, a BlackRock-advised Fund in the Equity-Liquidity Complex, and Master Total Return Portfolio of Master Bond LLC, an Equity-Bond Fund, are being asked to provide voting instructions in connection with the votes of BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. for the election of fifteen board nominees to the board of directors of Master Large Cap Series LLC (Board II) and the election of eleven Board Nominees to the Board of Master Bond LLC (Board I).

Please note that separate joint proxy statements are being sent to shareholders of the funds in the Equity-BondBlackRock Fixed-Income Complex that are designed for sale through insurance company separate accounts (collectively, the “Insurance Funds”) and BlackRock Hedge Fund Guided Portfolio Solution (“GPS”), a closed-end management investment company registered under the shareholdersInvestment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that is part of the BlackRock-advised Funds in the Equity-LiquidityBlackRock Fixed-Income Complex, (collectively, the “Equity-Liquidity Funds”), who are also being asked to vote on the election of the applicable Board Nominees to the boards of directors/trustees of their Insurance Fund and their Equity-Liquidity Fund, respectively.fund. If you were also the owner of a variable annuity or variable life insurance contract investing in one or more Insurance Funds or a shareholder of record of one or more Equity-Liquidity FundsGPS on the Record Date, you will receive a separate joint proxy statement, proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) for such fund(s). Please be certain to vote by telephone or via the Internet with respect to each BlackRock-advised Fundfund in which you are a shareholder of record or sign, date and return each proxy card and/or voting instruction form you receive.

If elected by shareholders of the Funds at the Meeting, the Board Nominees would take office effective onJanuary 1, 2019 or such later date as will be communicated to shareholders if the Meeting is adjourned, postponed or delayed.

The Existing Board responsible for your Fund unanimously recommends that you vote, or submit voting instructions, “FOR” the election of each of the applicable Board Nominees.In connection with your vote, we urge you to read the full text of the enclosed joint proxy statement.

We would like to assure you of our commitment to ensuring that the Meeting provides shareholders with a meaningful opportunity to participate, including the ability to ask questions of the Boards and management. To support these efforts, we will:

Provide for shareholders to begin logging into the Meeting at 9:30 a.m., Eastern time on Thursday, November 9, 2023, thirty minutes in advance of the Meeting.

Permit shareholders attending the Meeting to submit questions via live webcast during the Meeting by following the instructions available on the meeting website during the Meeting. Questions relevant to Meeting matters will be answered during the Meeting, subject to time constraints.

Engage with and respond to shareholders who ask questions relevant to the Meeting that are not answered during the Meeting due to time constraints.


Provide the ability for participating shareholders who hold Fund shares in their name to vote or revoke their prior vote at the Meeting by following the instructions that will be available on the meeting website during the Meeting. Participating shareholders who are beneficial shareholders (that is if they hold Fund shares through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee) will not be able to vote at the Meeting unless they have registered in advance to attend the Meeting, as described below.

Your vote is important.Attendance at the Meeting will be limited to each Fund’s shareholders as of the Record Date.

If your shares in a Fund are registered in your name, you are a registered shareholder, to gain admission, you must present valid photographic identification, such as a driver’s license or passport. may attend and participate in the Meeting at meetnow.global/MX9AUM2 by entering the control number found in the shaded box on your proxy card on the date and time of the Meeting. You may vote during the Meeting by following the instructions that will be available on the meeting website during the Meeting.

If you are a beneficial shareholder of a Fund (that is if you hold your shares of a Fund through a bank, broker, financial


intermediary or other nominee), and want to attend the Meeting you will also be required to show satisfactorymust register in advance of the Meeting. To register, you must submit proof of ownershipyour proxy power (legal proxy) reflecting your Fund holdings along with your name and email address to Computershare Fund Services (“Computershare”), the Funds’ tabulator. You may email an image of shares inyour legal proxy to shareholdermeetings@computershare.com. Requests for registration must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) three business days prior to the Meeting date. You will receive a Fund, such asconfirmation email from Computershare of your voting instruction form (orregistration and a copy thereof) or a letter from your bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee or broker’s statement indicating share ownership as of the Record Date.

Ifcontrol number and security code that will allow you are a registered shareholder, you mayto vote your shares in person by ballot at the Meeting. If you hold your shares of a Fund through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee, you will not be able to vote in person at the Meeting unless you have previously requested and obtained a “legal proxy” from your bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee and present it at the Meeting.

We encourage you to carefully review the enclosed materials, which explain the proposals in more detail. As a shareholder, your vote is important, and we hope that you will respond today to ensure that your shares will be represented at the Meeting. Voting is quick and easy. Everything you need is enclosed. You may vote using one of the methods below by following the instructions on your proxy card or voting instruction form(s):

 

By telephone;

 

By Internet;

 

By signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction form(s) in the provided postage-paid return envelope; or

 

In personBy participating at the Meeting.Meeting as described above.

If you do not vote using one of these methods, you may be called by Computershare, Fund Services (“Computershare”), the Funds’ proxy solicitor, to vote your shares.


Even if you plan to attend the Meeting, please promptly follow the enclosed instructions to submit voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet. Alternatively, you may submit voting instructions by completing, signing and dating each proxy card or voting instruction form you receive, and returning it (them) in the accompanying postage-paid return envelope.

Voting your shares immediately will help minimize additional solicitation expenses and prevents the need to call you to solicit your participation in the vote process.

If you have any questions about the proposals to be voted on or the virtual Meeting, please call Computershare, toll-freethe firm assisting us in the solicitation of proxies, toll free at1-866-200-9096.866-963-6132.

Sincerely,

Janey Ahn

Benjamin Archibald

Secretary of the Funds

40 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10022


IMPORTANT INFORMATION

FOR FUND SHAREHOLDERS

While we encourage you to read the full text of the enclosed joint proxy statement, for your convenience we have provided a brief overview of the matters to be voted on.

Questions and Answers

Q:Why am I receiving the joint proxy statement?

A:The registrants listed onAppendix A to the enclosed joint proxy statement (each, a “Fund” or an “Equity-Bond Fund,” which may also be collectively referred to herein as the “Equity-Bond Complex”) are holding joint special meetings of shareholders (the “Meeting”) for the election of nominees (collectively, the “Board Nominees”) to the Board of Directors or Trustees of the applicable Fund (each, a “Board,” the members of which are referred to as “Board Members”) in connection with the proposed realignment of the current boards of directors/trustees (the “Existing Boards,” the members of which are referred to as “Existing Board Members”) of the mutual funds andclosed-end funds advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC, BlackRock Fund Advisors and/or their affiliates (collectively, “BlackRock” and such funds, the “BlackRock-advised Funds”). Each Fund is categorized in the enclosed joint proxy statement as a “Group A Fund” or a “Group B Fund” for purposes of electing the applicable Board Nominees in Proposal 1(a) or Proposal 1(b). The enclosed joint proxy statement describes proposals to elect the Board Nominees of the Equity-Bond Funds and provides other information relating to the Meeting. The tables starting on page 12 of the joint proxy statement identify the Existing Board Members and the Board Nominees for each Fund.

Q:Why are the Funds holding a meeting to elect Board Members at this time?

A:Explanation of Board Realignment and Consolidation

Currently, the BlackRock-advised Funds are divided into three different complexes – the Equity-Liquidity Complex, the Equity-Bond Complex and theClosed-End Complex (each, a “Fund Complex” and collectively, the “BlackRock Fund complex”) – and the same individuals comprise the boards of directors/trustees of the BlackRock-advised Funds within a Fund Complex. It is proposed that the three current boards of directors/trustees and the Fund Complexes they oversee be realigned and consolidated into two boards of directors/trustees and two Fund Complexes. Subject to shareholder approval, one board of directors/trustees (referred to in this proxy statement as “Board I”) would focus on the oversight of the BlackRock-advisednon-index fixed-income mutual funds and all of the BlackRock-advisedclosed-end funds within the BlackRock Fund complex, including fixed-income mutual funds that are designed for sale through insurance company separate accounts (collectively, the “Insurance Funds”). Subject to shareholder approval, the second board of directors/trustees (referred to in this proxy statement as “Board II”) would focus on the oversight of the BlackRock-advised equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds within the BlackRock Fund complex, including equity, multi-asset, index and money market Insurance Funds. Shareholders of the BlackRock-advised Funds in the Equity-Liquidity Complex (collectively, the “Equity-Liquidity Funds”) and the Insurance Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex are being asked to approve the Board Nominees to Board I and Board II, as applicable, in separate proxy statements.

Board I is expected to be comprised of all of the current directors/trustees who currently serve on the boards of directors/trustees of the BlackRock-advised Funds in theClosed-End Complex, plus an additional director/trustee who currently serves on the boards of directors/


trustees of the Equity-Bond Funds (collectively, the “Equity-Bond Board”). Board II is expected to be comprised of directors/trustees who currently serve on the Equity-Bond Board and directors/trustees who currently serve on the boards of directors/trustees of the Equity-Liquidity Funds (collectively, the “Equity-Liquidity Board”), other than (i) the members of the Equity-Bond Board and the Equity-Liquidity Board who are scheduled to retire at the end of 2018, (ii) the current member of the Equity-Bond Board who has been nominated to serve on Board I and (iii) two current members of the Equity-Liquidity Board who are expected to serve as consultants to the board members of each Group A Fund who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act) following the realignment and consolidation. As discussed below, this realignment and consolidation is expected to enable each of Board I and Board II to focus attention on issues of particular relevance to the types of funds that they oversee and to streamline and enhance the effectiveness of board oversight of the applicable Fund Complex.

If elected by shareholders of the Funds at the Meeting, the Board Nominees would take office effective onJanuary 1, 2019 or such later date as will be communicated to shareholders if the Meeting is adjourned, postponed or delayed.

Reasons for Board Realignment and Consolidation

At meetings held in July 2018, the Equity-Bond Board and the Equity-Liquidity Board each determined that the board realignment and consolidation could provide benefits to shareholders of the Equity-Bond Funds and the Equity-Liquidity Funds, respectively. Each Board has reviewed the qualifications and backgrounds of the Board Nominees and believes that they are experienced in overseeing investment companies and are familiar with the BlackRock Fund complex and BlackRock. In addition, Board Members have had the opportunity to meet with their counterparts on other boards of directors/trustees in the BlackRock Fund complex. In particular, the Board Members considered:

1)that each Fund would benefit from the realignment to Board I or Board II, as applicable, each of which would oversee the business and operations of a number of Funds that have similar investment strategies, which may provide the members of Board I or Board II, as applicable, with the potential to obtain enhanced insights into the Funds’ investment strategies, operations and their associated risks;

2)that while each member of Board II would oversee more of theopen-end BlackRock-advised Funds than before, the number of investment strategies used by the Group A Funds will not be significantly different and the division of investment strategies between Board I and Board II upon consolidation is appropriate;

3)the potential strength of the bargaining position of each of Board I and Board II upon realignment and consolidation with respect to interfacing with management and other service providers of the BlackRock-advised Funds they oversee;

4)that the Board I Nominees and the Board II Nominees have significant professional experience and skills, as well as experience overseeing funds that use similar kinds of investment strategies as used by the Group B Funds and Group A Funds, respectively;

5)that the Board Nominees have experience overseeing the nature and quality of investment advisory and other services that BlackRock provides to investment companies;


6)that the time spent by portfolio managers and other members of management keeping multiple boards of directors/trustees up to date would be reduced by board consolidation and realignment, resulting in greater efficiencies and potentially enhancing communication;

7)the costs that are associated with the board realignment and consolidation, including the costs related to the proxy and the election of the Board Nominees and costs associated with reorganizations of a number of existing BlackRock-advised Funds into certain newly organized Group B Funds as an initial step toward board realignment and consolidation, and the arrangement between BlackRock and certain Funds to share the costs associated with the board realignment and consolidation, and the potential for future cost savings for Fund shareholders due to the board realignment and consolidation generally; and

8)that pending retirements of certain Board Members would have required the Equity-Bond Board to identify and nominate new Independent Board Members (as defined below) for election by shareholders, resulting in associated costs and expenses of that nomination and election process and the need to onboard new Independent Board Members with potentially less experience overseeing funds, including those managed by BlackRock.

Q:What is a Feeder Fund and what proposals as a shareholder of a Feeder Fund am I being asked to vote on?

A:Certain Funds and series of Funds (each, a “Feeder Fund” and collectively, the “Feeder Funds”) invest substantially all of their assets in a corresponding fund that has an investment objective that is identical to that of the Feeder Fund (each, a “Master Fund” and collectively, the “Master Funds”). A Master Fund, in turn, invests directly in securities and other investments. Each Feeder Fund that invests in a Master Fund is being asked to vote for the Board Nominees of the Master Fund in which the Feeder Fund invests. Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, each Feeder Fund’s voting rights with respect to the Master Fund interests that the Feeder Fund holds generally must be passed through to the Feeder Fund’s shareholders. This means that each Feeder Fund must vote its Master Fund interests in accordance with the voting instructions received from the Feeder Fund’s shareholders and will vote interests in the Master Fund with respect to which it has not received voting instructions in the same proportion as the interests for which it has received instructions from other holders (this is called “proportional voting” or “echo voting”). If you are a shareholder of a Feeder Fund, in addition to seeking your votes on Proposals 1(a) or 1(b), as applicable, relating to the Feeder Fund in which you own shares, you will also be asked to provide your voting instructions to your Feeder Fund as to how, as a beneficial owner of a Master Fund, your Feeder Fund should vote for the election of the Board Nominees of the corresponding Master Fund. You will be asked for these voting instructions in Proposals 2(a) or 2(b), as applicable.

Q:I am a shareholder of BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. What proposals am I being asked to vote on?

A:

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. (“Balanced Capital Fund”) invests in two master funds: Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC, which is an Equity-Liquidity Fund, and Master Total Return Portfolio of Master Bond LLC, which is an Equity-Bond Fund. Balanced Capital Fund, as a shareholder of each of Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio and Master Total Return Portfolio, will vote in the election of nominees to the board of directors of Master Large Cap Series LLC and the applicable Board Nominees to the Board of Master Bond LLC, respectively. If you are a shareholder of Balanced


Capital Fund, in addition to seeking your votes on Proposal 1(a) relating to the election of Board Nominees to the Board of Balanced Capital Fund, you will be asked to provide your voting instructions in Proposals 3(a) and 3(b):

In Proposal 3(a), Balanced Capital Fund is seeking instructions from its shareholders regarding the election of nominees to the board of directors of Master Large Cap Series LLC, who are the same individuals as the fifteen Board Nominees to the Board of each Group A Fund (Board II).

In Proposal 3(b), Balanced Capital Fund is seeking instructions from its shareholders regarding the election of the eleven Board Nominees to the Board of Master Bond LLC, a Group B Fund (Board I), contemplated by Proposal 1(b).

Q:How do the Boards of the Funds recommend that I vote?

A:“FOR” each Board Nominee—the Existing Boards have reviewed the qualifications and backgrounds of the Board Nominees and believe that their election is in your best interest and unanimously recommend that you vote, or submit voting instructions,“FOR” each Board Nominee.

Q:Will my vote make a difference?

A:YES. Your vote is very important and can make a difference in the governance and management of your Fund(s), no matter how many shares you own. We encourage all shareholders to participate in the governance of their Fund(s). Your vote can help ensure that the Board Nominees will be elected.

Q:How do I vote my shares?

A:Voting is quick and easy. Everything you need is enclosed. You can quickly and easily provide voting instructions by telephone by calling the toll-free number on the proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s), or by Internet by going to the Internet address provided on the proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Special Meetings of Shareholders to be held on November 21, 2018 (the “Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials”) and following the instructions. Alternatively, if you received your proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) by mail, you can vote your shares by completing, signing and dating the proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) and mailing it (them) in the enclosed postage-paid return envelope.

You may also vote by ballot in person at the Meeting; however, even if you plan to attend the Meeting, we still encourage you to provide voting instructions by one of the methods discussed above. In addition, we ask that you please note the following:

If you are a record holder of your Fund’s shares, in order to gain admission to the Meeting you must show valid photographic identification, such as your driver’s license or passport. If you hold your shares through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee, you will also be required to show satisfactory proof of ownership of shares of your Fund(s), such as your voting instruction form(s) (or a copy thereof) of a letter from your bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee or a broker’s statement indicating share ownership as of the Record Date.

If you are a registered shareholder, you may vote your shares in person by ballot at the Meeting. If you hold your shares of the Fund(s) in a brokerage account or through a bank, financial intermediary or other nominee, you will not be able to vote in person at the Meeting unless you have previously requested and obtained a “legal proxy” from your bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee and present it at the Meeting.


Q:Are the Funds paying for the costs of the joint proxy statement?

A:Each Fund will bear the costs associated with the joint proxy statement, including the preparation, printing, distribution and proxy solicitation costs, and additionalout-of-pocket costs, such as legal expenses and auditor fees, incurred in connection with the preparation of the joint proxy statement, except that BlackRock has agreed to cover a portion or all of such costs for certain Funds. Costs that are borne by the Funds collectively will be allocated among the Funds on the basis of a combination of their respective net assets and number of shareholder accounts, except when direct costs can reasonably be attributed to one or more specific Funds.

BlackRock Advisors, LLC and BlackRock Fund Advisors have retained Computershare Fund Services (“Computershare”), 2950 Express Drive South, Suite 210, Islandia, New York 11749, a proxy solicitation firm, to assist in the distribution of proxy materials and the solicitation and tabulation of proxies on behalf of the Funds, the Insurance Funds and the Equity-Liquidity Funds. It is anticipated that Computershare will be paid, in the aggregate, approximately $1,178,000 for such services (including reimbursements ofout-of-pocket expenses), of which approximately $141,000 will be payable by the Funds.

Q:Whom do I call if I have questions?

A:If you need more information, or have any questions about voting, please call Computershare, the proxy solicitor for the Funds, toll-free at1-866-200-9096.

Voting your shares immediately will help minimize additional solicitation expenses and prevent the need to call you to solicit your vote.

Please votenow. Your vote is important.

Please help us avoid adjournments, solicitation phone calls requesting your vote, wasteful expenses and additional mailings by promptly voting your shares.No matter how large or small your holdings may be, we urge you to indicate your voting instructions on the enclosed proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s), and date and sign it (them) and return it (them) promptly in the postage-paid envelope provided, or record your voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet. If you submit a properly executed proxy card or voting instruction form(s) but do not indicate how you wish your shares to be voted, your shares will be voted “FOR” the election of the Board Nominees to your Board. If your shares of a Fund are held through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee you must provide voting instructions to your bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee holding your shares about how to vote your shares in order for them to vote your shares asyou instruct at the Meeting.


NOTICE OF JOINT SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 21, 2018

To the Shareholders:

Joint special meetings of the shareholders of the funds advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC set forth below (each, a “Fund” or an “Equity-Bond Fund”) will be held at the offices of BlackRock Advisors, LLC, 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, New Jersey 08540-6455, on Wednesday, November 21, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time) (the “Meeting”), to consider and vote on the proposals set forth below, as more fully described in the accompanying joint proxy statement. Each Fund is categorized in the accompanying joint proxy statement as a “Group A Fund” or a “Group B Fund” for purposes of electing the applicable Board Nominees (defined below) in Proposal 1(a) or Proposal 1(b).

In addition, shareholders of certain Funds (or certain series of Funds) that are organized as a “feeder” in a “master/feeder” structure (each, a “Feeder Fund”) are being asked to provide voting instructions to elect the applicable Board Nominees of the corresponding Fund or series of a Fund in which such Feeder Fund invests (the “Master Fund”). A list of the Funds (and/or series of Funds) that operate as Feeder Funds, shareholders of which are being asked to submit voting instructions on Proposals 2(a) or 2(b), and such Feeder Funds’ corresponding Master Funds, is set forth inAppendix B to the accompanying joint proxy statement.

In addition, in Proposals 3(a) and 3(b), shareholders of BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. (“Balanced Capital Fund”), which invests in Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC, a fund in the Equity-Liquidity Complex, and Master Total Return Portfolio of Master Bond LLC, an Equity-Bond Fund, are being asked to provide voting instructions to Balanced Capital Fund in connection with the votes of Balanced Capital Fund, as a beneficial owner of each of Master Large Cap Series LLC and Master Bond LLC, for the election of nominees to the board of directors of Master Large Cap Series LLC and the applicable Board Nominees to the Board of Master Bond LLC.

Proposal

Shareholders Entitled to Vote

PROPOSAL 1(a)To elect fifteen Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of the Group A Funds (Board II).Shareholders of Group A Funds listed below, with respect to their Fund
PROPOSAL 1(b)To elect eleven Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of the Group B Funds (Board I).Shareholders of Group B Funds listed below, with respect to their Fund


Proposal

Shareholders Entitled to Vote

PROPOSAL 2(a)To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc. to vote for the election of fifteen Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC (Board II) and the board of directors of Master Focus Growth LLC (Board II), respectively.Shareholders of BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.
PROPOSAL 2(b)To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Total Return Fund of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. to vote for the election of eleven Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Bond LLC (Board I).Shareholders of BlackRock Total Return Fund
PROPOSAL 3(a)To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. to vote for the election of fifteen nominees to the board of directors of Master Large Cap Series LLC (Board II).Shareholders of BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.
PROPOSAL 3(b)To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. to vote for the election of eleven Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Bond LLC (Board I).Shareholders of BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.
To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.

The purpose of the Meeting is to seek shareholder approval of the Board nominees named in the joint proxy statement (the “Board Nominees” or “Nominees”) to the boards of directors/trustees of the Funds (collectively, the “Boards”). Shareholders of Funds identified in the attached table as Group A Funds will vote on the proposal to elect the fifteen Board II Nominees, and shareholders of Funds identified in the attached table as Group B Funds will vote on the proposal to elect the eleven Board I Nominees. In addition, shareholders of Group A Funds that are Feeder Funds will be asked to provide voting instructions to their Funds regarding the proposal to elect the Board Nominees of the applicable Master Fund, and


shareholders of Group B Funds that are Feeder Funds will be asked to provide voting instructions to their Funds regarding the proposal to elect the Board Nominees of the applicable Master Fund. Also, shareholders of Balanced Capital Fund will be asked to provide voting instructions for the election of nominees to the board of directors of Master Large Cap Series LLC and the applicable Board Nominees to the Board of Master Bond LLC.

Each current board of directors/trustees of the Funds (each, an “Existing Board”) has reviewed and unanimously approved the fifteen Board II Nominees or the eleven Board I Nominees, as applicable, with respect to each Fund overseen by such Existing Board, subject to approval by the Fund’s shareholders. The Existing Boards have reviewed the qualifications and backgrounds of the respective Board Nominees and believe that the respective Board Nominees possess the requisite experience in overseeing investment companies and that their election is in your best interest.

The Board of your Fund(s) unanimously recommends that you vote, or provide voting instructions, “FOR” the election of each Board Nominee to the Board of your Fund(s).

Shareholders of record of a Fund as of the close of business on September 24, 2018 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.

If you owned shares in more than one Fund or series of a Fund (each such series, a “Portfolio”) as of the Record Date, and/or if your Fund or Portfolio is organized as a Feeder Fund, you may receive more than one proxy card or voting instruction form. Please be certain to vote by telephone or via the Internet with respect to each Fund, including each Portfolio, in which you are a shareholder of record or sign, date and return each proxy card and voting instruction form you receive in the enclosed postage-paid return envelope.

If you have any questions about the proposals to be voted on, please call Computershare, the firm assisting us in the solicitation and tabulation of proxies, toll-free at1-866-200-9096.

By Order of the Boards,

Benjamin Archibald

Secretary of the Funds

40 East 52nd Street,50 Hudson Yards, New York, New York 10022NY 10001


IMPORTANT INFORMATION

FOR FUND SHAREHOLDERS

While we encourage you to read the full text of the enclosed joint proxy statement, for your convenience we have provided a brief overview of the matters to be voted on.

Questions and Answers

Q:Why am I receiving the joint proxy statement?

A:The Funds are holding a joint special meeting of shareholders for the election of four Board Nominees to the Board of the applicable Fund. The enclosed joint proxy statement describes proposals to elect the Board Nominees and provides other information relating to the Meeting. The tables starting on page 9 of the joint proxy statement identify the current Board Members and the Board Nominees for each Fund.

Q:Why are the Funds holding a meeting to elect Board Members at this time?

A:Three of the four Board Nominees are current Board Members of the Funds who were appointed to the Boards and have not been previously elected by Fund shareholders. The other Board Nominee, who is not a current Board Member, has been proposed to be added to the Board of each Fund in anticipation of the scheduled retirement of a current Board Member at the end of 2023.

The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), requires that persons filling vacancies on a board be elected by shareholders at a meeting called for that purpose, except that vacancies may be filled by appointment or any otherwise legal manner if, immediately after filling such vacancy, at least two-thirds of the directors/trustees then holding office have been elected by shareholders. The 1940 Act also requires a fund to hold a meeting for the purpose of electing directors/trustees if at any time less than a majority of the directors/trustees were elected by shareholders of the fund. Because three of the ten current Board Members of each Fund were appointed by the then-existing Board Members and not elected by shareholders, the Funds are currently prohibited by the 1940 Act from appointing new Board Members without shareholder approval. The election of the Board Nominees to the Boards by shareholders would result in all of the Board Members of the Funds having been elected by shareholders, which would provide the Boards with more flexibility when a future vacancy exists on the Boards as a result of a Board Member’s retirement or resignation or otherwise or when the Boards desire to expand the breadth and depth of the Boards by adding one or more Board Members.

Q:What is a Feeder Fund and what proposals as a shareholder of a Feeder Fund am I being asked to vote on?

A:

Certain series of Funds (each, a “Feeder Fund” and collectively, the “Feeder Funds”) invest substantially all of their assets in a corresponding fund that has an investment objective that is identical to that of the Feeder Fund (each, a “Master Fund” and collectively, the “Master Funds”). A Master Fund, in turn, invests directly in securities and other investments. Each Feeder Fund that invests in a Master Fund is being asked to vote for the Board Nominees of the Master Fund in which the Feeder Fund invests. Under the 1940 Act, each Feeder Fund’s voting rights with respect to the Master Fund interests that the Feeder Fund holds generally must be passed through to the Feeder Fund’s shareholders. This means that each Feeder Fund must vote its Master Fund interests in accordance with the voting instructions received from the Feeder Fund’s shareholders and will vote interests in the Master Fund with respect to which it has not received voting instructions in the same proportion as the interests for


which it has received instructions from other holders (this is called “proportional voting” or “echo voting”). If you are a shareholder of a Feeder Fund, in addition to seeking your votes on Proposal 1 relating to the Feeder Fund in which you own shares, in Proposal 2 you will also be asked to provide your voting instructions to your Feeder Fund as to how, as a beneficial owner of a Master Fund, your Feeder Fund should vote for the election of the Board Nominees of the corresponding Master Fund.

Q:How do the Boards of the Funds recommend that I vote?

A:FOR” each Board Nominee—the Boards have reviewed the qualifications and backgrounds of the Board Nominees and believe that their election is in your best interest and unanimously recommend that you vote, or submit voting instructions, “FOR” each Board Nominee.

Q:Will my vote make a difference?

A:YES. Your vote is very important and can make a difference in the governance and management of your Fund(s), no matter how many shares you own. We encourage all shareholders to participate in the governance of their Fund(s). Your vote can help ensure that the Board Nominees will be elected.

Q:How do I vote my shares?

A:Voting is quick and easy. Everything you need is enclosed. You can quickly and easily provide voting instructions by telephone, by calling the toll-free number on the proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) or on the Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to be Held on November 9, 2023 (the “Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials”), or by going to the Internet address provided on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) and following the instructions. If you vote by telephone or via the Internet, you will be asked to enter a unique code that has been assigned to you, which is printed on your proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, as applicable. This code is designed to confirm your identity, provide access to the voting website and confirm that your voting instructions are properly recorded. Alternatively, if you received your proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) by mail, you can vote your shares by completing, signing and dating the proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) and mailing it (them) in the enclosed postage-paid return envelope.

You may also vote at the Meeting; however, even if you plan to attend the virtual meeting, we still encourage you to provide voting instructions by one of the methods discussed above. In addition, we ask that you please note the following:

If your shares in a Fund are registered in your name, you may attend and participate in the Meeting at meetnow.global/MX9AUM2 by entering the control number found in the shaded box on your proxy card on the date and time of the Meeting. You may vote during the Meeting by following the instructions that will be available on the meeting website during the Meeting.

Also, if you are a beneficial shareholder of a Fund, you will not be able to vote at the virtual meeting unless you have registered in advance to attend the Meeting. To register, you must submit proof of your proxy power (legal proxy) reflecting your Fund holdings along with your name and email address to Computershare, the Funds’ tabulator. You may email an image of your legal proxy to shareholdermeetings@computershare.com. Requests for registration must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) three business days prior to the meeting date. You will receive a confirmation email from Computershare of your registration and a control number and security code that will allow you to vote at the Meeting.


Even if you plan to attend the Meeting, please promptly follow the enclosed instructions to submit your voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet. Alternatively, you may submit voting instructions by signing and dating each proxy card you receive, and if received by mail, returning it in the accompanying postage-paid return envelope.

Q:Are the Funds paying for the costs of the joint proxy statement?

A:Each Fund will bear the costs associated with the joint proxy statement, including the preparation, printing, distribution and proxy solicitation costs, and additional out-of-pocket costs, such as legal expenses and auditor fees, incurred in connection with the preparation of the joint proxy statement. Costs that are borne by the Funds collectively will be allocated among the Funds (or series thereof) on the basis of a combination of their respective net assets and number of shareholder accounts, except when direct costs can reasonably be attributed to one or more specific Funds (or series thereof).

The Funds, the Insurance Funds and GPS have retained Computershare, a proxy solicitation firm, to assist in the distribution of proxy materials and the solicitation and tabulation of proxies on behalf of such funds. It is anticipated that Computershare will be paid, in the aggregate, approximately $368,000 for such services (including reimbursements of out-of-pocket expenses), of which approximately $223,000 will be payable by the Funds.

Q:Whom do I call if I have questions?

A:If you need more information, or have any questions about voting, please call Computershare, the proxy solicitor for the Funds, toll-free at 866-963-6132.

Voting your shares immediately will help minimize additional solicitation expenses and prevent the need to call you to solicit your vote.

Please vote now. Your vote is important.

Please help us avoid adjournments, solicitation phone calls requesting your vote, wasteful expenses and additional mailings by promptly voting your shares. No matter how large or small your holdings may be, we urge you to indicate your voting instructions on the enclosed proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s), and date and sign it (them) and return it (them) promptly in the postage-paid envelope provided, or record your voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet. If you submit a properly executed proxy card or voting instruction form(s) but do not indicate how you wish your shares to be voted, your shares will be voted “FOR” the election of the Board Nominees to your Board. If your shares of a Fund are held through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee you must provide voting instructions to your bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee holding your shares about how to vote your shares in order for them to vote your shares as you instruct at the Meeting.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT.

PLEASE VOTE PROMPTLY BY SIGNING AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD/VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM OR BY RECORDING YOUR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS BY TELEPHONE OR VIA THE INTERNET, NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023.

THE PROXY STATEMENT FOR THIS MEETING IS AVAILABLE AT:

WWW.PROXY-DIRECT.COM/BLK-33511


NOTICE OF JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023

To the Shareholders:

A joint special meeting of the shareholders of the funds advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC or BlackRock Fund Advisors (together, “BlackRock”) set forth below (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”) will be held on Thursday, November 9, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time) (the “Meeting”), to consider and vote on the proposals set forth below, as more fully described in the accompanying joint proxy statement. The Meeting will be held in a virtual meeting format only. Shareholders will not have to travel to attend the Meeting but will be able to view the Meeting live and cast their votes by accessing a web link.

In addition, shareholders of certain series of Funds that are organized as a “feeder” in a “master/feeder” structure (each, a “Feeder Fund”) are being asked to provide voting instructions to elect the Board Nominees (as defined below) of the corresponding series of a Fund in which such Feeder Fund invests (the “Master Fund”). A list of the series of Funds that operate as Feeder Funds, shareholders of which are being asked to submit voting instructions on Proposal 2, and such Feeder Funds’ corresponding Master Funds, is set forth in Appendix B to the accompanying joint proxy statement.

 

Proposal

Shareholders Entitled to Vote

PROPOSAL 1To elect four Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of the Funds.Shareholders of the Funds listed below, with respect to their Fund, with shareholders of all series of a Fund voting together.
PROPOSAL 2To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Total Return Fund, a series of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc., and BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund, a series of BlackRock Funds VI, to vote for the election of four Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Bond LLC and the board of trustees of Master Investment Portfolio II, respectively.Shareholders of BlackRock Total Return Fund and BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund, with respect to their Feeder Fund.
To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.

October 3, 2018

The purpose of the Meeting is to seek shareholder approval of the four nominees named in the joint proxy statement (the “Board Nominees” or “Nominees”) to the boards of directors/trustees of the Funds (collectively, the “Boards”). In addition, shareholders of Feeder Funds will be asked to provide voting instructions to their Funds regarding the proposal to elect the four Board Nominees of the applicable Master Fund.


Each current board of directors/trustees of the Funds (each, a “Board”) has reviewed and unanimously approved the four Nominees with respect to each Fund overseen by such Board, subject to approval by the Fund’s shareholders. The Boards have reviewed the qualifications and backgrounds of the respective Board Nominees and believe that the respective Board Nominees possess the requisite experience in overseeing investment companies and that their election is in your best interest.

The Board of your Fund(s) unanimously recommends that you vote, or provide voting instructions, “FOR” the election of each Board Nominee to the Board of your Fund(s).

Shareholders of record of a Fund as of the close of business on September 11, 2023 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.

If you owned shares in more than one Fund or series of a Fund (each such series, a “Portfolio”) as of the Record Date, and/or if your Portfolio is organized as a Feeder Fund, you may receive more than one proxy card or voting instruction form. Please be certain to vote by telephone or via the Internet with respect to each Fund, including each Portfolio, in which you are a shareholder of record or sign, date and return each proxy card and voting instruction form you receive in the enclosed postage-paid return envelope.

If you have any questions about the proposals to be voted on, please call Computershare Fund Services, the firm assisting us in the solicitation and tabulation of proxies, toll-free at Equity-Bond Funds866-963-6132.

Holding Joint Special MeetingsBy Order of Shareholders on November 21, 2018the Boards,

Janey Ahn

Secretary of the Funds

50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001


Funds and Portfolios1

 

Group A Funds (Equity, Multi-Asset, Index and
Money Market Funds) to Elect Nominees of Board II

Group B Funds (Non-Index Fixed-Income Funds)
to Elect Nominees of Board I

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

BlackRock EuroFund

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Funds II

BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund

BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund

BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund

BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund

BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio

BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2020 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2025 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2030 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2035 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2040 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2045 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2050 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2055 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2060 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta Retirement Fund

BlackRock Managed Income Fund

BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Series, Inc.

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Fund

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

FDP Series, Inc.

FDP BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

FDP BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

FDP BlackRock International Fund

Managed Account Series

Advantage Global SmallCap Fund

BlackRock GA Disciplined Volatility Equity Fund

BlackRock GA Enhanced Equity Fund

Mid Cap Dividend Fund

Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC

Master Focus Growth LLC

BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BATS: Series A Portfolio

BATS: Series C Portfolio

BATS: Series E Portfolio

BATS: Series M Portfolio

BATS: Series P Portfolio

BATS: Series S Portfolio

BATS: Series V Portfolio

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund

BlackRock Total Return Fund

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Credit Strategies Income Fund

BlackRock Emerging Markets Bond Fund

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

FDP Series II, Inc.

FDP BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund

Managed Account Series II

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

Master Bond LLC

Master Total Return Portfolio

1

The Funds (Registrants) are listed in bold in this table. The Portfolios (series of Funds) are indicated in the list by an entry below the Registrant’s name. The shares of all of the Portfolios that are series of the same Fund will be voted together as a single class with respect to the election of the Board Nominees of that Fund.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

JOINT PROXY STATEMENT

1

PROPOSALS 1(a), 1(b), 2(a), 2(b), 3(a) AND 3(b)—ELECTION OF BOARD NOMINEES

7

VOTE REQUIRED AND MANNER OF VOTING PROXIES

34

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

36

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

38

Appendix A – Fund Information/Quorum and Voting Requirements

A-1

Appendix B – Master/Feeder Structures

B-1

Appendix C – Additional Information for Balanced Capital Fund’s Shareholders Relating to the Election of Nominees to the Board of Directors of Master Large Cap Series LLC

C-1

Appendix D – Shares Outstanding/Votes

D-1

Appendix E – Compensation of the Existing Board Members and Board Nominees

E-1

Appendix F – Equity Securities Owned by Board Members and Board Nominees

F-1

Appendix G – Meetings of the Boards

G-1

Appendix H – Executive Officers of the Funds

H-1

Appendix  I – Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees to Independent Registered Public Accountants

I-1

Appendix  J – Investment Manager,Sub-Advisers and Administrators

J-1

Appendix K – 5% Share Ownership

K-1


BLACKROCK EQUITY-BOND FUNDS

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, Delaware 19809

(800)441-7762

JOINT SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 21, 2018

JOINT PROXY STATEMENT

This joint proxy statement (this “Proxy Statement”) is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the boards of directors or trustees (each, a “Board” or an “Existing Board” and the members of which are referred to as “Board Members” or “Existing Board Members”) of each of the registrants advised by BlackRock (defined below) listed inAppendix A to this Proxy Statement (each, a “Fund” or an “Equity-Bond Fund,” which may also be collectively referred to herein as the “Equity-Bond Complex”) for the election of directors or trustees. Each Fund is categorized in this Proxy Statement as a “Group A Fund” or a “Group B Fund” for purposes of electing the applicable Board Nominees (as defined below) in Proposal 1(a) or Proposal 1(b). In addition, if you are a shareholder of a Fund or a series of a Fund organized as a “feeder” in a “master/feeder” structure (each, a “Feeder Fund” and collectively, the “Feeder Funds”) where the master fund (each, a “Master Fund” and collectively, the “Master Funds”) is an Equity-Bond Fund (or a series of an Equity-Bond Fund), you will also be asked to provide voting instructions to your Feeder Fund as to how, as a beneficial owner of the corresponding Master Fund, your Feeder Fund should vote for the election of the Board Members overseeing such Master Fund (a list of Feeder Funds and their corresponding Master Funds is set forth inAppendix B). Also, shareholders of BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. (“Balanced Capital Fund”), which invests in Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC, a fund in the Equity-Liquidity Complex (an “Equity-Liquidity Fund”), and Master Total Return Portfolio of Master Bond LLC, an Equity-Bond Fund, are being asked to provide voting instructions to Balanced Capital Fund in connection with the votes of Balanced Capital Fund, as a beneficial owner of each of Master Large Cap Series LLC and Master Bond LLC, for the election of the nominees to the board of directors of Master Large Cap Series LLC and the applicable Board Nominees to the Board of Master Bond LLC. The proxies will be voted at the joint special meetings of shareholders of the Funds (the “Meeting”) and at any and all adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. The Meeting will take place at the offices of BlackRock Advisors, LLC (“BlackRock”), 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, New Jersey 08540-6455, on Wednesday, November 21, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time). The Meeting will be held for the purpose of electing fifteen nominees to the Board of each Group A Fund and eleven nominees to the Board of each Group B Fund (collectively, the “Board Nominees”).

The Board of each Fund has determined that the use of this Proxy Statement for the Meeting is in the best interests of such Fund and its shareholders in light of the similar matters being considered and voted on by the shareholders of each Fund. Shareholders will receive either a copy of this Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy materials, which are expected to be mailed on or about October 9, 2018, or an Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Special Meetings of Shareholders to be held on November 21, 2018 (the “Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials”), which is expected to be mailed on or about October 10, 2018.

Each Fund is organized as a Massachusetts business trust (each, a “Massachusetts Trust”), a Maryland corporation (each, a “Maryland Corporation”), a Delaware statutory trust (each, a “Delaware Trust”), or a Delaware limited liability company (each, a “Delaware LLC”), and each is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). A list identifying the form of organization of each Fund is set forth onAppendix A. Certain of the Funds have been structured as series Funds, and the separate series of the Funds are referred to herein as “Portfolios”. References to shareholders of a series Fund include shareholders of all Portfolios of that Fund.

On September 17, 2018, certain newly-formed Portfolios (collectively, the “New Portfolios”) acquired all of the assets, subject to the liabilities, of corresponding funds that were within the Equity-Bond Complex (collectively, the “Predecessor Portfolios”) intax-free reorganizations (collectively, the “Reorganizations”). Each New Portfolio has the same investment objectives, strategies and policies, portfolio management team and contractual arrangements, including the same contractual fees and expenses, as the corresponding Predecessor Portfolio. As a result of the applicable Reorganization, each New Portfolio adopted the performance and financial history of the corresponding Predecessor Portfolio. Accordingly, certain information relating to each New Portfolio included in this Proxy Statement is that of the corresponding Predecessor Portfolio.

Each Fund’s fiscal year end can be found onAppendices G and I.

Shareholders of record of a Fund as of the close of business on September 24, 2018 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and any and all adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. Shareholders of the Funds on the Record Date are entitled to the voting rights set forth onAppendix A, with no shares having cumulative voting rights. The quorum and voting requirements for Proposals 1(a) and 1(b), as applicable, for each Fund are also set forth inAppendix A. For each Fund that is organized as a series Fund, a quorum of the shareholders of such Fund as a whole, inclusive of the shareholders of each Portfolio of such Fund, is required in order to take any action at the Meeting with respect to Proposal 1(a) or 1(b), as applicable to that particular Fund.

The number of outstanding shares of each class of each Fund and Portfolio as of the close of business on the Record Date are shown inAppendix D. To the knowledge of each Fund, as of the Record Date, no person was the beneficial owner of more than five percent of a class of the outstanding shares of the Fund or of a Portfolio of the Fund, except as set forth inAppendix K.

The Fund or, if applicable, the Portfolio in which you owned shares on the Record Date is named on the proxy card, voting instruction form or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. If you owned shares in more than one Fund or Portfolio on the Record Date, or if you owned shares of a Feeder Fund on the Record Date, you may receive more than one proxy card or voting instruction form. Even if you plan to attend the Meeting, please indicate your voting instructions, sign, date and returnEACH proxy card and/or voting instruction form you receive or, if you provide voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet, please vote on the proposals affectingEACH Fund and Portfolio you own, and provide voting instructions to your Feeder Fund relating to the election of Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of any master fund in which your Fund or Portfolio is a Feeder Fund. If you vote by telephone or via the Internet, you will be asked to enter a unique code that has been assigned to you, which is printed on your proxy card(s), voting instruction form(s) or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, as applicable. This code is designed to confirm your identity, provide access into the voting website and confirm that your voting instructions are properly recorded.

All properly executed proxies received prior to the Meeting will be voted at the Meeting and any and all adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. On any matter coming before the Meeting as to which a shareholder has specified a choice on that shareholder’s proxy, the shares will be voted accordingly. If a proxy card or voting instruction form is properly executed and returned and no choice is specified with respect to a proposal, the shares will be voted“FOR” the proposal. Shareholders who execute proxies or provide voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet may revoke them with respect to one or more proposals at any time before a vote is taken on such proposal(s) by filing with the applicable Fund a written notice of revocation (addressed to the Secretary of the Fund at the New York address provided herein), by delivering a duly executed proxy bearing a later date, or by attending the Meeting and voting in person by ballot, in all cases prior to the exercise of the authority granted in the proxy card or voting instruction form. Merely attending the Meeting, however, will not revoke any previously executed proxy. If you hold shares through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee, please consult your bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee regarding your ability to revoke voting instructions after such instructions have been provided.

If you are a registered shareholder of a Fund and plan to attend the Meeting in person, in order to gain admission you must show valid photographic identification, such as your driver’s license or passport. If you are a beneficial shareholder of a Fund (that is if you hold your shares of a Fund through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee) and plan to attend the Meeting in person, in order to gain admission you must show valid photographic identification, such as your driver’s license or passport, and satisfactory proof of ownership of shares in a Fund, such as your proxy card, voting instruction form (or a copy thereof) or a letter from your bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee or broker’s statement indicating ownership as of the Record Date. Also, if you are a beneficial shareholder of a Fund, you will not be able to vote in person at the Meeting unless you have previously requested and obtained a “legal proxy” from your bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee and present it at the Meeting. Even if you plan to attend the Meeting, please promptly follow the enclosed instructions to submit voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet. Alternatively, you may submit voting instructions by signing and dating each proxy card and voting instruction form you receive, and returning it in the accompanying postage-paid return envelope.

Copies of each Fund’s most recent annual report and semi-annual report can be obtained on a website maintained by BlackRock, Inc. atwww.blackrock.com. In addition, each Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of its annual report and most recent semi-annual report succeeding the annual report, if any, to a shareholder upon request. Such requests should be directed to the applicable Fund at 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809, or by calling toll-free at1-800-441-7762. Copies of annual and semi-annual reports of each Fund are also available on the EDGAR Database on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s website atwww.sec.gov.

Please note that only one annual or semi-annual report or this Proxy Statement or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials may be delivered to two or more shareholders of a Fund who share an address, unless the Fund has received instructions to the contrary. To request a separate copy of an annual report or semi-annual report or this Proxy Statement or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, or for instructions on how to request a separate copy of these documents or how to request a single copy if multiple copies of these documents are received, shareholders should contact the applicable Fund at the Delaware address or phone number set forth above.

SUMMARY OF PROPOSALS AND FUNDS VOTING

The following table lists each proposal described in this Proxy Statement and identifies shareholders entitled to vote on each proposal.

Proposal

Shareholders Entitled to Vote

PROPOSAL 1(a)

To elect fifteen Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of the Group A Funds (Board II).Shareholders of Group A Funds listed below, with respect to their Fund, with shareholders of all Portfolios of a Fund voting together

PROPOSAL 1(b)

To elect eleven Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of the Group B Funds (Board I).Shareholders of Group B Funds listed below, with respect to their Fund, with shareholders of all Portfolios of a Fund voting together

PROPOSAL 2(a)

To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc. to vote for the election of fifteen Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC (Board II) and the board of directors of Master Focus Growth LLC (Board II), respectively.Shareholders of BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc., with respect to their Feeder Fund

PROPOSAL 2(b)

To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Total Return Fund of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. to vote for the election of eleven Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Bond LLC (Board I).Shareholders of BlackRock Total Return Fund

PROPOSAL 3(a)

To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. to vote for the election of fifteen nominees to the board of directors of Master Large Cap Series LLC (Board II).Shareholders of BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

PROPOSAL 3(b)

To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. to vote for the election of eleven Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Bond LLC (Board I).Shareholders of BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

Group A Funds1,2

(Equity, Multi-Asset, Index and Money

Market Funds) to Elect Nominees of Board II

Group B Funds1,2

(Non-Index Fixed-Income Funds) to Elect

Nominees of Board I

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

BlackRock EuroFund

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Funds II

BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund

BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund

BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund

BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund

BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio

BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2020 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2025 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2030 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2035 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2040 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2045 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2050 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2055 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2060 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta Retirement Fund

BlackRock Managed Income Fund

BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Series, Inc.

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Fund

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

FDP Series, Inc.

FDP BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

FDP BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

FDP BlackRock International Fund

Managed Account Series

Advantage Global SmallCap Fund

BlackRock GA Disciplined Volatility Equity Fund

BlackRock GA Enhanced Equity Fund

Mid Cap Dividend Fund

Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC

Master Focus Growth LLC

BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BATS: Series A Portfolio

BATS: Series C Portfolio

BATS: Series E Portfolio

BATS: Series M Portfolio

BATS: Series P Portfolio

BATS: Series S Portfolio

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Total Return Fund

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities FundSecretary of the Funds

BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Credit Strategies Income Fund

BlackRock Emerging Markets Bond Fund

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock50 Hudson Yards, New York, Municipal Opportunities FundNY 10001

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund


IMPORTANT INFORMATION

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.FOR FUND SHAREHOLDERS

BlackRock High Yield Municipal FundWhile we encourage you to read the full text of the enclosed joint proxy statement, for your convenience we have provided a brief overview of the matters to be voted on.

BlackRock National Municipal FundQuestions and Answers

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

Q:Why am I receiving the joint proxy statement?

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

A:The Funds are holding a joint special meeting of shareholders for the election of four Board Nominees to the Board of the applicable Fund. The enclosed joint proxy statement describes proposals to elect the Board Nominees and provides other information relating to the Meeting. The tables starting on page 9 of the joint proxy statement identify the current Board Members and the Board Nominees for each Fund.

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

Q:Why are the Funds holding a meeting to elect Board Members at this time?

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

A:Three of the four Board Nominees are current Board Members of the Funds who were appointed to the Boards and have not been previously elected by Fund shareholders. The other Board Nominee, who is not a current Board Member, has been proposed to be added to the Board of each Fund in anticipation of the scheduled retirement of a current Board Member at the end of 2023.

FDP Series II, Inc.

The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), requires that persons filling vacancies on a board be elected by shareholders at a meeting called for that purpose, except that vacancies may be filled by appointment or any otherwise legal manner if, immediately after filling such vacancy, at least two-thirds of the directors/trustees then holding office have been elected by shareholders. The 1940 Act also requires a fund to hold a meeting for the purpose of electing directors/trustees if at any time less than a majority of the directors/trustees were elected by shareholders of the fund. Because three of the ten current Board Members of each Fund were appointed by the then-existing Board Members and not elected by shareholders, the Funds are currently prohibited by the 1940 Act from appointing new Board Members without shareholder approval. The election of the Board Nominees to the Boards by shareholders would result in all of the Board Members of the Funds having been elected by shareholders, which would provide the Boards with more flexibility when a future vacancy exists on the Boards as a result of a Board Member’s retirement or resignation or otherwise or when the Boards desire to expand the breadth and depth of the Boards by adding one or more Board Members.

FDP BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund

Q:What is a Feeder Fund and what proposals as a shareholder of a Feeder Fund am I being asked to vote on?

Managed Account Series II

A:

Certain series of Funds (each, a “Feeder Fund” and collectively, the “Feeder Funds”) invest substantially all of their assets in a corresponding fund that has an investment objective that is identical to that of the Feeder Fund (each, a “Master Fund” and collectively, the “Master Funds”). A Master Fund, in turn, invests directly in securities and other investments. Each Feeder Fund that invests in a Master Fund is being asked to vote for the Board Nominees of the Master Fund in which the Feeder Fund invests. Under the 1940 Act, each Feeder Fund’s voting rights with respect to the Master Fund interests that the Feeder Fund holds generally must be passed through to the Feeder Fund’s shareholders. This means that each Feeder Fund must vote its Master Fund interests in accordance with the voting instructions received from the Feeder Fund’s shareholders and will vote interests in the Master Fund with respect to which it has not received voting instructions in the same proportion as the interests for

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio


which it has received instructions from other holders (this is called “proportional voting” or “echo voting”). If you are a shareholder of a Feeder Fund, in addition to seeking your votes on Proposal 1 relating to the Feeder Fund in which you own shares, in Proposal 2 you will also be asked to provide your voting instructions to your Feeder Fund as to how, as a beneficial owner of a Master Fund, your Feeder Fund should vote for the election of the Board Nominees of the corresponding Master Fund.

Master Bond LLC

Q:How do the Boards of the Funds recommend that I vote?

Master Total Return Portfolio

A:FOR” each Board Nominee—the Boards have reviewed the qualifications and backgrounds of the Board Nominees and believe that their election is in your best interest and unanimously recommend that you vote, or submit voting instructions, “FOR” each Board Nominee.

Q:Will my vote make a difference?

A:YES. Your vote is very important and can make a difference in the governance and management of your Fund(s), no matter how many shares you own. We encourage all shareholders to participate in the governance of their Fund(s). Your vote can help ensure that the Board Nominees will be elected.

Q:How do I vote my shares?

A:Voting is quick and easy. Everything you need is enclosed. You can quickly and easily provide voting instructions by telephone, by calling the toll-free number on the proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) or on the Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to be Held on November 9, 2023 (the “Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials”), or by going to the Internet address provided on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) and following the instructions. If you vote by telephone or via the Internet, you will be asked to enter a unique code that has been assigned to you, which is printed on your proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, as applicable. This code is designed to confirm your identity, provide access to the voting website and confirm that your voting instructions are properly recorded. Alternatively, if you received your proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) by mail, you can vote your shares by completing, signing and dating the proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) and mailing it (them) in the enclosed postage-paid return envelope.

You may also vote at the Meeting; however, even if you plan to attend the virtual meeting, we still encourage you to provide voting instructions by one of the methods discussed above. In addition, we ask that you please note the following:

If your shares in a Fund are registered in your name, you may attend and participate in the Meeting at meetnow.global/MX9AUM2 by entering the control number found in the shaded box on your proxy card on the date and time of the Meeting. You may vote during the Meeting by following the instructions that will be available on the meeting website during the Meeting.

Also, if you are a beneficial shareholder of a Fund, you will not be able to vote at the virtual meeting unless you have registered in advance to attend the Meeting. To register, you must submit proof of your proxy power (legal proxy) reflecting your Fund holdings along with your name and email address to Computershare, the Funds’ tabulator. You may email an image of your legal proxy to shareholdermeetings@computershare.com. Requests for registration must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) three business days prior to the meeting date. You will receive a confirmation email from Computershare of your registration and a control number and security code that will allow you to vote at the Meeting.


Even if you plan to attend the Meeting, please promptly follow the enclosed instructions to submit your voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet. Alternatively, you may submit voting instructions by signing and dating each proxy card you receive, and if received by mail, returning it in the accompanying postage-paid return envelope.

Q:Are the Funds paying for the costs of the joint proxy statement?

A:Each Fund will bear the costs associated with the joint proxy statement, including the preparation, printing, distribution and proxy solicitation costs, and additional out-of-pocket costs, such as legal expenses and auditor fees, incurred in connection with the preparation of the joint proxy statement. Costs that are borne by the Funds collectively will be allocated among the Funds (or series thereof) on the basis of a combination of their respective net assets and number of shareholder accounts, except when direct costs can reasonably be attributed to one or more specific Funds (or series thereof).

The Funds, the Insurance Funds and GPS have retained Computershare, a proxy solicitation firm, to assist in the distribution of proxy materials and the solicitation and tabulation of proxies on behalf of such funds. It is anticipated that Computershare will be paid, in the aggregate, approximately $368,000 for such services (including reimbursements of out-of-pocket expenses), of which approximately $223,000 will be payable by the Funds.

Q:Whom do I call if I have questions?

A:If you need more information, or have any questions about voting, please call Computershare, the proxy solicitor for the Funds, toll-free at 866-963-6132.

Voting your shares immediately will help minimize additional solicitation expenses and prevent the need to call you to solicit your vote.

 

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The Funds (Registrants) are listed in bold in this table. The Portfolios (series of Funds) are indicatedPlease vote now. Your vote is important.

Please help us avoid adjournments, solicitation phone calls requesting your vote, wasteful expenses and additional mailings by promptly voting your shares. No matter how large or small your holdings may be, we urge you to indicate your voting instructions on the enclosed proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s), and date and sign it (them) and return it (them) promptly in the listpostage-paid envelope provided, or record your voting instructions by an entry belowtelephone or via the Registrant’s name. TheInternet. If you submit a properly executed proxy card or voting instruction form(s) but do not indicate how you wish your shares of all of the Portfolios that are series of the same Fundto be voted, your shares will be voted together as a single class with respect to“FOR” the election of the Board Nominees to your Board. If your shares of that Fund.

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The principal executive office of eacha Fund is locatedare held through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee you must provide voting instructions to your bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee holding your shares about how to vote your shares in order for them to vote your shares as you instruct at 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809.the Meeting.

PLEASE VOTENOW. YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT.

PLEASE VOTE PROMPTLY BY SIGNING AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD/VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM OR BY RECORDING YOUR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS BY TELEPHONE OR VIA THE INTERNET, NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023.

THE PROXY STATEMENT FOR THIS MEETING IS AVAILABLE AT:

WWW.PROXY-DIRECT.COM/BLK-33511

Please help us avoid adjournments, solicitation phone calls requesting your vote, wasteful expenses and additional mailings by promptly voting your shares.No matter how large or small your holdings may be, we urge you to indicate your voting instructions on the enclosed proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s), date and sign it (them) and return it (them) promptly in the postage-paid envelope provided, or record your voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet. If you submit a properly executed proxy card or voting instruction form but do not indicate how you wish your shares to be voted, your shares will be voted“FOR” the election of the Board Nominees. If your shares of a Fund are held through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee you must provide voting instructions to your bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee holding your shares about how to vote your shares in order for them to vote your shares asyou instruct at the Meeting.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Special Meetings of Shareholders to Be Held on November 21, 2018. The Notice of Joint Special Meetings of Shareholders, the Proxy Statement and the forms of proxy card and voting instruction form are available on the Internet athttps://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-30202. On this website, you will be able to access the Notice of Joint Special Meetings of Shareholders, the Proxy Statement, the forms of proxy card and voting instruction form and any amendments or supplements to the foregoing materials that are required to be furnished to shareholders.

If you have any questions, would like to vote your shares, or wish to obtain directions so that you can attend the Meeting, please call Computershare Fund Services (“Computershare”), the proxy solicitor for the Funds, toll-free at1-866-200-9096.

PROPOSALS 1(a), 1(b), 2(a), 2(b), 3(a) AND 3(b)—ELECTION OF BOARD NOMINEES

The purpose of Proposal 1(a) is to elect fifteen Board Nominees to the Board of each Group A Fund (Board II).

The purpose of Proposal 1(b) is to elect eleven Board Nominees to the Board of each Group B Fund (Board I).

The purpose of Proposal 2(a) is to provide voting instructions to each of BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc. with respect to how BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc., as a beneficial owner of Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC, and BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc., as a beneficial owner of Master Focus Growth LLC, should vote in connection with the election of fifteen Board Nominees to the Board of Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC and the Board of Master Focus Growth LLC, respectively.Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC and Master Focus Growth LLC are Group A Funds (Board II).

The purpose of Proposal 2(b) is to provide voting instructions to BlackRock Total Return Fund, a series of BlackRock Bond, Inc., with respect to how, as a beneficial owner of Master Bond LLC, BlackRock Total Return Fund should vote in connection with the election of eleven Board Nominees to the Board of Master Bond LLC. Master Bond LLC is a Group B Fund (Board I).

The purpose of Proposal 3(a) is for shareholders of Balanced Capital Fund to provide voting instructions with respect to how Balanced Capital Fund should vote, as a beneficial owner of Master Large Cap Series LLC, for the election of fifteen nominees to the board of directors of Master Large Cap Series LLC. Balanced Capital Fund invests in the Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC, an Equity-Liquidity Fund. Balanced Capital Fund is requesting instructions from its shareholders with respect to how Balanced Capital Fund should vote for the election of the nominees to the board of directors of Master Large Cap Series LLC, who are the same individuals as the fifteen Board Nominees to the Board of each Group A Fund, including Balanced Capital Fund (Board II).

 


NOTICE OF JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023

To the Shareholders:

A joint special meeting of the shareholders of the funds advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC or BlackRock Fund Advisors (together, “BlackRock”) set forth below (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”) will be held on Thursday, November 9, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time) (the “Meeting”), to consider and vote on the proposals set forth below, as more fully described in the accompanying joint proxy statement. The Meeting will be held in a virtual meeting format only. Shareholders will not have to travel to attend the Meeting but will be able to view the Meeting live and cast their votes by accessing a web link.

In addition, shareholders of Balanced Capital Fund: Please refer toAppendix C for additional information relating to the election of nominees to the board of directors of Master Large Cap Series LLC.

The purpose of Proposal 3(b) is to provide voting instructions to Balanced Capital Fund with respect to how, as a beneficial owner of Master Bond LLC, Balanced Capital Fund should vote in connection with the election of eleven Board Nominees to the Board of Master Bond LLC. Master Bond LLC is a Group B Fund (Board I).

A list of the Group A Funds and Group B Funds appears on page 5 of this Proxy Statement.

The election of the Board Nominees is being proposed as part of a larger initiative to realign and consolidate the Boards overseeing the mutual funds andclosed-end funds advised by BlackRock (collectively, the “BlackRock-advised Funds”). That initiative is described in more detail below.

If elected by shareholders of the Funds at the Meeting, the Board Nominees would take office effective onJanuary 1, 2019 or such later date as will be communicated to shareholders if the Meeting is adjourned, postponed or delayed.

Explanation of Board Realignment and Consolidation

Currently, the BlackRock-advised Funds are divided into three different complexes – the Equity-Liquidity Complex, the Equity-Bond Complex and theClosed-End Complex (each, a “Fund Complex” and collectively, the “BlackRock Fund complex”) – and the same individuals comprise the boards of directors/trustees of the BlackRock-advised Funds within a Fund Complex. It is proposed that the three current boards of directors/trustees and the Fund Complexes they oversee be realigned and consolidated into two boards of directors/trustees and two Fund Complexes. Subject to shareholder approval, one board of directors/trustees (referred to in this Proxy Statement as “Board I”) would focus on the oversight of the BlackRock-advisednon-index fixed-income mutual funds and all of the BlackRock-advisedclosed-end funds within the BlackRock Fund complex, including fixed-income mutual funds that are designed for sale through insurance company separate accounts (collectively, the “Insurance Funds”). Subject to shareholder approval, the second board of directors/trustees (referred to in this Proxy Statement as “Board II”) would focus on the oversight of the BlackRock-advised equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds within the BlackRock Fund complex, including equity, multi-asset, index and money market Insurance Funds. Shareholders of the Equity-Liquidity Funds and the Insurance Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex are being asked to approve the Board Nominees to Board I and Board II, as applicable, in separate proxy statements.

Board I is expected to be comprised of all of the current directors/trustees who currently serve on the boards of directors/trustees of the BlackRock-advised Funds in theClosed-End Complex (collectively, the“Closed-End Funds”), plus an additional director/trustee who currently serves on the boards of directors/trustees of the Equity-Bond Funds (collectively, the “Equity-Bond Board”). Board II is expected to be comprised of directors/trustees who currently serve on the Equity-Bond Board and directors/trustees who currently serve on the boards of directors/trustees of the Equity-Liquidity Funds (collectively, the “Equity-Liquidity Board”), other than (i) the members of the Equity-Bond Board and the Equity-Liquidity Board who are scheduled to retire at the end of 2018, (ii) the current member of the Equity-Bond Board who has been nominated to serve on Board I and (iii) two current members of the Equity-Liquidity Board who are expected to serve as consultants to the Independent Board Members (as defined below) of each Group A Fund following the realignment and consolidation. As discussed below, this realignment and consolidation is expected to enable each of Board I and Board II to focus attention on issues of particular relevance to the types of funds that they oversee and to streamline and enhance the effectiveness of board oversight of the applicable Fund Complex.

Reasons for Board Realignment and Consolidation

At meetings held in July 2018, the Equity-Bond Board and the Equity-Liquidity Board each determined that the board realignment and consolidation could provide benefits to shareholders of the Equity-Bond Funds and the Equity-Liquidity Funds, respectively. Each Board has reviewed the qualifications and backgrounds of the Board Nominees and believes that they are experienced in overseeing investment companies and are familiar with the BlackRock Fund complex and BlackRock. In addition, Board Members have had the opportunity to meet with their counterparts on other boards of directors/trustees in the BlackRock Fund complex. In particular, the Board Members considered:

1)that each Fund would benefit from the realignment to Board I or Board II, as applicable, each of which would oversee the business and operations of a numbercertain series of Funds that have similar investment strategies, which mayare organized as a “feeder” in a “master/feeder” structure (each, a “Feeder Fund”) are being asked to provide the members of Board I or Board II, as applicable, with the potentialvoting instructions to obtain enhanced insights into the Funds’ investment strategies, operations and their associated risks;

2)that while each member of Board II would oversee more of theopen-end BlackRock-advised Funds than before, the number of investment strategies used by the Group A Funds will not be significantly different and the division of investment strategies between Board I and Board II upon consolidation is appropriate;

3)the potential strength of the bargaining position of each of Board I and Board II upon realignment and consolidation with respect to interfacing with management and other service providers of the BlackRock-advised Funds they oversee;

4)that the Board I Nominees and the Board II Nominees have significant professional experience and skills, as well as experience overseeing funds that use similar kinds of investment strategies as used by the Group B Funds and Group A Funds, respectively;

5)thatelect the Board Nominees have experience overseeing the nature and quality of investment advisory and other services that BlackRock provides to investment companies;

6)that the time spent by portfolio managers and other members of management keeping multiple boards of directors/trustees up to date would be reduced by board consolidation and realignment, resulting in greater efficiencies and potentially enhancing communication;

7)the costs that are associated with the board realignment and consolidation, including the costs related to the proxy and the election of the Board Nominees and costs associated with reorganizations of a number of existing BlackRock-advised Funds into certain newly organized Group B Funds as an initial step toward board realignment and consolidation, and the arrangement between BlackRock and certain Funds to share the costs associated with the board realignment and consolidation, and the potential for future cost savings for Fund shareholders due to the board realignment and consolidation generally; and

8)that pending retirements of certain Board Members would have required the Equity-Bond Board to identify and nominate new Independent Board Members (as defined below) for election byof the corresponding series of a Fund in which such Feeder Fund invests (the “Master Fund”). A list of the series of Funds that operate as Feeder Funds, shareholders resultingof which are being asked to submit voting instructions on Proposal 2, and such Feeder Funds’ corresponding Master Funds, is set forth in associated costs and expenses of that nomination and election process andAppendix B to the need to onboard new Independent Board Members with potentially less experience overseeing funds, including those managed by BlackRock.

The Equity-Bond Board has concluded that the Board Nominees to Board II have the requisite capacity and expertise to oversee all of the Group A Funds (and Master Large Cap Series LLC) and recommends that shareholders of the relevant Funds vote for Proposal 1(a) and, if applicable, provide voting instructions for Proposal 2(a) and/or Proposal 3(a), and has concluded that the Board Nominees to Board I have the requisite capacity and expertise to oversee all of the Group B Funds and recommends that shareholders of the relevant Funds vote for Proposal 1(b) and, if applicable, provide voting instructions for Proposal 2(b) and/or Proposal 3(b).

The Proposals described in this Proxy Statement were considered and approved unanimously by the Existing Board Members who were present at the July Meetings. You are being asked to elect the Board Nominees to serve as the Board of your Fund(s). Each Board I Nominee has consented to serve on the Boards of the Group B Funds if elected by shareholders. Each Board II Nominee has consented to serve on the Boards of the Group A Funds if elected by shareholders. If, however, before the election, a Nominee is unable to serve or for good cause will not serve, proxies may be voted for a replacement Board Nominee, if any, designated by the current Board Members of your Fund.

The nominations of the Board Nominees have been approved by the Existing Board Members. Information about the Board Nominees for your Fund’s Board is set forth below.

Nominees for Each Fund Boardaccompanying joint proxy statement.

 

The Board of each Equity-Bond Fund currently consists of eleven Board Members, nine of whom are not “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act) (the “Independent Board Members”) of the Funds.

The Board recommends, with respect to each of the Group A Funds, a vote“FOR” the election of each of Bruce R. Bond, Susan J. Carter, Collette Chilton, Neil A. Cotty, Robert Fairbairn, Lena G. Goldberg, Robert M. Hernandez, Henry R. Keizer, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Donald C. Opatrny, John M. Perlowski, Joseph P. Platt, Mark Stalnecker, Kenneth L. Urish and Claire A. Walton (the “Board II Nominees”). Two current members of the boards of directors/trustees of the Equity-Liquidity Funds, Robert C. Robb, Jr. and Frederick W. Winter, are expected to serve as consultants to the Independent Board Members of each Group A Fund through the end of the calendar year in which they turn 75 years old.

The Board recommends, with respect to each of the Group B Funds, a vote“FOR” the election of each of Michael J. Castellano, Richard E. Cavanagh, Cynthia L. Egan, Frank J. Fabozzi, Robert Fairbairn, Henry Gabbay, R. Glenn Hubbard, W. Carl Kester, Catherine A. Lynch, John M. Perlowski and Karen P. Robards (the “Board I Nominees”). Each Board I Nominee other than Henry Gabbay currently serves as a director/trustee of theClosed-End Funds. Each director/trustee of theClosed-End Funds is elected each year (or every three years, in the case ofClosed-End Funds with three classes of directors/trustees) by the shareholders of theClosed-End Funds. Henry Gabbay currently serves as an Independent Board Member of each Fund. Henry Gabbay served as a director/trustee of theClosed-End Funds from 2007 through 2014.

All of the Board Nominees, other than John M. Perlowski and Robert Fairbairn, are not “interested persons” of the Funds (the “Independent Board Nominees”). Robert Fairbairn and John M. Perlowski each currently serves as a Board Member of each Fund, as well as a director/trustee of theClosed-End Funds and the Equity-Liquidity Funds, and is considered an “interested person” of the Funds because of his affiliation with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. Each Board Nominee elected at the Meeting will serve until his or her successor is elected or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal.

The Board Nominees were unanimously recommended by the Independent Board Members of each Fund.

To vote for the Board Nominees, please vote by telephone or via the Internet, as described in the proxy card or voting instruction form, or date and sign the enclosed proxy card(s) and/or voting instruction form(s) and return the proxy card(s) and/or voting instruction form(s) promptly in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. If you owned shares in more than one Fund or Portfolio thereof as of the Record Date, and/or if your Fund or Portfolio thereof is a Feeder Fund, you may receive more than one proxy card or voting instruction form. Each of the Board Nominees has consented to being named in this Proxy Statement and to serve as a Board Member if elected.

Board Members’/Board Nominees’ Biographical Information. Please refer to the below tables, which identify the Board Members and Board Nominees, set forth certain biographical information about the Board Members and Board Nominees and discuss some of the experiences, qualifications and skills of the Board Nominees, for all of the Funds. Each Board Nominee was nominated by the Governance and Nominating Committee (the “Governance Committee”) of the Existing Board of each respective Fund.

Subject to the Funds’ shareholders electing the applicable Board Nominees, it is anticipated that following the Board realignment and consolidation, Mark Stalnecker, the current Chair Elect of the boards of directors/trustees of the Equity-Liquidity Funds, will serve as the Chair of the Boards of the Group A Funds. The boards of directors/trustees of theClosed-End Funds plan to adopt a board leadership transition that will go into effect in 2019. It is anticipated that in connection with such transition, Richard E. Cavanagh and Karen P. Robards, the current Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, of the boards of directors/trustees of theClosed-End Funds, will serve asCo-Chairs of the Boards of the Group B Funds.

The Governance Committee of the Board of each Fund has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experiences, qualifications, skills and attributes that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Board Member candidates (the “Statement of Policy”). The Boards of the Funds believe that each Independent Board Member of the Funds satisfied, at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Board Member, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. Furthermore, in determining that a particular Board Member was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Board Member, the Boards have considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Boards also believe that each Independent Board Nominee that is not a current Board Member satisfies the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Boards believe that, collectively, the Independent Board Members/Nominees have balanced and diverse experiences, skills, attributes and qualifications, which allow the Boards to operate effectively in governing the Funds and protecting the interests of shareholders. Among the attributes common to all Independent Board Members/Nominees is their ability to review critically, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them, to interact effectively with the Funds’ investment adviser,sub-advisers, other service providers, counsel and independent auditors, and to exercise effective business judgment in the performance of their duties as Board Members.

Each Board believes that each Board Member’s/Nominee’s ability to perform his or her duties effectively is evidenced by his or her educational background or professional training; business, consulting, public service or academic positions; experience from service as a Board Member of the Funds or director/trustee of other BlackRock-advised Funds (and any predecessor funds), other investment funds, public companies, ornot-for-profit entities or other organizations; ongoing commitment and participation in board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and other committees throughout the years; or other relevant life experiences.

Board II Nominees (Group A Funds)

Certain biographical and other information relating to the Board II Nominees is set forth below.

 

Proposal

Shareholders Entitled to Vote

PROPOSAL 1To elect four Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of the Funds.Shareholders of the Funds listed below, with respect to their Fund, with shareholders of all series of a Fund voting together.
PROPOSAL 2To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Total Return Fund, a series of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc., and BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund, a series of BlackRock Funds VI, to vote for the election of four Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Bond LLC and the board of trustees of Master Investment Portfolio II, respectively.Shareholders of BlackRock Total Return Fund and BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund, with respect to their Feeder Fund.
To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.

Name and

Year of Birth1, 2

Current

Position(s)

Held with

Funds

(Length of

Service)3

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

Number of
BlackRock-Advised

Registered Investment
Companies (“RICs”)
Consisting of Investment

Portfolios (“Portfolios”)

Public
Company and
Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held During
Past Five Years

Overseen

To be

Overseen4

Independent Board Nominees

Mark Stalnecker

1951

Nominee

Chair ElectThe purpose of the Equity-Liquidity Funds (Since 2018)5

Chief Investment Officer, University of Delaware from 1999Meeting is to 2013; Trustee and Chairseek shareholder approval of the Finance and Investment Committees, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate from 2005four nominees named in the joint proxy statement (the “Board Nominees” or “Nominees”) to 2016; Member of the Investment Committee, Delaware Public Employees’ Retirement System since 2002; Member of the Investment Committee, Christiana Care Health System from 2009 to 2017; Member of the Investment Committee, Delaware Community Foundation from 2013 to 2014; Director and Chair of the Audit Committee, SEI Private Trust Co. from 2001 to 2014.28 RICs consisting of 141 Portfolios44 RICs consisting of 195 PortfoliosNone

Bruce R. Bond

1946

Board Member (Since 2007)

Nominee

Board Member, Amsphere Limited (software) since 2018; Trustee and Member of the Governance Committee, State Street Research Mutual Funds from 1997 to 2005; Board Member of Governance, Audit and Finance Committee, Avaya Inc. (computer equipment) from 2003 to 2007.32 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios44 RICs consisting of 195 PortfoliosNone

Susan J. Carter

1956

NomineeDirector, Pacific Pension Institute from 2014 to 2018; Board Member, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at Tuck School of Business since 1997; Senior Advisor, Commonfund Capital, Inc. (“CCI”) (investment adviser) in 2015; Chief Executive Officer, CCI from 2013 to 2014; President & Chief Executive Officer, CCI from 1997 to 2013; Advisory Board Member, Girls Who Invest from 2015 to 2018 and Board Member thereof since 2018; Advisory Board Member, Bridges Fund Management since 2016; Trustee, Financial Accounting Foundation since 2017; Practitioner Advisory Board Member, Private Capital Research Institute (PCRI) since 2017.28 RICs consisting of 141 Portfolios44 RICs consisting of 195 PortfoliosNone

Name and

Year of Birth1, 2

Current

Position(s)

Held with

Funds

(Length of

Service)3

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

Number of
BlackRock-Advised

Registered Investment
Companies (“RICs”)
Consisting of Investment

Portfolios (“Portfolios”)

Public
Company and
Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held During
Past Five Years

Overseen

To be

Overseen4

Collette Chilton

1958

NomineeChief Investment Officer, Williams College since 2006; Chief Investment Officer, Lucent Asset Management Corporation
from 1998 to 2006.
28 RICs consisting of 141 Portfolios44 RICs consisting of 195 PortfoliosNone

Neil A. Cotty

1954

NomineeBank of America Corporation from 1996 to 2015, serving in various senior finance leadership roles, including Chief Accounting Officer from 2009 to 2015, Chief Financial Officer of Global Banking, Markets and Wealth Management from 2008 to 2009, Chief Accounting Officer from 2004 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Consumer Bank from 2003 to 2004, Chief Financial Officer of Global Corporate Investment Bank from 1999 to 2002.28 RICs consisting of 141 Portfolios44 RICs consisting of 195 PortfoliosNone

Lena G. Goldberg

1949

Board Member (Since 2016)

Nominee

Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School, since 2008; Director, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. since 2013; FMR LLC/Fidelity Investments (financial services) from 1996 to 2008, serving in various senior roles including Executive Vice President-Strategic Corporate Initiatives and Executive Vice President and General Counsel; Partner, Sullivan & Worcester LLP from 1985 to 1996 and Associate thereof from 1979 to 1985.32 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios44 RICs consisting of 195 PortfoliosNone

Robert M. Hernandez

1944

Board Member (Since 2007)

Nominee

Director, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of USX Corporation (energy and steel business) from 1991 to 2001; Director andnon-executive Chairman, RTI International Metals, Inc. from 1990 to 2015; Director, TE Connectivity (electronics) from 2006 to 2012.32 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios44 RICs consisting of 195 PortfoliosChubb Limited (insurance company); Eastman Chemical Company

Name and

Year of Birth1, 2

Current

Position(s)

Held with

Funds

(Length of

Service)3

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

Number of
BlackRock-Advised

Registered Investment
Companies (“RICs”)
Consisting of Investment

Portfolios (“Portfolios”)

Public
Company and
Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held During
Past Five Years

Overseen

To be

Overseen4

Henry R. Keizer

1956

Board Member (Since 2016)

Nominee

Director, Park Indemnity Ltd. (captive insurer) since 2010; Director, MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation and MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (financial and bank holding company) from 2014 to 2016; Director, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants from 2009 to 2011; Director, KPMG LLP (audit, tax and advisory services) from 2004 to 2005 and 2010 to 2012; Director, KPMG International in 2012, Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer thereof from 2010 to 2012 and U.S. Vice Chairman of Audit thereof from 2005 to 2010; Global Head of Audit, KPMGI (consortium of KPMG firms) from 2006 to 2010; Director, YMCA of Greater New York from 2006 to 2010.32 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios44 RICs consisting of 195 PortfoliosHertz Global Holdings (car rental); Montpelier Re Holdings, Ltd. (publicly held property and casual reinsurance); Sealed Air Corp. (packaging); WABCO (commercial vehicle safety systems)

Cynthia A. Montgomery

1952

NomineeProfessor, Harvard Business School since 1989; Director, McLean Hospital from 2005 to 2012.28 RICs consisting of 141 Portfolios44 RICs consisting of 195 PortfoliosNewell Rubbermaid, Inc. (manufacturing)

Donald C. Opatrny

1952

Board Member (Since 2015)

Nominee

Trustee, Vice Chair, Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Investment Committee, Cornell University since 2004; President, Trustee and Member of the Investment Committee, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum from 2007 to 2014; Member of the Board and Investment Committee, University School from 2007 to 2018; Member of the Investment Committee, Mellon Foundation from 2009 to 2015; Trustee, Artstor (a Mellon Foundation affiliate) from 2010 to 2015; President and Trustee, the Center for the Arts, Jackson Hole from 2011 to 2018; Director, Athena Capital Advisors LLC (investment management firm) since 2013; Trustee and Chair of the Investment Committee, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole since 2014; Member of Affordable Housing Supply Board of Jackson, Wyoming, since 2017; Member, Investment Funds Committee, State of Wyoming since 2017; Trustee, Phoenix Art Museum since 2018.32 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios44 RICs consisting of 195 PortfoliosNone

Name and

Year of Birth1, 2

Current

Position(s)

Held with

Funds

(Length of

Service)3

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

Number of
BlackRock-Advised

Registered Investment
Companies (“RICs”)
Consisting of Investment

Portfolios (“Portfolios”)

Public
Company and
Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held During
Past Five Years

Overseen

To be

Overseen4

Joseph P. Platt

1947

NomineeGeneral Partner, Thorn Partners, LP (private investments) since 1998; Director, WQED Multi-Media (public broadcastingnot-for-profit) since 2001; Chair, Basic Health International(non-profit) since 2015.28 RICs consisting of 141 Portfolios44 RICs consisting of 195 PortfoliosGreenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (reinsurance company); Consol Energy Inc.

Kenneth L. Urish

1951

NomineeManaging Partner, Urish Popeck & Co., LLC (certified public accountants and consultants) since 1976; Past-Chairman of the Professional Ethics Committee of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Committee Member thereof since 2007; Member of External Advisory Board, The Pennsylvania State University Accounting Department since founding in 2001; Principal, UP Strategic Wealth Investment Advisors, LLC since 2013; Trustee, The Holy Family Institute from 2001 to 2010; President and Trustee, Pittsburgh Catholic Publishing Associates from 2003 to 2008; Director,Inter-Tel from 2006 to 2007.28 RICs consisting of 141 Portfolios44 RICs consisting of 195 PortfoliosNone

Claire A. Walton

1957

NomineeChief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Liberty Square Asset Management, LP from 1998 to 2015; General Partner of Neon Liberty Capital Management, LLC since 2003; Director, Boston Hedge Fund Group from 2009 to 2018; Director, Woodstock Ski Runners since 2013; Director, Massachusetts Council on Economic Education from 2013 to 2015.28 RICs consisting of 141 Portfolios44 RICs consisting of 195 PortfoliosNone

Interested Board Nominees6

Robert Fairbairn7

1965

Board Member (Since 2015)

Nominee

Senior Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2010; oversees BlackRock’s Strategic Partner Program and Strategic Product Management Group; Member of BlackRock’s Global Executive and Global Operating Committees;Co-Chair of BlackRock’s Human Capital Committee; Global Head of BlackRock’s Retail and iShares® businesses from 2012 to 2016.133 RICs consisting of 309 Portfolios133 RICs consisting of 309 PortfoliosNone

Name and

Year of Birth1, 2

Current

Position(s)

Held with

Funds

(Length of

Service)3

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

Number of
BlackRock-Advised

Registered Investment
Companies (“RICs”)
Consisting of Investment

Portfolios (“Portfolios”)

Public
Company and
Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held During
Past Five Years

Overseen

To be

Overseen4

John M. Perlowski

1964

Board Member (Since 2015)

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Since 2010)

Nominee

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Head of BlackRock Global Accounting and Product Services since 2009; Advisory Director of Family Resource Network (charitable foundation) since 2009.133 RICs consisting of 309 Portfolios133 RICs consisting of 309 PortfoliosNone

1

The address of each Board II Nominee is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.

2

Independent Board Members serve until their resignation, retirement, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 75. The Board may determine to extend the terms of Independent Board Members on acase-by-case basis, as appropriate.

3

Date shown is the earliest date since which a Board II Nominee has served for a Fund covered by this Proxy Statement. Following the combination of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and BlackRock, Inc. 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 Independent Board Nominees as joining the Boards in 2007, those Independent Board Nominees first became members of the boards of other legacy MLIM or legacy BlackRock funds as follows: Bruce R. Bond, 2005 and Robert M. Hernandez, 1996. In addition, certain Independent Board Nominees who are currently directors/trustees of the Equity-Liquidity Funds first became members of the boards of other legacy MLIM or legacy BlackRock funds as follows: Cynthia A. Montgomery, 1994; Joseph P. Platt, 1999; and Kenneth L. Urish, 1999. The other Independent Board Nominees who are currently directors/trustees of the Equity-Liquidity Funds became members of the boards of directors/trustees of the Equity-Liquidity Funds as follows: Mark Stalnecker, 2015; Susan J. Carter, 2016; Collette Chilton, 2015; Neil A. Cotty, 2016; and Claire A. Walton, 2016.

4

Reflects(collectively, the number“Boards”). In addition, shareholders of RICs and Portfolios expectedFeeder Funds will be asked to be overseen by eachprovide voting instructions to their Funds regarding the proposal to elect the four Board II Nominee effective January 1, 2019 following the Board realignment and consolidation, subject to shareholder electionNominees of the Board II Nominee.applicable Master Fund.

5

Mr. Stalnecker was approved as Chair Elect of the boards


Each current board of directors/trustees of the Equity-Liquidity Funds effective January 1, 2018. It is expected that, effective January 1, 2019, Mr. Stalnecker will assume(each, a “Board”) has reviewed and unanimously approved the position of Chairfour Nominees with respect to each Fund overseen by such Board, subject to approval by the Fund’s shareholders. The Boards have reviewed the qualifications and backgrounds of the Boardsrespective Board Nominees and believe that the respective Board Nominees possess the requisite experience in overseeing investment companies and that their election is in your best interest.

The Board of your Fund(s) unanimously recommends that you vote, or provide voting instructions, “FOR” the Group A Funds, following the retirementelection of Rodney D. Johnson, the current chair of the boards of directors/trustees of the Equity-Liquidity Funds, on December 31, 2018.

6

Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are both “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Funds based on their positions with BlackRock and its affiliates. Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are also board members of the Equity-Liquidity Funds andClosed-End Funds.

7

Mr. Fairbairn also serves as a Member ofeach Board Nominee to the Board of Managersyour Fund(s).

Shareholders of BlackRock Investments, LLC,record of a Fund as of the principal underwriterclose of business on September 11, 2023 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournments, postponements or placement agent,delays thereof.

If you owned shares in more than one Fund or series of a Fund (each such series, a “Portfolio”) as applicable, forof the Equity-Bond Funds and the Equity-Liquidity Funds.

The table below discusses some of the experiences, qualifications and skills of each of the Board II Nominees that support the conclusion that they should serve (or continue to serve) on the Boards of the Group A Funds.

Board II Nominees

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Independent Board Nominees

Bruce R. Bond

Bruce R. Bond has served for approximately 20 years on the board of registered investment companies, having servedRecord Date, and/or if your Portfolio is organized as a memberFeeder Fund, you may receive more than one proxy card or voting instruction form. Please be certain to vote by telephone or via the Internet with respect to each Fund, including each Portfolio, in which you are a shareholder of record or sign, date and return each proxy card and voting instruction form you receive in the enclosed postage-paid return envelope.

If you have any questions about the proposals to be voted on, please call Computershare Fund Services, the firm assisting us in the solicitation and tabulation of proxies, toll-free at 866-963-6132.

By Order of the Board of the Equity-Bond Complex and its predecessor funds, including the legacy-BlackRock funds and the State Street Research Mutual Funds. He also has executive management and business experience, having served as president and chief executive officer of several communications networking companies. Mr. Bond also has corporate governance experience from his service as a director of a computer equipment company.

Boards,

Board II Nominees

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Susan J. Carter

Susan J. Carter has over 35 years of experience in investment management. She has served as President & Chief Executive Officer of Commonfund Capital, Inc. (“CCI”), a registered investment adviser focused onnon-profit investors, from 1997 to 2013, Chief Executive Officer of CCI from 2013 to 2014 and Senior Advisor to CCI in 2015. Ms. Carter also served as trustee to the Pacific Pension Institute from 2014 to 2018. She currently serves as trustee to the Financial Accounting Foundation, Advisory Board Member for the Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at Tuck School of Business, Board Member for Girls Who Invest, Advisory Board Member for Bridges Fund Management and Practitioner Advisory Board Member for Private Capital Research Institute (“PCRI”). These positions have provided her with insight and perspective on the markets and the economy.

Collette Chilton

Collette Chilton has over 20 years of experience in investment management. She has held the position of Chief Investment Officer of Williams College since October 2006. Prior to that she was President and Chief Investment Officer of Lucent Asset Management Corporation, where she oversaw approximately $40 billion in pension and retirement savings assets for the company. These positions have provided her with insight and perspective on the markets and the economy.

Neil A. Cotty

Neil A. Cotty has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, including 19 years at Bank of America Corporation and its affiliates, where he served, at different times, as the Chief Financial Officer of various businesses including Investment Banking, Global Markets, Wealth Management and Consumer and also served ten years as the Chief Accounting Officer for Bank of America Corporation.

Lena G. Goldberg

Lena G. Goldberg has more than 20 years of business and oversight experience, most recently through her service as a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School. Prior thereto, she held legal and management positions at FMR LLC/Fidelity Investments as well as positions on the boards of various Fidelity subsidiaries over a12-year period. She has additional corporate governance experience as a member of board and advisory committees for privately held corporations andnon-profit organizations. Ms. Goldberg also has more than 17 years of legal experience as an attorney in private practice, including as a partner in a law firm.

Robert M. Hernandez

Robert M. Hernandez has served for approximately 23 years on the board of registered investment companies, having served as Chair of the Board of the Equity-Bond Complex and as Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Audit and Nominating/Governance Committees of its predecessor funds, including certain legacy-BlackRock funds. Mr. Hernandez has business and executive experience through his service as group president, chief financial officer, Chairman and vice chairman, among other positions, of publicly-held energy, steel, and metal companies. He has served as a director of other public companies in various industries throughout his career. He also has broad corporate governance experience, having served as a board member of publicly-held energy, insurance, chemicals, metals and electronics companies.
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Board II Nominees

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Henry R. Keizer

Henry R. Keizer brings over 40 years of executive, financial, operational, strategic and global expertise gained through his 35 year career at KPMG, a global professional services organization and by his service as a director to both publicly and privately held organizations. He has extensive experience with issues facing complex, global companies and expertise in financial reporting, accounting, auditing, risk management, and regulatory affairs for such companies. Mr. Keizer’s experience also includes service as an audit committee chair to both publicly and privately held organizations across numerous industries including professional services, property and casualty reinsurance, insurance, diversified financial services, banking, direct to consumer, business to business and technology. Mr. Keizer is a certified public accountant and also served on the board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Cynthia A. Montgomery

Cynthia A. Montgomery has served for over 20 years on the boards of registered investment companies, most recently as a member of the boards of the funds in the Equity-Liquidity Complex and its predecessor funds, including the legacy Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) funds. The Board benefits from Ms. Montgomery’s more than 20 years of academic experience as a professor at Harvard Business School where she taught courses on corporate strategy and corporate governance. Ms. Montgomery also has business management and corporate governance experience through her service on the corporate boards of a variety of public companies. She has also authored numerous articles and books on these topics.

Donald C. Opatrny

Donald C. Opatrny has more than 39 years of business, oversight and executive experience, including through his service as president, director and investment committee chair for academic andnot-for-profit organizations, and his experience as a partner, managing director and advisory director at Goldman Sachs for 32 years. He also has investment management experience as a board member of Athena Capital Advisors LLC.

Joseph P. Platt

Joseph P. Platt has served for over 15 years on the boards of registered investment companies, most recently as a member of the boards of the funds in the Equity-Liquidity Complex and its predecessor funds, including the legacy BlackRock funds. Mr. Platt currently serves as general partner at Thorn Partners, LP, a private investment company. Prior to his joining Thorn Partners, LP, he was an owner, director and executive vice president with Johnson and Higgins, an insurance broker and employee benefits consultant. He has over 25 years of experience in the areas of insurance, compensation and benefits. Mr. Platt also serves on the boards of public, private andnon-profit companies.

Mark Stalnecker

Mark Stalnecker has gained a wealth of experience in investing and asset management from his over 13 years of service as the Chief Investment Officer of the University of Delaware as well as from his various positions with First Union Corporation, including Senior Vice President and State Investment Director of First Investment Advisors. The Board benefits from his experience and perspective as the Chief Investment Officer of a university endowment and from the oversight experience he gained from service on various private andnon-profit boards.

Board II Nominees

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Kenneth L. Urish

Kenneth L. Urish has served for over 15 years on the boards of registered investment companies, most recently as a member of the boards of the funds in the Equity-Liquidity Complex and its predecessor funds, including the legacy BlackRock funds. He has over 30 years of experience in public accounting. Mr. Urish has served as a managing member of an accounting and consulting firm.

Claire A. Walton

Claire A. Walton has over 25 years of experience in investment management. She has served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Liberty Square Asset Management, LP from 1998 to 2015, an investment manager that specialized in long/shortnon-U.S. equity investments, and has been an owner and General Partner of Neon Liberty Capital Management, LLC since 2003, a firm focusing on long/short equities in global emerging and frontier markets. These positions have provided her with insight and perspective on the markets and the economy.

Interested Board Nominees

Robert Fairbairn

Robert Fairbairn has more than 20 years of experience with BlackRock, Inc. and over 28 years of experience in finance and asset management. In particular, Mr. Fairbairn’s positions as Senior Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. with oversight over BlackRock’s Strategic Partner Program and Strategic Product Management Group, Member of BlackRock’s Global Executive and Global Operating Committees andCo-Chair of BlackRock’s Human Capital Committee provide the Board with a wealth of practical business knowledge and leadership. In addition, Mr. Fairbairn has global investment management and oversight experience through his former positions as Global Head of BlackRock’s Retail and iShares® businesses, Head of BlackRock’s Global Client Group and Chairman of BlackRock’s international businesses. Mr. Fairbairn also serves as a board member for the Equity-Liquidity Funds and theClosed-End Funds.

John M. Perlowski

John M. Perlowski’s experience as Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009, as the Head of BlackRock Global Accounting and Product Services since 2009, and as President and Chief Executive Officer of the BlackRock-advised Funds provides him with a strong understanding of the BlackRock-advised Funds, their operations, and the business and regulatory issues facing the BlackRock-advised Funds. Mr. Perlowski’s prior position as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Product Group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and his former service as Treasurer and Senior Vice President of the Goldman Sachs Mutual Funds and as Director of the Goldman Sachs Offshore Funds provides the Boards with the benefit of his experience with the management practices of other financial companies. Mr. Perlowski also serves as a board member for the Equity-Liquidity Funds and theClosed-End Funds.

Board I Nominees (Group B Funds)

Certain biographical and other information relating to the Board I Nominees is set forth below.

Name and
Year of Birth1,2

Current
Position(s)
Held with
Funds
(Length of
Service)3

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

Number of
BlackRock-Advised
Registered Investment
Companies (“RICs”)
Consisting of Investment
Portfolios (“Portfolios”)

Public
Company and
Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held During
Past Five  Years

Currently
Overseen

To Be
Overseen4

Independent Board Nominees

Richard E. Cavanagh

1946

NomineeDirector, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America since 1998; Board Chair, Volunteers of America (anot-for-profit organization) from 2015 to 2018 (board member since 2009); Director, Arch Chemicals (chemical and allied products) from 1999 to 2011; Trustee, Educational Testing Service from 1997 to 2009 and Chairman thereof from 2005 to 2009; Senior Advisor, The Fremont Group since 2008 and Director thereof since 1996; Faculty Member/Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard University since 2007 and Executive Dean from 1987 to 1995; President and Chief Executive Officer, The Conference Board, Inc. (global business research organization) from 1995 to 2007.73 RICs consisting of 73 Portfolios89 RICs consisting of 114 PortfoliosNone

Karen P. Robards

1950

NomineePrincipal of Robards & Company, LLC (consulting and private investing) since 1987;Co-founder and Director of the Cooke Center for Learning and Development (anot-for-profit organization) since 1987; Investment Banker at Morgan Stanley from 1976 to 1987.73 RICs consisting of 73 Portfolios89 RICs consisting of 114 PortfoliosGreenhill & Co., Inc.; AtriCure, Inc. (medical devices) from 2000 until 2017

Michael J. Castellano

1946

NomineeChief Financial Officer of Lazard Group LLC from 2001 to 2011; Chief Financial Officer of Lazard Ltd from 2004 to 2011; Director, Support Our Aging Religious(non-profit) from 2009 to June 2015 and since 2017; Director, National Advisory Board of Church Management at Villanova University since 2010; Trustee, Domestic Church Media Foundation since 2012; Director, CircleBlack Inc. (financial technology company) since 2015.73 RICs consisting of 73 Portfolios89 RICs consisting of 114 PortfoliosNone

Name and
Year of Birth1,2

Current
Position(s)
Held with
Funds
(Length of
Service)3

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

Number of
BlackRock-Advised
Registered Investment
Companies (“RICs”)
Consisting of Investment
Portfolios (“Portfolios”)

Public
Company and
Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held During
Past Five  Years

Currently
Overseen

To Be
Overseen4

Cynthia L. Egan

1955

NomineeAdvisor, U.S. Department of the Treasury from 2014 to 2015; President, Retirement Plan Services, for T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. from 2007 to 2012; executive positions within Fidelity Investments from 1989 to 2007.73 RICs consisting of 73 Portfolios89 RICs consisting of 114 PortfoliosUnum (insurance); The Hanover Insurance Group (insurance); Envestnet (investment platform) from 2013 until 2016

Frank J. Fabozzi

1948

NomineeEditor of The Journal of Portfolio Management since 1986; Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School (France) since 2011; Visiting Professor, Princeton University for the 2013 to 2014 academic year and Spring 2017 semester; Professor in the Practice of Finance, Yale University School of Management from 1994 to 2011 and currently a Teaching Fellow in Yale’s Executive Programs; affiliated professor Karlsruhe Institute of Technology from 2008 to 2011.73 RICs consisting of 73 Portfolios89 RICs consisting of 114 PortfoliosNone

Henry Gabbay

1947

Board Member (Since 2007)

Nominee

Board Member, Equity-Liquidity andClosed-End Fund Boards from 2007 through 2014; Consultant, BlackRock, Inc. from 2007 to 2008; Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. from 1989 to 2007; Chief Administrative Officer, BlackRock Advisors, LLC from 1998 to 2007; President of BlackRock Funds and BlackRock Allocation Target Shares (formerly, BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares) from 2005 to 2007 and Treasurer of certainclosed-end funds in the BlackRock fund complex from 1989 to 2006.32 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios89 RICs consisting of 114 PortfoliosNone

R. Glenn Hubbard

1958

NomineeDean, Columbia Business School since 2004; Faculty member, Columbia Business School since 1988.73 RICs consisting of 73 Portfolios89 RICs consisting of 114 PortfoliosADP (data and information services); Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (insurance); KKR Financial Corporation (finance) from 2004 until 2014

Name and
Year of Birth1,2

Current
Position(s)
Held with
Funds
(Length of
Service)3

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

Number of
BlackRock-Advised
Registered Investment
Companies (“RICs”)
Consisting of Investment
Portfolios (“Portfolios”)

Public
Company and
Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held During
Past Five  Years

Currently
Overseen

To Be
Overseen4

W. Carl Kester

1951

NomineeGeorge Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School since 2008; Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs from 2006 to 2010; Chairman of the Finance Unit, from 2005 to 2006; Senior Associate Dean and Chairman of the MBA Program from 1999 to 2005; Member of the faculty of Harvard Business School since 1981.73 RICs consisting of 73 Portfolios89 RICs consisting of 114 PortfoliosNone

Catherine A. Lynch

1961

NomineeChief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and various other positions, National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust from 2003 to 2016; Associate Vice President for Treasury Management, The George Washington University from 1999 to 2003; Assistant Treasurer, Episcopal Church of America from 1995 to 1999.73 RICs consisting of 73 Portfolios89 RICs consisting of 114 PortfoliosNone

Interested Board Nominees5

Robert Fairbairn6

1965

Board Member (Since 2015)

Nominee

Senior Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2010; oversees BlackRock’s Strategic Partner Program and Strategic Product Management Group; Member of BlackRock’s Global Executive and Global Operating Committees;Co-Chair of BlackRock’s Human Capital Committee; Global Head of BlackRock’s Retail and iShares® businesses from 2012 to 2016.133 RICs consisting of 309 Portfolios133 RICs consisting of 309 PortfoliosNone

John M. Perlowski

1964

Board Member (Since 2015)

President and Chief Executive Officer (Since 2010)

Nominee

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Head of BlackRock Global Accounting and Product Services since 2009; Advisory Director of Family Resource Network (charitable foundation) since 2009.133 RICs consisting of 309 Portfolios133 RICs consisting of 309 PortfoliosNone

1

The address of each Board I Nominee is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.

2

Each Independent Board Member would hold office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal as provided by each Fund’sby-laws or charter or statute, or until December 31 of the year in which he or she turns 75. Board I Nominees who are “interested persons,” as defined in the Investment Company Act serve until their successor is duly elected and qualifies or until their earlier death, resignation,

retirement or removal as provided by each Fund’sby-laws or statute, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72. Each Board may determine to extend the terms of Independent Board Members on acase-by-case basis, as appropriate.

3

Date shown is the earliest date since which a Board I Nominee has served for a Fund covered by this Proxy Statement. Following the combination of MLIM and BlackRock, Inc. in September 2006, the various legacy MLIM and legacy BlackRock fund boards were realigned and consolidated into three fund boards in 2007. Certain Independent Board Nominees are not Board Members of the Funds; however, those Board Nominees first became members of the boards of other legacy MLIM or legacy BlackRock funds as follows: Richard E. Cavanagh, 1994; Frank J. Fabozzi, 1988; R. Glenn Hubbard, 2004; W. Carl Kester, 1995; and Karen P. Robards, 1998. The other Independent Board Nominees who are currently directors/trustees of theClosed-End Funds became members of the boards of directors/trustees of theClosed-End Funds as follows: Michael J. Castellano, 2011; Cynthia L. Egan, 2016; and Catherine A. Lynch, 2016.

4

Reflects the number of RICs and Portfolios expected to be overseen by each Board I Nominee effective January 1, 2019 following the Board realignment and consolidation, subject to shareholder election of the Board I Nominee.

5

Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are both “interested persons,” as defined in the Investment Company Act, of each Fund based on their positions with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are also directors/trustees of theClosed-End Funds and the Equity-Liquidity Funds.

6

Mr. Fairbairn also serves as a Member of the Board of Managers of BlackRock Investments, LLC, the principal underwriter or placement agent, as applicable, for the Equity-Bond Funds and the Equity-Liquidity Funds.

The table below discusses some of the experiences, qualifications and skills of each of the Board I Nominees that support the conclusion that they should serve (or continue to serve) on the Boards of the Group B Funds.

Board I Nominees

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Independent Board Nominees

Richard E. Cavanagh

Richard E. Cavanagh is expected to bring to the Boards a wealth of practical business knowledge and leadership as an experienced director/trustee of various public and private companies. In particular, because Mr. Cavanagh served for over a decade as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Conference Board, Inc., a global business research organization, he is able to provide the Boards with expertise about business and economic trends and governance practices. Mr. Cavanagh created the “blue ribbon” Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise in 2002, which recommended corporate governance enhancements. Mr. Cavanagh’s service as a director of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America and as a senior advisor and director of The Fremont Group provides added insight into investment trends and conditions. Mr. Cavanagh’s long-standing service as a director/trustee/chair of theClosed-End Funds also provides him with a specific understanding of the BlackRock-advised Funds, their operations, and the business and regulatory issues facing the BlackRock-advised Funds. Mr. Cavanagh is also an experienced board leader, having served as the lead independent director of a NYSE public company (Arch Chemicals) and as the Board Chairman of the Educational Testing Service and the Volunteers of America.

Board I Nominees

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Karen P. Robards

The Boards are expected to benefit from Karen P. Robards’s many years of experience in investment banking and the financial advisory industry where she obtained extensive knowledge of the capital markets and advised clients on corporate finance transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and the issuance of debt and equity securities. Ms. Robards’s prior position as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley provides useful oversight of the Funds’ investment decisions and investment valuation processes. Additionally, Ms. Robards’s experience as a director of publicly held and private companies allows her to provide the Boards with insight into the management and governance practices of other companies. Ms. Robards’s long-standing service on the boards of directors/trustees of theClosed-End Funds also provides her with a specific understanding of the BlackRock-advised Funds, their operations, and the business and regulatory issues facing the BlackRock-advised Funds.

Michael J. Castellano

The Boards are expected to benefit from Michael J. Castellano’s career in accounting which spans over forty years. Mr. Castellano has served as Chief Financial Officer of Lazard Ltd. and as a Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Lazard Group. Prior to joining Lazard, Mr. Castellano held various senior management positions at Merrill Lynch & Co., including Senior Vice President — Chief Control Officer for Merrill Lynch’s capital markets businesses, Chairman of Merrill Lynch International Bank and Senior Vice President — Corporate Controller. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch & Co., Mr. Castellano was a partner with Deloitte & Touche where he served a number of investment banking clients over the course of his 24 years with the firm. Mr. Castellano currently serves as a director for CircleBlack Inc.

Cynthia L. Egan

Cynthia L. Egan is expected to bring to the Boards a broad and diverse knowledge of investment companies and the retirement industry as a result of her many years of experience as President, Retirement Plan Services, for T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. and her various senior operating officer positions at Fidelity Investments, including her service as Executive Vice President of FMR Co., President of Fidelity Institutional Services Company and President of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund. Ms. Egan has also served as an advisor to the U.S. Department of Treasury as an expert in domestic retirement security. Ms. Egan began her professional career at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Ms. Egan is also a director of UNUM Corporation, a publicly traded insurance company providing personal risk reinsurance, and of The Hanover Group, a public property casualty insurance company.

Board I Nominees

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Frank J. Fabozzi

Frank J. Fabozzi has served for over 25 years on the boards of registered investment companies. Dr. Fabozzi holds the designations of Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Public Accountant. Dr. Fabozzi was inducted into the Fixed Income Analysts Society’s Hall of Fame and is the 2007 recipient of the C. Stewart Sheppard Award and the 2015 recipient of the James R. Vertin Award, both given by the CFA Institute. The Boards benefit from Dr. Fabozzi’s experiences as a professor and author in the field of finance. Dr. Fabozzi’s experience as a professor at various institutions, including EDHEC Business School, Yale, MIT, and Princeton, as well as Dr. Fabozzi’s experience as a Professor in the Practice of Finance and Becton Fellow at the Yale University School of Management and as editor of the Journal of Portfolio Management demonstrates his wealth of expertise in the investment management and structured finance areas. Dr. Fabozzi has authored and edited numerous books and research papers on topics in investment management and financial econometrics, and his writings have focused on fixed income securities and portfolio management, many of which are considered standard references in the investment management industry.

Henry Gabbay

Henry Gabbay’s many years of experience in finance provide the Boards with a wealth of practical business knowledge and leadership. In particular, Mr. Gabbay’s experience as a Consultant for and Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc., Chief Administrative Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and President of BlackRock Funds provides the Funds with greater insight into the analysis and evaluation of both its existing investment portfolios and potential future investments as well as enhanced oversight of their investment decisions and investment valuation processes. In addition, Mr. Gabbay’s former positions as Chief Administrative Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and as Treasurer of certainClosed-End Funds, as well as his former positions on the Equity-Liquidity andClosed-End Fund Boards and his current position as an Independent Board Member of each Fund, provide the Board with direct knowledge of the operations of the BlackRock-advised Funds and their investment adviser. Mr. Gabbay’s previous service on and long-standing relationship with the Boards also provide him with a specific understanding of the BlackRock-advised Funds, their operations, and the business and regulatory issues facing the BlackRock-advised Funds.

R. Glenn Hubbard

R. Glenn Hubbard has served in numerous roles in the field of economics, including as the Chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers of the President of the United States. Dr. Hubbard serves as the Dean of Columbia Business School, has served as a member of the Columbia Faculty and as a Visiting Professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the Harvard Business School and the University of Chicago. Dr. Hubbard’s experience as an adviser to the President of the United States adds a dimension of balance to the Funds’ governance and provides perspective on economic issues. Dr. Hubbard’s service on the boards of ADP and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company provides the Boards with the benefit of his experience with the management practices of other financial companies.

Board I Nominees

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

W. Carl Kester

The Boards are expected to benefit from W. Carl Kester’s experiences as a professor and author in finance, and his experience as the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and as Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs at Harvard Business School from 2006 through 2010 adds to the Boards a wealth of expertise in corporate finance and corporate governance. Dr. Kester has authored and edited numerous books and research papers on both subject matters, includingco-editing a leading volume of finance case studies used worldwide.

Catherine A. Lynch

Catherine A. Lynch, who served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust, benefits the Boards by providing business leadership and experience and a diverse knowledge of pensions and endowments. Ms. Lynch also holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst.

Interested Board Nominees

Robert Fairbairn

Robert Fairbairn has more than 20 years of experience with BlackRock, Inc. and over 28 years of experience in finance and asset management. In particular, Mr. Fairbairn’s positions as Senior Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. with oversight over BlackRock’s Strategic Partner Program and Strategic Product Management Group, Member of BlackRock’s Global Executive and Global Operating Committees andCo-Chair of BlackRock’s Human Capital Committee provide the Board with a wealth of practical business knowledge and leadership. In addition, Mr. Fairbairn has global investment management and oversight experience through his former positions as Global Head of BlackRock’s Retail and iShares® businesses, Head of BlackRock’s Global Client Group and Chairman of BlackRock’s international businesses. Mr. Fairbairn also serves as a board member for the Equity-Liquidity Funds and theClosed-End Funds.

John M. Perlowski

John M. Perlowski’s experience as Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009, as the Head of BlackRock Global Accounting and Product Services since 2009, and as President and Chief Executive Officer of the BlackRock-advised Funds provides him with a strong understanding of the BlackRock-advised Funds, their operations, and the business and regulatory issues facing the BlackRock-advised Funds. Mr. Perlowski’s prior position as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Product Group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and his former service as Treasurer and Senior Vice President of the Goldman Sachs Mutual Funds and as Director of the Goldman Sachs Offshore Funds provides the Boards with the benefit of his experience with the management practices of other financial companies. Mr. Perlowski also serves as a board member for the Equity-Liquidity Funds and theClosed-End Funds.

Existing Board Members Not SeekingRe-Election

Certain biographical and other information relating to the Existing Board Members who are not seekingre-election as a result of their retirement is set forth below. The terms of the Existing Board Members listed below will end on December 31, 2018.

Name and
Year of Birth1,2

Current
Position(s)
Held
(Length of
Service)3

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

Number of

BlackRock-

Advised
Registered
Investment
Companies
(“RICs”)
Consisting  of
Investment
Portfolios
(“Portfolios”)
Currently
Overseen

Public
Company and
Other Investment
Company
Directorships

Held
During Past

Five Years

Independent Existing Board Members

James H. Bodurtha

1944

Existing Board Member

(Since 2007)

Director, The China Business Group, Inc. (consulting and investing firm) from 1996 to 2013 and Executive Vice President thereof from 1996 to 2003; Chairman of the Board, Berkshire Holding Corporation since 1980; Director, ICI Mutual since 2010.32 RICs consisting of 95 PortfoliosNone

Honorable Stuart E. Eizenstat

1943

Existing Board Member

(Since 2007)

Senior Counsel of Covington and Burling LLP (law firm) since 2016, Head of International Practice thereof since 2001, and Partner thereof from 2001 to 2016; Advisory Board Member, OCP S.A. (phosphates) since 2010; International Advisory Board Member, The Coca-Cola Company from 2002 to 2011; Advisory Board Member, Veracity Worldwide, LLC (risk management) from 2007 to 2012; Member of the International Advisory Board, GML Ltd. (energy) since 2003; Board of Directors, Ferroglobe (silicon metals) since 2016.32 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

Alcatel-Lucent

(telecommunications);

Global Specialty

Metallurgical; UPS

Corporation (delivery

service)

John F. O’Brien

1943

Existing Board Member

(Since 2007)

Trustee, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute since 2003 and Chairman thereof from 2009 to 2015;Co-Founder and Managing Director, Board Leaders LLC (director education) since 2005.32 RICs consisting of 95 PortfoliosCabot Corporation (chemicals); LKQ Corporation (auto parts manufacturing); TJX Companies, Inc. (retailer)

1

The address of each Existing Board Member is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.

2

Each Independent Board Member holds office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal as provided by the Fund’sby-laws or charter or statute, or until December 31 of the year in which he or she turns 75. The Board may determine to extend the terms of Independent Board Members on acase-by-case basis, as appropriate.

3

Date shown is the earliest date since which an Existing Board Member has served for a Fund covered by this Proxy Statement. Following the combination of MLIM and BlackRock, Inc. 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 Existing Board Members as joining the Boards in 2007, those Existing Board Members first became members of the boards of other legacy MLIM or legacy BlackRock funds as follows: James H. Bodurtha, 1995; Honorable Stuart E. Eizenstat, 2001; and John F. O’Brien, 2005.

The table below discusses some of the experiences, qualifications and skills of each of the Existing Board Members who are not seekingre-election as a result of their retirement.

Existing Board Members

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Independent Existing Board Members

James H. BodurthaJames H. Bodurtha has served for more than 25 years on the boards of registered investment companies, most recently as a member of the Board of the Equity-Bond Complex and its predecessor funds, including as Chairman of the Board of certain of the legacy-Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) funds. Prior thereto, Mr. Bodurtha was counsel to and a member of the board of a smaller bank-sponsored mutual funds group. In addition, Mr. Bodurtha is a member of, and previously served as Chairman of, the Independent Directors Council and served for 11 years as an independent director on the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute. He also has more than 30 years of executive management and business experience through his work as a consultant and as the chairman of the board of a privately-held company. In addition, Mr. Bodurtha has more than 20 years of legal experience as a corporate attorney and partner in a law firm, where his practice included counseling registered investment companies and their boards.
The Honorable
Stuart E. Eizenstat
The Honorable Stuart E. Eizenstat has served for approximately 16 years on the board of registered investment companies, having served as a member of the Board of the Equity-Bond Complex and its predecessor funds, including the legacy-BlackRock funds. He served as U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business & Agricultural Affairs, and Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury during the Clinton Administration. He was Director of the White House Domestic Policy StaffFunds

50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001


Funds and Chief Domestic Policy Adviser to President Carter. In addition, Mr. Eizenstat is a practicing attorney and Head of the International Practice at a major international law firm. Mr. Eizenstat has business and executive management experience and corporate governance experience through his service on the advisory boards and corporate boards of publicly-held consumer, energy, environmental delivery, metallurgical and telecommunications companies.

John F. O’BrienJohn F. O’Brien has served for approximately 12 years on the board of registered investment companies, having served as a member of the Board of the Equity-Bond Complex and its predecessor funds, including the legacy-MLIM funds. He also has investment management experience, having served as the president, director, and chairman of the board of an investment management firm and a life insurance company. Mr. O’Brien also has broad corporate governance and audit committee experience, having served as a board member and audit committee member of publicly-held financial, medical, energy, chemical, retail, life insurance and auto parts manufacturing companies, and as a director of anot-for-profit organization.

Board Leadership Structure and OversightPortfolios1

 

Each Board of the Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex currently consists of eleven Board Members, nine of whom are Independent Board Members. The investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act that are advised by BlackRock or its affiliates are organized into one complex ofclosed-end funds, two complexes ofopen-end funds (the Equity-Bond Complex and the Equity-Liquidity Complex) and one complex of exchange-traded funds (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). The Funds are currently all included in the Equity-Bond Complex.

BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BATS: Series A Portfolio

BATS: Series C Portfolio

BATS: Series E Portfolio

BATS: Series M Portfolio

BATS: Series P Portfolio

BATS: Series S Portfolio

BATS: Series V Portfolio

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund

BlackRock Total Return Fund

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

The Boards have overall responsibility for the oversight of the Funds. The Chair of each Board is an Independent Board Member, and the Chair (as set forth below) of each Board committee (each, a “Committee”) is an Independent Board Member. Each Board has five standing Committees: an Audit Committee, a Governance and Nominating Committee (the “Governance Committee”), a Compliance Committee, a Performance Oversight Committee and an Executive Committee. The role of the Chair of the Boards is to preside at all meetings of the Boards, and to act as a liaison with service providers, officers, attorneys, and other Board Members generally between meetings. The Chair of each Committee performs a similar role with respect to the Committee. The Chair of the Boards or the Chair of a Committee may also perform such other functions as may be delegated by the Boards or the Committees from time to time. The Independent Board Members meet regularly outside the presence of Fund management, in executive session or with other service providers to the Funds. The Boards have regular meetings five times a year, and may hold special meetings if required before the next regular meeting. Each Committee of a Board meets regularly to conduct the oversight functions delegated to that Committee by the Board and reports its findings to the Board. Each Board and each standing Committee conducts annual assessments of its oversight function and structure. Each Board has determined that the Board’s leadership structure is appropriate because it allows the Board to exercise independent judgment over management and to allocate areas of responsibility among Committees and the full Board to enhance effective oversight.

The Boards have engaged BlackRock to manage the Funds on aday-to-day basis. Each Board is responsible for overseeing BlackRock, other service providers, the operations of each Fund and associated risks in accordance with the provisions of the Investment Company Act, state law, other applicable laws, each Fund’s charter, and each Fund’s investment objective(s) and strategies. The Boards review, on an ongoing basis, the Funds’ performance, operations, and investment strategies and techniques. The Boards also conduct reviews of BlackRock and its role in running the operations of the Funds.

Day-to-day risk management with respect to the Funds is the responsibility of BlackRock or ofsub-advisers or other service providers (depending on the nature of the risk), subject to the supervision of BlackRock. The Funds are subject to a number of risks, including investment, compliance, operational and valuation risks, among others. While there are a number of risk management functions performed by BlackRock and thesub-advisers or other service providers, as applicable, it is not possible to eliminate all of the risks applicable to the Funds. Risk oversight forms part of the Boards’ general oversight of the Funds and is addressed as part of various Board and Committee activities. The Boards, directly or through the Committees, also review reports from, among others, management, the independent registered public accounting firm (the “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm”) for each Fund,sub-advisers, and internal auditors for BlackRock or its affiliates, as appropriate, regarding risks faced by the Funds and management’s or the service provider’s risk functions. The Committee system facilitates the timely and efficient consideration of matters by the Board Members, and facilitates effective oversight of compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and of the Funds’ activities and associated risks. The Boards have appointed a Chief Compliance Officer (the “CCO”) of the Funds,

who oversees the implementation and testing of the Funds’ compliance program and reports to the Boards regarding compliance matters for the Funds and their service providers. The Independent Board Members have engaged independent legal counsel to assist them in performing their oversight responsibilities.

Compensation. Information relating to compensation paid to the Board Members for each Fund’s most recent fiscal year is set forth inAppendix E.

Equity Securities Owned by Board Members and Board Nominees. Information relating to the amount of equity securities owned by Board Members/Nominees in the Funds that they oversee or are nominated to oversee in the BlackRock Fund Complexes, as of August 1, 2018, is set forth inAppendix F.

Attendance of Board Members at Shareholders’ Meetings. None of the Funds currently has a formal policy regarding Board Members’ attendance at shareholders’ meetings. None of the Funds held, or were required to hold, a shareholders’ meeting at which Board Members were elected during its last fiscal year.

Board Meetings. Information relating to the number of times that the Boards met during each Fund’s most recent fiscal year is set forth inAppendix G.

No incumbent Board Member attended less than 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of each Board and of each Committee on which the Board Member served during each Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year.

Standing Committees of the Boards. Information relating to the various standing committees of the Boards is set forth below.

The Existing Board of each Fund has established the following standing committees for each Fund:

Audit Committee. The principal responsibilities of the Audit Committee are to approve, and recommend to the full Board for approval, the selection, retention, termination and compensation of each Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and to oversee the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s work. The responsibilities of the Audit Committee include, without limitation, to (1) evaluate the qualifications, independence and performance of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm; (2) approve all audit engagement terms and fees for the Funds; (3) review the conduct and results of each audit and discuss each Fund’s audited financial statements; (4) review any issues raised by the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm or Fund management regarding the accounting or financial reporting policies and practices of the Funds and the internal controls of the Funds and certain service providers; (5) oversee the performance of (a) each Fund’s internal audit function provided by its investment adviser and (b) the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm; (6) oversee policies, procedures and controls regarding valuation of each Fund’s investments and their classification as liquid or illiquid; (7) discuss with Fund management its policies regarding risk assessment and risk management as such matters relate to each Fund’s financial reporting and controls; (8) resolve any disagreements between Fund management and each Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm regarding financial reporting; and (9) undertake such other duties and responsibilities as may from time to time be delegated by the Board to the Audit Committee. The Existing Board of each Fund has adopted a written charter for the Audit Committee, a copy of which is available athttps://www.blackrock.com/investing/literature/shareholder-letters/eb-el-open-end-funds-audit-committee-charters.pdf.

The Audit Committee of each Fund, other than BlackRock Emerging Markets Bond Fund and BlackRock Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund (which each had three Audit Committee meetings) and BlackRock LifePath® Smart Beta 2060 Fund, BlackRock GA Disciplined Volatility Equity Fund and BlackRock GA Enhanced Equity Fund (which each had two Audit Committee meetings), met four times during the Fund’s (or for series Funds, each Portfolio’s) most recent fiscal year, which is set forth inAppendix G.

The current members of each Fund’s Audit Committee, all of whom are Independent Board Members, are as follows:

Henry R. Keizer (Chair)

Bruce R. Bond

Robert M. Hernandez

Effective January 1, 2019, it is anticipated that Henry R. Keizer will serve as Chair of the Audit Committee of each Group A Fund, subject to shareholder election of the Board Nominees. The boards of directors/trustees of theClosed-End Funds plan to adopt a board leadership transition that will go into effect in 2019. It is anticipated that in connection with such transition, Michael J. Castellano will serve as Chair of the Audit Committee of each Group B Fund, subject to shareholder election of the Board Nominees.

Governance and Nominating Committee. The principal responsibilities of the Governance Committee are to (1) identify individuals qualified to serve as Independent Board Members of each Fund and recommend Independent Board Member nominees for election by shareholders or appointment by the Board; (2) advise the Board with respect to Board composition, procedures and committees (other than the Audit Committee); (3) oversee periodic self-assessments of the Board and committees of the Board (other than the Audit Committee); (4) review and make recommendations regarding Independent Board Member compensation; (5) monitor corporate governance matters and develop appropriate recommendations to the Board; (6) act as the administrative committee with respect to Board policies and procedures, committee policies and procedures (other than the Audit Committee) and codes of ethics as they relate to Independent Board Members; and (7) undertake such other duties and responsibilities as may from time to time be delegated by the Board to the Governance Committee. The Governance Committee of each Board may consider nominations for the office of Board Member made by Fund shareholders as it deems appropriate. Fund shareholders who wish to recommend a nominee should send nominations to the Secretary of the Funds and include biographical information and set forth the qualifications of the proposed nominee. The Existing Board of each Fund has adopted a written charter for the Governance Committee, a copy of which, including the Statement of Policy, is available athttps://www.blackrock.com/investing/literature/forms/eb-el-open-end-funds-governance-committee-charters.pdf.

The Governance Committee of each Fund, other than BlackRock Emerging Markets Bond Fund and BlackRock Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund (which each had three Governance Committee meetings) and BlackRock LifePath® Smart Beta 2060 Fund, BlackRock GA Disciplined Volatility Equity Fund and BlackRock GA Enhanced Equity Fund (which each had two Governance Committee meetings) and BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc., Master Total Return Portfolio, BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio, BlackRock Credit Strategies Income Fund, BlackRock GNMA Portfolio, BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio, BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio, BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio, BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc., BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund, BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund, BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund and BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund (which each had four Governance Committee meetings), met five times during the Fund’s (or for series Funds, each Portfolio’s) most recent fiscal year, which is set forth inAppendix G.

The current members of each Fund’s Governance Committee, all of whom are Independent Board Members, are as follows:

Bruce R. Bond (Chair)

Robert M. Hernandez

Henry R. Keizer    

Effective January 1, 2019, it is anticipated that Cynthia A. Montgomery will serve as Chair of the Governance Committee of each Group A Fund and R. Glenn Hubbard will serve as Chair of the Governance Committee of each Group B Fund, subject to shareholder election of the Board Nominees.

The Governance Committee of each Board seeks to identify individuals to serve on the Board who have a diverse range of viewpoints, qualifications, experiences, backgrounds and skill sets in accordance with the Statement of Policy described above so that the Board will be better suited to fulfill its responsibility of overseeing each Fund’s activities. In so doing, the Governance Committee reviews the size of the Board, the ages of the current Board Members and their tenure on the Board, and the skills, background and experiences of the Board Members in light of the issues facing each Fund in determining whether one or more new Board Members should be added to the Board. Each Board as a group strives to achieve diversity in terms of gender, race and geographic location. The Governance Committee of each Board believes that the Board Nominees as a group possess the array of skills, experiences and backgrounds necessary to guide each Fund. The Board Nominees’ biographies included in this Proxy Statement highlight the diversity and breadth of skills, qualifications and expertise that the Board Members bring to the Funds. The Governance Committee may, but is not required to, engage the services of a third-party firm at the relevant Funds’ expense to identify and assist in evaluating potential Board candidates.

Further, each Board has adopted Board Member qualification requirements, including: (i) age limits; (ii) limits on service on other boards; (iii) restrictions on relationships with investment advisers other than BlackRock; and (iv) character and fitness requirements.

Compliance Committee. The Compliance Committee’s purpose is to assist the Board in fulfilling its responsibility to oversee regulatory and fiduciary compliance matters involving the Funds, the fund-related activities of BlackRock and anysub-adviser and the Funds’ third-party service providers. The Compliance Committee’s responsibilities include, without limitation, to (1) oversee the compliance policies and procedures of each Fund and its service providers and recommend changes or additions to such policies and procedures; (2) review information on and, where appropriate, recommend policies concerning a Fund’s compliance with applicable law; (3) review reports from, oversee the annual performance review of, and make certain recommendations and determinations regarding each Fund’s CCO, including determining the amount and structure of the CCO’s compensation and recommending such amount and structure to the full Board for approval and ratification; and (4) undertake such other duties and responsibilities as may from time to time be delegated by the Board to the Compliance Committee. The Existing Board of each Fund has adopted a written charter for the Fund’s Compliance Committee.

The Compliance Committee of each Fund, other than BlackRock Emerging Markets Bond Fund and BlackRock Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund (which each had two Compliance Committee meetings) and BlackRock LifePath® Smart Beta 2060 Fund, BlackRock GA Disciplined Volatility Equity Fund and BlackRock GA Enhanced Equity Fund (which each had one Compliance Committee meeting), met four times during the Fund’s (or for series Funds, each Portfolio’s) most recent fiscal year, which is set forth inAppendix G.

The current members of each Fund’s Compliance Committee, all of whom are Independent Board Members, are as follows:

Lena G. Goldberg (Chair)

James H. Bodurtha

Honorable Stuart E. Eizenstat    

Effective January 1, 2019, it is anticipated that Lena G. Goldberg will serve as Chair of the Compliance Committee of each Group A Fund and Cynthia L. Egan will serve as Chair of the Compliance Committee of each Group B Fund, subject to shareholder election of the Board Nominees.

Performance Oversight Committee. The purpose of the Performance Oversight Committee is to assist the Board in fulfilling its responsibility to oversee each Fund’s investment performance relative to its agreed-upon performance objectives. The Performance Oversight Committee’s responsibilities include, without limitation, to (1) review a Fund’s investment objectives, policies and practices; (2) recommend to the Board specific investment tools and techniques employed by BlackRock; (3) recommend to the Board appropriate investment performance objectives based on its review of appropriate benchmarks and competitive universes; (4) review each Fund’s investment performance relative to agreed-upon performance objectives; (5) review information on unusual or exceptional investment matters; and (6) undertake such other duties and responsibilities as may from time to time be delegated by the Board to the Performance Oversight Committee. The Existing Board of each Fund has adopted a written charter for the Performance Oversight Committee.

The Performance Oversight Committee of each Fund, other than BlackRock Emerging Markets Bond Fund and BlackRock Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund (which each had two Performance Oversight Committee meetings) and BlackRock LifePath® Smart Beta 2060 Fund, BlackRock GA Disciplined Volatility Equity Fund and BlackRock GA Enhanced Equity Fund (which each had one Performance Oversight Committee meeting), met four times during the Fund’s (or for series Funds, each Portfolio’s) most recent fiscal year, which is set forth inAppendix G.

The current members of each Fund’s Performance Oversight Committee, all of whom are Independent Board Members (other than Robert Fairbairn, who is an “interested person” of the Funds), are as follows:

Donald C. Opatrny (Chair)

Henry Gabbay

John F. O’Brien

Robert Fairbairn    

Effective January 1, 2019, it is anticipated that Donald C. Opatrny will serve as Chair of the Performance Oversight Committee of each Group A Fund and Frank J. Fabozzi will serve as Chair of the Performance Oversight Committee of each Group B Fund, subject to shareholder election of the Board Nominees.

Executive Committee. The principal responsibilities of the Executive Committee are to (1) act on routine matters between meetings of the Board; (2) act on such matters as may require urgent action between meetings of the Board; and (3) exercise such other authority as may from time to time be delegated to the Executive Committee by the Board. The Existing Board of each Fund has adopted a written charter for the Executive Committee.

The Executive Committee of each Fund did not meet during the Fund’s (or for series Funds, each Portfolio’s) most recent fiscal year, which is set forth inAppendix G.

The current members of each Fund’s Executive Committee, all of whom are Independent Board Members (other than Robert Fairbairn, who is an “interested person” of the Funds), are as follows:

Bruce R. Bond

Lena G. Goldberg

Robert M. Hernandez

Henry R. Keizer

Donald C. Opatrny

Robert Fairbairn    

Executive Officers of the Funds. Information about the current executive officers of each Fund, including their year of birth and their principal occupations during the past five years, is set forth inAppendix H.

Your Board unanimously recommends that you vote, or provide voting instructions, “FOR” the election of each Board Nominee under each applicable Proposal.

VOTE REQUIRED AND MANNER OF VOTING PROXIES

For each Fund, a quorum of the shareholders of a Fund as a whole, including the shareholders of the Portfolios of the Fund, if any, is required to be present in person or represented by proxy, in order to take any action at the Meeting with respect to Proposals 1(a) and 1(b), as applicable to that particular Fund. The quorum requirement for each Fund is set forth inAppendix A.

The vote requirement for each Fund to elect Board Nominees is set forth inAppendix A. Votes on Proposals 1(a) and 1(b) will be tabulated on a Fund basis, such that the votes of Portfolios that are series of the same Fund will be voted together as a single class with respect to the election of the Board members of that Fund. Approval of Proposals 1(a) and 1(b) will occur only if a sufficient number of votes at the Meeting are cast “FOR” the proposal. Abstentions and “brokernon-votes” will not be counted as votes cast and therefore, abstentions and brokernon-votes will have the same effect as a vote against Proposals 1(a) or 1(b), as applicable, for Funds (identified inAppendix A) which require a majority of the outstanding shares present, in person or by proxy. However, abstentions and brokernon-votes will not have an effect on Proposals 1(a) or 1(b), as applicable, for Funds that require a plurality or a majority of the votes cast. Brokernon-votes occur when shares are held by brokers or nominees, typically in “street name,” as to which proxies have been returned but (a) voting instructions have not been received from the beneficial owners or persons entitled to vote and (b) the broker or nominee does not have discretionary voting power or elects not to exercise discretion on a particular matter. A vote requiring a plurality to elect Board Nominees for a Fund means that the Board Nominees receiving the largest number of votes cast will be elected to fill the available positions for that Fund.

The shareholders of each Fund organized as a Feeder Fund in a master/feeder structure (identified inAppendix B) where such Fund invests all or substantially all of its assets in a corresponding Master Fund or series of a corresponding Master Fund that is an Equity-Bond Fund are also being asked, in Proposals 2(a) and 2(b), as applicable, to provide voting instructions to such Feeder Fund with respect to the election of the Board Nominees of the corresponding Master Fund contemplated by Proposals 1(a) and 1(b), respectively.

Each Feeder Fund will vote its interests in the Master Fund in which it invests in accordance with the voting instructions received from the shareholders of the Feeder Fund and will vote interests in the Master Fund with respect to which it has not received voting instructions in the same proportion as the interests for which it has received instructions from other shareholders (this is called “proportional voting” or “echo voting”). The Feeder Funds do not require that a specified number of shareholders submit voting instructions before a Feeder Fund will vote its interests in the applicable Master Fund at the Meeting. Because each Feeder Fund will use proportional voting to vote its interests in its corresponding Master Fund, a small number of shareholders could determine how a Feeder Fund votes if other shareholders fail to vote. Please note that, as the Master Funds may have more than one Feeder Fund, it is possible that a matter may be approved by a Master Fund’s shareholders, even if it is not approved by a particular Feeder Fund’s shareholders.

The shareholders of Balanced Capital Fund are being asked, in Proposals 3(a) and 3(b), respectively, to provide voting instructions to Balanced Capital Fund with respect to its votes for the election of nominees to the board of directors of Master Large Cap Series LLC, an Equity-Liquidity Fund in which Balanced Capital Fund invests, and the election of Board Nominees to the Board of Master Bond LLC, an Equity-Bond Fund in which Balanced Capital Fund invests.

Balanced Capital Fund will vote its interests in Master Large Cap Series LLC and Master Bond LLC in accordance with the voting instructions received from its shareholders, and will vote interests in Master Large Cap Series LLC and Master Bond LLC with respect to which it has not received voting instructions in the same proportion as the interests for which it has received instructions from other shareholders. Balanced Capital Fund does not require that a specified number of shareholders submit voting instructions before Balanced Capital Fund will vote its interests in Master Large Cap Series LLC or Master Bond LLC at the special meetings of shareholders of Master Large Cap Series LLC and Master Bond LLC, respectively. Because Balanced Capital Fund will use proportional voting to vote its interests in Master Large Cap Series LLC and Master Bond LLC, a small number of shareholders could determine how Balanced Capital Fund votes if other shareholders fail to vote.

If you hold your shares directly through the Fund (i.e., not through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee, or variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policy), and if you return a properly executed proxy card that does not specify how you wish to vote on Proposals 1(a) or 1(b), as applicable, your shares will be voted and voting instructions will be submitted, as applicable, in accordance with the recommendations of the Boards “FOR” the Board Nominees in Proposals 1(a) and 1(b) and, if applicable, “FOR” the Board Nominees in Proposals 2(a) and 2(b), as applicable, and/or Proposals 3(a) and 3(b), as applicable.

The Funds expect that broker-dealer firms holding shares of a Fund in “street name” for the benefit of their customers and clients will request the instructions of such customers and clients on how to vote their shares on Proposals 1(a) and 1(b), and to submit voting instructions for Proposals 2(a), 2(b), 3(a) and 3(b), as applicable, before the Meeting. Under New York Stock Exchange rules, broker-dealer firms may, without instructions, give a proxy to vote on routine matters if no instructions have been received prior to the date specified in the broker-dealer firm’s request for voting instructions. If instructions are not received by the date specified in the broker-dealer firms��� proxy solicitation materials, broker-dealers may vote on Proposals 1(a) and 1(b), and submit voting instructions for Proposals 2(a), 2(b), 3(a) and 3(b), as applicable, on behalf of the broker-dealer firms’ customers and beneficial owners. A properly executed proxy card or voting instruction form or other authorization by a beneficial owner of Fund shares that does not specify how the beneficial owner’s shares should be voted on a proposal may be deemed an instruction to vote such shares in favor of such proposal.

Votes cast by proxy or in person at the Meeting will be tabulated by the inspector of election appointed for the Meeting. The inspector of election will determine whether or not a quorum is present at the Meeting. The inspector of election will treat withheld votes and brokernon-votes, if any, as present for purposes of determining a quorum.

If you are a beneficial shareholder of a Fund (that is if you hold shares of a Fund through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee (called a service agent)), the service agent may be the record holder of your shares. At the Meeting, a service agent will vote shares for which it receives instructions from its customers in accordance with those instructions. A properly executed proxy card or voting instruction form or other authorization by a shareholder that does not specify how the shareholder’s shares should be voted may be deemed to authorize a service provider to vote such shares in favor of Proposals 1(a) and 1(b), as applicable (and to submit voting instructions for Proposals 2(a), 2(b), 3(a) and 3(b), as applicable). Depending on its policies, applicable law or contractual or other restrictions, a service agent may be permitted to vote shares with respect to which it has not received specific voting instructions from its customers. In those cases, the service agent may, but is not required to, vote such shares in the same proportion as those shares for which the service agent has received voting instructions. This practice is commonly referred to as “echo voting.”

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board Members, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, of each Fund and Portfolio have selected Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”) or PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”), as applicable, as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for each Fund and, if applicable, its Portfolios, as indicated onAppendix I.

No representatives of D&T or PwC will be present at the Meeting.

AppendixI sets forth for each Fund the fees billed by that Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the two most recent fiscal years for all audit,non-audit, tax and all other services provided directly to the Fund. The fee information inAppendixI is presented under the following captions:

(a)    Audit Fees—fees related to the audit and review of the financial statements included in annual reports and registration statements, and other services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements, includingout-of-pocket expenses.

(b)    Audit-Related Fees—fees related to assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of financial statements, but not reported under “Audit Fees,” including accounting consultations, agreed-upon procedure reports, attestation reports, comfort letters and internal control reviews not required by regulators.

(c)    Tax Fees—fees associated with tax compliance and/or tax preparation, tax advice and tax planning, as applicable. Tax compliance and preparation include services such as the filing or amendment of federal, state or local income tax returns, and services relating to regulated investment company qualification reviews, taxable income and tax distribution calculations. All of the fees included under “Tax Fees” inAppendix I relate solely to services provided for tax compliance and/or tax preparation, and none of such fees relates to tax advice, tax planning or tax consulting.

(d)    All Other Fees—fees for products and services provided to the Fund other than those reported under “Audit Fees,” “Audit-Related Fees” and “Tax Fees.”

Each Fund’s Audit Committee is required to approve all audit engagement fees and terms for the Fund. Each Fund’s Audit Committee also is required to consider and act upon (i) the provision by the Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of anynon-audit services to the Fund, and (ii) the provision by the Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm ofnon-audit services to BlackRock and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with BlackRock that provides ongoing services to the Fund (“Affiliated Service Providers”) to the extent that such approval (in the case of this clause (ii)) is required under applicable regulations of the SEC. SeeAppendixI to this Proxy Statement for information about the fees paid by the Funds, their investment advisers, and Affiliated Service Providers to each Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

The Audit Committee of each Fund complies with applicable laws and regulations with regard to thepre-approval of services. Audit, audit-related and tax compliance services provided to a Fund on an annual basis require specificpre-approval by the Fund’s Audit Committee. As noted above, each Fund’s Audit Committee must also approve othernon-audit services provided by the Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm to the Fund and to the Fund’s investment advisers and Affiliated Service Providers that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. Each Fund’s Audit Committee has implemented policies and procedures by which such services may be approved other than by the full Audit Committee. Subject to such policies and procedures, including applicable dollar limitations, each Fund’s Audit Committee maypre-approve, without consideration on a specificcase-by-case basis (“generalpre-approval”), certain permissiblenon-audit services that the Audit 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 Registered Public Accounting Firm.

Each service approved subject to generalpre-approval is presented to each Fund’s Audit Committee for ratification at the next regularly scheduledin-person Board meeting.

For each Fund’s two most recently completed fiscal years, there were no services rendered by D&T or PwC, as applicable, to the Funds for which the generalpre-approval requirement was waived.

Each Fund’s Audit Committee has considered the provision ofnon-audit services that were rendered by D&T or PwC, as applicable, to the Fund’s Affiliated Service Providers in connection with determining such auditor’s independence. All services provided by D&T or PWC, as applicable, to each Fund and each Fund’s Affiliated Service Providers that requiredpre-approval werepre-approved during the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year.

The Audit Committee of each Fund currently consists of the following Board Members, all of whom are Independent Board Members:

Henry R. Keizer (Chair)

Bruce R. Bond

Robert M. Hernandez    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Investment Manager,Sub-Advisers and Administrators

The investment manager,sub-adviser(s), if any, and administrator(s), if any, of each Fund are identified inAppendix J.

5% Share Ownership

As of September 24, 2018, to the best of each Fund’s knowledge, the persons listed inAppendixK owned more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the class of such Fund indicated.

Submission of Shareholder Proposals

The Funds do not hold annual meetings of shareholders. A shareholder proposal intended to be included in a proxy statement for a future meeting of shareholders of a Fund must be received at the offices of the Fund, 40 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10022, a reasonable time before the Fund begins to print and mail its proxy materials. Timely submission of a proposal does not guarantee that such proposal will be included in a proxy statement or presented at the meeting. A shareholder proposal may be presented at a meeting of shareholders only if such proposal concerns a matter that may be properly brought before the meeting under applicable federal proxy rules, state law and the applicable Fund’s governing instruments. The persons named as proxies in future proxy materials of a Fund may exercise discretionary authority with respect to any shareholder proposal presented at any subsequent shareholder meeting if written notice of such proposal has not been received by that Fund a reasonable period of time before the Board Members’ solicitation relating to such meeting is made.

Shareholder Communications

Shareholders who want to communicate with the Board or any individual Board Member should write their Fund to the attention of the Secretary of the Fund, 40 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10022. The communication should indicate that you are a Fund shareholder. If the communication is intended for a specific Board Member and so indicates, it will be sent only to that Board Member. If a communication does not indicate a specific Board Member, it will be sent to the Chair of the Governance Committee and the outside counsel to the Independent Board Members for further distribution as deemed appropriate by such persons.

Additionally, shareholders with complaints or concerns regarding accounting matters may address letters to the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer, 40 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10022. Shareholders who are uncomfortable submitting complaints to the CCO may address letters directly to the Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board that oversees the Fund. Such letters may be submitted on an anonymous basis.

Expense of Proxy Solicitation

Each Fund will bear the costs associated with the joint proxy statement, including the preparation, printing, distribution and proxy solicitation costs, and additionalout-of-pocket costs, such as legal expenses and auditor fees, incurred in connection with the preparation of the joint proxy statement, except that BlackRock has agreed to cover a portion or all of such costs for certain Funds. Costs that are borne by the Funds collectively will be allocated among the Funds on the basis of a combination of their respective net assets and number of shareholder accounts, except when direct costs can be reasonably attributed to one or more specific Fund(s).

Voting your shares immediately will help minimize additional solicitation expenses and prevent the need to call you to solicit your vote.

Solicitation may be made by mail, telephone, fax,e-mail or the Internet by officers or employees of BlackRock, or by dealers and their representatives. Brokerage houses, banks and other fiduciaries may be requested to forward proxy solicitation material to their principals to obtain authorization for the execution of proxies. The Funds will reimburse brokerage firms, custodians, banks and fiduciaries for their expenses in forwarding this Proxy Statement and proxy materials to the beneficial owners of each Fund’s shares. BlackRock Advisors, LLC and BlackRock Fund Advisors have retained Computershare, located at 2950 Express Drive South, Suite 210, Islandia, New York 11749, a proxy solicitation firm, to assist in the distribution of proxy materials and the solicitation and tabulation of proxies on behalf of the Funds, the Insurance Funds and the Equity-Liquidity Funds. It is anticipated that Computershare will be paid, in the aggregate, approximately $1,178,000 for such services (including reimbursements ofout-of-pocket expenses), of which approximately $141,000 will be payable by the Funds. Computershare may solicit proxies personally and by mail, telephone, fax,e-mail or the Internet. Each Fund’s portion of the foregoing expenses is not subject to any cap or voluntary agreement to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses that may otherwise apply to that Fund.

If You Plan to Attend the Joint Special Meetings

Attendance at the Meeting will be limited to each Fund’s shareholders as of the Record Date.Each shareholder will be asked to present valid photographic identification, such as a valid driver’s license or passport. Cameras, recording devices and other electronic devices will not be permitted at the Meeting.

General

Management does not intend to present and does not have reason to believe that any items of business other than voting with respect to Proposals 1(a) and 1(b) will be presented at the Meeting. However, if other matters are properly presented at the Meeting for a vote, the proxies will be voted by the persons named in the enclosed proxy upon such matters in accordance with their judgment of what is in the best interests of the Funds.

A list of each Fund’s shareholders of record as of the Record Date will be available for inspection at the Meeting. For Funds organized as a Delaware statutory trust, a list of shareholders as of the Record Date will be available for inspection at BlackRock’s offices at 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809, during regular business hours beginning ten days prior to the date of the Meeting.

The Meeting as to any Fund may be adjourned from time to time for any reason whatsoever by vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present (in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Meeting) of such Fund, or by the chairman of the Meeting, whether or not a quorum is present. Such authority to adjourn the Meeting may be used in the event that a quorum is not present at the Meeting, or in the event that a quorum is present but sufficient votes have not been received to approve a Proposal, or for any other reason consistent with applicable state law and each Fund’sBy-Laws, including to allow for the further solicitation of proxies. Any adjournment may be made with respect to any business which might have been transacted at the Meeting, and any adjournment will not delay or otherwise affect the effectiveness and validity of any business transacted at the Meeting prior to adjournment. The persons designated as proxies may use their discretionary authority to vote as instructed by management of the Funds on questions of adjournment and on any other proposals raised at the Meeting to the extent permitted by the SEC’s proxy rules, including proposals for which management of such Funds did not have timely notice, as set forth in the SEC’s proxy rules.

Please vote promptly by signing and dating each enclosed proxy card or voting instruction form, and returning it (them) in the accompanying postage-paid return envelope OR by following the instructions on the enclosed proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) to vote by telephone or via the Internet.

By Order of the Boards,

Benjamin Archibald

Secretary of the Funds

50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001

October 3, 2018


IMPORTANT INFORMATION

FOR FUND SHAREHOLDERS

While we encourage you to read the full text of the enclosed joint proxy statement, for your convenience we have provided a brief overview of the matters to be voted on.

Questions and Answers

Q:Why am I receiving the joint proxy statement?

A:The Funds are holding a joint special meeting of shareholders for the election of four Board Nominees to the Board of the applicable Fund. The enclosed joint proxy statement describes proposals to elect the Board Nominees and provides other information relating to the Meeting. The tables starting on page 9 of the joint proxy statement identify the current Board Members and the Board Nominees for each Fund.

Q:Why are the Funds holding a meeting to elect Board Members at this time?

A:Three of the four Board Nominees are current Board Members of the Funds who were appointed to the Boards and have not been previously elected by Fund shareholders. The other Board Nominee, who is not a current Board Member, has been proposed to be added to the Board of each Fund in anticipation of the scheduled retirement of a current Board Member at the end of 2023.

The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), requires that persons filling vacancies on a board be elected by shareholders at a meeting called for that purpose, except that vacancies may be filled by appointment or any otherwise legal manner if, immediately after filling such vacancy, at least two-thirds of the directors/trustees then holding office have been elected by shareholders. The 1940 Act also requires a fund to hold a meeting for the purpose of electing directors/trustees if at any time less than a majority of the directors/trustees were elected by shareholders of the fund. Because three of the ten current Board Members of each Fund were appointed by the then-existing Board Members and not elected by shareholders, the Funds are currently prohibited by the 1940 Act from appointing new Board Members without shareholder approval. The election of the Board Nominees to the Boards by shareholders would result in all of the Board Members of the Funds having been elected by shareholders, which would provide the Boards with more flexibility when a future vacancy exists on the Boards as a result of a Board Member’s retirement or resignation or otherwise or when the Boards desire to expand the breadth and depth of the Boards by adding one or more Board Members.

Q:What is a Feeder Fund and what proposals as a shareholder of a Feeder Fund am I being asked to vote on?

A:

Certain series of Funds (each, a “Feeder Fund” and collectively, the “Feeder Funds”) invest substantially all of their assets in a corresponding fund that has an investment objective that is identical to that of the Feeder Fund (each, a “Master Fund” and collectively, the “Master Funds”). A Master Fund, in turn, invests directly in securities and other investments. Each Feeder Fund that invests in a Master Fund is being asked to vote for the Board Nominees of the Master Fund in which the Feeder Fund invests. Under the 1940 Act, each Feeder Fund’s voting rights with respect to the Master Fund interests that the Feeder Fund holds generally must be passed through to the Feeder Fund’s shareholders. This means that each Feeder Fund must vote its Master Fund interests in accordance with the voting instructions received from the Feeder Fund’s shareholders and will vote interests in the Master Fund with respect to which it has not received voting instructions in the same proportion as the interests for


which it has received instructions from other holders (this is called “proportional voting” or “echo voting”). If you are a shareholder of a Feeder Fund, in addition to seeking your votes on Proposal 1 relating to the Feeder Fund in which you own shares, in Proposal 2 you will also be asked to provide your voting instructions to your Feeder Fund as to how, as a beneficial owner of a Master Fund, your Feeder Fund should vote for the election of the Board Nominees of the corresponding Master Fund.

Q:How do the Boards of the Funds recommend that I vote?

A:FOR” each Board Nominee—the Boards have reviewed the qualifications and backgrounds of the Board Nominees and believe that their election is in your best interest and unanimously recommend that you vote, or submit voting instructions, “FOR” each Board Nominee.

Q:Will my vote make a difference?

A:YES. Your vote is very important and can make a difference in the governance and management of your Fund(s), no matter how many shares you own. We encourage all shareholders to participate in the governance of their Fund(s). Your vote can help ensure that the Board Nominees will be elected.

Q:How do I vote my shares?

A:Voting is quick and easy. Everything you need is enclosed. You can quickly and easily provide voting instructions by telephone, by calling the toll-free number on the proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) or on the Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to be Held on November 9, 2023 (the “Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials”), or by going to the Internet address provided on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) and following the instructions. If you vote by telephone or via the Internet, you will be asked to enter a unique code that has been assigned to you, which is printed on your proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, as applicable. This code is designed to confirm your identity, provide access to the voting website and confirm that your voting instructions are properly recorded. Alternatively, if you received your proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) by mail, you can vote your shares by completing, signing and dating the proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) and mailing it (them) in the enclosed postage-paid return envelope.

You may also vote at the Meeting; however, even if you plan to attend the virtual meeting, we still encourage you to provide voting instructions by one of the methods discussed above. In addition, we ask that you please note the following:

If your shares in a Fund are registered in your name, you may attend and participate in the Meeting at meetnow.global/MX9AUM2 by entering the control number found in the shaded box on your proxy card on the date and time of the Meeting. You may vote during the Meeting by following the instructions that will be available on the meeting website during the Meeting.

Also, if you are a beneficial shareholder of a Fund, you will not be able to vote at the virtual meeting unless you have registered in advance to attend the Meeting. To register, you must submit proof of your proxy power (legal proxy) reflecting your Fund holdings along with your name and email address to Computershare, the Funds’ tabulator. You may email an image of your legal proxy to shareholdermeetings@computershare.com. Requests for registration must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) three business days prior to the meeting date. You will receive a confirmation email from Computershare of your registration and a control number and security code that will allow you to vote at the Meeting.


Even if you plan to attend the Meeting, please promptly follow the enclosed instructions to submit your voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet. Alternatively, you may submit voting instructions by signing and dating each proxy card you receive, and if received by mail, returning it in the accompanying postage-paid return envelope.

Q:Are the Funds paying for the costs of the joint proxy statement?

A:Each Fund will bear the costs associated with the joint proxy statement, including the preparation, printing, distribution and proxy solicitation costs, and additional out-of-pocket costs, such as legal expenses and auditor fees, incurred in connection with the preparation of the joint proxy statement. Costs that are borne by the Funds collectively will be allocated among the Funds (or series thereof) on the basis of a combination of their respective net assets and number of shareholder accounts, except when direct costs can reasonably be attributed to one or more specific Funds (or series thereof).

The Funds, the Insurance Funds and GPS have retained Computershare, a proxy solicitation firm, to assist in the distribution of proxy materials and the solicitation and tabulation of proxies on behalf of such funds. It is anticipated that Computershare will be paid, in the aggregate, approximately $368,000 for such services (including reimbursements of out-of-pocket expenses), of which approximately $223,000 will be payable by the Funds.

Q:Whom do I call if I have questions?

A:If you need more information, or have any questions about voting, please call Computershare, the proxy solicitor for the Funds, toll-free at 866-963-6132.

Voting your shares immediately will help minimize additional solicitation expenses and prevent the need to call you to solicit your vote.

Please vote now. Your vote is important.

Please help us avoid adjournments, solicitation phone calls requesting your vote, wasteful expenses and additional mailings by promptly voting your shares. No matter how large or small your holdings may be, we urge you to indicate your voting instructions on the enclosed proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s), and date and sign it (them) and return it (them) promptly in the postage-paid envelope provided, or record your voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet. If you submit a properly executed proxy card or voting instruction form(s) but do not indicate how you wish your shares to be voted, your shares will be voted “FOR” the election of the Board Nominees to your Board. If your shares of a Fund are held through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee you must provide voting instructions to your bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee holding your shares about how to vote your shares in order for them to vote your shares as you instruct at the Meeting.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT.

PLEASE VOTE PROMPTLY BY SIGNING AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD/VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM OR BY RECORDING YOUR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS BY TELEPHONE OR VIA THE INTERNET, NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023.

THE PROXY STATEMENT FOR THIS MEETING IS AVAILABLE AT:

WWW.PROXY-DIRECT.COM/BLK-33511


NOTICE OF JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023

To the Shareholders:

A joint special meeting of the shareholders of the funds advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC or BlackRock Fund Advisors (together, “BlackRock”) set forth below (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”) will be held on Thursday, November 9, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time) (the “Meeting”), to consider and vote on the proposals set forth below, as more fully described in the accompanying joint proxy statement. The Meeting will be held in a virtual meeting format only. Shareholders will not have to travel to attend the Meeting but will be able to view the Meeting live and cast their votes by accessing a web link.

In addition, shareholders of certain series of Funds that are organized as a “feeder” in a “master/feeder” structure (each, a “Feeder Fund”) are being asked to provide voting instructions to elect the Board Nominees (as defined below) of the corresponding series of a Fund in which such Feeder Fund invests (the “Master Fund”). A list of the series of Funds that operate as Feeder Funds, shareholders of which are being asked to submit voting instructions on Proposal 2, and such Feeder Funds’ corresponding Master Funds, is set forth in Appendix B to the accompanying joint proxy statement.

Proposal

Shareholders Entitled to Vote

PROPOSAL 1To elect four Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of the Funds.Shareholders of the Funds listed below, with respect to their Fund, with shareholders of all series of a Fund voting together.
PROPOSAL 2To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Total Return Fund, a series of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc., and BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund, a series of BlackRock Funds VI, to vote for the election of four Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Bond LLC and the board of trustees of Master Investment Portfolio II, respectively.Shareholders of BlackRock Total Return Fund and BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund, with respect to their Feeder Fund.
To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.

The purpose of the Meeting is to seek shareholder approval of the four nominees named in the joint proxy statement (the “Board Nominees” or “Nominees”) to the boards of directors/trustees of the Funds (collectively, the “Boards”). In addition, shareholders of Feeder Funds will be asked to provide voting instructions to their Funds regarding the proposal to elect the four Board Nominees of the applicable Master Fund.


Each current board of directors/trustees of the Funds (each, a “Board”) has reviewed and unanimously approved the four Nominees with respect to each Fund overseen by such Board, subject to approval by the Fund’s shareholders. The Boards have reviewed the qualifications and backgrounds of the respective Board Nominees and believe that the respective Board Nominees possess the requisite experience in overseeing investment companies and that their election is in your best interest.

The Board of your Fund(s) unanimously recommends that you vote, or provide voting instructions, “FOR” the election of each Board Nominee to the Board of your Fund(s).

Shareholders of record of a Fund as of the close of business on September 11, 2023 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.

If you owned shares in more than one Fund or series of a Fund (each such series, a “Portfolio”) as of the Record Date, and/or if your Portfolio is organized as a Feeder Fund, you may receive more than one proxy card or voting instruction form. Please be certain to vote by telephone or via the Internet with respect to each Fund, including each Portfolio, in which you are a shareholder of record or sign, date and return each proxy card and voting instruction form you receive in the enclosed postage-paid return envelope.

If you have any questions about the proposals to be voted on, please call Computershare Fund Services, the firm assisting us in the solicitation and tabulation of proxies, toll-free at 866-963-6132.

By Order of the Boards,

Janey Ahn

Secretary of the Funds

50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001


Funds and Portfolios1

BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BATS: Series A Portfolio

BATS: Series C Portfolio

BATS: Series E Portfolio

BATS: Series M Portfolio

BATS: Series P Portfolio

BATS: Series S Portfolio

BATS: Series V Portfolio

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund

BlackRock Total Return Fund

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

BlackRock ETF Trust II

BlackRock AAA CLO ETF

BlackRock Flexible Income ETF

BlackRock Floating Rate Loan ETF

BlackRock High Yield Muni Income Bond ETF

BlackRock Intermediate Muni Income Bond ETF

BlackRock Short-Term California Muni Bond ETF

iShares Large Cap Deep Buffer ETF

iShares Large Cap Moderate Buffer ETF

BlackRock Funds IV

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund

BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund

BlackRock Income Fund

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Fund2

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund2

BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund

BlackRock Sustainable Low Duration Bond Fund

BlackRock Funds VI

BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

Managed Account Series II

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

Master Bond LLC

Master Total Return Portfolio

Master Investment Portfolio II

Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

1The Funds (Registrants) are listed in bold in this table. The Portfolios (series of Funds) are indicated in the list by an entry below the Registrant’s name. The shares of all of the Portfolios that are series of the same Fund will be voted together as a single class with respect to the election of the Board Nominees of that Fund.
2Each of BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Fund and BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund is expected to be liquidated on or about December 15, 2023.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

JOINT PROXY STATEMENT

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PROPOSALS 1 AND 2—ELECTION OF BOARD NOMINEES

7

VOTE REQUIRED AND MANNER OF VOTING PROXIES

22

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

24

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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Appendix A – Fund Information/Quorum and Voting Requirements

A-1

Appendix B – Master/Feeder Structures

B-1

Appendix C – Shares Outstanding/Votes

C-1

Appendix D – Compensation of the Board Members and Board Nominees

D-1

Appendix E – Equity Securities Owned by Board Members and Board Nominees

E-1

Appendix F – Meetings of the Boards

F-1

Appendix G – Executive Officers of the Funds

G-1

Appendix H – Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees to Independent Registered Public Accountants

H-1

Appendix I – Investment Manager, Sub-Advisers and Administrators

I-1

Appendix J – 5% Share Ownership

J-1


JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023

JOINT PROXY STATEMENT

This joint proxy statement (this “Proxy Statement”) is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the boards of directors or trustees (each, a “Board” and the members of which are referred to as “Board Members”) of each of the registrants advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC or BlackRock Fund Advisors (together, “BlackRock”) listed in Appendix A to this Proxy Statement (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”) for the election of directors or trustees. If you are a shareholder of a series of a Fund organized as a “feeder” in a “master/feeder” structure (each, a “Feeder Fund” and collectively, the “Feeder Funds”), you will also be asked to provide voting instructions to your Feeder Fund as to how, as a beneficial owner of the corresponding master funds (each, a “Master Fund” and collectively, the “Master Funds”), your Feeder Fund should vote for the election of the Board Members overseeing such Master Fund (a list of Feeder Funds and their corresponding Master Funds is set forth in Appendix B). The proxies will be voted at the joint special meeting of shareholders of the Funds (the “Meeting”) and at any and all adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. The Meeting will take place on Thursday, November 9, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time). The Meeting will be held in a virtual meeting format only. The Meeting will be held for the purpose of electing four nominees to the Board of each Fund (collectively, the “Board Nominees”).

The Board of each Fund has determined that the use of this Proxy Statement for the Meeting is in the best interests of such Fund and its shareholders in light of the similar matters being considered and voted on by the shareholders of each Fund. Shareholders will receive either a copy of this Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy materials, which are expected to be mailed on or about September 18, 2023, or an Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to be held on November 9, 2023 (the “Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials”), which is expected to be mailed on or about September 18, 2023.

Each Fund is organized as a Massachusetts business trust (each, a “Massachusetts Trust”), a Maryland corporation (each, a “Maryland Corporation”), a Delaware statutory trust (each, a “Delaware Trust”) or a Delaware limited liability company (each, a “Delaware LLC”), and each is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). A list identifying the form of organization of each Fund is set forth on Appendix A. Certain of the Funds have been structured as series Funds, and the separate series of the Funds are referred to herein as “Portfolios”. References to shareholders of a series Fund include shareholders of all Portfolios of that Fund.

Each Fund’s fiscal year end can be found on Appendices F and H.

Shareholders of record of a Fund as of the close of business on September 11, 2023 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and any and all adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. Shareholders of the Funds on the Record Date are entitled to the voting rights set forth on Appendix A, with no shares having cumulative voting rights. The quorum and voting requirements for Proposal 1 for each Fund are also set forth in Appendix A. For each

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Fund that is organized as a series Fund, a quorum of the shareholders of such Fund as a whole, inclusive of the shareholders of each Portfolio of such Fund, is required in order to take any action at the Meeting as applicable to that particular Fund.

The number of outstanding shares of each class of each Fund and Portfolio as of the close of business on the Record Date are shown in Appendix C. To the knowledge of each Fund, as of the Record Date, no person was the beneficial owner of more than five percent of a class of the outstanding shares of the Fund or of a Portfolio of the Fund, except as set forth in Appendix J.

The Fund or, if applicable, the Portfolio in which you owned shares on the Record Date is named on the proxy card, voting instruction form or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. If you owned shares in more than one Fund or Portfolio on the Record Date, or if you owned shares of a Feeder Fund on the Record Date, you may receive more than one proxy card or voting instruction form. Even if you plan to attend the Meeting, please indicate your voting instructions, sign, date and return EACH proxy card and/or voting instruction form you receive or, if you provide voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet, please vote on the proposals affecting EACH Fund and Portfolio you own, and provide voting instructions to your Feeder Fund relating to the election of Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of any master fund in which your Portfolio is a Feeder Fund. If you vote by telephone or via the Internet, you will be asked to enter a unique code that has been assigned to you, which is printed on your proxy card(s), voting instruction form(s) or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, as applicable. This code is designed to confirm your identity, provide access into the voting website and confirm that your voting instructions are properly recorded.

All properly executed proxies received prior to the Meeting will be voted at the Meeting and any and all adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. On any matter coming before the Meeting as to which a shareholder has specified a choice on that shareholder’s proxy, the shares will be voted accordingly. If a proxy card or voting instruction form is properly executed and returned and no choice is specified with respect to a proposal, the shares will be voted “FOR” the proposal. Shareholders who execute proxies or provide voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet may revoke them with respect to one or more proposals at any time before a vote is taken on such proposal(s) by filing with the applicable Fund a written notice of revocation (addressed to the Secretary of the Fund at the New York address provided herein), by delivering a duly executed proxy bearing a later date, or by attending the Meeting and voting at the Meeting, in all cases prior to the exercise of the authority granted in the proxy card or voting instruction form. Merely attending the Meeting, however, will not revoke any previously executed proxy. If you hold shares through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee, please consult your bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee regarding your ability to revoke voting instructions after such instructions have been provided.

If your shares in a Fund are registered in your name, you may attend and participate in the Meeting at meetnow.global/MX9AUM2 by entering the control number found in the shaded box on your proxy card on the date and time of the Meeting. You may vote during the Meeting by following the instructions that will be available on the Meeting website during the Meeting. If you are a beneficial shareholder of a Fund (that is if you hold your shares of a Fund through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee) you will not be able to vote at the virtual Meeting unless you have registered in advance to attend the Meeting. To register, you must submit proof of your proxy power (legal proxy) reflecting your Fund holdings along with your name and email address to Computershare Fund Services (“Computershare”), the Funds’ tabulator. You may email an image of your legal proxy to shareholdermeetings@computershare.com. Requests for registration must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) three business days prior to the Meeting date. You will receive a confirmation email from Computershare of your registration and a control number

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and security code that will allow you to vote at the Meeting. Even if you plan to participate in the virtual Meeting, please promptly follow the enclosed instructions to submit voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet. Alternatively, you may submit voting instructions by signing and dating each proxy card and voting instruction form you receive, and returning it in the accompanying postage-paid return envelope.

Copies of each Fund’s most recent annual report and semi-annual report can be obtained on a website maintained by BlackRock, Inc., at www.blackrock.com. Each Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of its annual report and most recent semi-annual report succeeding the annual report, if any, to a shareholder upon request. Any such request should be directed to BlackRock, Inc. by calling (800) 441-7762 or by writing to the respective Fund at P.O. Box 534429, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15253-4429. Copies of annual and semi-annual reports of each Fund are also available on the EDGAR Database on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

Please note that only one annual or semi-annual report or this Proxy Statement or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials may be delivered to two or more shareholders of a Fund who share an address, unless the Fund has received instructions to the contrary. To request a separate copy of an annual report or semi-annual report or this Proxy Statement or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, or for instructions on how to request a separate copy of these documents or how to request a single copy if multiple copies of these documents are received, shareholders should contact the applicable Fund at the Pennsylvania address or phone number set forth above.

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SUMMARY OF PROPOSALS AND FUNDS VOTING

The following table lists each proposal described in this Proxy Statement and identifies shareholders entitled to vote on each proposal.

Proposal

Shareholders Entitled to Vote

PROPOSAL 1

To elect four Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of the Funds.Shareholders of the Funds listed below, with respect to their Fund, with shareholders of all Portfolios of a Fund voting together.

PROPOSAL 2

To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Total Return Fund, a series of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc., and BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund, a series of BlackRock Funds VI, to vote for the election of four Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Bond LLC and the board of trustees of Master Investment Portfolio II, respectively.Shareholders of BlackRock Total Return Fund and BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund, with respect to their Feeder Fund.
To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting
or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.

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Funds and Portfolios1,2

BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BATS: Series A Portfolio

BATS: Series C Portfolio

BATS: Series E Portfolio

BATS: Series M Portfolio

BATS: Series P Portfolio

BATS: Series S Portfolio

BATS: Series V Portfolio

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund

BlackRock Total Return Fund

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

BlackRock ETF Trust II

BlackRock AAA CLO ETF

BlackRock Flexible Income ETF

BlackRock Floating Rate Loan ETF

BlackRock High Yield Muni Income Bond ETF

BlackRock Intermediate Muni Income Bond ETF

BlackRock Short-Term California Muni Bond ETF

iShares Large Cap Deep Buffer ETF

iShares Large Cap Moderate Buffer ETF

BlackRock Funds IV

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund

BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund

BlackRock Income Fund

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Fund3

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund3

BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund

BlackRock Sustainable Low Duration Bond Fund

BlackRock Funds VI

BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

Managed Account Series II

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

Master Bond LLC

Master Total Return Portfolio

Master Investment Portfolio II

Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

1The Funds (Registrants) are listed in bold in this table. The Portfolios (series of Funds) are indicated in the list by an entry below the Registrant’s name. The shares of all of the Portfolios that are series of the same Fund will be voted together as a single class with respect to the election of the Board Nominees of that Fund.
2The principal executive office of each Fund is located at 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809.
3Each of BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Fund and BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund is expected to be liquidated on or about December 15, 2023.

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PLEASE VOTE NOW. YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT.

Please help us avoid adjournments, solicitation phone calls requesting your vote, wasteful expenses and additional mailings by promptly voting your shares. No matter how large or small your holdings may be, we urge you to indicate your voting instructions on the enclosed proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s), date and sign it (them) and return it (them) promptly in the postage-paid envelope provided, or record your voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet. If you submit a properly executed proxy card or voting instruction form but do not indicate how you wish your shares to be voted, your shares will be voted “FOR” the election of the Board Nominees. If your shares of a Fund are held through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee you must provide voting instructions to your bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee holding your shares about how to vote your shares in order for them to vote your shares as you instruct at the Meeting.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on November 9, 2023. The Notice of Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders, the Proxy Statement and the forms of proxy card and voting instruction form are available on the Internet at www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511. On this website, you will be able to access the Notice of Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders, the Proxy Statement, the forms of proxy card and voting instruction form and any amendments or supplements to the foregoing materials that are required to be furnished to shareholders.

If you have any questions, would like to vote your shares, or wish to obtain directions so that you can attend the Meeting, please call Computershare Fund Services, the proxy solicitor for the Funds, toll-free at 866-963-6132.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT.

PLEASE VOTE PROMPTLY BY SIGNING AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED

PROXY CARD/VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM OR BY RECORDING YOUR

VOTING INSTRUCTIONS BY TELEPHONE OR VIA THE INTERNET, NO MATTER

HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS

FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023.

THE PROXY STATEMENT FOR THIS MEETING IS AVAILABLE AT:

WWW.PROXY-DIRECT.COM/BLK-33511

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PROPOSALS 1 AND 2—ELECTION OF BOARD NOMINEES

The purpose of Proposal 1 is to elect four Board Nominees to the Board of each Fund.

The purpose of Proposal 2 is to provide voting instructions to BlackRock Total Return Fund, a series of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc., and BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund, a series of BlackRock Funds VI, with respect to how BlackRock Total Return Fund, as a beneficial owner of Master Bond LLC, and BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund, as a beneficial owner of Master Investment Portfolio II, should vote in connection with the election of four Board Nominees to the Board of Master Bond LLC and the Board of Master Investment Portfolio II, respectively.

The nominations of the Board Nominees have been approved by the Board Members. Information about the Board Nominees for your Fund’s Board is set forth below.

Nominees for Each Fund Board

The Board of each Fund currently consists of ten Board Members, eight of whom are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Board Members”) of the Funds. Each Board Nominee elected at the Meeting will serve until his or her successor is elected or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal. Upon the election of the Board Nominees, the Board will consist of 11 members.

Each Board recommends a vote “FOR” the election of each of the four Board Nominees: Lorenzo A. Flores, Stayce D. Harris, J. Phillip Holloman and Arthur P. Steinmetz (together, the “Board Nominees”). All of the Board Nominees, other than Arthur P. Steinmetz, are not “interested persons” of the Funds and currently serve as Independent Board Members of the Funds. Mr. Steinmetz is currently classified as a non-management interested Board Nominee (the “Non-Management Interested Board Nominee”) based on his former directorship at another company that is not an affiliate of BlackRock, Inc. Mr. Steinmetz does not currently serve as an officer or employee of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates or own any securities of BlackRock, Inc. If elected by shareholders, it is anticipated that Mr. Steinmetz would become an Independent Board Member effective January 19, 2024. The Board Nominees were unanimously recommended by the Independent Board Members of each Fund.

To vote for the Board Nominees, please vote by telephone or via the Internet, as described in the proxy card or voting instruction form, or date and sign the enclosed proxy card(s) and/or voting instruction form(s) and return the proxy card(s) and/or voting instruction form(s) promptly in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. If you owned shares in more than one Fund or Portfolio thereof as of the Record Date, and/or if your Portfolio is a Feeder Fund, you may receive more than one proxy card or voting instruction form. Each of the Board Nominees has consented to being named in this Proxy Statement and to serve as a Board Member if elected.

Board Members’/Board Nominees’ Biographical Information. Please refer to the below tables, which identify the Board Members and Board Nominees, set forth certain biographical information about the Board Members and Board Nominees and discuss some of the experiences, qualifications and skills of the Board Nominees. Each Board Nominee was nominated by the Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board of each respective Fund. The Governance and Nominating Committee is comprised solely of Independent Board Members.

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The Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board of each Fund has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experiences, qualifications, skills and attributes that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Board Member candidates (the “Statement of Policy”). The Boards of the Funds believe that each Independent Board Member of the Funds, including the Board Nominees who are current Board Members of the Funds, satisfied, at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Board Member, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. Furthermore, in determining that a particular Board Member was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Board Member, the Boards have considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Boards also believe that Mr. Steinmetz will satisfy the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy upon becoming an Independent Board Member. The Boards believe that, collectively, the Independent Board Members and Board Nominees have balanced and diverse experiences, skills, attributes and qualifications, which allow the Boards to operate effectively in governing the Funds and protecting the interests of shareholders. Among the attributes common to all Independent Board Members and Board Nominees is their ability to review critically, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them, to interact effectively with the Funds’ investment adviser, sub-advisers, other service providers, counsel and independent auditors, and to exercise effective business judgment in the performance of their duties as Board Members.

Each Board believes that each Board Member’s/Nominee’s ability to perform his or her duties effectively is evidenced by his or her educational background or professional training; business, consulting, public service or academic positions; experience from service as a Board Member of the Funds or director/trustee of other BlackRock-advised Funds (as defined below) (and any predecessor funds), other investment funds, public companies, or not-for-profit entities or other organizations; ongoing commitment and participation in board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and other committees throughout the years; or other relevant life experiences.

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Certain biographical and other information relating to the Board Members and Board Nominees is set forth below. The current Board Members, other than Lorenzo A. Flores, Stayce D. Harris and J. Phillip Holloman, were previously elected by shareholders and, therefore, are not seeking election at the Meeting.

Name and
Year of Birth1,2

Current
Position(s)
Held
(Length of
Service)3

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

Number of
BlackRock-
Advised
Registered
Investment
Companies
(“RICs”)
Consisting of
Investment
Portfolios
(“Portfolios”)
Currently
Overseen or
to Be
Overseen

Public
Company and
Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held
During Past
Five Years

Independent Board Members/Nominees

R. Glenn Hubbard

1958

Chair of the Board

(Since 2022) and Board Member

(Since 2019)

Dean, Columbia Business School from 2004 to 2019; Faculty member, Columbia Business School since 1988.

70 RICs
consisting of
104 Portfolios


ADP (data and information services) from 2004 to 2020; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (insurance); TotalEnergies SE (multi-energy)

W. Carl Kester4

1951

Vice Chair of the Board (Since 2022) and Board Member

(Since 2019)

Baker Foundation Professor and George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, Harvard Business School since 2022; George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School from 2008 to 2022; Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs from 2006 to 2010; Chairman of the Finance Unit, from 2005 to 2006; Senior Associate Dean and Chairman of the MBA Program from 1999 to 2005; Member of the faculty of Harvard Business School since 1981.

72 RICs
consisting of
106 Portfolios


None

9


Name and
Year of Birth1,2

Current
Position(s)
Held
(Length of
Service)3

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

Number of
BlackRock-
Advised
Registered
Investment
Companies
(“RICs”)
Consisting of
Investment
Portfolios
(“Portfolios”)
Currently
Overseen or
to Be
Overseen

Public
Company and
Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held
During Past
Five Years

Cynthia L. Egan

1955

Board Member (Since 2019)Advisor, U.S. Department of the Treasury from 2014 to 2015; President, Retirement Plan Services, for T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. from 2007 to 2012; executive positions within Fidelity Investments from 1989 to 2007.70 RICs
consisting of
104 Portfolios
Unum (insurance); The Hanover Insurance Group (Board Chair); Huntsman Corporation (Lead Independent Director and non-Executive Vice Chair of the Board) (chemical products)

Frank J. Fabozzi4,5

1948

Board Member (Since 2019)Editor of The Journal of Portfolio Management since 1986; Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School (France) from 2011 to 2022; Professor of Practice, Johns Hopkins University since 2021; Professor in the Practice of Finance, Yale University School of Management from 1994 to 2011 and currently a Teaching Fellow in Yale’s Executive Programs; Visiting Professor, Rutgers University for the Spring 2019 semester; Visiting Professor, New York University for the 2019 academic year; Adjunct Professor of Finance, Carnegie Mellon University in fall 2020 semester.72 RICs
consisting of
106 Portfolios
None

Lorenzo A. Flores

1964

Board Member (since 2021)

Board Nominee

Vice Chairman, Kioxia, Inc. since 2019; Chief Financial Officer, Xilinx, Inc. from 2016 to 2019; Corporate Controller, Xilinx, Inc. from 2008 to 2016.70 RICs
consisting of
104 Portfolios
None

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Name and
Year of Birth1,2

Current
Position(s)
Held
(Length of
Service)3

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

Number of
BlackRock-
Advised
Registered
Investment
Companies
(“RICs”)
Consisting of
Investment
Portfolios
(“Portfolios”)
Currently
Overseen or
to Be
Overseen

Public
Company and
Other Investment
Company
Directorships Held
During Past
Five Years

Stayce D. Harris

1959

Board Member (since 2021)

Board Nominee

Lieutenant General, Inspector General of the United States Air Force from 2017 to 2019; Lieutenant General, Assistant Vice Chief of Staff and Director, Air Staff, United States Air Force from 2016 to 2017; Major General, Commander, 22nd Air Force, AFRC, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia from 2014 to 2016; Pilot, United Airlines from 1990 to 2020.

70 RICs
consisting of
104 Portfolios


KULR Technology Group, Inc. in 2021; The Boeing Company (airplane manufacturer)

J. Phillip Holloman

1955

Board Member (since 2021)

Board Nominee

President and Chief Operating Officer, Cintas Corporation from 2008 to 2018.

70 RICs
consisting of
104 Portfolios


PulteGroup, Inc. (home construction); Rockwell Automation Inc. (industrial automation)

Catherine A. Lynch4

1961

Board Member

(Since 2019)

Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and various other positions, National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust from 2003 to 2016; Associate Vice President for Treasury Management, The George Washington University from 1999 to 2003; Assistant Treasurer, Episcopal Church of America from 1995 to 1999.

72 RICs
consisting of
106 Portfolios


PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

Non-Management Interested Board Nominee6

Arthur P. Steinmetz

1958

Board NomineeConsultant, Posit PBC (enterprise data science) since 2020; Director, ScotiaBank (U.S.) from 2020 to 2023; Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. from 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively to 2019); Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer of 104 OppenheimerFunds funds from 2014 to 2019. Portfolio manager of various OppenheimerFunds fixed income mutual funds from 1986 to 2014.

68 RICs
consisting of
102 Portfolios


Trustee of 104 OppenheimerFunds funds from 2014 to 2019

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Name and
Year of Birth1,2

Current
Position(s)
Held
(Length of
Service)3

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

Number of
BlackRock-
Advised
Registered
Investment
Companies
(“RICs”)
Consisting of
Investment
Portfolios
(“Portfolios”)
Currently
Overseen or
to Be
Overseen

Public
Company and
Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held
During Past
Five Years

Interested Board Members7

Robert Fairbairn

1965

Board Member

(Since 2015)

Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. since 2019; Member of BlackRock’s Global Executive and Global Operating Committees; Co-Chair of BlackRock’s Human Capital Committee; Senior Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2010 to 2019; oversaw BlackRock’s Strategic Partner Program and Strategic Product Management Group from 2012 to 2019; Member of the Board of Managers of BlackRock Investments, LLC from 2011 to 2018; Global Head of BlackRock’s Retail and iShares® businesses from 2012 to 2016.

98 RICs
consisting of
272 Portfolios


None

John M. Perlowski4

1964

Board Member

(Since 2015)

President and Chief Executive Officer (Since 2010)

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Head of BlackRock Global Accounting and Product Services since 2009; Advisory Director of Family Resource Network (charitable foundation) since 2009.

100 RICs
consisting of
274 Portfolios


None

1The address of each Board Member is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001.
2Each Independent Board Member holds office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal as provided by the Fund’s Bylaws or charter or statute, or until December 31 of the year in which he or she turns 75. Except with respect to Funds that are series of BlackRock Funds IV, BlackRock Funds VI and Master Investment Portfolio II, Board Members who are “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, of a Fund (each, an “Interested Board Member”) serve until their successor is duly elected and qualifies or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal as provided by the Fund’s Bylaws or statute, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72. The Board may determine to extend the terms of Independent Board Members on a case-by-case basis, as appropriate.
3Date shown is the earliest date since which a Board Member has served for a Fund covered by this Proxy Statement.
4Dr. Fabozzi, Dr. Kester, Ms. Lynch and Mr. Perlowski are also trustees of the BlackRock Credit Strategies Fund and BlackRock Private Investments Fund.
5Dr. Fabozzi’s term as a Board Member of the Funds will end on December 31, 2023.
6Mr. Steinmetz is currently classified as a Non-Management Interested Board Nominee based on his former directorship at another company that is not an affiliate of BlackRock, Inc. Mr. Steinmetz does not currently serve as an officer or employee of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates or own any securities of BlackRock, Inc. It is anticipated that Mr. Steinmetz will become an Independent Board Member effective January 19, 2024.
7Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are both Interested Board Members based on their positions with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are also board members of the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex.

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The table below discusses some of the experiences, qualifications and skills of the Board Members and Board Nominees.

Board
Members/Nominees

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Independent Board Members/Nominees

R. Glenn Hubbard

R. Glenn Hubbard has served in numerous roles in the field of economics, including as the Chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers of the President of the United States. Dr. Hubbard has served as the Dean of Columbia Business School, as a member of the Columbia Faculty and as a Visiting Professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the Harvard Business School and the University of Chicago. Dr. Hubbard’s experience as an adviser to the President of the United States adds a dimension of balance to the Funds’ governance and provides perspective on economic issues. Dr. Hubbard’s service on the boards of ADP and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company provides the Board with the benefit of his experience with the management practices of other financial companies. Dr. Hubbard’s long-standing service on the boards of directors/trustees of the closed-end funds in the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex also provides him with a specific understanding of the Funds, their operations, and the business and regulatory issues facing the Funds. Dr. Hubbard’s independence from the Funds and the Manager enhances his service as Chair of the Board, Chair of the Executive Committee and a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee, the Compliance Committee and the Performance Oversight Committee.

W. Carl Kester

The Boards benefit from W. Carl Kester’s experiences as a professor and author in finance, and his experience as the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and as Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs at Harvard Business School from 2006 through 2010 adds to the Board a wealth of expertise in corporate finance and corporate governance. Dr. Kester has authored and edited numerous books and research papers on both subject matters, including co-editing a leading volume of finance case studies used worldwide. Dr. Kester’s long-standing service on the boards of directors/trustees of the closed-end funds in the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex also provides him with a specific understanding of the Funds, their operations, and the business and regulatory issues facing the Funds. Dr. Kester’s independence from the Funds and the Manager enhances his service as a Vice Chair of the Board, Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee and a member of the Executive Committee, the Compliance Committee and the Performance Oversight Committee.

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Board
Members/Nominees

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Cynthia L. Egan

Cynthia L. Egan brings to the Boards a broad and diverse knowledge of investment companies and the retirement industry as a result of her many years of experience as President, Retirement Plan Services, for T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. and her various senior operating officer positions at Fidelity Investments, including her service as Executive Vice President of FMR Co., President of Fidelity Institutional Services Company and President of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund. Ms. Egan has also served as an advisor to the U.S. Department of Treasury as an expert in domestic retirement security. Ms. Egan began her professional career at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Ms. Egan is also a director of UNUM Corporation, a publicly traded insurance company providing personal risk reinsurance, and a director and Chair of the Board of The Hanover Group, a public property casualty insurance company. Ms. Egan is also the lead independent director and non-executive Vice Chair of the Board of Huntsman Corporation, a publicly traded manufacturer and marketer of chemical products. Ms. Egan’s independence from the Funds and the Manager enhances her service as Chair of the Compliance Committee, and a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee and the Performance Oversight Committee.

Frank J. Fabozzi

Frank J. Fabozzi has served for over 25 years on the boards of registered investment companies. Dr. Fabozzi holds the designations of Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Public Accountant. Dr. Fabozzi was inducted into the Fixed Income Analysts Society’s Hall of Fame and is the 2007 recipient of the C. Stewart Sheppard Award and the 2015 recipient of the James R. Vertin Award, both given by the CFA Institute. The Boards benefit from Dr. Fabozzi’s experiences as a professor and author in the field of finance. Dr. Fabozzi’s experience as a professor at various institutions, including EDHEC Business School, Yale, MIT, and Princeton, as well as Dr. Fabozzi’s experience as a Professor in the Practice of Finance and Becton Fellow at the Yale University School of Management and as editor of the Journal of Portfolio Management demonstrates his wealth of expertise in the investment management and structured finance areas. Dr. Fabozzi has authored and edited numerous books and research papers on topics in investment management and financial econometrics, and his writings have focused on fixed income securities and portfolio management, many of which are considered standard references in the investment management industry. Dr. Fabozzi’s long-standing service on the boards of directors/trustees of the closed-end funds in the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex also provides him with a specific understanding of the Funds, their operations and the business and regulatory issues facing the Funds. Moreover, Dr. Fabozzi’s knowledge of financial and accounting matters qualifies him to serve as a member of the Audit Committee. Dr. Fabozzi’s independence from the Funds and BlackRock enhances his service as Chair of the Performance Oversight Committee.

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Board
Members/Nominees

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Lorenzo A. Flores

The Boards benefit from Lorenzo A. Flores’s many years of business, leadership and financial experience in his roles at various public and private companies. In particular, Mr. Flores’s service as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Controller of Xilinx, Inc., a technology and semiconductor company that supplies programmable logic devices, and Vice Chairman of Kioxia, Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of flash memory and solid state drives, and his long experience in the technology industry allow him to provide insight to into financial, business and technology trends. Mr. Flores’s knowledge of financial and accounting matters qualifies him to serve as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Flores’s independence from the Funds and BlackRock enhances his service as a member of the Performance Oversight Committee.

Stayce D. Harris

The Boards benefit from Stayce D. Harris’s leadership and governance experience gained during her extensive military career, including as a three-star Lieutenant General of the United States Air Force. In her most recent role, Ms. Harris reported to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force on matters concerning Air Force effectiveness, efficiency and the military discipline of active duty, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard forces. Ms. Harris’s experience on governance matters includes oversight of inspection policy and the inspection and evaluation system for all Air Force nuclear and conventional forces; oversight of Air Force counterintelligence operations and service on the Air Force Intelligence Oversight Panel; investigation of fraud, waste and abuse; and oversight of criminal investigations and complaints resolution programs. Ms. Harris is also a director of The Boeing Company. Ms. Harris’s independence from the Funds and BlackRock enhances her service as a member of the Compliance Committee and the Performance Oversight Committee.

J. Phillip Holloman

The Boards benefit from J. Phillip Holloman’s many years of business and leadership experience as an executive, director and advisory board member of various public and private companies. In particular, Mr. Holloman’s service as President and Chief Operating Officer of Cintas Corporation and director of PulteGroup, Inc. and Rockwell Automation Inc. allows him to provide insight into business trends and conditions. Mr. Holloman’s knowledge of financial and accounting matters qualifies him to serve as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Holloman’s independence from the Funds and BlackRock enhances his service as a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee and the Performance Oversight Committee.

Catherine A. Lynch

Catherine A. Lynch, who served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust, benefits the Board by providing business leadership and experience and a diverse knowledge of pensions and endowments. Ms. Lynch is also a trustee of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust, a specialty finance company that invests primarily in mortgage-related assets. Ms. Lynch also holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst. Ms. Lynch’s knowledge of financial and accounting matters qualifies her to serve as Chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Lynch’s independence from the Funds and the Manager enhances her service as a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee and the Performance Oversight Committee.

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Board
Members/Nominees

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Non-Management Interested Board Nominee

Arthur P. Steinmetz

The Boards are expected to benefit from Arthur P. Steinmetz’s many years of business and leadership experience as an executive, chairman and director of various companies in the financial industry. Mr. Steinmetz’s service as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of the OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and as Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer of certain OppenheimerFunds funds provides insight into the asset management industry. He has also served as a Director of ScotiaBank (U.S.).

Interested Board Members

Robert Fairbairn

Robert Fairbairn has more than 25 years of experience with BlackRock, Inc. and over 30 years of experience in finance and asset management. In particular, Mr. Fairbairn’s positions as Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc., Member of BlackRock’s Global Executive and Global Operating Committees and Co-Chair of BlackRock’s Human Capital Committee provide the Board with a wealth of practical business knowledge and leadership. In addition, Mr. Fairbairn has global investment management and oversight experience through his former positions as Global Head of BlackRock’s Retail and iShares® businesses, Head of BlackRock’s Global Client Group, Chairman of BlackRock’s international businesses and his previous oversight over BlackRock’s Strategic Partner Program and Strategic Product Management Group. Mr. Fairbairn also serves as a board member for the funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex.

John M. Perlowski

John M. Perlowski’s experience as Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009, as the Head of BlackRock Global Accounting and Product Services since 2009, and as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Funds provides him with a strong understanding of the Funds, their operations, and the business and regulatory issues facing the Funds. Mr. Perlowski’s prior position as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Product Group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and his former service as Treasurer and Senior Vice President of the Goldman Sachs Mutual Funds and as Director of the Goldman Sachs Offshore Funds provides the Board with the benefit of his experience with the management practices of other financial companies. Mr. Perlowski also serves as a board member for the funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex. Mr. Perlowski’s experience with BlackRock enhances his service as a member of the Executive Committee.

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Board Leadership Structure and Oversight

The Boards currently consist of ten Board Members, eight of whom are Independent Board Members. The registered investment companies advised by BlackRock or its affiliates (the “BlackRock-advised Funds”) are organized into the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex, and the iShares Complex (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). The Funds are included in the BlackRock Fund Complex referred to as the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex. The Board Members also oversee as board members the operations of the other open-end and closed-end registered investment companies included in the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex.

The Boards have overall responsibility for the oversight of the Funds. The Chair of the Boards and the Chief Executive Officer are different people. Not only is the Chair of the Boards an Independent Board Member, but also the Chair of each Board committee (each, a “Committee”) is an Independent Board Member. The Boards have five standing Committees: an Audit Committee, a Governance and Nominating Committee, a Compliance Committee, a Performance Oversight Committee and an Executive Committee.

The role of the Chair of the Boards is to preside over all meetings of the Boards and to act as a liaison with service providers, officers, attorneys, and other Board Members between meetings. The Chair of each Committee performs a similar role with respect to the Committee. The Chair of the Boards or a Committee may also perform such other functions as may be delegated by the Boards or the Committees from time to time. The Independent Board Members meet regularly outside the presence of the Funds’ management, in executive sessions or with other service providers to the Funds. The Boards have regular meetings five times a year, including a meeting to consider the approval of the Funds’ investment management agreements and, if necessary, may hold special meetings before their next regular meeting. Each Committee meets regularly to conduct the oversight functions delegated to that Committee by the Boards and reports its findings to the Boards. The Boards and each standing Committee conduct annual assessments of their oversight function and structure. The Boards have determined that the Boards’ leadership structure is appropriate because it allows the Boards to exercise independent judgment over management and to allocate areas of responsibility among Committees and the Boards to enhance oversight.

The Boards decided to separate the roles of Chief Executive Officer from the Chair because they believe that having an independent Chair:

increases the independent oversight of the Funds and enhances the Boards’ objective evaluation of the Chief Executive Officer;

allows the Chief Executive Officer to focus on the Funds’ operations instead of Board administration;

provides greater opportunities for direct and independent communication between shareholders and the Boards; and

provides independent spokespersons for the Funds.

The Boards have engaged BlackRock to manage the Funds on a day-to-day basis. Each Board is responsible for overseeing BlackRock, sub-advisers, other service providers, the operations of each Fund and associated risks in accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act, state law, other applicable laws, each Fund’s charter, and each Fund’s investment objective(s) and strategies. The Boards review, on an ongoing basis, the Funds’ performance, operations, and investment strategies and techniques. The Boards also conduct reviews of BlackRock and its role in running the operations of the Funds.

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Day-to-day risk management with respect to the Funds is the responsibility of BlackRock, sub-advisers, or other service providers (depending on the nature of the risk), subject to the supervision of BlackRock. The Funds are subject to a number of risks, including investment, compliance, operational and valuation risks, among others. While there are a number of risk management functions performed by BlackRock, sub-advisers, or other service providers, as applicable, it is not possible to eliminate all of the risks applicable to the Funds. Risk oversight is part of the Boards’ general oversight of the Funds and is addressed as part of various Board and Committee activities. The Boards, directly or through Committees, also review reports from, among others, management, the independent registered public accounting firms (each, an “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm”) for the Funds, BlackRock, and internal auditors for BlackRock or its affiliates, as appropriate, regarding risks faced by the Funds and management’s or the service providers’ risk functions. The Committee system facilitates the timely and efficient consideration of matters by the Board Members and facilitates effective oversight of compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and of the Funds’ activities and associated risks. The Boards have approved the appointment of a Chief Compliance Officer, who oversees the implementation and testing of the Funds’ compliance program and reports regularly to the Boards regarding compliance matters for the Funds and their service providers. The Independent Board Members have engaged independent legal counsel to assist them in performing their oversight responsibilities.

Compensation. Information relating to compensation paid to the Board Members for each Fund’s or Portfolio’s, as applicable, most recent fiscal year is set forth in Appendix D.

Equity Securities Owned by Board Members and Board Nominees. Information relating to the amount of equity securities owned by Board Members/Nominees in the Funds that they oversee or are nominated to oversee in the BlackRock Fund Complexes, as of July 31, 2023, is set forth in Appendix E.

Attendance of Board Members at Shareholders’ Meetings. None of the Funds currently has a formal policy regarding Board Members’ attendance at shareholders’ meetings. None of the Funds held, or were required to hold, a shareholders’ meeting at which Board Members were elected during its last fiscal year.

Board and Committee Meetings. Information relating to the number of times that the Boards and each Committee of the Boards met during each Fund’s or Portfolio’s, as applicable, most recent fiscal year is set forth in Appendix F. No incumbent Board Member attended less than 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of each Board and of each Committee on which the Board Member served during each Fund’s or Portfolio’s, as applicable, most recently completed fiscal year.

Standing Committees of the Boards. Information relating to the various standing committees of the Boards is set forth below.

The Board of each Fund has established the following standing committees for each Fund:

Audit Committee. The Board has a standing Audit Committee composed of Catherine A. Lynch (Chair), Frank J. Fabozzi, Lorenzo A. Flores and J. Phillip Holloman, all of whom are Independent Board Members. The principal responsibilities of the Audit Committee are to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities relating to the accounting and financial reporting policies and practices of each Fund. The Audit Committee’s responsibilities include, without limitation: (i) approving, and recommending to the full Board for approval, the selection, retention, termination and compensation of each Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and evaluating the independence and objectivity of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm;

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(ii) approving all audit engagement terms and fees for each Fund; (iii) reviewing the conduct and results of each audit; (iv) reviewing any issues raised by each Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm or management regarding the accounting or financial reporting policies and practices of each Fund, its internal controls, and, as appropriate, the internal controls of certain service providers and management’s response to any such issues; (v) reviewing and discussing each Fund’s audited and unaudited financial statements and disclosure in each Fund’s shareholder reports relating to each Fund’s performance; (vi) assisting the Board’s responsibilities with respect to the internal controls of each Fund and its service providers with respect to accounting and financial matters; and (vii) resolving any disagreements between each Fund’s management and each Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm regarding financial reporting. The Board has adopted a written charter for the Board’s Audit Committee, a copy of which is available at https://www.blackrock.com/us/individual/literature/investor-education/cef-joint-audit-committee-charter-usd-en-us.pdf.

Governance and Nominating Committee. The Board has a standing Governance and Nominating Committee composed of W. Carl Kester (Chair), Cynthia L. Egan, J. Phillip Holloman, R. Glenn Hubbard and Catherine A. Lynch, all of whom are Independent Board Members. The principal responsibilities of the Governance and Nominating Committee are: (i) identifying individuals qualified to serve as Independent Board Members and recommending Board nominees that are not “interested persons” of each Fund (as defined in the 1940 Act) for election by shareholders or appointment by the Board; (ii) advising the Board with respect to Board composition, procedures and Committees of the Board (other than the Audit Committee); (iii) overseeing periodic self-assessments of the Board and Committees of the Board (other than the Audit Committee); (iv) reviewing and making recommendations in respect to Independent Board Members compensation; (v) monitoring corporate governance matters and making recommendations in respect thereof to the Board; (vi) acting as the administrative committee with respect to Board policies and procedures, committee policies and procedures (other than the Audit Committee) and codes of ethics as they relate to the Independent Board Members; and (vii) reviewing and making recommendations to the Board in respect of Fund share ownership by the Independent Board Members. The Board has adopted a written charter for the Board’s Governance and Nominating Committee, a copy of which is available at https://www.blackrock.com/us/individual/literature/investor-education/cef-joint-governance-committee-charter-usd-en-us.pdf.

The Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board seeks to identify individuals to serve on the Board who have a diverse range of viewpoints, qualifications, experiences, backgrounds and skill sets so that the Board will be better suited to fulfill its responsibility of overseeing each Fund’s activities. In so doing, the Governance and Nominating Committee reviews the size of the Board, the ages of the current Board Members and their tenure on the Board, and the skills, background and experiences of the Board Members in light of the issues facing each Fund in determining whether one or more new directors or trustees should be added to the Board. The Board as a group strives to achieve diversity in terms of gender, race and geographic location. The Governance and Nominating Committee believes that the Board Members as a group possess the array of skills, experiences and backgrounds necessary to guide each Fund. The Board Members’ biographies included herein highlight the diversity and breadth of skills, qualifications and expertise that the Board Members bring to each Fund.

The Governance and Nominating Committee may consider nominations for Board Members made by the Funds’ shareholders as it deems appropriate. Under the Funds’ Bylaws, shareholders must follow certain procedures to nominate a person for election as a Board Member at a shareholder meeting at which Board Members are to be elected. Under these advance notice procedures for each Fund, except series of BlackRock ETF Trust II, shareholders must submit the proposed nominee by delivering a notice to the Secretary of the Funds at its principal executive

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offices no later than the close of business on the fifth (5th) day following the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the meeting was made, whichever first occurs. With respect to series of BlackRock ETF Trust II, shareholders must submit the proposed nominee by delivering a notice to the Secretary of the Fund at its principal executive offices no earlier than the 150th day prior to such meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the later of the 120th day prior to such meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of such meeting.

The Funds’ Bylaws provide that notice of a proposed nomination must include certain information about the shareholder and the nominee, as well as certain other information, including a written consent of the proposed nominee to serve if elected. Reference is made to the respective Funds’ Bylaws for more details.

Compliance Committee. The Board has a Compliance Committee composed of Cynthia L. Egan (Chair), Stayce D. Harris, R. Glenn Hubbard and W. Carl Kester, all of whom are Independent Board Members. The Compliance Committee’s purpose is to assist the Board in fulfilling its responsibility with respect to the oversight of regulatory and fiduciary compliance matters involving each Fund, the fund-related activities of BlackRock, and any sub-advisers and each Fund’s other third party service providers. The Compliance Committee’s responsibilities include, without limitation: (i) overseeing the compliance policies and procedures of each Fund and its service providers and recommending changes or additions to such policies and procedures; (ii) reviewing information on and, where appropriate, recommending policies concerning each Fund’s compliance with applicable law; (iii) reviewing information on any significant correspondence with or other actions by regulators or governmental agencies with respect to each Fund and any employee complaints or published reports that raise concerns regarding compliance matters; and (iv) reviewing reports from, overseeing the annual performance review of, and making certain recommendations in respect of, each Fund’s CCO, including, without limitation, determining the amount and structure of the CCO’s compensation. The Board has adopted a written charter for the Board’s Compliance Committee.

Performance Oversight Committee. The Board has a Performance Oversight Committee composed of Frank J. Fabozzi (Chair), Cynthia L. Egan, Lorenzo A. Flores, Stayce D. Harris, J. Phillip Holloman, R. Glenn Hubbard, W. Carl Kester and Catherine A. Lynch, all of whom are Independent Board Members. The Performance Oversight Committee’s purpose is to assist the Board in fulfilling its responsibility to oversee each Fund’s investment performance relative to each Fund’s investment objective, policies and practices. The Performance Oversight Committee’s responsibilities include, without limitation: (i) reviewing each Fund’s investment objective, policies and practices; (ii) recommending to the Board any required action in respect of changes in fundamental and non-fundamental investment restrictions; (iii) reviewing information on appropriate benchmarks and competitive universes; (iv) reviewing each Fund’s investment performance relative to such benchmarks; (v) reviewing information on unusual or exceptional investment matters; (vi) reviewing whether each Fund has complied with its investment policies and restrictions; and (vii) overseeing policies, procedures and controls regarding valuation of each Fund’s investments. The Board has adopted a written charter for the Board’s Performance Oversight Committee.

Executive Committee. The Board has an Executive Committee composed of R. Glenn Hubbard (Chair) and W. Carl Kester, both of whom are Independent Board Members, and John M. Perlowski, who serves as an interested Board Members. The principal responsibilities of the Executive Committee include, without limitation: (i) acting on routine matters between meetings of the Board; (ii) acting on such matters as may require urgent action between meetings of the Board; and (iii) exercising such other authority as may from time to time be delegated to the Executive Committee by the Board. The Board has adopted a written charter for the Board’s Executive Committee.

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Executive Officers of the Funds. Information about the current executive officers of each Fund, including their year of birth and their principal occupations during the past five years, is set forth in Appendix G.

Your Board unanimously recommends that you vote, or provide voting instructions, “FOR” the election of each Board Nominee under each applicable Proposal.

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VOTE REQUIRED AND MANNER OF VOTING PROXIES

For each Fund, a quorum of the shareholders of a Fund as a whole, including the shareholders of the Portfolios of the Fund, if any, is required to be present in person or represented by proxy, in order to take any action at the Meeting with respect to Proposal 1 as applicable to that particular Fund. The quorum requirement for each Fund is set forth in Appendix A.

The vote requirement for each Fund to elect Board Nominees is set forth in Appendix A. Votes on Proposal 1 will be tabulated on a Fund basis, such that the votes of Portfolios that are series of the same Fund will be voted together as a single class with respect to the election of the Board members of that Fund. Approval of Proposal 1 will occur only if a sufficient number of votes at the Meeting are cast “FOR” the proposal. Abstentions and “broker non-votes” will not be counted as votes cast and therefore, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as a vote against Proposal 1 for Funds (identified in Appendix A) which require a majority of the outstanding shares present, in person or by proxy. However, abstentions and broker non-votes will not have an effect on Proposal 1 for Funds that require a plurality or a majority of the votes cast. Broker non-votes occur when shares are held by brokers or nominees, typically in “street name,” as to which proxies have been returned but (a) voting instructions have not been received from the beneficial owners or persons entitled to vote and (b) the broker or nominee does not have discretionary voting power or elects not to exercise discretion on a particular matter. A vote requiring a plurality to elect Board Nominees for a Fund means that the Board Nominees receiving the largest number of votes cast will be elected to fill the available positions for that Fund.

The shareholders of each Fund organized as a Feeder Fund in a master/feeder structure (identified in Appendix B) where such Fund invests all or substantially all of its assets in a corresponding Master Fund or series of a corresponding Master Fund are also being asked, in Proposal 2 to provide voting instructions to such Feeder Fund with respect to the election of the Board Nominees of the corresponding Master Fund contemplated by Proposal 1.

Each Feeder Fund will vote its interests in the Master Fund in which it invests in accordance with the voting instructions received from the shareholders of the Feeder Fund and will vote interests in the Master Fund with respect to which it has not received voting instructions in the same proportion as the interests for which it has received instructions from other shareholders (this is called “proportional voting” or “echo voting”). The Feeder Funds do not require that a specified number of shareholders submit voting instructions before a Feeder Fund will vote its interests in the applicable Master Fund at the Meeting. Because each Feeder Fund will use proportional voting to vote its interests in its corresponding Master Fund, a small number of shareholders could determine how a Feeder Fund votes if other shareholders fail to vote. Please note that, as the Master Funds may have more than one Feeder Fund, it is possible that a matter may be approved by a Master Fund’s shareholders, even if it is not approved by a particular Feeder Fund’s shareholders.

If you hold your shares directly through the Fund (i.e., not through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee, or variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policy), and if you return a properly executed proxy card that does not specify how you wish to vote on Proposal 1, your shares will be voted and voting instructions will be submitted, as applicable, in accordance with the recommendations of the Boards “FOR” the Board Nominees in Proposal 1 and, if applicable, “FOR” the Board Nominees in Proposal 2.

The Funds expect that broker-dealer firms holding shares of a Fund in “street name” for the benefit of their customers and clients will request the instructions of such customers and clients

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on how to vote their shares on Proposal 1, and to submit voting instructions for Proposal 2, as applicable, before the Meeting. Under New York Stock Exchange rules, broker-dealer firms may, without instructions, give a proxy to vote on routine matters if no instructions have been received prior to the date specified in the broker-dealer firm’s request for voting instructions. If instructions are not received by the date specified in the broker-dealer firms’ proxy solicitation materials, broker-dealers may vote on Proposal 1, and submit voting instructions for Proposal 2, as applicable, on behalf of the broker-dealer firms’ customers and beneficial owners. A properly executed proxy card or voting instruction form or other authorization by a beneficial owner of Fund shares that does not specify how the beneficial owner’s shares should be voted on a proposal may be deemed an instruction to vote such shares in favor of such proposal.

Votes cast by proxy or in person at the Meeting will be tabulated by the inspector of election appointed for the Meeting. The inspector of election will determine whether or not a quorum is present at the Meeting. The inspector of election will treat withheld votes and broker non-votes, if any, as present for purposes of determining a quorum.

If you are a beneficial shareholder of a Fund (that is, if you hold shares of a Fund through a bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nominee (called a service agent)), the service agent may be the record holder of your shares. At the Meeting, a service agent will vote shares for which it receives instructions from its customers in accordance with those instructions. A properly executed proxy card or voting instruction form or other authorization by a shareholder that does not specify how the shareholder’s shares should be voted may be deemed to authorize a service provider to vote such shares in favor of Proposal 1 (and to submit voting instructions for Proposal 2, as applicable). Depending on its policies, applicable law or contractual or other restrictions, a service agent may be permitted to vote shares with respect to which it has not received specific voting instructions from its customers. In those cases, the service agent may, but is not required to, vote such shares in the same proportion as those shares for which the service agent has received voting instructions. This practice is commonly referred to as “echo voting.”

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INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board Members, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, of each Fund, have selected Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”) or PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”), as applicable, as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for each Fund and, if applicable, its Portfolios, as indicated on Appendix H.

No representatives of D&T or PwC will be present at the Meeting.

Appendix H sets forth for each Fund the fees billed by that Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the two most recent fiscal years for all audit, non-audit, tax and all other services provided directly to the Fund. The fee information in Appendix H is presented under the following captions:

(a)    Audit Fees—fees related to the audit and review of the financial statements included in annual reports and registration statements, and other services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements, including out-of-pocket expenses.

(b)    Audit-Related Fees—fees related to assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of financial statements, but not reported under “Audit Fees,” including accounting consultations, agreed-upon procedure reports, attestation reports, comfort letters and internal control reviews not required by regulators.

(c)    Tax Fees—fees associated with tax compliance and/or tax preparation, tax advice and tax planning, as applicable. Tax compliance and preparation include services such as the filing or amendment of federal, state or local income tax returns, and services relating to regulated investment company qualification reviews, taxable income and tax distribution calculations. All of the fees included under “Tax Fees” in Appendix H relate solely to services provided for tax compliance and/or tax preparation, and none of such fees relates to tax advice, tax planning or tax consulting.

(d)    All Other Fees—fees for products and services provided to the Fund other than those reported under “Audit Fees,” “Audit-Related Fees” and “Tax Fees.”

Each Fund’s Audit Committee is required to approve all audit engagement fees and terms for the Fund and, if applicable, its Portfolios. Each Fund’s Audit Committee also is required to consider and act upon (i) the provision by the Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of any non-audit services to the Fund, and (ii) the provision by the Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of non-audit services to BlackRock and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with BlackRock that provides ongoing services to the Fund (“Affiliated Service Providers”) to the extent that such approval (in the case of this clause (ii)) is required under applicable regulations of the SEC. See Appendix H to this Proxy Statement for information about the fees paid by the Funds, their investment advisers, and Affiliated Service Providers to each Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

The Audit Committee of each Fund complies with applicable laws and regulations with regard to the pre-approval of services. Audit, audit-related and tax compliance services provided to a Fund and, if applicable, its Portfolios on an annual basis require specific pre-approval by the Fund’s Audit Committee. As noted above, each Fund’s Audit Committee must also approve other non-audit services provided by the Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm to the Fund and, if applicable, its Portfolios and to the Fund’s and, if applicable, its Portfolios’ investment

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advisers and Affiliated Service Providers that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. Each Fund’s Audit Committee has implemented policies and procedures by which such services may be approved other than by the full Audit Committee. Subject to such policies and procedures, including applicable dollar limitations, each Fund’s Audit Committee may pre-approve, without consideration on a specific case-by-case basis (“general pre-approval”), certain permissible non-audit services that the Audit 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 Registered Public Accounting Firm.

Each service approved subject to general pre-approval is presented to each Fund’s Audit Committee for ratification at the next regularly scheduled in-person Board meeting.

For each Fund’s two most recently completed fiscal years, there were no services rendered by D&T or PwC, as applicable, to the Funds for which the general pre-approval requirement was waived.

Each Fund’s Audit Committee has considered the provision of non-audit services that were rendered by D&T or PwC, as applicable, to the Fund’s Affiliated Service Providers in connection with determining such auditor’s independence. All services provided by D&T or PWC, as applicable, to each Fund and, if applicable, its Portfolios and each Fund’s and, if applicable, its Portfolios’ Affiliated Service Providers that required pre-approval were pre-approved during the Fund’s and, if applicable, its Portfolios’ most recently completed fiscal year.

The Audit Committee of each Fund currently consists of the following Board Members, all of whom are Independent Board Members:

Catherine A. Lynch (Chair)

Frank J. Fabozzi

Lorenzo A. Flores

J. Phillip Holloman

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Investment Manager, Sub-Advisers and Administrators

The investment manager, sub-adviser(s), if any, and administrator(s), if any, of each Fund are identified in Appendix I.

5% Share Ownership

As of September 11, 2023, to the best of each Fund’s knowledge, the persons listed in Appendix J owned more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the class of such Fund indicated.

Submission of Shareholder Proposals

The Funds do not hold annual meetings of shareholders. A shareholder proposal intended to be included in a proxy statement for a future meeting of shareholders of a Fund must be received at the offices of the Fund, 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001, a reasonable time before the Fund begins to print and mail its proxy materials. Timely submission of a proposal does not guarantee that such proposal will be included in a proxy statement or presented at the meeting. A shareholder proposal may be presented at a meeting of shareholders only if such proposal

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concerns a matter that may be properly brought before the meeting under applicable federal proxy rules, state law and the applicable Fund’s governing instruments. The persons named as proxies in future proxy materials of a Fund may exercise discretionary authority with respect to any shareholder proposal presented at any subsequent shareholder meeting if written notice of such proposal has not been received by that Fund a reasonable period of time before the Board Members’ solicitation relating to such meeting is made.

Shareholder Communications

Shareholders who want to communicate with the Board or any individual Board Member should to the attention of the Secretary of their Fund, 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. The communication should indicate that you are a Fund shareholder. The communication should indicate that you are a Fund shareholder. If the communication is intended for a specific Board Member and so indicates, it will be sent only to that Board Member. If a communication does not indicate a specific Board Member, it will be sent to the Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee and the outside counsel to the Independent Board Members for further distribution as deemed appropriate by such persons.

Additionally, shareholders with complaints or concerns regarding accounting matters may address letters to the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer, 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. Shareholders who are uncomfortable submitting complaints to the CCO may address letters directly to the Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board that oversees the Fund. Such letters may be submitted on an anonymous basis.

Expense of Proxy Solicitation

Each Fund will bear the costs associated with the joint proxy statement, including the preparation, printing, distribution and proxy solicitation costs, and additional out-of-pocket costs, such as legal expenses and auditor fees, incurred in connection with the preparation of the joint proxy statement. Costs that are borne by the Funds collectively will be allocated among the Funds on the basis of a combination of their respective net assets and number of shareholder accounts, except when direct costs can be reasonably attributed to one or more specific Fund(s).

Voting your shares immediately will help minimize additional solicitation expenses and prevent the need to call you to solicit your vote.

Solicitation may be made by mail, telephone, fax, e-mail or the Internet by officers or employees of BlackRock, or by dealers and their representatives. Brokerage houses, banks and other fiduciaries may be requested to forward proxy solicitation material to their principals to obtain authorization for the execution of proxies. The Funds will reimburse brokerage firms, custodians, banks and fiduciaries for their expenses in forwarding this Proxy Statement and proxy materials to the beneficial owners of each Fund’s shares. The Funds have retained Computershare Fund Services, located at PO Box 5696, Hauppauge, NY 11788-2847, a proxy solicitation firm, to assist in the distribution of proxy materials and the solicitation and tabulation of proxies on behalf of the Funds, the funds in the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex that are designed for sale through insurance company separate accounts (collectively, the “Insurance Funds”) and BlackRock Hedge Fund Guided Portfolio Solution (“GPS”), a closed-end management investment company registered under the 1940 Act that is part of the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex. It is anticipated that Computershare will be paid, in the aggregate, approximately $368,000 for such services (including reimbursements of out-of-pocket expenses), of which approximately $223,000 will be payable by the Funds. Computershare may solicit proxies personally and by mail, telephone, fax, e-mail or the Internet. Each Fund’s portion of the foregoing expenses is not subject to any cap or voluntary agreement to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses that may otherwise apply to that Fund.

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General

Management does not intend to present and does not have reason to believe that any items of business other than voting with respect to Proposal 1 will be presented at the Meeting. However, if other matters are properly presented at the Meeting for a vote, the proxies will be voted by the persons named in the enclosed proxy upon such matters in accordance with their judgment of what is in the best interests of the Funds.

A list of each Fund’s shareholders of record as of the Record Date will be available electronically for inspection at the Meeting upon request. For Funds organized as a Delaware Trust, a list of shareholders of each Fund as of the Record Date will be available for inspection at the offices of the Fund, 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809, beginning ten days prior to the date of the Meeting.

The Meeting as to any Fund may be adjourned from time to time for any reason whatsoever by vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present (in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Meeting) of such Fund, or by the chairman of the Meeting, whether or not a quorum is present. Such authority to adjourn the Meeting may be used in the event that a quorum is not present at the Meeting, or in the event that a quorum is present but sufficient votes have not been received to approve a Proposal, or for any other reason consistent with applicable state law and each Fund’s Bylaws, including to allow for the further solicitation of proxies. Any adjournment may be made with respect to any business which might have been transacted at the Meeting, and any adjournment will not delay or otherwise affect the effectiveness and validity of any business transacted at the Meeting prior to adjournment. The persons designated as proxies may use their discretionary authority to vote as instructed by management of the Funds on questions of adjournment and on any other proposals raised at the Meeting to the extent permitted by the SEC’s proxy rules, including proposals for which management of such Funds did not have timely notice, as set forth in the SEC’s proxy rules.

Please vote promptly by signing and dating each enclosed proxy card or voting instruction form, and returning it (them) in the accompanying postage-paid return envelope OR by following the instructions on the enclosed proxy card(s) or voting instruction form(s) to vote by telephone or via the Internet.

By Order of the Boards,

Janey Ahn

Secretary of the Funds

September 18, 2023

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Appendix A – Fund Information/Quorum and Voting Requirements

The following table lists (i) each Fund, (ii) the Portfolios, if any, of each Fund, (iii) the form of organization of each Fund, (iv)(iii) the voting rights of shares of/interests in each Fund, (v)(iv) the quorum requirement for each Fund and (vi)(v) the vote required to approve Proposals 1(a) or 1(b), as applicable,Proposal 1 with respect to each Fund. The Funds are listed in bold type. Portfolios that are series of a Fund are listed in italics under the name of the Fund. References to “shares” mean (i) if the Fund is organized as a trust, the units of beneficial interest of the Fund, (ii) if the Fund is organized as a corporation, the shares of stock of the Fund and (iii) if the Fund is organized as a limited liability company, the limited liability company interests of the Fund.

 

Group A Funds

FundFund/Portfolio1

  

Form of


Organization

  

Voting Rights

  

Quorum
Requirement

  

Vote Required to
Approve Proposal 1(a)132

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

Maryland
Corporation
Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders ofone-third of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the votes cast

BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc.

Maryland
Corporation
Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the votes cast

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

Maryland
Corporation
Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the votes cast

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

Maryland
Corporation
Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the votes cast

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.

Maryland
Corporation
Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders ofone-third of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the votes cast

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund2

Massachusetts
Trust
Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy

Fund1

Form of

Organization

Voting Rights

Quorum
Requirement

Vote Required to
Approve Proposal 1(a)3

BlackRock EuroFund2

Massachusetts
Trust
Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.

Maryland
Corporation
Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders ofone-third of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the votes cast

BlackRock Funds II

Massachusetts
Trust
Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA plurality of shares voted

BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund

BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund

BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund

BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund

BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio

BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio

BlackRock LifePath® Smart Beta 2020 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Smart Beta 2025 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Smart Beta 2030 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2035 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Smart Beta 2040 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2045 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2050 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2055 Fund

Fund1

Form of

Organization

Voting Rights

Quorum
Requirement

Vote Required to
Approve Proposal 1(a)3

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2060 Fund

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta Retirement Fund

BlackRock Managed Income Fund

BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

Maryland
Corporation
Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the votes cast

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

Delaware
Trust
Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA plurality of shares voted

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Series, Inc.

Maryland
Corporation
Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders ofone-third of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the votes cast

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Fund

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust2

Massachusetts
Trust
Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy

FDP Series, Inc.

Maryland
Corporation
Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders ofone-third of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the votes cast

FDP BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

FDP BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

FDP BlackRock International Fund

Fund1

Form of

Organization

Voting Rights

Quorum
Requirement

Vote Required to
Approve Proposal 1(a)3

Managed Account Series

Delaware
Trust
Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA plurality of shares voted

Advantage Global SmallCap Fund

BlackRock GA Disciplined Volatility Equity Fund

BlackRock GA Enhanced Equity Fund

Mid Cap Dividend Fund

Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC2

Delaware LLCEach holder of an interest shall be entitled to a vote proportionate to its interest as recorded on the books of the FundHolders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy

Master Focus Growth LLC2

Delaware LLCEach holder of an interest shall be entitled to a vote proportionate to its interest as recorded on the books of the FundHolders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy

1

The Portfolios of series Funds are set forth below the name of the applicable Fund.

2

Denotes Funds in which abstentions and brokernon-votes will be counted for purposes of determining a quorum, but will not be counted as votes cast and will have the same effect as a vote against Proposal 1(a).

3

The quorum requirement for a Portfolio of any Fund is the same as that listed for that Fund. However, when applying such quorum requirement to a Fund for purposes of Proposal 1(a), the quorum requirement applies to all shareholders of the Fund as a whole. The approval of the shareholders of all Portfolios that are series of the Fund voting together is required.

Group B Funds

Fund1

Form of
Organization

Voting Rights

Quorum
Requirement

Vote Required to
Approve Proposal 1(b)3

BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

  Delaware Trust  Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fraction  Holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy  Plurality of shares entitled to vote

BATS: Series A Portfolio

        

BATS: Series C Portfolio

        

BATS: Series E Portfolio

        

BATS: Series M Portfolio

        

BATS: Series P Portfolio

        

BATS: Series S Portfolio

        

Fund1BATS: Series V Portfolio

  

Form of
Organization

  

Voting Rights

  

Quorum
Requirement

  

Vote Required to
Approve Proposal 1(b)3

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

  Maryland
Corporation
  Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fraction  Holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy  A majority of the votes cast

BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund

        

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust2

Massachusetts
Trust
Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy

BlackRock California Municipal OpportunitiesTotal Return Fund

BlackRock Funds V

Massachusetts
Trust
Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA plurality of shares voted

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Credit Strategies Income Fund

BlackRock Emerging Markets Bond Fund

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio

        

A-1


FundFund/Portfolio1

  

Form of
Organization

  

Voting Rights

  

Quorum
Requirement

  

Vote Required to
Approve Proposal 1(b)132

BlackRock Multi-StateCalifornia Municipal Series Trust2

  Massachusetts Trust  Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fraction  Holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy  A majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy

BlackRock New JerseyCalifornia Municipal BondOpportunities Fund

BlackRock ETF Trust IIDelaware TrustEach whole share shall be entitled to one vote as to any matter on which it is entitled to vote, and each fractional share shall be entitled to a proportionate fractional voteHolders of one-third of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA plurality of shares voted

BlackRock AAA CLO ETF

        

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities FundFlexible Income ETF

        

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond FundFloating Rate Loan ETF

        

BlackRock MunicipalHigh Yield Muni Income Bond Fund, Inc.ETF

  Maryland

BlackRock Intermediate Muni Income Bond ETF

BlackRock Short-Term California Muni Bond ETF

iShares Large Cap Deep Buffer ETF

iShares Large Cap Moderate Buffer ETF

A-2


Fund/Portfolio1

Form of
CorporationOrganization

Voting Rights

Quorum
Requirement

Vote Required to
Approve Proposal 12

BlackRock Funds IVMassachusetts Trust  Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fraction  Holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy  A majorityplurality of the votes castshares voted

BlackRock High Yield MunicipalGlobal Long/Short Credit Fund

        

BlackRock National MunicipalSustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

        

BlackRock Short-Term MunicipalSystematic Multi-Strategy Fund

BlackRock Funds VMassachusetts TrustEach full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA plurality of shares voted

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

        

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund

BlackRock Income Fund

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

A-3


Fund/Portfolio1

Form of
Organization

Voting Rights

Quorum
Requirement

Vote Required to
Approve Proposal 12

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Fund

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund

BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund

BlackRock Sustainable Low Duration Bond Fund

BlackRock Funds VIDelaware TrustEach share shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote for each dollar (and each fractional dollar thereof) of Net Asset Value (number of shares owned times Net Asset Value per share) of shares outstanding in such holders name on the books of the trustHolders of one-third of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA plurality of shares voted

BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust2

  Massachusetts
Trust
  Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fraction  Holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy  A majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy

BlackRock StrategicNew Jersey Municipal OpportunitiesBond Fund

        

BlackRock Strategic GlobalNew York Municipal Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

A-4


Fund/Portfolio1

Form of
Organization

Voting Rights

Quorum
Requirement

Vote Required to
Approve Proposal 12

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

  Maryland
Corporation
  Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fraction  Holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy  A majority of the votes cast

FDP Series II, Inc.BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

  

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

BlackRock Municipal Series TrustMassachusetts TrustEach full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fractionHolders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.Maryland
Corporation
  Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fraction  Holders ofone-third a majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy  A majority of the votes cast

FDP BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund

Managed Account Series II

  Delaware Trust  Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fraction  Holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy  A plurality of shares voted

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

        

A-5


FundFund/Portfolio1

  

Form of
Organization

  

Voting Rights

  

Quorum
Requirement

  

Vote Required to
Approve Proposal 1(b)132

Master Bond LLC

  Delaware LLC  Each full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fraction  Holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy  A plurality of shares voted

Master Total Return Portfolio

Master Total ReturnInvestment Portfolio II

Delaware TrustThe interestholder shall be entitled to a vote in proportion to its interest relative to total outstanding interest in the trust or the affected series or class, as the case may beHolders of thirty percent of outstanding interestsA majority of shares voted

Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

        

 

1  

The Portfolios of series Funds are set forth below the name of the applicable Fund.

2  

Denotes Funds in which abstentions and brokernon-votes will be counted for purposes of determining a quorum, but will not be counted as votes cast and will have the same effect as a vote against Proposal 1(b).

3

The quorum requirement for a series of any Fund is the same as that listed for that Fund. However, when applying such quorum requirement to a Fund for purposes of Proposal 1(b),1, the quorum requirement applies to all shareholders of the Fund as a whole. The approval of the shareholders of all relevant FundsPortfolios that are series of the applicable Fund voting together is required.

A-6


Appendix B – Master/Feeder Structures

The following chart identifies the Funds and Portfolios that are organized in master/feeder structures:

 

Master Fund1

  

Feeder Fund(s)Fund1

Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC

BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc.

Master Bond LLC

Master Total Return Portfolio

  

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Total Return Fund

Master Focus Growth LLCInvestment Portfolio II

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.

Appendix C – Additional Information for Balanced Capital Fund’s Shareholders Relating to the Election of Nominees to the Board of Directors of

Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Master Large Cap Series LLC

Proposal to Elect Nominees to the Board of Directors of Master Large Cap Series LLC

In Proposal 3(a) described in this Proxy Statement, shareholders of Balanced Capital Fund are being asked to submit voting instructions to Balanced Capital Fund with respect to how Balanced Capital Fund, as a beneficial owner of Master Large Cap Series LLC (“Master Large Cap”), should vote in the election of nominees to the board of directors of Master Large Cap (the “Master Large Cap Board”). Balanced Capital Fund invests in Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio a series of Master Large Cap.

Master Large Cap is an Equity-Liquidity Fund and is seeking votes from its shareholders (i.e., Balanced Capital Fund and any other funds that invest in series of Master Large Cap) in a separate proxy statement (the “Equity-Liquidity Proxy Statement”), which is available on the EDGAR Database on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s website atwww.sec.gov.

The Notice of Joint Special Meetings of Shareholders of the Equity-Liquidity Funds in the Equity-Liquidity Proxy Statement sets forth the following proposal pursuant to which Balanced Capital Fund will vote as a shareholder of Master Large Cap:

PROPOSAL 1(a)

To elect fifteen Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of the Group A Funds.

For purposes of the Equity-Liquidity Proxy Statement, Master Large Cap is categorized as a “Group A Fund.”

The nominees to the Master Large Cap Board are the same fifteen individuals nominated for election to the Boards of the Group A Funds described in this Proxy Statement. Accordingly, shareholders of Balanced Capital Fund may refer to the information relating to the Board II Nominees (i.e., the Board Nominees to the Boards of the Group A Funds) in providing voting instructions to Balanced Capital Fund as contemplated by Proposal 3(a) in this Proxy Statement.

Additional Information Regarding Master Large Cap and its Series

The following information regarding Master Large Cap and its series, including Master Advantage Large Core Portfolio, has been provided to Balanced Capital Fund, as a shareholder of Master Large Cap, in the Equity-Liquidity Proxy Statement.

Fund Information/Quorum and Voting Requirements

Fund1

  

Form of
Organization

Voting Rights

Quorum Requirement

Vote
Required to
Approve
Proposal 1(a) as
set forth in
Equity-Liquidity
Proxy Statement3

Master Large Cap Series LLC2

Delaware LLCEach holder of an interest in a series shall be entitled to a vote proportionate to its interest in the Fund.Holders of a majority of the interests entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the interests present at the Meeting
BlackRock Funds VI

Fund1

Form of
Organization

Voting Rights

Quorum Requirement

Vote
Required to
Approve
Proposal 1(a) as
set forth in
Equity-Liquidity
Proxy Statement3

Series

MasterBlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core PortfolioCoreAlpha Bond Fund

Master Advantage Large Cap Value Portfolio

Master Large Cap Focus Growth Portfolio

 

1  

The Portfolios of series of Master Large CapFunds are set forth below the name of the fund.

2

Denotes fund in which abstentions and brokernon-votes will be counted for purposes of determining a quorum, but will not be counted as votes cast and will have the same effect as a vote against Proposal 1(a) as set forth in the Equity-Liquidity Proxy Statement.

3

The quorum requirement for a series of Master Large Cap is the same as that listed for Master Large Cap. However, when applying such quorum requirement to the Fund for purposes of Proposal 1(a) set forth in the Equity-Liquidity Proxy Statement, the quorum requirement applies to all shareholders of Master Large Cap as a whole. The approval of the shareholders of all series of Master Large Cap voting together is required.

applicable Fund.

 

Shares Outstanding/VotesB-1

Fund/Portfolio

Number of

Votes

Master Large Cap Series LLC

Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

3,101,341,429.00

Master Advantage Large Cap Value Portfolio

656,477,671.00

Master Large Cap Focus Growth Portfolio

835,562,649.00

Existing Members of the Master Large Cap Board Not SeekingRe-Election

Certain biographical and other information relating to the existing members of the Master Large Cap Board who are not seekingre-election as a result of their retirement is set forth below. The terms of the existing members of the Master Large Cap Board listed below will end on December 31, 2018.

Name and
Year of Birth1, 2

Current
Position(s)
Held

(Length of
Service)3

Principal Occupation(s) During Past
Five Years

Number of
BlackRock-Advised
Registered
Investment
Companies (“RICs”)
Consisting of
Investment
Portfolios
(“Portfolios”)
Overseen

Public Company
and Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held During Past
Five Years

Independent Master Large Cap Board Members

Rodney D. Johnson
1941

Chair of the Existing Master Large Cap Board and Board Member

(Since 2007)

President, Fairmount Capital Advisors, Inc. from 1987 to 2013; Member of the Archdiocesan Investment Committee of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from 2004 to 2012; Director, The Committee of Seventy (civic) from 2006 to 2012; Director, Fox Chase Cancer Center from 2004 to 2011; Director, The Mainstay(non-profit) since 2016.28 RICs consisting of 141 PortfoliosNone

Name and
Year of Birth1, 2

Current
Position(s)
Held

(Length of
Service)3

Principal Occupation(s) During Past
Five Years

Number of
BlackRock-Advised
Registered
Investment
Companies (“RICs”)
Consisting of
Investment
Portfolios
(“Portfolios”)
Overseen

Public Company
and Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held During Past
Five Years

Robert C. Robb, Jr.4
1945
Master Large Cap Board Member (Since 2007)Partner, Lewis, Eckert, Robb and Company (management and financial consulting firm) since 1981 and Principal since 2010.28 RICs consisting of 141 PortfoliosNone
Frederick W. Winter4
1945
Master Large Cap Board Member (Since 2007)Director, Alkon Corporation since 1992; Dean Emeritus of the Joseph M. Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Dean and Professor from 1997 to 2005, Professor until 2013.28 RICs consisting of 141 PortfoliosNone

1

The address of each Existing Board Member is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055.

2

Members of the Master Large Cap Board who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of Master Large Cap (“Independent Master Large Cap Board Members”) serve until their resignation, retirement, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 75. The Board may determine to extend the terms of Independent Master Large Cap Board Members on acase-by-case basis, as appropriate. The Board has approved extending the mandatory retirement age for Rodney D. Johnson until December 31, 2018.

3

Date shown is the earliest date since which an Existing Board Member has served for a Fund covered by this Proxy Statement. Following the combination of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and BlackRock, Inc. 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 Existing Board Members as joining the Boards in 2007, those Existing Board Members first became members of the boards of other legacy MLIM or legacy BlackRock funds as follows: Rodney D. Johnson, 1995; Robert C. Robb, Jr., 1999 and Frederick W. Winter, 1999.

4

Messrs. Robb and Winter are expected to serve as consultants to the Independent Board Members of each Group A Fund. Messrs. Robb and Winter are not Nominees and shareholders are not being asked to elect them to the Board of each Group A Fund. It is anticipated that Messrs. Robb and Winter will each serve as a consultant to the Independent Board Members of each Group A Fund through the end of the calendar year in which they turn 75 years old.

The table below discusses some of the experiences, qualifications and skills of each of the existing members of the Master Large Cap Board who are not seekingre-election as a result of their retirement.

Existing Board
Members

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Independent Master Large Cap Board Members

Rodney D. Johnson

Rodney D. Johnson has served for over 20 years on the boards of registered investment companies, most recently as a member of the boards of the funds in the Equity-Liquidity Complex and its predecessor funds, including the legacy BlackRock funds. He has over 25 years of experience as a financial advisor covering a range of engagements, which has broadened his knowledge of and experience with the investment management business. Prior to founding Fairmount Capital Advisors, Inc., Mr. Johnson served as Chief Financial Officer of Temple University for four years. He served as Director of Finance and Managing Director, in addition to a variety of other roles, for the City of Philadelphia, and has extensive experience in municipal finance. Mr. Johnson was also a tenured associate professor of finance at Temple University and a research economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

Existing Board
Members

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Robert C. Robb, Jr.

Robert C. Robb, Jr. has served for over 15 years on the boards of registered investment companies, most recently as a member of the boards of the funds in the Equity-Liquidity Complex and its predecessor funds, including the legacy BlackRock funds. Mr. Robb has over 30 years of experience in management consulting and has worked with many companies and business associations located throughout the United States, including being a former director of PNC Bank Board and a former director of Brinks, Inc. Mr. Robb brings to the Board a wealth of practical business experience across a range of industries.

Frederick W. Winter

Frederick W. Winter has served for over 15 years on the boards of registered investment companies, most recently as a member of the boards of the funds in the Equity-Liquidity Complex and its predecessor funds, including the legacy BlackRock funds. The Board benefits from Mr. Winter’s years of academic experience, having served as a professor and dean emeritus of the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh since 2005, and dean thereof from 1997 to 2005. He is widely regarded as a specialist in marketing strategy, marketing management,business-to-business marketing and services marketing. He has also served as a consultant to more than 50 different firms.

Master Large Cap Board Leadership Structure and Oversight

The Master Large Cap Board (which, for purposes of this section, may be referred to as the “Board”) currently consists of thirteen members, eleven of whom are Independent Master Large Cap Board Members. The investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act that are advised by BlackRock or its affiliates are organized into one complex ofclosed-end funds, two complexes ofopen-end funds (the Equity-Bond Complex and the Equity-Liquidity Complex) and one complex of exchange-traded funds (each, a “BlackRock Fund Complex”). Master Large Cap (which, for purposes of this section, may be referred to as the “Fund”) currently is included in the Equity-Liquidity Complex.

The Master Large Cap Board has overall responsibility for the oversight of Master Large Cap. The Chair of the Board is an Independent Master Large Cap Board Member, and the Chair of each Board committee (each, a “Committee”) is an Independent Master Large Cap Board Member. The Board has five standing Committees: an Audit Committee, a Governance and Nominating Committee (defined, for purposes of this section, as the “Governance Committee”), a Compliance Committee, a Performance Oversight and Contract Committee and an Executive Committee. The Board does not have a compensation committee because the executive officers of the Fund, other than the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”), do not receive any direct compensation from the Fund and the CCO’s compensation is comprehensively reviewed by the Board. The role of the Chair of the Board is to preside at all meetings of the Board, and to act as a liaison with service providers, officers, attorneys, and other Board Members between meetings. The Chair of each Committee performs a similar role with respect to the Committee. The Chair of the Board or the Chair of a Committee may also perform such other functions as may be delegated by the Board or the Committees from time to time. The Independent Master Large Cap Board Members meet regularly outside the presence of Fund management, in executive session or with other service providers to the Fund. The Board has regular in person meetings five times a year, including a meeting to consider the approval of the Fund’s investment management agreements, and if necessary, may hold special meetings before the next regular meeting. Each Committee of the

Board meets regularly to conduct the oversight functions delegated to that Committee by the Board and reports its findings to the Board. The Board and each standing Committee conducts annual assessments of their oversight function and structure. The Board has determined that the Board’s leadership structure is appropriate because it allows the Board to exercise independent judgment over management and to allocate areas of responsibility among Committees and the full Board to enhance effective oversight.

The Master Large Cap Board has engaged BlackRock to manage the Fund series on aday-to-day basis. The Board is responsible for overseeing BlackRock, other service providers, the operations of the Fund and associated risks in accordance with the provisions of the Investment Company Act, state law, other applicable laws, the Fund’s charter, and the Fund’s investment objective(s) and strategies. The Board reviews, on an ongoing basis, the Fund’s performance, operations, and investment strategies and techniques. The Board also conducts reviews of BlackRock and its role in running the operations of the Fund.

Day-to-day risk management with respect to the Fund is the responsibility of BlackRock or other service providers (depending on the nature of the risk), subject to the supervision of BlackRock. The Fund is subject to a number of risks, including investment, compliance, operational and valuation risks, among others. While there are a number of risk management functions performed by BlackRock or other service providers, as applicable, it is not possible to eliminate all of the risks applicable to the Fund. Risk oversight is part of the Master Large Cap Board’s general oversight of the Fund and is addressed as part of various Board and Committee activities. The Board, directly or through Committees, also reviews reports from, among others, management, the independent registered public accounting firm (the “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm”) for the Fund, BlackRock, and internal auditors for BlackRock or its affiliates, as appropriate, regarding risks faced by the Fund and management’s or the service provider’s risk functions. The Committee system facilitates the timely and efficient consideration of matters by the members of the Board and facilitates effective oversight of compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and of the Fund’s activities and associated risks. The Board has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer of the Fund, who oversees the implementation and testing of the Fund’s compliance program and reports regularly to the Board regarding compliance matters for the Fund and its service providers. The Independent Master Large Cap Board Members have engaged independent legal counsel to assist them in performing their oversight responsibilities.

Compensation. Information relating to compensation paid to the members of the Master Large Cap Board for the Fund’s most recent fiscal year is set forth below:

Existing Master Large Cap Board Members SeekingRe-election

Fund/Portfolio

 Susan J.
Carter
  Collette
Chilton
  Neil A.
Cotty
  Cynthia A.
Montgomery
  Joseph P.
Platt
  Mark
Stalnecker
  Kenneth
L. Urish
  Claire A.
Walton
 

Master Large Cap Series LLC

        

Master AdvantageLarge Cap CorePortfolio

 $4,643  $4,585  $4,643  $4,769  $4,692  $5,063  $4,895  $4,643 

Master AdvantageLarge Cap ValuePortfolio

 $1,904  $1,846  $1,904  $1,937  $1,861  $2,005  $1,971  $1,904 

Master Large CapFocus Growth Portfolio

 $2,265  $2,208  $2,265  $2,311  $2,234  $2,357  $2,357  $2,265 

Existing Master Large Cap Board Members Not SeekingRe-election

Fund/Portfolio

  Rodney D.
Johnson
   Robert C.
Robb, Jr.
   Frederick
W. Winter
 

Master Large Cap Series LLC

      

Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

  $6,002   $4,739   $4,662 

Master Advantage Large Cap Value Portfolio

  $2,335   $2,000   $1,923 

Master Large Cap Focus Growth Portfolio

  $2,820   $2,361   $2,284 

Equity Securities Owned by Board Members and Board Nominees. As of August 1, 2018, the members of, and nominees to, the Master Large Cap Board did not own any shares of beneficial interest in Master Large Cap. As of August 1, 2018, each existing member of, and nominee to, the Master Large Cap Board owned in the aggregate over $100,000 of equity securities in all funds overseen or to be overseen by the existing member of, or nominee to, the Master Large Cap Board in the BlackRock Fund Complexes.

Attendance of Board Members at Shareholders’ Meetings. Master Large Cap does not currently have a formal policy regarding directors’ attendance at shareholders’ meetings. Master Large Cap did not hold, nor was it required to hold, a shareholders’ meeting at which directors were elected during its last fiscal year.

Board Meetings. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018, the Master Large Cap Board met seven times.

No incumbent member of the Master Large Cap Board attended less than 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board and of each Committee on which the member of the Master Large Cap Board served during the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year.

Standing Committees of the Board. Information relating to the various standing committees of the Master Large Cap Board is set forth below.

The existing Master Large Cap Board has established the following standing committees for the Fund.

Audit Committee. The principal responsibilities of the Audit Committee are to approve, and recommend to the full Board for approval, the selection, retention, termination and compensation of the Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and to oversee the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s work. The Audit Committee’s responsibilities include, without limitation, to (1) evaluate the qualifications and independence of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm; (2) approve all audit engagement terms and fees for the Fund; (3) review the conduct and results of each independent audit of the Fund’s annual financial statements; (4) review any issues raised by the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm or Fund management regarding the accounting or financial reporting policies and practices of the Fund and the internal controls of the Fund and certain service providers; (5) oversee the performance of the Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm; (6) review and discuss with management and the Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm the performance and findings of the Fund’s internal auditors; (7) discuss with Fund management its policies regarding risk assessment and risk management as such matters relate to the Fund’s financial reporting and controls; (8) resolve any disagreements between Fund management and the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm regarding financial reporting; and (9) undertake such other duties and responsibilities as may from time to time be delegated by the Board to the Audit Committee. The Board has adopted a written charter for the Audit Committee, a copy of which is available athttps://www.blackrock.com/investing/literature/shareholder-letters/eb-el-open-end-funds-audit-committee-charters.pdf.

The Audit Committee of Master Large Cap met four times during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018.

The current members of Master Large Cap’s Audit Committee, all of whom are Independent Master Large Cap Board Members, are as follows:

Kenneth L. Urish (Chair)

Neil A. Cotty

Claire A. Walton

Frederick W. Winter

Effective January 1, 2019, it is anticipated that Henry R. Keizer will serve as Chair of the Audit Committee of Master Large Cap, subject to shareholder election of the nominees to the Master Large Cap Board.

Governance and Nominating Committee. The principal responsibilities of the Governance Committee are to (1) identify individuals qualified to serve as Independent Board Members of the Fund and recommend Independent Board Member nominees for election by shareholders or appointment by the Board; (2) advise the Board with respect to Board composition, procedures and committees (other than the Audit Committee); (3) oversee periodic self-assessments of the Board and committees of the Board (other than the Audit Committee); (4) review and make recommendations regarding Independent Board Member compensation; (5) monitor corporate governance matters and develop appropriate recommendations to the Board; (6) act as the administrative committee with respect to Board policies and procedures, committee policies and procedures (other than the Audit Committee) and codes of ethics as they relate to Independent Board Members; and (7) undertake such other duties and responsibilities as may from time to time be delegated by the Board to the Governance Committee. The Governance Committee of the Board may consider nominations for the office of Board Member made by Fund shareholders as it deems appropriate. The Governance Committee may consider nominees recommended by a shareholder. Fund shareholders who wish to recommend a nominee to the Governance Committee in the future should send such recommendation to the Secretary of the Fund that include all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for the election of Board Members. The Board has adopted a written charter for the Governance Committee, a copy of which is available athttps://www.blackrock.com/investing/literature/forms/eb-el-open-end-funds-governance-committee-charters.pdf.

The Governance Committee of Master Large Cap met seven times during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018.

The current members of Master Large Cap’s Governance Committee, all of whom are Independent Master Large Cap Board Members, are as follows:

Cynthia A. Montgomery (Chair)

Susan J. Carter

Collette Chilton

Robert C. Robb, Jr.

Effective January 1, 2019, it is anticipated that Cynthia A. Montgomery will serve as Chair of the Governance Committee of Master Large Cap, subject to shareholder election of the nominees to the Master Large Cap Board.

The Governance Committee of the Board seeks to identify individuals to serve on the Board who have a diverse range of viewpoints, qualifications, experiences, backgrounds and skill sets so

that the Board will be better suited to fulfill its responsibility of overseeing the Fund’s activities. In so doing, the Governance Committee reviews the size of the Board, the ages of the current Board Members and their tenure on the Board, and the skills, background and experiences of the Board Members in light of the issues facing the Fund in determining whether one or more new Board Members should be added to the Board. The Board as a group strives to achieve diversity in terms of gender, race and geographic location. The Governance Committee of the Board believes that the Board Nominees as a group possess the array of skills, experiences and backgrounds necessary to guide the Fund. The Board Nominees’ biographies included in this Proxy Statement highlight the diversity and breadth of skills, qualifications and expertise that the Board Members bring to the Fund. The Governance Committee may, but is not required to, engage the services of a third-party firm at the relevant Fund’s expense to identify and assist in evaluating potential Board candidates.

Further, the Board has adopted Board Member qualification requirements, including: (i) age limits; (ii) limits on service on other boards; (iii) restrictions on relationships with investment advisers other than BlackRock; and (iv) character and fitness requirements.

Compliance Committee. The Compliance Committee’s purpose is to assist the Board in fulfilling its responsibility to oversee regulatory and fiduciary compliance matters involving the Fund, the fund-related activities of BlackRock and anysub-adviser and the Fund’s third-party service providers. The Compliance Committee’s responsibilities include, without limitation, to (1) oversee the compliance policies and procedures of the Fund and its service providers and recommend changes or additions to such policies and procedures; (2) review information on and, where appropriate, recommend policies concerning the Fund’s compliance with applicable law; (3) review reports from, oversee the annual performance review of, and make certain recommendations and determinations regarding the Fund’s CCO, including determining the amount and structure of the CCO’s compensation and recommending such amount and structure to the full Board for approval and ratification; and (4) undertake such other duties and responsibilities as may from time to time be delegated by the Board to the Compliance Committee. The Board of the Fund has adopted a written charter for the Fund’s Compliance Committee.

The Compliance Committee of Master Large Cap met four times during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018.

The current members of Master Large Cap’s Compliance Committee, all of whom are Independent Master Large Cap Board Members, are as follows:

Joseph P. Platt (Chair)

Neil A. Cotty

Robert C. Robb, Jr.

Claire A. Walton

Effective January 1, 2019, it is anticipated that Lena G. Goldberg will serve as Chair of the Compliance Committee of Master Large Cap, subject to shareholder election of the nominees to the Master Large Cap Board.

Performance Oversight Committee. The Performance Oversight Committee’s purpose is to assist the Board in fulfilling its responsibility to oversee the Fund’s investment performance relative to its agreed-upon performance objectives and to assist the Independent Board Members in their consideration of investment advisory agreements. The Performance Oversight Committee’s responsibilities include, without limitation, to (1) review information on, and make recommendations to the full Board in respect of the Fund’s investment objective, policies and practices; (2) review information on the Fund’s investment performance; (3) review information on

appropriate benchmarks and competitive universes and unusual or exceptional investment matters; (4) review personnel and other resources devoted to management of the Fund and evaluate the nature and quality of information furnished to the Performance Oversight Committee; (5) recommend any required action regarding changes in fundamental andnon-fundamental investment policies and restrictions, fund mergers or liquidations; (6) request and review information on the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the shareholders; (7) make recommendations to the Board concerning the approval or renewal of investment advisory agreements; and (8) undertake such other duties and responsibilities as may from time to time be delegated by the Board to the Performance Oversight Committee. The Board of the Fund has adopted a written charter for the Performance Oversight Committee.

The Performance Oversight Committee of Master Large Cap met four times during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018.

The current members of Master Large Cap’s Performance Oversight Committee, all of whom are Independent Master Large Cap Board Members, are as follows:

Mark Stalnecker (Chair)

Susan J. Carter

Collette Chilton

Frederick W. Winter

Effective January 1, 2019, it is anticipated that Donald C. Opatrny will serve as Chair of the Performance Oversight Committee of Master Large Cap, subject to shareholder election of the Master Large Cap Board.

Executive Committee. The principal responsibilities of the Executive Committee are to (1) act on routine matters between meetings of the Board; (2) act on such matters as may require urgent action between meetings of the Board; and (3) exercise such other authority as may from time to time be delegated to the Executive Committee by the Master Large Cap Board. The Board of Master Large Cap has adopted a written charter for the Executive Committee.

The Executive Committee of Master Large Cap did not meet during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018.

The current members of Master Large Cap’s Executive Committee, all of whom are Independent Master Large Cap Board Members (other than Robert Fairbairn, who is an “interested person” of the Fund), are as follows:

Rodney D. Johnson (Chair)

Collette Chilton

Robert Fairbairn

Executive Officers of Master Large Cap

The Executive Officers of Master Large Cap are identical to the Executive Officers of Balanced Capital and the other Equity-Bond Funds set forth inAppendix H.

Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees to Independent Registered Public Accountants

Audit and Audit-Related Fees

        Audit Fees  Audit-Related Fees 

Fund Name

 Accounting
Firm*
  Fiscal Year
End
  Most Recent
Fiscal Year ($)
  Fiscal Year
Prior to Most
Recent Fiscal
Year End ($)
  Most Recent
Fiscal Year ($)
  Fiscal Year
Prior to Most
Recent Fiscal
Year End ($)
 

Master Large Cap Series LLC

 

     

Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

  D&T   9/30   36,210   36,202       

Master Advantage Large Cap Value Portfolio

  D&T   9/30   33,150   33,142       

Master Large Cap Focus Growth Portfolio

  D&T   6/30   33,150   33,142       

*“D&T” refers to Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Tax Fees and All Other Fees

     Tax Fees*  All Other Fees 

Fund Name

 Fiscal Year
End
  Most Recent
Fiscal Year ($)
  Fiscal Year
Prior to Most
Recent Fiscal
Year End ($)
  Most Recent
Fiscal Year ($)
  Fiscal Year
Prior to Most
Recent Fiscal
Year End ($)
 

Master Large Cap Series LLC

     

Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

  9/30   13,500   13,815       

Master Advantage Large Cap Value Portfolio

  9/30   13,500   13,515       

Master Large Cap Focus Growth Portfolio

  6/30   13,500   13,515       

*All Tax Fees consist solely of fees relating to services provided for tax compliance and/or tax preparation.

AggregateNon-Audit Fees for Services Provided to Master Large Cap and its Affiliated Services ProvidersPre-Approved by the Audit Committee*

     AggregateNon-Audit Fees 

Fund Name

    Fiscal Year
End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year ($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to Most
Recent Fiscal
Year End ($)
 

Master Large Cap Series LLC

       

Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

    9/30    13,500    13,815 

Master Advantage Large Cap Value Portfolio

    9/30    13,500    13,515 

Master Large Cap Focus Growth Portfolio

    6/30    13,500    13,515 

*Non-audit fees of $2,129,000 and $2,154,000 for the calendar years ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, were paid in their entirety by BlackRock, in connection with services provided to the Affiliated Service Providers of each Fund and of other funds in the BlackRock Fund complex for a service organization review and subscription to the Deloitte Accounting Research Tool. These amounts represent the aggregate fees paid by BlackRock and were not specifically allocated on a per Fund basis.

Investment Manager,Sub-Advisers and Administrators

The table below identifies all the investment manager,sub-adviser(s), if any, and administrator(s), if any, to the series of Master Large Cap. Additional information about the investment manager is set forth after the table below.

Fund/Portfolio

Investment
Manager

Sub-Adviser(s)Administrator

Master Large Cap Series LLC

Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Master Advantage Large Cap Value Portfolio

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Master Large Cap Focus Growth Portfolio

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Advisors, LLC serves as investment manager to the series of Master Large Cap, and is located at 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809. BlackRock Advisors, LLC is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc.

BlackRock Investments, LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc., serves as the principal underwriter for the series of Master Large Cap, and is located at 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.

5% Share Ownership

As of September 24, 2018, to the best knowledge of Master Large Cap, the persons listed below owned more than 5% of the outstanding shares of each series of Master Large Cap. Unless otherwise noted, each owner listed below was a record holder that did not beneficially own the shares.

Fund and Class

Name and Address of Owner

Shares OwnedPercentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

Master Large Cap Series LLC

Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

*BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, Delaware19809-3716

N/A75.12

*BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, Delaware19809-3716

N/A20.72

Master Advantage Large Cap Value Portfolio

*BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, Delaware19809-3716

N/A99.99

Fund and Class

Name and Address of Owner

Shares OwnedPercentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

Master Large Cap Focus Growth Portfolio

*BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, Delaware19809-3716

N/A99.99

*Beneficial owner of shares.

Appendix DC – Shares Outstanding/Votes

Shareholders of each Fund/Portfolio are entitled to one vote for each share held, and each fractional share is entitled to a proportionate fractional vote. The tables below set forth the number of shares outstanding of each class of each Fund/Portfolio and the number of votes to which each such class is entitled as of September 24, 2018:11, 2023:

 

Group A Funds

Fund/Portfolio1

 

Investor A

 

Investor C

 

Institutional

 

Class R

 

Service

 

Class K

 

Investor A1

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.       

BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund

 16,183 —   10,000 —   —   4,980,000 —  

BlackRock Total Return Fund

 130,834,155 4,474,619 1,004,014,836 6,960,074 3,842,018 687,121,118 1,769,084
BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust       

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

 54,297,373 4,993,213 136,876,759 —   —   7,020,576 6,620,547
BlackRock Funds IV       

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

 6,395,962 494,110 86,080,261 —   —   25,896,791 —  

BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

 226,938 11,319 4,052,899 —   —   580,542 —  

BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund

 34,328,385 1,820,344 691,106,937 —   —   21,173,015 —  
BlackRock Funds V       

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

 45,256,599 1,789,395 337,730,032 159,520 —   84,345,419 —  

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

 35,397,226 3,465,500 274,849,965 —   —   123,917,314 —  

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

 10,921,611 917,051 19,750,085 —   —   10,418,403 —  

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

 161,052,146 12,071,643 1,649,835,341 13,801,514 12,130,247 1,081,183,644 —  

BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund

 23,825,770 662,636 13,913,284 367,212 —   1,305,577 —  

 

  Shares Outstanding/Number of Votes 

Fund/Portfolio

 Investor A  Investor C  Institutional  Class R  Service  Class K  Investor C1 
BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.  15,125,530.729   4,935,869.92   4,583,398.63   869,599.34      215,292.45    
BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc.  11,126,050.00   3,188,366.701   3,301,064.937   1,110,646.14      90,927.12    
BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.  22,175,893.18   4,963,168.35   18,082,122.99   685,688.40      340,606.936    
BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.  47,078,233.25   4,805,242.869   40,804,355.742   459,545.707      333,276.10    
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.  56,102,801.818   11,935,652.696   18,104,604.872   3,250,711.026      16,750,832.868    
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund  209,014,482.39   95,962,820.42   472,191,716.13   31,147,056.20   3,648,048.66   90,503,913.907   70,597.56 
BlackRock EuroFund  9,670,922.12   704,424.48   2,763,956.674   48,852.20      62,863.35    
BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.  20,036,116.18   7,950,024.32   13,893,199.738             
BlackRock Funds II       

BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund

  10,748,863.824   8,101,515.44   3,664,706.19   1,230,744.753      286,827.20    

BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund

  14,138,161.919   8,612,191.915   5,416,271.41   1,529,355.732      404,432.16    

BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund

  21,202,054.49   8,001,226.37   7,905,682.48   1,392,024.50      1,370,824.55    

BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund

  12,779,894.09   4,434,271.21   8,699,330.16   924,895.37      1,085,780.703    

BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio

  6,608,104.527   3,192,610.21   59,376,345.49         229,003.70    

BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio

  37,390,441.23   24,896,337.889   122,633,677.565         7,064,515.43    

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2020 Fund

  1,174,648.18      202,389.525   582,867.03      98,294.15    

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2025 Fund

  1,536,378.16      195,604.508   281,561.647      223,604.16    

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2030 Fund

  1,373,857.904      169,004.794   437,297.773      149,597.879    

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2035 Fund

  830,779.727      140,187.44   261,545.30      225,073.39    

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  Shares Outstanding/Number of Votes

Fund/Portfolio

 Investor A  Investor C  Institutional  Class R  Service  Class K  Investor C1

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2040 Fund

  776,395.23      58,089.896   431,041.06      183,241.856  

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2045 Fund

  532,775.934      64,763.622   134,623.33      128,772.599  

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2050 Fund

  757,641.10      38,120.13   261,935.21      77,098.64  

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2055 Fund

  39,477.13      22,645.16   20,027.686      247,659.681  

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2060 Fund

  2,680.13      2,000.00   2,441.40      94,010.06  

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta Retirement Fund

  683,371.633      224,089.17   210,695.845      45,540.32  

BlackRock Managed Income Fund

  8,937,217.48   737,612.16   7,263,009.41         6,368,281.11  

BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio

  377,018,734.526   240,468,303.574   862,839,406.954         50,234,295.417  
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.  575,531,636.32   333,404,024.665   723,365,485.714   46,028,364.10      69,517,956.23  
BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund  15,112,007.46   1,485,767.596   3,458,650.35   85,411.905        
BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Series, Inc.       

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Fund

  10,251,161.23   1,684,154.853   5,373,174.806   2,540,934.33      214,820.40  
BlackRock Natural Resources Trust  3,846,377.35   935,124.09   2,111,552.687           
FDP Series, Inc.         

FDP BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

  3,446,126.632   1,647,884.46   246,645.56           

FDP BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

  3,662,670.26   1,538,059.44   266,272.985           

FDP BlackRock International Fund

  3,926,580.973   1,606,479.11   285,053.725           


Fund/Portfolio1

 

Investor A

 

Investor C

 

Institutional

 

Class R

 

Service

 

Class K

 

Investor A1

BlackRock Income Fund

 18,335,886 1,853,320 82,078,838 —   —   20,803,909 —  

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

 39,768,334 3,479,663 134,654,543 —   —   63,342,441 —  

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

 78,900,688 3,099,242 412,535,970 245,140 —   71,744,360 515,945

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

 105,799,914 11,331,748 2,639,157,073 —   —   1,124,589,747 —  

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Fund

 —   —   19,815 —   —   2,502,308 —  

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund

 683,391 22,724 1,031,276 —   —   3,843,104 —  

BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund

 11,942 —   25,686 —   —   4,980,000 —  

BlackRock Sustainable Low Duration Bond Fund

 11,808 —   10,000 —   —   4,980,335 —  
BlackRock Funds VI       

BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

 34,784,014 45,339 59,440,115 —   —   7,098,803 —  
BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust       

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

 9,654,807 1,207,244 16,687,897 —   652,745 235,560 1,251,615

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

 48,627,417 4,354,104 58,595,360 —   —   778,038 6,461,945

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

 11,658,469 890,221 24,043,986 —   109,666 938,133 633,630

 

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Fund/Portfolio1

 

Investor A

 

Investor C

 

Institutional

 

Class R

 

Service

 

Class K

 

Investor A1

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.       

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

 58,043,717 2,723,154 89,472,952 —   —   34,315,868 —  

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

 10,288 —   13,934 —   —   4,986,493 —  

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

 234,310,917 5,991,621 398,878,021 —   120,952 342,870,942 —  

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

 22,003,414 544,682 31,937,747 —   —   4,241,314 1,034,384
BlackRock Municipal Series Trust       

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

 84,196,083 6,728,966 352,744,856 —   —   18,654,753 1,603,619
BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc. 14,417,876 673,298 99,744,821 —   —   34,557,736 —  
Managed Account Series II       

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

 2,151,670 128,093 29,506,275 —   —   —   —  

1The Portfolios of series Funds are set forth below the name of the applicable Fund.

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Fund/Portfolio1

 Shares
Outstanding/Number
of Votes
 
Managed Account Series

BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

 

Advantage Global SmallCap FundBATS: Series A Portfolio

  6,056,360.38240,775,383

BATS: Series C Portfolio

45,005,462

BATS: Series E Portfolio

36,976,930

BATS: Series M Portfolio

140,552,427

BATS: Series P Portfolio

1,650,944

BATS: Series S Portfolio

44,534,720

BATS: Series V Portfolio

8,071,067 

BlackRock GA Disciplined Volatility Equity FundETF Trust II

503,238.08

BlackRock GA Enhanced Equity Fund

503,032.652

Mid Cap Dividend Fund

6,224,509.709
Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC487,938,641.00
Master Focus Growth LLC191,319,881.00

Group B Funds

  Shares Outstanding/Number of Votes 

Fund/Portfolio

 Investor A  Investor C  Institutional  Class R  Service  Class K  Investor
A1
  Investor
C1
  Investor
C2
  Investor
C3
 
BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.          

BlackRock Total Return Fund

  153,969,853.13   21,167,182.27   481,643,067.04   14,086,306.41   10,422,788.10   420,597,609.17   2,506,641.44   971,131.13   90,902.26    
BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust          

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

  57,979,944.509   10,557,258.948   119,561,985.873         3,534,647.16   9,151,986.44   189,697.98       
BlackRock Funds V          

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

  46,119,839.14   6,717,766.21   190,493,762.906   315,338.12   5,323,664.798   74,869,756.40             

BlackRock Credit Strategies Income Fund

  7,430,914.595   2,918,077.599   45,004,091.982         1,427,324.19             

BlackRock Emerging Markets Bond Fund

        5,020.45         2,495,000.00             

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio

  1,467,357.27   329,043.835   4,359,581.48         8,016,889.978             

BlackRock Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund

        5,000.00         2,495,000.00             

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

  48,202,416.40   11,706,801.41   290,992,004.10         44,531,677.854      967,288.38       

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

  13,246,872.796   4,878,968.871   27,053,685.13      831,779.40   2,289,714.45             

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

  173,547,480.32   42,928,713.679   1,255,409,715.62   16,743,208.04   22,596,534.30   552,860,595.32      1,234,474.73       

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

  25,984,100.542   11,871,868.57   147,592,762.093      2,519,153.75   31,404,918.24             

  Shares Outstanding/Number of Votes

Fund/Portfolio

 Investor A  Investor C  Institutional  Class R Service Class K Investor
A1
 Investor
C1
 Investor
C2
 Investor
C3

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

  133,557,285.48   18,353,922.46   447,436,618.98  467,132.30 3,066,879.49 26,954,748.46 1,007,179.17  61,859.34 176,853.47

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

  220,191,439.951   57,898,762.541   2,668,776,232.09    784,492,658.763    

BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio

  35,389,788.08   3,558,418.978   16,581,686.20  1,969,071.26 168,643.736 150,948.584  1,671,719.27  
BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust          

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

  6,931,032.27   2,743,503.723   14,437,676.707   710,200.677 165,482.21 1,832,529.09 122,755.79  

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

  35,053,630.37   8,691,555.56   45,252,746.31    282,683.38 9,427,574.50 65,694.93  

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

  8,650,970.933   2,881,923.25   33,100,147.559   163,815.686 233,601.771 1,194,901.53 142,177.94  
BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.          

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

  24,911,431.565   6,212,767.40   61,111,937.889    1,510,013.40    

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

  253,302,948.954   29,301,821.788   293,343,827.823   234,449.634 290,888,237.28  885,256.28  

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

  6,021,535.671   1,634,483.26   35,738,825.74    680,791.749 1,659,724.38   
BlackRock Municipal Series Trust          

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

  136,848,178.851   24,010,593.751   585,205,631.07    6,128,505.681 2,446,640.42   
BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.  11,711,247.947   1,291,184.872   35,427,488.21    5,233,513.836  71,622.29  
FDP Series II, Inc.          

FDP BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund

  6,052,506.21   3,062,855.57   466,999.743        
Managed Account Series II          

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

  2,833,793.736   1,235,502.832   19,204,812.502        

Fund/Portfolio

Shares Outstanding/Number of Votes
BlackRock Allocation Target Shares 

BATS: Series A PortfolioBlackRock AAA CLO ETF

  82,192,641.988900,000 

BATS: Series C PortfolioBlackRock Flexible Income ETF

  37,610,226.382,900,000 

BATS: Series E PortfolioBlackRock Floating Rate Loan ETF

  16,767,375.00400,000 

BATS: Series M PortfolioBlackRock High Yield Muni Income Bond ETF

  83,055,153.352,800,000 

BATS: Series P PortfolioBlackRock Intermediate Muni Income Bond ETF

  7,866,520.5481,100,000 

BATS: Series S PortfolioBlackRock Short-Term California Muni Bond ETF

  18,458,210.39350,000 

iShares Large Cap Deep Buffer ETF

800,000

iShares Large Cap Moderate Buffer ETF

440,000

Master Bond LLC

 

Master Total Return Portfolio

  13,064,073,192.001,125,125,535.86

Master Investment Portfolio II

Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

102,105,916.56 

1The Portfolios of series Funds are set forth below the name of the applicable Fund.

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Appendix ED – Compensation of the Existing Board Members and Board Nominees

Each Independent Board Member of the Fundsand non-management Interested Board Member is paid as compensation an annual retainer of $200,000$370,000 per year for his or her services as a Board Member of the BlackRock-advised Funds, including the Funds, and each Independent Board Member and non-management Interested Board Member may also receive a $25,000 Board$10,000 board meeting fee to be paid for each Board meeting up to fivein-personspecial unscheduled meetings or meetings in excess of six Board meetings held in a calendar year, (compensation for meetings in excess of this number to be determined on acase-by-case basis), together without-of-pocket expenses in accordance with a Board policy on travel and other business expenses relating to attendance at meetings. The Chair of the Board of the Funds may, in consultation with the Chair of the Governance Committee, determine that the Independent Board Members be paid a fee of $5,000 per meeting for certain telephonic Board meetings, or a higher fee as approved by the Board. In addition, the Chair of the Boards and the Vice Chair of the Board isare paid as compensation an additional annual retainer of $115,000 per year.$100,000 and $60,000, respectively. The Chairs of the Audit Committee, Performance Oversight Committee, Compliance Committee, and Governance Committee and PerformanceNominating Committee are each paid as compensation an additional annual retainer of $35,000,$45,000, $37,500, $45,000 and $37,500, respectively. In addition,Each of the members of the Audit Committee, Compliance Committee and Governance and Nominating Committee is paid an additional annual retainer of $30,000, $25,000 and $25,000, respectively, for his or her service on such committee. The Funds will pay a pro rata portion quarterly (based on relative net assets) of the foregoing Board Member fees paid by the funds in the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex.

The Independent Board Members have agreed that a maximum of 50% of each Independent Board Member wasMember’s total compensation paid $10,000 forin-person attendance or $2,000 for telephonic attendance at each of three sessions relatedby funds in the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex may be deferred pursuant to the proposed realignment and consolidationBlackRock Fixed-Income Complex’s deferred compensation plan. Under the deferred compensation plan, deferred amounts earn a return for the Independent Board Members as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Existing Boards andcertain funds in the BlackRock Fund complexes.Fixed-Income Complex selected by the Independent Board Members. This has approximately the same economic effect for the Independent Board Members as if they had invested the deferred amounts in such funds in the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex. The deferred compensation plan is not funded and obligations thereunder represent general unsecured claims against the general assets of a fund and are recorded as a liability for accounting purposes.

The following tables set forth the aggregate compensation paid to each Independent Board Member by each Fund andor Portfolio, as applicable, during its most recently completed fiscal year and the total compensation paid to each Independent Board Member by the BlackRock Fund complexesall BlackRock-advised Funds for the calendar year ended December 31, 2017.2022. Each Fund/Fund’s/Portfolio’s fiscal year end is indicated onAppendices GF and I.H.

Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski, the other current Board Members of the Funds, who are also Board Nominees, serve without compensation from the Funds because of their affiliation with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates.

 

Board II Nominees (Group A Funds)D-1


Fund/Portfolio(1)

 Cynthia L.
Egan(2)
  Frank J.
Fabozzi(2)
  Lorenzo A.
Flores(2)
  Stayce D.
Harris(2)
  J. Phillip
Holloman(2)
  R. Glenn
Hubbard(2)
  W. Carl
Kester(2)
  Catherine A.
Lynch(2)
 
BlackRock Allocation Target Shares        

BATS: Series A Portfolio

 $3,591  $3,341  $3,059  $3,021  $3,226  $4,005  $4,089  $3,565 

BATS: Series C Portfolio

 $753  $710  $663  $657  $691  $822  $838  $747 

BATS: Series E Portfolio

 $649  $615  $576  $571  $598  $706  $719  $645 

BATS: Series M Portfolio

 $1,644  $1,537  $1,415  $1,399  $1,486  $1,822  $1,860  $1,631 

BATS: Series P Portfolio

 $252  $247  $241  $240  $244  $260  $262  $251 

BATS: Series S Portfolio

 $731  $692  $646  $640  $675  $798  $808  $730 

BATS: Series V Portfolio

 $182  $182  $182  $182  $182  $182  $182  $182 
BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.        

BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund

 $144  $143  $142  $142  $142  $145  $143  $144 

BlackRock Total Return Fund(3)

                        
BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust        

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

 $4,063  $3,808  $3,484  $3,441  $3,708  $4,539  $4,560  $4,097 
BlackRock ETF Trust II        

BlackRock AAA CLO ETF

 $63  $63  $63  $63  $63  $63  $63  $63 

BlackRock Flexible Income ETF

 $23  $23  $22  $22  $22  $24  $24  $23 

BlackRock Floating Rate Loan ETF

 $109  $109  $109  $109  $109  $109  $109  $109 

BlackRock High Yield Muni Income Bond ETF

 $180  $180  $180  $180  $180  $180  $180  $180 

BlackRock Intermediate Muni Income Bond ETF

 $198  $197  $196  $195  $197  $201  $201  $199 

BlackRock Short-Term California Muni Bond ETF

 $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 

iShares Large Cap Deep Buffer ETF

 $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 

iShares Large Cap Moderate Buffer ETF

 $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
BlackRock Funds IV        

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

 $2,012  $1,900  $1,746  $1,725  $1,855  $2,238  $2,228  $2,040 

BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

 $276  $270  $262  $261  $268  $287  $287  $277 

BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund

 $11,476  $10,757  $9,812  $9,686  $10,269  $12,863  $12,862  $11,403 

 

Fund/Portfolio

  Bruce R.
Bond
   Lena G.
Goldberg
   Robert M.
Hernandez
   Henry R. Keizer   Donald C.
Opatrny
 

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

  $2,704   $2,425   $2,990   $2,704   $2,598 

BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc.*

                    

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

  $3,080   $2,824   $3,485   $3,080   $2,975 

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

  $5,398   $4,897   $6,602   $5,398   $5,293 

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.

  $5,311   $4,976   $6,476   $5,311   $5,206 

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

  $26,157   $24,412   $34,418   $26,157   $26,052 

BlackRock EuroFund

  $2,178   $1,940   $2,285   $2,178   $2,073 

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.*

                    

BlackRock Funds II

          

BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund

  $2,246   $2,021   $2,367   $2,246   $2,141 

BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund

  $2,329   $2,101   $2,479   $2,224   $2,070 

BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund

  $2,478   $2,245   $2,678   $2,478   $2,372 

BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund

  $2,253   $2,030   $2,377   $2,253   $2,148 

BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio

  $2,394   $2,157   $2,564   $2,394   $2,288 

BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio

  $5,226   $4,778   $6,361   $5,226   $5,121 

D-2

Fund/Portfolio

  Bruce R.
Bond
   Lena G.
Goldberg
   Robert M.
Hernandez
   Henry R. Keizer   Donald C.
Opatrny
 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2020 Fund

  $958   $906   $969   $957   $958 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2025 Fund

  $1,813   $1,653   $1,825   $1,812   $1,813 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2030 Fund

  $955   $903   $965   $955   $955 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2035 Fund

  $726   $674   $734   $726   $726 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2040 Fund

  $723   $670   $729   $722   $723 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2045 Fund

  $719   $666   $724   $719   $719 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2050 Fund

  $720   $667   $725   $719   $720 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2055 Fund

  $710   $657   $712   $710   $710 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2060 Fund

  $145   $145   $145   $145   $145 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta Retirement Fund

  $724   $671   $731   $723   $724 

BlackRock Managed Income Fund

  $1,879   $1,694   $1,934   $1,877   $1,879 

BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio

  $20,386   $19,048   $26,681   $20,386   $20,280 

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

  $48,547   $39,817   $66,173   $47,917   $48,547 

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

  $2,130   $1,904   $2,262   $2,125   $2,130 

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Series, Inc.

          

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Fund

  $2,295   $2,054   $2,491   $2,289   $2,295 

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

  $2,171   $1,942   $2,266   $2,171   $2,066 

FDP Series, Inc.

          

FDP BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

  $1,970   $1,750   $2,006   $1,970   $1,865 

FDP BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

  $1,969   $1,749   $2,005   $1,969   $1,864 

FDP BlackRock International Fund

  $1,987   $1,765   $2,030   $1,987   $1,882 

Managed Account Series

          

Advantage Global SmallCap Fund

  $1,998   $1,781   $2,034   $1,998   $1,893 

BlackRock GA Disciplined Volatility Equity Fund

  $147   $238   $147   $147   $147 

BlackRock GA Enhanced Equity Fund

  $147   $238   $147   $147   $147 

Mid Cap Dividend Fund

  $1,988   $1,772   $2,021   $1,988   $1,883 

Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC

  $2,608   $2,310   $2,861   $2,608   $2,502 

Master Focus Growth LLC

  $2,050   $1,832   $2,103   $2,050   $1,944 

Total Compensation from the BlackRock Fund Complexes1

  $380,000   $331,667   $460,000   $376,986   $380,000 


Fund/Portfolio(1)

 Cynthia L.
Egan(2)
  Frank J.
Fabozzi(2)
  Lorenzo A.
Flores(2)
  Stayce D.
Harris(2)
  J. Phillip
Holloman(2)
  R. Glenn
Hubbard(2)
  W. Carl
Kester(2)
  Catherine A.
Lynch(2)
 
BlackRock Funds V        

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

 $5,358  $5,039  $4,605  $4,547  $4,894  $5,995  $5,966  $5,416 

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

 $5,940  $5,648  $5,078  $5,186  $5,364  $6,445  $6,337  $5,702 

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

 $755  $728  $678  $677  $697  $806  $789  $733 

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

 $28,055  $26,338  $23,997  $23,685  $25,558  $31,489  $31,333  $28,367 

BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund

 $856  $815  $759  $751  $796  $938  $935  $863 

BlackRock Income Fund

 $2,247  $2,120  $1,947  $1,924  $2,062  $2,501  $2,489  $2,270 

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

 $4,135  $3,889  $3,557  $3,513  $3,702  $4,621  $4,606  $4,100 

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

 $9,402  $8,834  $8,060  $7,957  $8,576  $10,537  $10,486  $9,505 

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

 $54,208  $50,868  $46,340  $45,736  $48,315  $60,850  $60,594  $53,749 

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Fund

 $177  $177  $177  $177  $177  $177  $177  $177 

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund

 $177  $177  $177  $177  $177  $177  $177  $177 

BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund

 $164  $164  $164  $164  $164  $164  $164  $164 

BlackRock Sustainable Low Duration Bond Fund

 $187  $188  $188  $188  $188  $188  $188  $188 
BlackRock Funds VI        

BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund(3)

                        
BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust        

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

 $640  $610  $572  $567  $599  $696  $699  $644 

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

 $2,106  $1,988  $1,826  $1,805  $1,946  $2,342  $2,331  $2,139 

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

 $820  $778  $725  $718  $762  $898  $902  $825 
BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.        

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

 $2,911  $2,744  $2,515  $2,484  $2,686  $3,247  $3,232  $2,960 

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

 $172  $172  $172  $172  $172  $172  $172  $172 

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

 $15,267  $14,338  $13,072  $12,903  $14,019  $17,125  $17,040  $15,539 

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

 $1,235  $1,171  $1,083  $1,071  $1,149  $1,364  $1,358  $1,254 

D-3


Fund/Portfolio(1)

 Cynthia L.
Egan(2)
  Frank J.
Fabozzi(2)
  Lorenzo A.
Flores(2)
  Stayce D.
Harris(2)
  J. Phillip
Holloman(2)
  R. Glenn
Hubbard(2)
  W. Carl
Kester(2)
  Catherine A.
Lynch(2)
 
BlackRock Municipal Series Trust        

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

 $9,347  $8,739  $7,974  $7,872  $8,501  $10,469  $10,530  $9,420 
BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc. $1,220  $1,157  $1,069  $1,058  $1,105  $1,348  $1,340  $1,210 
Managed Account Series II        

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

 $543  $519  $489  $485  $508  $588  $593  $544 
Master Bond LLC        

Master Total Return Portfolio

 $24,907  $23,729  $21,630  $21,588  $22,438  $27,117  $26,459  $24,045 
Master Investment Portfolio II        

Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

 $1,814  $1,714  $1,577  $1,559  $1,633  $2,015  $2,004  $1,798 

Total Compensation from the Funds and Other BlackRock-Advised Funds(4)

 $465,000  $497,500  $400,000  $395,000  $415,453  $520,000  $587,500  $520,453 

 

*(1)The Portfolios of series Funds are set forth below the name of the applicable Fund.
(2)Total amount of deferred compensation payable by the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex to Dr. Fabozzi, Mr. Flores, Ms. Harris, Mr. Holloman, Dr. Hubbard, Dr. Kester and Ms. Lynch is $1,172,873, $239,580, $238,473, $249,920, $3,546,573, $1,645,645 and $425,559, respectively, as of December 31, 2022. Ms. Egan did not participate in the deferred compensation plan as of December 31, 2022.
(3) The Fund is a Feeder Fund and paid no compensation.
1(4)  

The BlackRock Fund Complexes includeFor the Equity-Liquidity Complex, the Equity-Bond Complex, theClosed-End Complex and the iShares exchange-traded fund Complex. Amounts reflected representIndependent Board Members, this amount represents the aggregate compensation paid toearned from the Board Nominee forfunds in the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex during the calendar year ended December 31, 2017.

2022. Of this amount, Dr. Fabozzi, Mr. Flores, Ms. Harris, Mr. Holloman, Dr. Hubbard, Dr. Kester and Ms. Lynch deferred $74,625, $200,000, $197,500, $207,726, $260,000, $88,125 and $78,067, respectively, pursuant to the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex’s deferred compensation plan.

Former Board I Nominee (Group B Funds)Member

 

Fund/Portfolio

  Henry Gabbay 

BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

  

BATS: Series A Portfolio

  $2,156 

BATS: Series C Portfolio

  $2,158 

BATS: Series E Portfolio

  $1,925 

BATS: Series M Portfolio

  $2,388 

BATS: Series P Portfolio

  $1,864 

BATS: Series S Portfolio

  $1,936 

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

  

BlackRock Total Return Fund*

    

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

  

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

  $3,271 

BlackRock Funds V

  

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio**

  $4,812 

BlackRock Credit Strategies Income Fund**

  $2,269 

BlackRock Emerging Markets Bond Fund**

  $297 

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio**

  $1,817 

BlackRock Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund**

  $297 

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio**

  $5,432 

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio**

  $2,295 

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio**

  $17,461 

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio**

  $4,209 

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio**

  $6,950 

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio**

  $30,270 

BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio**

  $2,412 

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

  

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

  $2,040 

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

  $2,568 

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

  $2,234 

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

  

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

  $2,551 

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

  $9,919 

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

  $2,206 

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

  $7,202 

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

  $1,891 

Fund/Portfolio(1)

  Karen P. Robards(2) 

BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

  

BATS: Series A Portfolio

  $781 

BATS: Series C Portfolio

  $177 

BATS: Series E Portfolio

  $152 

BATS: Series M Portfolio

  $376 

BATS: Series P Portfolio

  $55 

BATS: Series S Portfolio

  $138 

BATS: Series V Portfolio

  $42 

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

  

BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund

  $95 

BlackRock Total Return Fund(3)

    

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

  

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

  $323 

Fund/Portfolio

  Henry Gabbay 

FDP Series II, Inc.

  

FDP BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund**

  $1,894 

Managed Account Series II

  

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio**

  $2,032 

Master Bond LLC

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

  $13,883 

Total Compensation from the BlackRock Fund Complexes1

  $345,000 
D-4


Fund/Portfolio(1)

  Karen P. Robards(2) 

BlackRock ETF Trust II

  

BlackRock AAA CLO ETF

  $0 

BlackRock Flexible Income ETF

  $0 

BlackRock Floating Rate Loan ETF

  $0 

BlackRock High Yield Muni Income Bond ETF

  $0 

BlackRock Intermediate Muni Income Bond ETF

  $0 

BlackRock Short-Term California Muni Bond ETF

  $0 

iShares Large Cap Deep Buffer ETF

  $0 

iShares Large Cap Moderate Buffer ETF

  $0 

BlackRock Funds IV

  

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

  $0 

BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

  $21 

BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund

  $4,312 

BlackRock Funds V

  

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

  $0 

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

  $4,536 

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

  $567 

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

  $0 

BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund

  $0 

BlackRock Income Fund

  $0 

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

  $1,778 

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

  $0 

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

  $23,290 

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Fund

  $83 

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund

  $83 

BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund

  $117 

BlackRock Sustainable Low Duration Bond Fund

  $0 

BlackRock Funds VI

  

BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund(3)

    

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

  

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

  $50 

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

  $0 

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

  $68 

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

  

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

  $0 

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

  $0 

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

  $0 

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

  $0 

D-5


Fund/Portfolio(1)

  Karen P. Robards(2) 

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

  $823 
BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.  $564 

Managed Account Series II

  

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

  $79 

Master Bond LLC

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

  $18,241 

Master Investment Portfolio II

  

Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

  $839 

Total Compensation from the Funds and Other BlackRock-Advised Funds

  $212,500 

 

*(1)The Portfolios of series Funds are set forth below the name of the applicable Fund.
(2)Ms. Robards retired and resigned as a Board Member of the Funds effective as of May 31, 2022.
(3) The Fund is a Feeder Fund and paid no compensation.
**Information shown is that of the corresponding Predecessor Portfolio.
1

The BlackRock Fund Complexes include the Equity-Liquidity Complex, the Equity-Bond Complex, theClosed-End Complex and the iShares exchange-traded fund Complex. Amounts reflected represent the aggregate compensation paid to the Board Nominee for the calendar year ended December 31, 2017.

 

Existing Board Members Not SeekingRe-election and Former Board Members1D-6

Fund/Portfolio

  James H. Bodurtha   Honorable Stuart
E. Eizenstat
   John F. O’Brien 

Group A Funds

      

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

  $2,436   $2,389   $2,284 

BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc.*

            

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

  $2,737   $2,713   $2,608 

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

  $4,953   $4,682   $4,577 

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.

  $4,715   $4,612   $4,507 

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

  $23,868   $22,354   $22,249 

BlackRock EuroFund

  $1,948   $1,942   $1,837 

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.*

            

BlackRock Funds II

      

BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund

  $1,997   $2,003   $1,898 

BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund

  $2,070   $2,074   $1,969 

BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund

  $2,202   $2,201   $2,095 

BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund

  $2,001   $2,010   $1,904 

BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio

  $2,135   $2,129   $2,024 

BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio

  $4,735   $4,540   $4,435 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2020 Fund

  $959   $955   $954 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2025 Fund

  $1,814   $1,810   $1,809 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2030 Fund

  $956   $952   $952 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2035 Fund

  $727   $724   $724 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2040 Fund

  $723   $721   $720 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2045 Fund

  $719   $717   $717 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2050 Fund

  $720   $718   $718 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2055 Fund

  $710   $709   $709 


Fund/Portfolio

  James H. Bodurtha   Honorable Stuart
E. Eizenstat
   John F. O’Brien 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2060 Fund

  $145   $145   $145 

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta Retirement Fund

  $724   $722   $721 

BlackRock Managed Income Fund

  $1,879   $1,855   $1,855 

BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio

  $18,548   $17,442   $17,337 

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

  $49,820   $43,938   $42,665 

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

  $2,140   $2,096   $2,086 

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Series, Inc.

      

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Fund

  $2,289   $2,209   $2,209 

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

  $1,937   $1,940   $1,835 

FDP Series, Inc.

      

FDP BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

  $1,754   $1,765   $1,659 

FDP BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

  $1,753   $1,764   $1,659 

FDP BlackRock International Fund

  $1,770   $1,780   $1,674 

Managed Account Series

      

Advantage Global SmallCap Fund

  $1,778   $1,793   $1,687 

BlackRock GA Disciplined Volatility Equity Fund

  $147   $146   $146 

BlackRock GA Enhanced Equity Fund

  $147   $146   $146 

Mid Cap Dividend Fund

  $1,769   $1,785   $1,679 

Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC

  $2,373   $2,307   $2,202 

Master Focus Growth LLC

  $1,823   $1,837   $1,731 

Group B Funds

      

BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

      

BATS: Series A Portfolio

  $2,100   $2,072   $1,967 

BATS: Series C Portfolio

  $2,106   $2,074   $1,969 

BATS: Series E Portfolio

  $1,841   $1,840   $1,735 

BATS: Series M Portfolio

  $2,365   $2,304   $2,199 

BATS: Series P Portfolio

  $1,774   $1,780   $1,675 

BATS: Series S Portfolio

  $1,854   $1,851   $1,746 

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

      

BlackRock Total Return Fund*

            

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

      

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

  $3,307   $3,186   $3,081 

BlackRock Funds V

      

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio**

  $4,841   $4,728   $4,623 

BlackRock Credit Strategies Income Fund**

  $2,185   $2,185   $2,080 

BlackRock Emerging Markets Bond Fund**

  $298   $297   $297 

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio**

  $1,835   $1,817   $1,817 

Fund/Portfolio

  James H. Bodurtha   Honorable Stuart
E. Eizenstat
   John F. O’Brien 

BlackRock Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund**

  $298   $297   $297 

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio**

  $5,537   $5,347   $5,242 

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio**

  $2,215   $2,211   $2,106 

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio**

  $18,107   $17,377   $17,271 

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio**

  $4,645   $4,209   $4,209 

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio**

  $7,053   $6,865   $6,760 

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio**

  $35,266   $30,270   $30,270 

BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio**

  $2,335   $2,328   $2,222 

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

      

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

  $1,963   $1,955   $1,850 

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

  $2,527   $2,484   $2,378 

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

  $2,177   $2,150   $2,045 

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

      

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

  $2,514   $2,467   $2,362 

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

  $10,498   $9,835   $9,729 

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

  $2,140   $2,122   $2,016 

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

      

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

  $7,607   $7,118   $7,012 

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

  $1,921   $1,891   $1,891 

FDP Series II, Inc.

      

FDP BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund**

  $1,805   $1,810   $1,705 

Managed Account Series II

      

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio**

  $1,960   $1,948   $1,843 

Master Bond LLC

      

Master Total Return Portfolio

  $14,276   $13,799   $13,694 

Total Compensation from the BlackRock Fund Complexes2

  $380,000   $345,000   $345,000 

*The Fund is a Feeder Fund and paid no compensation.
**Information shown is that of the corresponding Predecessor Portfolio.
1

Former board members Donald W. Burton and Roberta Cooper Ramo received aggregate compensation of $165,414 and $165,414, respectively, during the most recent fiscal year, from the Funds for services provided as board members of such Funds. Former board members David H. Walsh and Fred G. Weiss received aggregate compensation of $21,190 and $23,700, respectively, during the most recent fiscal year, from the Funds with fiscal years ending 10/31 and 12/31, for services provided as board members of such Funds. Mr. Burton resigned and Ms. Ramo retired as board members of the Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex effective December 31, 2017. Messrs. Walsh and Weiss retired as board members of the Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex effective January 31, 2017.

2

The BlackRock Fund Complexes include the Equity-Liquidity Complex, the Equity-Bond Complex, theClosed-End Complex and the iShares exchange-traded fund Complex. Amounts reflected represent the aggregate compensation paid to the Existing Board Member for the calendar year ended December 31, 2017.

Appendix FE – Equity Securities Owned by Board Members and Board Nominees

The following tables set forth the dollar range of shares of each Fund beneficially owned by the Board Nominees and Existing Board Members in the Funds and in all BlackRock-advised Funds that they oversee or are nominated to oversee as of August 1, 2018.

July 31, 2023 (the “Supervised Funds”).

As of September 10, 2018,July 31, 2023, all Existing Board Members, Board Nominees and executive officers of each Group A Fund as a group owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of each Group A Fund. As of September 10, 2018, all Existing Board Members, Board Nominees and executive officers of each Group B Fund as a group owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of each Group B Fund.

As of September 10, 2018,July 31, 2023, none of the Independent Board Members, Board Nominees nor their family members had any interest in BlackRock or any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with BlackRock.

Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities

Board II Nominees (Group A Funds)

 

Name of Board II
Nominee

  

Fund Name

  Aggregate Dollar
Range of Shares in
Each
Fund/PortfolioPortfolio*
  Aggregate
Dollar
Range of
Equity
Securities in all
Funds Overseen orSupervised
to be Overseen by
the Group A FundsFunds*

Board Nominee
in the BlackRock
Fund Complexes

InterestedIndependent Board II Members/Nominees:

Robert FairbairnCynthia L. Egan

  BlackRock Funds II: BlackRock Dynamic High Income PortfolioNone  $1-$10,000NoneOver $100,000

Frank J. Fabozzi

  Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio$1 - $10,000
  BlackRock Funds II:V: BlackRock Global DividendFloating Rate Income Portfolio  $10,001-$50,0001 - $10,000  
BlackRock Funds IV: BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund$1 - $10,000
  BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio1$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio1  $10,001-$50,00010,001 - $50,000  
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio1  $10,001-$50,00010,001 - $50,000  
BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.: BlackRock Total Return Fund$10,001 - $50,000

Lorenzo A. Flores

Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio$50,001 - $100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio$50,001 - $100,000

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Name

Fund Name

Aggregate Dollar
Range of Shares in
Each Fund/Portfolio*
Aggregate
Dollar Range of
Equity
Securities in
Supervised
Funds*
BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.: BlackRock Total Return Fund$50,001 - $100,000

Stayce D. Harris

Over $100,000
BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.: BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund$10,001 - $50,000
BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust: BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund$10,001 - $50,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio$50,001 - $100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio$50,001 - $100,000
BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.: BlackRock Total Return Fund$50,001 - $100,000

J. Phillip Holloman

Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio$50,001 - $100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio$50,001 - $100,000
BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.: BlackRock Total Return Fund$50,001 - $100,000

R. Glenn Hubbard

Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock High Yield Bond PortfolioOver $100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities PortfolioOver $100,000

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Name

Fund Name

Aggregate Dollar
Range of Shares in
Each Fund/Portfolio*
Aggregate
Dollar Range of
Equity
Securities in
Supervised
Funds*
BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.: BlackRock Total Return FundOver $100,000
  BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust: BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund  Over $100,000$1 - $10,000  

John M. PerlowskiW. Carl Kester

  BlackRock Funds II: BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio  $10,001-$50,000  Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio$10,001 - $50,000
  BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio1Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio1  $10,001-$50,00010,001 - $50,000  
BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.: BlackRock Total Return Fund$10,001 - $50,000

Catherine A. Lynch

Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio$50,001 - $100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio$10,001 - $50,000
BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.: BlackRock Total Return Fund$10,001 - $50,000
BlackRock Funds VI: BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund$10,001 - $50,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio$50,001 - $100,000
BlackRock Funds IV: BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund$10,001 - $50,000

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Name

Fund Name

Aggregate Dollar
Range of Shares in
Each Fund/Portfolio*
Aggregate
Dollar Range of
Equity
Securities in
Supervised
Funds*
BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.$10,001 - $50,000
  BlackRock Municipal Series Trust: BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund  Over $100,000$10,001 - $50,000  

Independent Board II Nominees:

Bruce R. Bond

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.Over $100,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds II: BlackRock Global Dividend PortfolioOver $100,000

Name of Board II
Nominee

Fund Name

Aggregate Dollar
Range of Shares in
Each
Fund/Portfolio
Aggregate Dollar
Range of Equity
Securities in all
Funds Overseen or
to be Overseen by
the Group A Funds

Board Nominee
in the BlackRock
Fund Complexes

Susan J. Carter

NoneNoneOver $100,000

Collette Chilton

NoneNoneOver $100,000

Neil A. Cotty

NoneNoneOver $100,000

Lena G. Goldberg

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.$50,001-$100,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.Over $100,000
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund$50,001-$100,000
BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.$50,001-$100,000
BlackRock Funds II: BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio$50,001-$100,000
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.$50,001-$100,000

Robert M. Hernandez

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.: BlackRock Total Return FundOver $100,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Equity Dividend FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio1Over $100,000
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.Over $100,000
BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust: BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Municipal Series Trust: BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities FundOver $100,000

Henry R. Keizer

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.$10,001-$50,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.: BlackRock Total Return Fund$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.$1-$10,000
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.$1-$10,000
BlackRock Funds II: BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds II: BlackRock Managed Income Fund$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds II: BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio1$1-$10,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio1$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio1$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio1$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio1:$10,001-$50,000

Name of Board II
Nominee

Fund Name

Aggregate Dollar
Range of Shares in
Each
Fund/Portfolio
Aggregate Dollar
Range of Equity
Securities in all
Funds Overseen or
to be Overseen by
the Group A Funds

Board Nominee
in the BlackRock
Fund Complexes
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio1$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio1$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.$10,001-$50,000
  BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.: BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund  $10,001-$50,00050,001 - $100,000  
BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.: BlackRock National Municipal Fund$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Natural Resources Trust$10,001-$50,000
Managed Account Series: BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio$10,001-$50,000

Non-Management Interested Board Nominee:

Cynthia A. MontgomeryArthur P. Steinmetz

  None  None  Over $100,000None

Donald C. OpatrnyInterested Board Members:

Robert Fairbairn

  BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund  Over $100,000  Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio$10,001 - $50,000
  BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.Target Shares: BATS: Series E Portfolio  Over $100,000  

Joseph P. Platt

BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock GNMAFloating Rate Income Portfolio1  $10,001-$50,00010,001 - $50,000

John M. Perlowski

  Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Inflation Protected BondAllocation Target Shares: BATS: Series V Portfolio1  $1-$10,00010,001 - $50,000  
  BlackRock Funds II:V: BlackRock Managed Income Fund$10,001-$50,000

Mark Stalnecker

NoneNoneOver $100,000

Kenneth L. Urish

NoneNoneOver $100,000

Claire A. Walton

NoneNoneOver $100,000

1

Information shown is that of the corresponding Predecessor Portfolio.

Board I Nominees (Group B Funds)

Name of Board I
Nominee

Fund Name

Aggregate Dollar
Range of Shares in
Each
Fund/Portfolio
Aggregate Dollar
Range of Equity
Securities in all
Funds Overseen or
to be Overseen by
the Group B Funds

Board Nominee
in the BlackRock
Fund Complexes

Interested Board I Nominees:

Robert Fairbairn

BlackRock Funds II: BlackRock Dynamic HighFloating Rate Income Portfolio  $1-$10,0001 - $10,000  Over $100,000
  BlackRock Funds II: BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio1$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio1$10,001-$50,000

Name of Board I
Nominee

Fund Name

Aggregate Dollar
Range of Shares in
Each
Fund/Portfolio
Aggregate Dollar
Range of Equity
Securities in all
Funds Overseen or
to be Overseen by
the Group B Funds

Board Nominee
in the BlackRock
Fund Complexes
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio1  $10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust: BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Funds II: BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio$1-$10,000

John M. Perlowski

BlackRock Funds II: BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio$10,001-$50,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio1Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio1$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Municipal Series Trust: BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities FundOver $100,000

Independent Board I Nominees:

Michael J. Castellano

NoneNoneOver $100,000

Richard E. Cavanagh

NoneNoneOver $100,000

Cynthia L. Egan

NoneNoneOver $100,000

Frank J. Fabozzi

NoneNoneOver $100,000

Henry Gabbay

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund$50,001-$100,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds II: BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio1$50,001-$100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio1$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.Over $100,000

R. Glenn Hubbard

NoneNoneOver $100,000

W. Carl Kester

NoneNoneOver $100,000

Catherine A. Lynch

NoneNoneOver $100,000

Karen P. Robards

NoneNoneOver $100,000

1

Information shown is that of the corresponding Predecessor Portfolio.

Existing Board Members Not SeekingRe-election

Name of Existing Board Member

Fund Name

Aggregate Dollar
Range of Shares in
Each
Fund/Portfolio
Aggregate Dollar
Range of Equity
Securities in all
Funds Overseen by
Existing Board

Members
in the BlackRock
Fund Complexes

Independent Board Members:

James H. Bodurtha

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.: BlackRock Total Return FundOver $100,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund$50,001-$100,000
BlackRock Funds II: BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio$50,001-$100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio1$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock GNMA Portfolio1Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio1$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.Over $100,000
BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.: BlackRock National Municipal FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Strategic Municipal Series Trust: BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund$10,001-$50,000

Honorable Stuart E. Eizenstat

BlackRock Funds V: BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio1$1-$10,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.Over $100,000

John F. O’Brien

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.Over $100,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Equity Dividend FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.Over $100,00010,001 - $50,000  

 

1* 

Information shown is thatIncludes share equivalents owned under the deferred compensation plan in the Supervised Funds by certain Independent Board Members/Nominees who have participated in the deferred compensation plan of the corresponding Predecessor Portfolio.

Supervised Funds.

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Appendix G —F – Meetings of the Boards and Committees of the Boards

During the most recent full fiscal year for each Fund listed in the table below, the Board and each Committee of the Board met the following number of times:

 

Fund/Portfolio1

 Fiscal Year
End
  Number of
Board
Meetings
  Number of
Audit
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Governance
and Nominating
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Compliance
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Performance
Oversight
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Executive
Committee
Meetings
 

BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

       

BATS: Series A Portfolio

  3/31   7   10   4   4   4   0 

BATS: Series C Portfolio

  3/31   7   10   4   4   4   0 

BATS: Series E Portfolio

  3/31   7   10   4   4   4   0 

BATS: Series M Portfolio

  3/31   7   10   4   4   4   0 

BATS: Series P Portfolio

  3/31   7   10   4   4   4   0 

BATS: Series S Portfolio

  3/31   7   10   4   4   4   0 

BATS: Series V Portfolio

  3/31   7   10   4   4   4   0 

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

       

BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund

  9/30   9   13   6   4   4   0 

BlackRock Total Return Fund

  9/30   9   13   6   4   4   0 

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

       

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

  5/31   6   9   6   4   3   0 

BlackRock ETF Trust II

       

BlackRock AAA CLO ETF

  7/31   4   4   4   2   2   0 

BlackRock Flexible Income ETF

  7/31   1   2   1   1   1   0 

BlackRock Floating Rate Loan ETF

  7/31   5   6   5   3   3   0 

BlackRock High Yield Muni Income Bond ETF

  7/31   6   9   6   4   4   0 

Group A Funds

F-1


Fund/Portfolio1

 Fiscal Year
End
  Number of
Board
Meetings
  Number of
Audit
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Governance
and Nominating
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Compliance
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Performance
Oversight
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Executive
Committee
Meetings
 

BlackRock Intermediate Muni Income Bond ETF

  7/31   6   9   6   4   4   0 

BlackRock Short-Term California Muni Bond ETF

  7/31   0   0   0   0   0   0 

iShares Large Cap Deep Buffer ETF

  7/31   0   0   0   0   0   0 

iShares Large Cap Moderate Buffer ETF

  7/31   0   0   0   0   0   0 

BlackRock Funds IV

       

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

  7/31   6   9   6   4   4   0 

BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

  5/31   6   9   6   4   3   0 

BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund

  12/31   7   11   4   4   4   0 

BlackRock Funds V

       

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

  9/30   9   13   6   4   4   0 

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

  7/31   6   9   6   4   4   0 

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

  9/30   9   13   6   4   4   0 

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

  9/30   9   13   6   4   4   0 

BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund

  9/30   9   13   6   4   4   0 

BlackRock Income Fund

  9/30   9   13   6   4   4   0 

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

  12/31   7   11   4   4   4   0 

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

  9/30   9   13   6   4   4   0 

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

  12/31   7   11   4   4   4   0 

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Fund

  12/31   7   11   4   4   4   0 

F-2


Fund/Portfolio1

 Fiscal Year
End
  Number of
Board
Meetings
  Number of
Audit
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Governance
and Nominating
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Compliance
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Performance
Oversight
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Executive
Committee
Meetings
 

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund

  12/31   7   11   4   4   4   0 

BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund

  9/30   9   13   6   4   4   0 

BlackRock Sustainable Low Duration Bond Fund

  9/30   9   13   6   4   4   0 

BlackRock Funds VI

       

BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

  12/31   7   11   4   4   4   0 

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

       

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

  5/31   6   9   6   4   3   0 

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

  6/30   7   9   6   4   4   0 

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

  5/31   6   9   6   4   3   0 

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

       

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

  6/30   7   9   6   4   4   0 

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

  5/31   6   9   6   4   3   0 

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

  6/30   7   9   6   4   4   0 

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

  6/30   7   9   6   4   4   0 

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

       

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

  5/31   6   9   6   4   3   0 

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

  12/31   7   11   4   4   4   0 

F-3


Fund/Portfolio1

 Fiscal Year
End
  Number of
Board
Meetings
  Number of
Audit
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Governance
and Nominating
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Compliance
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Performance
Oversight
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Executive
Committee
Meetings
 

Managed Account Series II

       

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

  4/30   6   9   5   4   4   0 

Master Bond LLC

       

Master Total Return Portfolio

  9/30   9   13   6   4   4   0 

Master Investment Portfolio II

       

Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

  12/31   6   11   4   4   4   0 

 

Fund Name

1
 Fiscal Year EndNumberThe Portfolios of Board
Meetings

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

6/306

BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc.

3/317

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

9/306

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

6/306

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.

9/306

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

7/315

BlackRock EuroFund

6/306

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.

8/316

BlackRockseries Funds II

BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund

9/306

BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund

9/306

BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund

9/306

BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund

9/306

BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio

7/315

BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio

7/315

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2020 Fund

10/3110

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2025 Fund

10/3110

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2030 Fund

10/3110

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2035 Fund

10/3110

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2040 Fund

10/3110

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2045 Fund

10/3110

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2050 Fund

10/3110

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2055 Fund

10/3110

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2060 Fund

10/313

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta Retirement Fund

10/3110

BlackRock Managed Income Fund

12/319

BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio

7/315

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

10/3110

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

10/3110

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Series, Inc.

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Fund

1/3110

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

7/315

Fund Name

Fiscal Year EndNumberare set forth below the name of Board
Meetings

FDP Series, Inc.

FDP BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

5/317

FDP BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

5/317

FDP BlackRock International Fund

5/317

Managed Account Series

Advantage Global SmallCap Fund

8/316

BlackRock GA Disciplined Volatility Equity Fund

10/313

BlackRock GA Enhanced Equity Fund

10/313

Mid Cap Dividend Fund

8/316

Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC

3/317

Master Focus Growth LLC

8/316
Group B Funds

BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BATS: Series A Portfolio

3/317

BATS: Series C Portfolio

3/317

BATS: Series E Portfolio

3/317

BATS: Series M Portfolio

3/317

BATS: Series P Portfolio

3/317

BATS: Series S Portfolio

3/317

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Total Return Fund

9/306

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

5/317

BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio*

9/306

BlackRock Credit Strategies Income Fund*

9/306

BlackRock Emerging Markets Bond Fund*

12/313

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio*

12/319

BlackRock Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund*

12/313

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio*

8/316

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio*

9/306

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio*

9/306

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio*

12/319

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio*

9/306

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio*

12/319

BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio*

9/306

Fund Name

Fiscal Year EndNumber of Board
Meetings

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

5/317

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

6/306

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

5/317

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

6/306

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

6/306

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

6/306

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

5/317

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

12/318

FDP Series II, Inc.

FDP BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund*

5/317

Managed Account Series II

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio*

4/307

Master Bond LLC

Master Total Return Portfolio

9/306the applicable Fund.

 

*Information shown is that of the corresponding Predecessor Portfolio.

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Appendix HG – Executive Officers of the Funds

The executive officers of each Fund who are not Board Members or Board Nominees, their address, their year of birth and their principal occupations during the past five years (their titles may have varied during that period) are shown in the table below.*

Each executive officer is an “interested person” of the Funds (as defined in the Investment Company1940 Act) by virtue of that individual’s position with BlackRock or its affiliates described in the table below.

Information Pertaining to the Executive Officers

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth1,2(1)

  

Position(s) Held
(Length of

Service)3(2)

  

Principal Occupation(s)Occupations(s)
During Past Five5 Years

Officers Who Are Not Board Members/Board Nominees

Jennifer McGovern

 

1977

  

Vice President

(Since 2014)

  Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2016; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2011 to 2015; Head of Americas Product Development and Governance for BlackRock’s Global Product Group since 2019; Head of Product Structure and Oversight for BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Group since 2013.from 2013 to 2019.

Neal J. AndrewsTrent Walker

 

19661974

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Since 2007)2021)

  Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006.September 2019; Executive Vice President of PIMCO from 2016 to 2019; Senior Vice President of PIMCO from 2008 to 2015; Treasurer from 2013 to 2019 and Assistant Treasurer from 2007 to 2017 of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds.

Jay M. Fife

 

1970

  

Treasurer

(Since 2007)

  Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007.

Charles ParkAaron Wasserman

 

19671974

  

Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”)

(Since 2014)2023)

  Anti-Money LaunderingManaging Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2018; Chief Compliance Officer of the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex and the iShares Complex since 2023; Deputy Chief Compliance Officer for the BlackRock-advised Funds in the Equity-BondBlackRock Multi-Asset Complex, the Equity-LiquidityBlackRock Fixed-Income Complex and theClosed-End iShares Complex from 2014 to 2015; Chief Compliance Officer2023.

G-1


Name, Address
and Year of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex, the Equity-Liquidity Complex and theClosed-End Complex since 2014; Birth(1)

Position(s) Held
(Length of Service)(2)

Principal of and Chief Compliance Officer for iShares® Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC since 2012 and BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”) since 2006; Chief Compliance Officer for theBFA-advised iShares® exchange traded funds since 2006; Chief Compliance Officer for BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. since 2012.Occupations(s)
During Past 5 Years

John MacKessyLisa Belle

 

19721968

  

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

(Since 2018)2019)

  Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2017;2019; Global Financial Crime Head for Asset and Wealth Management of JP Morgan from 2013 to 2019; Managing Director of RBS Securities from 2012 to 2013; Head of Anti-Money Laundering at BlackRock, Inc. since 2017; Director of AML Monitoring and Investigations Group of CitibankFinancial Crimes for Barclays Wealth Americas from 20152010 to 2017; Global Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions Officer for MasterCard from 2011 to 2015.2012.

Benjamin ArchibaldJaney Ahn

 

1975

  

Secretary

(Since 2012)2019)

  Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2014;2018; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 20102009 to 2013; Secretary of the iShares® exchange traded funds since 2015; Secretary of the BlackRock-advised mutual funds since 2012.2017.

 

*1 Information regarding John Perlowski, who is a Board Member and an officer of each Fund, is set forth in the Proxy Statement under “Proposals 1(a), 1(b), 2(a), 2(b), 3(a) and 3(b)—Election of Board Members—Board Members’/Board Nominees’ Biographical Information”.
1

The address of each Officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street,50 Hudson Yards, New York, New York 10055.

NY 10001.
2 

Officers of each Fund serve at the pleasure of the Fund’s Board.

3

Date shown is the earliest date since which a personan Officer has served for a Fund covered by this Proxy Statement.

With the exception of the CCO, executive officers receive no compensation from the Funds. The Funds compensate the CCO for his services as their CCO.

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Appendix IH – Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees to Independent Registered Public Accountants

Audit Fees and Audit-Related Fees

 

Group A Funds

           Audit Fees   Audit-Related Fees 

Fund/Portfolio1

  Accounting
Firm2
   Fiscal
Year
End
  Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal
Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year
End ($)
   Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal
Year Prior
to Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year
End ($)
 
BlackRock Allocation Target Shares           

BATS: Series A Portfolio

   D&T    3/31   41,718    40,086    44     

BATS: Series C Portfolio

   D&T    3/31   36,720    35,292    44     

BATS: Series E Portfolio

   D&T    3/31   42,738    41,106    44     

BATS: Series M Portfolio

   D&T    3/31   32,640    31,416    44     

BATS: Series P Portfolio

   D&T    3/31   20,808    19,992    44     

BATS: Series S Portfolio

   D&T    3/31   36,720    35,292    44     

BATS: Series V Portfolio

   D&T    3/31   42,738    37,026    44     

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

           

BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund

   D&T    9/30(3)   74,970    N/A    44     

BlackRock Total Return Fund

   D&T    9/30   7,956    7,878    44     
BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust           

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

   D&T    5/31   36,312    34,884    44     
BlackRock ETF Trust II           

BlackRock AAA CLO ETF

   PwC    7/31(4)   N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A 

BlackRock Flexible Income ETF

   PwC    7/31(5)   N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A 

BlackRock Floating Rate Loan ETF

   PwC    7/31(6)   N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A 

BlackRock High Yield Muni Income Bond ETF

   PwC    7/31   13,100    11,800        2,500 

BlackRock Intermediate Muni Income Bond ETF

   PwC    7/31   13,100    11,800        2,500 

BlackRock Short-Term California Muni Bond ETF

   PwC    7/31(7)   N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A 

iShares Large Cap Deep Buffer ETF

   PwC    7/31(8)   N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A 

iShares Large Cap Moderate Buffer ETF

   PwC    7/31(8)   N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A 

 

           Audit Fees   Audit-Related Fees 

Fund Name

  Accounting
Firm*
   Fiscal
Year
End
   Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to  Most

Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
 

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

   D&T    6/30    37,638    37,630         

BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc.

   D&T    3/31    8,160    8,160         

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

   D&T    9/30    23,460    16,524         

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

   D&T    6/30    42,228    43,405         

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.

   D&T    9/30    38,658    39,848         

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

   D&T    7/31    30,906    32,147        2,000 

BlackRock EuroFund

   D&T    6/30    36,924    35,666         

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.

   D&T    8/31    8,160    8,160         

BlackRock Funds II

            

BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund

   D&T    9/30    23,460    27,642        2,000 

BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund

   D&T    9/30    23,460    27,642        2,000 

BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund

   D&T    9/30    23,460    27,642        2,000 

BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund

   D&T    9/30    23,460    27,642        2,000 

BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio

   PwC    7/31    48,300    48,250        2,000 

BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio

   PwC    7/31    22,000    29,000         

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2020 Fund

   PwC    10/31    15,105    15,255    1,445     

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2025 Fund

   PwC    10/31    15,105    15,255    1,445     

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2030 Fund

   PwC    10/31    15,105    15,255    1,445     

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2035 Fund

   PwC    10/31    15,105    15,255    1,445     

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2040 Fund

   PwC    10/31    15,105    15,255    1,444     

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2045 Fund

   PwC    10/31    15,105    15,255    1,444     

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2050 Fund

   PwC    10/31    15,105    15,255    1,444     

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2055 Fund

   PwC    10/31    15,105    15,230    1,444     

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2060 Fund1

   PwC    10/31    13,595             

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta Retirement Fund

   PwC    10/31    15,105    15,255    1,444     

BlackRock Managed Income Fund

   D&T    12/31    40,622    40,864    4,000     

BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio

   PwC    7/31    68,700    68,701         

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

   D&T    10/31    99,399    99,642         

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

   D&T    10/31    33,932    35,152         

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           Audit Fees   Audit-Related Fees 

Fund Name

  Accounting
Firm*
   Fiscal
Year
End
   Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to  Most

Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
 

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Series, Inc.

            

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Fund

   D&T    1/31    30,804    29,597         

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

   D&T    7/31    28,152    29,419         

FDP Series, Inc.

            

FDP BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

   D&T    5/31    29,580    30,566        2,000 

FDP BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

   D&T    5/31    29,580    30,566        2,000 

FDP BlackRock International Fund

   D&T    5/31    31,620    32,912        2,000 

Managed Account Series

            

Advantage Global SmallCap Fund

   D&T    8/31    28,152    28,169         

BlackRock GA Disciplined Volatility Equity Fund2

   D&T    10/31    35,802             

BlackRock GA Enhanced Equity Fund2

   D&T    10/31    36,720             

Mid Cap Dividend Fund

   D&T    8/31    27,846    27,863         

Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC

   D&T    3/31    36,618    36,635         

Master Focus Growth LLC

   D&T    8/31    25,092    25,058         


           Audit Fees   Audit-Related Fees 

Fund/Portfolio1

  Accounting
Firm2
   Fiscal
Year
End
  Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal
Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year
End ($)
   Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal
Year Prior
to Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year
End ($)
 
BlackRock Funds IV           

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

   PwC    7/31(9)   74,100    74,100         

BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

   D&T    5/31   41,616    39,984    44     

BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund

   D&T    12/31   65,586    64,943    44     
BlackRock Funds V           

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

   D&T    9/30   74,970    74,235    44     

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

   D&T    7/31(10)   79,968    79,184         

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

   D&T    9/30   38,148    37,774    44     

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

   D&T    9/30   74,970    74,235    44     

BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund

   D&T    9/30   37,536    37,168    44     

BlackRock Income Fund

   D&T    9/30   59,976    59,388    44     

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

   D&T    12/31   29,172    28,886    44     

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

   D&T    9/30   59,976    59,388    44     

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

   D&T    12/31(11)   116,484    115,342    44     

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Fund

   D&T    12/31   39,984    39,592    44    4,207 

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund

   D&T    12/31   41,106    40,703    4,044     

BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund

   D&T    9/30   75,072    74,336    44     

BlackRock Sustainable Low Duration Bond Fund

   D&T    9/30(3)   53,958    N/A    44    N/A 
BlackRock Funds VI           

BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

   PwC    12/31   11,000    11,110         

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            Audit Fees   Audit-Related Fees 

Fund/Portfolio1

  Accounting
Firm2
   Fiscal
Year
End
   Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal
Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year
End ($)
   Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal
Year Prior
to Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year
End ($)
 
BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust            

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

   D&T    5/31    32,232    31,008    44     

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

   D&T    6/30    33,864    32,538    44    1,051 

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

   D&T    5/31    30,294    29,172    44     
BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.            

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

   D&T    6/30    39,576    38,046    44     

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

   D&T    5/31    38,352    33,252         

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

   D&T    6/30    38,352    36,924    44     

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

   D&T    6/30    31,416    30,192    44     
BlackRock Municipal Series Trust            

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

   D&T    5/31    38,556    37,026    44     
BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.   D&T    12/31    74,970    74,235    44     
Managed Account Series II            

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

   D&T    4/30    32,436    31,212    44     
Master Bond LLC            

Master Total Return Portfolio

   D&T    9/30    83,334    82,517    44     
Master Investment Portfolio II            

Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

   D&T    12/31    41,616    39,984    44     

 

*1The Portfolios of series Funds are set forth below the name of the applicable Fund.
2 “D&T” refers to Deloitte & Touche LLP, and “PwC” refers to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
13  

For the period May 31, 2017 (Commencement of Operations) toCommenced operations October 31, 2017.

18, 2021.
24  

ForCommenced operations January 10, 2023.

5Commenced operations May 19, 2023.
6Commenced operations October 4, 2022.
7Commenced operations July 11, 2023.
8Commenced operations June 28, 2023.
9Tax services are not provided by the period June 1, 2017 (CommencementFund’s Independent Public Accounting Firm
10Effective July 31, 2023, BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio fiscal year end changed from August 31 to July 31. The fees reflected are as of Operations) to OctoberAugust 31, 2017.

2022.
11Includes fees for the Fund and the Fund’s subsidiary or subsidiaries.

 

Group B FundsH-3

           Audit Fees   Audit-Related Fees 

Fund Name

  Accounting
Firm*
   Fiscal
Year
End
   Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End  ($)
   Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to

Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
 

BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

            

BATS: Series A Portfolio

   D&T    3/31    40,902    40,940         

BATS: Series C Portfolio

   D&T    3/31    36,006    36,032         

BATS: Series E Portfolio

   D&T    3/31    41,922    41,960         

BATS: Series M Portfolio

   D&T    3/31    32,028    32,003         

BATS: Series P Portfolio

   D&T    3/31    20,400    34,514         

BATS: Series S Portfolio

   D&T    3/31    36,006    36,032         

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

            

BlackRock Total Return Fund

   D&T    9/30    8,160    8,160         

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

            

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

   D&T    5/31    35,598    34,323         


           Audit Fees   Audit-Related Fees 

Fund Name

  Accounting
Firm*
   Fiscal
Year
End
   Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End  ($)
   Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to

Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
 

BlackRock Funds V

            

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio**

   D&T    9/30    53,550    53,525         

BlackRock Credit Strategies Income Fund**

   D&T    9/30    52,428    54,203        4,000 

BlackRock Emerging Markets Bond Fund**,1

   D&T    12/31    36,720             

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio**

   D&T    12/31    41,897    46,245         

BlackRock Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund**,1

   D&T    12/31    36,720             

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio**

   D&T    8/31    94,860    94,886        2,000 

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio**

   D&T    9/30    38,964    38,913         

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio**

   D&T    9/30    78,030    79,203         

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio**

   D&T    12/31    29,810    34,158         

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio**

   D&T    9/30    44,268    44,243         

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio**

   D&T    12/31    118,779    92,782    2,000     

BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio**

   D&T    9/30    39,576    39,576         

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

            

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

   D&T    5/31    31,620    30,396         

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

   D&T    6/30    33,252    32,028         

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

   D&T    5/31    29,784    28,560         

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

            

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

   D&T    6/30    38,862    37,587         

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

   D&T    6/30    38,862    40,086         

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

   D&T    6/30    30,804    30,804         

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

            

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

   D&T    5/31    37,740    36,465         

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

   D&T    12/31    42,432    42,675    4,000     

FDP Series II, Inc.

            

FDP BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund**

   D&T    5/31    40,800    48,425        2,000 

Managed Account Series II

            

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio**

   D&T    4/30    31,824    31,850         

Master Bond LLC

            

Master Total Return Portfolio

   D&T    9/30    85,068    85,017         

*“D&T” refers to Deloitte & Touche LLP.
**Information shown is that of the corresponding Predecessor Portfolio.
1

For the period July 27, 2017 (Commencement of Operations) to December 31, 2017.

Tax Fees and All Other Fees

 

Group A Funds

       Tax Fees2   All Other Fees3 

Fund1

  Fiscal Year
End
  Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal
Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year ($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to Most
Recent Fiscal
Year End ($)
 
BlackRock Allocation Target Shares         

BATS: Series A Portfolio

   3/31   17,600    18,100    218    420 

BATS: Series C Portfolio

   3/31   17,600    18,100    218    420 

BATS: Series E Portfolio

   3/31   15,600    16,800    218    420 

BATS: Series M Portfolio

   3/31   17,600    18,100    218    420 

BATS: Series P Portfolio

   3/31   17,600    18,100    218    420 

BATS: Series S Portfolio

   3/31   17,600    18,100    218    420 

BATS: Series V Portfolio

   3/31   22,100    23,500    218     
BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.         

BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund

   9/30(4)   28,900    N/A        N/A 

BlackRock Total Return Fund

   9/30   18,900    14,900    431    207 
BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust         

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

   5/31   19,900    16,300    218    420 
BlackRock ETF Trust II         

BlackRock AAA CLO ETF

   7/31(5)   N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A 

BlackRock Flexible Income ETF

   7/31(6)   N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A 

BlackRock Floating Rate Loan ETF

   7/31(7)   N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A 

BlackRock High Yield Muni Income Bond ETF

   7/31   9,700    9,700         

BlackRock Intermediate Muni Income Bond ETF

   7/31   9,700    9,700         

BlackRock Short-Term California Muni Bond ETF

   7/31(8)   N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A 

iShares Large Cap Deep Buffer ETF

   7/31(9)   N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A 

iShares Large Cap Moderate Buffer ETF

   7/31(9)   N/A    N/A    N/A    N/A 

 

       Tax Fees*   All Other Fees

Fund Name

  Fiscal
Year
End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year Prior
to Most  Recent
Fiscal Year End
($)
   Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
  Fiscal Year
Prior to Most
Recent Fiscal
Year End ($)

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

   6/30    16,500    14,765     

BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc.

   3/31    13,100    13,707     

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

   9/30    15,700    16,257     

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

   6/30    16,100    13,707     

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.

   9/30    13,100    13,707     

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

   7/31    16,700    14,007     

BlackRock EuroFund

   6/30    16,200    14,727     

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.

   8/31    9,700    9,990     

BlackRock Funds II

          

BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund

   9/30    15,000    15,000     

BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund

   9/30    15,000    15,000     

BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund

   9/30    15,000    15,000     

BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund

   9/30    15,000    15,000     

BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio1

   7/31             

BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio1

   7/31             

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2020 Fund1

   10/31             

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2025 Fund1

   10/31             

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2030 Fund1

   10/31             

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2035 Fund1

   10/31             

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2040 Fund1

   10/31             

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2045 Fund1

   10/31             

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2050 Fund1

   10/31             

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2055 Fund1

   10/31             

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2060 Fund1,2

   10/31             

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta Retirement Fund1

   10/31             

BlackRock Managed Income Fund

   12/31    16,002    15,402     

BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio1

   7/31             

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

   10/31    21,800    20,000     

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

   10/31    15,027    14,127     

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Series, Inc.

          

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Fund

   1/31    13,100    14,007     

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

   7/31    16,700    14,045     

H-4

       Tax Fees*   All Other Fees 

Fund Name

  Fiscal
Year
End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year Prior
to Most  Recent
Fiscal Year End
($)
   Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to Most
Recent Fiscal
Year End ($)
 

FDP Series, Inc.

          

FDP BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

   5/31    14,600    13,140         

FDP BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

   5/31    14,600    13,140         

FDP BlackRock International Fund

   5/31    15,400    14,160         

Managed Account Series

          

Advantage Global SmallCap Fund

   8/31    13,200    14,058         

BlackRock GA Disciplined Volatility Equity Fund3

   10/31    20,000             

BlackRock GA Enhanced Equity Fund3

   10/31    20,000             

Mid Cap Dividend Fund

   8/31    13,100    14,007         

Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC4

   3/31                 

Master Focus Growth LLC4

   8/31                 


       Tax Fees2   All Other Fees3 

Fund1

  Fiscal Year
End
  Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal
Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year ($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to Most
Recent Fiscal
Year End ($)
 
BlackRock Funds IV         

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

   7/31(10)                

BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

   5/31   18,200    17,500    218    420 

BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund

   12/31   29,000    35,800    431    207 
BlackRock Funds V         

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

   9/30   21,400    19,400    431    210 

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

   7/31(11)   19,000    17,000    476    210 

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

   9/30   16,900    14,900    431    210 

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

   9/30   50,915    20,000    431    210 

BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund

   9/30   16,900    14,900    431    210 

BlackRock Income Fund

   9/30   16,900    14,900    431    210 

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

   12/31   22,000    21,200    431    210 

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

   9/30   22,000    20,000    431    210 

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

   12/31(12)   33,000    31,800    431    210 

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Fund

   12/31   19,000    18,800    431     

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund

   12/31   19,000    18,800    431    210 

BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund

   9/30   16,900    23,000    218     

BlackRock Sustainable Low Duration Bond Fund

   9/30(4)   28,900    N/A        N/A 
BlackRock Funds VI         

BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

   12/31   10,750    8,100         

H-5


        Tax Fees2   All Other Fees3 

Fund1

  Fiscal Year
End
   Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal
Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal
Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year ($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to Most
Recent Fiscal
Year End ($)
 
BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust          

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

   5/31    16,300    16,300    218    420 

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

   6/30    16,300    19,600         

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

   5/31    16,300    16,300    218    420 
BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.          

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

   6/30    16,900    14,500        638 

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

   5/31    15,100    16,500         

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

   6/30    16,900    14,500        638 

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

   6/30    16,300    14,500        638 
BlackRock Municipal Series Trust          

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

   5/31    19,900    19,300    218    420 
BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.   12/31    19,000    18,800    431    207 
Managed Account Series II          

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

   4/30    18,300    16,400    218    423 
Master Bond LLC          

Master Total Return Portfolio

   9/30    30,000    30,000    431    207 
Master Investment Portfolio II          

Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

   12/31    18,200    17,500    218    420 

 

*1The Portfolios of series Funds are set forth below the name of the applicable Fund.
2 All Tax Fees consist solely of fees relating to services provided for tax compliance and/or tax preparation.
13  

The Other Fees represent each Fund’s allocable share of fees paid for issuance of Compliance Attestation Reports pursuant to Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. The amount paid by each Fund and other BlackRock open-end and closed-end funds is allocated evenly across all funds in existence during the period when the applicable services were performed.

4Commenced operations October 18, 2021.
5Commenced operations January 10, 2023.
6Commenced operations May 19, 2023.
7Commenced operations October 4, 2022.
8Commenced operations July 11, 2023.
9Commenced operations June 28, 2023.
10Tax services are not provided by the Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

Firm
211  

For the period MayEffective July 31, 2017 (Commencement2023, BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio fiscal year end changed from August 31 to July 31. The fees reflected are as of Operations) to OctoberAugust 31, 2017.

2022.
312  

ForIncludes fees for the period June 1, 2017 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2017.

4

Master Fund does not require tax services.

and the Fund’s subsidiary or subsidiaries.

 

Group B FundsH-6

       Tax Fees*   All Other Fees 

Fund Name

  Fiscal
Year
End
   Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year Prior
to Most  Recent
Fiscal Year End
($)
   Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year Prior
to Most Recent
Fiscal Year End
($)
 

BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

          

BATS: Series A Portfolio

   3/31    15,400    16,002         

BATS: Series C Portfolio

   3/31    15,400    16,002         

BATS: Series E Portfolio

   3/31    13,400    13,362         

BATS: Series M Portfolio

   3/31    15,400    16,002         

BATS: Series P Portfolio

   3/31    15,400    15,402         

BATS: Series S Portfolio

   3/31    15,400    15,402         

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

          

BlackRock Total Return Fund

   9/30    15,400    15,402         

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

          

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

   5/31    13,500    12,852         

BlackRock Funds V

          

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio**

   9/30    20,000    20,000         

BlackRock Credit Strategies Income Fund**

   9/30    15,400    15,402         

BlackRock Emerging Markets Bond Fund**

   12/31    17,500             

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio**

   12/31    18,100    17,500         


       Tax Fees*   All Other Fees

Fund Name

  Fiscal
Year
End
   Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year Prior
to Most  Recent
Fiscal Year End
($)
   Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
  Fiscal Year Prior
to Most Recent
Fiscal Year End
($)

BlackRock Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund**

   12/31    17,500         

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio**

   8/31    17,500    17,500     

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio**

   9/30    15,400    15,402     

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio**

   9/30    20,000    38,900     

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio**

   12/31    20,000    20,000     

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio**

   9/30    20,000    20,000     

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio**

   12/31    20,600    20,000     

BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio**

   9/30    15,400    15,402     

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

          

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

   5/31    13,500    12,852     

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

   6/30    13,500    12,852     

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

   5/31    13,500    12,852     

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

          

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

   6/30    13,500    12,890     

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

   6/30    13,500    12,852     

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

   6/30    13,500    12,852     

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

          

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

   5/31    17,700    14,052     

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

   12/31    18,138    17,500     

FDP Series II, Inc.

          

FDP BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund**

   5/31    16,000    15,402     

Managed Account Series II

          

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio**

   4/30    14,800    14,841     

Master Bond LLC

          

Master Total Return Portfolio

   9/30    20,000    20,000     

*All Tax Fees consist solely of fees relating to services provided for tax compliance and/or tax preparation.
**Information shown is that of the corresponding Predecessor Portfolio.

AggregateNon-Audit Fees for Services Provided to Each Fund and its Affiliated Service ProvidersPre-Approved by the Audit Committee*Committee

 

Group A Funds

       Aggregate Non-Audit Fees 

Fund1

  Fiscal Year End  Most Recent
Fiscal Year ($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to Most
Recent Fiscal
Year End ($)
 
BlackRock Allocation Target Shares     

BATS: Series A Portfolio

   3/31   17,862    18,520 

BATS: Series C Portfolio

   3/31   17,862    18,520 

BATS: Series E Portfolio

   3/31   15,862    17,220 

BATS: Series M Portfolio

   3/31   17,862    18,520 

BATS: Series P Portfolio

   3/31   17,862    18,520 

BATS: Series S Portfolio

   3/31   17,862    18,520 

BATS: Series V Portfolio

   3/31   22,362    23,500 
BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.     

BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund

   9/30(2)   28,944    N/A 

BlackRock Total Return Fund

   9/30   19,376    15,107 
BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust     

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

   5/31   20,162    16,720 
BlackRock ETF Trust II     

BlackRock AAA CLO ETF

   7/31(3)   N/A    N/A 

BlackRock Flexible Income ETF

   7/31(4)   N/A    N/A 

BlackRock Floating Rate Loan ETF

   7/31(5)   N/A    N/A 

BlackRock High Yield Muni Income Bond ETF

   7/31   9,700    12,200 

BlackRock Intermediate Muni Income Bond ETF

   7/31   9,700    12,200 

BlackRock Short-Term California Muni Bond ETF

   7/31(6)   N/A    N/A 

iShares Large Cap Deep Buffer ETF

   7/31(7)   N/A    N/A 

iShares Large Cap Moderate Buffer ETF

   7/31(7)   N/A    N/A 
BlackRock Funds IV     

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

   7/31(8)        

BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

   5/31   18,462    17,920 

BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund

   12/31   29,475    36,007 

 

       Aggregate Non-Audit Fees 

Fund Name

  Fiscal Year
End
   Most Recent Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal Year Prior to Most  Recent
Fiscal Year End ($)
 

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

   6/30    16,500    14,765 

BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc.

   3/31    13,100    13,707 

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

   9/30    15,700    16,257 

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

   6/30    16,100    13,707 

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.

   9/30    13,100    13,707 

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

   7/31    16,700    16,007 

BlackRock EuroFund

   6/30    16,200    14,727 

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.

   8/31    9,700    9,990 

BlackRock Funds II

      

BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund

   9/30    15,000    17,000 

BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund

   9/30    15,000    17,000 

BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund

   9/30    15,000    17,000 

BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund

   9/30    15,000    17,000 

BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio

   7/31        2,000 

BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio

   7/31         

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2020 Fund

   10/31    1,445     

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2025 Fund

   10/31    1,445     

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2030 Fund

   10/31    1,445     

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2035 Fund

   10/31    1,445     

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2040 Fund

   10/31    1,444     

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2045 Fund

   10/31    1,444     

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2050 Fund

   10/31    1,444     

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2055 Fund

   10/31    1,444     

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2060 Fund1

   10/31         

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta Retirement Fund

   10/31    1,444     

BlackRock Managed Income Fund

   12/31    20,002    15,402 

BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio

   7/31         

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

   10/31    21,800    20,000 

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

   10/31    15,027    14,127 

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Series, Inc.

      

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Fund

   1/31    13,100    14,007 

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

   7/31    16,700    14,045 

H-7

       Aggregate Non-Audit Fees 

Fund Name

  Fiscal Year
End
   Most Recent Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal Year Prior to Most  Recent
Fiscal Year End ($)
 

FDP Series, Inc.

      

FDP BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

   5/31    14,600    15,140 

FDP BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

   5/31    14,600    15,140 

FDP BlackRock International Fund

   5/31    15,400    16,160 

Managed Account Series

      

Advantage Global SmallCap Fund

   8/31    13,200    14,058 

BlackRock GA Disciplined Volatility Equity Fund2

   10/31    20,000     

BlackRock GA Enhanced Equity Fund2

   10/31    20,000     

Mid Cap Dividend Fund

   8/31    13,100    14,007 

Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC

   3/31         

Master Focus Growth LLC

   8/31         


       Aggregate Non-Audit Fees 

Fund1

  Fiscal Year End  Most Recent
Fiscal Year ($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to Most
Recent Fiscal
Year End ($)
 
BlackRock Funds V     

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

   9/30   21,875    19,610 

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

   7/31(9)   19,476    17,210 

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

   9/30   17,375    15,110 

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

   9/30   51,390    20,210 

BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund

   9/30   17,375    15,110 

BlackRock Income Fund

   9/30   17,375    15,110 

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

   12/31   22,475    21,410 

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

   9/30   22,475    20,210 

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

   12/31(10)   33,475    32,010 

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Fund

   12/31   19,475    23,007 

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund

   12/31   23,475    19,010 

BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund

   9/30   17,162    23,000 

BlackRock Sustainable Low Duration Bond Fund

   9/30(2)   28,944    N/A 
BlackRock Funds VI     

BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

   12/31   10,750    8,100 
BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust     

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

   5/31   16,562    16,720 

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

   6/30   16,344    20,651 

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

   5/31   16,562    16,720 
BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.     

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

   6/30   16,944    15,138 

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

   5/31   15,100    16,500 

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

   6/30   16,944    15,138 

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

   6/30   16,344    15,138 
BlackRock Municipal Series Trust     

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

   5/31   20,162    19,720 
BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.   12/31   19,475    19,007 
Managed Account Series II     

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

   4/30   18,562    16,823 

H-8


        Aggregate Non-Audit Fees 

Fund1

  Fiscal Year End   Most Recent
Fiscal Year ($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to Most
Recent Fiscal
Year End ($)
 
Master Bond LLC      

Master Total Return Portfolio

   9/30    30,476    30,207 
Master Investment Portfolio II      

Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

   12/31    18,462    17,920 

 

*1 Non-audit feesThe Portfolios of $2,129,000 and $2,154,000 forseries Funds are set forth below the calendar years ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, were paid in their entirety by BlackRock, in connection with services provided toname of the Affiliated Service Providers of each Fund and of other funds in the BlackRock Fund complex for a service organization review and subscription to the Deloitte Accounting Research Tool. These amounts represent the aggregate fees paid by BlackRock and were not specifically allocated on a per Fund basis.applicable Fund.
12  

For the period May 31, 2017 (Commencement of Operations) toCommenced operations October 31, 2017.

18, 2021.
23  

For the period June 1, 2017 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2017.

Group B Funds      

BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

      

BATS: Series A Portfolio

   3/31    15,400    16,002 

BATS: Series C Portfolio

   3/31    15,400    16,002 

BATS: Series E Portfolio

   3/31    13,400    13,362 

BATS: Series M Portfolio

   3/31    15,400    16,002 

BATS: Series P Portfolio

   3/31    15,400    15,402 

BATS: Series S Portfolio

   3/31    15,400    15,402 

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

      

BlackRock Total Return Fund

   9/30    15,400    15,402 

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

      

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

   5/31    13,500    12,852 

BlackRock Funds V

      

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio**

   9/30    20,000    20,000 

BlackRock Credit Strategies Income Fund**

   9/30    15,400    19,402 

BlackRock Emerging Markets Bond Fund**

   12/31    17,500     

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio**

   12/31    18,100    17,500 

BlackRock Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund**

   12/31    17,500     

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio**

   8/31    17,500    19,500 

       Aggregate Non-Audit Fees 

Fund Name

  Fiscal Year
End
   Most Recent Fiscal
Year ($)
  Fiscal Year Prior to Most  Recent
Fiscal Year End ($)
 

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio**

   9/30    15,400   15,402 

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio**

   9/30    39,4101    38,9001  

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio**

   12/31    20,000   20,000 

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio**

   9/30    20,000   20,000 

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio**

   12/31    22,600   20,000 

BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio**

   9/30    15,400   15,402 

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

     

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

   5/31    13,500   12,852 

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

   6/30    13,500   12,852 

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

   5/31    13,500   12,852 

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

     

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

   6/30    13,500   12,890 

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

   6/30    13,500   12,852 

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

   6/30    13,500   12,852 

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

     

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

   5/31    17,700   14,052 

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

   12/31    22,138   17,500 

FDP Series II, Inc.

     

FDP BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund**

   5/31    16,000   17,402 

Managed Account Series II

     

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio**

   4/30    14,800   14,841 

Master Bond LLC

     

Master Total Return Portfolio

   9/30    20,000   20,000 

*Non-audit fees of $2,129,000 and $2,154,000 for the calendar years ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, were paid in their entirety by BlackRock, in connection with services provided to the Affiliated Service Providers of each Fund and of other funds in the BlackRock Fund complex for a service organization review and subscription to the Deloitte Accounting Research Tool. These amounts represent the aggregate fees paid by BlackRock and were not specifically allocated on a per Fund basis.Commenced operations January 10, 2023.
**4 Information shown is that of the corresponding Predecessor Portfolio.Commenced operations May 19, 2023.
15  

Commenced operations October 4, 2022.

6Commenced operations July 11, 2023.
7Commenced operations June 28, 2023.
8Tax services are not provided by the Fund’s Independent Public Accounting Firm
9Effective July 31, 2023, BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio fiscal year end changed from August 31 to July 31. The fees reflected are as of August 31, 2022.
10Includes fees for the PortfolioFund and the Portfolio’sFund’s subsidiary or subsidiaries.

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Appendix JI – Investment Manager,Sub-Advisers and Administrators

The table below identifies the investment manager,sub-adviser(s), if any, and administrator(s), if any, to the Funds.Funds/Portfolios. Additional information about the investment manager andsub-advisers is set forth after the table below.

Group A Funds

 

Fund/PortfolioFund1

 

Investment
Manager

Sub-Adviser(s)

 

AdministratorSub-Adviser(s)

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
1

Administrator

BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc.Feeder Fund –
the Master
Fund’s
Investment
Manager is
BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
1

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
1

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
1

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
1

BlackRock EuroFund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock
International
Limited
1

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.

Feeder Fund –
the Master
Fund’s
Investment
Manager is
BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
Feeder Fund – The Master Fund’s administrator is BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Funds II

Allocation Target Shares
   

BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation FundBATS: Series A Portfolio

 BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock International LimitedBNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

BATS: Series C Portfolio

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock International LimitedBNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

BATS: Series E Portfolio

BlackRock Advisors, LLC  BlackRock Advisors, LLC
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Dynamic High IncomeBATS: Series M Portfolio

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Asset
Management North
Asia Limited

BlackRock
(Singapore) Limited

 BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Fund/Portfolio

Investment
Manager
Sub-Adviser(s)

Administrator

BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio

 BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock
International
Limited
 BlackRock Advisors, LLC
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2020 Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2025 Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2030 Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2035 Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2040 Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2045 Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2050 Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2055 Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2060 Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta Retirement Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Managed Income Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Multi-Asset IncomeBATS: Series P Portfolio

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Asset
Management North
Asia Limited

BlackRock
(Singapore) Limited

 BlackRock Advisors, LLC
BlackRock International LimitedBNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.BATS: Series S Portfolio

 BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
1

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
 BlackRock
International
Limited
 1
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

BlackRock Mid Cap DividendBATS: Series Inc.

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend FundV Portfolio

 BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
1

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock
International
Limited
1

FDP Series, Inc.

FDP BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
1

FDP BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
1

FDP BlackRock International Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock
International
Limited
1

Fund/Portfolio

Investment
Manager
Sub-Adviser(s)

Administrator

Managed Account Series

Advantage Global SmallCap Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
1

BlackRock GA Disciplined Volatility Equity Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
1

BlackRock GA Enhanced Equity Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
1

Mid Cap Dividend Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
1

Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
1

Master Focus Growth LLC

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
1

1

Fund does not have an administrator; however, BlackRock Advisors, LLC provides certain administrative services to the Fund.

Group B Funds

Fund/Portfolio

Investment
Manager
Sub-Adviser(s)

Administrator

BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BATS: Series A Portfolio

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
  BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

BATS: Series C Portfolio

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

BATS: Series E Portfolio

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

BATS: Series M Portfolio

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

BATS: Series P Portfolio

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

BATS: Series S Portfolio

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

   

BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund

 BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
 

BlackRock
International
Limited

BlackRock
(Singapore) Limited

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Total Return Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

 Feeder Fund – The Master Fund’s administrator is BlackRock Advisors, LLC provides certain administrative services to the Master Fund
BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock California Municipal SeriesOpportunities Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLC2

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Fund1

Investment Manager

Sub-Adviser(s)

Administrator

BlackRock ETF Trust II

BlackRock AAA CLO ETF

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsState Street Bank and Trust Company

BlackRock Flexible Income ETF

BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

State Street Bank and Trust Company

BlackRock Floating Rate Loan ETF

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsState Street Bank and Trust Company

BlackRock High Yield Muni Income Bond ETF

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsState Street Bank and Trust Company

BlackRock Intermediate Muni Income Bond ETF

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsState Street Bank and Trust Company

BlackRock Short-Term California Muni Bond ETF

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsState Street Bank and Trust Company

iShares Large Cap Deep Buffer ETF

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsThe Bank of New York Mellon

iShares Large Cap Moderate Buffer ETF

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsThe Bank of New York Mellon

BlackRock Funds IV

   

BlackRock California Municipal OpportunitiesGlobal Long/Short Credit Fund

 BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
 

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

 1BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock International LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock International LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Funds V

   

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
 BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Fund/Portfolio

Investment
Manager
Sub-Adviser(s) 

AdministratorBlackRock International Limited

BlackRock Credit Strategies Income Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock
International
Limited

BlackRock
(Singapore) Limited

 BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Emerging Markets Bond FundFloating Rate Income Portfolio

 BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
 BlackRock
International
Limited
 BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic BondGNMA Portfolio

 BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock
International
Limited
BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock
International
Limited
BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
  BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock GNMAHigh Yield Bond Portfolio

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
 BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
 BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock
International
Limited
 BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Low Duration Bond PortfolioImpact Mortgage Fund

 BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
 BlackRock International Limited BlackRock Advisors, LLC

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Fund1

Investment Manager

Sub-Adviser(s)

Administrator

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities PortfolioFund

 BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
 

BlackRock
International
Limited

BlackRock
(Singapore) Limited

 BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock U.S. GovernmentInflation Protected Bond Portfolio

 BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
 

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

 BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock International LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock International LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock International LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Sustainable Low Duration Bond Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Funds VI

BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

Feeder Fund – The Master Fund’s Investment Manager is BlackRock Advisors, LLCFeeder Fund – The Master Fund’s Sub-Advisers are BlackRock International Limited and BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLC2

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLC2

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLC2

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Fund1

Investment Manager

Sub-Adviser(s)

Administrator

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLC2

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLC2

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLC2

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLC2

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

   

BlackRock New JerseyStrategic Municipal BondOpportunities Fund

 BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
  12

BlackRock New York Municipal OpportunitiesStrategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

 BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
 

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

 12

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
1

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.Managed Account Series II

   

BlackRock High Yield Municipal FundU.S. Mortgage Portfolio

 BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
  12

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

BlackRock
Advisors,Master Bond LLC
1

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
1

Fund/Portfolio

Investment
Manager
Sub-Adviser(s)

Administrator

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

   

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities FundMaster Total Return Portfolio

 BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
 

BlackRock International

Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

 12

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock
International
Limited

BlackRock
(Singapore) Limited

1

FDP SeriesMaster Investment Portfolio II Inc.

   

FDP BlackRockAdvantage CoreAlpha Bond FundMaster Portfolio

 BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
 1

Managed Account Series II

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage PortfolioInternational Limited

BlackRock Fund Advisors

 BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
1

Master Bond LLC

Master Total Return Portfolio

BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
BlackRock
International
Limited

BlackRock
(Singapore) Limited

1

 

1  

The Portfolios of series Funds are set forth below the name of the applicable Fund.

2Fund does not have an administrator; however, BlackRock Advisors, LLC provides certain administrative services to the Fund.

BlackRock Advisors, LLC serves as investment manager and/or administrator to certain of the Funds and the Portfolios, and is located at 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809. BlackRock Advisors, LLC is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc.

 

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BlackRock Asset Management North Asia LimitedFund Advisors serves as investment manager to certain of the Funds and the Portfolios, and is located at 16/F, 2 Queen’s Road Central, Cheung Kong Center, Hong Kong.

400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. BlackRock Fund Advisors is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc.

BlackRock International Limited is located at Exchange Place One, 1 Semple Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BL United Kingdom.

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited is located at 20 Anson Road#18-01, 079912 079912 Singapore.

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. is located at 301 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809.

The Bank of New York Mellon is located at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286.

State Street Bank and Trust Company is located at One Congress Street, Suite 1, Boston, MA 02114-2016.

BlackRock Investments, LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc., serves as the principal underwriter for the Funds, and is located at 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.

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Appendix KJ – 5% Share Ownership

For purposes of this Appendix K,J, refer to the below table for the full name and address of certain 5% owners who are listed for certain Funds in the tables for this Appendix K.J.

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner

American Enterprise Investment Service

707 2nd Avenue South

Minneapolis, MN 55402-2405

BlackRock Financial Management Inc.

50 Hudson Yards

New York, NY 10001-2180

Charles Schwab & Co Inc.

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, CA 94104-4122

Edward D Jones and Co.

12555 Manchester Road

St. Louis, MO 63131-3710

Hartford Life Insurance CompanyEmpower Trust

PO Box 29998525 E Orchard Rd

Hartford, CT 06104-2999Greenwood Village CO 80111

JP Morgan Securities LLC

4 Chase Metrotech Center

Brooklyn, NY 11245

LPL Financial

4707 Executive Drive

San Diego, CA 92121-3091

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

4800 E Deerlake Drive, 3rd Floor

Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Morgan Stanley & Co.Smith Barney LLC

Harborside Financial Center1 New York Plaza Fl. 12

Plaza II, 3rd Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07311New York, NY 10004

National Financial Services LLC

499 Washington Blvd., Floor 5

Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, NJ 07399-0001

Raymond James

880 Carillon Parkway

St. Petersburg, FL 33716-1102

State Street Bank and Trust Company

1 Lincoln Street – 2901

Boston, MA 02111

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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner

TD Ameritrade

PO Box 2226

Omaha, NE 68103-2226

UBS Financial Services Inc. FBO UBS WM USA

1000 Harbor Blvd.

Weehawken, NJ 07086

Wells Fargo Clearing Services

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, MO 63103

As of September 24, 2018,11, 2023, to the best knowledge of each Fund, the persons listed below owned more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the class of the Funds indicated. Unless otherwise indicated, each owner listed below was a record holder that did not beneficially own the shares.

 

Group A Funds

Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned   Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
 
BlackRock Allocation Target Shares      

BATS: Series A Portfolio

      
  

BlackRock Institutional Trust Co. NA

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2618

   189,511,055.36    78.71% 
  

BlackRock Total Return V.I. Fund

100 Bellevue Pkwy

Wilmington, DE 19809-3700

   14,408,517.73    5.98% 

BATS: Series C Portfolio

      
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   27,137,413.32    60.30% 
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC   11,678,728.37    25.95% 
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   4,735,709.05    10.52% 

BATS: Series E Portfolio

      
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   19,539,785.07    52.84% 
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC   15,661,461.50    42.35% 

 

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
 
BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  10,515,283.19   69.52% 
 Edward D Jones and Co.  947,478.34   6.26% 

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,809,779.09   56.92% 
 Morgan Stanley & Co.  359,751.60   7.28% 
 National Financial Services LLC  297,038.64   6.01% 
 UBS WM USA  283,010.89   5.73% 

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  609,893.22   70.13% 
 National Financial Services LLC  80,444.35   9.25% 

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,421,232.79   31.00% 
 National Financial Services LLC  1,029,104.79   22.45% 
 Morgan Stanley & Co.  584,758.26   12.75% 

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. – Class K Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co.  205,233.23   95.32% 
BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc.  

BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc. – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  8,719,475.66   78.36% 

BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc. – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,229,469.64   69.92% 
 Morgan Stanley & Co.  176,784.54   5.54% 

BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc. – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  845,531.76   76.12% 

BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc. – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,552,221.91   47.02% 
 National Financial Services LLC  189,094.09   5.72% 

BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc. – Class K Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co.  81,335.31   89.45% 
 

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

  7,159.69   7.87% 

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Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
 
BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.  

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  13,280,974.84   59.88% 
 National Financial Services LLC  1,719,222.71   7.75% 

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,116,280.03   22.49% 
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services  447,998.69   9.02% 
 Pershing LLC  376,950.86   7.59% 
 Morgan Stanley & Co.  381,795.93   7.69% 
 American Enterprise Investment Service  308,758.50   6.22% 
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  374,000.41   7.53% 
 UBS WM USA  258,255.49   5.20% 

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. – Class R Shares

 State Street Bank and Trust Company  389,567.88   56.81% 
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  131,484.78   19.17% 

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  9,501,673.41   52.54% 
 National Financial Services LLC  1,448,600.64   8.01% 

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. – Class K Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co.  307,199.96   90.19% 
 Raymond James  18,001.52   5.28% 
BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.  

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  34,474,423.20   73.22% 

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,370,563.11   49.33% 
 Morgan Stanley & Co.  427,184.51   8.88% 
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services  308,914.10   6.42% 
 UBS WM USA  280,796.24   5.84% 
 National Financial Services LLC  246,971.58   5.13% 
 Pershing LLC  241,014.98   5.01% 

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  193,354.41   42.07% 
 

Equitable Life

500 Plaza Drive

Secaucus, NJ 07094

  144,288.63   31.39% 

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  27,383,238.50   67.10% 

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. – Class K Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co.  173,717.65   52.12% 
 

DCGT

711 High Street

Des Moines, IA 50392

  117,088.13   35.13% 


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned

BATS: Series M Portfolio

      
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  81,871,317.52  58.25%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  49,848,939.73  35.47%

BATS: Series P Portfolio

      
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,304,509.13  79.02%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  290,881.00  17.62%

BATS: Series S Portfolio

      
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  27,030,555.78  60.70%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  14,663,784.55  32.93%

BATS: Series V Portfolio

      
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  4,325,592.00  53.59%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  3,454,015.40  42.80%
BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.      

BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund

      

BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund – Investor A Shares

  BlackRock Financial Management Inc.  10,000.00  61.79%
  

BNYM I S TRUST CO CUST

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

  6,023.00  37.22%

BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund – Institutional Shares

  BlackRock Financial Management Inc.  10,000.00  100.00%

BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund – Class K Shares

  BlackRock Financial Management Inc.  4,980,000.00  100.00%

BlackRock Total Return Fund

      

BlackRock Total Return Fund – Investor A Shares

  Edward D Jones and Co.  51,404,111.38  39.29%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
 
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.  

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc. – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  36,831,288.75   65.64% 

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc. – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  7,256,076.91   60.79% 
 Morgan Stanley & Co.  779,741.85   6.53% 

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc. – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,871,631.97   57.57% 
 Hartford Life Insurance Company  439,741.72   13.52% 
 State Street Bank and Trust Company  352,675.96   10.84% 

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc. – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  11,300,238.02   62.41% 
 Pershing LLC  1,445,216.73   7.98% 
 National Financial Services LLC  1,440,395.48   7.95% 

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc. – Class K Shares

 

BlackRock Advisors, LLC FBO

300 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809-3716

  4,109,418.46   24.53% 
 

BlackRock Advisors, LLC FBO

300 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809-3716

  1,939,219.09   11.57% 
 

National Financial Services LLC

  1,376,346.61   8.21% 
 

BlackRock Advisors, LLC FBO

300 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809-3716

  943,496.68   5.63% 
 

BlackRock Advisors, LLC FBO

300 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809-3716

  849,047.08   5.06% 
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services  846,935.74   5.05% 
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund  

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  72,244,384.58   34.56% 
 National Financial Services LLC  16,152,551.72   7.72% 
 Edward D Jones and Co.  15,506,178.05   7.41% 

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  30,213,232.07   31.48% 
 Morgan Stanley & Co.  17,091,049.14   17.81% 
 UBS WM USA  6,917,348.34   7.20% 
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services  6,762,446.99   7.04% 
 Pershing LLC  5,998,518.58   6.25% 
 National Financial Services LLC  5,037,032.02   5.24% 
 Raymond James  4,844,616.62   5.04% 
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Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
 

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund – Investor C1 Shares

 UBS WM USA  21,791.07   30.86% 
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  21,502.99   30.45% 
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services  6,243.02   8.84% 
 LPL Financial  5,146.30   7.28% 
 Raymond James  4,950.20   7.01% 
 Morgan Stanley & Co.  3,649.37   5.16% 

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund – Class R Shares

 

Voya Institutional Trust Company

1 Orange Way

Windsor, CT 06095-4774

  5,871,177.51   18.84% 
 

Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company

1 Orange Way

Windsor, CT 06095-4774

  5,480,637.41   17.59% 
 Hartford Life Insurance Company  4,503,037.02   14.45% 
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  3,509,904.34   11.26% 
 State Street Bank and Trust Company (FBO) ADP Access Product  3,047,718.13   9.78% 
 National Financial Services LLC  2,367,340.03   7.60% 

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  130,398,503.07   27.61% 
 National Financial Services LLC  73,117,772.34   15.48% 
 Morgan Stanley & Co.  65,036,702.27   13.77% 
 UBS WM USA  26,282,371.95   5.56% 

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund – Class K Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co.  62,527,417.98   69.08% 
 National Financial Services LLC  6,467,928.17   7.14% 

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund – Service Shares

 National Financial Services LLC  1,037,554.09   28.44% 
 Charles Schwab & Co. Inc  686,871.99   18.82% 
 Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product  538,196.27   14.75% 
 MassMutual Life Insurance Company  266,284.06   7.29% 
 Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F Dickinson Wright PLLC Retirement AN K Savings Plan  184,323.34   5.05% 
BlackRock EuroFund  

BlackRock EuroFund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  3,964,579.62   40.99% 
 National Financial Services LLC  2,374,209.42   24.54% 
 Pershing LLC  1,087,843.52   11.24% 
 TD Ameritrade  667,455.89   6.90% 


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  37,871,395.40  28.95%

BlackRock Total Return Fund – Investor C Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  658,458.89  14.72%
  Pershing LLC  622,673.31  13.92%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  517,979.73  11.58%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  423,716.81  9.47%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  289,051.24  6.46%
  Raymond James  256,825.69  5.74%
  Edward D Jones and Co.  230,322.56  5.15%

BlackRock Total Return Fund – Investor A1 Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,562,282.92  88.31%

BlackRock Total Return Fund – Class R Shares

  

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

1295 State Street

Springfield, MA 01111-0000

  1,064,815.43  15.30%
  State Street Bank and Trust Company  592,249.49  8.51%

BlackRock Total Return Fund – Institutional Shares

  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  276,779,919.88  27.57%
  Pershing LLC  171,277,959.34  17.06%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  88,552,993.04  8.82%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  87,441,470.01  8.71%
  National Financial Services LLC  85,431,754.69  8.51%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  58,957,107.90  5.87%

BlackRock Total Return Fund – Service Shares

  

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

1295 State Street

Springfield, MA 01111-0000

  458,958.95  11.95%
  

Lincoln Retirement Services Company

P.O. Box 7876

Fort Wayne, IN 46801-7876

  422,261.00  10.99%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
 

BlackRock EuroFund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  222,223.29   31.54% 
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services  160,699.21   22.81% 
 UBS WM USA  54,647.44   7.75% 
 Pershing LLC  52,116.35   7.39% 
 Morgan Stanley & Co.  47,423.34   6.73% 
 National Financial Services LLC  35,358.15   5.01% 

BlackRock EuroFund – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  41,493.26   84.93% 
 

Counsel Trust DBA MATC FBO Dr. Zhahriyan Zankarimi DDS I

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

  3,011.57   6.16% 

BlackRock EuroFund – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,801,208.01   65.16% 
 National Financial Services LLC  156,220.01   5.65% 

BlackRock EuroFund – Class K Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co.  49,710.97   79.07% 
 

BlackRock Financial Management Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

  12,070.01   19.20% 
BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.  

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc. – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  5,175,985.78   25.83% 
 Edward D Jones and Co.  4,199,829.91   20.96% 
 National Financial Services LLC  1,480,996.95   7.39% 
 Pershing LLC  1,398,520.14   6.97% 
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services  1,226,446.17   6.12% 
 LPL Financial  1,029,353.70   5.13% 

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc. – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,764,324.26   22.19% 
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services  1,141,005.44   14.35% 
 Morgan Stanley & Co.  752,425.43   9.46% 
 National Financial Services LLC  494,961.53   6.22% 
 Pershing LLC  474,453.85   5.96% 

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc. – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,951,468.63   21.24% 
 American Enterprise Investment Service  2,665,427.49   19.18% 
 Edward D Jones and Co.  1,763,633.20   12.69% 
 National Financial Services LLC  1,039,820.03   7.48% 
 Pershing LLC  833,476.02   5.99% 
 LPL Financial  802,234.75   5.77% 
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services  796,127.91   5.73% 
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Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
 
BlackRock Funds II  

BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund

  

BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,906,236.77   27.03% 
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  1,504,297.77   13.99% 
 National Financial Services LLC  1,429,085.12   13.29% 
 

WTRISC Co. c/o ICMA Retirement Corporation

777 North Capital Street, NE

Washington, DC 20002

  1,396,620.53   12.99% 

BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,437,131.49   30.08% 
 American Enterprise Investment Service  1,282,423.63   15.82% 
 JP Morgan Securities LLC  908,390.85   11.21% 
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services  718,241.81   8.86% 
 Pershing LLC  548,998.85   6.77% 
 National Financial Services LLC  499,554.38   6.16% 

BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  720,432.07   58.53% 
 State Street Bank and Trust Company (FBO) ADP Access Product  137,845.53   11.20% 
 

Ascensus Trust Company FBO Energy Management Specialists, Inc.

PO Box10758

Fargo, ND 58106

  67,194.96   5.45% 

BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund – Institutional Shares

 American Enterprise Investment Service  808,226.03   22.05% 
 National Financial Services LLC  539,847.11   14.73% 
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  393,199.72   10.72% 
 Pershing LLC  345,759.42   9.43% 
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  243,091.45   6.63% 
 LPL Financial  240,654.51   6.56% 
 

* Robert Shenkman, Keith Blitzer & Andrea Duncliffe, Trustees

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

  221,078.73   6.03% 


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  

Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO CFG Retirement Savings Plan

1251 Waterfront Place

Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

  267,846.80  6.97%
  

Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO EVERTEC, INC PR SAVINGS & INVT PLAN

1251 Waterfront Place

Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

  193,502.88  5.04%

BlackRock Total Return Fund – Class K Shares

  Edward D Jones and Co.  139,071,556.09  20.24%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  82,942,770.42  12.07%
  

Toyota Motor Insurance Services Inc.

6565 Headquarters Drive

Mailstop W2-3D

Plano, TX 75024-5965

  81,847,592.11  11.91%
  National Financial Services LLC  81,445,284.81  11.85%
BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust      

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

      

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor A Shares

  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  9,451,455.62  17.41%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  9,213,007.77  16.97%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  6,997,255.29  12.89%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  6,469,274.19  11.91%
  National Financial Services LLC  5,084,053.11  9.36%
  Pershing LLC  3,702,755.23  6.82%
  Edward D Jones and Co.  3,511,416.36  6.47%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund – Class K Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 69,315.26 24.16%
 

John Hancock Trust Company LLC

690 Canton Street, Suite 100

Westwood, MA 02090

 64,057.97 22.33%
 

Reliance Trust Company

PO Box 28004

Atlanta, GA 30358-0004

 45,512.92 15.86%
 

Nationwide Trust Company, FSB c/o

IPO Portfolio Accounting

PO Box 182029

Columbus, OH 43218-2029

 32,914.56 11.47%
 

Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

150 N. Radnor Chester Road, Suite C120

Radnor, PA 19087-5248

 25,085.37 8.74%
 

Great West Trust Co LLC

8515 E. Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 20,049.52 6.99%
 

* BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 18,348.62 6.39%

BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund

  

BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 4,346,836.85 30.74%
 

WTRISC Co. c/o ICMA Retirement Corporation

777 North Capital Street, NE

Washington, DC 20002

 2,166,613.55 15.32%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 1,565,747.82 11.07%
 National Financial Services LLC 1,554,359.91 10.99%
 Pershing LLC 929,363.14 6.57%

BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 2,690,287.47 31.23%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 1,414,225.77 16.42%
 National Financial Services LLC 871,712.82 10.12%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 791,622.60 9.19%
 Pershing LLC 664,441.96 7.71%
 LPL Financial 529,605.80 6.14%

BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 873,533.26 57.11%
 State Street Bank and Trust Company (FBO) ADP Access Product 248,995.52 16.28%
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Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund – Institutional Shares

 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 1,037,217.10 19.15%
 National Financial Services LLC 699,370.64 12.91%
 

Great West Trust Co LLC

8515 E. Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 434,045.91 8.01%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 425,323.89 7.85%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 359,343.90 6.63%
 

Matrix Trust Company

35 Iron Point Circle, Suite 300

Folsom, CA 95630

 334,358.00 6.17%
 LPL Financial 303,592.61 5.60%

BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund – Class K Shares

 

Great West Trust Co LLC

Plans of Great West Financial

8515 E. Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 149,231.66 36.89%
 

Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

150 N. Radnor Chester Road, Suite C120

Radnor, PA 19087-5248

 89,464.97 22.12%
 National Financial Services LLC 62,135.46 15.36%
 

Great West Trust Co LLC

Employee Benefits Clients 401K

8515 E. Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 28,221.02 6.97%
 

John Hancock Trust Company LLC

690 Canton Street, Suite 100

Westwood, MA 02090

 20,484.48 5.06%

BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund

  

BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 6,408,345.58 30.22%
 

WTRISC Co. c/o ICMA Retirement Corporation

777 North Capital Street, NE

Washington, DC 20002

 4,627,712.85 21.82%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 2,059,263.02 9.71%
 National Financial Services LLC 1,933,127.56 9.11%

BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 2,175,625.12 27.19%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 992,548.49 12.40%
 National Financial Services LLC 951,824.27 11.89%
 LPL Financial 842,542.53 10.53%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 768,737.00 9.60%
 Pershing LLC 532,894.91 6.66%


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor C Shares

  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  1,761,188.53  35.27%
  Pershing LLC  847,352.87  16.97%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  469,162.00  9.40%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  424,329.88  8.50%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  370,383.17  7.42%
  LPL Financial  274,243.78  5.49%

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor A1 Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  4,746,496.69  71.69%

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund – Institutional Shares

  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  27,717,208.63  20.25%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  23,917,873.33  17.47%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  16,586,893.22  12.12%
  National Financial Services LLC  14,333,165.61  10.47%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  13,508,942.62  9.87%
  Pershing LLC  9,651,697.80  7.05%
  LPL Financial  9,324,773.45  6.81%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  8,464,808.42  6.18%

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund – Class K Shares

  

Band & Co c/o US Bank NA

1555 N Rivercenter Dr Ste 302

Milwaukee, WI 53212

  2,593,395.03  36.94%
  Pershing LLC  1,799,808.37  25.64%
  Edward D Jones and Co.  1,242,659.71  17.70%
  

Zions First National Bank

P.O. Box 30880
Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0880

  656,705.48  9.35%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund – Class R Shares

 State Street Bank and Trust Company (FBO) ADP Access Product 686,594.38 49.32%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 582,865.18 41.87%

BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund – Institutional Shares

 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 2,149,810.30 27.19%
 National Financial Services LLC 1,360,242.22 17.20%
 LPL Financial 762,399.67 9.64%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 728,397.83 9.21%

BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund – Class K Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 542,518.01 39.57%
 

Great West Trust Co LLC

Plans of Great West Financial

8515 E. Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 225,603.73 16.45%
 

Reliance Trust Company

PO Box 28004

Atlanta, GA 30358-0004

 179,670.32 13.10%
 State Street Bank and Trust Company (FBO) ADP Access Product 142,826.95 10.41%
 

Great West Trust Co LLC

Employee Benefits Clients 401K

8515 E. Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 89,375.11 6.51%
 

Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

150 N. Radnor Chester Road, Suite C120

Radnor, PA 19087-5248

 74,139.95 5.40%
 

Great West Trust Co LLC

Fascore LLC Retirement Plans

8515 E. Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 68,784.06 5.01%

BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund

  

BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund – Investor A Shares

 

WTRISC Co. c/o ICMA Retirement Corporation

777 North Capital Street, NE

Washington, DC 20002

 3,721,837.00 29.12%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 2,022,372.60 15.82%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,547,858.89 12.11%
 National Financial Services LLC 1,175,377.45 9.19%
 Pershing LLC 809,758.92 6.33%
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Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund – Investor C Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 712,515.75 16.06%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 698,691.59 15.75%
 LPL Financial 508,196.41 11.46%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 506,535.42 11.42%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 501,581.38 11.31%
 Raymond James 336,964.38 7.59%
 Pershing LLC 315,237.46 7.10%

BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 518,138.83 56.02%
 State Street Bank and Trust Company (FBO) ADP Access Product 350,450.08 37.89%

BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund – Institutional Shares

 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 2,333,218.03 26.82%
 National Financial Services LLC 1,227,395.55 14.10%
 

Nationwide Trust Company, FSB c/o

IPO Portfolio Accounting

 698,001.83 8.02%
 Pershing LLC 612,154.47 7.03%
 LPL Financial 528,767.67 6.07%
 

Great West Trust Co LLC

Plans of Great West Financial

8515 E. Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 476,597.12 5.47%

BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund – Class K Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 396,346.52 36.50%
 

Great West Trust Co LLC

Plans of Great West Financial

8515 E. Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 254,227.55 23.41%
 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO Karmel Women’s Care, P.A. & Houston

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 162,755.13 14.98%
 

Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

150 N. Radnor Chester Road, Suite C120

Radnor, PA 19087-5248

 109,622.62 10.09%
 

Reliance Trust Company

PO Box 28004

Atlanta, GA 30358-0004

 88,879.64 8.18%


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
BlackRock ETF Trust II      

BlackRock AAA CLO ETF

  National Financial Services LLC  304,530.00  33.84%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  226,486.00  25.17%
  

BofA Securities, Inc.

4804 Dear Lake Dr E Jacksonville, FL 32246

  74,791.00  8.31%

BlackRock Flexible Income ETF

  State Street Bank and Trust Company  1,020,562.00  35.19%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  1,015,347.00  35.01%
  National Financial Services LLC  352,423.00  12.15%

BlackRock Floating Rate Loan ETF

  State Street Bank and Trust Company  287,000.00  71.75%
  National Financial Services LLC  24,914.00  6.23%
  Pershing LLC  22,827.00  5.71%

BlackRock High Yield Muni Income Bond ETF

  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  1,268,661.00  45.31%
  National Financial Services LLC  621,163.00  22.18%
  

U.S. Bank N.A.

1555 N Rivercenter Dr. Ste 302 Milwaukee, WI 53212

  281,449.00  10.05%

BlackRock Intermediate Muni Income Bond ETF

  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  531,774.00  48.34%
  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

30 Hudson Street

Proxy Department

Jersey City, NJ 07302

  260,377.00  23.67%
  Pershing LLC  144,165.00  13.11%
  National Financial Services LLC  65,591.00  5.96%

BlackRock Short-Term California Muni Bond ETF

  State Street Bank and Trust Company  300,000.00  85.71%
  

BofA Securities, Inc. /Safekeeping

c/o Merril Lynch Corporate Actions

4804 Dear Lake Dr E Jacksonville, FL 32246

  33,783.00  9.65%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio

  

BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,483,313.53 22.44%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 774,909.23 11.72%
 TD Ameritrade 664,026.25 10.04%
 National Financial Services LLC 614,349.61 9.29%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 561,419.88 8.49%
 Pershing LLC 528,648.43 8.00%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 492,191.37 7.44%
 LPL Financial 412,039.43 6.23%

BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 619,372.03 19.40%
 Raymond James 579,477.20 18.15%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 521,161.78 16.32%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 383,472.98 12.01%
 National Financial Services LLC 203,729.42 6.38%
 LPL Financial 185,389.86 5.80%
 UBS WM USA 164,531.03 5.15%

BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio – Institutional Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 22,337,807.21 37.62%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 11,829,120.66 19.92%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 5,618,381.01 9.46%
 LPL Financial 5,595,889.71 9.42%
 Pershing LLC 3,305,053.61 5.56%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 3,207,054.88 5.40%

BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio – Class K Shares

 JP Morgan Securities LLC 204,424.67 89.26%
 

* BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 22,547.91 9.84%

BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio

  

BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio – Investor A Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co. 8,593,791.67 22.98%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 8,507,397.51 22.75%
 National Financial Services LLC 2,629,172.65 7.03%
 Pershing LLC 2,289,305.05 6.12%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 2,206,649.34 5.90%
 UBS WM USA 1,978,297.86 5.29%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 1,922,837.28 5.14%
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Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 8,649,644.77 34.74%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 3,481,849.83 13.98%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 2,103,834.64 8.45%
 UBS WM USA 1,971,186.87 7.91%
 Pershing LLC 1,946,053.68 7.81%
 Raymond James 1,623,657.33 6.52%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 1,266,652.83 5.08%

BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 42,372,757.32 34.55%
 National Financial Services LLC 25,538,139.61 20.82%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 9,075,495.15 7.40%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 8,604,634.77 7.01%

BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio – Class K Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co. 6,854,824.80 97.03%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2020 Fund

  

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2020 Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 603,971.09 51.41%
 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO Cavotec US Holdings Inc 401(K)

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 299,719.33 25.51%
 National Financial Services LLC 86,600.94 7.37%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2020 Fund – Institutional Shares

 

FIIOC FBO SACO & Biddeford Savings

100 Magellan Way (KW1C)

Covington, KY 41015-1987

 192,370.26 95.04%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2020 Fund – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 403,448.11 69.21%
 Hartford Life Insurance Company 89,492.12 15.35%
 

Ascensus Trust Company FBO

Salem Tube Inc

PO Box10758

Fargo, ND 58106

 46,515.51 7.98%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2020 Fund – Class K Shares

 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

FBO Belmont Group Inc. 401(K)

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 34,143.77 34.73%
 

Matrix Trust Company as Trustee FBO Eplan Services Group Trust

PO Box 52129

Phoenix, AZ 85072

 23,998.63 24.41%
 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

FBO Creative Materials Inc. 401(K)

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 16,491.24 16.77%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 11,175.60 11.36%
 National Financial Services LLC 8,838.08 8.99%


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned

iShares Large Cap Deep Buffer ETF

  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  486,301.00  60.79%
  State Street Bank and Trust Company  270,000.00  33.75%

iShares Large Cap Moderate Buffer ETF

  State Street Bank and Trust Company  400,000.00  90.91%
BlackRock Funds IV      

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

      

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund – Investor A Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,843,600.31  28.82%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  1,205,415.35  18.85%
  UBS Financial Services Inc. FBO UBS WM USA  846,133.70  13.23%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  388,352.68  6.07%
  Pershing LLC  360,185.92  5.63%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  351,314.57  5.49%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  342,663.98  5.36%

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund – Investor C Shares

  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  105,491.98  21.35%
  Pershing LLC  87,008.59  17.61%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  61,562.60  12.46%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  34,533.73  6.99%
  UBS Financial Services Inc. FBO UBS WM USA  33,759.28  6.83%
  LPL Financial  32,745.45  6.63%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  27,261.25  5.52%

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund – Institutional Shares

  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  29,226,069.94  33.95%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  16,982,714.69  19.73%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  12,907,542.66  14.99%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  7,608,082.03  8.84%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2025 Fund

  

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2025 Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 974,202.26 63.40%
 

RBC Capital Markets LLC

60 S 6th Street

Minneapolis, MN 55402-4400

 87,715.15 5.70%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2025 Fund – Institutional Shares

 

FIIOC FBO Saco & Biddeford Savings

100 Magellan Way (KW1C)

Covington, KY 41015-1987

 176,082.90 90.01%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2025 Fund – Class K Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 95,090.70 42.52%
 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

FBO Belmont Group Inc. 401(K)

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 62,099.61 27.77%
 

Matrix Trust Company

PO Box 52129

Phoenix, AZ 85072

 44,853.06 20.05%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2025 Fund – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 174,516.65 61.98%
 Hartford Life Insurance Company 57,374.04 20.37%
 

Ascensus Trust Company

PO Box10758

Fargo, ND 58106

 24,197.73 8.59%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2030 Fund

  

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2030 Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 857,769.84 62.43%
 National Financial Services LLC 157,215.67 11.44%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2030 Fund – Institutional Shares

 

FIIOC

100 Magellan Way (KW1C)

Covington, KY 41015-1987

 125,146.76 74.04%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 35,307.30 20.89%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2030 Fund – Class K Shares

 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

FBO Belmont Group Inc. 401(K)

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 53,351.68 35.66%
 National Financial Services LLC 45,689.21 30.54%
 

Matrix Trust Company

PO Box 52129

Phoenix, AZ 85072

 42,502.13 28.41%
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Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2030 Fund – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 249,086.72 56.96%
 

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

1295 State Street MIP M200-INVEST

Springfield, MA 01111-0000

 82,914.75 18.96%
 

Ascensus Trust Company

PO Box10758

Fargo, ND 58106

 48,569.37 11.10%
 Hartford Life Insurance Company 30,838.32 7.05%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2035 Fund

  

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2035 Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 647,937.13 77.99%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2035 Fund – Institutional Shares

 

FIIOC

100 Magellan Way (KW1C)

Covington, KY 41015-1987

 136,028.84 97.03%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2035 Fund – Class K Shares

 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

FBO Belmont Group Inc. 401(K)

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 63,723.57 28.31%
 National Financial Services LLC 36,785.49 16.34%
 

Matrix Trust Company

PO Box 52129

Phoenix, AZ 85072

 36,688.79 16.30%
 

Reliance Trust Company

PO Box 28004

Atlanta, GA 30358-0004

 18,986.29 8.43%
 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

FBO Dragonfly Negotiations & Consulting 401(K)

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 15,299.49 6.79%
 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

FBO Dynamic Investment Group 401(K)

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 13,051.59 5.79%
 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

FBO CAC Recovery LLC 401(K)

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 11,507.76 5.11%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2035 Fund – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 184,382.63 70.49%
 

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

1295 State Street MIP M200-INVEST

Springfield, MA 01111-0000

 28,995.79 11.08%
 Hartford Life Insurance Company 28,883.47 11.04%


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  UBS Financial Services Inc. FBO UBS WM USA  5,258,669.25  6.11%

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund – Class K Shares

  

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

P.O. Box 1533
Minneapolis, MN 55480-1533

  11,501,647.64  44.41%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  10,450,702.11  40.36%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,582,705.74  6.11%

BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

      

BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund – Investor A Shares

  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  123,721.72  54.52%
  LPL Financial  37,033.39  16.32%
  Pershing LLC  27,824.32  12.26%
  National Financial Services LLC  16,767.09  7.39%

BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund – Investor C Shares

  Pershing LLC  4,391.97  38.80%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  3,823.47  33.78%
  

BNYM I S TRUST CO CUST SIMPLE IRA

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

  1,577.87  13.94%
  

BNYM I S TRUST CO CUST

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

  775.713  6.85%

BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund – Institutional Shares

  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  1,707,738.09  42.14%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,245,381.85  30.73%
  LPL Financial  685,765.42  16.92%

BlackRock Sustainable Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund – Class K Shares

  Empower Trust  161,023.52  27.74%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2040 Fund

  

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2040 Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 564,463.34 72.70%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2040 Fund – Institutional Shares

 

FIIOC

100 Magellan Way (KW1C)

Covington, KY 41015-1987

 48,535.46 83.55%
 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

FBO Paragon Distribution 401(K)

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 3,041.31 5.23%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2040 Fund – Class K Shares

 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

FBO Rancho Obstetrics and Gynecology 401(K)

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 48,148.23 26.27%
 National Financial Services LLC 43,599.81 23.79%
 

Matrix Trust Company

PO Box 52129

Phoenix, AZ 85072

 37,780.40 20.61%
 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

FBO Belmont Group Inc. 401(K)

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 18,363.23 10.02%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2040 Fund – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 181,608.49 42.13%
 Hartford Life Insurance Company 174,753.65 40.54%
 

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

1295 State Street MIP M200-INVEST

Springfield, MA 01111-0000

 33,001.71 7.65%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2045 Fund

  

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2045 Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 415,391.48 77.96%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2045 Fund – Institutional Shares

 

FIIOC

100 Magellan Way (KW1C)

Covington, KY 41015-1987

 53,821.76 83.10%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 4,846.71 7.48%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2045 Fund – Class K Shares

 

Matrix Trust Company

PO Box 52129

Phoenix, AZ 85072

 47,400.06 36.80%
 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

FBO Karen Holler PHD 401(K)

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 45,422.11 35.27%
 National Financial Services LLC 12,646.28 9.82%
 

Reliance Trust Company

PO Box 28004

Atlanta, GA 30358-0004

 6,655.64 5.16%
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Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2045 Fund – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 72,091.12 53.55%
 Hartford Life Insurance Company 42,638.14 31.67%
 

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

1295 State Street MIP M200-INVEST

Springfield, MA 01111-0000

 12,229.54 9.08%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2050 Fund

  

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2050 Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 578,763.70 76.39%
 Hartford Life Insurance Company 48,652.05 6.42%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2050 Fund – Institutional Shares

 

FIIOC

100 Magellan Way (KW1C)

Covington, KY 41015-1987

 29,354.36 77.00%
 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

FBO Paragon Distribution 401(K)

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 5,463.49 14.33%
 

* BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 2,651.11 6.95%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2050 Fund – Class K Shares

 

Matrix Trust Company

PO Box 52129

Phoenix, AZ 85072

 37,846.62 49.08%
 

Reliance Trust Company

PO Box 28004

Atlanta, GA 30358-0004

 21,043.95 27.29%
 National Financial Services LLC 6,846.28 8.87%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2050 Fund – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 98,468.21 37.59%
 Hartford Life Insurance Company 73,260.23 27.96%
 

Ascensus Trust Company

PO Box10758

Fargo, ND 58106

 44,471.35 16.97%
 

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

1295 State Street MIP M200-INVEST

Springfield, MA 01111-0000

 26,012.59 9.93%


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  

TIAA TRUST, N.A. as
CUST/TTEE of Retirement Plans Record kept by TIAA

Attn. Fund Operations

8500 Andrew Carnegie Blvd.

Charlotte, NC 28262-8500

  93,539.68  16.11%
  Empower Trust  71,962.56  12.40%
  Empower Trust  59,912.07  10.32%
  Empower Trust  48,022.97  8.27%
  National Financial Services LLC  42,521.97  7.32%
  

Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company

One Orange Way

Windsor, CT 06095-4774

  34,904.51  6.01%

BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund

      

BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund – Investor A Shares

  National Financial Services LLC  25,608,800.88  74.60%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc. SPECIAL  5,084,226.66  14.81%

BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund – Investor C Shares

  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  506,195.40  27.81%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  247,107.61  13.57%
  Pershing LLC  218,000.35  11.98%
  National Financial Services LLC  206,446.67  11.34%
  Raymond James  179,575.98  9.86%
  

Centennial Bank Trust

P.O. Box 7514

Jonesboro, AR 72403

  151,615.90  8.33%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  91,601.36  5.03%
  LPL Financial  91,437.39  5.02%

BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund – Institutional Shares

  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  151,060,791.18  21.86%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2055 Fund

  

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2055 Fund – Investor A Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 12,004.22 30.40%
 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

FBO Life Source Irrigation Inc. 401(K)

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 5,954.41 15.08%
 Hartford Life Insurance Company 5,005.82 12.68%
 

* BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 2,500.00 6.33%
 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

FBO Nick Olsen Inc. 401(K)

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 2,168.51 5.49%
 

BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Rollover IRA

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 2,129.18 5.39%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2055 Fund – Institutional Shares

 

FIIOC

100 Magellan Way (KW1C)

Covington, KY 41015-1987

 19,761.41 87.26%
 

* BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 2,500.00 11.03%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2055 Fund – Class K Shares

 

* BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 192,500.00 77.72%
 

Matrix Trust Company

PO Box 52129

Phoenix, AZ 85072

 24,128.71 9.74%
 National Financial Services LLC 14,052.67 5.67%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2055 Fund – Class R Shares

 

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

1295 State Street MIP M200-INVEST

Springfield, MA 01111-0000

 11,267.16 56.25%
 Hartford Life Insurance Company 5,314.90 26.53%
 

* BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 2,500.00 12.48%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2060 Fund

  

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2060 Fund – Investor A Shares

 

* BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 2,000.00 74.62%
 JP Morgan Securities LLC 536.54 20.01%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2060 Fund – Institutional Shares

 

* BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 2,000.00 100%
J-10

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2060 Fund – Class K Shares

 

* BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 94,000.00 99.98%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta 2060 Fund – Class R Shares

 

* BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 2,000.00 81.92%
 

Ascensus Trust Company

PO Box10758

Fargo, ND 58106

 431.362 17.66%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta Retirement Fund

  

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta Retirement Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 398,625.21 58.33%
 Pershing LLC 64,287.85 9.40%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 39,039.59 5.71%
 National Financial Services LLC 36,968.81 5.40%
 

Reliance Trust Company

TTEE ADP Access Large Mkt 401(k)

1100 Abernathy Road

Atlanta, GA 30328

 35,608.13 5.21%
 JP Morgan Securities LLC 35,607.88 5.21%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta Retirement Fund – Institutional Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 145,854.73 65.08%
 

FIIOC

100 Magellan Way (KW1C)

Covington, KY 41015-1987

 59,906.61 26.73%
 

LPL Financial

4707 Executive Drive

San Diego, CA 92121-3091

 11,484.38 5.12%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta Retirement Fund – Class K Shares

 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

FBO Belmont Group Inc. 401(K)

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 19,056.81 41.84%
 National Financial Services LLC 10,741.40 23.58%
 

Matrix Trust Company

PO Box 52129

Phoenix, AZ 85072

 10,414.77 22.86%
 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

FBO ELICC Americas Corporation 401(K)

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 3,612.34 7.93%

BlackRock LifePath®Smart Beta Retirement Fund – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 142,870.39 67.80%
 Hartford Life Insurance Company 57,404.12 27.24%


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  National Financial Services LLC  134,148,239.20  19.41%
  LPL Financial  98,841,652.79  14.30%
  Pershing LLC  87,038,076.03  12.59%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  56,656,579.49  8.20%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  49,781,374.65  7.20%

BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund – Class K Shares

  

Mori & Co

922 Walnut Street

Kansas City, MO 64106

  11,013,724.25  52.02%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  4,659,990.59  22.01%
  Pershing LLC  3,322,280.03  15.69%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,634,668.42  7.72%

BlackRock Funds V

      

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

      

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio – Investor A Shares

  Edward D Jones and Co.  17,745,029.82  39.21%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  10,445,471.71  23.08%
  National Financial Services LLC  3,992,019.70  8.82%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  2,617,543.57  5.78%

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio – Investor C Shares

  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  314,878.85  17.60%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  278,691.16  15.57%
  National Financial Services LLC  239,233.49  13.37%
  Pershing LLC  182,986.60  10.23%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  138,983.68  7.77%
  LPL Financial  105,697.79  5.91%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  103,558.93  5.79%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Managed Income Fund

  

BlackRock Managed Income Fund – Investor A Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co. 2,384,612.01 26.68%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 1,156,433.13 12.93%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 943,606.39 10.55%
 National Financial Services LLC 914,526.47 10.23%
 Pershing LLC 736,038.45 8.23%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 517,083.65 5.78%

BlackRock Managed Income Fund – Investor C Shares

 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 176,893.29 23.98%
 Pershing LLC 135,218.72 18.33%
 National Financial Services LLC 92,672.77 12.56%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 92,551.28 12.54%
 JP Morgan Securities LLC 40,559.86 5.49%
 LPL Financial 36,958.83 5.01%

BlackRock Managed Income Fund – Institutional Shares

 American Enterprise Investment Service 2,287,756.54 31.49%
 National Financial Services LLC 1,164,189.90 16.02%
 LPL Financial 736,559.04 10.14%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 694,210.75 9.55%
 Pershing LLC 496,155.28 6.83%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 434,497.23 5.98%

BlackRock Managed Income Fund – Class K Shares

 

BOAL & Co.

Marquis House Isle of Man Business Park

Douglas, Isle of Man, British Isles

IM2 2QZ

 5,488,964.26 86.19%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 846,184.82 13.28%

BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio

  

BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio – Investor A Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co. 67,208,768.67 17.82%
 National Financial Services LLC 46,895,362.54 12.43%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 46,420,071.09 12.31%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 40,474,979.23 10.73%
 Pershing LLC 28,640,256.44 7.59%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 21,284,804.73 5.64%
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Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 44,939,045.48 18.68%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 43,000,053.82 17.88%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 25,966,537.25 10.79%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 21,048,316.62 8.75%
 Raymond James 20,568,139.65 8.55%
 Pershing LLC 17,150,360.42 7.13%
 LPL Financial 13,516,044.83 5.62%
 National Financial Services LLC 12,252,380.54 5.09%

BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 134,137,940.42 15.54%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 125,079,732.84 14.49%
 National Financial Services LLC 83,848,836.96 9.71%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 82,990,768.99 9.61%
 Raymond James 82,834,182.49 9.60%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 78,727,929.46 9.12%
 LPL Financial 57,877,410.26 6.70%
 Pershing LLC 52,074,006.98 6.03%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 50,810,819.98 5.88%

BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio – Class K Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co. 25,089,587.57 49.94%
 National Financial Services LLC 7,520,937.40 14.97%
 

* The McKnight Foundation

710 South 2nd Street, Suite 400

Minneapolis, MN 55401-2290

 5,739,006.62 11.42%
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc. – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 311,134,295.05 54.06%
 National Financial Services LLC 30,738,214.11 5.34%

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc. – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 102,314,775.55 30.68%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 46,573,983.44 13.96%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 37,990,524.74 11.39%
 UBS WM USA 25,507,902.47 7.65%
 Raymond James 21,186,953.38 6.35%


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio – Class R Shares

  

Ascensus Trust Company FBO The Chempi Pension Plan

PO Box 10758

Fargo, ND 58106

  29,479.31  18.48%
  Empower Trust  13,020.62  8.16%
  

Matrix Trust Company

717 17th Street, Suite 1300
Denver, CO 80202

  12,848.93  8.05%
  

Matrix Trust Company

717 17th Street, Suite 1300
Denver, CO 80202

  9,539.51  5.98%

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio – Institutional Shares

  National Financial Services LLC  70,026,969.21  20.73%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  67,221,851.49  19.90%
  

Saxon & Co.

PO Box 94597

Cleveland, OH 44101-4597

  41,433,197.97  12.27%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  38,653,327.46  11.45%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  18,947,410.89  5.61%

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio – Class K Shares

  Edward D Jones and Co.  41,103,874.72  48.73%
  

SEI Private Trust Company

1 Freedom Valley Dr.
Oaks, PA 19456-9989

  8,587,167.73  10.18%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  8,121,895.84  9.63%
  

Jewish Communal Fund

575 Madison Ave, Ste 703
New York, NY 10022-8591

  4,925,291.21  5.84%

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

      

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio – Investor A Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  10,528,704.89  29.74%
  National Financial Services LLC  4,175,322.83  11.80%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc. – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 212,785,309.13 29.41%
 National Financial Services LLC 88,323,936.48 12.21%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 56,309,257.02 7.78%
 

Bank of America NA

700 Louisiana Street

Houston, TX 77002-2700

 54,901,809.76 7.58%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 39,916,703.79 5.51%
 UBS WM USA 39,085,832.51 5.40%

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc. – Class K Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 12,245,737.92 17.61%
 

* Teachers Retirement System of NYC

55 Water Street

New York, NY 10041

 12,046,046.78 17.32%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 7,600,785.38 10.93%
 

Comerica Bank

PO Box 75000 Mail Code 3446

Detroit, MI 48275

 3,666,528.93 5.27%
 Wells Fargo Bank NA FBO RT News Corporation Grantor Tr Agt 3,643,772.06 5.241%

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc. – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 14,300,036.88 31.06%
 Hartford Life Insurance Company 11,504,275.82 24.99%
 

Voya Institutional Trust Company

1 Orange Way

Windsor, CT 06095-4774

 5,256,001.14 11.41%
 State Street Bank and Trust Company (FBO) ADP Access Product 4,693,706.67 10.19%
BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund  

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 10,479,347.74 69.34%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 1,073,210.93 7.10%

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 451,941.06 30.41%
 UBS WM USA 280,934.54 18.90%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 205,669.98 13.84%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 98,371.57 6.62%
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Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 2,535,170.30 73.29%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 185,936.51 5.37%
 UBS WM USA 182,322.50 5.27%

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 66,127.06 77.42%
 

Ascensus Trust Company

PO Box10758

Fargo, ND 58106

 6,747.68 7.90%
BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Series, Inc.  

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Fund

  

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 4,109,646.94 40.08%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 966,073.53 9.42%
 

Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company

1 Orange Way

Windsor, CT 06095-4774

 773,765.92 7.54%
 State Street Bank and Trust Company 622,750.59 6.07%
 Hartford Life Insurance Company 531,740.80 5.18%

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Fund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 467,910.11 27.78%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 151,658.84 9.00%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 141,588.46 8.40%
 Pershing LLC 137,175.95 8.14%
 UBS WM USA 100,113.70 5.94%
 LPL Financial 91,421.14 5.42%

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Fund – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 2,233,302.73 41.56%
 National Financial Services LLC 998,155.83 18.57%
 

VRSCO

2929 Allen Parkway,A6-20

Houston, TX 77019-2118

 305,072.67 5.67%
 Pershing LLC 289,015.00 5.37%

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Fund – Class K Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co. 194,811.38 90.68%

BlackRock Mid Cap Dividend Fund – Class R Shares

 Hartford Life Insurance Company 884,182.30 34.79%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 789,900.97 31.08%
 State Street Bank and Trust Company (FBO) ADP Access Product 144,882.44 5.70%


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  3,614,179.23  10.21%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  2,797,494.44  7.90%
  Edward D Jones and Co.  2,490,522.37  7.04%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  2,082,386.01  5.88%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  2,004,876.68  5.66%
  Pershing LLC  1,837,484.43  5.19%

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio – Investor C Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  584,230.25  16.86%
  Pershing LLC  450,509.67  13.00%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  409,746.28  11.82%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  362,346.26  10.46%
  National Financial Services LLC  327,567.57  9.45%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  260,042.63  7.50%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  205,315.34  5.92%
  LPL Financial  198,584.75  5.73%

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio – Institutional Shares

  National Financial Services LLC  109,128,481.40  39.70%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  34,357,903.27  12.50%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  31,708,191.26  11.54%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  31,237,593.40  11.37%
  Pershing LLC  14,462,151.84  5.26%

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio – Class K Shares

  JP Morgan Securities LLC  36,766,167.20  29.67%
  

Lacera Master OPEB Trust

300 North Lake Avenue, Suite 850

Pasadena, CA 91101-4109

  29,670,703.34  23.94%
  National Financial Services LLC  24,261,414.33  19.58%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
BlackRock Natural Resources Trust  

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,236,111.34 32.13%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 285,283.54 7.41%
 National Financial Services LLC 282,250.29 7.33%
 Pershing LLC 255,340.19 6.63%

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 242,069.16 25.88%
 Pershing LLC 92,278.09 9.86%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 82,510.33 8.82%
 UBS WM USA 70,981.39 7.59%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 70,132.46 7.49%
 National Financial Services LLC 68,700.17 7.34%
 Raymond James 56,112.21 6.00%

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 521,838.99 24.71%
 Pershing LLC 215,097.25 10.18%
 National Financial Services LLC 185,381.98 8.77%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 168,058.89 7.95%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 119,139.47 5.64%
 Raymond James 112,384.46 5.32%
FDP Series, Inc.  

FDP BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

  

FDP BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 3,446,126.63 100%

FDP BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,647,884.46 100%

FDP BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund – Investor Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 246,645.56 100%

FDP BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

  

FDP BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 3,662,670.26 100%

FDP BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,538,059.44 100%

FDP BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund – Investor Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 266,272.99 100%
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Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

FDP BlackRock International Fund

  

FDP BlackRock International Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 3,926,580.97 100%

FDP BlackRock International Fund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,606,479.11 100%

FDP BlackRock International Fund – Investor Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 285,053.73 100%
Managed Account Series  

Advantage Global SmallCap Fund

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 6,056,360.38 100%

BlackRock GA Disciplined Volatility Equity Fund

 

* BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 500,000.00 99.35%

BlackRock GA Enhanced Equity Fund

 

* BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 500,000.00 99.39%

Mid Cap Dividend Fund

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 6,224,509.71 100%
Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC 

* BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc.

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, Delaware 19809-3716

 N/A 100%
Master Focus Growth LLC 

* BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, Delaware 19809-3716

 N/A 100%


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  

Factory Mutual Insurance Company

270 Central Ave

Johnston RI 02919-4949

  10,423,945.89  8.41%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  6,829,649.14  5.51%

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

      

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio – Investor A Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,583,714.89  23.66%
  Pershing LLC  1,846,010.98  16.90%
  

RBC Capital Markets LLC

60 S 6th St
Minneapolis MN 55402-440

  1,283,448.07  11.75%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  784,844.36  7.19%
  National Financial Services LLC  628,121.70  5.75%
  

US Bank NA FBO New Jersey State Firemen’s Association

1555 N Rivercenter Dr. Ste 302

Milwaukee WI 53212

  567,170.35  5.19%

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio – Investor C Shares

  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  308,534.43  33.64%
  Raymond James  112,924.90  12.31%
  Pershing LLC  107,631.36  11.74%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  79,021.95  8.62%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  67,467.98  7.36%

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio – Institutional Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  4,394,228.49  22.25%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,928,282.32  9.76%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  1,780,832.36  9.02%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  1,493,150.42  7.56%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  1,096,134.88  5.55%

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Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio – Class K Shares

  

BlackRock Advisors LLC

100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809

  7,229,708.04  69.39%
  Empower Trust  1,670,347.74  16.03%

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

      

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio – Investor A Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  43,345,302.75  26.91%
  Edward D Jones and Co.  18,631,688.34  11.57%
  National Financial Services LLC  14,117,048.83  8.77%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  10,783,274.30  6.70%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  10,457,110.93  6.49%
  Pershing LLC  8,602,905.66  5.34%

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio – Investor C Shares

  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  2,575,829.43  21.34%
  Pershing LLC  1,398,402.90  11.58%
  LPL Financial  1,136,969.98  9.42%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  919,061.02  7.61%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  824,356.00  6.83%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  792,727.74  6.57%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  763,500.53  6.32%
  National Financial Services LLC  613,364.47  5.08%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  608,398.37  5.04%

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio – Class R Shares

  

Voya Institutional Trust Company

1 Orange Way

Windsor, CT 06095-4774

  7,451,886.07  53.99%
  State Street Bank and Trust Company  1,324,769.29  9.60%
  

DCGT AS TTEE and/or Cust FBO PLIC Various Retirement Plans

711 High Street

Des Moines, IA 50392

  941,859.89  6.82%

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Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio – Institutional Shares

  National Financial Services LLC  884,910,015.80  53.64%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  103,031,190.11  6.24%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  91,233,610.46  5.53%

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio – Service Shares

  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  5,754,318.64  47.44%
  National Financial Services LLC  2,700,018.39  22.26%

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio – Class K Shares

  JP Morgan Securities LLC  253,488,432.49  23.45%
  Edward D Jones and Co.  198,929,957.54  18.40%
  National Financial Services LLC  130,092,000.26  12.03%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  58,176,063.25  5.38%

BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund

      

BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund – Investor A Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  11,060,486.08  46.42%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,539,363.72  6.46%

BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund – Investor C Shares

  Raymond James  93,203.90  14.07%
  Pershing LLC  84,703.61  12.78%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  72,608.85  10.96%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  63,270.35  9.55%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  63,090.45  9.52%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  54,142.15  8.17%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  49,737.04  7.51%
  LPL Financial  41,349.06  6.24%

BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund – Class R Shares

  

Ascensus Trust Company FBO

PO Box 10758
Fargo, ND 58106

  75,144.11  20.46%

J-16


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  71,937.72  19.59%
  

Ascensus Trust Company FBO

PO Box 10758
Fargo, ND 58106

  48,994.37  13.34%
  State Street Bank and Trust Company  38,640.63  10.52%
  

Ascensus Trust Company FBO

PO Box 10758
Fargo, ND 58106

  35,685.95  9.72%

BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund – Institutional Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  5,395,999.62  38.78%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  1,333,385.07  9.58%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  1,242,216.13  8.93%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,145,055.72  8.23%
  Pershing LLC  697,823.88  5.02%

BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund – Class K Shares

  National Financial Services LLC  675,598.49  51.75%
  Edward D Jones and Co.  217,166.70  16.63%
  

Ascensus Trust Company FBO

PO Box 10758
Fargo, ND 58106

  88,306.93  6.76%

BlackRock Income Fund

      

BlackRock Income Fund – Investor A Shares

  Edward D Jones and Co.  7,576,315.67  41.32%
  National Financial Services LLC  2,223,828.40  12.13%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,718,692.02  9.37%
  Pershing LLC  1,125,799.06  6.14%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  962,887.42  5.25%

J-17


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned

BlackRock Income Fund – Investor C Shares

  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  255,145.48  13.77%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  212,887.90  11.49%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  188,098.56  10.15%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  166,026.08  8.96%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  165,160.40  8.91%
  Pershing LLC  162,769.08  8.78%
  LPL Financial  154,331.73  8.33%
  National Financial Services LLC  149,938.84  8.09%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  99,088.76  5.35%
  UBS Financial Services Inc. FBO UBS WM USA  97,210.16  5.25%
  Raymond James  93,583.47  5.05%

BlackRock Income Fund – Institutional Shares

  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  22,778,493.54  27.75%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  11,528,897.13  14.05%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  9,856,667.22  12.01%
  National Financial Services LLC  8,715,361.70  10.62%
  UBS Financial Services Inc. FBO UBS WM USA  6,386,837.39  7.78%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  6,149,982.93  7.49%
  LPL Financial  4,634,890.80  5.65%
  Pershing LLC  4,545,000.42  5.54%

BlackRock Income Fund – Class K Shares

  Edward D Jones and Co.  15,912,627.90  76.49%
  Raymond James  1,637,333.42  7.87%

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

      

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio – Investor A Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  9,716,048.17  24.43%

J-18


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  National Financial Services LLC  5,944,729.69  14.95%
  Edward D Jones and Co.  3,826,099.14  9.62%
  

Voya Institutional Trust Company

1 Orange Way

Windsor, CT 06095-4774

  3,686,214.65  9.27%

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio – Investor C Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  693,071.49  19.92%
  Pershing LLC  530,657.20  15.25%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  366,536.22  10.53%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  349,299.63  10.04%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  284,811.39  8.19%
  Raymond James  282,362.57  8.11%
  LPL Financial  256,677.92  7.38%

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio – Institutional Shares

  National Financial Services LLC  19,719,407.70  14.64%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  18,875,268.53  14.02%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  12,011,804.43  8.92%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  10,729,828.62  7.97%

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio – Class K Shares

  Edward D Jones and Co.  9,308,870.09  14.70%
  National Financial Services LLC  7,128,817.18  11.25%
  

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company

100 Magellan KW1C

Covington, KY 41015

  6,892,965.75  10.88%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  6,763,038.74  10.68%
  Empower Trust  3,959,941.29  6.25%

J-19


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  

DCGT AS TTEE and/or Cust FBO PLIC Various Retirement Plans

711 High Street

Des Moines, IA 50392

  3,346,297.68  5.28%

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

      

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio – Investor A Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  25,778,394.45  32.67%
  Edward D Jones and Co.  20,917,645.85  26.51%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  11,402,833.25  14.45%
  National Financial Services LLC  6,919,200.13  8.77%

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio – Investor C Shares

  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  597,992.63  19.29%
  Raymond James  572,679.49  18.48%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  549,782.21  17.74%
  Pershing LLC  247,847.60  8.00%
  LPL Financial  220,406.40  7.11%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  178,942.51  5.77%
  National Financial Services LLC  169,981.99  5.48%

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio – Investor A1 Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  389,439.61  75.48%

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio – Class R Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  48,565.32  19.81%
  State Street Bank and Trust Company  47,642.19  19.43%
  

Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO Infectious Diseases Associates

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

  35,652.04  14.54%

J-20


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  

Pai Trust Company, Inc.

Seascape Partners LLC 401(K)

1300 Enterprise Drive

De Pere WI 54115

  15,740.21  6.42%
  

Mid Atlantic Trust
Company FBO Performance
Fact Inc

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

  13,228.69  5.40%
  

Mid Atlantic Trust

Company FBO IHL Consulting Group, Inc.

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

  12,446.97  5.08%

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio – Institutional Shares

  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  194,018,564.15  47.03%
  National Financial Services LLC  37,676,856.12  9.13%
  

Mac & Co

Mutual Fund Operations

500 Grant Street, Room 151-1010

Pittsburgh, PA 15258

  23,854,967.21  5.78%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  22,298,703.98  5.41%
  LPL Financial  22,097,029.76  5.36%

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio – Class K Shares

  Edward D Jones and Co.  41,778,084.19  58.23%
  

National Financial Services LLC

  7,536,950.20  10.51%
  

Capinco c/o US Bank NA

1555 N. Rivercenter Dr. Ste 302

Milwaukee WI, 53212

  4,058,971.01  5.66%

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

      

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio – Investor A Shares

  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  27,989,878.34  26.46%

J-21


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  

National Financial Services LLC

  13,870,400.93  13.11%
  

Charles Schwab & Co Inc.

  13,651,102.12  12.90%
  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

  12,828,379.25  12.13%
  

Wells Fargo Clearing Services

  5,682,241.99  5.37%

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio – Investor C Shares

  

Wells Fargo Clearing Services

  1,481,730.31  13.08%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  1,400,843.02  12.36%
  

American Enterprise Investment Service

  1,360,723.09  12.01%
  

Raymond James

  1,252,573.02  11.05%
  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

  1,228,145.37  10.84%
  

Pershing LLC

  1,109,071.54  9.79%
  

LPL Financial

  871,898.19  7.69%
  

National Financial Services LLC

  847,276.78  7.48%
  

Charles Schwab & Co Inc.

  679,230.89  5.99%

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio – Institutional Shares

  

Charles Schwab & Co Inc.

  605,447,568.00  22.94%
  

National Financial Services LLC

  571,559,857.51  21.66%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  195,913,907.42  7.42%
  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

  176,458,140.29  6.69%
  

Pershing LLC

  165,760,428.10  6.28%

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio – Class K Shares

  

National Financial Services LLC

  301,238,210.16  26.79%
  

Charles Schwab & Co Inc.

  109,606,516.21  9.75%

J-22


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  

SEI Private Trust Company

C/O Principal Financial

Attn. Mutual Fund Admin

1 Freedom Valley Dr.

Oaks, PA 19456-9989

  64,608,505.52  5.75%

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Fund

      

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Fund – Institutional Shares

  

Pershing LLC

  13,209.77  66.67%
  

BlackRock Financial Management Inc.

  5,000.00  25.23%
  

LPL Financial

  1,605.22  8.10%

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Bond Fund – Class K Shares

  

BlackRock Financial Management Inc.

  2,495,000.00  99.71%

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund

      

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund – Investor A Shares

  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  220,461.51  32.26%
  

National Financial Services LLC

  113,358.03  16.59%
  

Pershing LLC

  63,196.03  9.25%
  

Wells Fargo Clearing Services

  57,931.67  8.48%
  

Charles Schwab & Co Inc.

  47,321.27  6.92%
  

American Enterprise Investment Service

  34,585.77  5.06%

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund – Investor C Shares

  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

  8,369.41  36.83%
  

Wells Fargo Clearing Services

  3,366.86  14.82%
  

Pershing LLC

  1,701.92  7.49%

J-23


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  

BNYM I S TRUST CO CUST

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

  1,636.58  7.20%
  

BNYM I S TRUST CO CUST SIMPLE IRA

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

  1,478.03  6.50%
  

Matrix Trust Company as Agent for Advisor Trust, Inc.

717 17th Street, Suite 1300

Denver, CO 80202

  1,319.88  5.81%

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund – Institutional Shares

  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  260,184.57  25.23%
  

National Financial Services LLC

  197,265.19  19.13%
  

LPL Financial

  155,266.09  15.06%
  

American Enterprise Investment Service

  147,788.67  14.33%
  

Charles Schwab & Co Inc.

  74,290.79  7.20%
  

UBS Financial Services Inc.

FBO UBS WM USA

  72,169.35  7.00%

BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund – Class K Shares

  

BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.

50 Hudson Yards

New York, NY 10001-2180

  3,835,005.29  99.79%

BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund

      

BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund – Investor A Shares

  

BlackRock Financial Management Inc.

  10,000.00  83.74%
  

BNYM I S TRUST CO CUST

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

  1,322.02  11.07%

J-24


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned

BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund – Institutional Shares

  

National Financial Services LLC

  15,362.07  59.81%
  

BlackRock Financial Management Inc.

  10,000.00  38.93%

BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund – Class K Shares

  

BlackRock Financial Management Inc.

  4,980,000.00  100.00%

BlackRock Sustainable Low Duration Bond Fund

      

BlackRock Sustainable Low Duration Bond Fund – Investor A Shares

  

BlackRock Financial Management Inc.

  10,000.00  84.69%
  

Pershing LLC

  1,778.24  15.06%

BlackRock Sustainable Low Duration Bond Fund – Institutional Shares

  

BlackRock Financial Management Inc.

  10,000.00  100.00%

BlackRock Sustainable Low Duration Bond Fund – Class K Shares

  

BlackRock Financial Management Inc.

  4,980,000.00  99.99%
BlackRock Funds VI      

BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund

      

BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund – Investor A Shares

  

Pershing LLC

  25,192,933.73  72.43%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  4,921,032.04  14.15%

BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund – Investor C Shares

  

Pershing LLC

  21,518.62  47.46%
  

National Financial Services LLC

  9,152.83  20.19%
  

Raymond James

  8,655.84  19.09%

BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund – Institutional Shares

  

Goldman Sachs & Co.

295 Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City, UT 84108-1287

  24,987,062.59  42.04%
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC

100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809-3716

  6,591,020.24  11.09%

J-25


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC

100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809-3716

  6,254,900.47  10.52%
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC

100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809-3716

  5,581,477.22  9.39%
  

SEI Private Trust Company

1 Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, PA 19456-9989

  4,071,774.98  6.85%
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC

100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809-3716

  3,393,594.68  5.71%

BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund – Class K Shares

  

National Financial Services LLC

  2,345,605.32  33.04%
  

Augusta Health Care, Inc.

c/o BlackRock

55 East 52nd Street

New York, NY 10055

  1,878,644.89  26.46%
  

BTC As TTEE US Asset Moderate

5901 College Boulevard
Suite 200
Overland Park, KS 66211

  608,428.34  8.57%
  

Empower Trust

  601,336.78  8.47%
BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust      

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

      

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund – Investor A Shares

  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  2,565,568.44  26.57%
  

Wells Fargo Clearing Services

  1,742,820.45  18.05%
  

Pershing LLC

  1,224,809.62  12.69%
  

National Financial Services LLC

  1,084,418.70  11.23%
  

Edward D Jones and Co.

  639,614.34  6.62%

J-26


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund – Investor C Shares

  

Wells Fargo Clearing Services

  362,504.10  30.03%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  147,748.81  12.24%
  

National Financial Services LLC

  128,410.30  10.64%
  

Pershing LLC

  122,178.08  10.12%
  

LPL Financial

  95,736.12  7.93%
  

American Enterprise Investment Service

  63,888.29  5.29%

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund – Investor A1 Shares

  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  791,106.98  63.21%
  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

  88,557.57  7.08%

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund – Institutional Shares

  

National Financial Services LLC

  3,300,698.20  19.78%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  2,623,582.26  15.72%
  

Saxon & Co.

PO Box 94597

Cleveland, OH 44101-4597

  1,971,713.73  11.82%
  

Pershing LLC

  1,878,284.65  11.26%
  

Charles Schwab & Co Inc.

  1,681,575.19  10.08%
  

American Enterprise Investment Service

  1,392,696.93  8.35%
  

LPL Financial

  1,157,852.04  6.94%

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund – Service Shares

  

TD Ameritrade

  128,219.00  19.64%
  

Vanguard Brokerage Services

P.O. Box 1170

Valley Forge, PA 19482-1170

  118,305.58  18.12%
  

National Financial Services LLC

  56,922.28  8.72%

J-27


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund – Class K Shares

  

Edward D Jones and Co.

  200,139.92  84.96%
  

BlackRock Financial Management Inc.

  18,124.12  7.69%

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

      

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor A Shares

  

Pershing LLC

  9,041,530.58  18.59%
  

JP Morgan Securities LLC

  8,438,613.41  17.35%
  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

  8,018,673.64  16.49%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  6,730,896.12  13.84%
  

Wells Fargo Clearing Services

  5,630,207.79  11.58%
  

National Financial Services LLC

  3,625,217.68  7.46%

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor A1 Shares

  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  4,205,323.81  65.08%
  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

  369,738.99  5.72%

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor C Shares

  

JP Morgan Securities LLC

  980,468.85  22.52%
  

Pershing LLC

  671,144.83  15.41%
  

National Financial Services LLC

  557,377.17  12.80%
  

Wells Fargo Clearing Services

  483,813.88  11.11%
  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

  425,289.44  9.77%
  

American Enterprise Investment Service

  322,112.55  7.40%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  303,718.96  6.98%

J-28


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund – Institutional Shares

  

National Financial Services LLC

  8,708,988.43  14.86%
  

Pershing LLC

  8,231,040.86  14.05%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  7,990,194.30  13.64%
  

Charles Schwab & Co Inc.

  6,594,622.05  11.25%
  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

  6,382,203.54  10.89%
  

American Enterprise Investment Service

  5,254,087.41  8.97%
  

LPL Financial

  4,308,382.34  7.35%
  

UBS Financial Services Inc.

FBO UBS WM USA

  3,334,064.33  5.69%

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund – Class K Shares

  

Edward D Jones and Co.

  319,224.75  41.03%
  

JP Morgan Securities LLC

  225,635.34  29.00%
  

Pershing LLC

  101,002.66  12.98%
  

Charles Schwab & Co Inc.

  86,104.93  11.07%

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

      

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund – Investor A Shares

  

Wells Fargo Clearing Services

  2,638,614.74  22.63%
  

Edward D Jones and Co.

  2,432,768.69  20.87%
  

National Financial Services LLC

  1,878,156.78  16.11%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  1,010,886.52  8.67%
  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

  791,053.03  6.79%

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund – Investor C Shares

  

Wells Fargo Clearing Services

  229,253.10  25.75%
  

National Financial Services LLC

  157,781.15  17.72%

J-29


Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  

Pershing LLC

  139,457.15  15.67%
  

Edward D Jones and Co.

  111,353.37  12.51%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  58,361.61  6.56%
  

American Enterprise Investment Service

  56,961.28  6.40%

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund – Investor A1 Shares

  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  372,498.66  58.79%
  

Wells Fargo Clearing Services

  53,459.56  8.44%
  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

  37,033.36  5.84%

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund – Institutional Shares

  

Saxon & Co.

PO Box 94597

Cleveland, OH 44101-4597

  9,419,872.04  39.18%
  

National Financial Services LLC

  5,411,861.36  22.51%
  

Saxon & Co.

PO Box 94597

Cleveland, OH 44101-4597

  2,193,743.58  9.12%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  1,205,327.29  5.01%

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund – Service Shares

  

BNYM I S TRUST CO CUST

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

  57,917.62  52.81%
  

National Financial Services LLC

  20,196.89  18.42%
  

Pershing LLC

  18,474.99  16.85%

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund – Class K Shares

  

Edward D Jones and Co.

  873,552.05  93.12%
BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.      

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

      

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund – Investor A Shares

  

Edward D Jones and Co.

  23,635,631.45  40.72%

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Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  6,724,155.54  11.58%
  

National Financial Services LLC

  4,200,340.49  7.24%
  

Pershing LLC

  4,139,988.78  7.13%
  

Wells Fargo Clearing Services

  4,101,675.21  7.07%
  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

  3,211,186.79  5.53%
  

LPL Financial

  2,934,554.93  5.06%

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund – Investor C Shares

  

Pershing LLC

  419,993.69  15.42%
  

Edward D Jones and Co.

  306,038.94  11.24%
  

Wells Fargo Clearing Services

  302,317.06  11.10%
  

American Enterprise Investment Service

  276,171.38  10.14%
  

LPL Financial

  246,399.29  9.05%
  

National Financial Services LLC

  200,542.82  7.36%
  

Raymond James

  178,795.49  6.57%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  166,735.31  6.12%
  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

  155,803.55  5.72%

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund – Institutional Shares

  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  26,553,470.43  29.68%
  

National Financial Services LLC

  15,105,667.59  16.88%
  

Pershing LLC

  10,598,617.91  11.85%
  

Charles Schwab & Co Inc.

  8,864,906.18  9.91%
  

LPL Financial

  6,127,181.28  6.85%
  

UBS Financial Services Inc. FBO UBS WM USA

  5,654,829.25  6.32%

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Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned   Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
 

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund – Class K Shares

  

Edward D Jones and Co.

   30,181,573.89    87.95% 

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund

      

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund – Investor A Shares

  

BlackRock Financial Management Inc.

   10,000.00    97.20% 

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund – Institutional Shares

  

BlackRock Financial Management Inc.

   10,000.00    71.77% 
  

Pershing LLC

   2,467.87    17.71% 
  

BNYM I S TRUST CO CUST

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

   1,048.52    7.53% 

BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund – Class K Shares

  

BlackRock Financial Management Inc.

   4,980,000.00    99.87% 

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

      

BlackRock National Municipal Fund – Investor A Shares

  

National Financial Services LLC

   81,530,729.01    34.80% 
  

Edward D Jones and Co.

   73,429,098.91    31.34% 
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

   30,191,566.58    12.89% 

BlackRock National Municipal Fund – Investor C Shares

  

Wells Fargo Clearing Services

   1,041,346.68    17.38% 
  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

   975,765.31    16.29% 
  

Edward D Jones and Co.

   950,508.71    15.86% 
  

American Enterprise Investment Service

   583,313.80    9.74% 
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

   466,402.93    7.78% 
  

Pershing LLC

   448,374.56    7.48% 

BlackRock National Municipal Fund – Institutional Shares

  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

   99,131,127.59    24.85% 

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Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  

National Financial Services LLC

  58,471,506.33  14.66%
  

Charles Schwab & Co Inc.

  55,500,871.99  13.91%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  52,284,894.62  13.11%
  

Saxon & Co.

PO Box 94597

Cleveland, OH 44101-4597

  25,329,320.23  6.35%
  

American Enterprise Investment Service

  20,007,183.65  5.02%

BlackRock National Municipal Fund – Service Shares

  

National Financial Services LLC

  40,748.89  33.69%
  

BNYM I S TRUST CO CUST

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

  17,014.90  14.07%
  

BNYM I S TRUST CO CUST

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

  14,571.43  12.05%
  

Charles Schwab & Co Inc.

  10,118.81  8.37%
  

Wells Fargo Clearing Services

  8,432.43  6.97%
  

BNYM I S TRUST CO CUST

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

  8,004.27  6.62%

BlackRock National Municipal Fund – Class K Shares

  

JP Morgan Securities LLC

  220,900,811.67  64.43%
  

Edward D Jones and Co.

  85,637,437.24  24.98%

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

      

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund – Investor A Shares

  

Edward D Jones and Co.

  12,234,299.22  55.60%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  3,688,426.02  16.76%

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Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

 Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

 2,656,242.55  12.07%

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund – Investor C Shares

  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

 161,463.72  29.64%
  

National Financial Services LLC

 64,944.16  11.92%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

 62,200.53  11.42%
  

Edward D Jones and Co.

 51,309.68  9.42%
  

Raymond James

 43,989.40  8.08%
  

Pershing LLC

 39,838.10  7.31%
  

LPL Financial

 34,499.31  6.33%
  

Wells Fargo Clearing Services

 32,152.12  5.90%
  

UBS Financial Services Inc. FBO UBS WM USA

 29,681.82  5.45%

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund – Investor A1 Shares

  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

 782,623.10  75.66%
  

UBS Financial Services Inc. FBO UBS WM USA

 84,899.12  8.21%

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund – Institutional Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 8,778,884.19  27.49%
  National Financial Services LLC 6,481,039.03  20.29%
  

Saxon & Co.

PO Box 94597

Cleveland, OH 44101-4597

 5,604,050.37  17.55%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC 3,498,521.34  10.95%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 2,128,113.54  6.66%

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund – Class K Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 2,934,095.19  69.18%
  Edward D Jones and Co. 1,069,950.39  25.23%

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Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
BlackRock Municipal Series Trust      

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

      

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor A Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  18,972,786.47  22.53%
  Edward D Jones and Co.  13,269,667.10  15.76%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  9,818,934.72  11.66%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  9,553,315.42  11.35%
  National Financial Services LLC  7,875,518.93  9.35%
  Pershing LLC  5,791,087.71  6.88%

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor C Shares

  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  1,510,048.28  22.44%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  925,461.43  13.75%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  885,723.59  13.16%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  559,682.70  8.32%
  National Financial Services LLC  451,139.10  6.70%
  Pershing LLC  449,817.26  6.68%
  LPL Financial  411,637.20  6.12%

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor A1 Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,042,473.43  65.01%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  98,147.73  6.12%
  National Financial Services LLC  94,798.78  5.91%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC  92,424.17  5.76%

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund – Institutional Shares

  Pershing LLC  94,936,572.52  26.91%

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Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned   Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
 
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   63,034,878.18    17.87% 
  National Financial Services LLC   48,632,286.59    13.79% 
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   35,275,859.16    10.00% 
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC   28,530,845.98    8.09% 

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund – Class K Shares

  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   9,784,873.35    52.45% 
  Edward D Jones and Co.   2,813,831.05    15.08% 
  National Financial Services LLC   2,469,664.35    13.24% 
  

SEI Private Trust Company

C/O First Horizon

Attn. Mutual Fund Admin

1 Freedom Valley Dr.

Oaks, PA 19456-9989

   1,661,005.08    8.90% 
  

SEI Private Trust Company

C/O Principal Financial

Attn. Mutual Fund Admin

1 Freedom Valley Dr.

Oaks, PA 19456-9989

   1,323,626.55    7.10% 
BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.      

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc. – Investor A Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   2,883,288.33    20.00% 
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   2,145,980.10    14.88% 
  National Financial Services LLC   1,989,686.78    13.80% 
  Edward D Jones and Co.   1,748,495.40    12.13% 
  Empower Trust   1,034,939.47    7.18% 
  Pershing LLC   769,776.05    5.34% 

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc. – Investor C Shares

  American Enterprise Investment Service   226,321.62    33.61% 
  National Financial Services LLC   130,676.82    19.41% 
  Pershing LLC   86,632.40    12.87% 

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Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  63,219.72  9.39%

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc. – Institutional Shares

  National Financial Services LLC  26,947,379.19  27.02%
  American Enterprise Investment Service  14,827,184.92  14.87%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  13,598,744.47  13.63%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  7,572,149.30  7.59%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  6,352,578.54  6.37%
  

MMATCO LLP Nominee for MMA Trust Company

P.O. Box 483

1110 N Main Street

Goshen, IN 46527

  5,716,668.74  5.73%
  LPL Financial  5,334,298.44  5.35%

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc. – Class K Shares

  National Financial Services LLC  6,710,610.33  19.42%
  

First State Trust Company

2 Righter Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19803

  4,374,190.81  12.66%
  Edward D Jones and Co.  3,996,852.95  11.57%
  

DCGT AS TTEE and/or CUST FBO PLIC Various Retirement Plans

Attn. NPIO Trade Desk

711 High Street

Des Moines, IA 50392

  2,832,411.28  8.20%
  

Matrix Trust Company

P.O. Box 52129

Phoenix, AZ 85072-2129

  2,701,051.16  7.82%
  

PIMS/Prudential Retirement

7550 Teague Road, Suite 300

Hanover, MD 21076

  1,981,092.72  5.73%

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Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
Managed Account Series II    

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

    

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio – Investor A Shares

  Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 987,377.53 45.89%
  National Financial Services LLC 506,947.93 23.56%
  LPL Financial 144,123.49 6.70%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 122,708.42 5.70%

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio – Investor C Shares

  Pershing LLC 41,071.70 32.06%
  National Financial Services LLC 41,066.41 32.06%
  American Enterprise Investment Service 24,893.02 19.43%
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC 6,926.04 5.41%

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio – Institutional Shares

  American Enterprise Investment Service 6,022,491.82 20.41%
  Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 4,949,686.46 16.78%
  

BlackRock Funds Inc. LLC — BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 4,554,005.88 15.43%
  

BlackRock Funds Inc. LLC — BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 2,706,431.90 9.17%
  

BlackRock Funds Inc. LLC — BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 2,330,474.53 7.90%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 2,034,783.09 6.90%

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Fund/Portfolio Name/Name of Class1

  

Name and Address

of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Owned
  

BlackRock Funds Inc. LLC — BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 1,949,414.33 6.61%
  National Financial Services LLC 1,668,596.03 5.66%
Master Bond LLC    

Master Total Return Portfolio

  

BlackRock Total Return Fund2

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 $17,842,833,410.173 96.61%
Master Investment Portfolio II    

Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

  

BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund2

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 $859,294,704.993 98.37%

 

*1The Portfolios of series Funds are set forth below the name of the applicable Fund.
2 Beneficial owner of shares.
Group B Funds   
BlackRock Allocation Target Shares  

BATS: Series A Portfolio

 

* BlackRock Institutional Trust Co. NA As Trustee for the BlackRock Total Return Bond Fund

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2618

  38,477,139.01   46.81% 
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  17,545,584.00   21.34% 
 Morgan Stanley & Co.  10,242,748.00   12.46% 
 

* BlackRock Institutional Trust Co. as Trustee for the BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Bond Fund

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2618

  9,175,332.78   11.16% 

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
 

* BlackRock Advisors LLC

BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, Delaware 19809-3716

 4,973,341.13 6.05%

BATS: Series C Portfolio

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 23,431,993.75 62.30%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 9,243,193.51 24.57%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 3,166,728.73 8.41%

BATS: Series E Portfolio

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 12,848,246.00 76.62%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 3,919,129.00 23.37%

BATS: Series M Portfolio

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 55,424,244.17 66.73%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 21,624,905.02 26.03%

BATS: Series P Portfolio

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 7,446,091.55 94.65%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 420,429.00 5.34%

BATS: Series S Portfolio

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 6,730,486.58 36.46%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 6,485,882.57 35.13%
 

* BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BATS: Series P Portfolio

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809-3716

 2,439,280.28 13.21%
BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.  

BlackRock Total Return Fund

  

BlackRock Total Return Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 88,761,666.80 57.64%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 12,655,267.89 8.21%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 10,978,067.61 7.13%

BlackRock Total Return Fund – Investor A1 Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 2,241,378.15 89.41%

BlackRock Total Return Fund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 12,337,292.91 58.28%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 1,546,950.27 7.30%
 Pershing LLC 1,395,912.61 6.59%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 1,274,114.75 6.01%

BlackRock Total Return Fund – Investor C1 Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 476,494.01 49.06%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 131,185.60 13.50%
 UBS WM USA 109,990.18 11.32%

BlackRock Total Return Fund – Investor C2 Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 55,471.77 61.02%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 23,867.53 26.25%
 National Financial Services LLC 6,165.23 6.78%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Total Return Fund – Class R Shares

 State Street Bank and Trust Company (FBO) ADP Access Product 3,331,333.83 23.64%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 2,384,446.35 16.92%
 

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

1295 State Street MIP M200-INVEST

Springfield, MA 01111-0000

 2,000,265.22 14.20%
 

The Hartford

1 Hartford Plaza

Hartford, CT 06155

 933,988.12 6.63%

BlackRock Total Return Fund – Institutional Shares

 Pershing LLC 96,907,490.46 20.12%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 84,284,590.47 17.49%
 National Financial Services LLC 44,753,063.54 9.29%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 33,501,798.45 6.95%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 27,755,061.95 5.76%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 24,255,256.27 5.03%

BlackRock Total Return Fund – Service Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 4,867,106.64 46.69%
 

Great West Trust Company LLC

8525 East Orchard Road

c/o Mutual Fund Trading

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 533,301.52 5.11%

BlackRock Total Return Fund – Class K Shares

 TD Ameritrade 82,064,608.29 19.51%
 National Financial Services LLC 79,908,405.30 18.99%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 47,461,910.70 11.28%
 

*Toyota Motor Insurance Services Inc.

19001 South Western Avenue NF 10

Torrance, CA 90501

 44,482,194.16 10.57%
BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust  

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund

  

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor A Shares

 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 11,105,421.64 19.15%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 9,153,297.01 15.78%
 National Financial Services LLC 7,037,186.35 12.13%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 7,023,061.60 12.11%
 JP Morgan Securities LLC 5,734,931.25 9.89%
 Pershing LLC 5,216,005.06 8.99%
 UBS WM USA 4,766,768.68 8.22%

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor A1 Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 6,610,634.34 72.23%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 2,712,570.57 25.69%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 2,691,486.32 25.49%
 Pershing LLC 1,575,255.31 14.92%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 832,469.66 7.88%
 JP Morgan Securities LLC 758,774.99 7.18%
 UBS WM USA 635,779.23 6.02%

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor C1 Shares

 UBS WM USA 35,950.80 18.95%
 

RBC Capital Markets LLC

60 S 6th Street

Minneapolis, MN 55402-4400

 33,185.06 17.49%
 Raymond James 23,347.27 12.30%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 22,879.85 12.06%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 15,944.23 8.40%
 

Vanguard Brokerage Services

PO Box 1170

Valley Forge, PA 19482-1170

 15,433.11 8.13%
 JP Morgan Securities LLC 12,040.08 6.34%

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 38,011,907.03 31.79%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 11,816,081.40 9.88%
 National Financial Services LLC 10,911,656.70 9.12%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 10,318,510.26 8.63%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 8,981,418.78 7.51%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 7,925,368.19 6.62%
 TD Ameritrade 7,070,591.67 5.91%
 Pershing LLC 6,593,247.58 5.51%

BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund – Class K Shares

 JP Morgan Securities LLC 2,979,826.78 84.30%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 538,378.94 15.23%
BlackRock Funds V  

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

   

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 32,776,238.50 71.06%
 National Financial Services LLC 3,264,238.03 7.07%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 2,915,959.15 6.32%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 2,785,006.04 41.45%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 701,864.04 10.44%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 691,625.39 10.29%

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 177,715.63 56.35%
 

Ascensus Trust Company FBO The Chempi Pension Plan

PO Box 10758

Fargo, ND 58106

 63,863.92 20.25%
 

Michael Curi Trustee FBO

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 16,468.48 5.22%

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio – Institutional Shares

 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 98,823,958.54 51.87%
 National Financial Services LLC 19,864,900.17 10.42%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 17,894,044.33 9.39%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 16,515,833.47 8.67%
 

Saxon & Co.

PO Box 94597

Cleveland, OH 44101-4597

 12,733,671.45 6.68%

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio – Service Shares

 

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

1295 State Street MIP M200-INVEST

Springfield, MA 01111-0000

 2,082,898.58 39.12%
 

Reliance Trust Company

PO Box 28004

Atlanta, GA 30358-0004

 1,236,199.34 23.22%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 755,478.16 14.19%
 National Financial Services LLC 340,640.97 6.39%
 

Saxon & Co.

PO Box 94597

Cleveland, OH 44101-4597

 279,982.23 5.25%

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio – Class K Shares

 

*Mac & Co

Mutual Fund Operations

500 Grant Street, Room151-1010

Pittsburgh, PA 15258

 24,930,300.90 33.29%
 

Newport Trust Company NA

515 Figueroa Street, Suite 1000

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2212

 13,734,377.44 18.34%
 

Wells Fargo Bank NA FBO Group Health DB BlackRock

PO Box 1533

Minneapolis, MN 55480-0000

 8,855,161.81 11.82%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Credit Strategies Income Fund

  

BlackRock Credit Strategies Income Fund – Investor A Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 1,746,446.95 23.50%
 TD Ameritrade 1,174,185.93 15.80%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 892,446.18 12.00%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 561,449.05 7.55%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 421,899.11 5.67%
 American Enterprise Investment SVC 409,792.99 5.51%
 UBS WM USA 405,600.13 5.45%

BlackRock Credit Strategies Income Fund – Investor C Shares

 Morgan Stanley & Co. 512,638.62 17.56%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 411,645.43 14.10%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 305,441.03 10.46%
 Pershing LLC 273,210.35 9.36%
 National Financial Services LLC 251,595.87 8.62%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 201,561.27 6.90%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 200,616.33 6.87%
 UBS WM USA 166,250.95 5.69%
 JP Morgan Securities LLC 149,529.42 5.12%

BlackRock Credit Strategies Income Fund – Institutional Shares

 American Enterprise Investment Service 8,719,820.47 19.37%
 LPL Financial 5,932,451.44 13.18%
 UBS WM USA 5,467,591.01 12.14%
 National Financial Services LLC 5,290,922.74 11.75%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 4,620,505.35 10.26%
 Pershing LLC 3,711,061.98 8.24%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 3,274,157.92 7.27%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 2,733,266.09 6.07%

BlackRock Credit Strategies Income Fund – Class K Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co. 1,379,434.65 96.64%

BlackRock Emerging Markets Bond Fund

  

BlackRock Emerging Markets Bond Fund – Institutional Shares

 

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 5,000.00 99.59%

BlackRock Emerging Markets Bond Fund – Class K Shares

 

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 2,495,000.00 100%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio

  

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio – Investor A Shares

 Raymond James 414,179.93 28.22%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 223,722.77 15.24%
 National Financial Services LLC 202,707.46 13.81%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 151,786.47 10.34%
 Pershing LLC 137,954.41 9.40%

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 121,746.48 37.00%
 National Financial Services LLC 51,250.83 15.57%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 36,747.43 11.16%
 UBS WM USA 31,478.33 9.56%
 Pershing LLC 21,568.81 6.55%

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,074,957.93 24.65%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 761,756.20 17.47%
 

Augusta Health Care, Inc.

c/o BlackRock

55 East 52nd Street

New York, NY 10055

 480,549.61 11.02%
 Raymond James 416,402.49 9.55%
 

Wells Fargo Bank NA FBO

Central Michigan University Operating

PO Box 1533

Minneapolis, MN 55480

 337,153.22 7.73%
 

Wells Fargo Bank NA FBO

Central Michigan University Endowment

PO Box 1533

Minneapolis, MN 55480

 327,863.70 7.52%

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio – Class K Shares

 

* BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 4,072,599.78 50.80%
 

* Providentia Prima Trust

5072 Annunciation Circle, Suite 317

Ane Maria, FL 34142-9730

 1,450,576.09 18.09%
 

* Russell Sage Foundation

112 East 64th Street

New York, NY 10065-7383

 1,280,859.80 15.97%
 

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company

525 Washington Blvd.

Jersey City, NJ 07310-1606

 1,043,841.34 13.02%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund

  

BlackRock Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund – Institutional Shares

 

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 5,000.00 99.59%

BlackRock Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund – Class K Shares

 

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 2,495,000.00 100%

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

  

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 12,401,818.18 25.72%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 4,773,943.45 9.90%
 National Financial Services LLC 4,653,187.64 9.65%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 4,577,968.82 9.49%
 JP Morgan Securities LLC 3,956,893.34 8.20%
 UBS WM USA 3,729,227.42 7.73%
 Pershing LLC 2,599,472.41 5.39%

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 3,364,306.50 28.73%
 JP Morgan Securities LLC 1,411,480.67 12.05%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 1,361,448.98 11.62%
 Pershing LLC 910,538.89 7.77%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 890,425.15 7.60%
 National Financial Services LLC 812,799.57 6.94%

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio – Investor C1 Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 3,364,306.50 28.73%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 154,295.49 15.95%
 UBS WM USA 93,683.80 9.68%
 Raymond James 66,081.03 6.83%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 61,767.87 6.38%
 National Financial Services LLC 59,898.01 6.19%
 

Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc.

501 North Broadway

St. Louis, MO 63103

 59,243.44 6.12%

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio – Institutional Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 94,023,311.94 32.31%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 56,375,894.35 19.37%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 25,428,209.93 8.73%
 UBS WM USA 24,976,532.79 8.58%
 Pershing LLC 14,777,658.74 5.07%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio – Class K Shares

 JP Morgan Securities LLC 12,835,065.24 28.82%
 

* Lacera Master OPEB Trust

300 North Lake Avenue, Suite 850

Pasadena, CA 91101-4109

 9,472,803.73 21.27%
 

* Affiliated Independent Distributors Inc.

500 East Swedesford Road, Suite 200

Wayne, PA 19087-1614

 9,338,971.51 20.97%
 

* BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 5,428,669.19 12.19%
 

* BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Managed Income Fund

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 3,883,844.66 8.72%

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

  

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 3,593,854.57 27.12%
 National Financial Services LLC 1,873,733.62 14.14%
 Pershing LLC 1,795,051.75 13.55%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 688,898.98 5.20%

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,654,773.84 33.91%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 439,094.81 8.99%
 Pershing LLC 391,579.90 8.02%
 Raymond James 379,111.41 7.77%
 National Financial Services LLC 369,824.04 7.57%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 347,099.13 7.11%

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 7,842,347.60 28.98%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 2,476,806.84 9.15%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 2,091,823.62 7.73%
 LPL Financial 1,761,351.82 6.51%
 UBS WM USA 1,673,471.55 6.18%
 National Financial Services LLC 1,513,652.01 5.59%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services
 1,370,164.75 5.06%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio – Service Shares

 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 255,727.79 30.74%
 

AUL American Group Retirement Annuity

PO Box 368

Indianapolis, IN 46206-0368

 172,504.54 20.73%
 

AUL American Unit Trust

PO Box 368

Indianapolis, IN 46206-0368

 74,261.98 8.92%
 

Saxon & Co.

PO Box 94597

Cleveland, OH 44101-4597

 113,352.13 13.62%
 National Financial Services LLC 86,238.88 10.36%

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio – Class K Shares

 

John Hancock Trust Company LLC

690 Canton Street, Suite 100

Westwood, MA 02090

 1,272,873.23 55.59%
 

Nationwide Trust Company c/o IPO Portfolio Accounting

PO Box 182029

Columbus, OH 43218-2029

 383,509.97 16.74%

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

  

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 51,057,990.78 29.42%
 National Financial Services LLC 18,440,236.55 10.62%

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 12,097,421.04 28.18%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 6,252,383.89 14.56%
 UBS WM USA 3,966,444.16 9.23%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 3,335,341.12 7.76%
 LPL Financial 3,058,722.86 7.12%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 2,424,440.55 5.64%
 National Financial Services LLC 2,392,616.02 5.57%
 Pershing LLC 2,264,839.07 5.27%

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio – Investor C1 Shares

 Morgan Stanley & Co. 281,087.35 22.76%
 UBS WM USA 180,700.21 14.56%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 160,052.88 12.96%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 94,767.25 7.67%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 94,538.10 6.62%
 National Financial Services LLC. 81,801.93 7.65%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio – Class R Shares

 

Voya Institutional Trust Company

1 Orange Way

Windsor, CT 06095-4774

 7,471,431.76 44.62%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 2,304,084.00 13.76%
 

DCGT

711 High Street

Des Moines, IA 50392

 2,032,820.15 12.14%
 State Street Bank and Trust Company (FBO) ADP Access Product 1,187,614.96 7.09%

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio – Institutional Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 502,062,646.15 39.99%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 121,221,110.50 9.65%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 78,260,105.81 6.23%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 86,649,432.81 6.90%
 UBS WM USA 64,960,644.33 5.17%

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio – Service Shares

 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 10,211,020.32 45.18%
 

Matrix Trust Company

35 Iron Point Circle, Suite 300

Folsom, CA 95630

 3,267,862.62 14.46%
 National Financial Services LLC 2,982,841.77 13.20%

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio – Class K Shares

 JP Morgan Securities LLC 128,541,505.89 23.25%
 National Financial Services LLC 97,751,004.80 17.68%
 

* Mac & Co

Attn

Mutual Fund Ops

500 Grant Street, Room151-1010

Pittsburgh, PA 15258

 48,926,218.54 8.84%

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

  

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 7,195,976.86 27.69%
 National Financial Services LLC 3,309,231.40 12.73%

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 3,891,571.37 32.77%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 2,177,478.94 18.34%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 1,184,410.65 9.97%
 UBS WM USA 890,242.65 7.49%
 National Financial Services LLC 707,774.15 5.96%
 Pershing LLC 686,022.84 5.77%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio – Institutional Shares

 Morgan Stanley & Co. 47,408,740.58 32.12%
 National Financial Services LLC 22,655,721.17 15.35%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 16,033,291.97 10.86%

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio – Service Shares

 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 535,161.57 21.24%
 

UMB Bank NA

One Security Benefit Place

Topeka, KS 66636

 271,554.30 10.77%
 

Great West Trust Company LLC

8515 East Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 242,014.88 9.60%
 

Lincoln Retirement Services Co FBO Barton Memorial Hospital

P.O. BOX 7876

Fort Wayne, IN 46801-7876

 133,590.15 5.30%

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio – Class K Shares

 

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company

100 Magellan KW1C

Covington, KY 41015

 6,845,167.91 21.79%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 2,324,585.89 7.40%
 

* State of Indiana Trustee FBO State of Indiana DCP 401K

8515 East Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 2,227,616.39 7.09%
 National Financial Services LLC 2,106,491.99 6.70%
 

Great West Trust Company LLC

8515 East Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 1,970,174.28 6.27%
 

Wells Fargo Bank FBO Various Retirement Plans

1525 West WT Harris Blvd.

Charlotte, NC 28288-1076

 1,702,242.14 5.42%

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

  

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 59,321,294.49 44.41%
 National Financial Services LLC 54,964,430.54 41.15%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 12,869,125.43 70.11%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 1,576,947.29 8.59%

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio – Investor A1 Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 803,470.83 79.77%

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio – Investor C2 Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 17,407.43 28.14%
 Raymond James 9,866.15 15.94%
 TD Ameritrade 9,370.94 15.14%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 5,916.14 9.56%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 4,831.50 7.81%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 4,151.66 6.71%
 JP Morgan Securities LLC 3,257.54 5.26%

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio – Investor C3 Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 28,757.00 16.26%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 23,992.57 13.56%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 18,804.15 10.63%
 UBS WM USA 18,427.65 10.41%
 TD Ameritrade 11,788.21 6.66%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 15,723.45 8.89%
 Pershing LLC 9,383.85 5.30%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 8,909.41 5.03%

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio – Institutional Shares

 Morgan Stanley & Co. 314,793,911.13 70.35%
 National Financial Services LLC 27,565,643.80 6.16%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 22,393,871.66 5.00%

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 318,234.21 68.12%
 State Street Bank and Trust Company (FBO) ADP Access Product 75,709.13 16.20%
 

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222 FBO Infectious Diseases Associates 401(K)

 31,837.45 6.81%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio – Service Shares

 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 1,571,949.67 51.25%
 National Financial Services LLC 467,907.29 15.25%

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio – Class K Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 12,779,624.76 47.41%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 4,331,129.18 16.06%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 316,588.36 10.32%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,483,578.58 5.50%

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

  

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio – Investor A Shares

 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 87,461,071.53 39.72%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 51,677,259.05 23.46%
 National Financial Services LLC 18,539,510.59 8.41%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 11,611,117.99 5.27%

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 18,009,559.50 31.10%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 7,427,501.51 12.82%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 7,000,446.41 12.09%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 4,362,778.08 7.53%
 Raymond James 3,981,958.61 6.87%
 UBS WM USA 4,010,710.70 6.92%

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio – Institutional Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 511,129,012.63 19.15%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 427,053,103.60 16.00%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 344,737,956.97 12.91%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 168,967,947.96 6.33%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 148,893,988.36 5.57%

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio – Class K Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 220,848,684.24 28.15%
 

* The Regents of the University of California

1111 Broadway, Suite 2100

Oakland, CA 94607

 110,880,296.03 14.13%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio

  

BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 20,083,713.08 56.75%

BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,394,121.43 39.17%
 Raymond James 711,924.69 18.15%
 Pershing LLC 180,925.35 5.08%

BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio – Investor C1 Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,411,979.40 84.46%

BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio – Class R Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,627,930.62 82.67%
 

Ascensus Trust Company FBO Spring Design Partners, Inc. Profit

PO Box 10758

Fargo, ND 58106

 107,028.27 5.43%

BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 5,983,148.78 36.08%
 

Saxon & Co.

PO Box 7780-1888

Philadelphia, PA 19182

 2,066,229.83 12.46%
 

Saxon & Co.

PO Box 94597

Cleveland, OH 44101-4597

 1,991,446.50 12.00%
 National Financial Services LLC 1,384,167.96 8.34%

BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio – Service Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 129,057.35 76.52%
 

Saxon & Co.

PO Box 7780-1888

Philadelphia, PA 19182

 33,212.44 19.69%

BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio – Class K Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co. 106,956.71 70.85%
 

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 19,549.92 12.95%
 

Great West Trust Company LLC

8515 East Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

 17,960.84 11.89%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust  

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

  

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund – Investor A Shares

 Morgan Stanley & Co. 1,481,061.09 21.36%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,245,246.87 17.96%
 Pershing LLC 838,456.67 12.09%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 806,726.73 11.63%
 National Financial Services LLC 788,794.02 11.38%

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 892,799.58 32.54%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 665,342.25 24.25%
 UBS WM USA 260,487.76 9.49%
 Pershing LLC 186,536.75 6.79%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 161,694.16 5.89%

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund – Investor A1 Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,224,852.21 66.83%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 183,464.47 10.01%

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund – Investor C1 Shares

 UBS WM USA 40,079.96 32.65%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 26,580.27 21.65%
 LPL Financial 24,516.49 19.97%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 11,283.97 9.19%
 TD Ameritrade 8,993.96 7.32%

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund – Institutional Shares

 

Saxon & Co.

PO Box 94597

Cleveland, OH 44101-4597

 4,427,488.28 30.66%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 2,482,008.34 17.19%
 National Financial Services LLC 2,270,623.15 15.72%
 Pershing LLC 856,264.41 5.93%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 899,115.06 6.22%
 UBS WM USA 763,898.02 5.29%

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund – Service Shares

 

Vanguard Brokerage Services

PO Box 1170

Valley Forge, PA 19482-1170

 102,004.79 14.36%
 TD Ameritrade 68,606.29 9.66%
 National Financial Services LLC 56,749.22 7.99%
 

* William C. Goldate & Patricia C. Goldate

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 49,594.85 6.98%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund – Class K Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co. 147,358.09 89.04%
 

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 18,124.12 10.95%

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund

  

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 6,556,659.48 18.70%
 Pershing LLC 5,922,129.98 16.89%
 National Financial Services LLC 4,705,959.11 13.42%
 JP Morgan Securities LLC 4,543,995.67 12.96%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 4,346,529.16 12.39%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 4,314,157.39 12.30%

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,788,310.65 20.57%
 Pershing LLC 1,095,060.06 12.59%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 1,239,706.69 14.26%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 1,138,669.13 13.10%
 JP Morgan Securities LLC 839,564.91 9.65%
 National Financial Services LLC 626,984.90 7.21%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 487,045.94 5.60%

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor A1 Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 6,535,079.99 69.31%
 National Financial Services LLC 529,255.90 5.61%

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor C1 Shares

 UBS WM USA 27,965.83 42.56%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 18,830.59 28.66%
 Pershing LLC 5,033.33 7.66%
 National Financial Services LLC 4,784.14 7.28%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 3,723.42 5.66%
 

Oppenheimer & Co Inc.

FBO Mrs. Sandra Levine

 3,424.65 5.21%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 9,668,146.30 21.36%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 5,475,366.41 12.09%
 National Financial Services LLC 5,901,783.45 13.04%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 5,051,378.89 11.16%
 UBS WM USA 3,873,132.44 8.55%
 LPL Financial 3,901,684.92 8.62%
 Pershing LLC 3,740,623.42 8.26%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 3,167,876.11 7.00%

BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund – Class K Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co. 147,048.20 52.01%
 JP Morgan Securities LLC 117,902.89 41.70%
 

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 17,732.29 6.27%

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

  

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund – Investor A Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 2,804,800.27 32.42%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 1,499,763.25 17.33%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 899,412.32 10.39%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 810,774.81 9.37%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 533,758.83 6.16%

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund – Investor C Shares

 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 736,190.44 25.54%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 520,435.85 18.05%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 391,339.28 13.57%
 National Financial Services LLC 272,126.66 9.44%
 Pershing LLC 217,841.73 7.55%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 146,960.19 5.09%

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund – Investor A1 Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 787,782.68 65.92%
 UBS WM USA 74,093.00 6.20%

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund – Investor C1 Shares

 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 74,294.48 52.25%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 28,600.94 20.11%
 UBS WM USA 17,151.29 12.06%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 10,228.69 7.19%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund – Institutional Shares

 

Saxon & Co.

PO Box 94597

Cleveland, OH 44101-4597

 13,643,712.68 41.21%
 National Financial Services LLC 5,680,084.52 17.16%
 

Saxon & Co.

PO Box 7780-1888

Philadelphia, PA 19182

 4,180,504.40 12.62%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,787,566.83 5.40%

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund – Service Shares

 Pershing LLC 80,591.41 49.19%
 National Financial Services LLC 67,254.09 41.05%

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund – Class K Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co. 213,349.14 91.33%
 

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

40 East 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

 18,204.01 7.79%
BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.  

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

  

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 5,598,892.88 22.47%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 4,761,765.44 19.11%
 National Financial Services LLC 2,227,165.23 8.94%
 UBS WM USA 2,136,924.08 8.57%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 1,980,783.63 7.95%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 1,944,789.30 7.80%
 Pershing LLC 1,773,448.98 7.11%

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,827,865.98 29.42%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 759,836.98 12.23%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 704,696.19 11.34%
 UBS WM USA 596,373.41 9.59%
 Pershing LLC 490,723.42 7.89%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 408,248.45 6.57%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 27,923,066.64 45.69%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 7,307,831.03 11.95%
 National Financial Services LLC 4,696,776.82 7.68%
 UBS WM USA 4,590,307.67 7.51%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 3,359,020.52 5.49%

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund – Class K Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co. 830,181.48 54.97%
 

* EGAP & Co.

2 Burlington Square

PO Box 820

Burlington, VT 05402-0820

 591,649.35 39.18%

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

  

BlackRock National Municipal Fund – Investor A Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 152,252,073.01 60.10%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 34,706,579.25 13.70%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 20,017,160.16 7.90%

BlackRock National Municipal Fund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 11,645,226.17 39.74%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 3,357,758.33 11.45%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 2,874,304.42 9.80%
 UBS WM USA 2,407,677.53 8.21%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 1,711,911.93 5.84%

BlackRock National Municipal Fund – Investor C1 Shares

 Morgan Stanley & Co. 207,713.48 23.46%
 UBS WM USA 144,869.57 16.36%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 111,551.74 12.60%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 84,833.04 9.58%
 National Financial Services LLC 61,687.53 6.96%
 LPL Financial 45,355.65 5.12%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 47,885.66 5.40%

BlackRock National Municipal Fund – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 69,902,852.96 23.82%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 43,802,082.20 14.93%
 

Saxon & Co.

PO Box 94597

Cleveland, OH 44101-4597

 36,908,829.86 12.58%
 National Financial Services LLC 29,297,922.93 9.98%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 16,878,242.84 5.75%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock National Municipal Fund – Service Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 93,075.78 39.69%
 TD Ameritrade 68,324.64 29.14%
 

* Gloria Becker

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 15,097.45 6.43%
 

* William N. Barlow

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 13,633.12 5.81%

BlackRock National Municipal Fund – Class K Shares

 JP Morgan Securities LLC 171,318,398.43 58.89%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 82,558,705.82 28.38%

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

  

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 2,009,928.52 33.37%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 1,379,326.98 22.90%
 UBS WM USA 833,002.53 13.83%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 317,315.04 5.26%

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 885,535.58 54.17%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 240,559.62 14.71%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 119,212.61 7.29%

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund – Investor A1 Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,342,347.01 80.87%
 UBS WM USA 100,686.09 6.06%

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 14,194,050.73 39.71%
 

Saxon & Co.

PO Box 94597

Cleveland, OH 44101-4597

 6,674,742.35 18.67%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 4,184,740.08 11.70%
 National Financial Services LLC 3,480,056.38 9.73%

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund – Class K Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co. 209,282.40 30.74%
 JP Morgan Securities LLC 174,872.19 25.68%
 

* Mac & Co.

525 William Penn Place, Room153-3602

500 Grant Street, Room151-1010

Pittsburgh, PA 15258

 161,293.37 23.69%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 98,986.55 14.53%
 

Bank of America N.A.

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 34,049.64 5.00%
BlackRock Municipal Series Trust  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund

  

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 26,099,057.27 19.07%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 15,418,377.68 11.26%
 UBS WM USA 15,254,573.95 11.14%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 15,208,883.27 11.11%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 14,727,839.76 10.76%
 National Financial Services LLC 13,198,498.64 9.64%
 Pershing LLC 10,055,087.38 7.34%

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 8,869,278.85 36.93%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 3,156,216.04 13.14%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 2,295,286.72 9.55%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 1,915,116.89 7.97%
 UBS WM USA 1,670,098.03 6.96%

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund – Investor A1 Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 1,446,944.15 59.14%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 423,862.84 17.32%

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 140,105,781.34 23.94%
 National Financial Services LLC 111,007,342.54 18.96%
 Pershing LLC 49,698,875.85 8.49%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 42,614,754.63 7.28%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 34,649,891.95 5.92%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 31,303,031.17 5.34%
 

Saxon & Co.

PO Box 94597

Cleveland, OH 44101-4597

 32,584,249.05 5.56%
 UBS WM USA 31,675,878.02 5.41%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund – Class K Shares

 Edward D Jones and Co. 3,327,907.58 54.30%
 JP Morgan Securities LLC 1,337,075.97 21.81%
 

*EGAP & Co.

2 Burlington Square

PO Box 820

Burlington, VT 05402-0820

 978,448.64 15.96%
 

*Freeman Partners LP

100 Crescent Court, Suite 1450

Dallas, TX 75201-1833

 434,048.59 7.08%
BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.  

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc. – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 3,109,336.53 26.55%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 2,497,226.62 21.32%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 1,560,526.94 13.32%
 TD Ameritrade 1,329,442.41 11.35%
 National Financial Services LLC 1,089,372.78 9.30%

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc. – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 583,727.52 45.20%
 UBS WM USA 103,642.23 8.02%
 Pershing LLC 113,868.94 8.81%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 97,868.55 7.57%
 National Financial Services LLC 75,430.26 5.84%
 Wells Fargo Clearing Services 68,290.07 5.28%

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc. – Investor C1 Shares

 Morgan Stanley & Co. 27,735.98 38.72%
 UBS WM USA 13,061.72 18.23%
 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 12,223.00 17.06%
 

Stifel Nicolaus & Co Inc

501 North Broadway

St Louis, MO 63102

 8,256.19 11.52%
 National Financial Services LLC 6,894.35 9.62%

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc. – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 12,099,659.72 34.15%
 National Financial Services LLC 6,975,519.76 19.68%
 UBS WM USA 4,847,188.55 13.68%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 2,241,980.71 6.32%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc. – Class K Shares

 

First State Trust Company

2 Righter Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19803

 3,258,962.38 62.27%
 Edward D Jones and Co. 1,811,026.96 34.60%
FDP Series II, Inc.  

FDP BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund

  

FDP BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund – Investor A Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 6,052,506.21 100%

FDP BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund – Investor C Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 3,062,855.57 100%

FDP BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 466,999.74 100%
Managed Account Series II  

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

  

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio – Investor A Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 927,617.79 32.73%
 Pershing LLC 528,097.18 18.63%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 459,463.22 16.21%
 TD Ameritrade 268,531.18 9.47%
 LPL Financial 177,831.06 6.27%
 Raymond James 151,212.09 5.33%

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio – Investor C Shares

 National Financial Services LLC 204,124.55 16.52%
 

Liberty Bank of Arkansas Centennial Bank FBOMid-South Surgi

2901 East Highland Drive

Jonesboro, AR 72401

 174,453.82 14.12%
 Raymond James 133,990.02 10.84%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 129,873.75 10.51%
 Pershing LLC 116,232.39 9.40%
 

Liberty Bank of Arkansas

Centennial Bank FBO Drs. Health GRO

2091 E. Highland Drive

Jonesboro, AR 72401

 64,135.09 5.19%
 LPL Financial 62,504.27 5.05%
 Morgan Stanley & Co. 123,420.65 9.98%

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio – Institutional Shares

 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 4,736,972.38 24.66%
 Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 3,652,025.15 19.01%
 National Financial Services LLC 2,396,033.04 12.47%
 American Enterprise Investment Service 1,603,536.30 8.34%

Fund Name/Name of Class

 

Name and Address of Owner

 Shares Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
 

Reliance Trust Company

PO Box 28004

Atlanta, GA 30358-0004

 1,492,138.06 7.76%
 

* BNYH Fixed Income LLC

126 5th Avenue, 9th Floor

New York, NY 10011-5626

 1,183,685.68 6.16%
 LPL Financial 1,128,451.15 5.87%
Master Bond LLC   

Master Total Return Portfolio

 

* BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Total Return Fund

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, Delaware 19809-3716

 N/A 95.07%

*3 Beneficial ownerNet asset value of shares.

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07 Fundname7        ☐08 Fundname8        ☐
09 Fundname9        ☐10 Fundname10        ☐
11 Fundname11        ☐12 Fundname12        ☐
13 Fundname13        ☐14 Fundname14        ☐
15 Fundname15        ☐16 Fundname16        ☐
17 Fundname17        ☐18 Fundname18        ☐
19 Fundname19        ☐20 Fundname20        ☐
21 Fundname21        ☐22 Fundname22        ☐
23 Fundname23        ☐24 Fundname24        ☐
25 Fundname25        ☐26 Fundname26        ☐
27 Fundname27        ☐28 Fundname28        ☐
29 Fundname29        ☐30 Fundname30        ☐

1(b).  To elect eleven Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of the Group B Funds.

           To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) mark the box “For All Except” and write the nominee number on the line provided.

01. Michael J. Castellano02. Richard E. Cavanagh 03. Cynthia L. Egan04. Frank J. Fabozzi
05. Robert Fairbairn06. Henry Gabbay 07. R. Glenn Hubbard08. W. Carl Kester
09. Catherine A. Lynch10. John M. Perlowski 11. Karen P. Robards

FOR

ALL

WITHHOLD

ALL

FOR ALL

EXCEPT

FOR

ALL

WITHHOLD

ALL

FOR ALL

EXCEPT

01 Fundname1        ☐02 Fundname2        ☐
03 Fundname3        ☐04 Fundname4        ☐
05 Fundname5        ☐06 Fundname6        ☐
07 Fundname7        ☐08 Fundname8        ☐
09 Fundname9        ☐10 Fundname10        ☐
11 Fundname11        ☐12 Fundname12        ☐
13 Fundname13        ☐14 Fundname14        ☐
15 Fundname15        ☐16 Fundname16        ☐
17 Fundname17        ☐18 Fundname18        ☐
19 Fundname19        ☐20 Fundname20        ☐
21 Fundname21        ☐22 Fundname22        ☐
23 Fundname23        ☐24 Fundname24        ☐
25 Fundname25        ☐26 Fundname26        ☐
27 Fundname27        ☐28 Fundname28        ☐
29 Fundname29        ☐30 Fundname30        ☐


01. Lorenzo A. Flores    02. Stayce D. Harris 03. J. Phillip Holloman04. Arthur P. Steinmetz
FOR    WITHHOLD FOR ALL    FOR                WITHHOLD FOR ALL
ALL                ALL                 EXCEPT    ALL                ALL                 EXCEPT
01 BATS: Series A Portfolio    ☐ ☐ ☐             02 BATS: Series C Portfolio☐ ☐ ☐            
03 BATS: Series E Portfolio    ☐ ☐ ☐              04 BATS: Series M Portfolio☐ ☐ ☐            
05 BATS: Series P Portfolio    ☐ ☐ ☐              06 BATS: Series S Portfolio☐ ☐ ☐             
07 BATS: Series V Portfolio    ☐ ☐ ☐              08 BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio☐ ☐ ☐            
09 BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio    ☐ ☐ ☐             10 BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund☐ ☐ ☐            
11 BlackRock GNMA Portfolio    ☐ ☐ ☐             12 BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio☐ ☐ ☐            
13 BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund    ☐ ☐ ☐             14 BlackRock Income Fund☐ ☐ ☐            
15 BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio    ☐ ☐ ☐             16 BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio☐ ☐ ☐            
17 BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio    ☐ ☐ ☐             18 BlackRock Sustainable Adv CoreAlpha Bond Fund☐ ☐ ☐             
To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on November 9, 2023.
The Notice of Joint Special Meeting and the Joint Proxy Statement for the Meeting are available at:
https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511
Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Sign and Date Below Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below    Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box
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Note:

Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this proxy card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.

Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date belowSignature 1 — Please keep signature within the boxSignature 2 — Please keep signature within the box
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[FORMBlackRock Funds
PO Box 43131
Providence, RI 02940-3131
EASY VOTING OPTIONS:
VOTE ON THE INTERNET
Log on to:
www.proxy-direct.com
or scan the QR code
Follow the on-screen instructions
available 24 hours a day
VOTE BY PHONE
Call 1-800-337-3503
Follow the recorded instructions
available 24 hours a day
VOTE BY MAIL
Vote, sign and date this Proxy
Card and return in the
postage-paid envelope
VIRTUAL MEETING
at the following Website:
https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2
on November 9 at 10:00 a.m.
Eastern Time
FUNDS / PORTFOLIOS    FUNDS / PORTFOLIOS FUNDS/ PORTFOLIOS
BlackRock Sustainable Em Mrkts Flex Bond Fund    BlackRock Sustainable Em Markets Bond Fund BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund
BlackRock Sustainable Low Duration Bond Fund    BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio
DO NOT TEAR
PROXY CARD     BLACKROCK FUNDS
JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023
THIS PROXY CARD]

PROXY

BLACKROCK-ADVISED FUNDS IN THE EQUITY-BOND COMPLEX

JOINT SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 21, 2018

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES

IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES
The undersigned shareholder of the Fund(s) listed above (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), hereby appoints Benjamin Archibald,Janey Ahn, Jay M. Fife and Charles Park,Paul Mickle, and each of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated, on the reverse side hereof, all of the shares of the belowabove named FundsFund(s) that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Joint Special MeetingsMeeting of Shareholders of the Funds to be held virtually at the following website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2, on November 21, 20189, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), or at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. To participate in the virtual Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card. The validity of this proxy is governed by Delaware or Massachusetts law, as applicable. This proxy does not revoke any prior powers of attorney except for prior proxies given in connection with the Joint Special MeetingsMeeting of Shareholders.


THIS PROXY, IF PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE FOR ONE OR MORE PROPOSALS, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR ALL” FOR“FOR” EACH SUCH PROPOSAL.

IN THEIR DISCRETION,
VOTE VIA THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY BE PRESENTED ATVIA THE JOINT SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS, POSTPONEMENTS OR DELAYS THEREOF.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIAL

for the Joint Special Meetings of Shareholders on November 21, 2018.

The Joint Proxy Statement for this meeting is available at:
TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
BLK_33511_091423
https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-30202

LOGOVOTE ON THE INTERNET
Log on to:

https://www.proxy-direct.com

or scan the QR code

Follow theon-screen instructions
available 24 hours

VOTE BY PHONE
Call1-800-337-3503
Follow the recorded instructionsavailable 24 hours
VOTE BY MAIL

Vote, sign and date this Proxy Card and

return in the postage-paid envelope

FUND

FundName1

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PLEASE REVIEW THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CARD FOR YOUR PROPOSALS.

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING, YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT!

THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNEDSIGN AND DATEDDATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES OF EACH APPLICABLE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE OR PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS, AS APPLICABLE, “FOR” EACH OF THE APPLICABLE BOARD NOMINEES.


TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:    X
Proposal

A  Proposals

1(a).
1. To elect fifteenfour Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of the Group A Funds.

To voteallNomineesFOR


To voteallNomineesAGAINST

To voteallNomineesABSTAIN  or vote separately by Nominee below

FORAGAINSTABSTAINFORAGAINSTABSTAIN
01 Bruce R. Bond☐    02 Susan J. Carter☐    
03 Collette Chilton☐    04 Neil A. Cotty☐    
05 Robert Fairbairn☐    06 Lena G. Goldberg☐    
07 Robert M. Hernandez☐    08 Henry R. Keizer☐    
09 Cynthia A. Montgomery☐    10 Donald C. Opatrny☐    
11 John M. Perlowski☐    12 Joseph P. Platt☐    
13 Mark Stalnecker☐    14 Kenneth L. Urish☐    
15 Claire A. Walton☐    

1(b).  To elect eleven Board Nomineeswithhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) mark the board of directors/trustees ofbox “For All Except” and write the Group B Funds.

To voteallNomineesFOR

nominee number on the line provided.
01. Lorenzo A. Flores    02. Stayce D. Harris 03. J. Phillip Holloman04. Arthur P. Steinmetz
FOR    WITHHOLD FOR ALL    FOR                WITHHOLD FOR ALL
ALL                ALL                 EXCEPT    ALL                ALL                 EXCEPT
01 BlackRock Sustainable Em Mrkts Flex Bond Fund    ☐ ☐ ☐             02 BlackRock Sustainable Em Markets Bond Fund ☐ ☐ ☐            
03 BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund    ☐ ☐ ☐             04 BlackRock Sustainable Low Duration Bond Fund☐ ☐ ☐            
05 BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund    ☐ ☐ ☐             06 BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio☐ ☐ ☐            

To voteallNomineesAGAINST

To voteallNomineesABSTAIN  or vote separately by Nominee below

FORAGAINSTABSTAINFORAGAINSTABSTAIN
01 Michael J. Castellano☐    02 Richard E. Cavanagh☐    
03 Cynthia L. Egan☐    04 Frank J. Fabozzi☐    
05 Robert Fairbairn☐    06 Henry Gabbay☐    
07 R. Glenn Hubbard☐    08 W. Carl Kester☐    
09 Catherine A. Lynch☐    10 John M. Perlowski☐    
11 Karen P. Robards☐    

2(a).

To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc. to vote for the election of fifteen Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC and the board of directors of Master Focus Growth LLC, respectively.

To voteallNomineesFOR

To voteallNomineesAGAINST

To voteallNomineesABSTAIN  or vote separately by Nominee below

FORAGAINSTABSTAINFORAGAINSTABSTAIN
01 Bruce R. Bond☐    02 Susan J. Carter☐    
03 Collette Chilton☐    04 Neil A. Cotty☐    
05 Robert Fairbairn☐    06 Lena G. Goldberg☐    
07 Robert M. Hernandez☐    08 Henry R. Keizer☐    
09 Cynthia A. Montgomery☐    10 Donald C. Opatrny☐    
11 John M. Perlowski☐    12 Joseph P. Platt☐    
13 Mark Stalnecker☐    14 Kenneth L. Urish☐    
15 Claire A. Walton☐    

2(b).

To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Total Return Fund of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. to vote for the election of eleven Board Nominees to theboard ofdirectors of Master Bond LLC.To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) mark the box “For All Except” and write the nominee number on the lineprovided.

01. Michael J. Castellano02. Richard E. Cavanagh03. Cynthia L. Egan04. Frank J. Fabozzi
05. Robert Fairbairn06. Henry Gabbay07. R. Glenn Hubbard08. W. Carl Kester
09. Catherine A. Lynch10. John M. Perlowski11. Karen P. Robards

FOR ALLWITHHOLD ALL

FOR ALL

EXCEPT

BlackRock Total Return Fund        ☐


3(a).

To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. to vote for the election of fifteen nominees to the board of directors of Master Large Cap Series LLC.

To voteallNomineesFOR

To voteallNomineesAGAINST

To voteallNomineesABSTAIN  or vote separately by Nominee below

FORAGAINSTABSTAINFORAGAINSTABSTAIN
01 Bruce R. Bond☐    02 Susan J. Carter☐    
03 Collette Chilton☐    04 Neil A. Cotty☐    
05 Robert Fairbairn☐    06 Lena G. Goldberg☐    
07 Robert M. Hernandez☐    08 Henry R. Keizer☐    
09 Cynthia A. Montgomery☐    10 Donald C. Opatrny☐    
11 John M. Perlowski☐    12 Joseph P. Platt☐    
13 Mark Stalnecker☐    14 Kenneth L. Urish☐    
15 Claire A. Walton☐    

3(b).

To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. to vote for the election of eleven Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Bond LLC.To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) mark the box “For All Except” and write the nominee number on the line provided.

01. Michael J. Castellano02. Richard E. Cavanagh03. Cynthia L. Egan04. Frank J. Fabozzi
05. Robert Fairbairn06. Henry Gabbay07. R. Glenn Hubbard08. W. Carl Kester
09. Catherine A. Lynch10. John M. Perlowski11. Karen P. Robards

FOR ALLWITHHOLD ALL

FOR ALL

EXCEPT

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.        ☐

To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.


Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
B
Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted.— Sign and Date Below
Note:

Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this proxy card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.

Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date belowSignature 1 — Please keep signature within the boxSignature 2 — Please keep signature within the box
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BLACKROCK-ADVISED FUNDS IN THE EQUITY-BOND COMPLEX

IMPORTANT PROXY INFORMATION

Your Vote Counts!

PLEASE USE THE14-DIGITCONTROL NUMBER &8-DIGITSECURITY CODE LISTED IN THE BOXES BELOW WHEN REQUESTING MATERIAL VIA THE TELEPHONE & INTERNET.When you are ready to vote, you can use the same Control Number & Security Code to record your vote.

Joint Special Meetings Notice – THIS IS NOT A PROXY – Please read carefully for voting instructions.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the BLACKROCK-ADVISED FUNDS IN THE EQUITY-BOND COMPLEX Joint Special Meetings of Shareholders to Be Held on November 21, 2018.

The Joint Special MeetingsMeeting of Shareholders to Be Held on November 9, 2023.
The Notice of Joint Special Meeting and the Joint Proxy Statement for the Meeting are available at:
https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511
Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Sign and Date Below
Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below    Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box
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BlackRock Funds
PO Box 43131
Providence, RI 02940-3131
EASY VOTING OPTIONS:
VOTE ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours a day
VOTE BY PHONE Call 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours a day
VOTE BY MAIL
Vote, sign and date this Proxy Card and return in the postage-paid envelope
VIRTUAL MEETING at the following Website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2 on November 9 at 10:00 a.m.
Eastern Time
FUND
BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund
DO NOT TEAR
PROXY CARD     BLACKROCK FUNDS
JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned shareholder of the Fund listed above, hereby appoints Janey Ahn, Jay M. Fife and Paul Mickle, and each of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated, all of the shares of the Fund listed above that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of the BlackRock-Advised Funds to be held virtually at the following website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2, on November 9, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), or at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. To participate in the Equity-Bond Complexvirtual Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card. The validity of this proxy is governed by Maryland law. This proxy does not revoke any prior powers of attorney except for prior proxies given in connection with the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY, IF PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE FOR ONE OR MORE PROPOSALS, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” EACH SUCH PROPOSAL.
VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
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PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE OR PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS “FOR” EACH BOARD NOMINEE.
TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:    X
Proposal
1. To elect four Board Nominees to the board of directors of the Fund.
To vote all Nominees FOR To vote all Nominees AGAINST To vote all Nominees ABSTAIN or vote separately by Nominee below
FOR                AGAINST    ABSTAIN    FOR                 AGAINST    ABSTAIN
01 Lorenzo A. Flores    ☐ ☐ ☐ 02 Stayce D. Harris ☐ ☐ ☐
03 J. Phillip Holloman    ☐ ☐ ☐ 04 Arthur P. Steinmetz ☐ ☐ ☐
To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on November 9, 2023.
The Notice of Joint Special Meeting and the Joint Proxy Statement for the Meeting are available at:
https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511
Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Sign and Date Below
Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below    Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box
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BlackRock Funds
PO Box 43131
Providence, RI 02940-3131
EASY VOTING OPTIONS:
VOTE ON THE INTERNET
Log on to:
www.proxy-direct.com
or scan the QR code
Follow the on-screen instructions
available 24 hours a day
VOTE BY PHONE
Call 1-800-337-3503
Follow the recorded instructions
available 24 hours a day
VOTE BY MAIL
Vote, sign and date this Proxy
Card and return in the
postage-paid envelope
VIRTUAL MEETING
at the following Website:
https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2
on November 9 at 10:00 a.m.
Eastern Time
FUND
BlackRock Total Return Fund
DO NOT TEAR
PROXY CARD     BLACKROCK FUNDS
JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned shareholder of the Fund listed above, hereby appoints Janey Ahn, Jay M. Fife and Paul Mickle, and each of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated, all of the shares of the Fund listed above that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Funds to be held virtually at the following website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2, on November 9, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), or at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. To participate in the virtual Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card. The validity of this proxy is governed by Maryland law. This proxy does not revoke any prior powers of attorney except for prior proxies given in connection with the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY, IF PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE FOR ONE OR MORE PROPOSALS, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” EACH SUCH PROPOSALS.
VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
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PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE OR PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS “FOR” EACH BOARD NOMINEE.
TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:    X
Proposals
1. To elect four Board Nominees to the board of directors of the Fund.
☐    To vote all Nominees FOR ☐ To vote all Nominees AGAINST ☐ To vote all Nominees ABSTAIN or vote separately by Nominee below
FOR                AGAINST    ABSTAIN    FOR                 AGAINST    ABSTAIN
01 Lorenzo A. Flores    ☐ ☐ ☐ 02 Stayce D. Harris ☐ ☐ ☐
03 J. Phillip Holloman    ☐ ☐ ☐ 04 Arthur P. Steinmetz ☐ ☐ ☐
2. To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Total Return Fund, a series of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc., and BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund, a series of BlackRock Funds VI, to vote for the election of four Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Bond LLC and the board of trustees of Master Investment Portfolio II, respectively.
To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) mark the box “For All Except” and write the nominee number on the line provided.
01. Lorenzo A. Flores    02. Stayce D. Harris 03. J. Phillip Holloman04. Arthur P. Steinmetz
FOR                WITHHOLD    FOR ALL
ALL                ALL                 EXCEPT
BlackRock Total Return Fund    ☐ ☐ ☐            
To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on November 9, 2023.
The Notice of Joint Special Meeting and the Joint Proxy Statement for the Meeting are available at:
https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511
Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Sign and Date Below
Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below    Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box
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BlackRock Funds
PO Box 43131
Providence, RI 02940-3131
EASY VOTING OPTIONS:
VOTE ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours a day
VOTE BY PHONE Call 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours a day
VOTE BY MAIL
Vote, sign and date this Proxy Card and return in the postage-paid envelope
VIRTUAL MEETING at the following Website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2 on November 9 at 10:00 a.m.
Eastern Time
FUND
BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund
DO NOT TEAR
PROXY CARD     BLACKROCK FUNDS
JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The undersigned shareholder of the Fund listed above, hereby appoints Janey Ahn, Jay M. Fife and Paul Mickle, and each of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated, all of the shares of the Fund listed above that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be held virtually at the following website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2, on November 9, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), or at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. To participate in the virtual Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card. The validity of this proxy is governed by Massachusetts law. This proxy does not revoke any prior powers of attorney except for prior proxies given in connection with the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY, IF PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE FOR ONE OR MORE PROPOSALS, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” EACH SUCH PROPOSAL.
VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
BCM_33511_090523
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE OR PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS “FOR” EACH BOARD NOMINEE.
TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:    X
Proposal    
1. To elect four Board Nominees to the board of trustees of the Fund.
:=¨    To vote all Nominees FOR :=¨ To vote all Nominees AGAINST :=¨ To vote all Nominees ABSTAIN or vote separately by Nominee below
FOR                AGAINST    ABSTAIN    FOR                 AGAINST    ABSTAIN
01 Lorenzo A. Flores    :=¨ :=¨ :=¨ 02 Stayce D. Harris :=¨ :=¨ :=¨
03 J. Phillip Holloman    :=¨ :=¨ :=¨ 04 Arthur P. Steinmetz :=¨ :=¨ :=¨
To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on November 9, 2023.
The Notice of Joint Special Meeting and the Joint Proxy Statement for the Meeting are available at:
https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511
Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Sign and Date Below
Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below    Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box
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BlackRock ETF Trust II
PO Box 43131
Providence, RI 02940-3131
EASY VOTING OPTIONS:
VOTE ON THE INTERNET
Log on to:
www.proxy-direct.com
or scan the QR code
Follow the on-screen instructions
available 24 hours a day
VOTE BY MAIL
Vote, sign and date this Proxy
Card and return in the
postage-paid envelope
VIRTUAL MEETING
at the following Website:
https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2
on November 9 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time
To participate in the Virtual Meeting,
enter the 14-digit control number
from the shaded box on this card.
FUNDS    FUNDS FUNDS
BlackRock AAA CLO ETF    BlackRock Flexible Income ETF BlackRock Floating Rate Loan ETF
BlackRock High Yield Muni Income Bond ETF    BlackRock Intermediate Muni Income Bond ETF BlackRock Short-Term California Muni Bond ETF
iShares Large Cap Deep Buffer ETF    iShares Large Cap Moderate Buffer ETF
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
PROXY CARD      BLACKROCK ETF TRUST II
JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The undersigned shareholder of the Fund(s) listed above (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), hereby appoints Janey Ahn, Jay M. Fife and Paul Mickle, and each of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated, all of the shares of the above named Fund(s) that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Funds to be held virtually at the following website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2, on November 9, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), or at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. To participate in the virtual Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card. The validity of this proxy is governed by Delaware law. This proxy does not revoke any prior powers of attorney except for prior proxies given in connection with the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY, IF PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE FOR THE PROPOSAL, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” SUCH PROPOSAL.
VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
BLK_33512_090523
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
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EVERY SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT!
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on November 9, 2023.
The Notice of Joint Special Meeting and the Joint Proxy Statement for the Meeting are available at:
https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF EACH APPLICABLE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE OR PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS, AS APPLICABLE, “FOR” EACH OF THE APPLICABLE BOARD NOMINEES.
TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:    X
Proposal    
1. To elect four Board Nominees to the board of trustees of the Funds.
To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) mark the box “For All Except” and write the nominee number on the line provided.
01. Lorenzo A. Flores    02. Stayce D. Harris 03. J. Phillip Holloman04. Arthur P. Steinmetz
FOR    WITHHOLD FOR ALL    FOR                WITHHOLD FOR ALL
ALL                ALL                 EXCEPT    ALL                ALL                 EXCEPT
01 BlackRock AAA CLO ETF    ☐ ☐ ☐ 02 BlackRock Flexible Income ETF☐ ☐ ☐
03 BlackRock Floating Rate Loan ETF    ☐ ☐ ☐ 04 BlackRock High Yield Muni Income Bond ETF☐ ☐ ☐
05 BlackRock Intermediate Muni Income Bond ETF    ☐ ☐ ☐ 06 BlackRock Short-Term California Muni Bond ETF☐ ☐ ☐
07 iShares Large Cap Deep Buffer ETF    ☐ ☐ ☐ 08 iShares Large Cap Moderate Buffer ETF☐ ☐ ☐
To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.
Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Sign and Date Below
Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below    Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box
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BlackRock Funds
PO Box 43131
Providence, RI 02940-3131
EASY VOTING OPTIONS:
VOTE ON THE INTERNET
Log on to:
www.proxy-direct.com
or scan the QR code
Follow the on-screen instructions
available 24 hours a day
VOTE BY PHONE
Call 1-800-337-3503
Follow the recorded instructions
available 24 hours a day
VOTE BY MAIL
Vote, sign and date this Proxy
Card and return in the
postage-paid envelope
VIRTUAL MEETING
at the following Website:
https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2
on November 9 at 10:00 a.m.
Eastern Time
FUND
BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund
DO NOT TEAR
PROXY CARD     BLACKROCK FUNDS
JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The undersigned shareholder of the Fund listed above, hereby appoints Janey Ahn, Jay M. Fife and Paul Mickle, and each of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated, all of the shares of the Fund listed above that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Funds to be held virtually at the following website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2, on November 9, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), or at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. To participate in the virtual Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card. The validity of this proxy is governed by Massachusetts law. This proxy does not revoke any prior powers of attorney except for prior proxies given in connection with the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY, IF PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE FOR ONE OR MORE PROPOSALS, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” EACH SUCH PROPOSAL.
VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
BNJ_33511_090523
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE OR PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS “FOR” EACH BOARD NOMINEE.
TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:    X
Proposal    
1. To elect four Board Nominees to the board of trustees of the Fund.
☐    To vote all Nominees FOR ☐ To vote all Nominees AGAINST ☐ To vote all Nominees ABSTAIN or vote separately by Nominee below
FOR                AGAINST    ABSTAIN    FOR                 AGAINST    ABSTAIN
01 Lorenzo A. Flores    ☐ ☐ ☐ 02 Stayce D. Harris ☐ ☐ ☐
03 J. Phillip Holloman    ☐ ☐ ☐ 04 Arthur P. Steinmetz ☐ ☐ ☐
To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on November 9, 2023.
The Notice of Joint Special Meeting and the Joint Proxy Statement for the Meeting are available at:
https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511
Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Sign and Date Below
Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below    Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box
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BlackRock Funds
PO Box 43131
Providence, RI 02940-3131
EASY VOTING OPTIONS:
VOTE ON THE INTERNET
Log on to:
www.proxy-direct.com
or scan the QR code
Follow the on-screen instructions
available 24 hours a day
VOTE BY PHONE
Call 1-800-337-3503
Follow the recorded instructions
available 24 hours a day
VOTE BY MAIL
Vote, sign and date this Proxy
Card and return in the
postage-paid envelope
VIRTUAL MEETING
at the following Website:
https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2
on November 9 at 10:00 a.m.
Eastern Time
FUND
BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund
PROXY CARD     BLACKROCK FUNDS
JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The undersigned shareholder of the Fund listed above, hereby appoints Janey Ahn, Jay M. Fife and Paul Mickle, and each of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated, all of the shares of the Fund listed above that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Funds to be held virtually at the following website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2, on November 9, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), or at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. To participate in the virtual Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card. The validity of this proxy is governed by Massachusetts law. This proxy does not revoke any prior powers of attorney except for prior proxies given in connection with the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY, IF PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE FOR ONE OR MORE PROPOSALS, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” EACH SUCH PROPOSAL.
VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
BNY_33511_090523
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE OR PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS “FOR” EACH BOARD NOMINEE.
TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:    X
Proposal    
1. To elect four Board Nominees to the board of trustees of the Fund.
☐    To vote all Nominees FOR ☐ To vote all Nominees AGAINST ☐ To vote all Nominees ABSTAIN or vote separately by Nominee below
FOR                AGAINST    ABSTAIN    FOR                 AGAINST    ABSTAIN
01 Lorenzo A. Flores    ☐ ☐ ☐ 02 Stayce D. Harris ☐ ☐ ☐
03 J. Phillip Holloman    ☐ ☐ ☐ 04 Arthur P. Steinmetz ☐ ☐ ☐
To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on November 9, 2023.
The Notice of Joint Special Meeting and the Joint Proxy Statement for the Meeting are available at:
https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511
Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Sign and Date Below
Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below    Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box
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BlackRock Funds
PO Box 43131
Providence, RI 02940-3131
EASY VOTING OPTIONS:
VOTE ON THE INTERNET
Log on to:
www.proxy-direct.com
or scan the QR code
Follow the on-screen instructions
available 24 hours a day
VOTE BY PHONE
Call 1-800-337-3503
Follow the recorded instructions
available 24 hours a day
VOTE BY MAIL
Vote, sign and date this Proxy
Card and return in the
postage-paid envelope
VIRTUAL MEETING
at the following Website:
https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2
on November 9 at 10:00 a.m.
Eastern Time
FUND
BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund
DO NOT TEAR
PROXY CARD     BLACKROCK FUNDS
JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The undersigned shareholder of the Fund listed above, hereby appoints Janey Ahn, Jay M. Fife and Paul Mickle, and each of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated, all of the shares of the Fund listed above that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Funds to be held virtually at the following website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2, on November 9, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), or at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. To participate in the virtual Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card. The validity of this proxy is governed by Massachusetts law. This proxy does not revoke any prior powers of attorney except for prior proxies given in connection with the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY, IF PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE FOR ONE OR MORE PROPOSALS, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” EACH SUCH PROPOSAL.
VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
BPM_33511_090523
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE OR PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS “FOR” EACH BOARD NOMINEE.
TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:    X
Proposal    
1. To elect four Board Nominees to the board of trustees of the Fund.
☐    To vote all Nominees FOR ☐ To vote all Nominees AGAINST ☐ To vote all Nominees ABSTAIN or vote separately by Nominee below
FOR                AGAINST    ABSTAIN    FOR                 AGAINST    ABSTAIN
01 Lorenzo A. Flores    ☐ ☐ ☐ 02 Stayce D. Harris ☐ ☐ ☐
03 J. Phillip Holloman    ☐ ☐ ☐ 04 Arthur P. Steinmetz ☐ ☐ ☐
To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on November 9, 2023.
The Notice of Joint Special Meeting and the Joint Proxy Statement for the Meeting are available at:
https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511
Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Sign and Date Below
Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below    Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box
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EASY VOTING OPTIONS: VOTE ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours a day BlackRock Funds PO Box 43131 Providence, RI 02940-3131 VOTE BY PHONE Call 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours a day VOTE BY MAIL Vote, sign and date this Proxy Card and return in the postage-paid envelope VIRTUAL MEETING at the following Website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2 on November 9 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time FUND BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund PROXY CARD BLACKROCK FUNDS JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023 THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS The undersigned shareholder of the Fund listed above, hereby appoints Janey Ahn, Jay M. Fife and Paul Mickle, and each of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated, all of the shares of the Fund listed above that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Funds to be held virtually at the following website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2, on November 9, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), or at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. To participate in the virtual Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card. The validity of this proxy is governed by Maryland law. This proxy does not revoke any prior powers of attorney except for prior proxies given in connection with the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders. THIS PROXY, IF PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE FOR ONE OR MORE PROPOSALS, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” EACH SUCH PROPOSAL. VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503 BHM_33511_090523 PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx code


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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE OR PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS “FOR” EACH BOARD NOMINEE. TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE: X Proposal 1. To elect four Board Nominees to the board of directors of the Fund. ☐ To vote all Nominees FOR ☐ To vote all Nominees AGAINST ☐ To vote all Nominees ABSTAIN or vote separately by Nominee below FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 01 Lorenzo A. Flores ☐ ☐ ☐ 02 Stayce D. Harris ☐ ☐ ☐ 03 J. Phillip Holloman ☐ ☐ ☐ 04 Arthur P. Steinmetz ☐ ☐ ☐ To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on November 9, 2023. The Notice of Joint Special Meeting and the Joint Proxy Statement for the Meeting are available at: https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511 Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Sign and Date Below Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box Scanner bar code xxxxxxxxxxxxxx BHM 33511 xxxxxxxx 


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VOTE ON THE INTERNET EASY VOTING OPTIONS: Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours a day EASY VOTING OPTIONS: BlackRock Funds PO Box 43131 Providence, RI 02940-3131 VOTE BY PHONE Call 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours a day VOTE BY MAIL Vote, sign and date this Proxy Card and return in the postage-paid envelope VIRTUAL MEETING at the following Website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2 on November 9 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time FUND BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund PROXY CARD BLACKROCK FUNDS JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023 THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS The undersigned shareholder of the Fund listed above, hereby appoints Janey Ahn, Jay M. Fife and Paul Mickle, and each of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated, all of the shares of the Fund listed above that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Funds to be held virtually at the following website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2, on November 9, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), or at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. To participate in the virtual Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card. The validity of this proxy is governed by Maryland law. This proxy does not revoke any prior powers of attorney except for prior proxies given in connection with the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders. THIS PROXY, IF PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE FOR ONE OR MORE PROPOSALS, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” EACH SUCH PROPOSAL. VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503 BIM_33511_090523 PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx code


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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE OR PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS “FOR” EACH BOARD NOMINEE. TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE: X Proposal To elect four Board Nominees to the board of directors of the Fund. ☐ To vote all Nominees FOR ☐ To vote all Nominees AGAINST ☐ To vote all Nominees ABSTAIN or vote separately by Nominee below FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 01 Lorenzo A. Flores ☐ ☐ ☐ 02 Stayce D. Harris ☐ ☐ ☐ 03 J. Phillip Holloman ☐ ☐ ☐ 04 Arthur P. Steinmetz ☐ ☐ ☐ To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on November 9, 2023. The Notice of Joint Special Meeting and the Joint Proxy Statement for the Meeting are available at: https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511 Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Sign and Date Below Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box Scanner bar code xxxxxxxxxxxxxx BIM 33511 xxxxxxxx 


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BlackRock Funds PO Box 43131 EASY VOTING OPTIONS: Providence, RI 02940-3131 VOTE ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours a day VOTE BY PHONE Call 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours a day VOTE BY MAIL Vote, sign and date this Proxy Card and return in the postage-paid envelope VIRTUAL MEETING at the following Website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2 on November 9 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time FUND BlackRock National Municipal Fund PROXY CARD BLACKROCK FUNDS JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023 THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS The undersigned shareholder of the Fund listed above, hereby appoints Janey Ahn, Jay M. Fife and Paul Mickle, and each of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated, all of the shares of the Fund listed above that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Funds to be held virtually at the following website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2, on November 9, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), or at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. To participate in the virtual Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card. The validity of this proxy is governed by Maryland law. This proxy does not revoke any prior powers of attorney except for prior proxies given in connection with the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders. THIS PROXY, IF PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE FOR ONE OR MORE PROPOSALS, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” EACH SUCH PROPOSAL. VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503 BNM_33511_090523 PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx code


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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE OR PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS “FOR” EACH BOARD NOMINEE. TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE: X Proposal To elect four Board Nominees to the board of directors of the Fund. ☐ To vote all Nominees FOR ☐ To vote all Nominees AGAINST ☐ To vote all Nominees ABSTAIN or vote separately by Nominee below FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 01 Lorenzo A. Flores ☐ ☐ ☐ 02 Stayce D. Harris ☐ ☐ ☐ 03 J. Phillip Holloman ☐ ☐ ☐ 04 Arthur P. Steinmetz ☐ ☐ ☐ To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on November 9, 2023. The Notice of Joint Special Meeting and the Joint Proxy Statement for the Meeting are available at: https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511 Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Sign and Date Below Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box Scanner bar code xxxxxxxxxxxxxx BNM 33511 xxxxxxxx 


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EASY VOTING OPTIONS: BlackRock Funds PO Box 43131 Providence, RI 02940-3131 VOTE ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours a day VOTE BY PHONE Call 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours a day VOTE BY MAIL Vote, sign and date this Proxy Card and return in the postage-paid envelope VIRTUAL MEETING at the following Website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2 on November 9 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time FUND BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund PROXY CARD BLACKROCK FUNDS JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023 THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS The undersigned shareholder of the Fund listed above, hereby appoints Janey Ahn, Jay M. Fife and Paul Mickle, and each of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated, all of the shares of the Fund listed above that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Funds to be held virtually at the following website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2, on November 9, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), or at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. To participate in the virtual Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card. The validity of this proxy is governed by Maryland law. This proxy does not revoke any prior powers of attorney except for prior proxies given in connection with the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders. THIS PROXY, IF PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE FOR ONE OR MORE PROPOSALS, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” EACH SUCH PROPOSAL. VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503 BSM_33511_090523 PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx code


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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE OR PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS “FOR” EACH BOARD NOMINEE. TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE: X Proposal To elect four Board Nominees to the board of directors of the Fund. ☐ To vote all Nominees FOR ☐ To vote all Nominees AGAINST ☐ To vote all Nominees ABSTAIN or vote separately by Nominee below FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 01 Lorenzo A. Flores ☐ ☐ ☐ 02 Stayce D. Harris ☐ ☐ ☐ 03 J. Phillip Holloman ☐ ☐ ☐ 04 Arthur P. Steinmetz ☐ ☐ ☐ To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on November 9, 2023. The Notice of Joint Special Meeting and the Joint Proxy Statement for the Meeting are available at: https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511 Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Sign and Date Below Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box Scanner bar code xxxxxxxxxxxxxx BSM 33511 xxxxxxxx 


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EASY VOTING OPTIONS: VOTE ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours a day BlackRock Funds PO Box 43131 Providence, RI 02940-3131 VOTE BY PHONE Call 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours a day VOTE BY MAIL Vote, sign and date this Proxy Card and return in the postage-paid envelope VIRTUAL MEETING at the following Website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2 on November 9 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time FUND BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund PROXY CARD BLACKROCK FUNDS JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023 THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES The undersigned shareholder of the Fund listed above, hereby appoints Janey Ahn, Jay M. Fife and Paul Mickle, and each of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated, all of the shares of the Fund listed above that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Funds to be held virtually at the following website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2, on November 9, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), or at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. To participate in the virtual Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card. The validity of this proxy is governed by Massachusetts law. This proxy does not revoke any prior powers of attorney except for prior proxies given in connection with the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders. THIS PROXY, IF PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE FOR ONE OR MORE PROPOSALS, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” EACH SUCH PROPOSAL. VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503 BMO_33511_090523 PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx code


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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE OR PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS “FOR” EACH BOARD NOMINEE. TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE: X Proposal To elect four Board Nominees to the board of trustees of the Fund. ☐ To vote all Nominees FOR ☐ To vote all Nominees AGAINST ☐ To vote all Nominees ABSTAIN or vote separately by Nominee below FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 01 Lorenzo A. Flores ☐ ☐ ☐ 02 Stayce D. Harris ☐ ☐ ☐ 03 J. Phillip Holloman ☐ ☐ ☐ 04 Arthur P. Steinmetz ☐ ☐ ☐ To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on November 9, 2023. The Notice of Joint Special Meeting and the Joint Proxy Statement for the Meeting are available at: https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511 Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Sign and Date Below Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box Scanner bar code xxxxxxxxxxxxxx BMO 33511 xxxxxxxx


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EASY VOTING OPTIONS: VOTE ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours a day VOTE BY PHONE Call 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours a day BlackRock Funds PO Box 43131 Providence, RI 02940-3131 VOTE BY MAIL Vote, sign and date this Proxy Card and return in the postage-paid envelope VIRTUAL MEETING at the following Website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2 on November 9 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time FUND BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc. PROXY CARD BLACKROCK FUNDS JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023 THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS The undersigned shareholder of the Fund listed above, hereby appoints Janey Ahn, Jay M. Fife and Paul Mickle, and each of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated, all of the shares of the Fund listed above that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Funds to be held virtually at the following website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2, on November 9, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), or at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. To participate in the virtual Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card. The validity of this proxy is governed by Maryland law. This proxy does not revoke any prior powers of attorney except for prior proxies given in connection with the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders. THIS PROXY, IF PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE FOR ONE OR MORE PROPOSALS, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” EACH SUCH PROPOSAL. VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503 BSG_33511_090523 PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx code


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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE OR PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS “FOR” EACH BOARD NOMINEE. TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE: X Proposal To elect four Board Nominees to the board of directors of the Fund. ☐ To vote all Nominees FOR ☐ To vote all Nominees AGAINST ☐ To vote all Nominees ABSTAIN or vote separately by Nominee below FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 01 Lorenzo A. Flores ☐ ☐ ☐ 02 Stayce D. Harris ☐ ☐ ☐ 03 J. Phillip Holloman ☐ ☐ ☐ 04 Arthur P. Steinmetz ☐ ☐ ☐ To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on November 9, 2023. The Notice of Joint Special Meeting and the Joint Proxy Statement for the Meeting are available at: https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511 Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Sign and Date Below Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box Scanner bar code xxxxxxxxxxxxxx BSG 33511 xxxxxxxx 


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BlackRock Funds
PO Box 43131
Providence, RI 02940-3131
EASY VOTING OPTIONS:
VOTE ON THE INTERNET
Log on to:
www.proxy-direct.com
or scan the QR code
Follow the on-screen instructions
available 24 hours a day
VOTE BY PHONE
Call 1-800-337-3503
Follow the recorded instructions
available 24 hours a day
VOTE BY MAIL
Vote, sign and date this Proxy
Card and return in the
postage-paid envelope
VIRTUAL MEETING
at the following Website:
https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2
on November 9 at 10:00 a.m.
Eastern Time
FUND
BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund
DO NOT TEAR
PROXY CARD     BLACKROCK FUNDS
JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2023
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned shareholder of the Fund listed above, hereby appoints Janey Ahn, Jay M. Fife and Paul Mickle, and each of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated, all of the shares of the Fund listed above that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Funds to be held virtually at the following website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2, on November 9, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), or at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. To participate in the virtual Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card. The validity of this proxy is governed by Maryland law. This proxy does not revoke any prior powers of attorney except for prior proxies given in connection with the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY, IF PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE FOR ONE OR MORE PROPOSALS, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” EACH SUCH PROPOSALS.
VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
BAC_33511_091423
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE OR PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS “FOR” EACH BOARD NOMINEE.
TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:    X
Proposals
1. To elect four Board Nominees to the board of directors of the Fund.
To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) mark the box “For All Except” and write the nominee number on the line provided.
01. Lorenzo A. Flores    02. Stayce D. Harris 03. J. Phillip Holloman04. Arthur P. Steinmetz
FOR                WITHHOLD    FOR ALL
ALL                ALL                 EXCEPT
BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund    ☐ ☐ ☐            
2. To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Total Return Fund, a series of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc., and BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund, a series of BlackRock Funds VI, to vote for the election of four Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Bond LLC and the board of trustees of Master Investment Portfolio II, respectively.
☐    To vote all Nominees FOR ☐ To vote all Nominees AGAINST ☐ To vote all Nominees ABSTAIN or vote separately by Nominee below
FOR                AGAINST    ABSTAIN    FOR                 AGAINST    ABSTAIN
01 Lorenzo A. Flores    ☐ ☐ ☐ 02 Stayce D. Harris ☐ ☐ ☐
03 J. Phillip Holloman    ☐ ☐ ☐ 04 Arthur P. Steinmetz ☐ ☐ ☐
To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on November 9, 2023.
The Notice of Joint Special Meeting and the Joint Proxy Statement for the Meeting are available at:
https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511
Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Sign and Date Below
Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below    Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box
Scanner bar code
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BlackRock Funds PO Box 43131 Providence, RI 02940-3131 IMPORTANT PROXY INFORMATION Your Vote Counts! PLEASE USE THE 14-DIGIT CONTROL NUMBER & 8-DIGIT SECURITY CODE LISTED IN THE BOXES BELOW WHEN REQUESTING MATERIAL VIA THE TELEPHONE & INTERNET. When you are ready to vote, you can use the same Control Number & Security Code to record your vote. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of the BlackRock Funds to Be Held on November 9, 2023. Joint Special Meeting Notice – THIS IS NOT A PROXY – Please read carefully for voting instructions. The Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of the BlackRock Funds will be held virtually on Wednesday, November 21, 2018,9, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., (Eastern time),Time) at the offices of BlackRock Advisors, LLC, 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540-6455.

following website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2. To participate in the Joint Special Meeting, enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this Notice. As a shareholder, it is important for you to vote! On the back of this Notice, you will find a summary of the proposals being voted on at the Joint Special Meetings.

Meeting. This communication is NOT a form for voting and presents only an overview of the more complete Proxy Materials that are available to you on the Internet or by mail. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the Proxy Materials which include instructions on how to vote your shares.

The Proxy Materials, which include the Joint Proxy Statement, Notice of Joint Special MeetingsMeeting and the Form of Proxy Card, are available at:

https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-30202blk-33511

If you want to receive a paper copy of the Proxy Materials or an email with a link to the Proxy Materials, you must request them. There is no charge to you for requesting a copy. Paper materials will be mailed to the address on file within three business days of receipt of the request. Please make your request as soon as possible, but no later than November 15, 2018,October 30, 2023, to facilitate timely delivery.

ONLINE MATERIAL ACCESS AND PAPER COPY REQUESTS CAN BE MADE UTILIZING ONE OF THE THREE METHODS BELOW.

YOU CAN ALSO USE ONE OF THESE THREE METHODS TO ELECT A PERMANENT DELIVERY PREFERENCE FOR FUTURE MEETINGS. ACCESS MATERIALS AND VOTE OR REQUEST PAPER DELIVERY OF MATERIALS EASY ONLINE ACCESS – REQUEST BY INTERNET Log on to the internet and go to: https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511 On this site you can view the Proxy Materials online, request paper copies, request an email with a link to the materials and/or set future delivery preferences. Just follow the steps outlined on the secure website. TELEPHONE REQUESTS—CALL 1-877-816-5331 Obtain paper copies of the Proxy Materials with an option to set future delivery preference by touch tone phone. Call toll free from the U.S. at NO CHARGE to you. Follow the instructions provided in the recorded messages. E-MAIL REQUEST AT: proxymaterials@computershare.com: Email us to request Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting and/or to set future delivery preferences. - Provide only your 14-Digit Control Number and 8-Digit Security Code as listed on this Notice in your email request for materials. - If you want to elect to receive all future proxy materials in paper form or via email, please note your request and for email, provide the email address. PAPER COPY REQUESTS SHOULD BE MADE NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 30, 2023, TO FACILITATE TIMELY DELIVERY. BLK_33511_NA_091123


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EASY ONLINE ACCESSREQUEST BY INTERNET

Log on to the Internet and go to:https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-30202

On this site you can view the Proxy Materials online, request paper copies, request an email with a link to the materials and/or set future delivery preferences.

Just follow the steps outlined on this secure website.

TELEPHONE REQUESTS - CALL1-877-816-5331

Obtain paper copies of the Proxy Materials with an option to set future delivery preference by touch tone phone. Call toll free from the U.S. atNO CHARGEto you.Follow the instructions provided in the recorded messages.

E-MAIL REQUEST AT: proxymaterials@computershare.com:

Email us to request Proxy Materials for the Joint Special Meetings ofShareholders and/or to set future delivery preferences.

-  Provide only your14-Digit Control Number and8-Digit Security Code as listed on this Notice in your email request for materials.

-  If you want to elect to receive all future proxy materials in paper form or via email, please note your request and for email, provide the email address.

PAPER COPY REQUESTS SHOULD BE MADE NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER 15, 2018, TO FACILITATE TIMELY DELIVERY.


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Fund 4Fund 5Fund 6
Fund 7Fund 8Fund 9
Fund 10Fund 11Fund 12
Fund 13Fund 14Fund 15
Fund 16Fund 17Fund 18

FUNDS / PORTFOLIOS FUNDS / PORTFOLIOS FUNDS / PORTFOLIOS BATS: Series A Portfolio BATS: Series C Portfolio BATS: Series E Portfolio BATS: Series M Portfolio BATS: Series P Portfolio BATS: Series S Portfolio BATS: Series V Portfolio BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund BlackRock GNMA Portfolio BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund BlackRock Income Fund BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio The Joint Special Meetings areMeeting is being held to consider and vote on the following proposals:

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES OF EACH APPLICABLE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE OR PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS, AS APPLICABLE, “FOR” EACH OF THE APPLICABLE BOARD NOMINEES.

1(a).

To elect fifteen Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of the Group A Funds.

1(b).

To elect eleven Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of the Group B Funds.

2(a).

To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc. to vote for the election of fifteen Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Advantage U.S. Total Market LLC and the board of directors of Master Focus Growth LLC, respectively.

2(b).

To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Total Return Fund of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. to vote for the election of eleven Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Bond LLC.

3(a).

To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. to vote for the election of fifteen nominees to the board of directors of Master Large Cap Series LLC.

3(b).

To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. to vote for the election of eleven Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Bond LLC.

1. To elect four Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of the Funds. 2. To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Total Return Fund, a series of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc., and BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund, a series of BlackRock Funds VI, to vote for the election of four Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Bond LLC and the board of trustees of Master Investment Portfolio II, respectively. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.

If you wish to attend the Joint Special Meetings, please follow the instructions in the Proxy Materials and bring this Notice and proper identification with you to the Joint Special Meetings.

Please refer to the Proxy Materials for further details on the proposals and for instructions on how to vote your shares.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN Common Questions about Notice and Access

Why am I receiving a Notice of Internet Availability instead of a Proxy Card and Proxy Statement?

The Funds have elected to utilize a distribution model authorized by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in 2007. This model, known as Notice and Access, allows mutual funds and public companies to send you a Notice instead of a full set of printed proxy materials. As a shareholder, you can select the means by which you access those proxy materials. You can view the materials online, or request a full set of printed materials for this shareholder meeting and all future shareholder meetings, or you can make that choice on acase-by-case basis.

How do I access the materials, set my preference for future shareholder meeting materials, and record my vote?

On the front side of this Notice areeasy-to-follow instructions on how to access proxy materials electronically or request a full set of printed materials.

When you are ready to vote, electronic voting is available by Internet or Touch-Tone Phone by using the Control Number and Security Code on the front of this Notice. The Touch-Tone voting phone number is different from the ordering phone number and is displayed on the website. If you want to vote via U.S. Mail, you will need to request a paper copy of the materials to receive a Proxy Card and Return Envelope.

You can set your delivery preferences for future shareholder meetings by recording your vote electronically and following the instructions on the confirmation screen.


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If I request printed proxy materials, how long will it take for me to receive them?

The SEC rule requires that the materials be sent via first class mail within three business days of receipt of your request. BLK_33511_NA_091123 BlackRock Funds PO Box 43131 Providence, RI 02940-3131 IMPORTANT PROXY INFORMATION Your Vote Counts! PLEASE USE THE 14-DIGIT CONTROL NUMBER & 8-DIGIT SECURITY CODE LISTED IN THE BOXES BELOW WHEN REQUESTING MATERIAL VIA THE TELEPHONE & INTERNET. When you are ready to vote, you can use the same Control Number & Security Code to record your vote. Joint Special Meeting Notice – THIS IS NOT A PROXY – Please read carefully for voting instructions. Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of the BlackRock Funds to Be Held on November 9, 2023. The Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders of the BlackRock Funds will be held virtually on November 9, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) at the following website: https://meetnow.global/MX9AUM2. To participate in the Joint Special Meeting, enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this Notice. As a shareholder, it is important for you to vote! On the back of this Notice, you will find a summary of the proposals being voted on at the Joint Special Meeting. This communication is NOT a form for voting and presents only an overview of the more complete Proxy Materials that are available to you on the Internet or by mail. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the Proxy Materials which include instructions on how to vote your shares. The Proxy Materials, which include the Joint Proxy Statement, Notice of Joint Special Meeting and the Form of Proxy Card, are available at: https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511 If you want to receive a paper copy of the Proxy Materials or an email with a link to the Proxy Materials, you must request them. There is no charge to you for requesting a copy. Paper materials will be mailed to the address on file within three business days of receipt of the request. Please make your request as soon as possible, but no later than October 30, 2023, to facilitate timely delivery. ONLINE MATERIAL ACCESS AND PAPER COPY REQUESTS CAN BE MADE UTILIZING ONE OF THE THREE METHODS BELOW. YOU CAN ALSO USE ONE OF THESE THREE METHODS TO ELECT A PERMANENT DELIVERY PREFERENCE FOR FUTURE MEETINGS. ACCESS MATERIALS AND VOTE OR REQUEST PAPER DELIVERY OF MATERIALS EASY ONLINE ACCESS – REQUEST BY INTERNET Log on to the internet and go to: https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-33511 On this site you can view the Proxy Materials online, request paper copies, request an email with a link to the materials and/or set future delivery preferences. Just follow the steps outlined on the secure website. TELEPHONE REQUESTS—CALL 1-877-816-5331 Obtain paper copies of the Proxy Materials with an option to set future delivery preference by touch tone phone. Call toll free from the U.S. at NO CHARGE to you. Follow the instructions provided in the recorded messages. E-MAIL REQUEST AT: proxymaterials@computershare.com: Email us to request Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting and/or to set future delivery preferences. - Provide only your 14-Digit Control Number and 8-Digit Security Code as listed on this Notice in your email request for materials. - If you want to elect to receive all future proxy materials in paper form or via email, please note your request and for email, provide the email address. BLK_33511_NA_091123

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FUNDS / PORTFOLIOS FUNDS / PORTFOLIOS FUNDS / PORTFOLIOS BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio BlackRock National Municipal Fund BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc. BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund BlackRock Sustainable Adv CoreAlpha Bond Fund BlackRock Sustainable Em Mrkts Flex Bond Fund BlackRock Sustainable Em Markets Bond Fund BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund BlackRock Sustainable Low Duration Bond Fund BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund BlackRock Total Return Fund BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio The Joint Special Meeting is being held to consider and vote on the following proposals: THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES OF EACH FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE OR PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS, AS APPLICABLE, “FOR” EACH OF THE BOARD NOMINEES. 1. To elect four Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of the Funds. 2. To provide voting instructions to BlackRock Total Return Fund, a series of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc., and BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund, a series of BlackRock Funds VI, to vote for the election of four Board Nominees to the board of directors of Master Bond LLC and the board of trustees of Master Investment Portfolio II, respectively. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. Please refer to the Proxy Materials for further details on the proposals and for instructions on how to vote your shares. YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN Common Questions about Notice and Access Why am I receiving a Notice of Internet Availability instead of a Proxy Card and Proxy Statement? The Funds have elected to utilize a distribution model authorized by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in 2007. This model, known as Notice and Access, allows mutual funds and public companies to send you a Notice instead of a full set of printed proxy materials. As a shareholder, you can select the means by which you access those proxy materials. You can view the materials online, or request a full set of printed materials for this shareholder meeting and all future shareholder meetings, or you can make that choice on a case-by-case basis. How do I access the materials, set my preference for future shareholder meeting materials, and record my vote? On the front side of this Notice are easy-to-follow instructions on how to access proxy materials electronically or request a full set of printed materials. When you are ready to vote, electronic voting is available by Internet or Touch-Tone Phone by using the Control Number and Security Code on the front of this Notice. The Touch-Tone voting phone number is different from the ordering phone number and is displayed on the website. If you want to vote via U.S. Mail, you will need to request a paper copy of the materials to receive a Proxy Card and Return Envelope. You can set your delivery preferences for future shareholder meetings by recording your vote electronically and following the instructions on the confirmation screen. If I request printed proxy materials, how long will it take for me to receive them? The SEC rule requires that the materials be sent via first class mail within three business days of receipt of your request. BLK_33511_NA_091123