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BBIF Money Fund

BBIF Treasury Fund

BIF Money Fund

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BlackRock Asian DragonBalanced Capital Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Emerging MarketsBond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust

BlackRock FundsSM

BlackRock Funds IIIIV

BlackRock Funds IVV

BlackRock Funds VI

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.Long-Horizon Equity Fund

BlackRock Latin AmericaStrategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Liquidity Funds

BlackRockManaged Account Series Inc.

Funds For Institutions SeriesII

Master Institutional Money MarketBond LLC

Master Investment Portfolio

Master Investment Portfolio II

Master Large Cap Series LLC

Master Money LLC

Master Treasury LLC

Quantitative Master Series LLC

Ready Assets Government Liquidity Fund

Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund

Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund

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LOGO

BLACKROCK ALLOCATION TARGET SHARES


LOGOBLACKROCK BALANCED CAPITAL FUND, INC.

BLACKROCK BOND FUND, INC.

October 3, 2018BLACKROCK FUNDSSM

BLACKROCK FUNDS IV

BLACKROCK FUNDS V

BLACKROCK FUNDS VI

BLACKROCK LONG-HORIZON EQUITY FUND

BLACKROCK STRATEGIC GLOBAL BOND FUND, INC.

MANAGED ACCOUNT SERIES II

MASTER BOND LLC

MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO II

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, Delaware 19809

[    ], 2021

Dear Shareholder:

JointYou are cordially invited to attend a joint special meetingsmeeting of shareholders of the following funds listed below (each, a “Fund” or an “Equity-Liquidity Fund,” which may also beand collectively, referredthe “Funds”) to herein as the “Equity-Liquidity Complex”) will be held at the offices of BlackRock Advisors, LLC, 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, New Jersey 08540-6455, on Wednesday, November 21, 2018,Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 10:3000 a.m. (Eastern time) (the “Meeting”). Because of our concerns regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Meeting will be held in a virtual meeting format only. Shareholders will not have to considertravel to attend the Meeting but will be able to view the Meeting live, have a meaningful opportunity to participate, including the ability to ask questions of management, and vote on the proposals discussed in the enclosed joint proxy statement.cast their votes by accessing a web link.

BBIF Money FundBATS: Series C Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BBIF Treasury FundBATS: Series M Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BIF Money Fund

BIF Treasury FundBATS: Series S Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BlackRock Asian DragonBalanced Capital Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Emerging MarketsTotal Return Fund, a series of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust

Tactical Opportunities Fund, a series of BlackRock FundsSM

BlackRock Funds III

Global Long/Short Credit Fund, a series of BlackRock Funds IV

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds VIV

BlackRock IndexEmerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds Inc.V

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.1

BlackRock Latin AmericaGNMA Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

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Effective on or about September 23, 2021, BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio will change its name to BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund and certain changes will be made to the Fund’s investment objective, investment strategies, investment process and portfolio management team and the benchmark indexes against which the Fund compares its performance. Such changes are not contingent on the proposals in the enclosed joint proxy statement.

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BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund, a series of BlackRock Funds VI2

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Liquidity Funds

BlackRockU.S. Mortgage Portfolio, a series of Managed Account Series Inc.

Funds For Institutions SeriesII

Master Institutional Money MarketTotal Return Portfolio, a series of Master Bond LLC

CoreAlpha Bond Master Investment Portfolio,

a series of Master Investment Portfolio II2

Master Large Cap Series LLC

Master Money LLC

Master Treasury LLC

Quantitative Master Series LLC

Ready Assets Government Liquidity Fund

Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund

Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund

Retirement Series Trust

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-Liquidity Fundor more of the Funds on September 24, 2018August 27, 2021 (the “Record Date”).

Each of BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. (“Balanced Capital Fund”), BlackRock Total Return Fund (“Total Return Fund”), a series of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc., and BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund (“CoreAlpha Bond Fund” and collectively with Balanced Capital Fund and Total Return Fund, the “Feeder Funds”), a series of BlackRock Funds VI, is a “feeder” fund in a “master/feeder” structure. Each of Total Return Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Fund invests all of its assets in Master Total Return Portfolio (“Master Total Return”), a series of Master Bond LLC, and CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio (“CoreAlpha Bond Master” and together with Master Total Return, the “Master Funds”), a series of Master Investment Portfolio II, respectively. Balanced Capital Fund invests a significant portion of its fixed-income assets in Master Total Return. (For purposes of the enclosed joint proxy statement, interests in each Master Fund may be referred to as “shares” and holders of interests in each Master Fund may be referred to as “shareholders.”)

The purpose of the Meeting asis to seek shareholder approval of the proposals described in more detail in the enclosed joint proxy statement, is to seek shareholder approval in connection with a realignment of the boards of directors/trustees overseeing the mutual funds andclosed-end funds advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC 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,” the members of which are referred to as “Existing Board Members”) are proposing this realignment following a comprehensive review in consultation with BlackRock.

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.statement. Shareholders of the funds in the Equity-Bond Complex, including the Insurance Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex (collectively, the “Equity-Bond Funds”)each Fund other than Balanced Capital Fund are being asked to approve the Board Nomineesamendment or elimination of certain of the Fund’s fundamental investment restrictions and, for Total Return Fund, an amendment to Board Ithe bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. to reflect the amendment or elimination of such fundamental investment restrictions, subject to shareholder approval of an amendment to the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. to remove fundamental policies and Board II,all references thereto in the bylaws (as described below). Shareholders of Balanced Capital Fund are not being asked to approve any amendments to the Fund’s fundamental investment restrictions.

At the Meeting, shareholders of BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund (“Long-Horizon Equity Fund”) are also being asked, among other things, to approve a change to such Fund’s status from diversified to non-diversified as applicable,such terms are defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). The proposed change to Long-Horizon Equity Fund’s diversification classification is being made in separate proxy statements. Board Iconjunction with certain other changes regarding such Fund that are not subject to shareholder approval and Board IIwhich are referredcontingent on shareholder approval of the change to togetherthe diversification classification, as the “New Boards.”

Following the proposed realignment, certain Equity-Liquidity Funds (referred tomore fully discussed in the enclosed joint proxy statement as “Group B Funds”) wouldstatement. If the change to Long-Horizon Equity Fund’s diversification classification is not approved by such Fund’s shareholders, these changes will not be overseenimplemented.

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Effective on or about October 1, 2021, BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund will change its name to BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund and the master fund in which the Fund invests, CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio, will change its name to Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio. Such changes are not contingent on the proposals in the enclosed joint proxy statement.

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Shareholders of BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio are also being asked, among other things, to approve a change to such Fund’s concentration policy to provide that it will concentrate its investments in non-agency mortgage-backed securities.

In order to change investment restrictions that are fundamental, the Investment Company Act requires shareholder approval. Other than the proposal to change the diversification classification of Long-Horizon Equity Fund for the reasons described above, the proposed amendments to the respective fundamental investment restrictions of the Funds (other than Balanced Capital Fund) are intended to provide the Funds with greater investment flexibility to pursue their investment objectives and strategies and/or respond to a changing regulatory and investment environment and to eliminate fundamental investment restrictions that are not required by Board I, and certain Equity-Liquidity Funds (referred to in the enclosed joint proxy statement as “Group A Funds”) would be overseen by Board II. As explained inInvestment Company Act.

At the enclosed joint proxy statement,Meeting, shareholders of Group A Fundseach of CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master are also being asked to elect fifteen nomineesapprove the elimination of a non-fundamental investment restriction which, pursuant to Board II and shareholdersa policy previously adopted by the Boards of Group BTrustees of such Funds, requires shareholder approval to be eliminated.

Shareholders of Total Return Fund are also being asked to elect eleven nomineesapprove an amendment to Board I. Such nominees (collectively, the “Board Nominees”) have been reviewedbylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. to remove fundamental policies and unanimouslyall references thereto. If such proposal is approved, by yourthe amendment to the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. to reflect the amendment or elimination of Total Return Fund’s Existing Board, subject to approval by the Fund’s shareholders. The Existing Boards have reviewed the qualifications and backgroundsfundamental investment restrictions would not be adopted.

Shareholders of the applicable Board Nominees and believe that their election is in your best interest.

If youeach Feeder Fund 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-Liquidity Complex, you will also bebeing asked to provide voting instructions to your feederthe Feeder Fund as to how, as a beneficial owner of the master fund, your feederapplicable Master Fund, the Feeder Fund should vote in connection with the electionrespective proposals relating to the applicable Master Fund.

The Boards of Directors/Trustees of the Board Nominees for the Board of your feeder Fund’s respective master Fund.

Please noteFunds have approved and recommend that separate joint proxy statements are being sent to shareholdersyou vote, and/or provide voting instructions, “FOR” each of the BlackRock-advisedproposals with respect to the Funds, as applicable.

I encourage you to carefully review the enclosed materials, which explain these 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 Equity-Bond Complex, who are also being asked toMeeting. You may vote on the electionusing one of the applicable Board Nominees tomethods below by following the boards of directors/trustees of their BlackRock-advised Fund in the Equity-Bond Complex. If you were also a shareholder of recordinstructions on the Record Date of one or more BlackRock-advised Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex, you will receive a separate jointyour proxy statement(s), proxy card(s)card or voting instruction form(s) for such fund(s). Please be certain to vote by telephone or via:

By touch-tone telephone;

By Internet;

By signing, dating and returning the Internet with respect to each BlackRock-advised Fund in which you are a shareholder of record or sign, date and return eachenclosed proxy card and/or voting instruction form you receive. If elected by shareholders ofform(s) in the Fundspostage-paid envelope; or

By participating 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.described below.

 

The Existing Board responsible for your Fund 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.- 3 -


Your vote is important. Attendance at the Meeting will be limited to each Fund’s shareholders as of the Record Date. If you are a registered shareholder,do not vote using one of these methods, you may be called by Computershare Fund Services, the Funds’ proxy solicitor, to gain admission, you must present valid photographic identification, such as a driver’s license or passport. vote your shares.

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 ownership of shares in a Fund, such as your voting instruction form (or 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.

If you are a registered shareholder, you may 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, datingpower (legal proxy) reflecting your Fund holdings along with your name and returning the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction form(s) in the provided postage-paid return envelope; or

In person at the Meeting.

If you do not vote using one of these methods, you may be called byemail address to Computershare Fund Services, (“Computershare”), the Funds’ tabulator. You may email an image of your legal proxy solicitor,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 Fund Services of your registration and a control number and security code that will allow you to vote your shares.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 completing, signing and dating each proxy card or voting instruction form you receive, and if received by mail, 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 aboutregarding the proposals to be voted on,enclosed proxy materials or need assistance in voting your shares, please callcontact the Funds’ proxy solicitor, Computershare toll-freeFund Services, toll free at (866) 1-866-200-9096.650-3710.

Sincerely,

John M. Perlowski

President and Chief Executive Officer of the Funds

BLACKROCK ALLOCATION TARGET SHARES

BLACKROCK BALANCED CAPITAL FUND, INC.

BLACKROCK BOND FUND, INC.

BLACKROCK FUNDSSM

BLACKROCK FUNDS IV

BLACKROCK FUNDS V

BLACKROCK FUNDS VI

BLACKROCK LONG-HORIZON EQUITY FUND

BLACKROCK STRATEGIC GLOBAL BOND FUND, INC.

MANAGED ACCOUNT SERIES II

MASTER BOND LLC

MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO II

100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809

 

Sincerely,

Benjamin Archibald

Secretary of the Funds

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

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

FOR FUND SHAREHOLDERS

While we encourage you to read the full text of the enclosed joint proxy statement for the Funds (as defined below), for your convenience, we have provided a brief overview of the mattersproposals to be voted on.

Questions and Answers

 

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Why am I receiving this joint proxy statement?

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A joint special meeting of shareholders of the Funds (the “Meeting”) will be held on Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time). You have received this letter because you were a shareholder of record of one of the funds listed below (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

BATS: Series C Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BATS: Series M Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BATS: Series S Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Total Return Fund, a series of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund, a series of BlackRock FundsSM

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund, a series of BlackRock Funds IV

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V1

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund, a series of BlackRock Funds VI2

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio, a series of Managed Account Series II

Master Total Return Portfolio, a series of Master Bond LLC

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio, a series of Master Investment Portfolio II2

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Effective on or about September 23, 2021, BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio will change its name to BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund and certain changes will be made to the Fund’s investment objective, investment strategies, investment process and portfolio management team and the benchmark indexes against which the Fund compares its performance. Such changes are not contingent on the proposals in the enclosed joint proxy statement.

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Effective on or about October 1, 2021, BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund will change its name to BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund and the master fund in which the Fund invests, CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio, will change its name to Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio. Such changes are not contingent on the proposals in the enclosed joint proxy statement.

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The enclosed joint proxy statement describes proposals to make certain changes to the respective investment restrictions of each Fund other than Balanced Capital Fund (as defined below) that will be voted on at the Meeting. As a shareholder of one or more Funds as of the close of business on August 27, 2021 (the “Record Date”), you are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting with respect to the proposals applicable to your Fund(s). Shareholders of Balanced Capital Fund are not being asked to approve any amendments to the Fund’s investment restrictions and references to changes to the Funds’ respective investment restrictions herein do not include Balanced Capital Fund’s investment restrictions.

If you are a shareholder of a Feeder Fund (as defined below), you are being asked to provide voting instructions in connection with the approval of the proposals relating to the applicable Master Fund (as defined below).

Q.

What am I being asked to vote, and/or provide voting instructions, “FOR” in the joint proxy statement?

 

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The registrants listedfollowing table shows each Proposal described in the enclosed joint proxy statement and identifies shareholders entitled to vote, and/or provide voting instructions, on the Proposal at the Meeting. Appendix A to the enclosed joint proxy statement lists the specific fundamental investment restrictions on which shareholders are being asked to vote, and/or provide voting instructions, in Proposals 1 and 2.

ProposalShareholders Entitled to Vote and/or
Provide Voting Instructions
Proposal 1: To approve the amendment or elimination, as applicable, of certain of the fundamental investment restrictions of each Fund and, for BlackRock Total Return Fund, an amendment to the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. to reflect the amendment or elimination of such fundamental investment restrictionsShareholders of each Fund other than Balanced Capital Fund, voting separately
Proposal 2: To provide voting instructions to Balanced Capital Fund, Total Return Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Fund (each as defined below) to vote for the amendment or elimination, as applicable, of certain of the fundamental investment restrictions of Master Total Return and CoreAlpha Bond Master (each as defined below), as applicable, as contemplated by Proposal 1Shareholders of Balanced Capital Fund and Total Return Fund, voting separately with respect to Master Total Return, and shareholders of CoreAlpha Bond Fund, voting separately with respect to CoreAlpha Bond Master

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ProposalShareholders Entitled to Vote and/or
Provide Voting Instructions
Proposal 3: To approve the elimination of the non-fundamental investment restriction regarding investing for the purpose of exercising control or management of each of CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond MasterShareholders of CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master only, voting separately
Proposal 4: To provide voting instructions to CoreAlpha Bond Fund to vote for the elimination of the non-fundamental investment restriction regarding exercising for the purpose of exercising control or management of CoreAlpha Bond Master, as contemplated by Proposal 3Shareholders of CoreAlpha Bond Fund only
Proposal 5: To approve an amendment to the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. to remove fundamental policies and all references theretoShareholders of Total Return Fund only
Proposal 6: To approve a “Fund” or an “Equity-Liquiditychange in BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund’s status from diversified to non-diversified as such terms are defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.Shareholders of BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund only

Each of BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. (“Balanced Capital Fund”), BlackRock Total Return Fund (“Total Return Fund”), a series of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc., and BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund (“CoreAlpha Bond Fund” and collectively with Balanced Capital Fund and Total Return Fund, the “Feeder Funds”), a series of BlackRock Funds VI, is a “feeder” fund in a “master/feeder” structure. Each of Total Return Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Fund invests all of its assets in Master Total Return Portfolio (“Master Total Return”), a series of Master Bond LLC and CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio (“CoreAlpha Bond Master” and together with Master Total Return, the “Master Funds”), a series of Master Investment Portfolio II, respectively. Balanced Capital Fund invests a significant portion of its fixed-income assets in Master Total Return. Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), each Feeder Fund’s voting rights with respect to the applicable Master Fund interests that the Feeder Fund owns generally must be passed through to shareholders of the Feeder Fund. This means that each Feeder Fund must vote its interests in the applicable Master Fund in accordance with the voting instructions received from its shareholders and will vote its interests in the applicable Master Fund

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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”).

Q.

What is a fundamental investment policy?

A.

The Investment Company Act requires registered investment companies, such as the Funds, to have certain specific investment policies that can be changed only with shareholder approval. Investment companies may also elect to designate other policies that may be collectively referred to herein as the “Equity-Liquidity Complex”)changed only with a shareholder vote. Both types of policies 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 areoften 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 fundsfundamental policies. (In this overview 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, asthe word “restriction” is sometimes used to describe a “Group A Fund” or a “Group B Fund” for purposes of electingpolicy.)

Some fundamental policies were adopted in the past by the Funds to reflect certain regulatory, business or industry conditions which are no longer in effect. In addition, certain of the policies of the Funds that remain required by law are more restrictive than the law requires. As a result, many of the current restrictions unnecessarily limit the investment strategies available to BlackRock Advisors, LLC (“BlackRock”) in managing the assets of the Funds.

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How do 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-Liquidity Funds and provides other information relatingproposed changes to the Meeting. The tables starting on page 13 of the joint proxy statement identify the Existing Board Members and the Board Nominees for each Fund.Funds’ fundamental investment policies benefit shareholders?

 

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Changes to the fundamental investment policies of the Funds as proposed in Proposal 1 and Proposal 2, as applicable, are intended to benefit the Funds and their shareholders in the following ways: (i) each of these changes is designed to provide the Funds with greater investment flexibility to pursue their investment objectives and principal investment strategies and/or respond to a changing regulatory and investment environment; and (ii) by reducing to a minimum those policies that can be changed only by shareholder vote, the Funds in the future may be able to avoid the costs and delay associated with holding shareholder meetings to address issues relating to fundamental investment policies.

While Proposal 1 is intended to, among other things, provide BlackRock with greater flexibility in managing the portfolios of the Funds, if approved, each Fund will continue to be managed subject to the applicable limitations imposed by the Investment Company Act and the rules and interpretive guidance provided thereunder, as well as the Fund’s investment objective, strategies and policies. Although in the near term certain Funds may take advantage of the greater flexibility provided by the amendment or elimination of certain of their current investment restrictions, each Fund will continue to be managed pursuant to its current investment guidelines and Fund management does not anticipate material changes to the Fund’s principal investment strategies, unless otherwise disclosed in the enclosed joint proxy statement.

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Q.

What is happening with BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund?

A.

Currently, BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund (“Long-Horizon Equity Fund”) is classified as diversified under the Investment Company Act. BlackRock and the Board of Trustees of Long-Horizon Equity Fund (the “Long-Horizon Equity Fund Board”) have determined that it is appropriate to change the diversification classification of Long-Horizon Equity Fund so that such Fund will be classified as non-diversified. In order to be classified as diversified under the Investment Company Act, a fund is required to invest so that at least 75% of the value of the fund’s assets is represented by cash and cash items (including receivables), U.S. government securities, securities of other investment companies, and other securities for the purposes of this calculation limited in respect of any one issuer to an amount not greater in value than 5% of the value of the total assets of the fund and to not more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer. A fund that is classified as non-diversified under the Investment Company Act is not required to comply with these investment limitations.

BlackRock and the Long-Horizon Equity Fund Board believe that such Fund’s current diversification classification is inconsistent with certain changes to such Fund’s name, investment objective, investment process and principal investment strategies as approved by the Long-Horizon Equity Fund Board. The Long-Horizon Equity Fund Board has approved changing the investment objective of such Fund from “to provide high total investment return” to “to seek to achieve long-term capital growth.” Such changes to Long-Horizon Equity Fund’s non-fundamental investment policies did not require shareholder approval. In order to reconcile this inconsistency, as well as to provide greater flexibility for such Fund to take advantage of and respond to market developments and trends, the Long-Horizon Equity Fund Board recommends amending such Fund’s diversification classification so that it is classified as non-diversified under the Investment Company Act. Because a non-diversified fund may invest in securities of a smaller number of issuers, it may be more exposed to the risks associated with and developments affecting an individual issuer than a fund that invests more widely.

If Long-Horizon Equity Fund shareholders approve Proposal 6, it is the intention of the Long-Horizon Equity Fund Board to rename the Fund “BlackRock Unconstrained Equity Fund.” In conjunction with the Long-Horizon Equity Fund Board’s approval of the name and certain strategy changes, it is the intention of BlackRock to change the Fund’s portfolio management team and to change the Fund’s benchmark index from MSCI ACWI Index to the MSCI World Index.

The Long-Horizon Equity Fund Board has also reviewed the non-fundamental investment restrictions of Long-Horizon Equity Fund. If the shareholders approve Proposal 6, it is the intention of the Long-Horizon Equity Fund Board to amend or eliminate certain of these restrictions, which does not require shareholder approval.

Q:

Why are the Funds holding a meeting to elect Board Members at this time?What is happening with BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio?

 

A:

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio currently has a fundamental investment policy not to “concentrate” its investments, which means it may not invest more than 25% of its total

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assets in any one industry. The Fund is now seeking to amend its concentration policy to provide that it will concentrate in non-agency mortgage-backed securities to enhance its ability to execute its principal investment strategies. The Fund does not intend to otherwise change its principal investment strategies.

The Fund’s strategy of concentrating in non-agency mortgage-backed securities means that its performance will be closely tied to the performance of a particular market segment. The Fund’s concentration in these securities may present more risks than if it were broadly diversified over numerous industries and sectors of the economy. A downturn in these securities would have a larger impact on the Fund than on a mutual fund that does not concentrate in such securities. At times, the performance of these securities will lag the performance of other industries or the broader market as a whole.

Q.

ExplanationWhy are the Boards of Board Realignment and ConsolidationDirectors/Trustees of the Funds (each, a “Board”) recommending the changes contemplated by the proposals?

 

A.

With respect to Proposal 1 and Proposal 2, as noted above, the proposed changes to the fundamental investment restrictions of the Funds are intended to provide each Fund with greater investment flexibility to pursue its investment objective and strategies and/or respond to a changing regulatory and investment environment and to eliminate fundamental investment restrictions that are not required by the Investment Company Act. Moreover, the proposed changes will generally align the fundamental policies of the Funds with those of other registered funds managed by BlackRock.

With respect to Proposal 3 and Proposal 4, the proposed elimination of the non-fundamental restriction of each of CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master will remove an investment restriction previously adopted by such Funds that is not required by the Investment Company Act.

With respect to Proposal 5, the proposed changes to BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.’s bylaws will remove fundamental policies and references thereto, which are not required to be included in BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.’s bylaws under the Investment Company Act or Maryland law.

With respect to Proposal 6, BlackRock and the Long-Horizon Equity Fund Board have reviewed such Fund’s investment objective, investment strategies and fundamental and non-fundamental investment policies and determined that it is appropriate to change the diversification classification of Long-Horizon Equity Fund so that such Fund will be classified as non-diversified. Please see the above Q&A for additional detail on the Long-Horizon Equity Fund.

Q.

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 funds in the Equity-Bond Complex, including the Insurance Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex (collectively, the “Equity-Bond Funds”) are being asked toWhat will happen if shareholders do not approve the Board Nominees to Board I and Board II, as applicable, in separate proxy statements.proposals?

 

A.

Board IEach proposal is expectedsubject to be comprised of all ofa separate vote by each applicable Fund’s shareholders. If shareholders do not approve a proposed change to an investment restriction in Proposal 1, Proposal 2, Proposal 3 or Proposal 4, as applicable, the applicable current directors/trustees who currently serve on the boards of directors/trustees of the BlackRock-advised Fundsinvestment restriction will remain in theClosed-End Complex, plus an additional director/trustee who currently serves on the boards of directors/effect.

 

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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 boards of directors/trustees of the Equity-Liquidity Funds (collectively, the “Equity-Liquidity Board”) and directors/trustees who currently serve on the Equity-Bond Board, other than (i) the members of the Equity-Liquidity Board and the Equity-Bond 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.

For Total Return Fund, if shareholders do not approve Proposal 1 but do approve Proposal 5, the fundamental policies and references thereto will be removed from BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.’s bylaws. If shareholders of Total Return Fund do not approve Proposal 5 but do approve Proposal 1, then BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.’s bylaws will be amended to reflect the amended or eliminated fundamental investment restrictions, as applicable. If neither Proposal 1 nor Proposal 5 is approved by Total Return Fund’s shareholders, no changes will be made to BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.’s bylaws.

Reasons forFor Long-Horizon Equity Fund, if shareholders do not approve Proposal 6, such Fund’s diversification classification will not change and such Fund will continue to be classified as diversified under the Investment Company Act. The changes discussed above to Long-Horizon Equity Fund’s name, investment objective, investment process, principal investment strategies, portfolio management team and benchmark index will not take effect if Proposal 6 is not approved because certain of these changes are incompatible with such Fund’s current diversification classification. In the event that Proposal 6 is not approved by such Fund’s shareholders, BlackRock and the Long-Horizon Equity Fund Board Realignmentmay determine to make other changes to Long-Horizon Equity Fund that are compatible with its current diversification classification and Consolidationdo not require shareholder approval.

 

At meetings held in July 2018, the Equity-Liquidity Board and the Equity-Bond Board each determined that the board realignment and consolidation could provide benefits to shareholders of the Equity-Liquidity Funds and the Equity-Bond 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-endQ. 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; and

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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.

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 or series of a 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 that invests in a Master Fund that is an Equity-Liquidity 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 (or, if the Master Fund is a series of a Fund, for the Fund for which such Master Fund is a series). You will be asked for these voting instructions in Proposals 2(a) or 2(b), as applicable.

Q:

How do the Boards ofsuggest I vote in connection with the Funds recommend that I vote?proposals?

 

A:A.

FOR” each Board Nominee—the ExistingThe proposals cannot be effected without shareholder approval. The Boards have reviewedapproved each applicable proposal. Each Board believes the qualifications and backgroundsapplicable proposals are in the best interests of the Board Nomineesrelevant Fund and believe that their election is in your best interest and unanimously recommendrecommends that you vote, or submit voting instructions, FORFOR” each Board Nominee.of the proposals with respect to your Fund, as applicable.

 

Q:Q.

Who may vote on the proposals?

A.

Any person who owned shares of a Fund on the Record Date is entitled to vote on the applicable proposals. With respect to each proposal, you may cast one vote for each share you owned and a fractional vote for each fractional share you owned on the Record Date.

Q.

Will my vote make a difference?

 

A:A.

YES.Yes. Your vote is very important and can make a difference in the governance and management of your Fund(s),Fund, no matter how many shares you own. We encourage allIf many shareholders fail to participate invote, your Fund may not receive enough votes to hold the governanceMeeting. If this happens, we will need to solicit votes again or take other action pursuant to the direction of their Fund(s). Your vote can help ensure that the Board Nominees will be elected.relevant Board.

 

Q:Q.

How do I vote my shares?Who is paying for preparation, printing and mailing of the joint proxy statement and the solicitation of proxies?

 

A:A.

VotingWith respect to all Funds other than Long-Horizon Equity Fund, it is quickanticipated that the total expenses of preparing, printing and easy. Everything you need is enclosed. You can quicklymailing the joint proxy statement, soliciting 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

 

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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”)tabulating proxies, 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 asrelated legal expenses and auditor fees, incurred in connection withwill be approximately $8.06 million. These expenses will be borne by the preparation of the joint proxy statement, except that BlackRock has agreed to cover a portion or all of such costs for certainapplicable Funds. Costs that are borne by the applicable Funds collectively will be allocated among thesuch 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.

With respect to Long-Horizon Equity Fund, it is anticipated that the total expenses of preparing, printing and mailing the joint proxy statement, soliciting and tabulating proxies, and related legal expenses will be approximately $300,000, which will be shared equally by BlackRock and the Fund.

Q.

When and where will the Meeting be held?

 

A.

BlackRock Advisors, LLCThe Meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time). Because of our concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, 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 BlackRock Fund Advisors have retained Computershare Fund Services (“Computershare”), 2950 Express Drive South, Suite 210, Islandia, New York 11749,cast their votes by accessing a proxy solicitation firm,web link. The Meeting will provide shareholders with a meaningful opportunity to assist inparticipate, including the distributionability to ask questions of proxy materials and the solicitation and tabulation of proxies on behalf ofmanagement. To support these efforts, the Funds and the Equity-Bond Funds. It is anticipated that Computershare will be paid, in the aggregate, approximately $1,178,000 for such services (including reimbursementswill:

Provide for shareholders to begin logging into the Meeting at [9:30] a.m. (Eastern time) on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, [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 Meeting matters that are not answered during the Meeting due to time constraints.

out-of-pocketQ. expenses), of which approximately $267,000 will be payable by the Funds.

How do I vote my shares?

 

Q:A.

You may cast your vote by phone, internet or mail or by participating in the Meeting.

To vote by mail, please mark your vote on the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction form and sign, date and return the card/form in the postage-paid envelope provided.

To vote by telephone or over the Internet, please have the proxy card or voting instruction form(s) in hand and call the toll-free telephone number listed on the form(s) or go to the website address listed on the form(s) and follow the instructions.

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

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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), which you can obtain from your financial intermediary or other nominee, reflecting your Fund holdings along with your name and email address to Computershare Fund Services, each Fund’s 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 Fund Services of your registration and a control number and security code that will allow you to vote at the Meeting.

Whichever voting method you choose, please take the time to read the full text of the enclosed joint proxy statement before you vote.

Q.

Whom do I call if I have questions?

 

A:A.

If you need more information, or have any questions about voting, please call Computershare, the Funds’ proxy solicitor, for the Funds, toll-freeComputershare Fund Services, toll free at (866) 1-866-200-9096.650-3710.

 

Q.

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

A.

You may receive a call to verify that you received your proxy materials, to answer any questions you may have about the proposals and to encourage you to vote.

Please vote now. Your vote is important.

To avoid the wasteful and unnecessary expense of further solicitation and no matter how large or small your holdings may be, we urge you to indicate your voting instructions on the proxy card, if received by mail, date and sign it and return it 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 but do not indicate how you wish your shares to be voted, your shares will be voted “FOR” each of the applicable proposals. If your shares are held through a broker, you must provide voting instructions to your broker about how to vote your shares in order for your broker 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 [    ], 2021.

THE PROXY STATEMENT FOR THIS MEETING IS AVAILABLE AT:

WWW.PROXY-DIRECT.COM/BLK-32307

 

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BLACKROCK ALLOCATION TARGET SHARES

BLACKROCK BALANCED CAPITAL FUND, INC.

BLACKROCK BOND FUND, INC.

Please votenow. Your vote is important.BLACKROCK FUNDSSM

BLACKROCK FUNDS IV

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.BLACKROCK FUNDS V

BLACKROCK FUNDS VI

BLACKROCK LONG-HORIZON EQUITY FUND

(v)BLACKROCK STRATEGIC GLOBAL BOND FUND, INC.


MANAGED ACCOUNT SERIES II

MASTER BOND LLC

MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO II

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, Delaware 19809

NOTICE OF JOINT SPECIAL MEETINGSMEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 21, 2018OCTOBER 26, 2021

To the Shareholders:

JointNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a joint special meetingsmeeting of the shareholders of each of the funds advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC or BlackRock Fund Advisors set forthlisted below (each, a “Fund” or an “Equity-Liquidity Fund”and collectively, the “Funds”) will be held at the offices of BlackRock Advisors, LLC, 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, New Jersey 08540-6455, on Wednesday, November 21, 2018,Tuesday, October 26, 2021, at 10:3000 a.m. (Eastern time) (the “Meeting”), to consider and vote on the following proposals set forth below,(each, a “Proposal” and collectively, the “Proposals”), as more fully described in the accompanying joint proxy statement. Each

BATS: Series C Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BATS: Series M Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BATS: Series S Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, is categorized in the accompanying joint proxy statement asInc.

BlackRock Total Return Fund, a “Group A Fund” orseries of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund, a “Group B Fund” for purposesseries of electing the applicable Board Nominees (defined below) in Proposal 1(a) or Proposal 1(b).BlackRock FundsSM

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund, a series of BlackRock Funds IV

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V1

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio a series of BlackRock Funds V

1

Effective on or about September 23, 2021, BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio will change its name to BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund and certain changes will be made to the Fund’s investment objective, investment strategies, investment process and portfolio management team and the benchmark indexes against which the Fund compares its performance. Such changes are not contingent on the proposals in the enclosed joint proxy statement.

 

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In addition, shareholders of certain Funds (or certainBlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund, a series of Funds) that are organized asBlackRock Funds VI2

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio, a series of Managed Account Series II

Master Total Return Portfolio, a series of Master Bond LLC

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio, a series of Master Investment Portfolio II2

Each of BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. (“Balanced Capital Fund”), BlackRock Total Return Fund (“Total Return Fund”), a series of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc., and BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund (“CoreAlpha Bond Fund” and collectively with Balanced Capital Fund and Total Return Fund, the “Feeder Funds”), a series of BlackRock Funds VI, is a “feeder” fund in a “master/feeder” structure (each,structure. Each of Total Return Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Fund invests all of its assets in Master Total Return Portfolio (“Master Total Return”), a “Feeder Fund”series of Master Bond LLC, and CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio (“CoreAlpha Bond Master” and together with Master Total Return, the “Master Funds”), a series of Master Investment Portfolio II, respectively. Balanced Capital Fund invests a significant portion of its fixed-income assets in Master Total Return. Shareholders of each Feeder Fund are being asked to provide voting instructions to electapprove the Proposals relating to the applicable Board NomineesMaster Fund.

Because of our concerns regarding the corresponding Fund COVID-19 pandemic, 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.

The following table shows each Proposal described in the accompanying joint proxy statement and identifies shareholders entitled to vote, and/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 submitprovide voting instructions, on Proposals 2(a) or 2(b), and such Feeder Funds’ corresponding Master Funds, is set forth inthe Proposal at the Meeting. Appendix BA to the accompanying joint proxy statement.statement lists the specific fundamental investment restrictions on which shareholders are being asked to vote, and/or provide voting instructions, in Proposals 1 and 2. Shareholders of Balanced Capital Fund are not being asked to approve any amendments to the Fund’s fundamental investment restrictions.

 

Proposal  

Proposal

Shareholders Entitled to Vote and/or
Provide Voting Instructions

PROPOSAL 1(a)

Proposal 1: To elect fifteen Board Nomineesapprove the amendment or elimination, as applicable, of certain of the fundamental investment restrictions of each Fund and, for BlackRock Total Return Fund, an amendment to the boardbylaws of directors/trusteesBlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. to reflect the amendment or elimination of the Group A Funds (Board II).such fundamental investment restrictions  Shareholders of Group A Funds listed below, with respecteach Fund other than Balanced Capital Fund, voting separately

2

Effective on or about October 1, 2021, BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund will change its name to theirBlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund and the master fund in which the Fund invests, CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio, will change its name to Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio. Such changes are not contingent on the proposals in the enclosed joint proxy statement.

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PROPOSAL 1(b)

Proposal
  To elect eleven Board NomineesShareholders Entitled to the board of directors/trustees of the Group B Funds (Board I).Shareholders of Group B Funds listed below, with respect to their FundVote and/or
Provide Voting Instructions

PROPOSAL 2(a)

Proposal 2: To provide voting instructions to the Group A Feeder FundsBalanced Capital Fund, Total Return Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Fund to vote for the electionamendment or elimination, as applicable, of fifteen Board Nominees tocertain of the boardfundamental investment restrictions of directors/trustees of their corresponding Master Fund.Total Return and CoreAlpha Bond Master, as applicable, as contemplated by Proposal 1  Shareholders of Group A Feeder Funds,Balanced Capital Fund and Total Return Fund, voting separately with respect to their Group A FeederMaster Total Return, and shareholders of CoreAlpha Bond Fund, voting separately with respect to CoreAlpha Bond Master
Proposal 3: To approve the elimination of the non-fundamental investment restriction regarding investing for the purpose of exercising control or management of each of CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond MasterShareholders of CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master only, voting separately

PROPOSAL 2(b)

Proposal 4: To provide voting instructions to BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund a series of BlackRock Funds VI (“BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund”) to vote for the electionelimination of eleven Board Nominees to the boardnon-fundamental investment restriction regarding exercising for the purpose of trusteesexercising control or management of CoreAlpha Bond Master, Portfolio, a seriesas contemplated by Proposal 3Shareholders of Master Investment Portfolio II (“CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio”).Fund only
Proposal 5: To approve an amendment to the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. to remove fundamental policies and all references theretoShareholders of Total Return Fund only
Proposal 6: To approve a change in BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund’s status from diversified to non-diversified as such terms are defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.  Shareholders of BlackRock CoreAlpha BondLong-Horizon Equity Fund only
To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or

To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and 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 Group A Feeder Fund(s) regarding the proposal to elect the Board Nominees of the applicable Master Fund, and shareholders of BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund will be asked to provide voting instructions to BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund regarding the proposal to elect the Board Nominees of CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio.

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 aeach Fund as of the close of business on September 24, 2018 (the “Record Date”)August 27, 2021 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournments postponements or delayspostponements thereof.

If you owned shares in more than one Fund or seriesAfter careful consideration, the Boards of a Fund (each such series, a “Portfolio”) asDirectors/Trustees of the Record Date,Funds recommend that you vote, and/or if your Fund or Portfolio is organized as a Feeder Fund, you may receive more than one proxy card orprovide voting instruction form. Please be certain to vote by telephone or viainstructions, “FOR” each of the InternetProposals with respect to eachyour 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.as applicable.

 

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If you have any questions aboutregarding the proposals to be voted on,enclosed proxy materials or need assistance in voting your shares, please callcontact the Funds’ proxy solicitor, Computershare the firm assisting us in the solicitation and tabulation of proxies, toll-freeFund Services, toll free at (866) 1-866-200-9096.650-3710.

By Orderorder of the Boards of Directors/Trustees,

Janey Ahn

Benjamin Archibald

Secretary of the Funds

[    ], 2021

40 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10022BLACKROCK ALLOCATION TARGET SHARES

BLACKROCK BALANCED CAPITAL FUND, INC.

October 3, 2018

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Equity-Liquidity FundsBLACKROCK BOND FUND, INC.

Holding Joint Special Meetings of Shareholders on November 21, 20181

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

BBIF Money Fund*

BBIF Treasury Fund*

BIF Money Fund*

BIF Treasury Fund*

BlackRock Asian Dragon Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

BlackRock FundsBLACKROCK FUNDSSM

BlackRock Advantage Emerging Markets FundBLACKROCK FUNDS IV

BlackRock Advantage International FundBLACKROCK FUNDS V

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Growth FundBLACKROCK FUNDS VI

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Core FundBLACKROCK LONG-HORIZON EQUITY FUND

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth FundBLACKROCK STRATEGIC GLOBAL BOND FUND, INC.

BlackRockAll-Cap Energy & Resources PortfolioMANAGED ACCOUNT SERIES II

BlackRock Commodity Strategies FundMASTER BOND LLC

BlackRock Emerging Markets Dividend FundMASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO II

BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809

BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio

BlackRock Exchange Portfolio

BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund

BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock High Equity Income Fund

BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund

BlackRock International Dividend Fund

BlackRockMid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

BlackRock Real Estate Securities Fund

BlackRock Short Obligations Fund

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Technology Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Total Emerging Markets Fund

BlackRock Total Factor Fund

iShares Developed Real Estate Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol EAFE Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Intl Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor USA Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI USA Value Factor Index Fund

iShares MSCI Asia ex Japan Index Fund

iShares MSCI Developed World Index Fund

iShares RussellMid-Cap Index Fund

iShares RussellSmall/Mid-Cap Index Fund

iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund

iShares Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund

BlackRock Funds III

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional*

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Fund *

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Index Retirement Fund *

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2020 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2025 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2030 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2035 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2040 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2045 Fund *

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2050 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2055 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2060 Fund*

iShares MSCI Total International Index Fund*

iShares Russell 1000Large-Cap Index Fund*

iShares S&P 500 Index Fund*

iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund*

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund

iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index Fund*

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund*

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund*

BlackRock Event Driven Equity Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund*

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Liquidity Funds

 

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California Money Fund

Federal Trust Fund

FedFund

MuniCash

MuniFund

New York Money Fund

TempCash

TempFund

T-Fund

Treasury Trust Fund

BlackRock Series, Inc.

BlackRock International Fund

Funds For Institutions Series

BlackRock Premier Government Institutional Fund*

BlackRock Select Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund*

BlackRock Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund*

FFI Government Fund

FFI Treasury Fund

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

Master Premier Government Institutional Portfolio

Master Treasury Strategies Institutional Portfolio

Master Investment Portfolio

Active Stock Master Portfolio

International Tilts Master Portfolio

Large Cap Index Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index Retirement Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2020 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2025 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2030 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2035 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2040 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2045 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2050 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2055 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2060 Master Portfolio

Money Market Master Portfolio

S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio

Total International ex U.S. Index Master Portfolio

Treasury Money Market Master Portfolio

U.S. Total Bond Index Master Portfolio

Master Large Cap Series LLC

Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

Master Advantage Large Cap Value Portfolio

Master Large Cap Focus Growth Portfolio

Master Money LLC

Master Treasury LLC

Quantitative Master Series LLC

Master Small Cap Index Series

Ready Assets Government Liquidity Fund

Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund

Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund

Retirement Series Trust

Retirement Reserves Money Fund

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

BlackRock Funds IV

BlackRock Alternative Capital Strategies Fund

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

BlackRock Impact Bond Fund

BlackRock Funds VI

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund

Master Investment Portfolio II

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

1

The Funds (Registrants) are listed in bold in these tables. 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.

*

Denotes a “Group A Feeder Fund.”

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Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS

 

   Page 

JOINT PROXY STATEMENT

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PROPOSALS 1.A. THROUGH 1.N. AND PROPOSALS 2.A. THROUGH 2.J. — TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT OR ELIMINATION, AS APPLICABLE, OF CERTAIN OF THE FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS OF EACH FUND AND, FOR BLACKROCK TOTAL RETURN FUND, AN AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS OF BLACKROCK BOND FUND, INC. TO REFLECT THE AMENDMENT OR ELIMINATION OF SUCH FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS7 

PROPOSALS 1(a), 1(b), 2(a) and 2(b)—ELECTION OF BOARD NOMINEESBackground

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VOTE REQUIRED AND MANNER OF VOTING PROXIESProposals 1.A. and 2.A.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Concentration and, for Total Return Fund, to Approve an Amendment to the Bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to Reflect the Amendment of Such Fundamental Investment Restriction.

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INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMProposals 1.B. and 2.B.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Borrowing and the Issuance of Senior Securities.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONProposals 1.C. and 2.C.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Borrowing and, for Total Return Fund, to Approve an Amendment to the Bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to Reflect the Amendment of Such Fundamental Investment Restriction.

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Appendix A –Proposals 1.D. and 2.D.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding the Issuance of Senior Securities and, for Total Return Fund, Information/Quorum and Voting Requirementsto Approve an Amendment to the Bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to Reflect the Amendment of Such Fundamental Investment Restriction.

   A-116 

Appendix B – Master/Feeder StructuresProposals 1.E. and 2.E.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Investing in Real Estate.

   B-118 

Appendix C – Shares Outstanding/VotesProposals 1.F. and 2.F.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Underwriting and, for Total Return Fund, to Approve an Amendment to the Bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to Reflect the Amendment of Such Fundamental Investment Restriction.

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Appendix D – CompensationProposals 1.G. and 2.G.—To Approve the Amendment of the Existing Board MembersFundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Investing in Commodities. and Board Nominees

   D-122 

Appendix E – Equity Securities Owned by Board MembersProposals 1.H. and Board Nominees2.H.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Lending and, for Total Return Fund, to Approve an Amendment to the Bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to Reflect the Amendment of Such Fundamental Investment Restriction.

   E-123 

Appendix F – MeetingsProposals 1.I. and 2.I.—To Approve the Amendment of the BoardsFundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Diversification.

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Proposals 1.J. and 2.J.—To Approve the Elimination of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Investing for the Purpose of Exercising Control or Management and, for Total Return Fund, to Approve an Amendment to the Bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to Reflect the Elimination of Such Fundamental Investment Restriction.

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Appendix G – Executive OfficersProposal 1.K.—To Approve the Elimination of the FundsFundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Purchasing Commodities Contracts and Investing in Oil, Gas or Mineral Exploration or Development Programs.

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Appendix  H – Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and AllProposal 1.L.—To Approve the Elimination of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Acquiring Other Fees to Independent Registered Public AccountantsInvestment Companies.

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Appendix  I –Proposal 1.M.—To Approve the Elimination of the Fundamental Investment Manager,Sub-AdvisersRestriction Regarding Writing and AdministratorsSelling Options, Straddles and Spreads.

   I-131 

Appendix J – 5% Share OwnershipProposal 1.N.—To Approve the Elimination of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding the Purchase of Securities on Margin and Short Sales.

   J-132
PROPOSALS 3 AND 4 — TO APPROVE THE ELIMINATION OF THE NON-FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTION REGARDING INVESTING FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXERCISING CONTROL OR MANAGEMENT OF EACH OF BLACKROCK COREALPHA BOND FUND AND COREALPHA BOND MASTER PORTFOLIO35
PROPOSAL 5 — TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS OF BLACKROCK BOND FUND, INC. TO REMOVE FUNDAMENTAL POLICIES AND ALL REFERENCES THERETO37
PROPOSAL 6 — TO APPROVE A CHANGE IN BLACKROCK LONG-HORIZON EQUITY FUND’S STATUS FROM DIVERSIFIED TO NON-DIVERSIFIED AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED38
VOTE REQUIRED AND MANNER OF VOTING PROXIES45
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION47

Investment Adviser, Principal Underwriter and Administrator

47

Voting Rights

47

Share and Class Information

47

Ownership Information

47

Expenses and Methods of Proxy Solicitation

48

Shareholder Meetings

48

Shareholder Proposals

48

Communications with the Board

48

General

49
APPENDIX A: FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTION PROPOSALS AND FUNDS AFFECTEDA-1


APPENDIX B: LIST OF APPLICABLE FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

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APPENDIX C: OUTSTANDING SHARES

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APPENDIX D: 5% SHAREHOLDER OWNERSHIP

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BLACKROCK EQUITY-LIQUIDITYALLOCATION TARGET SHARES

BLACKROCK BALANCED CAPITAL FUND, INC.

BLACKROCK BOND FUND, INC.

BLACKROCK FUNDSSM

BLACKROCK FUNDS IV

BLACKROCK FUNDS V

BLACKROCK FUNDS VI

BLACKROCK LONG-HORIZON EQUITY FUND

BLACKROCK STRATEGIC GLOBAL BOND FUND, INC.

MANAGED ACCOUNT SERIES II

MASTER BOND LLC

MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO II

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, Delaware 19809

(800)441-7762

JOINT SPECIAL MEETINGSMEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 21, 2018To Be Held on October 26, 2021

 

JOINT PROXY STATEMENT

This joint proxy statement (this “Proxy Statement”) is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies byon behalf of the boardsBoard of directorsDirectors or trusteesBoard of Trustees, as applicable (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 BlackRock Allocation Target Shares, BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc., BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc., BlackRock FundsSM, BlackRock Funds IV, BlackRock Funds V, BlackRock Funds VI, BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund, BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc., Managed Account Series II, Master Bond LLC and Master Investment Portfolio II in connection with the registrants advised by BlackRock (defined below)special joint special meeting (the “Meeting”) of shareholders of the funds listed below (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), and at any and all adjournments, postponements or delays thereof, for the purpose of voting on the proposals described inAppendix A to this Proxy Statement (each, a “Fund” or an “Equity-Liquidity“Proposal” and collectively, the “Proposals”):

BATS: Series C Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BATS: Series M Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BATS: Series S Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Allocation Target Shares

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund,” which may also Inc.

BlackRock Total Return Fund, a series of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund, a series of BlackRock FundsSM

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund, a series of BlackRock Funds IV

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V1

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

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Effective on or about September 23, 2021, BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio will change its name to BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund and certain changes will be made to the Fund’s investment objective, investment strategies, investment process and portfolio management team and the benchmark indexes against which the Fund compares its performance. Such changes are not contingent on the Proposals.

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BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund, a series of BlackRock Funds VI2

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio, a series of Managed Account Series II

Master Total Return Portfolio, a series of Master Bond LLC

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio, a series of Master Investment Portfolio II2

Certain Proposals relate to changes to the respective investment restrictions of each Fund other than Balanced Capital Fund (as defined below) that will be collectively referredvoted on at the Meeting. Shareholders of Balanced Capital Fund are not being asked to herein asapprove any amendments to the “Equity-Liquidity Complex”) forFund’s investment restrictions and references to changes to the election of directors or trustees. Each Fund is categorizedFunds’ respective investment restrictions in this Proxy Statement as a “Group Ado not include Balanced Capital Fund’s investment restrictions.

Each of BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. (“Balanced Capital Fund” or a “Group B), BlackRock Total Return Fund (“Total Return 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 BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc., and BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund (“CoreAlpha Bond Fund” and collectively with Balanced Capital Fund and Total Return Fund, the “Feeder Funds”), a Fund organized asseries of BlackRock Funds VI, is a “feeder” fund in a “master/feeder” structure (each,structure. Each of Total Return Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Fund invests all of its assets in Master Total Return Portfolio (“Master Total Return”), a “Feeder Fund”series of Master Bond LLC, and collectively, the “Feeder Funds”) where the master fund (each, a “Master Fund”CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio (“CoreAlpha Bond Master” and collectively,together with Master Total Return, the “Master Funds”) is an Equity-Liquidity Fund (or, a series of an Equity-Liquidity Fund), youMaster Investment Portfolio II, respectively. Balanced Capital Fund invests a significant portion of its fixed-income assets in Master Total Return. Shareholders of each Feeder Fund will also be asked to provide voting instructions to yourthe Feeder Fund as to how, as a beneficial owner of the correspondingapplicable Master Fund, yourthe Feeder Fund should vote forwith respect to the electionProposals relating to the applicable Master Fund. (For purposes of the Board Members overseeing suchthis Proxy Statement, interests in each Master Fund (a listmay be referred to as “shares” and holders of Feeder Funds and their correspondinginterests in each Master Funds is set forth inAppendix BFund may be referred to as “shareholders.”).

The proxies will be voted at the joint special meetings of shareholders of the Funds (the “Meeting”)Meeting and at any and all adjournments or postponements or delays thereof. The Meeting will take place at

Because of our concerns regarding the offices of BlackRock Advisors, LLC, 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, New Jersey 08540-6455, on Wednesday, November 21, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern time). TheCOVID-19 pandemic, 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”).in a virtual meeting format only.

The Board of each Fund hasBoards have determined that the use of this Proxy Statement for the Meeting is in the best interests of such Fundthe Funds, as applicable, and itstheir shareholders in light of the similar matters being considered and voted on by the shareholders of each Fund. Shareholders will receive eitherthe Funds.

Each of BlackRock Allocation Target Shares, BlackRock Funds VI, BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund, Managed Account Series II and Master Investment Portfolio II is organized as 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.

 

2

Effective on or about October 1, 2021, BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund will change its name to BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund and the master fund in which the Fund invests, CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio, will change its name to Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio. These changes are not contingent on the Proposals.

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Delaware statutory trust. Each of BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc., BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc. is organized as a Maryland corporation. Each of BlackRock FundsSM, BlackRock Funds IV and BlackRock Funds V 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”), ortrust. Master Bond LLC is organized as a Delaware limited liability company (each, a “Delaware LLC”), and eachcompany. Each Fund 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

The Boards 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-Liquidity 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 F and H.

Shareholders of record of a Fund as offixed the close of business on September 24, 2018August 27, 2021 as the record date (the “Record Date”) arefor the determination of shareholders of the each Fund entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting andor any and all adjournments or postponements or delays thereof. Shareholders of the Funds on the Record Date are entitled

Distribution 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 ofthis Proxy Statement and the shareholders of each Portfolio of such Fund, is required in orderaccompanying materials will commence on or about [    ], 2021.

If you do not expect to take any actionbe present at the Meeting, please vote your proxy and/or provide voting instructions in accordance 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 businessinstructions included on the Record Date are shown inAppendix 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 inAppendix J.

The Fund or, if applicable, the Portfolio in which you owned shares on the Record Date is named on theenclosed proxy card (or 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.form). Even if you plan to attend the Meeting, please indicate your voting instructions, sign, date and returnEACH the proxy card and/or voting instruction form you receive or ifprovide voting instructions by telephone or over the Internet. 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 any Master Fund in which your Fund or Portfolio is a Feeder Fund. If you vote by telephone or viaover 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),card (or voting instruction form(s) or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, as applicable.form). This code is designed to confirm your identity, provide access into the voting websitesites 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 delayspostponements 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,Proposal, the shares will be voted“FOR”the proposal.Proposal. Shareholders who execute proxiesa proxy or provide voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet may revoke them with respect to one or more proposalsProposals at any time before a vote is taken on such proposal(s)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 executedsubsequently dated proxy bearing a later date,by mail, telephone or the Internet, or by attending the Meeting and voting in personvoting. If your shares are held 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,broker-dealer or other third-party intermediary who holds your shares of record, you must provide voting instructions to such 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 admissionvote your shares.

If your shares in a Fund are registered in your name, you must show valid photographic identification, such asmay attend and participate in the Meeting at https://meetnow.global/MJLQLHV by entering the control number found in the shaded box on your driver’s license or passport.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 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 virtual Meeting unless you have previously requestedregistered 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 obtainedemail address to Computershare Fund Services, 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 “legal proxy”confirmation email from Computershare Fund Services of your bank, broker, financial intermediary or other nomineeregistration and present ita control number and security code that will allow you to vote at the Meeting. Even if you

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plan to attendparticipate 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.

The Meeting will provide shareholders with a meaningful opportunity to participate, including the ability to ask questions of management. To support these efforts, the Funds will:

Provide for shareholders to begin logging into the Meeting at [9:30] a.m. (Eastern time) on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, [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 Meeting matters that are not answered during the Meeting due to time constraints.]

Copies of each Fund’s most recent annual report and semi-annual report can be obtainedreports are available on aBlackRock’s website maintained by BlackRock, Inc. atwww.blackrock.com. and the EDGAR Database on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Internet site at www.sec.gov. In addition, each Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of itsthe Fund’s annual report and a copy of its most recent semi-annual report succeeding the annual report, if any, to aany shareholder upon request. Such requests should be directed to the applicable Fund at 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809, or by calling toll-freetoll free at (800) 1-800-441-7762.441-7762. 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 onas to how to request a separate copy of these documents or as to how to request a single copy if multiple copies of these documents are received, shareholders should contact the applicable Fund at the Delaware address orand phone number set forth above.

Pursuant to a request, a separate copy will be delivered promptly.

SUMMARY OF PROPOSALS AND FUNDS VOTING

The following table listsshows each proposalProposal described in this Proxy Statement and identifies shareholders entitled to vote, and/or provide voting instructions, on each proposal.the Proposal at the Meeting. Appendix A to this Proxy Statement lists the specific fundamental investment restrictions on which shareholders are being asked to vote, and/or provide voting instructions, in Proposals 1 and 2.

 

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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)Proposal

  

Shareholders Entitled to Vote and/or
Provide Voting Instructions

Proposal 1: To elect eleven Board Nomineesapprove the amendment or elimination, as applicable, of certain of the fundamental investment restrictions of each Fund and, for BlackRock Total Return Fund, an amendment to the boardbylaws of directors/trusteesBlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. to reflect the amendment or elimination of the Group B Funds (Board I).

such fundamental investment restrictions
  

Shareholders of Group B Funds listed below, with respect to theireach Fund with shareholders of all Portfolios of aother than Balanced Capital Fund, voting together

separately

PROPOSAL 2(a)

Proposal 2: To provide voting instructions to the Group A Feeder FundsBalanced Capital Fund, Total Return Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Fund to vote for the electionamendment or elimination, as applicable, of fifteen Board Nominees to the board of directors/trusteescertain of the correspondingfundamental investment restrictions of Master Fund.

Total Return and CoreAlpha Bond Master, as applicable, as contemplated by Proposal 1
  

Shareholders of Group A Feeder Funds,Balanced Capital Fund and Total Return Fund, voting separately with respect to their Group A FeederMaster Total Return, and shareholders of CoreAlpha Bond Fund,

voting separately with respect to CoreAlpha Bond Master
Proposal 3: To approve the elimination of the non-fundamental investment restriction regarding investing for the purpose of exercising control or management of each of CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond MasterShareholders of CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master only, voting separately

PROPOSAL 2(b)

Proposal 4: To provide voting instructions to BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund a series of BlackRock Funds VI (“BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund”) to vote for the electionelimination of eleven Board Nominees to the boardnon-fundamental investment restriction regarding investing for the purpose of trusteesexercising control or management of CoreAlpha Bond Master, Portfolio, a series of Master Investment Portfolio II (“CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio”).

as contemplated by Proposal 3
  

Shareholders of CoreAlpha Bond Fund only

Proposal 5: To approve an amendment to the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. to remove fundamental policies and all references theretoShareholders of Total Return Fund only
Proposal 6: To approve a change in BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund’s status from diversified to non-diversified as such terms are defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.Shareholders of BlackRock CoreAlpha BondLong-Horizon Equity Fund

only

Group A Funds(Equity, Multi-Asset, Index and Money Market Funds) to Elect Nominees of Board II1, 2

BBIF Money Fund*

BBIF Treasury Fund*

BIF Money Fund*

BIF Treasury Fund*

BlackRock Asian Dragon Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

BlackRock FundsSM

BlackRock Advantage Emerging Markets Fund

BlackRock Advantage International Fund

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Growth Fund

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Core Fund

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund

BlackRockAll-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

BlackRock Emerging Markets Dividend Fund

BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund

BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio

BlackRock Exchange Portfolio

BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund

BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock High Equity Income Fund

BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund

BlackRock International Dividend Fund

BlackRockMid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

BlackRock Real Estate Securities Fund

BlackRock Short Obligations Fund

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Technology Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Total Emerging Markets Fund

BlackRock Total Factor Fund

iShares Developed Real Estate Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol EAFE Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Intl Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor USA Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI USA Value Factor Index Fund

iShares MSCI Asia ex Japan Index Fund

iShares MSCI Developed World Index Fund

iShares RussellMid-Cap Index Fund

iShares RussellSmall/Mid-Cap Index Fund

iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund

iShares Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund

BlackRock Funds III

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional*

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Index Retirement Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2020 Fund*

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2025 Fund *

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2030 Fund *

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2035 Fund *

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2040 Fund *

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2045 Fund *

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2050 Fund *

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2055 Fund *

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2060 Fund *

iShares MSCI Total International Index Fund*

iShares Russell 1000Large-Cap Index Fund*

iShares S&P 500 Index Fund*

iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund*

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund

iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index Fund*

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund*

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund*

BlackRock Event Driven Equity Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund*

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Liquidity Funds

California Money Fund

Federal Trust Fund

FedFund

MuniCash

MuniFund

New York Money Fund

TempCash

TempFund

T-Fund

Treasury Trust Fund

BlackRock Series, Inc.

BlackRock International Fund

Funds For Institutions Series

BlackRock Premier Government Institutional Fund*

BlackRock Select Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund*

BlackRock Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund*

FFI Government Fund

FFI Treasury Fund

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

Master Premier Government Institutional Portfolio

Master Treasury Strategies Institutional Portfolio

Master Investment Portfolio

Active Stock Master Portfolio

International Tilts Master Portfolio

Large Cap Index Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index Retirement Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2020 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2025 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2030 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2035 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2040 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2045 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2050 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2055 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2060 Master Portfolio

Money Market Master Portfolio

S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio

Total International ex U.S. Index Master Portfolio

Treasury Money Market Master Portfolio

U.S. Total Bond Index Master Portfolio

Master Large Cap Series LLC

Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

Master Advantage Large Cap Value Portfolio

Master Large Cap Focus Growth Portfolio

Master Money LLC

Master Treasury LLC

Quantitative Master Series LLC

Master Small Cap Index Series

Ready Assets Government Liquidity Fund

Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund

Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund

Retirement Series Trust

Retirement Reserves Money Fund

Group B Funds(Non-Index Fixed-Income Funds) to Elect Nominees of Board I1, 2

BlackRock Funds IV

BlackRock Alternative Capital Strategies Fund

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

BlackRock Impact Bond Fund

BlackRock Funds VI

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund

Master Investment Portfolio II

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

1

The Funds (Registrants) are listed in bold in these tables. 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.

2

The principal executive office of each Fund is located at 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809, except the principal executive offices of BlackRock Funds III and Master Investment Portfolio are located at 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, California 94105 and the principal executive offices of Funds for Institutions Series and Master Institutional Money Market LLC are located at 60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

*

Denotes a “Group A Feeder Fund.”

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), 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 MeetingsMeeting of Shareholders to Be Held on November 21, 2018.October 26, 2021. The Notice of Joint Special MeetingsMeeting of Shareholders, the Proxy Statement and the formsform of proxy card and voting instruction form are available on the Internet athttps://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-30180.blk-32307. On this website, you will be able to access the Notice of Joint Special MeetingsMeeting of Shareholders, the Proxy Statement, the formsform of proxy card and voting instruction form and any amendments or supplements to the foregoing materialsmaterial that are required to be furnished to shareholders.

 

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If youThe Boards have any questions, would like to vote your shares, or wish to obtain directions soapproved and recommend that you can attendvote, and provide voting instructions, “FOR” each of the Meeting, please call ComputershareProposals with respect to your Fund, Services (“Computershare”), the proxy solicitor for the Funds, toll-free at1-866-200-9096.as applicable.

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PROPOSALS 1(a), 1(b), 2(a)1.A. THROUGH 1.N. AND 2(b)PROPOSALS 2.A. THROUGH 2.J. ELECTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT OR ELIMINATION, AS APPLICABLE, OF BOARD NOMINEESCERTAIN OF THE FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS OF EACH FUND AND, FOR BLACKROCK TOTAL RETURN FUND, AN AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS OF BLACKROCK BOND FUND, INC. TO REFLECT THE AMENDMENT OR ELIMINATION OF SUCH FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

SHAREHOLDERS OF EACH FUND VOTING SEPARATELY WITH RESPECT TO THEIR FUND

The purpose of Proposal 1(a)Proposals 1.A. through 1.N. is to elect fifteen Board Nomineesapprove the amendment or elimination, as applicable, of certain of the fundamental investment restrictions of each Fund. In addition, Proposals 1.A., 1.C., 1.D., 1.F., 1.H. and 1.J. include proposed changes to the Boardbylaws of each Group ABlackRock Bond Fund, (Board II).Inc. (“BlackRock Bond Fund”), which require shareholder approval to be implemented, in order to align certain fundamental policies set out in the bylaws with the stated fundamental investment restrictions proposed for Total Return Fund as described in such Proposals.

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)Proposals 2.A. through 2.J is to provide voting instructions to each Group A Feeder Fund with respect to how, the Group A Feeder Fund, as a beneficial owner of the applicable Master Fund, the Feeder Fund should vote in connection with the electionproposals to approve the amendment or elimination, as applicable, of fifteen Board Nominees tocertain of the Boardfundamental investment restrictions of the applicable Master Fund.Fund, as contemplated by Proposals 1.A. through 1.J., as applicable.

Background

The Investment Company Act requires registered investment companies, such as the Funds, to have certain specific investment policies that can be changed only with shareholder approval. Investment companies may also elect to designate other policies that may be changed only with a shareholder vote. Both types of policies are often referred to as fundamental policies. (In this Proxy Statement, the word “restriction” is sometimes used to describe a policy.) Some fundamental policies were adopted in the past by the Funds to reflect certain regulatory, business or industry conditions which are no longer in effect. In addition, certain of the policies of the Funds that remain required by law are more restrictive than the law requires. As a result, many of the current restrictions unnecessarily limit the investment strategies available to BlackRock in managing the assets of the Funds.

Changes to the fundamental investment policies of the Funds as proposed in Proposal 1, as applicable, are intended to benefit the Funds and their shareholders in the following ways: (i) each of these changes is designed to provide the Funds with greater investment flexibility to pursue their investment objectives and principal investment strategies and/or respond to a changing regulatory and investment environment; and (ii) by reducing to a minimum those policies that can be changed only by shareholder vote, the Funds in the future may be able to avoid the costs and delay associated with holding shareholder meetings to address issues relating to fundamental investment policies. In the proposed fundamental investment restrictions, references to the Investment Company Act or other applicable law, as applicable, will include any rules promulgated thereunder and any guidance, interpretations or modifications by the Securities and Exchange (the “Commission”), Commission staff or other authority with appropriate jurisdiction, including court interpretations, and exemptive, no-action or other relief or permission from the Commission, Commission staff or other authority.

 

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The purposeProposals are intended to update the fundamental investment policies of the Funds as set forth below by amending or eliminating certain fundamental investment policies. Each Proposal 2(b) isrelates to a particular fundamental restriction. Shareholders are being asked to vote separately on, and provide voting instructions to BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fundseparately with respect to, how BlackRock CoreAlpha Bondeach applicable Proposal. No Proposal to amend or eliminate any fundamental investment policy is contingent upon the approval of any other Proposal. As a result, it may be the case that certain of a Fund’s fundamental investment policies will be amended or eliminated while others will not. If shareholders of a Fund do not approve an applicable Proposal, the current investment policy contained in that Proposal will remain in effect for that Fund. If a Proposal is approved by shareholders at the Meeting, the proposed change to that fundamental investment policy will take effect as beneficial ownersoon as reasonably practicable.

Each Proposal described below sets out the current fundamental investment restriction of CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio, should vote in connection witheach Fund to which the electionProposal is applicable. Please note that the charts may not include the exact wording of eleven Board Nominees to the Board of CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio.

fundamental investment restrictions described.

A list of the Group A Funds and Groupfundamental investment restrictions that will apply to each Fund if each applicable Proposal is approved by the Fund’s shareholders is set out in Appendix B Funds appears on pages4-6 ofto this Proxy Statement. (Appendix B includes current fundamental investment restrictions that are not proposed to be amended for certain Funds because such current restrictions already reflect the fundamental investment restrictions in effect for other BlackRock-advised Funds (as defined below) and provide maximum investment flexibility.)

The election ofProposal 1 is intended to, among other things, provide BlackRock with greater flexibility in managing 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 Advisors, LLC or BlackRock Fund Advisors and/or their affiliates (collectively, the “BlackRock-advised Funds”). That initiative is described in more detail below. If elected by shareholdersportfolios of the Funds, atand, as noted below, in the Meeting,near term certain Funds may take advantage of the Board Nominees would take office effective onJanuaryadditional investment flexibility provided by the amendment or elimination of certain of their current fundamental investment restrictions. However, if Proposal 1 2019 or such later date as will be communicatedis approved for a Fund, unless otherwise disclosed in this Proxy Statement, Fund management does not anticipate material changes 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”) –Fund’s principal investment strategies, and the same individuals compriseFund will continue to be managed subject to the boardsapplicable limitations imposed by the Investment Company Act and the rules and interpretive guidance provided thereunder, as well as the Fund’s investment objective, strategies and policies.

The proposed changes to the bylaws of directors/trustees of the BlackRock-advised Funds within aBlackRock Bond Fund Complex. Itcontemplated by Proposals 1.A., 1.C., 1.D., 1.F. and 1.H., which require shareholder approval to be implemented, will not be made if Total Return Fund shareholders approve Proposal 5. As discussed below in Proposal 5, it is proposed that the three current boardsbylaws of directors/trusteesBlackRock Bond Fund be amended to remove fundamental policies and references thereto. In the event that Proposal 5 is approved by Total Return Fund’s shareholders in addition to Proposal 1, rather than BlackRock Bond Fund’s bylaws being amended pursuant to Proposals 1.A., 1.C., 1.D., 1.F. and 1.H., all fundamental policies of BlackRock Bond Fund Complexes they overseeand references thereto will be realignedremoved from the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund. If shareholders do not approve Proposals 1.A., 1.C., 1.D., 1.F. and/or 1.H. but do approve Proposal 5, the fundamental policies and consolidated into two boardsreferences thereto will be removed from BlackRock Bond Fund’s bylaws. If shareholders of directors/trusteesTotal Return Fund do not approve Proposal 5 but do approve Proposals 1.A., 1.C., 1.D., 1.F. and/or 1.H., then BlackRock Bond Fund’s bylaws will be amended to reflect the amended or eliminated fundamental investment restrictions, as applicable. If none of Proposals 1.A., 1.C., 1.D., 1.F. and two Fund Complexes. Subject1.H. and Proposal 5 is approved by Total Return Fund’s shareholders, no changes will be made to shareholder approval, one board of directors/trustees (referred to in this Proxy Statement as “Board I”) would focus onBlackRock Bond Fund’s bylaws.

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Proposals 1.A. and 2.A.—To Approve the oversightAmendment of the BlackRock-advisednon-index fixed-income mutual fundsFundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Concentration and, all of the BlackRock-advisedclosed-end funds within the BlackRockfor Total Return 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 funds in the Equity-Bond Complex, including the Insurance Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex (collectively, the “Equity-Bond Funds”) 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”), plusApprove 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 boards of directors/trustees of the Equity-Liquidity Funds (collectively, the “Equity-Liquidity Board”) and directors/trustees who currently serve on the Equity-Bond Board, other than (i) the members of the Equity-Liquidity Board and the Equity-Bond 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 consultantsAmendment to the Independent Board Members (as defined below)Bylaws of each Group ABlackRock Bond Fund followingto Reflect the realignment and consolidation. As discussed below, this realignment and consolidation is expected to enable eachAmendment 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.

Such Fundamental Investment Restriction.

Reasons for Board Realignment and ConsolidationFunds affected:

At meetings held in July 2018, the Equity-Liquidity Board and the Equity-Bond Board each determined that the board realignment and consolidation could provide benefits to shareholders of the Equity-Liquidity Funds and the Equity-Bond 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 Total Return 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; and

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.

The Equity-Liquidity 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 recommends that shareholders of Group A Funds vote for Proposal 1(a) and, if applicable, provide voting instructions for Proposal 2(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 Group B Funds vote for Proposal 1(b) and, if applicable, provide voting instructions for Proposal 2(b).

The Proposals described in this Proxy Statement were considered and approved 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 EachBlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund Board

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

Master Total Return Portfolio

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

The Board of each Equity-Liquidityapplicable Fund currently consists of 13 Board Members, 11 of whom are not “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act) (the “Independent Board Members”)has proposed that shareholders of the Funds. One current Board Member, Rodney D. Johnson, is scheduled to retire from the Board of each Fund as of December 31, 2018, and therefore is not standing forre-election. Two current Board Members, Robert C. Robb, Jr. and Frederick W. Winter, are also not seekingre-election and are expected to serve as consultantsapprove an amendment 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 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. UrishFund’s fundamental investment restriction regarding concentration and, Claire A. Walton (the “Board II Nominees”).

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 Total Return Fund, an amendment to the bylaws of directors/trustees)BlackRock Bond Fund to make conforming changes to the corresponding fundamental policy in the bylaws, subject to approval of Proposal 5 by the shareholders of theClosed-End Funds. Henry Gabbay currently serves as an Independent Board Member of each Equity-Bond Fund. Henry Gabbay served as a director/trustee of theClosed-End Funds from 2007 through 2014.Total Return Fund’s shareholders.

 

Susan J. Carter, Collette Chilton, Neil A. Cotty, Robert Fairbairn, Cynthia A. Montgomery, John M. Perlowski, Joseph P. Platt, Mark Stalnecker, Kenneth L. Urish and Claire A. Walton currently

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serve as Board Members of the Funds, and each of the foregoing except Robert Fairbairn was previously elected by shareholders of the Funds.


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-EndCurrent Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Concentration Funds and the Equity-Bond 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 offollowing table sets out 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, theFund’s 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’fundamental investment advisers,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.

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

OverseenTo be
Overseen4

Independent Board Nominees

Mark Stalnecker

1951

Chair Elect of the Board (Since 2018)5 and Board Member

(Since 2015)

Nominee

Chief Investment Officer, University of Delaware from 1999 to 2013; Trustee and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committees, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate from 2005 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
Portfolios






44 RICs
consisting
of 195
Portfolios



None

Bruce R. Bond

1946

NomineeBoard 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
Portfolios






44 RICs
consisting
of 195
Portfolios



None

Susan J. Carter

1956

Board Member (Since 2016)

Nominee

Director, Pacific Pension Institute from 2014 to 2018; Advisory 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
Portfolios






44 RICs
consisting
of 195
Portfolios



None

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

OverseenTo be
Overseen4

Collette Chilton

1958

Board Member (Since 2015)

Nominee

Chief Investment Officer, Williams College since 2006; Chief Investment Officer, Lucent Asset Management Corporation from 1998 to 2006.28 RICs
consisting
of 141
Portfolios
44 RICs
consisting
of 195
Portfolios
None

Neil A. Cotty

1954

Board Member

(Since 2016)

Nominee

Bank 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
Portfolios
44 RICs
consisting
of 195
Portfolios
None

Lena G. Goldberg

1949

NomineeSenior 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
Portfolios
44 RICs
consisting
of 195
Portfolios
None

Robert M. Hernandez

1944

NomineeDirector, 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
Portfolios
44 RICs
consisting
of 195
Portfolios
Chubb 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

OverseenTo be
Overseen4

Henry R. Keizer

1956

NomineeDirector, 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
Portfolios
44 RICs
consisting
of 195
Portfolios
Hertz Global Holdings (car rental); WABCO (commercial vehicle safety systems); Sealed Air Corp. (packaging); Montpelier Re Holdings, Ltd. (publicly held property and casual reinsurance)

Cynthia A. Montgomery

1952

Board Member (Since 2007)

Nominee

Professor, Harvard Business School since 1989; Director, McLean Hospital from 2005 to 2012.28 RICs
consisting
of 141
Portfolios
44 RICs
consisting
of 195
Portfolios
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. (manufacturing)

Donald C. Opatrny

1952

NomineeTrustee, 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
Portfolios
44 RICs
consisting
of 195
Portfolios
None

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

OverseenTo be
Overseen4

Joseph P. Platt

1947

Board Member (Since 2007)

Nominee

General 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
Portfolios
44 RICs
consisting
of 195
Portfolios
Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (reinsurance company); Consol Energy Inc.

Kenneth L. Urish

1951

Board Member (Since 2007)

Nominee

Managing 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
Portfolios
44 RICs
consisting
of 195
Portfolios
None

Claire A. Walton

1957

Board Member (Since 2016)

Nominee

Chief 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
Portfolios
44 RICs
consisting
of 195
Portfolios
None
Interested Board Nominees6

Robert Fairbairn7

1965

Board Member (Since 2018)

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
Portfolios
133 RICs
consisting
of 309
Portfolios
None

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

OverseenTo 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
Portfolios
133 RICs
consisting
of 309
Portfolios
None

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: Cynthia A. Montgomery, 1994; Joseph P. Platt, 1999; and Kenneth L. Urish, 1999. In addition, certain Independent Board Nominees who are currently directors/trustees of the Equity-Bond Funds 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. The other Independent Board Nominees who are currently directors/trustees of the Equity-Bond Funds became members of the boards of directors/trustees of the Equity-Bond Funds as follows: Lena G. Goldberg, 2016; Henry R. Keizer, 2016; and Donald C. Opatrny, 2015.

4

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

5

Mr. Stalnecker was approved as Chair Elect of the boards of directors/trustees of the Equity-Liquidity Funds effective January 1, 2018. It is expected that, effective January 1, 2019, Mr. Stalnecker will assume the position of Chair of the Boards of the Group A Funds, following the retirement of Mr. 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-Bond Funds andClosed-End Funds.

7

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-Liquidity Funds and the Equity-Bond 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.restriction regarding concentration:

 

Board II NomineesApplicable Funds

  

Experience, Qualifications and SkillsCurrent Fundamental Investment Restriction

Independent Board NomineesBlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund, BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio, BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio, BlackRock GNMA Portfolio, BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio and BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

The Fund may not purchase any securities which would cause 25% or more of the value of the Fund’s total assets at the time of purchase to be invested in the securities of one or more issuers conducting their principal business activities in the same industry, provided that (a) there is no limitation with respect to (i) instruments issued or guaranteed by the United States and tax exempt instruments issued by any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or any of their authorities, agencies, instrumentalities or political subdivisions, and (ii) repurchase agreements secured by the instruments described in clause (i); (b) wholly-owned finance companies will be considered to be in the industries of their parents if their activities are primarily related to financing the activities of the parents; and (c) utilities will be divided according to their services; for example, gas, gas transmission, electric and gas, electric and telephone will each be considered a separate industry.
BlackRock Total Return Fund, BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund, BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio and Master Total Return PortfolioThe Fund may not invest more than 25% of its assets, taken at market value, in the securities of issuers in any particular industry (excluding the U.S. Government and its agencies and instrumentalities).
BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

The Fund may not purchase any securities which would cause 25% or more of the value of the Fund’s total assets at the time of purchase to be invested in the securities of one or more issuers conducting their principal business activities in the same industry, provided that (a) the Fund may cause 25% or more of its total assets at the time of purchase to be invested in the securities of one or more investment companies; (b) there is no limitation with respect to (i) instruments issued or guaranteed by the United States and tax exempt instruments issued by any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or any of their authorities, agencies, instrumentalities or political subdivisions, and (ii) repurchase agreements secured by the instruments described in clause (i); (c) wholly-owned finance companies will be considered to be in the industries of their parents if their activities are primarily related to financing the activities of the parents; and (d) utilities will be divided according to their services; for example, gas, gas transmission, electric and gas, electric and telephone will each be considered a separate industry.

For purposes of the concentration policy, the Fund will look through to the portfolio holdings of the underlying funds in which it invests and will aggregate the holdings of the underlying funds (on a pro rata basis based on the Fund’s investment in each underlying fund) to determine concentration in a particular industry in accordance with the concentration policy provided above. For the purposes of this policy, only those underlying funds that are part of the BlackRock family of funds will be aggregated; the Fund will not aggregate underlying fund holdings, if any, in underlying funds outside of the BlackRock family of funds.

Bruce R.BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond

Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio
  

Bruce R. Bond has served for approximately 20 years onThe Fund may not purchase the boardsecurities of registeredissuers conducting their principal business activity in the same industry if, immediately after the purchase and as a result thereof, the value of the Fund’s investments in that industry would exceed 25% of the current value of the Fund’s total assets, provided that this restriction does not limit the Fund’s: (i) investments in securities of other investment companies, having served as a member of(ii) investments in securities issued or guaranteed by the Board ofU.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, or (iii) investments in repurchase agreements, provided further that the Equity-Bond Complex and its predecessor funds, includingFund reserves 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.

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 1997right 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 experienceconcentrate in the financial services industry, including 19 years at Bankobligations of America Corporation anddomestic banks (as such term is interpreted by the Commission or 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.

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Board II Nominees

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

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.

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.

Board II Nominees

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

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.

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.

Board II Nominees

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

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-BondApplicable 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-Bond 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 Fundamental Investment Restriction

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

Number of
BlackRock-Advised
Registered Investment
Companies (“RICs”)
Consisting of Investment
Portfolios (“Portfolios”)BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund and BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.
  

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 CompanyFund may not invest more than 25% of America since 1998; Board Chair, Volunteersits assets, taken at market value at the time 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
Portfolios






89 RICs
consisting
of 114
Portfolios



None

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
Portfolios






89 RICs
consisting
of 114
Portfolios



Greenhill & 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
Portfolios






89 RICs
consisting
of 114
Portfolios



None

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
Portfolios
89 RICs
consisting
of 114
Portfolios
Unum (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; Professoreach investment, in the Practicesecurities of Finance, Yale University School of Management from 1994 to 2011issuers in any particular industry (excluding the U.S. Government 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
Portfolios
89 RICs
consisting
of 114
Portfolios
None

Henry Gabbay

1947

NomineeBoard Member, Equity-Bond Board since 2007; Board Member, Equity-Liquidityits agencies 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
Portfolios
89 RICs
consisting
of 114
Portfolios
None

R. Glenn Hubbard

1958

NomineeDean, Columbia Business School since 2004; Faculty member, Columbia Business School since 1988.73 RICs
consisting
of 73
Portfolios
89 RICs
consisting
of 114
Portfolios
ADP (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
Portfolios






89 RICs
consisting
of 114
Portfolios



None

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
Portfolios






89 RICs
consisting
of 114
Portfolios



None

Interested Board Nominees5

Robert Fairbairn6

1965

Board Member (Since 2018)

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
Portfolios






133 RICs
consisting
of 309
Portfolios



None

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
Portfolios






133 RICs
consisting
of 309
Portfolios



None instrumentalities).

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.

In addition, the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund state that it is a fundamental policy of the BlackRock Bond Fund not to invest more than 25% of the total assets of the any series of BlackRock Bond Fund (taken at market value at the time of each investment) in the securities of issuers primarily engaged in the same industry. BlackRock Bond Fund’s bylaws further provide that utilities will be divided according to their services; for example, gas, gas transmission, electric and telephone each will be considered a separate industry for purposes of this restriction.

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.Proposed Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Concentration

For each applicable Fund, other than BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio, the proposed fundamental investment restrictionwould state that the Fund may not: “concentrate its investments in a particular industry, as that term is used in the Investment Company Act.”

For Total Return Fund, it is also proposed that the fundamental policy in BlackRock Bond Fund’s bylaws relating to concentration be amended to conform to the proposed fundamental investment restriction regarding concentration set out above, subject to approval of Proposal 5 by Total Return Fund’s shareholders.

For BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio only, the proposed fundamental investment restriction would state that the Fund may not: “concentrate its investments in a particular industry, as that term is used in the Investment Company Act; provided, that the Fund will invest at least 25% of its total assets in non-agency mortgage-backed securities, which for purposes of this investment restriction the Fund will treat as an industry or group of industries.”

Rationale

While the Investment Company Act does not define what constitutes “concentration” in an industry, the Commission has taken the position that investment of 25% or more of a fund’s total assets in one or more issuers conducting their principal activities in the same industry constitutes concentration. It is possible that interpretations of concentration could change in the future.

The applicable Funds’ current fundamental policies on concentration vary. The Funds’ current fundamental policies reflect the 25% test noted above that is the Commission’s current interpretation of concentration. If this interpretation were to change, each applicable Fund would not be able to change its concentration policy without seeking shareholder approval. The proposed investment restriction does not contain a stated percentage limitation and will be interpreted to refer to concentration as it may be interpreted from time to time.

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio is seeking to amend its concentration policy to provide that the Fund will concentrate in non-agency mortgage-backed securities to enhance its ability to execute its principal investment strategies. The Fund’s strategy of concentrating in non-agency

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-Bond 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-Liquidity Funds and the Equity-Bond Funds.

 

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mortgage-backed securities means that its performance will be closely tied to the performance of a particular market segment. The table below discusses someFund’s concentration in these securities may present more risks than if it were broadly diversified over numerous industries and sectors of the experiences, qualificationseconomy. A downturn in these securities would have a larger impact on the Fund than on a mutual fund that does not concentrate in such securities. At times, the performance of these securities will lag the performance of other industries or the broader market as a whole.

Proposals 1.B. and skills2.B.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Borrowing and the Issuance of Senior Securities.

Funds affected:

BATS: Series C Portfolio

BATS: Series M Portfolio

BATS: Series S Portfolio

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

The Board of each applicable Fund has proposed that shareholders of the Board I NomineesFund approve an amendment to the fundamental investment restriction regarding borrowing and the issuance of senior securities.

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Borrowing and the Issuance of Senior Securities

Under each applicable Fund’s current fundamental investment restriction regarding borrowing and the issuance of senior securities, the Fund may not issue senior securities, borrow money or pledge its assets, except that support the conclusion that they should serve (or continue to serve) on the Boardsit may borrow from banks or enter into reverse repurchase agreements or dollar rolls in amounts aggregating not more than 331/3% of the Group B Funds.value of its total assets (calculated when the loan is made) to take advantage of investment opportunities and may pledge up to 331/3% of the value of its total assets to secure such borrowings. Each Fund is also authorized to borrow an additional 5% of its total assets without regard to the foregoing limitations for temporary purposes such as clearance of portfolio transactions and share redemptions. For purposes of these restrictions, the purchase or sale of securities on a “when-issued,” delayed delivery or forward commitment basis, the purchase and sale of options and futures contracts and collateral arrangements with respect thereto are not deemed to be the issuance of a senior security, a borrowing or a pledge of assets.

Proposed Fundamental Investment Restrictions Regarding Borrowing and the Issuance of Senior Securities

The proposed fundamental investment restrictionsof each applicable Fund would state that the Fund may not: “borrow money, except as permitted under the Investment Company Act” and “issue senior securities to the extent such issuance would violate the Investment Company Act.”

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Rationale

All mutual funds are required to have a fundamental policy regarding the borrowing of money. The Investment Company Act permits a fund to borrow money in amounts of up to one-third of the fund’s total assets from banks for any purpose, and to borrow up to an additional 5% of the fund’s total assets from banks or other lenders for temporary purposes. Each Fund has received an exemptive order from the Commission (the “IFL Order”), as further described below, that permits it to borrow from BlackRock-advised Funds (as defined below), which are not banks, to the limited extent necessary to implement the Interfund Lending Program (as defined below) to the extent consistent with the Fund’s investment restrictions and policies and subject to compliance with the conditions of the IFL Order. To limit the risks attendant to borrowing, the Investment Company Act requires a fund to maintain an “asset coverage” of at least 300% of the amount of its borrowings, provided that in the event that the fund’s asset coverage falls below 300%, the fund is required to reduce the amount of its borrowings so that it meets the 300% asset coverage threshold within three days (not including Sundays and holidays). Moreover, the current restrictions require certain Funds to include reverse repurchase agreements in their one-third borrowing limit. However, under new Rule 18f-4 under the Investment Company Act, which governs registered funds’ use of derivatives and has a compliance date of August 19, 2022, reverse repurchase agreements and similar financing transactions may either be treated as borrowings and subject to the Investment Company Act restrictions or may be treated as derivatives.

In addition, all mutual funds are required to have a fundamental policy regarding the issuance of senior securities. The Investment Company Act prohibits an open-end investment company from issuing any class of senior security, or selling any class of senior security of which it is the issuer, except that the investment company may borrow from a bank provided that immediately after any such borrowing there is asset coverage of at least 300% for all of its borrowings.

Each applicable Fund’s current investment restriction as it relates to borrowing limits borrowings to borrowings from banks in amounts not exceeding 331/3% of total assets to take advantage of investment opportunities and an additional 5% for temporary purposes. The proposed investment restriction regarding borrowing will permit an applicable Fund to borrow to the fullest extent permitted by the Investment Company Act and related interpretations, as in effect from time to time, and in situations and under circumstances in which it previously could not do so. Borrowing may cause the value of a Fund’s shares to be more volatile than if the Fund did not borrow. This is because borrowing tends to magnify the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of a Fund’s portfolio holdings. Borrowed money thus creates an opportunity for greater gains, but also greater losses. There also are costs associated with borrowing money, and these costs would offset and could eliminate a Fund’s net investment income in any given period.

Additionally, pursuant to the IFL Order, each applicable Fund, to the extent permitted by its investment policies and restrictions and subject to meeting the conditions of the IFL Order, has the ability to borrow money from certain other funds advised by BlackRock or BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”) or any successor thereto or an investment adviser controlling, controlled by, or under common control with BlackRock or BFA or any successor thereto (“BlackRock-advised Funds”) pursuant to a master interfund lending agreement (the “Interfund Lending Program”). Under the Interfund Lending Program, a Fund may borrow money for temporary purposes directly from certain other BlackRock-advised Funds (an “Interfund Loan”). All Interfund Loans would consist only of uninvested cash reserves that the lending BlackRock-advised Fund

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otherwise would invest in short-term repurchase agreements or other short-term instruments. Each applicable Fund’s current fundamental investment restriction as it relates to borrowing would limit the Fund’s ability to borrow under the Interfund Lending Program in certain circumstances. Under the proposed investment restriction regarding borrowing, each applicable Fund would be able to conduct all borrowing from other BlackRock-advised Funds up to the prescribed limits under the Investment Company Act through the Interfund Lending Program, which the Board of each applicable Fund believes could provide the Fund access to lower interest rates on such borrowed amounts than those that typically would be payable under short-term loans offered by banks or custodian overdrafts.

Proposals 1.C. and 2.C.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Borrowing and, for Total Return Fund, to Approve an Amendment to the Bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to Reflect the Amendment of Such Fundamental Investment Restriction.

Funds affected:

BlackRock Total Return Fund

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

Master Total Return Portfolio

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

The Board of each applicable Fund has proposed that shareholders of the Fund approve an amendment to the fundamental investment restriction regarding borrowing and, in the case of Total Return Fund, an amendment to the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to make conforming changes to the corresponding fundamental policy in the bylaws, subject to approval of Proposal 5 by Total Return Fund’s shareholders.

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Borrowing

The following table sets out each applicable Fund’s current fundamental investment restriction regarding borrowing:

 

Board I NomineesApplicable Funds

  

Experience, Qualifications and SkillsCurrent Fundamental Investment Restriction

Independent Board NomineesBlackRock Total Return Fund, BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio and Master Total Return Portfolio

Richard E. Cavanagh

  

Richard E. Cavanagh is expectedThe Fund may not borrow money, except that (i) the Fund may borrow from banks (as defined in the Investment Company Act) in amounts up to bring331/3% of its total assets (including the amount borrowed), (ii) the Fund may borrow up to an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes, (iii) the Fund may obtain such short-term credit as may be necessary for the clearance of purchases and sales of portfolio securities, and (iv) the Fund may purchase securities on margin to the Boards a wealthextent permitted by applicable law. The Fund may not pledge its assets other than to secure such borrowings or, to the extent permitted by the Fund’s investment policies as set forth in its Prospectus and Statement of practical business knowledgeAdditional Information, as they may be amended from time to time, in connection with hedging transactions, short sales, when-issued and leadership as an experienced director/trustee of various publicforward commitment transactions 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 intosimilar investment trends and conditions. Mr. Cavanagh’s long-standing service as a director/trustee/chair of theClosed-Endstrategies. 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.

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

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Board I NomineesApplicable Funds

  

Experience, Qualifications and SkillsCurrent Fundamental Investment Restriction

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund  

The Fund may not borrow money, except that (a) the Fund, to the extent permitted by applicable law, may borrow from banks (as defined in the Investment Company Act), other affiliated investment companies and other persons or through reverse repurchase agreements in amounts up to 33Closed-End1 Funds also provides her with a specific understanding/3% of its total assets (including the BlackRock-advised Funds, their operations,amount borrowed), (b) the Fund may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, borrow up to an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes, (c) the Fund may obtain such short-term credits as may be necessary for the clearance of purchases and sales of portfolio securities, (d) the businessFund may purchase securities on margin to the extent permitted by applicable law and regulatory issues facing(e) the BlackRock-advised Funds.Fund may engage in transactions in mortgage dollar rolls which are accounted for as financings.

Michael J. Castellano

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio
  

The Boards are expectedFund may not borrow money, except 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.the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act, including the rules, regulations 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.

any orders obtained thereunder.

Cynthia L. Egan

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund
  

Cynthia L. Egan is expectedThe Fund may not borrow money, except that (i) the Fund may borrow in amounts up to bring331/3% of its total assets (including the amount borrowed), (ii) the Fund may, to the Boards a broadextent permitted by applicable law, borrow up to an additional 5% of its total assets for temporary purposes, (iii) the Fund may obtain such short term credit as may be necessary for the clearance of purchases and diverse knowledgesales of investment companiesportfolio securities and (iv) 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 advisorFund may purchase securities on margin to the U.S. Departmentextent permitted by applicable law. The Fund may not pledge its assets other than to secure such borrowings or, to the extent permitted by the Fund’s investment policies as set forth in its Prospectus and Statement of TreasuryAdditional Information, as an expertthey may be amended from time to time, in domestic retirement security. Ms. Egan began her professional career at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserveconnection with hedging transactions, short sales, when-issued 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,forward commitment transactions and of The Hanover Group, a public property casualty insurance company.

similar investment strategies.

Frank J. Fabozzi

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.
  

Frank J. Fabozzi has servedThe Fund may not borrow money, except that (i) the Fund may borrow from banks (as defined in the Investment Company Act) in amounts up to 331/3% of its total assets (including the amount borrowed), (ii) the Fund may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, borrow up to an additional 5% of its total assets for over 25 yearstemporary purposes, (iii) the Fund may obtain such short-term credit as may be necessary for the clearance of purchases and sales of portfolio securities and (iv) the Fund may purchase securities on margin to the boards of registered investment companies. Dr. Fabozzi holdsextent permitted by applicable law. The Fund may not pledge its assets other than to secure such borrowings or, to 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 givenextent permitted by the CFA Institute. The Boards benefitFund’s investment policies as set forth in its Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, as they may be amended from Dr. Fabozzi’s experiences as a professortime to time, in connection with hedging transactions, short sales, when-issued and author in the field of finance. Dr. Fabozzi’s experience as a professor at various institutions, including EDHEC Business School, Yale, MIT,forward commitment transactions 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 thesimilar 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

strategies.

In addition, the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. state that it is a fundamental policy of BlackRock Bond Fund not to issue senior securities, or borrow amounts in any series of BlackRock Bond Fund in excess of 5% of the total assets of such series, taken at market value at the time of the borrowing, and then only from banks as a temporary measure for extraordinary or emergency purposes.

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Proposed Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Borrowing

The proposed fundamental investment restrictionof each applicable Fund would state that the Fund may not: “borrow money, except as permitted under the Investment Company Act.”

For Total Return Fund, it is also proposed that the fundamental policy in BlackRock Bond Fund’s bylaws relating to borrowing and the issuance of senior securities be replaced with the proposed fundamental investment restriction regarding borrowing set out above, subject to approval of Proposal 5 by Total Return Fund’s shareholders. (As described below in connection with Proposal 1.D., it is also proposed that this same restriction be replaced with the proposed fundamental restriction regarding the issuance of senior securities.)

Rationale

See the discussion under “Proposals 1.B. and 2.B.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Borrowing and the Issuance of Senior Securities—Rationale” for a discussion of the rationale for amending the current fundamental investment restriction regarding borrowing for each applicable Fund other than CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master.

For CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master, the proposed fundamental investment restriction is substantially similar to the current investment restriction in the flexibility it provides to CoreAlpha Bond and CoreAlpha Bond Master with respect to borrowing because, as noted above, the reference to the “Investment Company Act” in the proposed investment restriction will include the rules, regulations and any orders obtained thereunder. However, the proposed investment restriction would allow for greater flexibility with respect to borrowing to the extent the Investment Company Act, including any guidance, interpretations or modifications by the Commission, Commission staff or other authority with appropriate jurisdiction, including court interpretations, and exemptive, no-action or other relief or permission, provides greater flexibility in the future. The proposed investment restriction is also intended to align CoreAlpha Bond Fund’s and CoreAlpha Bond Master’s fundamental restriction regarding borrowing with that of certain other BlackRock-advised Funds. In addition, the proposed investment restriction would not affect CoreAlpha Bond Fund’s and CoreAlpha Bond Master’s ability to borrow money through the Interfund Lending Program, as such Funds’ current investment restriction permits such Funds to conduct all borrowing from other BlackRock-advised Funds up to the prescribed limits under the Investment Company Act through the Interfund Lending Program.

Proposals 1.D. and 2.D.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding the Issuance of Senior Securities and, for Total Return Fund, to Approve an Amendment to the Bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to Reflect the Amendment of Such Fundamental Investment Restriction.

Funds affected:

BlackRock Total Return Fund

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

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BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

Master Total Return Portfolio

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

The Board of each applicable Fund has proposed that shareholders of the Fund approve an amendment to the fundamental investment restriction regarding the issuance of senior securities and, in the case of Total Return Fund, an amendment to the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to make conforming changes to the corresponding fundamental policy in the bylaws, subject to approval of Proposal 5 by Total Return Fund’s shareholders.

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding the Issuance of Senior Securities

The following table sets out each applicable Fund’s current fundamental investment restriction regarding the issuance of senior securities:

Board I NomineesApplicable Funds

  

Experience, Qualifications and SkillsCurrent Fundamental Investment Restriction

BlackRock Total Return Fund, BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund, BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund, BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc. BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio and Master Total Return Portfolio  

Director of BlackRock, Inc., Chief Administrative Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and President of BlackRock Funds providesThe Fund may not issue senior securities to 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 of the Equity-Bond Funds, 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.

extent such issuance would violate applicable law.

R. Glenn Hubbard

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio
  

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 adviserThe Fund may not issue senior securities, except to the President ofextent permitted under the United States adds a dimension of balance toInvestment Company Act, including the Funds’ governancerules, regulations 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.

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

any orders obtained thereunder.

In addition, the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund state that it is a fundamental policy of BlackRock Bond Fund not to issue senior securities, or borrow amounts in any series of BlackRock Bond Fund in excess of 5% of the total assets of such Portfolio, taken at market value at the time of the borrowing, and then only from banks as a temporary measure for extraordinary or emergency purposes.

Proposed Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding the Issuance of Senior Securities

The proposed fundamental investment restrictionof each applicable Fund would state that the Fund may not: “issue senior securities to the extent such issuance would violate the Investment Company Act.”

For Total Return Fund, it is also proposed that the fundamental policy in BlackRock Bond Fund’s bylaws relating to borrowing and the issuance of senior securities be replaced with the proposed fundamental investment restriction set out above, subject to approval of Proposal 5 by Total Return Fund’s shareholders, in addition to the proposed fundamental restriction regarding borrowing described above under Proposal 1.C.

Rationale

All mutual funds are required to have a fundamental policy regarding the issuance of senior securities. The Investment Company Act prohibits an open-end investment company from issuing any class of senior security, or selling any class of senior security of which it is the issuer, except that the investment company may borrow from a bank provided that immediately after any such borrowing there is asset coverage of at least 300% for all of its borrowings.

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The sole change in the proposed investment restriction for each Fund other than CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master is to reference to the “Investment Company Act,” rather than “applicable law.” This change is intended to provide greater specificity as to any potential limitations on the ability of each Fund to issue senior securities.

For CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master, the proposed fundamental investment restriction is substantially similar to the current investment restriction in the flexibility it provides to CoreAlpha Bond and CoreAlpha Bond Master with respect to the issuance of senior securities because, as noted above, the reference to the “Investment Company Act” in the proposed investment restriction will include the rules, regulations and any orders obtained thereunder. However, the proposed investment restriction would allow for greater flexibility with respect to the issuance of senior securities to the extent the Investment Company Act, including any guidance, interpretations or modifications by the Commission, Commission staff or other authority with appropriate jurisdiction, including court interpretations, and exemptive, no-action or other relief or permission from the Commission, Commission staff or other authority, provides such greater flexibility in the future. In addition, the proposed investment restriction is intended to align CoreAlpha Bond Fund’s and CoreAlpha Bond Master’s fundamental restriction regarding the issuance of senior securities with that of certain other BlackRock-advised Funds.

Proposals 1.E. and 2.E.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Investing in Real Estate.

Funds affected: all Funds

The Board of each Fund has proposed that shareholders of the applicable Fund approve an amendment to the fundamental investment restriction regarding investing in real estate.

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Investing in Real Estate

The following table sets out each applicable Fund’s current fundamental investment restriction regarding investing in real estate:

Board I NomineesApplicable Funds

  

Experience, QualificationsCurrent Fundamental Investment Restriction

BATS: Series C Portfolio, BATS: Series M Portfolio, BATS: Series S Portfolio, BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund, BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio, BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio, BlackRock GNMA Portfolio, BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio, BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio and SkillsBlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities PortfolioThe Fund may not purchase or sell real estate, except that the Fund may purchase securities of issuers which deal in real estate and may purchase securities which are secured by interests in real estate.
BlackRock Total Return Fund, BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund, BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc., BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio and Master Total Return PortfolioThe Fund may not purchase or sell real estate, except that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Fund may invest in securities directly or indirectly secured by real estate or interests therein or issued by companies which invest in real estate or interests therein.

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Applicable Funds

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit FundThe Fund may notpurchase, hold or deal in real estate, although the Fund may purchase and sell securities that are secured by real estate or interests therein, securities of real estate investment trusts and mortgage-related securities and may hold and sell real estate acquired by the Fund as a result of the ownership of securities.
BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master PortfolioThe Fund may not purchase or sell real estate unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments (but this shall not prevent the Fund from investing in securities or other instruments backed by real estate or securities of companies engaged in the real estate business).

Proposed Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Investing in Real Estate

The proposed investment restrictionof each Fund would state that the Fund may not: “purchase or hold real estate, except the Fund may purchase and hold securities or other instruments that are secured by, or linked to, real estate or interests therein, securities of real estate investment trusts, mortgage-related securities and securities of issuers engaged in the real estate business, and the Fund may purchase and hold real estate as a result of the ownership of securities or other instruments.”

Rationale

The Investment Company Act does not prohibit a fund from owning real estate or investing in real estate mortgage loans; however, a fund is limited in the amount of illiquid assets it may purchase by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act (real estate may be considered illiquid). Investing in real estate may involve risks, including that real estate is generally considered illiquid and may be difficult to value and sell. Owners of real estate may be subject to various liabilities, including environmental liabilities.

Currently, each Fund is not permitted to purchase or sell real estate, but it may invest in certain real estate-related securities. As a general rule, each Fund currently does not intend to purchase or sell real estate. However, each Fund wishes to preserve the flexibility to invest in certain real estate-related securities consistent with its investment objective and strategies. The proposed investment restriction would allow each Fund to invest in a potentially greater universe of real estate-related securities than the current investment restriction by permitting investments in securities or other instruments that are secured by, or linked to, real estate or interests therein, securities of real estate investment trusts, mortgage-related securities and securities of issuers engaged in the real estate business. In addition, the proposed investment restriction would permit each Fund to purchase and hold real estate as a result of the ownership of securities or other instruments.

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Proposals 1.F. and 2.F.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Underwriting and, for Total Return Fund, to Approve an Amendment to the Bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to Reflect the Amendment of Such Fundamental Investment Restriction.

Funds affected: all Funds

The Board of each Fund has proposed that shareholders of the Fund approve an amendment to the fundamental investment restriction regarding underwriting and, in the case of Total Return Fund, an amendment to the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to make conforming changes to the corresponding fundamental policy in the bylaws, subject to approval of Proposal 5 by Total Return Fund’s shareholders.

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Underwriting

The following table sets out each applicable Fund’s current fundamental investment restriction regarding underwriting:

Applicable Funds

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction

BATS: Series C Portfolio, BATS: Series M Portfolio, BATS: Series S Portfolio, BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund, BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio, BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio, BlackRock GNMA Portfolio, BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio, BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio and BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities PortfolioThe Fund may not act as an underwriter of securities within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 except to the extent that the purchase of obligations directly from the issuer thereof, or the disposition of securities, in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective, policies and limitations may be deemed to be underwriting.
BlackRock Total Return Fund, BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund, BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc., BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio and Master Total Return PortfolioThe Fund may not underwrite securities of other issuers except insofar as the Fund technically may be deemed an underwriter under the Securities Act of 1933 in selling portfolio securities.
BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit FundThe Fund may notunderwrite securities issued by others, except to the extent that the sale of portfolio securities by the Fund may be deemed to be an underwriting.
BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master PortfolioThe Fund may not underwrite securities of other issuers, except to the extent that the purchase of permitted investments directly from the issuer thereof or from an underwriter for an issuer and the later disposition of such securities in accordance with the Fund’s investment program may be deemed to be an underwriting; and provided further, that the purchase by the Fund of securities issued by an open-end management investment company, or a series thereof, with substantially the same investment objective, policies and restrictions as the Fund shall not constitute an underwriting for purposes of this paragraph.

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In addition, the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund state that it is a fundamental policy of BlackRock Bond Fund not to underwrite securities of other issuers except insofar as the Fund may be deemed an underwriter under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) in selling portfolio securities.

Proposed Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Underwriting

The proposed fundamental investment restrictionof each Fund would state that the Fund may not: “underwrite securities issued by others, except to the extent that the sale of portfolio securities by the Fund may be deemed to be an underwriting or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.”

For Total Return Fund, it is also proposed that the fundamental policy in BlackRock Bond Fund’s bylaws relating to underwriting be replaced with the proposed fundamental investment restriction regarding underwriting set out above, subject to approval of Proposal 5 by Total Return Fund’s shareholders.

Rationale

All mutual funds are required to have a fundamental policy regarding engaging in the business of underwriting the securities of other issuers. The Investment Company Act permits a fund to engage in the business of underwriting securities within certain limits. Under its current investment restriction, each Fund is prohibited from underwriting securities issued by others, subject to certain exceptions which vary by Fund. The proposed investment restriction would permit each Fund to underwrite the securities of other issuers to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and thus would give each Fund greater flexibility to respond to future investment opportunities, subject to its investment objective and strategies.

The current investment restrictions permit certain Funds to sell portfolio securities, even if the Fund technically may be deemed an underwriter under the Securities Act. This exception refers to a technical provision of the Securities Act which deems certain persons to be “underwriters” if they purchase a security from the issuer and later sell it to the public. Although it is not believed that the application of this Securities Act provision would cause a Fund to be engaged in the business of underwriting, the proposed investment restriction would be interpreted not to prevent the Fund from engaging in transactions involving the acquisition or disposition of portfolio securities, regardless of whether it may be considered to be an underwriter under the Securities Act. Under the Securities Act, an underwriter may be liable for material omissions or misstatements in an issuer’s registration statement or prospectus.

Securities purchased from an issuer and not registered for sale under the Securities Act are considered restricted securities. There may be a limited market for these securities. If these securities are registered under the Securities Act, they may then be eligible for sale but participating in the sale may subject the seller to underwriter liability. These risks could apply to the extent a Fund invests in restricted securities.

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Proposals 1.G. and 2.G.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Investing in Commodities.

Funds affected: all Funds

The Board of each Fund has proposed that shareholders of the Fund approve an amendment to the fundamental investment restriction regarding investing in commodities.

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Investing in Commodities

The following table sets out each applicable Fund’s current fundamental investment restriction regarding investing in commodities:

Applicable Funds

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction(s)

BATS: Series C Portfolio, BATS: Series M Portfolio, BATS: Series S Portfolio, BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund, BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio, BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio, BlackRock GNMA Portfolio, BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio and BlackRock Low Duration Bond PortfolioThe Fund may not purchase or sell commodities except that the Fund may, to the extent appropriate to its investment policies, purchase securities of companies engaging in whole or in part in such activities, may engage in currency transactions and may enter into futures contracts and related options.
BlackRock Total Return Fund, BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund, BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund, BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc., BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio and Master Total Return PortfolioThe Fund may not purchase or sell commodities or contracts on commodities, except to the extent that a Fund may do so in accordance with applicable law and the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, as they may be amended from time to time, and without registering as a commodity pool operator under the Commodity Exchange Act.
For BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities PortfolioThe Fund may not purchase or sell commodities except that the Fund may, to the extent appropriate to its investment policies, purchase securities of companies engaging in whole or in part in such activities, may engage in currency transactions and may enter into futures contracts and related options, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master PortfolioThe Fund may not purchase or sell commodities, provided that (i) currency will not be deemed to be a commodity for purposes of this restriction, (ii) this restriction does not limit the purchase or sale of futures contracts, forward contracts or options, and (iii) this restriction does not limit the purchase or sale of securities or other instruments backed by commodities or the purchase or sale of commodities acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments.

Proposed Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Investing in Commodities

The proposed fundamental investment restrictionof each Fund would state that the Fund may not: “purchase or sell commodities or commodity contracts, except as permitted by the Investment Company Act.”

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Rationale

The Investment Company Act does not prohibit a fund from owning commodities, whether physical commodities or contracts related to physical commodities (such as oil or grains and related futures contracts), or financial commodities and contracts related to financial commodities (such as currencies and, possibly, currency futures). The value of commodities and commodity-related instruments may be extremely volatile and may be affected either directly or indirectly by a variety of factors. There also may be storage charges and risks of loss associated with physical commodities.

The current investment restriction of certain Funds requires that the Fund’s purchase and sale of commodities or contracts on commodities not cause it to have to register as a commodity pool operator (“CPO”) under the Commodity Exchange Act. Under the current rules of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), BlackRock, as the investment adviser, and not the Fund, would be the entity required to register as a CPO to the extent a Fund’s commodity investments exceeded certain thresholds. The proposed investment restriction removes the outdated reference to a Fund potentially being required to register as a CPO as a result of its commodity investments. BlackRock would register as a CPO with respect to a Fund if the Fund’s commodity investments require BlackRock to so register under applicable CFTC rules. The proposed investment restriction also references the “Investment Company Act,” rather than “applicable law,” to provide greater specificity as to any potential limitations on each Fund’s ability to purchase or sell commodities and commodity contracts.

As noted below in connection with Proposal 1.K., certain Funds are also seeking shareholder approval to eliminate a separate fundamental investment restriction regarding purchasing commodities contracts and investing in oil, gas or mineral exploration or development programs.

Proposals 1.H. and 2.H.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Lending and, for Total Return Fund, to Approve an Amendment to the Bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to Reflect the Amendment of Such Fundamental Investment Restriction.

Funds affected: all Funds

The Board of each Fund has proposed that shareholders of the Fund approve an amendment to the fundamental investment restriction regarding lending and, in the case of Total Return Fund, an amendment to the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to make conforming changes to the corresponding fundamental policy in the bylaws, subject to approval of Proposal 5 by Total Return Fund’s shareholders.

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Current Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Lending

The following table sets out each applicable Fund’s current fundamental investment restriction regarding lending:

Applicable Funds

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction

BATS: Series C Portfolio, BATS: Series M Portfolio, BATS: Series S Portfolio, BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund, BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio, BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio, BlackRock GNMA Portfolio, BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio, BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio and BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities PortfolioThe Fund may not make loans, except that the Fund may purchase and hold debt instruments and enter into repurchase agreements in accordance with its investment objective and policies and may lend portfolio securities.
BlackRock Total Return Fund, BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc. and Master Total Return PortfolioThe Fund may not make loans to other persons, except that the acquisition of bonds, debentures or other corporate debt securities and investment in government obligations, commercial paper, pass-through instruments, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances, repurchase agreements or any similar instruments shall not be deemed to be the making of a loan, and except further that the Fund may lend its portfolio securities, provided that the lending of portfolio securities may be made only in accordance with applicable law and the guidelines set forth in its Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, as they may be amended from time to time.
BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit FundThe Fund may notmake loans, except through (a) the purchase of debt obligations in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective and policies, (b) repurchase agreements with banks, brokers, dealers and other financial institutions, (c) loans of securities as permitted by applicable law, and (d) loans to affiliates of the Fund to the extent permitted by law.
BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master PortfolioThe Fund may not make loans to other parties, except to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act, including the rules, regulations and any orders obtained thereunder. For the purposes of this limitation, entering into repurchase agreements, lending securities and acquiring any debt securities are not deemed to be the making of loans.
BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund and BlackRock U.S. Mortgage PortfolioThe Fund may not make loans to other persons, except (i) that the acquisition of bonds, debentures or other corporate debt securities and investment in government obligations, commercial paper, pass-through instruments, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances, repurchase agreements, purchase and sale contracts or any similar instruments shall not be deemed to be the making of a loan; (ii) that the Fund may lend its portfolio securities, provided that the lending of portfolio securities may be made only in accordance with applicable law and the guidelines set forth in the Fund’s Registration Statement, as it may be amended from time to time; and (iii) as may otherwise be permitted by an exemptive order issued to the Fund by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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In addition, the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund state that it is a fundamental policy of BlackRock Bond Fund not to:

1.

make loans, except to lend portfolio securities as provided immediately below and except through the purchase of obligations in private placements (the purchase of publicly-traded obligations not being considered the making of a loan).

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lend portfolio securities of any series of BlackRock Bond Fund in excess of 20% of the total assets of such series, taken at market value at the time of the loan, and provided that such loans shall be made in accordance with guidelines set forth in the BlackRock Bond Fund’s bylaws.

Proposed Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Lending

The proposed fundamental investment restrictionof each Fund would state that the Fund may not: “make loans to the extent prohibited by the Investment Company Act.”

For Total Return Fund, it is also proposed that the fundamental policies in BlackRock Bond Fund’s bylaws relating to lending be replaced with the proposed fundamental investment restriction regarding lending set out above, subject to approval of Proposal 5 by Total Return Fund’s shareholders.

Rationale

The Investment Company Act does not prohibit a fund from making loans; however, Commission staff interpretations currently prohibit funds from lending more than one-third of their total assets, except through the purchase of debt obligations or the use of repurchase agreements.

Each Fund’s current fundamental restriction regarding lending generally prohibits the making of loans, but specifies that investments in certain debt instruments, repurchase agreements and similar instruments, as applicable, and the lending of portfolio securities are not subject to the restriction. The proposed investment restriction will permit each Fund to make loans, unless prohibited by the Investment Company Act, thus providing potentially greater flexibility. Making loans involves risks. In determining whether to make a direct loan, a Fund will rely primarily upon the creditworthiness of the borrower and/or any collateral for payment of interest and repayment of principal. Among other things, in making a direct loan, a Fund is exposed to the risk that the borrower may default or become insolvent and, consequently, that the Fund will lose money on the loan. Furthermore, direct loans may subject a Fund to liquidity and interest rate risk and certain direct loans may be deemed illiquid. Direct loans are not publicly traded and may not have a secondary market. The lack of a secondary market for direct loans may have an adverse impact on the ability of a Fund to dispose of a direct loan and/or to value the direct loan. If Proposals 1.H. and 2.H., as applicable, are approved by shareholders of Total Return Fund, Master Total Return, BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund, BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio and BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc., such Funds may utilize the additional flexibility provided by the proposed investment restriction to engage in direct lending in the near term.

Each Fund, except BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund, CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio, BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund and BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio, is not permitted to lend through the Interfund Lending Program under its current investment restriction, but, subject to prior Board approval to participate as lenders in the Interfund Lending Program,

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would be permitted to lend through the Interfund Lending Program under the proposed investment restriction regarding lending. Under the Interfund Lending Program, the Funds would be able to lend money for temporary purposes directly to certain other BlackRock-advised Funds. All Interfund Loans would consist only of uninvested cash reserves that the lending BlackRock-advised Fund otherwise would invest in short-term repurchase agreements or other short-term instruments. The Board of each Fund believes that the ability to borrow and lend between and among the BlackRock-advised Funds, subject to compliance policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of the IFL Order, would benefit both the borrower and lender. The Board of each Fund believes that short-term cash loans made directly to other BlackRock-advised Funds could earn interest at a rate higher than the Funds otherwise would obtain from investing its cash in repurchase agreements or certain other short-term money market instruments.

The current fundamental restriction regarding lending of each of BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund, CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio and BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio provides an additional exception for loans permitted by a Commission exemptive order. BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund’s current fundamental restriction regarding lending provides an exception for loans to affiliates of the Fund to the extent permitted by law. Such exceptions currently permits each of BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund, CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio, BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund and BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio to lend money to certain other BlackRock-advised through the Interfund Lending Program. The proposed investment restriction would not affect such Funds’ ability to lend money through the Interfund Lending Program.

Proposals 1.I. and 2.I.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Diversification.

Funds affected:

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

The Board of each applicable Fund has proposed that shareholders of the Fund approve an amendment to the fundamental investment restriction regarding diversification.

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Current Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Diversification

The following table sets out each applicable Fund’s current fundamental investment restriction regarding diversification:

Applicable Funds

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund, BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund, BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio, BlackRock GNMA Portfolio and BlackRock Low Duration Bond PortfolioThe Fund may not purchase securities of any one issuer (other than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities or certificates of deposit for any such securities) if more than 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets would (taken at current value) be invested in the securities of such issuer, or more than 10% of the issuer’s outstanding voting securities would be owned by the Fund or the registrant of which the Fund is a series, except that up to 25% of the value of the Fund’s total assets may (taken at current value) be invested without regard to these limitations. For purposes of this limitation, a security is considered to be issued by the entity (or entities) whose assets and revenues back the security. A guarantee of a security shall not be deemed to be a security issued by the guarantors when the value of all securities issued and guaranteed by the guarantor, and owned by the Fund, does not exceed 10% of the value of the Fund’s total assets.
BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master PortfolioThe Fund may not purchase securities of any issuer if, as a result, with respect to 75% of the Fund’s total assets, more than 5% of the value of its total assets would be invested in the securities of any one issuer or the Fund’s ownership would be more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer, provided that this restriction does not limit the Fund’s investments in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities, or investments in securities of other investment companies.

Proposed Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Diversification

The proposed fundamental investment restrictionof each applicable Fund would state that the Fund may not: “make any investment inconsistent with the Fund’s classification as a diversified company under the Investment Company Act.”

Rationale

The Investment Company Act requires each management investment company to state whether it is “diversified” or “non-diversified,” as those terms are defined in the Investment Company Act. Under the Investment Company Act, a “diversified company” must meet the following requirements: at least 75% of the value of its total assets is represented by cash and cash items (including receivables), U.S. government securities, securities of other investment companies, and other securities for the purposes of this calculation limited in respect of any one issuer to an amount not greater in value than 5% of the value of its total assets and to not more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer. A “non-diversified company” means any management investment company other than a diversified company.

No change is being made to each applicable Fund’s designation as a diversified company. Each applicable Fund’s existing current investment restriction regarding diversification generally reflects the Investment Company Act as it is in effect today. The proposed investment restriction would directly tie each applicable Fund’s policy to the Investment Company Act definition of “diversified company.” Further, if the requirements for diversification under the Investment Company Act were to change, each applicable Fund would be able to take advantage of that change without seeking shareholder approval.

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Proposals 1.J. and 2.J.—To Approve the Elimination of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Investing for the Purpose of Exercising Control or Management and, for Total Return Fund, to Approve an Amendment to the Bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to Reflect the Elimination of Such Fundamental Investment Restriction.

Funds affected:

BATS: Series C Portfolio

BATS: Series M Portfolio

BATS: Series S Portfolio

BlackRock Total Return Fund

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

Master Total Return Portfolio

The Board of each applicable Fund has proposed that shareholders of the Fund approve the elimination of the fundamental investment restriction regarding investing for the purpose of exercising control or management and, in the case of Total Return Fund, an amendment to the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to eliminate the corresponding fundamental policy from the bylaws.

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Investing for the Purpose of Exercising Control or Management

The following table sets out each applicable Fund’s current fundamental investment restriction regarding investing for the purpose of exercising control or management:

Applicable Funds

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction

BATS: Series C Portfolio, BATS: Series M Portfolio, BATS: Series S Portfolio, BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund, BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio, BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio, BlackRock GNMA Portfolio, BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio, BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio and BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities PortfolioThe Fund may not purchase securities of companies for the purpose of exercising control.
BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity FundThe Fund may not make investments for the purpose of exercising control or management. Investments by the Fund in wholly owned investment entities created under the laws of

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Applicable Funds

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction

  

BlackRock’s Global Executive and Global Operating Committees andCo-Chaircertain countries will not be deemed the making 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 memberinvestments for the Equity-Bond Funds and theClosed-End Funds.

purpose of exercising control or management.
BlackRock Total Return Fund, BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc., BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio and Master Total Return PortfolioThe Fund may not make investments for the purpose of exercising control or management.

In addition, the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund state that it is a fundamental policy of BlackRock Bond Fund not to make investments for the purpose of exercising control over, or management of, any issuer.

Rationale

There is no requirement under the Investment Company Act that a fund have a fundamental restriction regarding investing for the purpose of exercising control or management. The fundamental restriction was derived from state laws that have been preempted by the federal securities laws. In order to maximize the investment flexibility of each Fund, this restriction is proposed to be eliminated.

Proposal 1.K.—To Approve the Elimination of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Purchasing Commodities Contracts and Investing in Oil, Gas or Mineral Exploration or Development Programs.

Funds affected:

BATS: Series C Portfolio

BATS: Series M Portfolio

BATS: Series S Portfolio

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

The Board of each applicable Fund has proposed that shareholders of the Fund approve the elimination of the fundamental investment restriction regarding purchasing commodities contracts and investing in oil, gas or mineral exploration or development programs.

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Purchasing Commodities Contracts and Investing in Oil, Gas or Mineral Exploration or Development Programs

Under each applicable Fund’s current fundamental investment restriction regarding purchasing commodities contracts and investing in oil, gas or mineral exploration or development program, the Fund may not purchase or sell commodity contracts, or invest in oil, gas or mineral

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exploration or development programs, except that the Fund may, to the extent appropriate to its investment policies, purchase securities of companies engaging in whole or in part in such activities and may enter into futures contracts and related options.

Rationale

The Investment Company Act does not prohibit a fund from purchasing commodities contracts. The risks of purchasing commodities contracts are generally similar to those of purchasing commodities, which are discussed above in connection with Proposal 1.G.

With respect to investing in oil, gas or mineral explorations or development programs, this fundamental investment restriction was originally adopted to comply with certain state securities laws and regulations that have since been preempted by the federal securities laws. Therefore, eliminating this investment restriction will provide an applicable Fund with additional investment flexibility to engage in otherwise permissible activities. Investments in oil, gas, and other mineral leases, rights or royalty contracts, and in securities which derive their value in part from such instruments, entail certain risks, including price volatility, risks of political and social disturbances, and foreign risks such as the existence of multinational cartels and competition. To the extent that an applicable Fund were to ever invest in such programs, it would remain subject to any applicable Investment Company Act limitations, including limits on the Fund’s ability to purchase illiquid or restricted securities in Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act.

Proposal 1.L.—To Approve the Elimination of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Acquiring Other Investment Companies.

Funds affected:

BATS: Series C Portfolio

BATS: Series M Portfolio

BATS: Series S Portfolio

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

The Board of each applicable Fund has proposed that shareholders of the Fund approve the elimination of the fundamental investment restriction regarding acquiring other investment companies.

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Acquiring Other Investment Companies

Under each applicable Fund’s current fundamental investment restriction regarding acquiring other investment companies, the Fund may not acquire any other investment company or investment company security except in connection with a merger, consolidation, reorganization or acquisition of assets or where otherwise permitted by the Investment Company Act.

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Rationale

Each applicable Fund’s fundamental investment restriction regarding investing in other investment companies was based on requirements no longer applicable to open-end funds. Moreover, in the absence of this policy, each applicable Fund is still subject to the limitations on investments in other investment companies imposed on all open-end funds under Section 12(d) of the Investment Company Act and the rules thereunder. In general, under Section 12(d)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, an investment company (“Acquiring Fund”) cannot acquire shares of another investment company (“Acquired Fund”) if, after the acquisition, (i) the Acquiring Fund would own more than 3% of the Acquired Fund’s securities; (ii) more than 5% of the total assets of the Acquiring Fund would be invested in the Acquired Fund; and (iii) more than 10% of the total assets of the Acquiring Fund would be invested in other investment companies (including the Acquired Fund). Therefore, eliminating this fundamental investment restriction will provide a Fund with additional investment flexibility to engage in otherwise permissible activities under the Investment Company Act, which was already reflected in the current fundamental investment restriction. To the extent a Fund invests a portion of its assets in shares of other investment companies, the Fund also will generally bear its proportionate share of the fees and expenses incurred by the purchased investment company in addition to its own expenses.

Proposal 1.M.—To Approve the Elimination of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Writing and Selling Options, Straddles and Spreads.

Funds affected:

BATS: Series C Portfolio

BATS: Series M Portfolio

BATS: Series S Portfolio

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

The Board of each applicable Fund has proposed that shareholders of the Fund approve the elimination of the fundamental investment restriction regarding writing and selling options, straddles and spreads.

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Current Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Writing and Selling Options, Straddles and Spreads

The following table sets out each Fund’s current fundamental investment restriction regarding writing and selling options, straddles and spreads:

John M. PerlowskiApplicable Funds

  

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-Bond Funds and theClosed-End Funds.Current Fundamental Investment Restriction

BATS: Series C Portfolio, BATS: Series M Portfolio and BATS: Series S PortfolioThe Fund may not write or sell put and interest rate options, call options, straddles, spreads, or any combination thereof, except for transactions in options on securities and securities indices, futures contracts and options on futures contracts and currencies.
BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund, BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio, BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio, BlackRock GNMA Portfolio, BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio and BlackRock Low Duration Bond PortfolioThe Fund may not write or sell put options, call options, straddles, spreads, or any combination thereof, except for transactions in options on securities and securities indices, futures contracts and options on futures contracts.
BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities PortfolioThe Fund may not write or sell put options, call options, straddles, spreads, or any combination thereof, except for transactions in options on securities and securities indices, futures contracts and options on futures contracts and currencies, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Rationale

The Investment Company Act does not require a fund to adopt a fundamental investment restriction regarding investment in options, straddles and spreads, except to the extent that these transactions may result in the creation of senior securities. If each applicable Fund’s fundamental investment restriction regarding writing and selling options, straddles and spreads is eliminated, the Fund will remain subject to the Investment Company Act’s limitations on, and the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction regarding, the issuance of senior securities. Moreover, each Fund would make any investments in such instruments consistent with the disclosure in its prospectus and/or statement of additional information.

ExistingProposal 1.N.—To Approve the Elimination of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding the Purchase of Securities on Margin and Short Sales.

Funds affected:

BATS: Series C Portfolio

BATS: Series M Portfolio

BATS: Series S Portfolio

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

The Board Members Not SeekingRe-Electionof each applicable Fund has proposed that shareholders of the Fund approve the elimination of the fundamental investment restriction regarding the purchase of securities on margin and short sales.

 

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Current Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding the Purchase of Securities on Margin and Short Sales

Under each applicable Fund’s current fundamental investment restriction regarding the purchase of securities on margin and short sales, the Fund may not purchase securities on margin, make short sales of securities or maintain a short position, except that (a) this investment limitation shall not apply to the Fund’s transactions in futures contracts and related options or the Fund’s sale of securities short against the box, and (b) the Fund may obtain short-term credit as may be necessary for the clearance of purchases and sales of portfolio securities.

Rationale

A short sale involves the sale of a security that is borrowed from a broker or other institution to complete the sale. Short sales expose a fund to the risk that the fund will be required to acquire, convert or exchange securities to replace the borrowed securities at a time when the securities sold short have appreciated in value, thus resulting in a loss to the fund. Other risks and costs to a fund of engaging in short sales include that the fund may be required to sell securities it would otherwise retain in order to raise cash to replace the borrowed securities, thus forgoing possible gains and/or selling at inopportune times, as well as incurring transaction costs. Under the Investment Company Act, a fund is restricted from making short sales unless the sale is “against the box” and the securities sold are segregated, or the fund’s obligation to deliver the securities sold short is “covered” by segregating cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to the market value of the securities sold short. A sale is not made “against the box” if a fund sells a security it does not own in anticipation of a decline in market price. Losses from short sales can theoretically be unlimited, although, as noted above, under the Investment Company Act, a fund is required to “cover” its exposure under any short position. If Proposal 1.N. is approved by shareholders of BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio, the Fund may utilize the additional flexibility provided by the elimination of the Fund’s current investment restriction to engage in short selling in the near term.

Mutual funds are not required to have a fundamental policy regarding engaging in short sales. Each applicable Fund believes this fundamental policy is unduly restrictive. There may be circumstances in which Fund management believes that a short sale is in the best interests of shareholders. If this fundamental policy is eliminated, each applicable Fund will be able to engage in short sales subject to the Fund’s other investment policies and applicable law. Each Fund would be permitted to engage in short selling or maintain short positions to the extent consistent with the disclosure in its prospectus and/or statement of additional information. Each applicable Fund will be subject to any limitations on engaging in short sales imposed by the Board or BlackRock from time to time, as well as the Fund’s other investment policies.

In addition, the Investment Company Act does not require that a fund have a fundamental policy relating to purchasing securities on margin. Margin purchases involve borrowing money from a broker to purchase securities. The risks associated with purchasing securities on margin are generally similar to those of borrowing money. For a discussion of those risks, please see Proposals 1.B and 1.C., as applicable. Each applicable Fund believes that this fundamental policy is unnecessary and may be unduly restrictive. The Funds’ ability to borrow is governed by the fundamental policy on borrowing discussed in Proposals 1.B. and 1.C., as applicable. To the extent that purchasing securities on margin may be considered the issuance of a senior security,

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the issuance of senior securities is governed by the fundamental policy discussed in Proposal 1.B. and 1.D., as applicable. The applicable Funds believe that these other fundamental policies provide adequate protection with respect to purchasing securities on margin. If this fundamental policy is eliminated, the applicable funds will be permitted to purchase securities on margin subject to the Funds’ other investment policies and applicable law.

EACH FUND’S BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF THE FUND VOTE “FOR” PROPOSALS 1.A. THROUGH 1.N., AS APPLICABLE. THE BOARD OF EACH OF BLACKROCK TOTAL RETURN FUND AND BLACKROCK COREALPHA BOND FUND ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF BLACKROCK TOTAL RETURN FUND AND BLACKROCK COREALPHA BOND FUND, RESPECTIVELY, PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS “FOR” PROPOSALS 2.A. THROUGH 2.J., AS APPLICABLE.

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PROPOSALS 3 AND 4 — TO APPROVE THE ELIMINATION OF THE NON-FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTION REGARDING INVESTING FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXERCISING CONTROL OR MANAGEMENT OF EACH OF BLACKROCK COREALPHA BOND FUND AND COREALPHA BOND MASTER PORTFOLIO

SHAREHOLDERS OF BLACKROCK COREALPHA BOND FUND AND COREALPHA BOND MASTER PORTFOLIO VOTING SEPARATELY WITH RESPECT TO THEIR FUND

The purpose of Proposal 3 is to approve the elimination of the non-fundamental investment restriction regarding investing for the purpose of exercising control or management of each of BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund (previously defined as “CoreAlpha Bond Fund”) and CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio (previously defined as “CoreAlpha Bond Master”), which non-fundamental restriction requires shareholder approval to be eliminated.

The purpose of Proposal 4 is to provide voting instructions to CoreAlpha Bond Fund with respect to how, as a beneficial owner of CoreAlpha Bond Master, CoreAlpha Bond Fund should vote in connection with the proposal to approve the elimination of the non-fundamental investment restriction regarding investing for the purpose of exercising control or management of CoreAlpha Bond Master, as contemplated by Proposal 3.

Current Non-Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Investing for the Purpose of Exercising Control or Management

Under each applicable Fund’s current non-fundament investment restriction regarding investing for the purpose of exercising control or management, the Fund may not make investments for the purpose of exercising control or management. Though this investment restriction is “non-fundamental,” the Board of each applicable Fund has adopted a policy whereby the Board agrees to not change or eliminate such investment restriction in the future without the approval of the holders of a majority of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities.

Rationale

There is no requirement under the Investment Company Act that a fund have a restriction on investing for the purpose of exercising control or management. In 2019, FDP BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund (the “Target Fund”), formerly a series of FDP Series II, Inc., was reorganized into CoreAlpha Bond Fund. The Target Fund had a fundamental investment restriction against making investments for the purpose of exercising control or management. At the time of the reorganization, CoreAlpha Bond Fund did not have a corresponding investment restriction. In connection with the reorganization, CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master each adopted a non-fundamental policy providing that it may not “make investments for the purpose of exercising control or management” effective upon the closing of the reorganization. In addition, the Board of each of CoreAlpha Bond and CoreAlpha Bond Master adopted a policy, effective upon the closing of the reorganization, whereby the Board agreed to not change or eliminate such investment restriction in the future without obtaining shareholder approval. In order to maximize the investment flexibility of each Fund, this restriction is proposed to be eliminated.

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THE BOARD OF EACH OF COREALPHA BOND FUND AND COREALPHA BOND MASTER RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF THE APPLICABLE FUND VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL 3. THE BOARD OF BLACKROCK COREALPHA BOND FUND ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF BLACKROCK COREALPHA BOND FUND, PROVIDE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS “FOR” PROPOSAL 4.

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PROPOSAL 5 — TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS OF

BLACKROCK BOND FUND, INC. TO REMOVE FUNDAMENTAL POLICIES AND

ALL REFERENCES THERETO

SHAREHOLDERS OF BLACKROCK TOTAL RETURN FUND VOTING

Article VIII, Section 1 and Exhibit E of the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund currently include fundamental policies of BlackRock Bond Fund and references to such fundamental policies. Currently, the sole series of BlackRock Bond Fund is BlackRock Total Return Fund (previously defined as “Total Return Fund”). Certain biographicalof these fundamental policies are stated in Total Return Fund’s statement of additional information.

BlackRock Bond Fund is not required to include its fundamental policies in its bylaws under the Investment Company Act or Maryland law. Accordingly, it is proposed that the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund be amended to remove fundamental policies of the series of BlackRock Bond Fund and all references thereto. Such amendment requires approval of shareholders of Total Return Fund.

As discussed above, Proposals 1.A., 1.C., 1.D., 1.F. and 1.H. include amendments to the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to reflect the amendment or elimination of certain fundamental investment restrictions of Total Return Fund, subject to approval of Proposal 5 by Total Return Fund’s shareholders. In the event that Proposal 5 is approved by Total Return Fund’s shareholders in addition to Proposal 1, rather than BlackRock Bond Fund’s bylaws being amended pursuant to Proposals 1.A., 1.C., 1.D., 1.F. and 1.H., all fundamental policies of BlackRock Bond Fund and references thereto will be removed from the bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund. If shareholders do not approve Proposals 1.A., 1.C., 1.D., 1.F. and/or 1.H. but do approve Proposal 5, the fundamental policies and references thereto will be removed from BlackRock Bond Fund’s bylaws. If shareholders of Total Return Fund do not approve Proposal 5 but do approve Proposals 1.A., 1.C., 1.D., 1.F. and/or 1.H., then BlackRock Bond Fund’s bylaws will be amended to reflect the amended fundamental investment restriction or the elimination of the fundamental investment restriction, as applicable. If none of Proposals 1.A., 1.C., 1.D., 1.F. and 1.H. and Proposal 5 is approved by Total Return Fund’s shareholders, no changes will be made to BlackRock Bond Fund’s bylaws.

THE BOARD OF BLACKROCK BOND FUND RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF TOTAL RETURN FUND VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL 5.

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PROPOSAL 6 — TO APPROVE A CHANGE IN BLACKROCK LONG-HORIZON

EQUITY FUND’S STATUS FROM DIVERSIFIED TO NON-DIVERSIFIED AS SUCH

TERMS ARE DEFINED UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS

AMENDED

SHAREHOLDERS OF BLACKROCK LONG-HORIZON EQUITY FUND VOTING

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund’s (previously defined as the “Long-Horizon Equity Fund”) Statement of Additional Information states that under its fundamental investment restrictions, Long-Horizon Equity Fund may not make any investment inconsistent with such Fund’s classification as a diversified company under the Investment Company Act. In order to be classified as diversified under the Investment Company Act, Long-Horizon Equity Fund is required to invest so that at least 75% of the value of such Fund’s assets is represented by cash and cash items (including receivables), U.S. government securities, securities of other investment companies, and other information relatingsecurities for the purposes of this calculation limited in respect of any one issuer to an amount not greater in value than 5% of the value of the total assets of such Fund and to not more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer. A fund that is classified as non-diversified under the Investment Company Act is not required to comply with these investment criteria. Because a non-diversified fund may invest in securities of a smaller number of issuers, it may be more exposed to the Existingrisks associated with and developments affecting an individual issuer than a fund that invests more widely.

BlackRock, Long-Horizon Equity Fund’s investment manager, and the Board Members who areof such Fund (the “Long-Horizon Equity Fund Board”) have reviewed such Fund’s investment objective, investment strategies and fundamental and non-fundamental investment policies. BlackRock and the Long-Horizon Equity Fund Board have determined that it is appropriate to change such Fund’s diversification classification from diversified to non-diversified. This would be accomplished by eliminating Long-Horizon Equity Fund’s current fundamental investment restriction that such Fund may not seekingre-electionmake any investment inconsistent with such Fund’s classification as a result of their retirement or transition to consultantdiversified company under the Investment Company Act. Long-Horizon Equity Fund’s current diversification policy is set forth below. The termsfundamental, which means that it may not be changed without shareholder approval.

If Proposal 6 is approved, Long-Horizon Equity Fund will be classified as non-diversified. In conjunction with the diversification classification change, it is the intention of the ExistingLong-Horizon Equity Fund Board Members listed below will end on December 31, 2018.also to rename such Fund “BlackRock Unconstrained Equity Fund” and change such Fund’s investment objective, investment process, principal investment strategies, portfolio management team and benchmark index. The specific changes to Long-Horizon Equity Fund’s diversification classification, name, investment objective, investment process, principal investment strategies, portfolio management team and benchmark index are set out in the following table:

 

Name and

Year of Birth1, 2

  Current
Position(s)Proposed
Held
(Length ofDiversification
Service)3Classification
  

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

The Fund may not make any investment inconsistent with the Fund’s classification as a diversified company under the Investment Company Act.
  Number of
BlackRock-

Advised
Registered
Eliminate current diversification policy under the Investment
Companies

(“RICs”)
Consisting  of
Investment
Portfolios
(“Portfolios”)
Currently
Overseen
Public
Company and
Other Investment

Company
Directorships
Held
During Past

Five YearsAct.
Independent Existing Board Members

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Rodney D. Johnson

1941

  Chair of
the
Existing
Board
and
Board
MemberCurrent

(Since
2007)

  President, Fairmount Capital Advisors, Inc. from 1987Proposed
Non-Fundamental Policy with respect to 2013; Membertreatment of securities issued or guaranteed by the Archdiocesan Investment Committeegovernment 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.any one foreign country  28 RICs
consisting
In addition, as a non-fundamental policy that may be changed by the Board of 141
PortfoliosTrustees and to the extent required by the Commission or its staff, the Fund will, for purposes of fundamental investment restriction (1), treat securities issued or guaranteed by the government of any one foreign country as the obligations of a single issuer.
  NoneIf Proposal 6 is approved, eliminate current non-fundamental policy with respect to the treatment of securities issued or guaranteed by the government of any one foreign country.
Fund NameBlackRock Long-Horizon Equity FundBlackRock Unconstrained Equity Fund
Investment ObjectiveTo provide high total investment returnTo seek to achieve long-term capital growth
Investment ProcessIn making investment decisions, Fund management conducts bottom-up, company-specific, research to identify stocks it believes have the potential to produce attractive total returns over a long-term investment horizon. Fund management will consider a variety of factors in assessing stocks including business strategy, competitive advantages, industry structure, strength of management and equity valuation. Fund management may select stocks for the portfolio without regard to the presence or absence of the stock in the Fund’s benchmark, geographic location or market capitalization.Investment decisions will be based on fundamental, company-specific research to identify and select equity and equity-related securities globally that, in the opinion of Fund management, have the potential to produce attractive long-term capital growth. Fund management research looks at a range of factors when selecting companies in which to invest including but not limited to an analysis of their competitive advantages, the impact of structural (such as economic, demographic or technological) changes, the quality of management teams and their financial discipline. In addition, BlackRock Advisors, LLC (“BlackRock”), the Fund’s investment manager, seeks to screen out investments in certain issuers or industries based on certain environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) criteria

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Robert C. Robb, Jr.4

1945

  Board
Member
(Since
2007)Current
  Partner, Lewis, Eckert, Robb and Company (management and financial consulting firm) since 1981 and Principal since 2010.Proposed
  28 RICs
consisting
of 141
Portfolios
  Nonedetermined by BlackRock. Such screening criteria may include (i) companies with exposure to controversial weapons, nuclear weapons, civilian firearms, tobacco, or specific fossil fuels beyond specified thresholds as determined by BlackRock and (ii) UN Global Compact violators. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Fund may have indirect exposure (through derivatives and investments in other investment companies) to issuers that do not satisfy such screening criteria described above. BlackRock, in its sole discretion, may add or remove certain screening criteria from time to time without notice to shareholders.
Principal Investment
Strategies
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective through a fully managed investment policy utilizing global equity securities. For purposes of the Fund’s investment policies, equity securities include common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities, warrants, and securities and other instruments whose price is linked to the value of common stock. The combination of equity securities will be varied from time to time both with respect to types of securities and markets in response to changing market and economic trends. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities. This policy is a non-fundamental policy of the Fund and may not be changed without 60 days’ prior notice to the Fund’s shareholders.The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective through a fully managed investment policy utilizing global equity securities. For purposes of the Fund’s investment policies, equity securities include common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities, warrants, and securities and other instruments whose price is linked to the value of common stock. The combination of equity securities will be varied from time to time both with respect to types of securities and markets in response to changing market and economic trends. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity and equity-related securities. This policy is a nonfundamental policy of the Fund and may not be changed without 60 days’ prior notice to the Fund’s shareholders.

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Frederick W. Winter4

1945

  Board
Member
(Since
2007)Current
  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.Proposed
 28 RICs
consisting
of 141
Portfolios
None

1  

The addressFund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in equity securities of each Existing Board Member is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.corporate issuers (which may include corporations, partnerships, trusts or other corporate-like entities) located around the world. The Fund has no geographic limits on where its investments may be located. This flexibility allows Fund management to look for investments in markets around the world that it believes will provide the best relative returns to meet the Fund’s objective. The Fund may invest in companies of any market capitalization.

2

The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities directly or indirectly secured by real estate or interests therein or issued by companies that invest in real estate or interests therein such as stock, bonds or convertible bonds issued by REITs. REITs are companies that own interests in real estate or in real estate related loans or other interests, and have revenue primarily consisting of rent derived from owned, income producing real estate properties and capital gains from the sale of such properties. REITs can generally be classified as equity REITs, mortgage REITs and hybrid REITs. Equity REITs invest the majority of their assets directly in real property and derive their income primarily from rents. Equity REITs can also realize capital gains by selling properties that have appreciated in value. Mortgage REITs invest the majority of their assets in real estate mortgages and derive their income primarily from

  

Independent Board Members serve until their resignation, retirement, removalThe Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in equity securities of corporate issuers (which may include corporations, partnerships, trusts or death, or until December 31other corporate-like entities) located around the world. The Fund has no geographic limits on where its investments may be located. This flexibility allows Fund management to look for investments in markets around the world that it believes will provide the best relative returns to meet the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund may invest in the securities of companies of any market capitalization. The Fund may also invest in the yearsecurities of emerging growth companies.

The Fund is actively managed using an unconstrained investment style (i.e., it will not take a benchmark index into account when selecting the Fund’s investments). Fund management, in which they turn 75.its sole discretion, may invest in securities that are not included in the MSCI World Index. The Board may determine to extend the terms of Independent 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 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 WinterFund’s portfolio holdings are expected to serve as consultantsdeviate materially from the MSCI World Index. The Fund is not subject to any restrictions on the Independent Board Membersproportion of each Group A Fund. Messrs. Robbits assets that it must invest in any particular country, region or industry sector and Winter are not Nomineesmay have exposure to a limited number of different investments, countries and/or sectors.

The Fund may use derivatives, including options, futures, swaps and shareholders are not being askedforward contracts both 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.seek

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 or transition to a consultant.

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CurrentProposed

interest payments. Hybrid REITs combine the characteristics of both equity REITs and mortgage REITs. REITs are not taxed on income distributed to shareholders provided they comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”).

Existing BoardThe Fund may invest in both developed and emerging markets. In addition to investing in foreign securities, the Fund actively manages its exposure to foreign currencies through the use of forward currency contracts and other currency derivatives. From time to time, the Fund may own foreign cash equivalents or foreign bank deposits as part of the Fund’s investment strategy. The Fund may also invest in non-U.S. currencies. The Fund may underweight or overweight a currency based on the Fund management team’s outlook.

Members

In addition to its 80% policy set out above, the Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in cash investments if prospective equity returns are expected to be unattractive. Furthermore, for temporary defensive purposes and in case of unusually large cash inflows or redemptions, the Fund may invest without limitation in cash, cash equivalents, money market securities, such as U.S. Treasury and agency obligations, other U.S. Government securities, short term debt obligations of corporate issuers, certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, commercial paper

  

Experience, Qualificationsto increase the return of the Fund and Skillsto hedge (or protect) the value of its assets against adverse movements in currency exchange rates, interest rates and movements in the securities markets. In order to effectively manage cash flows into or out of the Fund, the Fund may buy and sell financial futures contracts or options on such contracts. Derivatives are financial instruments whose value is derived from another security, a commodity (such as oil or gas), a currency or an index.

The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in securities directly or indirectly secured by real estate or interests therein or issued by companies that invest in real estate or interests therein such as stock, bonds or convertible bonds issued by real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). REITs are companies that own interests in real estate or in real estate related loans or other interests, and have revenue primarily consisting of rent derived from owned, income producing real estate properties and capital gains from the sale of such properties. REITs can generally be classified as equity REITs, mortgage REITs and hybrid REITs. Equity REITs invest the majority of their assets directly in real property and derive their income primarily from rents. Equity REITs can also realize capital gains by selling properties that have appreciated in value. Mortgage REITs invest the majority of their assets in real estate mortgages and derive their income primarily from

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CurrentProposed

(short term, unsecured, negotiable promissory notes of a domestic or foreign issuer) or other high quality fixed-income securities. Temporary defensive positions may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

The Fund may invest in indexed and inverse securities.

interest payments. Hybrid REITs combine the characteristics of both equity REITs and mortgage REITs. REITs are not taxed on income distributed to shareholders provided they comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”).

The Fund may invest in both developed and emerging markets. In addition to investing in foreign securities, the Fund may manage its exposure to foreign currencies through the use of forward currency contracts and other currency derivatives. However, foreign exchange risk is not expected to be systematically hedged. From time to time, the Fund may own foreign cash equivalents or foreign bank deposits as part of the Fund’s investment strategy. The Fund may also invest in non-U.S. currencies.

The Fund may invest in indexed and inverse securities.

The Fund is classified as non-diversified under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), which means that it can invest more of its assets in fewer issuers than a diversified company.

Independent Existing Board MembersBenchmark

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.

Robert C. Robb, Jr.

MSCI ACWI Index
  

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.

MSCI World Index

Frederick W. Winter

Portfolio Managers
  

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 ComplexAndrew Wheatley-Hubbard and its predecessor funds, including the legacy BlackRock funds. The Board benefits from Mr. Winter’s years of academic experience, having served as a professorMolly Greenen

Alister Hibbert 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.

Michael Constantis

Board Leadership StructureIf the proposed change to Long-Horizon Equity Fund’s diversification classification from diversified to non-diversified is approved by such Fund’s shareholders at the Meeting, the prospectus and Oversightstatement of additional information of such Fund will be revised, as appropriate, to reflect the change in the diversification classification as well as the other changes described above. None of the changes above, with the exception of the change in diversification classification, require shareholder approval. All of such changes would take effect as soon as practicable following the Meeting.

 

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In the Funds in the Equity-Liquidity Complex currently consists of thirteen Board Members, eleven of whom are Independent Board Members. The investment companies registered under the Investment Company Actevent 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-Liquidity Complex.

The Boards have overall responsibility for the oversight of the Funds. The Chair of each BoardProposal 6 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 Boards do not have a compensation committee because the executive officers of the Funds, other than the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”), do not receive any direct compensation from the Funds and the CCO’s compensation is comprehensively reviewedapproved by the Boards. The roleshareholders of the Chair of the Boards isLong-Horizon Equity Fund, such Fund’s diversification classification will not change and such Fund will continue to preside at 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 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 in person 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 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 risksmanaged in accordance with its current diversification classification. Any future changes to such Fund’s diversification classification will continue to require shareholder approval. In addition, the provisionschanges discussed above to the name, investment process, principal investment strategies, portfolio management team and benchmark index of Long-Horizon Equity Fund will not take effect if Proposal 6 is not approved because certain of these changes are incompatible with the Investment Company Act, state law,current diversification classification of such Fund. In the event that Proposal 6 is not approved by Long-Horizon Equity Fund shareholders, BlackRock and the Long-Horizon Equity Fund Board may determine to make other applicable laws, each Fund’s charter, and each Fund’schanges to the investment objective(s) and strategies. The Boards review, on an ongoing basis, the Funds’ performance, operations,process and investment strategies of such Fund, among other potential changes, that are compatible with its current diversification classification and techniques. The Boards also conduct reviews of BlackRock and its role in running the operations of the Funds.

do not require shareholder approval.

Day-to-day risk managementA supplement to Long-Horizon Equity Fund’s prospectus, dated August 5, 2021 (the “Supplement”), has been filed with respect to the FundsCommission and is the responsibility of BlackRock or other service providers (dependingavailable on the nature of the risk), subject to the supervision of BlackRock.BlackRock website at www.blackrock.com. 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 or other service providers, as applicable, it is not possible to eliminateSupplement, which includes further details regarding all of the risks applicablechanges to the Funds. Risk oversight is partFund discussed above (subject to shareholder approval of the Boards’ general oversightProposal 6) may be obtained free 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 firm (the “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm”) for the Funds, BlackRock, and internal auditors for BlackRock or its affiliates, as appropriate, regarding risks facedcharge 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 Funds’ 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.calling (800) 441-7762.

Compensation. Information relating to compensation paid to the Board Members for each Fund’s most recent fiscal year is set forth inAppendix D.THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS OF LONG-HORIZON EQUITY FUND VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL 6.

 

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 E.- 44 -

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 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 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 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 Funds; (3) review the conduct and results of each independent audit of each 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 Funds and certain service providers; (5) oversee the performance of each 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 each 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 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 LifePath Dynamic 2060 Fund and LifePath Dynamic 2060 Master Portfolio (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 F.

The current members of each Fund’s Audit Committee, all of whom are Independent 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 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. Each 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 Funds and include all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for the election of Board Members. The Existing Board of each Fund 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 each Fund, other than BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2060 Fund and LifePath Dynamic 2060 Master Portfolio (which each had two Governance Committee meetings), met four times (for Funds with fiscal years ending 3/31 and 4/30), five times (for Funds with fiscal years ending 1/31, 5/31, 6/30 and 12/31), six times (for Funds with fiscal years ending 7/31 and 10/31) and seven times (for Funds with fiscal years ending 9/30) during the Fund’s (or for series Funds, each Portfolio’s) most recent fiscal year, which is set forth inAppendix F.

The current members of each Fund’s Governance Committee, all of whom are Independent 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 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 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 LifePath Dynamic 2060 Fund and LifePath Dynamic 2060 Master Portfolio (which each had two Compliance 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 F.

The current members of each Fund’s Compliance Committee, all of whom are Independent 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 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 Performance Oversight Committee’s purpose is to assist the Board in fulfilling its responsibility to oversee each 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 a Fund’s investment objective, policies and practices; (2) review information on each 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 each 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 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 LifePath Dynamic 2060 Fund and LifePath Dynamic 2060 Master Portfolio (which each had two Performance Oversight 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 F.

The current members of each Fund’s Performance Oversight Committee, all of whom are Independent 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 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 F.

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:

Rodney D. Johnson (Chair)

Collette Chilton

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 G.

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

ForA quorum of shareholders 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 particularthe Fund. The quorum requirement forFor each Fund is set forth inAppendix A.

Theexcept CoreAlpha Bond Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Master, a quorum consists of a majority of the Shares entitled to vote requirement for eachon any matter present at a meeting or represented by proxy. For CoreAlpha Bond Fund, a quorum consists of holders of one-third of Shares entitled to elect Board Nominees is set forth inAppendix A.vote present at a meeting or represented by proxy. For CoreAlpha Bond Master, a quorum consists of 30% of the outstanding interests. Votes on Proposals 1(a) and 1(b)cast by proxy or at the Meeting will be tabulated onby the inspectors of election appointed for the Meeting. The inspectors of election will determine whether or not a Fund basis, such thatquorum is present at the Meeting.

If, by the time scheduled for the Meeting, a quorum of shareholders is not present or if a quorum is present but sufficient votes in favor of Portfolios thata Proposal are seriesnot received from shareholders, the Meeting may be adjourned by the chairman of the Meeting to permit further solicitations of proxies from shareholders and to reconvene at the same or some other place. For each Fund willexcept CoreAlpha Bond Fund, CoreAlpha Bond Master and BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio, any Meeting convened on the date it was called may 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 votesadjourned without further notice other than announcement at the Meeting are cast “FOR”for up to 120 days after the proposal. AbstentionsRecord Date. For each of CoreAlpha Bond Fund, CoreAlpha Bond Master and “brokernon-votes” will notBlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio, any Meeting convened on the date it was called may be counted as votes cast and therefore, abstentions and brokernon-votes will haveadjourned without further notice other than announcement at the same effect asMeeting for up to a reasonable time after the Record Date.

The vote against Proposals 1(a) or 1(b), as applicable,required for Funds (identified inAppendixA) which requirethe approval of each Proposal is a “vote of 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), asvoting securities” of each applicable for Funds that require a plurality orFund. The “vote of a majority of the votes cast. Brokernon-votes occur when sharesoutstanding voting securities” is defined in the Investment Company Act as the lesser of the vote of (i) 67% or more of the voting securities of the applicable Fund present at the Meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of such outstanding voting securities are heldpresent at the Meeting or represented by brokersproxy; or nominees, typically in “street name,” as to which proxies have been returned but (a)(ii) more than 50% of such outstanding voting instructions have not been received fromsecurities of 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 thatapplicable Fund.

The shareholdersShareholders 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 are also being asked, in Proposals 2(a)Proposal 2 and 2(b),Proposal 4 as applicable,each relates to Master Total Return or CoreAlpha Bond Master, to provide voting instructions to suchthe Feeder Fund, with respect to the electionhow, as a beneficial owner of the Board Nomineesapplicable Master Fund, the Feeder Fund should vote in connection with the proposals to approve the amendment or elimination of certain of the correspondingapplicable Master FundFund’s fundamental and non-fundamental investment restrictions as contemplated by Proposals 1(a)Proposal 2.A through 2.J. and 1(b), respectively.

Proposal 4, as applicable. Each Feeder Fund will vote its interests in the applicable Master Fund in which it invests in accordance with the voting instructions received from theits shareholders of the Feeder Fund and will vote its interests in the applicable 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 (this is called “proportional voting” or “echo voting”). TheEach Feeder Funds doFund does not require that a specified number of shareholders submit voting instructions before a Feedereach such 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 correspondingthe applicable Master Fund, a small number of shareholders could determine how aeach Feeder Fund votes if other shareholders fail to vote. Please note that, as the Master Funds may have shareholders besides the Feeder Funds, it is possible that a matter may be approved

All shares represented by the Master Funds, even if it is not approved by Feeder Fund 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 voteproxies, unless such proxies have previously been revoked, will be voted at the Meeting in accordance with the directions on Proposals 1(a) or 1(b), as applicable, yourthe proxies; if no direction is indicated, the shares will be voted and voting instructions will be submitted, as applicable, in accordance with the recommendationsrecommendation of the Boards FOR” the Board Nominees in Proposals 1(a)“FOR” approval of Proposal 1, Proposal 2, Proposal 3, Proposal 4, Proposal 5 and 1(b) and, if applicable, “FOR” the Board Nominees in Proposals 2(a) and 2(b),Proposal 6, as applicable.

 

The Funds expect that broker-dealer- 45 -


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) and 2(b), as applicable,each Proposal before the Meeting. Under New York Stock Exchange rules, broker-dealer firms may, without instructions, give a proxyShares held of record by broker-dealers as to vote on routine matters if no instructions havewhich such authority has 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) and 2(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 shouldgranted shall 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,counted as present for purposes of determining whether the necessary quorum of shareholders of a quorum.Fund exists. Broker-dealer firms will not be permitted to grant voting authority with respect to shares for which no instructions have been received. Shares represented by proxies that are returned to a Fund but that are marked “abstain” or on which a broker-dealer has declined to vote on any non-routine

proposal (“broker non-votes”) will be counted as present for the purposes of determining a quorum of that Fund. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be counted as votes cast. Accordingly, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as a vote against a Proposal.

If you are a beneficial shareholderowner of a FundFund’s shares held in street name (that is, if you hold your shares of a Fund through a bank, broker financial intermediary or other nominee (called a service agent))financial institution), the service agentyou may be the record holder ofinstruct 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 formbank, broker or other authorization by a shareholder that does not specifyfinancial institution of record how the shareholder’s shares should be voted may be deemed to authorize a service provider to vote suchyour shares in favor of Proposals 1(a)Proposal 1, Proposal 2, Proposal 3, Proposal 4, Proposal 5 and 1(b),Proposal 6, as applicable, (andand, if you are a shareholder of Balanced Capital Fund, Total Return Fund and CoreAlpha Bond Fund, submit voting instructions for Proposal 2 and Proposal 4, as applicable, in one of four ways:

Voting via the Internet. You may vote by proxy via the Internet by following the instructions on the voting instruction form(s) provided by your broker, bank or other financial institution of record. Prior to logging on, you should read this Proxy Statement and have your voting instruction form(s) at hand.

Voting by Telephone. You may vote by proxy by calling the toll-free number found on the voting instruction form(s) provided by your broker, bank or other financial institution of record and following the automated touchtone voting directions. Prior to calling, you should read this Proxy Statement and have your voting instruction form(s) at hand.

Voting by Mail. If you received printed copies of this Proxy Statement by mail, you may vote by proxy by filling out the voting instruction form(s) provided by your broker, bank or other financial institution of record and sending it back in the postage paid envelope provided.

Voting at the Meeting. You must request and obtain a legal proxy from the broker, bank or other financial institution of record that holds your shares if you wish to attend the Meeting and vote at the Meeting. A person submitting votes by telephone or Internet is deemed to represent that he or she is authorized to vote on behalf of all owners of the account, including spouses or other joint owners. By using the telephone or the Internet to submit voting instructions, for Proposals 2(a) and 2(b), as applicable). Depending on its policies, applicable law or contractualthe shareholder is authorizing their bank, broker or other restrictions,financial institution of record to execute a service agent may be permittedproxy to vote the shareholder’s shares at the Meeting as the shareholder has indicated.

If, at the Meeting, a validly executed proxy is submitted by a broker-dealer or record holder and no voting instructions are given, the shareholders represented by the proxy will be present for purposes of obtaining a quorum at the Meeting and the persons named as proxy holders will cast all votes entitled to be cast pursuant to that proxy and submit voting instructions 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 proportionthat proxy, as those shares for which the service agent has received voting instructions. This practice is commonly referred to as “echo voting.”applicable, “FOR” Proposal 1, Proposal 2, Proposal 3, Proposal 4, Proposal 5 and Proposal 6.

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 H.- 46 -

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 inAppendix 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, 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 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. 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. SeeAppendix 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 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:

Kenneth L. Urish (Chair)

Neil A. Cotty

Claire A. Walton

Frederick W. Winter


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Investment Manager,Sub-AdvisersAdviser, Principal Underwriter and AdministratorsAdministrator

BlackRock is the investment adviser to the Funds, other than CoreAlpha Bond Fund, which receives all advisory services at the level of its corresponding Master Fund, CoreAlpha Bond Master. BlackRock’s principal business address is 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809.

The investment manager,sub-adviser(s), if any, and administrator(s), if any,BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”) acts as the distributor of the shares of each Fund are identified inAppendix I.

5% Share Ownership

AsFund. The principal business address of September 24, 2018, to the best of each Fund’s knowledge, the persons listed inAppendix 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,BRIL is 40 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10022,10022.

BlackRock also provides administrative services to each of the following Funds:

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund, a series of BlackRock Funds VI

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund, a series of BlackRock Funds IV

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio a series of BlackRock Funds V

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund, a series of BlackRock FundsSM

BlackRock Total Return Fund, a series of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio, a series of Managed Account Series II

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio, a series of Master Investment Portfolio II

Master Total Return Portfolio, a series of Master Bond LLC

Voting Rights

The close of business on August 27, 2021 has been fixed as the Record Date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting. Shareholders of each Fund may cast one vote for each share owned and a fractional vote for each fractional share owned on the Record Date.

Share and Class Information

As of the close of business on the Record Date, each of the Funds has the number of shares outstanding as set forth in Appendix C (the “Outstanding Shares”).

Ownership Information

Set forth on Appendix D are persons who, to the knowledge of each Fund, beneficially owned more than five percent of the outstanding shares of the Fund as of the Record Date.

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[As of the Record Date, no Director or Trustee owned shares of the Funds.]

Expenses and Methods of Proxy Solicitation

With respect to all Funds other than Long-Horizon Equity Fund, it is anticipated that the total expenses of preparing, printing and mailing the proxy materials, soliciting and tabulating proxies, and related legal expenses will be approximately $8.06 million. These expenses will be borne by the applicable Funds. Costs that are borne by the applicable Funds collectively will be allocated among such 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.

With respect to Long-Horizon Equity Fund, it is anticipated that the total expenses of preparing, printing and mailing the joint proxy statement, soliciting and tabulating proxies, and related legal expenses will be approximately $300,000, which will be shared equally by BlackRock and the Fund.

The Funds have retained Computershare Fund Services (“Computershare”), located at 2950 Express Drive South, Suite 210, Islandia, New York 11749, a professional proxy solicitation firm, to assist with the distribution of proxy materials and the solicitation and tabulation of proxies at an aggregate cost of approximately $2,377,000 for the Funds. Representatives of BlackRock and its affiliates may also solicit proxies.

Shareholder Meetings

Each Fund generally is not required to hold annual meetings of shareholders, and each Fund currently does not intend to hold such meetings unless certain specified shareholder actions are required to be taken under the Investment Company Act or the Fund’s charter documents. The Bylaws of each Fund generally provide that a shareholder meeting may be called at any time by the Secretary of the Fund upon the request of a majority of Directors/Trustees of the Board of the Fund.

Shareholder Proposals

Shareholders of a Fund wishing to submit proposals for inclusion in a proxy statement for a subsequent shareholder meeting must send their written proposal to the Fund within a reasonable time before the Fund beginsrelevant Board’s solicitation relating to print and mail its proxy materials. Timely submission of a proposal does not guarantee that such proposal willmeeting is to 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.made. The persons named as proxies in future proxy materials of athe 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 thatthe Fund within a reasonable period of time before the Board Members’relevant Board’s solicitation relating to such meeting is made.

Written proposals with regard to a Fund should be sent to the Secretary of the applicable Fund, 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809.

Shareholder Communications

Shareholders who want to communicate with the Board

Shareholders of a Fund who wish to send communications to the relevant Board or any individual Board Membera specified Director/Trustee should write their Fundsubmit the communication in writing to the attention of the Secretary of the applicable Fund 40 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10022. The communication should indicate that you are aat: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809, Attention: Fund shareholder. IfSecretary, identifying the communication iscorrespondence as intended for the Board or 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.specified Director/Trustee.

 

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.- 48 -


Expense of Proxy SolicitationGeneral

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 and the Equity-Bond 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 $267,000 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 other 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 atto the Meeting for a vote, the proxies will be voted by the persons named inacting under the enclosed proxyproxies upon such matters in accordance with their judgment of what is in the best interests of the Funds.

applicable Fund.

A list of each Fund’s shareholders of record as ofentitled to be present and to vote at the Record DateMeeting will be available at the offices of [BlackRock, 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, New Jersey 08540-6455], 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,by any shareholder 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 eachthe enclosed proxy card, or voting instruction form, and if received by mail, returning it (them) in the accompanying postage-paid return envelope OR by following the enclosed instructions on the enclosed proxy card(s) orto provide voting instruction form(s) to voteinstructions by telephone or viaover the Internet.

 

By Order of the Boards,

Benjamin Archibald

Secretary of the Funds

October 3, 2018

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) the voting rights of shares of/interests in each Fund, (v) the quorum requirement for each Fund and (vi) the vote required to approve Proposals 1(a) or 1(b), as applicable, 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

Fund1

Form of
Organization

Voting Rights

Quorum Requirement

Vote
Required to
Approve
Proposal 1(a)3

BBIF Money Fund

Massachusetts TrustHolders are entitled to one vote for each dollar of net asset value (number of shares owned times net asset value per share), and each fractional dollar amount shall be entitled to a proportionate fractional vote.Holders of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, representing a majorityBy Order of the voting powerA pluralityBoards of votes cast

BBIF Treasury Fund

Massachusetts TrustHolders are entitled to one vote for each dollar of net asset value (number of shares owned times net asset value per share), and each fractional dollar amount shall be entitled to a proportionate fractional vote.Holders of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, representing a majority of the voting powerA plurality of votes cast

BIF Money Fund2

Massachusetts TrustEach 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 the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the shares present at the Meeting

BIF Treasury Fund2

Massachusetts TrustEach 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 the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the shares present at the Meeting

BlackRock Asian Dragon Fund, Inc.

Maryland CorporationEach 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 the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the votes cast

Fund1

Form of
Organization

Voting Rights

Quorum Requirement

Vote
Required to
Approve
Proposal 1(a)3

BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

Maryland CorporationEach 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 the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the votes cast

BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust2

Massachusetts TrustEach 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 the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the shares present at the Meeting

Series

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

BlackRock FundsSM

Massachusetts TrustEach 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 the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA plurality of the shares voted

Series

BlackRock Advantage Emerging Markets Fund

BlackRock Advantage International Fund

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Growth Fund

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Core Fund

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund

BlackRockAll-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

BlackRock Emerging Markets Dividend Fund

BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund

BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio

BlackRock Exchange Portfolio

BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund

BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock High Equity Income Fund

Fund1

Form of
Organization

Voting Rights

Quorum Requirement

Vote
Required to
Approve
Proposal 1(a)3

BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund

BlackRock International Dividend Fund

BlackRockMid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

BlackRock Real Estate Securities Fund

BlackRock Short Obligations Fund

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Technology Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Total Emerging Markets Fund

BlackRock Total Factor Fund

iShares Developed Real Estate Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol EAFE Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Intl Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor USA Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor Index Fund

iShares Edge MSCI USA Value Factor Index Fund

iShares MSCI Asia ex Japan Index Fund

iShares MSCI Developed World Index Fund

iShares RussellMid-Cap Index Fund

iShares RussellSmall/Mid-Cap Index Fund

iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund

iShares Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund

Fund1

Form of
Organization

Voting Rights

Quorum Requirement

Vote
Required to
Approve
Proposal 1(a)3

BlackRock Funds III

Delaware 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 holder’s name on the books of the Fund.One-third of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA plurality of the shares voted

Series

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Index Retirement Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2020 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2025 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2030 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2035 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2040 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2045 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2050 Fund

Fund1

Form of
Organization

Voting Rights

Quorum Requirement

Vote
Required to
Approve
Proposal 1(a)3

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2055 Fund

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2060 Fund

iShares MSCI Total International Index Fund

iShares Russell 1000Large-Cap Index Fund

iShares S&P 500 Index Fund

iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

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

Series

iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund

iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

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

Series

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund

BlackRock Event Driven Equity Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

Maryland CorporationEach 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 the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the votes cast

BlackRock Liquidity Funds

Delaware TrustEach full share shall be entitled to one vote and fractional shares shall be entitled to a vote of such fraction.Holders ofone-third of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA plurality of the shares voted

Series

California Money Fund

Federal Trust Fund

FedFund

Fund1

Form of
Organization

Voting Rights

Quorum Requirement

Vote
Required to
Approve
Proposal 1(a)3

MuniCash

MuniFund

New York Money Fund

TempCash

TempFund

T-Fund

Treasury Trust Fund

BlackRock Series, Inc.

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

Series

BlackRock International Fund

Funds For Institutions Series2

Massachusetts TrustEach 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 the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the shares present at the Meeting

Series

BlackRock Premier Government Institutional Fund

BlackRock Select Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund

BlackRock Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund

FFI Government Fund

FFI Treasury Fund

Master Institutional Money 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 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

Series

Master Premier Government Institutional Portfolio

Master Treasury Strategies Institutional Portfolio

Fund1

Form of
Organization

Voting Rights

Quorum Requirement

Vote
Required to
Approve
Proposal 1(a)3

Master Investment Portfolio

Delaware TrustEach holder of an interest shall be entitled to a vote in proportion to its interest relative to total outstanding interests in the Fund.Thirty Percent (30%) of the outstanding interests, present in person or by proxyA majority of the interests voted

Series

Active Stock Master Portfolio

International Tilts Master Portfolio

Large Cap Index Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index Retirement Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2020 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2025 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2030 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2035 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2040 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2045 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2050 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2055 Master Portfolio

LifePath® Index 2060 Master Portfolio

Money Market Master Portfolio

Fund1

Form of
Organization

Voting Rights

Quorum Requirement

Vote
Required to
Approve
Proposal 1(a)3

S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio

Total International ex U.S. Index Master Portfolio

Treasury Money Market Master Portfolio

U.S. Total Bond Index Master Portfolio

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

Series

Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

Master Advantage Large Cap Value Portfolio

Master Large Cap Focus Growth Portfolio

Master Money LLC2

Delaware LLCEach holder of an interest shall be entitled to a vote in proportion to its interest in the Fund; provided that in the event that holders exercise pass through voting, such holders shall vote their interests on the same basis as interests in such holders are voted.Holders of a majority of the interests entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the interests present at the Meeting

Master Treasury LLC2

Delaware LLCEach holder of an interest shall be entitled to a vote in proportion to its interest in the Fund, provided, however, that in the event that holders exercise pass through voting, such holders shall vote their Interests on the same basis as interests in such holders are voted.Holders of a majority of the interests entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the interests present at the Meeting

Fund1

Form of
Organization

Voting Rights

Quorum Requirement

Vote
Required to
Approve
Proposal 1(a)3

Quantitative Master Series LLC2

Delaware LLCEach holder shall be entitled to 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

Series

Master Small Cap Index Series

Ready Assets Government Liquidity Fund2

Massachusetts TrustEach 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 the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the shares present at the Meeting

Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund2

Massachusetts TrustEach 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 the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the shares present at the Meeting

Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund2

Massachusetts TrustEach 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 the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the shares present at the Meeting

Retirement Series Trust2

Massachusetts TrustEach 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 the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA majority of the shares present at the Meeting

Series

Retirement Reserves Money Fund

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 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(a), the quorum requirement applies to all shareholders of the Fund as a whole. The approval of the shareholders of all relevant Funds that are series of the applicable 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 Funds IV

Massachusetts TrustEach 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 the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA plurality of the shares voted

Series

BlackRock Alternative Capital Strategies Fund

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

BlackRock Impact Bond Fund

BlackRock Funds VI

Delaware 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 holder’s name on the books of the Fund.One-third of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxyA plurality of the shares voted

Series

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund

Master Investment Portfolio II

Delaware TrustEach holder of an interest shall be entitled to a vote in proportion to its interest relative to total outstanding interests in the Fund.Thirty Percent (30%) of the outstanding interests, present in person or by proxyA majority of the interests voted

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), the quorum requirement applies to all shareholders of the Fund as a whole. The approval of the shareholders of all relevant Funds that are series of the applicable Fund voting together is required.

Appendix B – Master/Feeder Structures

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

Master Fund

Feeder Fund(s)

Master Money LLC

BBIF Money Fund

BIF Money Fund

Master Treasury LLC

BBIF Treasury Fund

BIF Treasury Fund

Master Institutional Money Market LLC - Master Premier Government Institutional PortfolioFunds For Institutions Series - BlackRock Premier Government Institutional Fund
Master Institutional Money Market LLC – Master Treasury Strategies Institutional PortfolioFunds For Institutions Series – BlackRock Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund; BlackRock Select Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - Large Cap Index Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III – iShares Russell 1000Large-Cap Index Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - S&P 500 Index Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III – iShares S&P 500 Index Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - Total International ex U.S. Index Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III – iShares MSCI Total International Index Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - U.S. Total Bond Index Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III – iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - Money Market Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional
Master Investment Portfolio - Treasury Money Market Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Fund

Master Fund

Feeder Fund(s)

Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Index Retirement Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Index Retirement Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Index 2020 Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Index 2020 Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Index 2025 Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Index 2025 Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Index 2030 Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Index 2030 Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Index 2035 Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Index 2035 Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Index 2040 Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Index 2040 Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Index 2045 Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Index 2045 Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Index 2050 Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Index 2050 Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Index 2055 Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Index 2055 Fund
Master Investment Portfolio - LifePath® Index 2060 Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds III - BlackRock LifePath® Index 2060 Fund
Master Investment Portfolio II – CoreAlpha Bond Master PortfolioBlackRock Funds VI – BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund
Master Large Cap Series LLC - Master Large Cap Focus Growth PortfolioBlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. - BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund
Master Large Cap Series LLC - Master Advantage Large Cap Value PortfolioBlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. - BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund
Master Large Cap Series LLC - Master Advantage Large Cap Core PortfolioBlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. - BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund
Quantitative Master Series LLC - Master Small Cap Index SeriesBlackRock Index Funds, Inc. – iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index Fund

Appendix C – Shares Outstanding/Votes

Group A Funds

A.    For the Funds/Portfolios listed in the tables below, shareholders 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 and Portfolio and the number of votes to which each such class is entitled as of September 24, 2018:

Fund/Portfolio

Shares Outstanding/Number of
Votes

BIF Money Fund

8,432,678,106.460

BIF Treasury Fund

1,143,228,773.870

   Shares Outstanding/Number of Votes

Fund/Portfolio

  Investor A  Investor C  Institutional  Class R  Service  Class K
BlackRock Asian Dragon Fund, Inc.  5,407,651.785  644,230.086  5,132,478.716  201,150.174    43,127.966
BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.  8,416,843.956  2,160,856.134  4,980,572.817      75,980.703
BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust            

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

  38,227,697.910  50,000.000        
BlackRock Funds            

BlackRock Advantage Emerging Markets Fund

  511,115.568  318,700.978  2,945,130.007      13,601,881.424

BlackRock Advantage International Fund

  18,065,763.480  1,439,040.271  24,042,025.011  452,756.537    473,366.664

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Growth Fund

  42,757,974.489  3,356,278.171  4,191,930.442  127,230.720  9,240.524  34,044.321

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Core Fund

  5,134,542.163  220,100.180  30,424,443.239      814,276.832

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund

  12,321,232.471  3,474,853.683  21,240,652.535  1,278,486.281  749,899.605  93,895.766

BlackRockAll-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio

  3,483,558.060  1,928,653.483  1,744,683.967    49,720.417  

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

  7,178,471.264  988,049.037  26,357,612.424      2,991,287.843

BlackRock Emerging Markets Dividend Fund

  747,584.484  124,469.346  239,730.081      431,483.747

BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund

  37,281.822  10,594.596  586,146.009      581,622.950

BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio

  5,817,747.051  1,538,344.896  1,105,405.656      

BlackRock Exchange Portfolio*

            

BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund

  4,047,910.477  1,777,291.625  46,064,435.084      26,284.609

BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

  42,943,898.544  18,012,654.458  43,451,201.240  3,829,933.272  608,838.076  1,854,010.702

   Shares Outstanding/Number of Votes

Fund/Portfolio

  Investor A  Investor C  Institutional  Class R  Service  Class K

BlackRock High Equity Income Fund

  8,892,571.808  5,822,612.561  8,878,477.756    486,781.273  

BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund

  490,590.884  156,848.706  4,198,226.190      19,801.980

BlackRock International Dividend Fund

  5,180,271.604  1,533,406.148  3,552,845.082    160,901.127  126,439.881

BlackRockMid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

  33,081,369.068  8,539,712.112  36,963,440.808  894,060.794  1,328,602.909  4,849,469.330

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

  263,733,423.960  13,024,570.620  309,888,990.030    7,352,558.430  

BlackRock Real Estate Securities Fund

  944,734.688  191,942.876  786,529.671      

BlackRock Short Obligations Fund

  1,305,120.440    7,404,807.410      10,998,205.230

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

  15,491,321.137  2,103,084.231  14,361,581.255    54,240.975  12,908,382.448

BlackRock Technology Opportunities Fund

  21,078,967.212  5,667,149.447  18,069,783.561  451,799.800  497,383.550  

BlackRock Total Emerging Markets Fund

  2,079,893.977  627,422.866  21,719,489.286      

BlackRock Total Factor Fund

  394,308.167  72,356.104  12,935,570.795      2,818,577.817

iShares Developed Real Estate Index Fund

  58,812.227    3,092,144.662      195,351,662.747

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol EAFE Index Fund

      86,695.349      13,773,712.216

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA Index Fund

      340,996.902      995,732.792

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Intl Index Fund

      45,580.735      992,984.578

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor USA Index Fund

      76,228.779      994,720.708

iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor Index Fund

      138,980.257      993,732.183

iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor Index Fund

      34,448.374      1,947,374.455

iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor Index Fund

      10,135.613      990,000.000

iShares Edge MSCI USA Value Factor Index Fund

      11,134.890      990,000.000

iShares MSCI Asia ex Japan Index Fund

      9,011,743.405      1,322,349.968

iShares MSCI Developed World Index Fund

      1,276,877.497      46,199,988.518

iShares RussellMid-Cap Index Fund

  17,060,571.788    16,328,967.390      49,419,998.296

   Shares Outstanding/Number of Votes

Fund/Portfolio

  Investor A  Investor C  Institutional  Class R  Service  Class K

iShares RussellSmall/Mid-Cap Index Fund

  2,180,390.104    1,175,353.636      6,630,601.768

iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund

  48,223.831    128,504.464      126,719.352

iShares Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund

  5,385,736.194    6,023,936.637      54,462,717.920

*

BlackRock Exchange Portfolio offers BlackRock Shares. As of September 24, 2018, the shares outstanding/number of votes relating to the BlackRock Shares of BlackRock Exchange Portfolio was 154,220.920.

   Shares Outstanding/Number of Votes 

Fund/Portfolio

  Investor A   Institutional   Class K   Investor P 

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

        

iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund

   25,253,866.345    53,495,244.754    688,029,931.633    14,495.478 

iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index Fund

   14,895,782.776    6,927,093.584    45,678,319.543    9,238.817 

   Shares Outstanding/Number of Votes 

Fund/Portfolio

  Investor A   Investor C   Institutional   Class R   Service   Class K 
BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.            

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund

   53,109,337.396    10,649,484.775    65,851,069.407    2,213,032.189    9,751.877    135,188.249 

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund

   11,179,180.422    3,397,694.682    5,476,226.696    1,017,369.354    448,374.957    176,481.431 

BlackRock Event Driven Equity Fund

   3,461,216.524    1,010,755.566    80,581,365.718             

BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund

   37,855,749.590    13,370,502.532    17,302,887.446    2,605,415.591    244,083.252    664,336.059 

   Shares Outstanding/Number of Votes

Fund/Portfolio

  Investor A  Investor C  Institutional  Class K

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

  1,903,895.818  284,835.646  1,153,690.747  16,327.266

Fund/Portfolio

Classes

Outstanding
Shares/Number of
Votes

BlackRock Liquidity Funds

California Money Fund

Administration
Capital
Cash Management
Cash Plus
Cash Reserve
Dollar
Institutional20,176,872.180
Plus
Premier
Private Client27,788.840
Select1,139,295.510

Federal Trust Fund

Administration59,547,508.030
Capital
Cash Management13,731,121.580
Cash Reserve372,892.960
Dollar12,721,692.580

Fund/Portfolio

Classes

Outstanding
Shares/Number of
Votes
Institutional3,137,655,221.790
Premier
Private Client
Select

FedFund

Administration2,825,057,449.040
Capital6,738,670,244.210
Cash Management130,902,660.330
Cash Plus
Cash Reserve1,118,296,877.950
Dollar1,876,741,308.730
Institutional72,444,829,513.170
Premier
Private Client766,327.860
Select207,536,790.940

MuniCash

Administration0.010
Capital
Cash Management
Cash Plus
Cash Reserve
Dollar1,804,175.606
Institutional4,662,157,308.047
Premier
Private Client
Select

MuniFund

Administration15,576,031.600
Capital
Cash Management
Cash Reserve
Dollar4,708,564.860
Institutional140,362,599.080
Plus
Premier
Private Client319,999.130
Select2,369,370.590

New York Money Fund

Administration0.010
Capital
Cash Management
Cash Plus
Cash Reserve
Dollar
Institutional11,417,463.320
Plus
Premier
Private Client
Select170,991.900

TempCash

Administration0.010
Capital
Cash Management
Cash Plus
Cash Reserve
Dollar15,322.732
Institutional4,618,579,169.006
Premier
Private Client��
Select

Fund/Portfolio

Classes

Outstanding
Shares/Number of
Votes

TempFund

Administration25,830,536.968
Capital
Cash Management634,697,301.610
Cash Reserve4,405,454.158
Dollar79,829,788.218
Institutional13,934,061,822.926
Plus
Premier
Private Client2,036,823.664
Select635.982

T-Fund

Administration914,584,950.640
Capital11,062,725,861.110
Cash Management580,846,594.680
Cash Reserve103,823,378.960
Dollar1,611,447,321.170
Institutional51,786,931,205.910
Plus
Premier
Private Client
Select24,610,404.340

Treasury Trust Fund

Administration380,337,009.980
Capital
Cash Management13,827,247.900
Cash Reserve8,706,641.890
Dollar489,623,604.940
Institutional30,594,907,918.200
Premier
Private Client
Select33,431,345.430

   Shares Outstanding/Number of Votes 

Fund Portfolio

  Investor A   Investor C   Institutional   Class R   Class K 

BlackRock Series, Inc.

          

BlackRock International Fund

   19,085,913.526    3,757,660.946    12,256,029.558    1,176,710.443    151,263.827 

Fund/Portfolio

Shares Outstanding/Number of Votes

Funds For Institutions Series

BlackRock Premier Government Institutional Fund

189,578,169.840

BlackRock Select Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund

198,925,080.990

BlackRock Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund

229,786,971.630

FFI Government Fund

63,795,371.760

FFI Treasury Fund

225,876,284.220

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

Master Premier Government Institutional Portfolio

189,796,452.85

Master Treasury Strategies Institutional Portfolio

429,562,863.90

Master Investment Portfolio

Active Stock Master Portfolio

533,030,542.26

International Tilts Master Portfolio

172,761,963.32

Large Cap Index Master Portfolio

8,375,338,383.82

Fund/Portfolio

Shares Outstanding/Number of Votes

LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Master Portfolio

121,140,548.76

LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Master Portfolio

327,143,801.84

LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Master Portfolio

64,176,525.27

LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Master Portfolio

361,954,684.04

LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Master Portfolio

57,848,053.88

LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Master Portfolio

298,710,174.22

LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Master Portfolio

38,854,454.47

LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Master Portfolio

106,918,662.96

LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Master Portfolio

22,116,146.54

LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Master Portfolio

2,360,949.88

LifePath® Index Retirement Master Portfolio

1,338,173,425.93

LifePath® Index 2020 Master Portfolio

2,649,151,558.88

LifePath® Index 2025 Master Portfolio

3,085,444,413.93

LifePath® Index 2030 Master Portfolio

3,808,383,139.65

LifePath® Index 2035 Master Portfolio

2,729,391,036.34

LifePath® Index 2040 Master Portfolio

2,926,476,122.88

LifePath® Index 2045 Master Portfolio

1,905,248,922.01

LifePath® Index 2050 Master Portfolio

1,684,441,000.23

LifePath® Index 2055 Master Portfolio

845,726,718.75

LifePath® Index 2060 Master Portfolio

147,571,357.99

Money Market Master Portfolio

50,938,545,348.93

S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio

17,619,803,693.21

Total International ex U.S. Index Master Portfolio

911,707,975.19

Treasury Money Market Master Portfolio

8,210,502,175.91

U.S. Total Bond Index Master Portfolio

6,167,226,972.79

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

Master Money LLC

10,438,132,712.73

Master Treasury LLC

1,880,877,766.56

Quantitative Master Series LLC

Master Small Cap Index Series

1,988,334,063.85

Ready Assets Government Liquidity Fund

1,591,610,988.24

Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund

29,203,844.16

Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund

132,633,659.83

Fund/Portfolio

  Shares Outstanding/Number of Votes
Retirement Series Trust  Class I  Class II

Retirement Reserves Money Fund

  591,511,849.600  16,645,038.550

B.    For the following Funds and Portfolios, shareholders are entitled to votes based on the dollar (and fractional dollar thereof) of net asset value (number of Shares owned times net asset value per share) of shares outstanding in such shareholder’s name on the record date. The following tables indicate the number of shares of each class of the indicated Funds outstanding on the Record Date, the aggregate net asset value of such Fund on the Record Date and the total number of votes to which each such Fund is entitled:

Fund/Portfolio

  Shares Outstanding   Aggregate Net Asset
Value ($)
   Number of Votes   

BBIF Money Fund

      

Class 1

   172,054,196.96    1.0000    172,054,196.96 

Class 2

   245,413,477.51    1.0000    245,413,477.51 

Class 3

   621,411,382.23    1.0000    621,411,382.23 

Class 4

   960,720,307.42    1.0000    960,720,307.42 
BBIF Treasury Fund            

Class 1

   16,834,473.21    1.0000    16,834,473.21 

Class 2

   34,862,106.67    1.0000    34,862,106.67 

Class 3

   190,429,303.69    1.0000    190,429,303.69 

Class 4

   494,522,385.66    1.0000    494,522,385.66 

BLACKROCK FUNDS III

      

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional

      

SL Agency Shares

   50,849,649,038.253    1.0003    50,864,903,932.96 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury

      

Institutional Shares

   851,564,332.340    1.0000    851,564,332.34 

Premium Shares

       1.0000     

Select Shares

       1.0000     

Trust Shares

       1.0000     

Capital Shares

       1.0000     

SL Agency Shares

   5,599,102,004.250    1.0000    5,599,102,004.25 

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Fund

      

Investor A

   7,533,630.757    9.7100    73,151,554.65 

Institutional

   2,760,387.440    11.0300    30,447,073.46 

Investor C

   62,640.974    10.8600    680,280.98 

Class R

   103,541.365    10.9200    1,130,671.71 

Class K

   1,421,128.525    11.0000    15,632,413.78 

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Fund

      

Investor A

   13,933,147.252    14.8000    206,210,579.33 

Institutional

   5,136,115.647    16.1000    82,691,461.92 

Investor C

   210,678.685    15.8400    3,337,150.37 

Class R

   192,252.971    15.9900    3,074,125.02 

Class K

   1,965,842.972    16.0400    31,532,121.25 

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Fund

      

Investor A

   2,099,818.210    13.6700    28,704,514.93 

Institutional

   1,343,028.631    13.7000    18,399,492.24 

Fund/Portfolio

  Shares Outstanding   Aggregate Net Asset
Value ($)
   Number of Votes   

Investor C

   199,165.561    13.5700    2,702,676.66 

Class R

   337,639.243    13.6500    4,608,775.67 

Class K

   709,908.863    13.6800    9,711,553.25 

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Fund

      

Investor A

   17,586,972.732    13.9000    244,458,920.97 

Institutional

   5,610,551.829    14.4700    81,184,684.97 

Investor C

   299,401.522    14.1600    4,239,525.55 

Class R

   168,020.641    14.3000    2,402,695.17 

Class K

   2,038,969.124    14.4500    29,463,103.84 

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Fund

      

Investor A

   2,210,788.053    14.7800    32,675,447.42 

Institutional

   775,411.131    14.8100    11,483,838.85 

Investor C

   195,551.993    14.6000    2,855,059.10 

Class R

   239,884.783    14.7700    3,543,098.24 

Class K

   481,733.874    15.0300    7,240,460.13 

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Fund

      

Investor A

   11,792,690.503    16.8100    198,235,127.36 

Institutional

   3,429,640.501    18.4100    63,139,681.62 

Investor C

   162,807.895    18.0700    2,941,938.66 

Class R

   158,749.450    18.2200    2,892,414.98 

Class K

   1,692,687.921    18.5100    31,331,653.42 

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Fund

      

Investor A

   1,299,803.037    15.7300    20,445,901.77 

Institutional

   523,097.678    15.7600    8,244,019.41 

Investor C

   106,367.044    15.4800    1,646,561.84 

Class R

   224,200.943    15.6900    3,517,712.80 

Class K

   310,889.614    15.9300    4,952,471.55 

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Fund

      

Investor A

   3,720,172.988    21.8500    81,285,779.79 

Institutional

   792,844.748    21.9300    17,387,085.32 

Investor C

   67,824.395    21.5700    1,462,972.20 

Class R

   88,026.196    21.7700    1,916,330.29 

Class K

   217,293.424    22.0100    4,782,628.26 

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Fund

      

Investor A

   811,037.097    16.1700    13,114,469.86 

Institutional

   301,222.550    16.2400    4,891,854.21 

Investor C

   59,334.701    15.9400    945,795.13 

Class R

   65,066.273    16.1400    1,050,169.65 

Class K

   125,484.553    16.4600    2,065,475.74 

Fund/Portfolio

  Shares Outstanding  Aggregate Net Asset
Value ($)
  Number of Votes  

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Fund

      

Investor A

  4,962.952  11.3400  56,279.88

Institutional

  2,044.424  11.3500  23,204.21

Investor C

  2,520.334  11.3100  28,504.98

Class R

  2,010.032  11.3300  22,773.66

Class K

  194,754.449  11.3600  2,212,410.54

BlackRock LifePath Index Retirement Fund

      

Investor A

  5,880,751.027  12.2700  72,156,815.10

Institutional

  4,131,093.918  12.2900  50,771,144.25

Class K

  98,929,372.370  12.2800  1,214,852,692.70

Investor P

  16,353.230  12.2700  200,654.13

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2020 Fund

      

Investor A

  13,187,355.612  12.7600  168,270,657.61

Institutional

  7,364,027.985  12.7900  94,185,917.93

Class K

  186,560,758.873  12.7900  2,386,112,105.99

Investor P

  15,735.641  12.7600  200,786.78

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2025 Fund

      

Investor A

  10,279,774.352  13.4500  138,262,965.03

Institutional

  7,999,904.360  13.4800  107,838,710.77

Class K

  210,556,147.590  13.4800  2,838,296,869.51

Investor P

  14,947.683  13.4500  201,046.34

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2030 Fund

      

Investor A

  19,182,897.823  13.8600  265,874,963.83

Institutional

  9,206,302.684  13.8800  127,783,481.25

Class K

  246,222,423.031  13.8700  3,415,105,007.44

Investor P

  14,524.328  13.8600  201,307.19

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2035 Fund

      

Investor A

  8,570,522.797  14.3800  123,244,117.82

Institutional

  7,025,911.742  14.4200  101,313,647.32

Class K

  173,805,204.473  14.4100  2,504,532,996.46

Investor P

  14,025.245  14.3800  201,683.02

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2040 Fund

      

Investor A

  12,165,212.415  14.7800  179,801,839.49

Institutional

  6,973,452.818  14.8100  103,276,836.23

Class K

  178,432,074.699  14.8100  2,642,579,026.29

Investor P

  13,661.202  14.7800  201,912.57

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2045 Fund

      

Investor A

  4,909,389.709  15.2000  74,622,723.58

Institutional

  5,103,782.096  15.2400  77,781,639.14

Fund/Portfolio

  Shares Outstanding  Aggregate Net Asset
Value ($)
  Number of Votes  

Class K

  114,887,022.783  15.2500  1,752,027,097.44

Investor P

  13,289.037  15.2000  201,993.36

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2050 Fund

      

Investor A

  5,622,026.788  15.4600  86,916,534.14

Institutional

  4,994,674.622  15.5000  77,417,456.64

Class K

  98,029,405.018  15.5000  1,519,455,777.78

Investor P

  13,071.895  15.4600  202,091.50

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2055 Fund

      

Investor A

  2,732,052.908  15.7600  43,057,153.83

Institutional

  4,037,523.506  15.8000  63,792,871.39

Class K

  46,745,914.181  15.8000  738,585,444.06

Investor P

  12,820.513  15.7600  202,051.28

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2060 Fund

      

Investor A

  249,640.587  13.9500  3,482,486.19

Institutional

  226,265.602  13.9800  3,163,193.12

Class K

  10,064,119.649  13.9800  140,696,392.69

Investor P

  14,482.259  13.9500  202,027.51

iShares MSCI Total International Index Fund

      

Investor A

  32,230,025.429  9.1000  293,293,231.40

Institutional

  18,193,770.352  9.1300  166,109,123.31

Class K

  31,966,839.965  9.4000  300,488,295.67

iShares Russell 1000Large-Cap Index Fund

      

Investor A

  3,413,712.764  19.4000  66,226,027.62

Institutional

  2,728,054.137  19.5300  53,278,897.30

Class K

  7,729,610.702  19.4600  150,418,224.26

iShares S&P 500 Index Fund

      

Investor A

  7,272,935.815  348.5600  2,535,054,507.68

Investor C1

  124,360.972  348.5700  43,348,504.01

Institutional

  10,719,522.861  348.8500  3,739,505,550.06

Class K

  28,931,341.966  348.9800  10,096,459,719.29

Service

  1,097,370.392  348.7300  382,685,976.80

Investor P

  593.280  348.5700  206,799.61

iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund

      

Investor A

  13,166,552.416  9.7600  128,505,551.58

Institutional

  12,697,409.147  9.7700  124,053,687.37

Class K

  101,648,029.830  9.7700  993,101,251.44

Investor P

  20,345.880  9.7700  198,779.25

Group B Funds

A.        For the Funds/Portfolios listed in the tables below, shareholders 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 and Portfolio and the number of votes to which each such class is entitled as of September 24, 2018:

   Shares Outstanding/Number of Votes 

Fund/Portfolio

  Investor A   Investor C   Institutional   Class R   Service   Class K 

BlackRock Funds IV

            

BlackRock Alternative Capital Strategies Fund

   151,673.049    7,848.223    3,099,852.649             

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

   15,738,861.349    9,575,850.413    217,497,081.397            130,292,710.588 

BlackRock Impact Bond Fund

   54,561.172    6,949.298    2,501,505.858            5,000.000 

Fund/Portfolio

Shares Outstanding/Number of Votes

Master Investment Portfolio II

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

1,023,184,780.36

B.        For the following Funds and Portfolios, shareholders are entitled to votes based on the dollar (and fractional dollar thereof) of net asset value (number of Shares owned times net asset value per share) of shares outstanding in such shareholder’s name on the record date. The following tables indicate the number of shares of each class of the indicated Funds outstanding on the Record Date, the aggregate net asset value of such Fund on the Record Date and the total number of votes to which each such Fund is entitled:

Fund/Portfolio

  Shares Outstanding   Aggregate Net Asset
Value ($)
   Number of Votes 

BLACKROCK FUNDS VI

      

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund

      

Investor A

   68,604.005    10.0000    686,040.05 

Investor C

   17,798.038    10.0100    178,158.36 

Institutional

   74,725,955.111    10.0000    747,259,551.11 

Class K

   35,691.611    10.0100    357,273.03 

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

Each Existing Board Member who is an Independent Board Member is paid as compensation an annual retainer of $275,000 per year for his or her services as a Board Member of all Funds in the BlackRock Equity-Liquidity Complex that are overseen by the respective Board Member, and a $15,000 Board meeting fee for eachin-person Board meeting attended (and may receive a $5,000 Board meeting fee for telephonic attendance at Board meetings) for up to five Board meetings held in a calendar year (compensation for meeting 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. Each Independent Board Member receives $10,000 per year for each standing Committee on which he or she serves for up to two standing Committee assignments but is not paid this amount for serving on a Committee which he or she chairs. The Chair of the Boards is paid an additional annual retainer of $120,000 and the Chair Elect of the Boards is paid an additional annual retainer of $30,000. The Chair of the Audit Committees is paid an additional annual retainer of $40,000 and the Chairs of the Compliance Committees, Governance Committees and Performance Oversight Committees are each paid an additional annual retainer of $30,000. In addition, each Independent Board Member was paid $10,000 forin-person attendance or $2,000 for telephonic attendance at each of three sessions related to the proposed realignment and consolidation of the Existing Boards and the BlackRock Fund complexes.

The following tables set forth the aggregate compensation paid to each Independent Board Member by each Fund and Portfolio during its most recently completed fiscal year and the total compensation paid to each Independent Board Member by the BlackRock Fund Complexes for the calendar year ended December 31, 2017. Each Fund/Portfolio’s fiscal year end is indicated onAppendices F and 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.

Existing 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
 

Group A Funds

                

BBIF Money Fund*

                

BBIF Treasury Fund*

                

BIF Money Fund*

                

BIF Treasury Fund*

                

BlackRock Asian Dragon Fund, Inc.

  $1,084   $1,109   $1,084   $1,122   $1,096   $1,096   $1,109   $1,084 

BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

  $1,305   $1,342   $1,305   $1,357   $1,324   $1,320   $1,344   $1,305 

BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust

                

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

  $1,004   $947   $1,004   $1,008   $931   $1,010   $1,011   $1,004 

BlackRock FundsSM

                

BlackRock Advantage Emerging Markets Fund

  $1,140   $1,082   $1,140   $1,147   $1,070   $1,163   $1,155   $1,140 

BlackRock Advantage International Fund

  $1,793   $1,735   $1,793   $1,823   $1,746   $1,900   $1,853   $1,793 

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Growth Fund

  $1,893   $1,835   $1,893   $1,926   $1,849   $2,009   $1,959   $1,893 

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Core Fund

  $1,316   $1,259   $1,316   $1,330   $1,253   $1,355   $1,344   $1,316 

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund

  $1,877   $1,819   $1,877   $1,909   $1,832   $1,978   $1,942   $1,877 

BlackRockAll-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio

  $1,037   $979   $1,037   $1,041   $964   $1,050   $1,045   $1,037 

Fund/Portfolio

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

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

  $1,254   $1,196   $1,254   $1,265   $1,188   $1,288   $1,277   $1,254 

BlackRock Emerging Markets Dividend Fund

  $938   $881   $938   $939   $862   $941   $940   $938 

BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund

  $753   $754   $753   $755   $754   $754   $755   $753 

BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio

  $1,154   $1,096   $1,154   $1,162   $1,085   $1,179   $1,170   $1,154 

BlackRock Exchange Portfolio

  $1,001   $1,020   $1,001   $1,030   $1,010   $1,010   $1,020   $1,001 

BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund

  $1,812   $1,754   $1,812   $1,842   $1,765   $1,893   $1,873   $1,812 

BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

  $9,365   $9,308   $9,365   $9,652   $9,575   $10,284   $9,938   $9,365 

BlackRock High Equity Income Fund

  $1,932   $1,874   $1,932   $1,966   $1,890   $2,036   $2,001   $1,932 

BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund

  $976   $918   $976   $978   $901   $981   $980   $976 

BlackRock International Dividend Fund

  $1,503   $1,445   $1,503   $1,523   $1,446   $1,561   $1,543   $1,503 

BlackRockMid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

  $2,631   $2,573   $2,631   $2,689   $2,612   $2,830   $2,747   $2,631 

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

  $2,033   $2,056   $2,033   $2,152   $1,994   $2,088   $2,109   $2,033 

BlackRock Real Estate Securities Fund

  $771   $775   $771   $777   $773   $773   $774   $771 

BlackRock Short Obligations Fund

  $1,126   $1,069   $1,126   $1,134   $1,057   $1,146   $1,141   $1,126 

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

  $1,827   $1,769   $1,827   $1,858   $1,781   $1,928   $1,889   $1,827 

BlackRock Technology Opportunities Fund

  $1,959   $1,901   $1,959   $1,994   $1,917   $2,081   $2,030   $1,959 

BlackRock Total Emerging Markets Fund

  $1,177   $1,207   $1,177   $1,220   $1,193   $1,190   $1,208   $1,177 

BlackRock Total Factor Fund

  $984   $926   $984   $986   $909   $991   $989   $984 

iShares Developed Real Estate Index Fund

  $2,578   $2,694   $2,578   $2,757   $2,641   $2,660   $2,705   $2,578 

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol EAFE Index Fund

  $1,107   $1,049   $1,107   $1,114   $1,037   $1,126   $1,120   $1,107 

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA Index Fund

  $929   $871   $929   $929   $852   $930   $930   $929 

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Intl Index Fund

  $930   $872   $930   $930   $854   $932   $931   $930 

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor USA Index Fund

  $930   $872   $930   $930   $853   $931   $931   $930 

iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor Index Fund

  $931   $873   $931   $931   $854   $932   $932   $931 

iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor Index Fund

  $930   $872   $930   $930   $854   $932   $931   $930 

iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor Index Fund

  $928   $870   $928   $929   $852   $930   $929   $928 

iShares Edge MSCI USA Value Factor Index Fund

  $928   $871   $928   $929   $852   $930   $929   $928 

iShares MSCI Asia ex Japan Index Fund

  $1,020   $962   $1,020   $1,023   $946   $1,027   $1,027   $1,020 

iShares MSCI Developed World Index Fund

  $2,068   $2,010   $2,068   $2,107   $2,030   $2,179   $2,146   $2,068 

iShares RussellMid-Cap Index Fund

  $2,271   $2,214   $2,271   $2,317   $2,241   $2,375   $2,364   $2,271 

iShares RussellSmall/Mid-Cap Index Fund

  $1,052   $995   $1,052   $1,057   $980   $1,065   $1,062   $1,052 

iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund

  $726   $728   $726   $728   $726   $726   $727   $726 

iShares Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund

  $1,995   $1,937   $1,995   $2,032   $1,955   $2,099   $2,068   $1,995 

BlackRock Funds III

                

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional*

                

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Fund*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Fund*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Fund*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Fund*

                

Fund/Portfolio

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

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Fund*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Fund*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Fund*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Fund*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Fund*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Fund*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Index Retirement Fund*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2020 Fund*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2025 Fund*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2030 Fund*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2035 Fund*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2040 Fund*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2045 Fund*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2050 Fund*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2055 Fund*

                

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2060 Fund*

                

iShares MSCI Total International Index Fund*

                

iShares Russell 1000Large-Cap Index Fund*

                

iShares S&P 500 Index Fund*

                

iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund*

                

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

                

iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund

  $12,353   $13,034   $12,353   $13,428   $12,747   $12,747   $13,142   $12,353 

iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index Fund*

                

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

                

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund*

                

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund*

                

BlackRock Event Driven Equity Fund

  $1,384   $1,327   $1,384   $1,400   $1,323   $1,441   $1,416   $1,384 

BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund*

                

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

  $1,014   $1,034   $1,014   $1,042   $1,024   $1,022   $1,034   $1,014 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds

                

California Money Fund

  $752   $754   $752   $755   $753   $753   $754   $752 

Federal Trust Fund

  $2,802   $2,958   $2,802   $3,017   $2,873   $2,861   $2,943   $2,802 

FedFund

  $51,098   $54,521   $51,098   $55,980   $52,806   $52,558   $54,514   $51,098 

MuniCash

  $2,319   $2,437   $2,319   $2,486   $2,373   $2,368   $2,427   $2,319 

MuniFund

  $861   $870   $861   $875   $865   $865   $870   $861 

New York Money Fund

  $733   $734   $733   $734   $733   $733   $734   $733 

TempCash

  $975   $985   $975   $992   $983   $982   $992   $975 

TempFund

  $8,717   $9,258   $8,717   $9,460   $8,988   $8,919   $9,259   $8,717 

T-Fund

  $33,597   $35,771   $33,597   $36,685   $34,711   $34,512   $35,826   $33,597 

Treasury Trust Fund

  $15,632   $16,666   $15,632   $17,091   $16,137   $16,056   $16,643   $15,632 

Fund/Portfolio

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

BlackRock Series, Inc.

                

BlackRock International Fund

  $1,649   $1,711   $1,649   $1,737   $1,680   $1,675   $1,711   $1,649 

Funds For Institutions Series

                

BlackRock Premier Government Institutional Fund*

                

BlackRock Select Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund*

                

BlackRock Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund*

                

FFI Government Fund

  $967   $909   $967   $969   $892   $970   $971   $967 

FFI Treasury Fund

  $1,154   $1,097   $1,154   $1,162   $1,086   $1,168   $1,171   $1,154 

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

                

Master Premier Government Institutional Portfolio

  $2,078   $2,021   $2,078   $2,118   $2,041   $2,129   $2,158   $2,078 

Master Treasury Strategies Institutional Portfolio

  $1,626   $1,569   $1,626   $1,650   $1,574   $1,662   $1,675   $1,626 

Master Investment Portfolio

                

Active Stock Master Portfolio

  $1,548   $1,605   $1,548   $1,633   $1,576   $1,576   $1,605   $1,548 

International Tilts Master Portfolio

  $991   $1,011   $991   $1,020   $1,000   $1,000   $1,009   $991 

Large Cap Index Master Portfolio

  $8,931   $9,469   $8,931   $9,747   $9,210   $9,210   $9,488   $8,931 

LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Master Portfolio

  $954   $970   $954   $978   $962   $962   $970   $954 

LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Master Portfolio

  $1,376   $1,421   $1,376   $1,444   $1,398   $1,398   $1,421   $1,376 

LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Master Portfolio

  $816   $822   $816   $826   $819   $819   $823   $816 

LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Master Portfolio

  $1,399   $1,446   $1,399   $1,470   $1,423   $1,423   $1,446   $1,399 

LifePath®Dynamic 2035 Master Portfolio

  $803   $809   $803   $812   $806   $806   $809   $803 

LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Master Portfolio

  $1,267   $1,304   $1,267   $1,323   $1,286   $1,286   $1,304   $1,267 

LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Master Portfolio

  $772   $776   $772   $778   $774   $774   $776   $772 

LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Master Portfolio

  $902   $914   $902   $920   $908   $908   $914   $902 

LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Master Portfolio

  $746   $748   $746   $749   $747   $747   $748   $746 

LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Master Portfolio

  $287   $287   $287   $287   $287   $287   $287   $287 

LifePath® Index Retirement Master Portfolio

  $2,284   $2,389   $2,284   $2,442   $2,337   $2,337   $2,390   $2,284 

LifePath® Index 2020 Master Portfolio

  $3,918   $4,131   $3,918   $4,240   $4,026   $4,026   $4,134   $3,918 

LifePath® Index 2025 Master Portfolio

  $3,689   $3,884   $3,689   $3,985   $3,789   $3,789   $3,890   $3,689 

LifePath® Index 2030 Master Portfolio

  $4,600   $4,855   $4,600   $4,986   $4,731   $4,731   $4,863   $4,600 

LifePath® Index 2035 Master Portfolio

  $3,189   $3,351   $3,189   $3,435   $3,273   $3,273   $3,356   $3,189 

LifePath® Index 2040 Master Portfolio

  $3,530   $3,714   $3,530   $3,809   $3,625   $3,625   $3,721   $3,530 

LifePath® Index 2045 Master Portfolio

  $2,255   $2,354   $2,255   $2,406   $2,307   $2,307   $2,359   $2,255 

LifePath®Index 2050 Master Portfolio

  $2,134   $2,226   $2,134   $2,274   $2,182   $2,182   $2,230   $2,134 

LifePath® Index 2055 Master Portfolio

  $1,312   $1,351   $1,312   $1,371   $1,333   $1,333   $1,353   $1,312 

LifePath® Index 2060 Master Portfolio

  $763   $765   $763   $766   $764   $764   $766   $763 

Money Market Master Portfolio

  $30,922   $32,940   $30,922   $33,964   $31,946   $31,946   $32,970   $30,922 

S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio

  $19,496   $20,773   $19,496   $21,409   $20,132   $20,132   $20,769   $19,496 

Total International ex U.S. Index Master Portfolio

  $2,438   $2,562   $2,438   $2,620   $2,496   $2,496   $2,555   $2,438 

Treasury Money Market Master Portfolio

  $5,105   $5,397   $5,105   $5,546   $5,253   $5,253   $5,402   $5,105 

U.S. Total Bond Index Master Portfolio

  $6,767   $7,161   $6,767   $7,366   $6,972   $6,972   $7,177   $6,767 

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 Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

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

Master Advantage Large Cap Value Portfolio

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

Master Large Cap Focus Growth Portfolio

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

Master Money LLC

  $18,540   $19,855   $18,540   $20,511   $19,060   $19,547   $19,735   $18,540 

Master Treasury LLC

  $3,943   $4,115   $3,943   $4,276   $3,969   $4,115   $4,148   $3,943 

Quantitative Master Series LLC

                

Master Small Cap Index Series

  $2,125   $2,213   $2,125   $2,260   $2,173   $2,173   $2,221   $2,125 

Ready Assets Government Liquidity Fund

  $3,635   $3,577   $3,635   $3,727   $3,650   $3,808   $3,819   $3,635 

Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund

  $976   $919   $976   $979   $902   $980   $981   $976 

Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund

  $1,244   $1,186   $1,244   $1,255   $1,178   $1,264   $1,266   $1,244 

Retirement Series Trust

                

Retirement Reserves Money Fund

  $2,086   $2,029   $2,086   $2,126   $2,049   $2,159   $2,166   $2,086 

Group B Funds

                

BlackRock Funds IV

                

BlackRock Alternative Capital Strategies Fund**

  $762   $765   $762   $767   $764   $764   $765   $762 

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund**

  $6,617   $6,560   $6,617   $6,811   $6,734   $7,132   $7,004   $6,617 

BlackRock Impact Bond Fund**

  $945   $888   $945   $946   $870   $948   $948   $945 

BlackRock Funds VI

                

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund*

                

Master Investment Portfolio II

                

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio**

  $1,789   $1,864   $1,789   $1,901   $1,826   $1,826   $1,862   $1,789 

Total Compensation from the BlackRock Fund Complexes1

  $370,000   $390,000   $370,000   $400,000   $365,000   $380,000   $390,000   $370,000 

*

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 Retired Board Members1

Fund/Portfolio

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

Group A Funds

      

BBIF Money Fund*

      

BBIF Treasury Fund*

      

BIF Money Fund*

      

BIF Treasury Fund*

      

BlackRock Asian Dragon Fund, Inc.

  $1,208   $1,109   $1,084 

BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

  $1,502   $1,342   $1,305 

BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust

      

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

  $1,132   $1,101   $1,024 

Fund/Portfolio

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

BlackRock FundsSM

      

BlackRock Advantage Emerging Markets Fund

  $1,313   $1,236   $1,159 

BlackRock Advantage International Fund

  $2,186   $1,889   $1,812 

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Growth Fund

  $2,320   $1,989   $1,912 

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Core Fund

  $1,550   $1,413   $1,336 

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund

  $2,299   $1,973   $1,896 

BlackRockAll-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio

  $1,173   $1,133   $1,056 

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

  $1,466   $1,350   $1,273 

BlackRock Emerging Markets Dividend Fund

  $1,042   $1,035   $958 

BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund

  $765   $754   $753 

BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio

  $1,331   $1,250   $1,173 

BlackRock Exchange Portfolio

  $1,097   $1,020   $1,001 

BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund

  $2,213   $1,908   $1,831 

BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

  $12,326   $9,461   $9,385 

BlackRock High Equity Income Fund

  $2,373   $2,028   $1,951 

BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund

  $1,094   $1,072   $995 

BlackRock International Dividend Fund

  $1,798   $1,599   $1,522 

BlackRockMid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

  $3,309   $2,727   $2,650 

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

  $2,510   $2,210   $2,052 

BlackRock Real Estate Securities Fund

  $789   $775   $771 

BlackRock Short Obligations Fund

  $1,295   $1,222   $1,146 

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

  $2,232   $1,923   $1,846 

BlackRock Technology Opportunities Fund

  $2,408   $2,055   $1,978 

BlackRock Total Emerging Markets Fund

  $1,332   $1,207   $1,177 

BlackRock Total Factor Fund

  $1,104   $1,080   $1,003 

iShares Developed Real Estate Index Fund

  $3,209   $2,694   $2,578 

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol EAFE Index Fund

  $1,269   $1,203   $1,126 

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA Index Fund

  $1,031   $1,025   $948 

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Intl Index Fund

  $1,032   $1,026   $949 

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor USA Index Fund

  $1,032   $1,026   $949 

iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor Index Fund

  $1,033   $1,027   $950 

iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor Index Fund

  $1,032   $1,026   $949 

iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor Index Fund

  $1,030   $1,024   $947 

iShares Edge MSCI USA Value Factor Index Fund

  $1,030   $1,024   $947 

iShares MSCI Asia ex Japan Index Fund

  $1,152   $1,116   $1,039 

iShares MSCI Developed World Index Fund

  $2,556   $2,164   $2,087 

iShares RussellMid-Cap Index Fund

  $2,828   $2,368   $2,291 

iShares RussellSmall/Mid-Cap Index Fund

  $1,196   $1,148   $1,072 

iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund

  $729   $728   $726 

iShares Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund

  $2,458   $2,091   $2,014 

Fund/Portfolio

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

BlackRock Funds III

      

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional*

      

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Index Retirement Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2020 Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2025 Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2030 Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2035 Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2040 Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2045 Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2050 Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2055 Fund*

      

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2060 Fund*

      

iShares MSCI Total International Index Fund*

      

iShares Russell 1000Large-Cap Index Fund*

      

iShares S&P 500 Index Fund*

      

iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund*

      

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

      

iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund

  $16,297   $13,034   $12,353 

iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index Fund*

      

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

      

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund*

      

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund*

      

BlackRock Event Driven Equity Fund

  $1,639   $1,481   $1,404 

BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund*

      

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

  $1,113   $1,034   $1,014 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds

      

California Money Fund

  $763   $754   $752 

Federal Trust Fund

  $3,508   $2,958   $2,802 

FedFund

  $68,175   $54,521   $51,098 

Fund/Portfolio

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

MuniCash

  $2,861   $2,437   $2,319 

MuniFund

  $908   $870   $861 

New York Money Fund

  $737   $734   $733 

TempCash

  $1,061   $985   $975 

TempFund

  $11,428   $9,258   $8,717 

T-Fund

  $44,741   $35,771   $33,597 

Treasury Trust Fund

  $20,686   $16,666   $15,632 

BlackRock Series, Inc.

      

BlackRock International Fund

  $1,963   $1,711   $1,649 

Funds For Institutions Series

      

BlackRock Premier Government Institutional Fund*

      

BlackRock Select Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund*

      

BlackRock Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund*

      

FFI Government Fund

  $1,082   $1,063   $986 

FFI Treasury Fund

  $1,333   $1,250   $1,173 

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

      

Master Premier Government Institutional Portfolio

  $2,570   $2,175   $2,098 

Master Treasury Strategies Institutional Portfolio

  $1,965   $1,722   $1,645 

Master Investment Portfolio

      

Active Stock Master Portfolio

  $1,830   $1,605   $1,548 

International Tilts Master Portfolio

  $1,083   $1,011   $991 

Large Cap Index Master Portfolio

  $11,716   $9,469   $8,931 

LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Master Portfolio

  $1,034   $970   $954 

LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Master Portfolio

  $1,599   $1,421   $1,376 

LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Master Portfolio

  $849   $822   $816 

LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Master Portfolio

  $1,631   $1,446   $1,399 

LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Master Portfolio

  $833   $809   $803 

LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Master Portfolio

  $1,454   $1,304   $1,267 

LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Master Portfolio

  $791   $776   $772 

LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Master Portfolio

  $964   $914   $902 

LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Master Portfolio

  $755   $748   $746 

LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Master Portfolio

  $288   $287   $287 

LifePath® Index Retirement Master Portfolio

  $2,815   $2,389   $2,284 

LifePath® Index 2020 Master Portfolio

  $5,002   $4,131   $3,918 

LifePath® Index 2025 Master Portfolio

  $4,696   $3,884   $3,689 

LifePath® Index 2030 Master Portfolio

  $5,916   $4,855   $4,600 

LifePath® Index 2035 Master Portfolio

  $4,027   $3,351   $3,189 

LifePath® Index 2040 Master Portfolio

  $4,484   $3,714   $3,530 

LifePath® Index 2045 Master Portfolio

  $2,776   $2,354   $2,255 

LifePath® Index 2050 Master Portfolio

  $2,615   $2,226   $2,134 

Fund/Portfolio

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

LifePath® Index 2055 Master Portfolio

  $1,514   $1,351   $1,312 

LifePath® Index 2060 Master Portfolio

  $778   $765   $763 

Money Market Master Portfolio

  $41,161   $32,940   $30,922 

S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio

  $25,861   $20,773   $19,496 

Total International ex U.S. Index Master Portfolio

  $3,021   $2,562   $2,438 

Treasury Money Market Master Portfolio

  $6,592   $5,397   $5,105 

U.S. Total Bond Index Master Portfolio

  $8,818   $7,161   $6,767 

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 

Master Money LLC

  $24,612   $20,009   $18,559 

Master Treasury LLC

  $5,067   $4,269   $3,962 

Quantitative Master Series LLC

      

Master Small Cap Index Series

  $2,603   $2,213   $2,125 

Ready Assets Government Liquidity Fund

  $4,654   $3,731   $3,654 

Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund

  $1,095   $1,072   $996 

Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund

  $1,453   $1,340   $1,263 

Retirement Series Trust

      

Retirement Reserves Money Fund

  $2,581   $2,183   $2,106 

Group B Funds

      

BlackRock Funds IV

      

BlackRock Alternative Capital Strategies Fund**

  $777   $765   $762 

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund**

  $8,647   $6,713   $6,636 

BlackRock Impact Bond Fund**

  $1,053   $1,041   $965 

BlackRock Funds VI

      

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund*

      

Master Investment Portfolio II

      

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio**

  $2,153   $1,864   $1,789 

Total Compensation from the BlackRock Fund Complexes2

  $470,000   $390,000   $370,000 

*

The Fund is a Feeder Fund and paid no compensation.

**

Information shown is that of the corresponding Predecessor Portfolio.

1

Retired board members David O. Beim and Dr. Matina S. Horner received aggregate compensation of $21,324 and $37,881, respectively, during the most recent fiscal year, from the Funds with fiscal years ending 10/31 (and, for Dr. Horner, 1/31, 3/31 and 12/31), for services provided as board members of such Funds. Mr. Beim and Dr. Horner retired as board members of the Funds in the Equity-Liquidity Complex effective December 31, 2016.

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 E – Equity Securities Owned by Board Members and Board Nominees

The following tables, under the heading “Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities,” set forth the dollar range of shares of each Fund beneficially owned by the Board Nominees and Existing Board Members in the Funds that they oversee or are nominated to oversee as of August 1, 2018.

As of August 1, 2018, 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, except as indicated in the table below.

Fund, Portfolio and Class

  Name of
Beneficial Owner
   Shares
Beneficially
Owned
   Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Portfolio
Owned
 

BlackRock FundsSM

       

BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund—Institutional Shares*

   Mark Stalnecker    67,779.53    11.56  5.57

*

As of August 1, 2018, no other Existing Board Members, Board Nominees or executive officers owned any shares of BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund.

As of August 1, 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 August 1, 2018, 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/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

Interested Board II Nominees:

Robert Fairbairn

NoneNoneOver $100,000

John M. Perlowski

BlackRock Funds: BlackRock High Equity Income Fund$10,001-$50,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Liquidity Funds: MuniCash$1-$10,000Directors/Trustees,

Independent Board II Nominees:

Bruce R. Bond

NoneNoneOver $100,000

Susan J. Carter

BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund$50,001-$100,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities PortfolioOver $100,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund$50,001-$100,000
Janey Ahn

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: iShares Developed Real Estate Index FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Funds: iShares MSCI Developed World Index FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Funds: iShares Total U.S. Stock Market Index FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock LifePath® Index 2040 FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Funds III: iShares S&P 500 Index FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Funds IV: BlackRock Impact Bond Fund1$50,001-$100,000

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.:

BlackRock Event Driven Equity Fund

$50,001-$100,000

Collette Chilton

BlackRock Funds III: iShares S&P 500 Index FundOver $100,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.: iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.: iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index Fund$50,001-$100,000

Neil A. Cotty

BIF Money FundOver $100,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Liquidity Funds: MuniCashOver $100,000
BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.: BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.: BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth FundOver $100,000

Lena G. Goldberg

NoneNoneOver $100,000

Robert M. Hernandez

NoneNoneOver $100,000

Henry R. Keizer

BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Growth Fund$1-$10,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.: BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund$1-$10,000

Cynthia A. Montgomery

BlackRock Funds: iShares MSCI Asia ex Japan Index FundOver $100,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds: iShares Total U.S. Stock Market Index FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.: iShares MSCI EAFE International Index FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.: iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index FundOver $100,000

1

Information shown is that of the corresponding Predecessor Portfolio.

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

Donald C. Opatrny

NoneNoneOver $100,000

Joseph P. Platt

BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Advantage Emerging Markets Fund$10,001-$50,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio$50,001-$100,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Real Estate Securities FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Funds III: iShares Russell 1000Large-Cap Index FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Funds IV: BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund1Over $100,000

Mark Stalnecker

BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies FundOver $100,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Total Factor FundOver $100,000

Kenneth L. Urish

BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Advantage Emerging Markets Fund$1-$10,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Advantage International Fund$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund$1-$10,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock High Equity Income FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock International Dividend Fund$1-$10,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Money Market PortfolioOver $100,000
BlackRock Funds IV: BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund1$1-$10,000

Claire A. Walton

BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth FundOver $100,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Commodity Strategies FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities 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
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund1Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Real Estate Securities FundOver $100,000

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.:

BlackRock Event Driven Equity Fund

Over $100,000

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

NoneNoneOver $100,000

John M. Perlowski

BlackRock Funds: BlackRock High Equity Income Fund$10,001-$50,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Liquidity Funds: MuniCash$1-$10,000

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

NoneNoneOver $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

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:

Rodney D. Johnson

BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Advantage International Fund$50,001-$100,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities PortfolioOver $100,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock High Equity Income Fund$50,001-$100,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRockMid-Cap Growth Equity PortfolioOver $100,000
BlackRock Funds: iShares Edge MSCI USA Value Factor Index FundOver $100,000
BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.: BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund$50,001-$100,000

Robert C. Robb, Jr.

BlackRock Liquidity Funds: FedFundOver $100,000Over $100,000

Frederick W. Winter

BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Emerging Markets Dividend Fund$10,001-$50,000Over $100,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities PortfolioOver $100,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock High Equity Income Fund$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds: BlackRock Technology Opportunities Fund$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds: iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor Index Fund$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds: iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor Index Fund$10,001-$50,000
BlackRock Funds IV: BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund1$10,001-$50,000

Appendix F – Meetings of the Boards

During the most recent full fiscal year for each Fund listed in the table below, the Board met the following number of times:

Group A Funds

Fund Name

Fiscal
Year End
Number of
Board Meetings

BBIF Money Fund

3/315

BBIF Treasury Fund

3/315

BIF Money Fund

3/315

BIF Treasury Fund

3/315

BlackRock Asian Dragon Fund, Inc.

12/3110

BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

10/319

BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

4/306

BlackRock FundsSM

BlackRock Advantage Emerging Markets Fund

7/317

BlackRock Advantage International Fund

9/307

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Growth Fund

9/307

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Core Fund

5/317

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund

9/307

BlackRockAll-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio

9/307

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

7/317

BlackRock Emerging Markets Dividend Fund

9/307

BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund

12/319

BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio

9/307

BlackRock Exchange Portfolio

12/317

BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund

7/317

BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

9/307

BlackRock High Equity Income Fund

9/307

BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund

5/317

BlackRock International Dividend Fund

9/307

BlackRockMid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

9/307

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

3/315

BlackRock Real Estate Securities Fund

1/317

BlackRock Short Obligations Fund

7/317

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

9/307

BlackRock Technology Opportunities Fund

9/307

BlackRock Total Emerging Markets Fund

10/319

BlackRock Total Factor Fund

7/317

iShares Developed Real Estate Index Fund

1/318

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol EAFE Index Fund

7/317

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA Index Fund

7/317

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Intl Index Fund

7/317

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor USA Index Fund

7/317

iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor Index Fund

7/317

iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor Index Fund

7/317

iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor Index Fund

7/317

iShares Edge MSCI USA Value Factor Index Fund

7/317

Fund Name

Fiscal
Year End
Number of
Board Meetings

iShares MSCI Asia ex Japan Index Fund

7/317

iShares MSCI Developed World Index Fund

7/317

iShares RussellMid-Cap Index Fund

7/317

iShares RussellSmall/Mid-Cap Index Fund

7/317

iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund

12/318

iShares Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund

7/317

BlackRock Funds III

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional

12/316

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury

12/316

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Fund

12/318

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Fund

12/318

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Fund

12/318

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Fund

12/318

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Fund

12/318

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Fund

12/318

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Fund

12/318

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Fund

12/318

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Fund

12/318

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Fund

12/313

BlackRock LifePath® Index Retirement Fund

12/318

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2020 Fund

12/318

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2025 Fund

12/318

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2030 Fund

12/318

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2035 Fund

12/318

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2040 Fund

12/318

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2045 Fund

12/318

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2050 Fund

12/318

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2055 Fund

12/318

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2060 Fund

12/318

iShares MSCI Total International Index Fund

12/318

iShares Russell 1000Large-Cap Index Fund

12/318

iShares S&P 500 Index Fund

12/318

iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund

12/318

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund

12/318

iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index Fund

12/318

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund

9/307

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund

9/307

BlackRock Event Driven Equity Fund

9/307

BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund

6/306

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

10/318

BlackRock Liquidity Funds

California Money Fund

10/317

Federal Trust Fund

10/317

FedFund

10/317

MuniCash

10/317

MuniFund

10/317

New York Money Fund

10/317

TempCash

10/317

Fund Name

Fiscal
Year End
Number of
Board Meetings

TempFund

10/317

T-Fund

10/317

Treasury Trust Fund

10/317

BlackRock Series, Inc.

BlackRock International Fund

10/317

Funds For Institutions Series

BlackRock Premier Government Institutional Fund

4/306

BlackRock Select Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund

4/306

BlackRock Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund

4/306

FFI Government Fund

4/306

FFI Treasury Fund

4/306

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

Master Premier Government Institutional Portfolio

4/306

Master Treasury Strategies Institutional Portfolio

4/306

Master Investment Portfolio

Active Stock Master Portfolio

12/317

International Tilts Master Portfolio

12/317

Large Cap Index Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Master Portfolio

12/313

LifePath® Index Retirement Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Index 2020 Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Index 2025 Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Index 2030 Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Index 2035 Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Index 2040 Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Index 2045 Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Index 2050 Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Index 2055 Master Portfolio

12/318

LifePath® Index 2060 Master Portfolio

12/318

Money Market Master Portfolio

12/316

S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio

12/318

Total International ex U.S. Index Master Portfolio

12/318

Treasury Money Market Master Portfolio

12/316

U.S. Total Bond Index Master Portfolio

12/318

Master Large Cap Series LLC

Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

9/307

Master Advantage Large Cap Value Portfolio

9/307

Master Large Cap Focus Growth Portfolio

6/306

Master Money LLC

3/315

Master Treasury LLC

3/315

Fund Name

Fiscal
Year End
Number of
Board Meetings

Quantitative Master Series LLC

Master Small Cap Index Series

12/318

Ready Assets Government Liquidity Fund

4/306

Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund

4/306

Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund

4/306

Retirement Series Trust

Retirement Reserves Money Fund

4/306

Group B Funds

Fund Name

Fiscal
Year End
Number of
Board Meetings

BlackRock Funds IV

BlackRock Alternative Capital Strategies Fund*

12/317

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund*

7/317

BlackRock Impact Bond Fund*

5/317

BlackRock Funds VI

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund*

12/318

Master Investment Portfolio II

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio*

12/318

*

Information shown is that of the corresponding Predecessor Portfolio.

Appendix G – 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 Company 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 and

Year of Birth1, 2

Position(s) Held

(Length of
Service)3

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

Thomas Callahan4

1968

Vice President

(Since 2016)

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2013; Head of BlackRock’s Global Cash Management Business since 2016;Co-Head of the Global Cash Management Business from 2014 to 2016; Deputy Head of the Global Cash Management Business from 2013 to 2014; Member of the Cash Management Group Executive Committee since 2013; Chief Executive Officer of NYSE Liffe U.S. from 2008 to 2013.

Jennifer McGovern

1977

Vice President

(Since 2014)

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2016; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2011 to 2015; Head of Product Structure and Oversight for BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Group since 2013.

Neal J. Andrews

1966

Chief Financial Officer

(Since 2007)

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006.

Jay M. Fife

1970

Treasurer

(Since 2007)

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007.

Charles Park

1967

Chief Compliance Officer

(Since 2014)

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer for the BlackRock-advised Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex, the Equity-Liquidity Complex and theClosed-End Complex from 2014 to 2015; Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex, the Equity-Liquidity Complex and theClosed-End Complex since 2014; 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.

John MacKessy

1972

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

(Since 2018)

Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2017; Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering at BlackRock, Inc. since 2017; Director of AML Monitoring and Investigations Group of Citibank from 2015 to 2017; Global Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions Officer for MasterCard from 2011 to 2015.

Benjamin Archibald

1975

Secretary

(Since 2012)

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2014; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2010 to 2013; Secretary of the iShares® exchange traded funds since 2015; Secretary of the BlackRock-advised mutual funds since 2012.

*

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) and 2(b) - Election of Board Members – Board Members’/Nominees’ Biographical Information”.

1

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

2

Officers of each Fund serve at the pleasure of the Fund’s Board.

3

Date shown is the earliest date since which a person has served for a Fund covered by this Proxy Statement.

4

Mr. Callahan serves as Vice President only to BBIF Money Fund, BBIF Treasury Fund, BIF Money Fund, BIF Treasury Fund, BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust, BlackRock FundsSM, BlackRock Funds III, BlackRock Liquidity Funds, Funds for Institutions Series, Master Institutional Money Market LLC, Master Investment Portfolio, Master Money LLC, Master Treasury LLC, Ready Assets Government Liquidity Fund, Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund, Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund and Retirement Series Trust.

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.

Appendix H – 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 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
($)
BBIF Money Fund  D&T  3/31  8,160  8,198    2,000
BBIF Treasury Fund  D&T  3/31  8,160  8,198    2,000
BIF Money Fund  D&T  3/31  8,160  8,160    2,000
BIF Treasury Fund  D&T  3/31  8,160  8,160    2,000
BlackRock Asian Dragon Fund, Inc.  D&T  12/31  40,486  41,706    
BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.  D&T  10/31  38,701  39,921    
BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust            

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

  D&T  4/30  26,520  27,183    2,000

BlackRock Funds SM

            

BlackRock Advantage Emerging Markets Fund 

  PwC  7/31  50,000  50,000  9,000  

BlackRock Advantage International Fund

  D&T  9/30  33,150  31,892    

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Growth Fund

  D&T  9/30  20,196  20,188    

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Core Fund

  D&T  5/31  36,414  36,418    2,000

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund

  D&T  9/30  29,682  28,502    

BlackRockAll-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio

  D&T  9/30  19,686  20,876    

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

  PwC  7/31  49,600  46,550  4,000  

BlackRock Emerging Markets Dividend Fund

  D&T  9/30  36,720  35,462    

BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund

  D&T  12/31  58,548  52,200    

BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio

  D&T  9/30  26,316  27,583    

BlackRock Exchange Portfolio

  D&T  12/31  17,893  19,113    

BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund

  PwC  7/31  64,000  64,000    

         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 Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

  D&T  9/30  39,882  41,149    

BlackRock High Equity Income Fund

  D&T  9/30  23,358  24,599    

BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund

  D&T  5/31  36,924  36,877    

BlackRock International Dividend Fund

  D&T  9/30  26,520  26,537    

BlackRockMid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

  D&T  9/30  19,992  21,259    2,000

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

  D&T  3/31  26,520  20,145    2,000

BlackRock Real Estate Securities Fund

  D&T  1/31  21,828  21,858    

BlackRock Short Obligations Fund

  PwC  7/31  22,100  22,123  4,000  

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

  D&T  9/30  64,464  65,688    4,000

BlackRock Technology Opportunities Fund

  D&T  9/30  36,720  36,737    

BlackRock Total Emerging Markets Fund

  D&T  10/31  76,053  66,122    

BlackRock Total Factor Fund

  PwC  7/31  40,000  27,000    4,000

iShares Developed Real Estate Index Fund

  D&T  1/31  26,520  26,000    

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol EAFE Index Fund

  PwC  7/31  22,000  21,800    

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA Index Fund

  PwC  7/31  22,000  21,800    

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Intl Index Fund

  PwC  7/31  22,000  21,800    

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor USA Index Fund

  PwC  7/31  22,000  21,800    

iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor Index Fund

  PwC  7/31  22,000  22,000    

iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor Index Fund

  PwC  7/31  22,000  22,000    

iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor Index Fund

  PwC  7/31  22,000  22,000    

iShares Edge MSCI USA Value Factor Index Fund

  PwC  7/31  22,000  22,000    

iShares MSCI Asia ex Japan Index Fund

  PwC  7/31  22,000  22,140    5,000

iShares MSCI Developed World Index Fund

  PwC  7/31  22,000  22,140    

iShares RussellMid-Cap Index Fund

  PwC  7/31  22,000  22,140    

           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
($)
 

iShares RussellSmall/Mid-Cap Index Fund

   PwC    7/31    22,000    21,800         

iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund

   D&T    12/31    20,849    18,216         

iShares Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund

   PwC    7/31    22,000    21,800         

BlackRock Funds III

            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148         

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148         

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148    1,222     

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148    1,222     

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148    1,222     

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148    1,222     

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148    1,222     

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148    1,222     

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148    1,222     

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148    1,222     

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148    1,222     

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Fund (1)

   PwC    12/31    9,921             

BlackRock LifePath® Index Retirement Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148         

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2020 Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148         

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2025 Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148         

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2030 Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148         

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2035 Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148         

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2040 Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148         

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2045 Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148         

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2050 Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148         

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2055 Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148         

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2060 Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    9,865         

iShares MSCI Total International Index Fund

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148         

         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
($)

iShares Russell 1000Large-Cap Index Fund

  PwC  12/31  11,023  11,148    

iShares S&P 500 Index Fund

  PwC  12/31  11,023  11,148    

iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund

  PwC  12/31  11,023  11,148    

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

            

iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund

  D&T  12/31  32,440  33,660  6,000  

iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index Fund

  D&T  12/31  8,339  7,689    

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

            

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund

  D&T  9/30  8,160  8,160    

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund

  D&T  9/30  8,160  8,160    

BlackRock Event Driven Equity Fund

  D&T  9/30  29,376  29,325    

BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund

  D&T  6/30  8,160  8,160    

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

  D&T  10/31  37,273  38,493    

BlackRock Liquidity Funds

            

California Money Fund

  D&T  10/31  27,680  22,606  1,000  

Federal Trust Fund

  D&T  10/31  27,680  27,030  1,000  

FedFund

  D&T  10/31  31,250  30,600  5,500  4,500

MuniCash

  D&T  10/31  26,864  26,214  1,000  

MuniFund

  D&T  10/31  25,500  24,850  1,000  

New York Money Fund

  D&T  10/31  27,680  22,606  1,000  

TempCash

  D&T  10/31  25,857  25,207  1,000  

TempFund

  D&T  10/31  33,290  32,640  1,000  4,500

T-Fund

  D&T  10/31  31,250  30,600  1,000  

Treasury Trust Fund

  D&T  10/31  25,500  24,850  1,000  

BlackRock Series, Inc.

            

BlackRock International Fund

  PwC  10/31  29,000  7,510    

Funds For Institutions Series

            

BlackRock Premier Government Institutional Fund

  D&T  4/30  8,160  9,218    4,000

         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 Select Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund

  D&T  4/30  8,160  9,830    4,000

BlackRock Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund

  D&T  4/30  8,160  9,218    4,000

FFI Government Fund

  D&T  4/30  26,520  32,997    4,000

FFI Treasury Fund

  D&T  4/30  24,480  30,702    4,000

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

            

Master Premier Government Institutional Portfolio

  D&T  4/30  26,520  38,199    2,000

Master Treasury Strategies Institutional Portfolio

  D&T  4/30  24,480  38,199    2,000

Master Investment Portfolio

            

Active Stock Master Portfolio

  PwC  12/31  20,791  20,991    

International Tilts Master Portfolio

  PwC  12/31  20,791  20,991    

Large Cap Index Master Portfolio

  PwC  12/31  20,791  20,991    

LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Master Portfolio

  PwC  12/31  15,257  15,407  1,222  

LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Master Portfolio

  PwC  12/31  15,257  15,407  1,222  

LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Master Portfolio

  PwC  12/31  15,257  15,407  1,222  

LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Master Portfolio

  PwC  12/31  15,257  15,407  1,222  

LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Master Portfolio

  PwC  12/31  15,257  15,407  1,222  

LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Master Portfolio

  PwC  12/31  15,257  15,407  1,222  

LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Master Portfolio

  PwC  12/31  15,257  15,407  1,222  

LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Master Portfolio

  PwC  12/31  15,257  15,407  1,222  

LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Master Portfolio

  PwC  12/31  15,257  15,407  1,222  

LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Master Portfolio (1)

  PwC  12/31  13,731      

LifePath® Index Retirement Master Portfolio

  PwC  12/31  12,857  13,007    

LifePath® Index 2020 Master Portfolio

  PwC  12/31  12,857  13,007    

LifePath® Index 2025 Master Portfolio

  PwC  12/31  12,857  13,007    

LifePath® Index 2030 Master Portfolio

  PwC  12/31  12,857  13,007    

LifePath® Index 2035 Master Portfolio

  PwC  12/31  12,857  13,007    

           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
($)
 

LifePath® Index 2040 Master Portfolio

   PwC    12/31    12,857    13,007         

LifePath® Index 2045 Master Portfolio

   PwC    12/31    12,857    13,007         

LifePath® Index 2050 Master Portfolio

   PwC    12/31    12,857    13,007         

LifePath® Index 2055 Master Portfolio

   PwC    12/31    12,857    13,007         

LifePath® Index 2060 Master Portfolio

   PwC    12/31    12,857    11,511         

Money Market Master Portfolio

   PwC    12/31    12,407    12,507         

S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio

   PwC    12/31    20,791    20,991         

Total International ex U.S. Index Master Portfolio

   PwC    12/31    20,791    20,991         

Treasury Money Market Master Portfolio

   PwC    12/31    12,407    12,507         

U.S. Total Bond Index Master Portfolio

   PwC    12/31    24,120    24,370         

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         

Master Money LLC

   D&T    3/31    26,520    32,997         

Master Treasury LLC

   D&T    3/31    24,480    26,826         

Quantitative Master Series LLC

            

Master Small Cap Index Series

   D&T    12/31    29,380    30,600         

Ready Assets Government Liquidity Fund

   D&T    4/30    26,520    28,110        2,000 
Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund   D&T    4/30    26,520    27,221         
Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund   D&T    4/30    24,480    23,804         
Retirement Series Trust            

Retirement Reserves Money Fund

   D&T    4/30    26,520    27,897        2,000 

*

“D&T” refers to Deloitte & Touche LLP and “PwC” refers to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

(1)

For the period May 31, 2017 (Commencement of Operations) to December 31, 2017.

Group B Funds

           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 IV

            

BlackRock Alternative Capital Strategies Fund **

   D&T    12/31    65,688    60,000         

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund **

   PwC    7/31    69,300    69,300         

BlackRock Impact Bond Fund **

   D&T    5/31    56,712    51,140         

BlackRock Funds VI

            

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund **

   PwC    12/31    11,023    11,148         

Master Investment Portfolio II

            

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio **

   PwC    12/31    39,538    34,888         

*

“D&T” refers to Deloitte & Touche LLP and “PwC” refers to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

**

Information shown is that of the corresponding Predecessor Portfolio.

Tax Fees and All Other Fees

Group A Funds

      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
($)

BBIF Money Fund

  3/31  9,800  9,792    

BBIF Treasury Fund

  3/31  9,800  9,792    

BIF Money Fund

  3/31  9,800  9,792    

BIF Treasury Fund

  3/31  9,800  9,792    

BlackRock Asian Dragon Fund, Inc.

  12/31  14,727  14,427    

BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

  10/31  15,027  14,127    

BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust

          

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

  4/30  9,800  9,792    

BlackRock Funds SM

          

BlackRock Advantage Emerging Markets Fund (1)

  7/31        

BlackRock Advantage International Fund

  9/30  14,100  14,727    

      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 Large Cap Growth Fund

  9/30  13,100  13,407    

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Core Fund

  5/31  15,500  13,407    

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund

  9/30  13,100  13,707    

BlackRockAll-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio

  9/30  13,100  13,707    

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund (1)

  7/31        

BlackRock Emerging Markets Dividend Fund

  9/30  14,100  14,727    

BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund

  12/31  21,238  20,600    

BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio

  9/30  13,100  13,707    

BlackRock Exchange Portfolio

  12/31  12,852  12,852    

BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund (1)

  7/31        

BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

  9/30  13,100  13,707    

BlackRock High Equity Income Fund

  9/30  13,100  13,707    

BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund

  5/31  15,500  14,007    

BlackRock International Dividend Fund

  9/30  14,100  14,727    

BlackRockMid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

  9/30  13,100  13,707    

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

  3/31  9,800  9,792    

BlackRock Real Estate Securities Fund

  1/31  13,100  14,007    

BlackRock Short Obligations Fund (1)

  7/31        

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

  9/30  13,100  14,307    

BlackRock Technology Opportunities Fund

  9/30  13,100  13,707    

BlackRock Total Emerging Markets Fund

  10/31  20,600  20,000    

BlackRock Total Factor Fund (1)

  7/31        

iShares Developed Real Estate Index Fund

  1/31  14,100      

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol EAFE Index Fund (1)

  7/31        

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA Index Fund (1)

  7/31        

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Intl Index Fund (1)

  7/31        

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor USA Index Fund (1)

  7/31        

iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor Index Fund (1)

  7/31        

iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor Index Fund (1)

  7/31        

iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor Index Fund (1)

  7/31        

      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
($)

iShares Edge MSCI USA Value Factor Index Fund (1)

  7/31        

iShares MSCI Asia ex Japan Index Fund (1)

  7/31        

iShares MSCI Developed World Index Fund (1)

  7/31        

iShares RussellMid-Cap Index Fund (1)

  7/31        

iShares RussellSmall/Mid-Cap Index Fund (1)

  7/31        

iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund

  12/31  15,440  15,402    

iShares Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund (1)

  7/31        

BlackRock Funds III

          

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional

  12/31  2,925  2,425    

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury

  12/31  2,925  2,425    

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Fund (2)

  12/31  8,066      

BlackRock LifePath® Index Retirement Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2020 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2025 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2030 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2035 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2040 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2045 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2050 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2055 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2060 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

iShares MSCI Total International Index Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566    

      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
($)
 

iShares Russell 1000Large-Cap Index Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566        

iShares S&P 500 Index Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566        

iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566        

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

          

iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund

  12/31  14,765  9,582        

iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index Fund

  12/31  12,062  11,424        

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

          

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund

  9/30  13,100  14,007        

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund

  9/30  13,100  14,007        

BlackRock Event Driven Equity Fund

  9/30  13,100  13,107        

BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund

  6/30  13,100  14,007        

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

  10/31  15,027  14,127        

BlackRock Liquidity Funds

          

California Money Fund

  10/31  10,812  10,812        

Federal Trust Fund

  10/31  9,792  9,792        

FedFund

  10/31  9,792  9,792        

MuniCash

  10/31  10,812  10,812        

MuniFund

  10/31  10,812  10,812        

New York Money Fund

  10/31  10,812  10,812        

TempCash

  10/31  9,792  9,792        

TempFund

  10/31  9,792  9,792        

T-Fund

  10/31  9,792  9,792        

Treasury Trust Fund

  10/31  9,792  9,792        

BlackRock Series, Inc.

          

BlackRock International Fund (1)

  10/31            

Funds For Institutions Series

          

BlackRock Premier Government Institutional Fund

  4/30  9,800  9,792        

BlackRock Select Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund

  4/30  9,800  9,792        

BlackRock Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund

  4/30  9,800  9,792        

FFI Government Fund

  4/30  9,800  9,792        

      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
($)

FFI Treasury Fund

  4/30  9,800  9,792    

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

          

Master Premier Government Institutional Portfolio

  4/30  13,300  13,260    

Master Treasury Strategies Institutional Portfolio

  4/30  13,300  13,260    

Master Investment Portfolio

          

Active Stock Master Portfolio

  12/31  20,661  20,161    

International Tilts Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,626  18,460    

Large Cap Index Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,626  15,126    

LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,619  13,119    

LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,619  13,119    

LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,619  13,119    

LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,619  13,119    

LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,619  13,119    

LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,619  13,119    

LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,619  13,119    

LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,619  13,119    

LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,619  13,119    

LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Master Portfolio (2)

  12/31  15,619      

LifePath® Index Retirement Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119    

LifePath® Index 2020 Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119    

LifePath® Index 2025 Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119    

LifePath® Index 2030 Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119    

LifePath® Index 2035 Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119    

LifePath® Index 2040 Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119    

LifePath® Index 2045 Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119    

LifePath® Index 2050 Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119    

LifePath® Index 2055 Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119    

LifePath® Index 2060 Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119    

Money Market Master Portfolio

  12/31    3,633    

S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,626  15,126    

Total International ex U.S. Index Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,626  18,459    

      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
($)
 

Treasury Money Market Master Portfolio

  12/31  7,133  3,633        

U.S. Total Bond Index Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,626  15,126        

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        

Master Money LLC

  3/31  13,300  13,260        

Master Treasury LLC

  3/31  13,300  13,260        

Quantitative Master Series LLC

          

Master Small Cap Index Series

  12/31  17,379  17,640        

Ready Assets Government Liquidity Fund

  4/30  9,800  9,792        

Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund

  4/30  9,800  9,792        

Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund

  4/30  9,800  9,792        

Retirement Series Trust

          

Retirement Reserves Money Fund

  4/30  9,800  9,792        

*

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

(1)

Tax services are not provided by the fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

(2)

For the period May 31, 2017 (Commencement of Operations) to December 31, 2017.

Group B Funds

       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 Funds IV

          

BlackRock Alternative Capital Strategies Fund **

   12/31    20,638    20,000         

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund (1),**

   7/31                 

BlackRock Impact Bond Fund **

   5/31    17,500    16,002         

BlackRock Funds VI

          

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund **

   12/31    8,066    7,566         

Master Investment Portfolio II

          

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio **

   12/31    20,661    20,161         

*

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.

(1)

Tax services are not provided by the fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

AggregateNon-Audit Fees for Services Provided to Each Fund and its Affiliated Service

ProvidersPre-Approved by the Audit Committee*

Group A Funds

      Aggregate Non-Audit Fees

Fund Name

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

Year End ($)

BBIF Money Fund

  3/31  9,800  11,792

BBIF Treasury Fund

  3/31  9,800  11,792

BIF Money Fund

  3/31  9,800  11,792

BIF Treasury Fund

  3/31  9,800  11,792

BlackRock Asian Dragon Fund, Inc.

  12/31  14,727  14,427

BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

  10/31  15,027  14,127

BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust

      

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

  4/30  9,800  11,792

BlackRock Funds SM

      

BlackRock Advantage Emerging Markets Fund

  7/31  9,000  

BlackRock Advantage International Fund

  9/30  14,100  14,727

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Growth Fund

  9/30  13,100  13,407

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Core Fund

  5/31  15,500  15,407

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund

  9/30  13,100  13,707

BlackRockAll-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio

  9/30  13,100  13,707

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

  7/31  4,000  

BlackRock Emerging Markets Dividend Fund

  9/30  14,100  14,727

BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund

  12/31  21,238  20,600

BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio

  9/30  13,100  13,707

BlackRock Exchange Portfolio

  12/31  12,852  12,852

BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund

  7/31    

BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

  9/30  13,100  13,707

BlackRock High Equity Income Fund

  9/30  13,100  13,707

BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund

  5/31  15,500  14,007

BlackRock International Dividend Fund

  9/30  14,100  14,727

BlackRockMid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

  9/30  13,100  15,707

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

  3/31  9,800  11,792

BlackRock Real Estate Securities Fund

  1/31  13,100  14,007

BlackRock Short Obligations Fund

  7/31  4,000  

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

  9/30  13,100  18,307

      Aggregate Non-Audit Fees

Fund Name

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

Year End ($)

BlackRock Technology Opportunities Fund

  9/30  13,100  13,707

BlackRock Total Emerging Markets Fund

  10/31  20,600  20,000

BlackRock Total Factor Fund

  7/31    4,000

iShares Developed Real Estate Index Fund

  1/31  14,100  

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol EAFE Index Fund

  7/31    

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA Index Fund

  7/31    

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Intl Index Fund

  7/31    

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor USA Index Fund

  7/31    

iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor Index Fund

  7/31    

iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor Index Fund

  7/31    

iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor Index Fund

  7/31    

iShares Edge MSCI USA Value Factor Index Fund

  7/31    

iShares MSCI Asia ex Japan Index Fund

  7/31    5,000

iShares MSCI Developed World Index Fund

  7/31    

iShares RussellMid-Cap Index Fund

  7/31    

iShares RussellSmall/Mid-Cap Index Fund

  7/31    

iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund

  12/31  15,440  15,402

iShares Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund

  7/31    

BlackRock Funds III

      

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional

  12/31  2,925  2,425

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury

  12/31  2,925  2,425

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Fund

  12/31  9,288  7,566

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Fund

  12/31  9,288  7,566

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Fund

  12/31  9,288  7,566

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Fund

  12/31  9,288  7,566

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Fund

  12/31  9,288  7,566

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Fund

  12/31  9,288  7,566

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Fund

  12/31  9,288  7,566

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Fund

  12/31  9,288  7,566

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Fund

  12/31  9,288  7,566

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Fund(1)

  12/31  8,066  

BlackRock LifePath® Index Retirement Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2020 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2025 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2030 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2035 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566

      Aggregate Non-Audit Fees

Fund Name

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

Year End ($)

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2040 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2045 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2050 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2055 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2060 Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566

iShares MSCI Total International Index Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566

iShares Russell 1000Large-Cap Index Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566

iShares S&P 500 Index Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566

iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund

  12/31  8,066  7,566

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

      

iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund

  12/31  20,765  9,582

iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index Fund

  12/31  12,062  11,424

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

      

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund

  9/30  13,100  14,007

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund

  9/30  13,100  14,007

BlackRock Event Driven Equity Fund

  9/30  13,100  13,107

BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund

  6/30  13,100  14,007

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

  10/31  15,027  14,127

BlackRock Liquidity Funds

      

California Money Fund

  10/31  11,812  10,812

Federal Trust Fund

  10/31  10,792  9,792

FedFund

  10/31  15,292  14,292

MuniCash

  10/31  11,812  10,812

MuniFund

  10/31  11,812  10,812

New York Money Fund

  10/31  11,812  10,812

TempCash

  10/31  10,792  9,792

TempFund

  10/31  10,792  14,292

T-Fund

  10/31  10,792  9,792

Treasury Trust Fund

  10/31  10,792  9,792

BlackRock Series, Inc.

      

BlackRock International Fund

  10/31    

Funds For Institutions Series

      

BlackRock Premier Government Institutional Fund

  4/30  9,800  13,792

BlackRock Select Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund

  4/30  9,800  13,792

BlackRock Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund

  4/30  9,800  13,792

      Aggregate Non-Audit Fees

Fund Name

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

Year End ($)

FFI Government Fund

  4/30  9,800  13,792

FFI Treasury Fund

  4/30  9,800  13,792

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

      

Master Premier Government Institutional Portfolio

  4/30  13,300  15,260

Master Treasury Strategies Institutional Portfolio

  4/30  13,300  15,260

Master Investment Portfolio

      

Active Stock Master Portfolio

  12/31  20,661  20,161

International Tilts Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,626  18,460

Large Cap Index Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,626  15,126

LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Master Portfolio

  12/31  16,841  13,119

LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Master Portfolio

  12/31  16,841  13,119

LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Master Portfolio

  12/31  16,841  13,119

LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Master Portfolio

  12/31  16,841  13,119

LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Master Portfolio

  12/31  16,841  13,119

LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Master Portfolio

  12/31  16,841  13,119

LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Master Portfolio

  12/31  16,841  13,119

LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Master Portfolio

  12/31  16,841  13,119

LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Master Portfolio

  12/31  16,841  13,119

LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Master Portfolio (1)

  12/31  15,619  

LifePath® Index Retirement Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119

LifePath® Index 2020 Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119

LifePath® Index 2025 Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119

LifePath® Index 2030 Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119

LifePath® Index 2035 Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119

LifePath® Index 2040 Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119

LifePath® Index 2045 Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119

LifePath® Index 2050 Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119

LifePath® Index 2055 Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119

LifePath® Index 2060 Master Portfolio

  12/31  13,619  13,119

Money Market Master Portfolio

  12/31    3,633

S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,626  15,126

Total International ex U.S. Index Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,626  18,459

Treasury Money Market Master Portfolio

  12/31  7,133  3,633

U.S. Total Bond Index Master Portfolio

  12/31  15,626  15,126

Master Large Cap Series LLC

      

Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

  9/30  13,500  13,815

      Aggregate Non-Audit Fees

Fund Name

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

Year End ($)

Master Advantage Large Cap Value Portfolio

  9/30  13,500  13,515

Master Large Cap Focus Growth Portfolio

  6/30  13,500  13,515

Master Money LLC

  3/31  13,300  13,260

Master Treasury LLC

  3/31  13,300  13,260

Quantitative Master Series LLC

      

Master Small Cap Index Series

  12/31  17,379  17,640

Ready Assets Government Liquidity Fund

  4/30  9,800  11,792

Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund

  4/30  9,800  9,792

Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund

  4/30  9,800  9,792

Retirement Series Trust

      

Retirement Reserves Money Fund

  4/30  9,800  11,792

*

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.

(1)

For the period May 31, 2017 (Commencement of Operations) to December 31, 2017.

Group B Funds

       Aggregate Non-Audit Fees 

Fund Name

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

Year End ($)
 

BlackRock Funds IV

      

BlackRock Alternative Capital Strategies Fund **

   12/31    20,638    20,000 

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund **

   7/31         

BlackRock Impact Bond Fund **

   5/31    17,500    16,002 

BlackRock Funds VI

      

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund **

   12/31    8,066    7,566 

Master Investment Portfolio II

      

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio **

   12/31    20,661    20,161 

*

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.

**

Information shown is that of the corresponding Predecessor Portfolio.

Appendix I – 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. Additional information about the investment manager andsub-advisers is set forth after the table below.

Group A Funds

Fund/Portfolio

Investment Manager

Sub-Adviser(s)

Administrator

BBIF Money Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s investment adviser is BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BBIF Treasury Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s investment adviser is BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BIF Money Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s investment adviser is BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BIF Treasury Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s investment adviser is BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Asian Dragon Fund, Inc.BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited
BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited
BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock FundsSM

BlackRock Advantage Emerging Markets Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Advantage International Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Growth Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Core Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRockAll-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock International LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock International LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Emerging Markets Dividend Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Asset Management North Asia LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

Fund/Portfolio

Investment Manager

Sub-Adviser(s)

Administrator

BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock International LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited

BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock International LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Exchange Portfolio

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock International LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock High Equity Income Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock International Dividend Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock International LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRockMid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Real Estate Securities Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock International LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock Short Obligations Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Asset Management North Asia LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock Technology Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Total Emerging Markets Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock International LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock Total Factor Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock International LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

iShares Developed Real Estate Index Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Fund Advisors

Fund/Portfolio

Investment Manager

Sub-Adviser(s)

Administrator

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol EAFE Index Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Fund Advisors

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA Index Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Fund Advisors

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Intl Index Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Fund Advisors

iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor USA Index Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Fund Advisors

iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor Index Fund

BlackRock Fund Advisors

iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor Index Fund

BlackRock Fund Advisors

iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor Index Fund

BlackRock Fund Advisors

iShares Edge MSCI USA Value Factor Index Fund

BlackRock Fund Advisors

iShares MSCI Asia ex Japan Index Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Fund Advisors

iShares MSCI Developed World Index Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Fund Advisors

iShares RussellMid-Cap Index Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Fund Advisors

iShares RussellSmall/Mid-Cap Index Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Fund Advisors

iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Fund Advisors

iShares Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock Funds III

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsFeeder Fund – the Master Fund’ssub-advisers are BlackRock International Limited and BlackRock (Singapore) LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsFeeder Fund – the Master Fund’ssub-advisers are BlackRock International Limited and BlackRock (Singapore) LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

Fund/Portfolio

Investment Manager

Sub-Adviser(s)

Administrator

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsFeeder Fund – the Master Fund’ssub-advisers are BlackRock International Limited and BlackRock (Singapore) LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsFeeder Fund – the Master Fund’ssub-advisers are BlackRock International Limited and BlackRock (Singapore) LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsFeeder Fund – the Master Fund’ssub-advisers are BlackRock International Limited and BlackRock (Singapore) LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsFeeder Fund – the Master Fund’ssub-advisers are BlackRock International Limited and BlackRock (Singapore) LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsFeeder Fund – the Master Fund’ssub-advisers are BlackRock International Limited and BlackRock (Singapore) LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsFeeder Fund – the Master Fund’ssub-advisers are BlackRock International Limited and BlackRock (Singapore) LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsFeeder Fund – the Master Fund’ssub-advisers are BlackRock International Limited and BlackRock (Singapore) LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsFeeder Fund – the Master Fund’ssub-advisers are BlackRock International Limited and BlackRock (Singapore) LimitedBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath® Index Retirement Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2020 Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

Fund/Portfolio

Investment Manager

Sub-Adviser(s)

Administrator

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2025 Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2030 Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2035 Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2040 Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2045 Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2050 Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2055 Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock LifePath® Index 2060 Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

iShares MSCI Total International Index Fund

Feeder Fund – The Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

iShares Russell 1000Large-Cap Index Fund

Feeder Fund – The Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

iShares S&P 500 Index Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s investment adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s investment adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Fund Advisors

iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Advisors, LLCFeeder Fund – the Master Fund’sSub-Adviser is BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

Fund/Portfolio

Investment Manager

Sub-Adviser(s)

Administrator

BlackRock Event Driven Equity Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund

Feeder Fund – the Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC
BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Liquidity Funds

California Money Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

Federal Trust Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

FedFund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

MuniCash

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

MuniFund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

New York Money Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

TempCash

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

TempFund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

T-Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

Treasury Trust Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Series, Inc.

BlackRock International Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock International Limited

Funds For Institutions Series

BlackRock Premier Government Institutional Fund

Feeder Fund – The Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Select Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund

Feeder Fund – The Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund

Feeder Fund – The Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Advisors, LLC

FFI Government Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

FFI Treasury Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLC
Master Institutional Money Market LLC

Master Premier Government Institutional Portfolio

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Fund/Portfolio

Investment Manager

Sub-Adviser(s)

Administrator

Master Treasury Strategies Institutional Portfolio

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Master Investment Portfolio

Active Stock Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

International Tilts Master Portfolio

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Large Cap Index Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Fund/Portfolio

Investment Manager

Sub-Adviser(s)

Administrator

LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund Advisors

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Index Retirement Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Index 2020 Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Index 2025 Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Index 2030 Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Index 2035 Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Index 2040 Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Index 2045 Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Index 2050 Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Index 2055 Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

LifePath® Index 2060 Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

Money Market Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

Total International ex U.S. Index Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

Treasury Money Market Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

U.S. Total Bond Index Master Portfolio

BlackRock Fund AdvisorsBlackRock Advisors, LLC

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

Master Money LLC

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Master Treasury LLC

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Quantitative Master Series LLC

Master Small Cap Index Series

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock Fund Advisors

Fund/Portfolio

Investment Manager

Sub-Adviser(s)

Administrator

Ready Assets Government Liquidity FundBlackRock Advisors, LLC
Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money FundBlackRock Advisors, LLC
Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money FundBlackRock Advisors, LLC
Retirement Series Trust

Retirement Reserves Money Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Group B Funds

Fund/Portfolio

Investment Manager

Sub-Adviser(s)

Administrator

BlackRock Funds IV

BlackRock Alternative Capital Strategies Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock International Limited
BlackRock
Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited


BlackRock
Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Impact Bond Fund

BlackRock Advisors, LLCBlackRock International Limited
BlackRock
Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Funds VI

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund

Feeder Fund – The Master Fund’s Investment Adviser is BlackRock Advisors, LLCFeeder Fund: The Master Fund’ssub-advisers are BlackRock International Limited and BlackRock Fund Advisors
BlackRock
Advisors, LLC

Master Investment Portfolio II

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

BlackRock International Limited

BlackRock Fund Advisors


BlackRock
Advisors, LLC

BlackRock Advisors, LLC serves as investment manager and/or administrator to certain of the Funds and/or Portfolios, and is located at 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809. BlackRock Advisors, LLC 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 Fund Advisors is located at 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, California 94105.

BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited is located at 16/F Cheung Kong Center, 2 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong.

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited is located at 20 Anson Road,#18-01, 079912 Singapore.

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.

Appendix J – 5% Share Ownership

For purposes of this Appendix 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 J.

Name and Address of Owner

American Enterprise Investment SVC

707 2nd Avenue South

Minneapolis, MN 55402-2405

Bank of New York Hare & Co. 2/Bank of New York Hare & Co. 2B

111 Sanders Creek Parkway

East Syracuse, NY 13057

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc./BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.

40 E 52nd Street, Floor 10

New York, NY 10022-5911

BlackRock Funds Inc./BlackRock Advisors, LLC

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

BNYM I S Trust Co Cust

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

Cetera Investment SVCS

2475 Eagle Drive

Melbourne, FL 32935

Charles Schwab & Co Inc.

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, CA 94104-4122

Charles Schwab & Co Inc. Special Custody Acct FBO Customers

211 Main Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Comerica Bank

P.O. Box 75000 Mail Code 3446

Detroit, MI 48275

Edward D Jones and Co.

12555 Manchester Road

St. Louis, MO 63131-3710

FIIOC

100 Magellan Way (KW1C)

Covington, KY 41015-1987

Goldman Sachs & Co.

295 Chipeta Way

Salt Lake City, UT 84108-1287

Great-West Trust Company LLC

8515 E Orchard Road 2T2

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Hartford Life Insurance Company/Hartford Life Separate Account 457

PO Box 2999

Hartford, CT 06104-2999

John Hancock Life

601 Congress Street

Boston, MA 02210-2805

John Hancock Trust Company LLC

690 Canton Street, Suite 100

Westwood, MA 02090

JP Morgan Securities LLC

4 Chase Metrotech Center, 7th Floor

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

Mid Atlantic Trust Company

1251 Waterfront Place, Suite 525

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Morgan Stanley & Co.

Harborside Financial Center

Plaza II, 3rd Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07311

National Financial Services LLC

499 Washington Blvd., Floor 5

Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010

The Northern Trust Company

P.O. Box 92994

Chicago, IL 60675-2994

Pershing LLC

1 Pershing Plaza

Jersey City, NJ 07399-0001

Raymond James

880 Carillon Parkway

St. Petersburg, FL 33716-1102

RBC Capital Markets LLC

60 S 6th Street

Minneapolis, MN 55402

SEI Private Trust Company

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

State Street Bank and Trust Company

1 Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

TD Ameritrade

PO Box 2226

Omaha, NE 68103-2226

Wilmington Trust

1100 Wehrle Drive

Williamsville, NY 14221

UBS WM USA

1000 Harbor Blvd.

Weehawken, NJ 07086

Wells Fargo Bank

1525 West WT Harris Blvd.

Charlotte, NC 28288-1076

Wells Fargo Bank NA

P.O. Box 1533

Minneapolis, MN 55480

Wells Fargo Clearing Services

2801 Market Street

Saint Louis, MO 63103

As of September 24, 2018, 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 and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
BBIF Money Fund      

BBIF Money Fund – Class 1 Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  172,054,197  100%

BBIF Money Fund – Class 2 Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  245,413,478  100%

BBIF Money Fund – Class 3 Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  621,411,382  100%

BBIF Money Fund – Class 4 Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  960,720,307  100%
BBIF Treasury Fund      

BBIF Treasury Fund – Class 1 Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  16,834,473  100%

BBIF Treasury Fund – Class 2 Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  34,862,107  100%

BBIF Treasury Fund – Class 3 Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  190,429,304  100%

BBIF Treasury Fund – Class 4 Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  494,522,386  100%
BIF Money Fund      

BIF Money Fund

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  8,432,678,106  100%
BIF Treasury Fund      

BIF Treasury Fund

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,143,228,774  100%
BlackRock Asian Dragon Fund, Inc.      
BlackRock Asian Dragon Fund, Inc. - Investor A Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  3,394,875.21  62.77%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  298,624.19  5.52%
  National Financial Services LLC  298,616.28  5.52%
BlackRock Asian Dragon Fund, Inc. - Investor C Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  187,040.68  29.03%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  98,772.05  15.33%
  Pershing LLC  52,505.47  8.15%
  National Financial Services LLC  42,472.79  6.59%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  40,245.95  6.24%
  Raymond James  37,073.10  5.75%
  UBS WM USA  34,095.85  5.29%
  

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Acct FBO Customers

  33,084.05  5.13%
BlackRock Asian Dragon Fund, Inc. - Class R Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  110,593.79  54.98%
  Pershing LLC  17,187.92  8.54%
  

Reliance Trust Company FBO

MassMutual DMF

PO Box 48529

Atlanta, GA 30362

  14,445.89  7.18%
  

Ascensus Trust Company FBO

Anderson & Wood Plan 209120

PO Box 10758

Fargo, ND 58106

  12,425.76  6.17%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
BlackRock Asian Dragon Fund, Inc. – Institutional Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,470,797.95  48.14%
  National Financial Services LLC  387,816.86  7.55%
BlackRock Asian Dragon Fund, Inc. - Class K Shares  Edward D. Jones and Co.  29,873.94  69.26%
  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  10,700.91  24.81%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  2,494.17  5.78%
BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.      
BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc. – Investor A Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  5,548,877.48  65.92%
BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc. – Investor C Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,396,824.92  64.64%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  139,787.40  6.46%
BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc. – Institutional Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,649,359.82  53.19%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,124,629.39  22.58%
  Pershing LLC  256,229.41  5.14%
BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc. – Class K Shares  Edward D. Jones and Co.  67,372.48  88.67%
  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  7,701.19  10.13%
BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust      
BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund – Investor A Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  35,452,880.71  92.74%
BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund – Investor C Shares  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  50,000.00  100%
BlackRock FundsSM      
BlackRock Advantage Emerging Markets Fund – Investor A Shares  National Financial Services LLC  148,012.04  28.95%
  

SEI Private Trust Company

FBOCarson-N Non Sch

  81,803.98  16.00%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  51,460.96  10.06%
  SEI Private Trust Company  36,379.54  7.11%
  Charles Schwab and Co.  28,781.47  5.63%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  28,207.26  5.51%
BlackRock Advantage Emerging Markets Fund – Investor C Shares  Morgan Stanley & Co.  99,780.99  31.30%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  41,279.96  12.95%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  33,255.54  10.43%
  UBS WM USA  32,009.42  10.04%
  Raymond James  29,029.23  9.10%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  16,386.49  5.14%
  National Financial Services LLC  16,205.46  5.08%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
BlackRock Advantage Emerging Markets Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  629,084.52  21.36%
  Pershing LLC  489,351.90  16.61%
  UBS WM USA  398,721.25  13.53%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  379,815.23  12.89%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  349,449.97  11.86%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  181,911.34  6.17%
BlackRock Advantage Emerging Markets Fund – Class K Shares  

*BlackRock Funds II

60/40 Target Allocation Fund

  2,571,992.51  18.90%
  

*BlackRock Funds II

80/20 Target Allocation Fund

  2,340,972.44  17.21%
  

*BlackRock Funds LLC

LifePath Dynamic Master 2040 Portfolio

  2,002,086.65  14.71%
  

*BlackRock Funds LLC

LifePath Dynamic Master 2030 Portfolio

  1,934,290.49  14.22%
  

*BlackRock Funds LLC

LifePath Dynamic Master 2020 Portfolio

  1,214,724.11  8.93%
  

*BlackRock Funds LLC

LifePath Dynamic Master 2050 Portfolio

  801,967.39  5.89%
  

*BlackRock Funds II

40/60 Target Allocation Fund

  716,355.07  5.26%
BlackRock Advantage International Fund – Investor A Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  13,318,202.67  73.72%
BlackRock Advantage International Fund – Investor C Shares  Morgan Stanley & Co.  346,651.09  24.08%
  UBS WM USA  195,620.19  13.59%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  192,594.64  13.38%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  142,224.75  9.88%
  National Financial Services LLC  94,355.78  6.55%
  Pershing LLC  93,241.68  6.47%
  Raymond James  85,065.98  5.91%
BlackRock Advantage International Fund – Class R Shares  

State Street Bank and Trust

As TTEE and/or Custodian (FBO) ADP Access, Large MarketNon-Qualified

  163,904.69  36.20%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  131,039.03  28.94%
  

Capital Bank & Trust Co. TTEE FBO

For Bare Feet Inc. 401(k)

8515 E Orchard Rd 2T2

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

  45,858.89  10.12%
  

Reliance Trust Company FBO

MassMutual DMF

PO Box 48529

Atlanta, GA 30362

  27,726.81  6.12%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
BlackRock Advantage International Fund – Class K Shares  Edward D Jones and Co.  440,441.40  93.04%
BlackRock Advantage International Fund – Institutional Shares  

BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO

BlackRock College 2020 Option

  3,197,326.28  13.29%
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO

Ohio Tuition Trust Authority

International Opportunities Option

  3,190,609.82  13.27%
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO

Ohio Tuition Trust Authority

Growth Portfolio Option

  2,995,437.90  12.45%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,610,204.61  10.85%
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO

BlackRock College Enrollment Option

  2,167,335.08  9.01%
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO

Ohio Tuition Trust Authority

Aggressive Growth Portfolio Option

  1,593,113.93  6.62%
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO

BlackRock College 2027 Option

  1,548,756.42  6.44%
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO

BlackRock College 2024 Option

  1,337,155.40  5.56%
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC

BlackRock College 2032 Option

  1,239,342.09  5.15%
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Growth Fund – Investor A Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  21,358,581.68  49.95%
  National Financial Services LLC  3,187,720.43  7.45%
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Growth Fund – Investor C Shares  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  509,708.01  15.18%
  National Financial Services LLC  461,997.34  13.76%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  391,131.95  11.65%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  306,901.29  9.14%
  Pershing LLC  286,392.98  8.53%
  UBS WM USA  190,923.73  5.68%
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Growth Fund – Class R Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  107,169.14  84.23%
  State Street Bank and Trust TTEE and/or Custodian (FBO) ADP Access Product  10,075.46  7.91%
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Growth Fund – Institutional Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,347,776.50  56.00%
  UBS WM USA  333,310.92  7.95%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  302,154.94  7.20%
  National Financial Services LLC  298,951.91  7.13%
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Growth Fund – Class K Shares  JP Morgan Securities LLC  21,821.18  64.09%
  BlackRock Financial Management Inc.  12,217.47  35.88%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Growth Fund – Service Shares  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  2,755.94  29.82%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  2,142.86  23.18%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,722.94  18.64%
  TD Ameritrade  863.93  9.34%
  

BlackRock Funds MLPF Cust FPO David G. Cherup IRA

P.O. Box 8907

Wilmington, DE 19899-8907

  763.576  8.26%
  Pershing LLC  562.301  6.08%
BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Core Fund – Investor A Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  4,000,583.32  77.91%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  521,589.16  10.15%
BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Core Fund – Investor C Shares  Raymond James  64,536.12  29.32%
  Pershing LLC  36,943.15  16.78%
  LPL Financial  23,817.06  10.82%
  National Financial Services LLC  20,391.36  9.26%
  RBC Capital Markets LLC  12,323.65  5.59%
BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Core Fund – Institutional Shares  Goldman Sachs & Co.  13,371,776.31  43.95%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  4,415,057.23  14.51%
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO

Ohio Tuition Trust Authority

Growth Portfolio Option

  2,041,647.72  6.71%
  Pershing LLC  1,527,876.83  5.02%
BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Core Fund – Class K Shares  

Saxon & Co.

P.O. Box 94597

Cleveland, OH 44101-4597

  271,608.70  33.35%
  Wells Fargo Bank NA FBO Temple Univ Invs  147,104.66  18.06%
  Wells Fargo Bank NA FBO Jeanes Hospital  106,985.21  13.13%
  

*Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Partners Cash Balance Plan

333 South Grand Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90071

  104,849.28  12.87%
  

Saxon & Co.

P.O. Box 94597

Cleveland, OH 44101-4597

  50,817.97  6.24%
BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund – Investor A Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  4,872,136.15  39.54%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,302,121.97  10.56%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of

Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund – Investor C Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,098,470.89  31.61%
  RBC Capital Markets LLC  377,979.84  10.87%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  277,630.12  7.98%
  LPL Financial  179,947.89  5.17%
  UBS WM USA  178,801.17  5.14%
  Pershing LLC  174,506.16  5.02%
  National Financial Services  174,453.27  5.02%
BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund – Class R Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  479,816.48  37.53%
  Hartford Life Insurance Company  347,246.63  27.16%
  

Reliance Trust Company FBO

MassMutual DMF P.O. Box 48529 Atlanta, GA 30362

  121,851.88  9.53%
BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund – Institutional Shares  LPL Financial  6,292,341.81  29.62%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  5,120,351.40  24.10%
  National Financial Services LLC  3,744,687.31  17.62%
BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund – Class K Shares  Edward D. Jones and Co.  83,272.94  88.68%
  BlackRock Financial Management Inc.  9,606.15  10.23%
BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund – Service Shares  National Financial Services LLC  425,308.96  56.71%
  Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company
P.O. Box 2600
Valley Forge, PA 19482-2600
  131,679.44  17.55%
  ICMA Retirement Corporation
777 North Capitol Street, NE
Washington DC 20002
  88,017.58  11.73%
BlackRockAll-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio – Investor A Shares  National Financial Services LLC  526,376.78  15.11%
  Pershing LLC  436,578.84  12.53%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  339,769.74  9.75%
  Edward D. Jones and Co.  223,355.17  6.41%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  207,269.65  5.94%
BlackRockAll-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio – Investor C Shares  Morgan Stanley & Co.  322,178.89  16.70%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  278,369.21  14.43%
  Pershing LLC  214,498.90  11.12%
  UBS WM USA  180,282.22  9.34%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  165,407.23  8.57%
  National Financial Services LLC  117,014.24  6.06%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  Raymond James  101,181.72  5.24%
BlackRockAll-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio – Institutional Shares  UBS WM USA  284,123.49  16.28%
  Pershing LLC  279,460.86  16.01%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  164,595.85  9.43%
  LPL Financial  139,735.43  8.00%
  National Financial Services LLC  130,085.66  7.45%
  Raymond James  114,874.55  6.58%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  107,170.41  6.14%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  88,022.14  5.04%
BlackRockAll-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio – Service Shares  National Financial Services LLC  17,358.39  34.91%
  

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Acct FBO Customers

  13,612.29  27.37%
  TD Ameritrade  12,858.35  25.86%
BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund – Investor A Shares  National Financial Services LLC  1,653,262.35  23.03%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  1,387,738.16  19.33%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  737,808.33  10.27%
  Raymond James  657,557.61  9.16%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  622,998.59  8.67%
  Pershing LLC  494,721.83  6.89%
  Edward D. Jones and Co.  390,537.65  5.44%
BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund – Investor C Shares  Morgan Stanley & Co.  221,975.84  22.46%
  Pershing LLC  146,469.49  14.82%
  National Financial Services LLC  114,767.87  11.61%
  LPL Financial  76,295.82  7.72%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  73,718.27  7.46%
  Edward D. Jones and Co.  70,560.43  7.14%
  UBS WM USA  69,169.84  7.00%
BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  4,431,073.77  16.81%
  American Enterprise Investment SVC  3,707,336.13  14.06%
  Charles Schwab & Co.  3,547,357.13  13.45%
  Raymond James  3,453,964.31  13.10%
  Pershing LLC  3,095,012.54  11.74%
  UBS WM USA  2,082,580.05  7.90%
  LPL Financial  1,955,650.57  7.41%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,713,629.68  6.50%
BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund – Class K Shares  Edward D. Jones and Co.  2,986,777.51  99.84%
BlackRock Emerging Markets Dividend Fund – Investor A Shares  Edward D. Jones and Co.  335,438.89  44.86%
  National Financial Services LLC  188,215.86  25.17%
  Pershing LLC  62,755.69  8.39%
BlackRock Emerging Markets Dividend Fund – Investor C Shares  Pershing LLC  35,152.79  28.24%
  LPL Financial  27,646.21  22.21%
  National Financial Services LLC  13,977.16  11.22%
  Vanguard Brokerage Services
P.O. Box 1170
Valley Forge, PA 19482-1170
  11,433.04  9.18%
  Edward D. Jones and Co.  10,682.50  8.58%
BlackRock Emerging Markets Dividend Fund – Institutional Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  78,473.50  32.73%
  LPL Financial  39,436.04  16.45%
  UBS WM USA  35,577.65  14.84%
  Pershing LLC  26,759.05  11.16%
  Raymond James  20,008.37  8.34%
BlackRock Emerging Markets Dividend Fund – Class K Shares  Edward D. Jones and Co.  409,868.31  94.99%
BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund – Investor A Shares  TD Ameritrade  22,632.63  60.70%
  

Vanguard Brokerage Services

P.O. Box 1170

Valley Forge, PA 19482-1170

  6,307.00  16.91%
  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  5,981.80  16.04%
BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund – Investor C Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  5,944.73  56.11%
  BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Sep IRA FBO
Parrish D. Swearingen
  1,875.83  17.70%
  BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Sep IRA FBO
Joseph G. Jahnke
  1,875.83  17.70%
  BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Roth IRA FBO
Tonya M. Mitchell
  648.478  6.12%
BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund – Institutional Shares  Interactive Brokers LLC
2 Pickwick Plaza
Greenwich, CT 06830
  326,843.39  55.76%
  Pershing LLC  165,148.74  28.17%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  *Mark E. Stalnecker
301 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
  67,779.53  11.56%
BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund – Class K Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  581,622.95  100%
BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio - Investor A Shares  Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
150 N Radnor Chester Rd Ste. C120
Radnor, PA 19087-5248
  1,375,548.41  23.64%
  National Financial Services LLC  376,869.96  6.47%
  LPL Financial  345,027.24  5.93%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  341,644.87  5.87%
  Pershing LLC  330,824.62  5.68%
BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio - Investor C Shares  Pershing LLC  199,308.74  12.95%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  184,964.39  12.02%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  174,838.15  11.36%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  162,890.54  10.58%
  National Financial Services LLC  123,106.41  8.00%
  Matrix Trust Company Cust. FBO
717 17th Street, Suite 1300
Denver, CO 80202
  99,088.81  6.44%
BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio - Institutional Shares  Goulstorrs & Co, Inc.
400 Atlantic Ave
Boston, MA 02110
  353,527.70  31.98%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  102,607.82  9.28%
  LPL Financial  84,457.84  7.64%
  Raymond James  74,143.16  6.70%
  UBS WM USA  66,655.01  6.02%
  Nationwide Trust Company FSB
P.O. Box 182029
Columbus, OH 43218-2029
  55,692.48  5.03%
BlackRock Exchange Portfolio – BlackRock Shares  Knotfloat & Co.
1200 Crown Colony Dr.
Quincy, MA 02169-0938
  9,808.50  6.36%
  Maril & Co. FBO VA
480 Pilgrim Way, Suite 1000
Green Bay, WI 54304-5280
  9,447.41  6.12%
BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund – Investor A Shares  Pershing LLC  1,785,673.42  44.11%
  UBS WM USA  408,859.96  10.10%
  National Financial Services LLC  385,860.40  9.53%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  275,275.89  6.80%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  248,228.82  6.13%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  LPL Financial  238,422.69  5.89%
BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund – Investor C Shares  Morgan Stanley & Co.  531,226.29  29.88%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  277,109.43  15.59%
  UBS WM USA  260,419.80  14.65%
  National Financial Services LLC  145,559.67  8.18%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  130,135.54  7.32%
  LPL Financial  113,133.73  6.36%
  American Enterprise Investment SVC  97,600.90  5.49%
BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund – Institutional Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  19,239,134.72  41.76%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  7,298,398.65  15.84%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  6,314,555.87  13.70%
  National Financial Services  3,210,104.76  6.96%
BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund – Class K Shares  JP Morgan Securities LLC  26,201.55  99.68%
BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio – Investor A Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  6,638,286.38  15.45%
  National Financial Services LLC  5,428,831.79  12.64%
  Pershing LLC  3,691,105.18  8.59%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  3,552,865.05  8.27%
  Edward D. Jones and Co.  2,878,944.17  6.70%
BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio – Investor C Shares  Pershing LLC  2,643,857.61  14.67%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,241,630.55  12.44%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  2,192,192.80  12.17%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  1,827,873.36  10.14%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,504,506.46  8.35%
  American Enterprise Investment SVC  1,237,144.63  6.86%
  UBS WM USA  1,218,800.08  6.76%
  Raymond James  1,182,322.70  6.56%
  LPL Financial  1,010,528.78  5.61%
BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio – Institutional Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  8,411,719.86  19.35%
  National Financial Services LLC  5,963,313.47  13.72%
  American Enterprise Investment SVC  4,352,747.38  10.01%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  3,529,910.61  8.12%
  Pershing LLC  3,151,061.41  7.25%
  LPL Financial  2,515,161.80  5.78%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio – Class R Shares  

Voya Institutional Trust Company

1 Orange Way

Windsor, CT 06095-4774

  2,359,291.69  61.60%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  452,487.51  11.81%
BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio – Class K Shares  

*Mac & Co.

500 Grant Street, Room151-1010
Pittsburgh, PA 15258

  370,861.61  20.00%
  National Financial Services LLC  362,837.36  19.57%
  Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Com
1295 State Street, MIP M200-INVST
Springfield, MA 01111
  119,077.68  6.42%
  

PIMS/Prudential Retirement as

Nominee for the TTEE/Cust PL 007

Alameda Health System
7677 Oakport Street, Suite 1200
Oakland, CA 94621

  113,305.55  6.11%
  Reliance Trust Company FBO Mass Mutual Registered Product
P.O. Box 28004
Atlanta, GA 30358
  101,305.92  5.46%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  101,248.51  5.46%
  Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F Employee Benefits Clients 401(k)  96,375.35  5.19%
BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio – Service Shares  National Financial Services LLC  175,812.54  28.87%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  75,605.88  12.41%
BlackRock High Equity Income Fund – Investor A Shares  National Financial Services LLC  1,375,316.75  15.46%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,174,717.86  13.21%
  Pershing LLC  713,083.69  8.01%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  587,287.40  6.60%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  532,752.09  5.99%
BlackRock High Equity Income Fund – Investor C Shares  Morgan Stanley & Co.  1,080,868.76  18.56%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  634,710.66  10.90%
  Raymond James  584,920.72  10.04%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  493,357.67  8.47%
  Pershing LLC  424,905.92  7.29%
  National Financial Services LLC  419,218.86  7.19%
  UBS WM USA  387,759.92  6.65%
BlackRock High Equity Income Fund – Institutional Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,714,391.66  19.30%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,186,863.08  13.36%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  UBS WM USA  997,197.88  11.23%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  786,438.16  8.85%
  Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F Recordkeeping Various Benefit PL NY  736,471.01  8.29%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  610,603.38  6.87%
  John Hancock Trust Company  597,510.93  6.72%
BlackRock High Equity Income Fund – Service Shares  National Financial Services LLC  151,314.34  31.08%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  91,092.37  18.71%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  46,563.47  9.56%
  Pershing LLC  45,296.17  9.30%
  TD Ameritrade  34,146.24  7.01%
BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund – Investor A Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  237,171.97  48.34%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  68,929.76  14.05%
  Edward D. Jones and Co.  47,744.34  9.73%
  Charles Schwab & Co.  34,178.01  6.96%
  Pershing LLC  28,760.14  5.86%
  LPL Financial  25,895.65  5.27%
BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund – Investor C Shares  Morgan Stanley & Co.  100,573.70  64.12%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  25,307.54  16.13%
  National Financial Services LLC  8,417.95  5.36%
BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund – Institutional Shares  BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  1,995,000.00  47.52%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  1,169,147.70  27.84%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  371,973.36  8.86%
  National Financial Services LLC  308,747.00  7.35%
  LPL Financial  227,979.93  5.43%
BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund – Class K Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  19,801.98  100%
BlackRock International Dividend Fund – Investor A Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  534,295.88  10.31%
  National Financial Services LLC  468,987.04  9.05%
  Edward D. Jones and Co.  438,545.59  8.46%
  UMB Bank NA FBO Fiduciary for Tax Deferred Accts
One Security Benefit Place
Topeka, KS 66636
  408,692.05  7.88%
  Pershing LLC  367,941.40  7.10%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  272,776.87  5.26%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  Nationwide Trust Company FSB
P.O. Box 182029
Columbus, OH 43218-2029
  264,665.66  5.10%
BlackRock International Dividend Fund – Investor C Shares  Morgan Stanley & Co.  319,539.13  20.83%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  194,822.91  12.70%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  184,357.61  12.02%
  National Financial Services LLC  125,230.38  8.16%
  Raymond James  106,754.92  6.96%
  Pershing LLC  102,015.71  6.65%
  LPL Financial  100,727.29  6.56%
  UBS WM USA  93,882.85  6.12%
BlackRock International Dividend Fund – Institutional Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  620,940.91  17.47%
  UBS WM USA  609,016.88  17.14%
  National Financial Services LLC  483,585.90  13.61%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  469,861.87  13.22%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  239,942.47  6.75%
  LPL Financial  211,691.90  5.95%
  Raymond James  183,465.03  5.16%
  Pershing LLC  180,345.19  5.07%
BlackRock International Dividend Fund – Class K Shares  Edward D. Jones and Co.  116,586.71  92.20%
BlackRock International Dividend Fund – Service Shares  National Financial Services LLC  36,695.32  22.80%
  MassMutual Life Insurance Company
1295 State Street MIP C105
Springfield, MA 01111-0001
  34,635.24  21.52%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  19,712.16  12.25%
  TD Ameritrade  16,003.67  9.94%
  Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product
P.O. Box 28004
Atlanta, GA 30358
  13,727.76  8.53%
BlackRockMid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio – Investor A Shares  National Financial Services LLC  5,555,531.63  16.79%
  Edward D. Jones and Co.  3,705,756.77  11.20%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,828,219.84  8.54%
BlackRockMid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio – Investor C Shares  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  1,259,382.35  14.74%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  970,134.80  11.36%
  National Financial Services LLC  893,087.55  10.45%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  UBS WM USA  863,536.55  10.11%
  American Enterprise Investment SVC  859,193.45  10.06%
  Pershing LLC  651,117.39  7.62%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  582,049.17  6.81%
  Raymond James  531,736.78  6.22%
BlackRockMid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio – Institutional Shares  American Enterprise Investment SVC  6,265,722.72  16.95%
  National Financial Services LLC  4,849,868.07  13.12%
  Pershing LLC  4,383,362.76  11.85%
  Raymond James  3,118,755.57  8.43%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,801,610.88  7.57%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  2,778,559.33  7.51%
  LPL Financial  2,418,701.37  6.54%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  2,192,087.75  5.93%
  UBS WM USA  1,949,882.86  5.27%
BlackRockMid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio – Class R Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  163,932.53  18.33%
  State Street Bank and Trust TTEE and/or Custodian (FBO) ADP Access Product  82,759.02  9.25%
  Matrix Trust Company as Agent for Newport Trust Company, Harlan Foods, Inc. Profit Sharing 4
35 Iron Point Circle, Suite 300
Folsom, CA 95630
  56,863.28  6.36%
  Cleavers Farm Supply Inc. TTEE FBO Cleavers Farm Supply Inc. 401(k)
8515 E Orchard Rd 2T2
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
  44,989.29  5.03%
BlackRockMid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio – Class K Shares  Edward D. Jones and Co.  1,321,542.55  27.25%
  SEI Private Trust Company  1,318,685.92  27.19%
  State Street Bank and Trust TTEE and/or Custodian (FBO) ADP Access Product  351,979.87  7.25%
  National Financial Services LLC  321,242.73  6.62%
BlackRockMid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio – Service Shares  National Financial Services LLC  695,304.81  52.33%
  State Street Bank and Trust TTEE and/or Custodian (FBO) ADP Access Product  303,134.50  22.81%
  TD Ameritrade  199,752.17  15.03%
BlackRock Money Market Portfolio – Investor A Shares  

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

Special Custody Acct FBO Customers

  56,695,298.10  21.49%
  National Financial Services LLC  35,994,017.27  13.64%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  25,286,855.19  9.58%
  Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Inc.
501 North Broadway
Saint Louis, MO 63102
  21,035,271.51  7.97%
  RBC Capital Markets LLC
  20,465,726.85  7.76%
  Raymond James  19,014,817.39  7.20%
  Edward D. Jones and Co.  17,285,973.96  6.55%
BlackRock Money Market Portfolio – Investor C Shares  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  2,093,959.32  16.07%
  LPL Financial  2,073,731.62  15.92%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  1,983,063.02  15.22%
  Pershing LLC  938,261.07  7.20%
  National Financial Services LLC  737,198.55  5.66%
BlackRock Money Market Portfolio – Institutional Shares  SEI Private Trust Company  125,180,501.85  40.40%
  

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

1300 Thames Street, 6th Floor

Baltimore, MD 21231

  55,083,838.30  17.78%
  Broadway National Bank
P.O. Box 17001
San Antonio, TX 78286
  49,619,731.37  16.01%
  Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Inc.
501 North Broadway
Saint Louis, MO 63102
  21,580,570.71  6.96%
BlackRock Money Market Portfolio – Service Shares  Raymond James  4,464,213.98  60.72%
  

Alps Mutual Fund Services Inc. for Customers of Westcore Funds

(Reinvest)

1290 Broadway, Suite 1100
Denver, CO 80203

  1,911,862.71  26.00%
  Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Inc.
501 North Broadway
Saint Louis, MO 63102
  447,127.78  6.08%
BlackRock Real Estate Securities Fund – Investor A Shares  LPL Financial  163,189.70  17.27%
  Pershing LLC  151,787.96  16.06%
  State Street Bank and Trust TTEE and/or Custodian (FBO) ADP Access Product  151,260.47  16.01%

.

  National Financial Services LLC  113,455.32  12.00%
  Edward D. Jones and Co.  75,027.58  7.94%
  American Enterprise Investment SVC  53,938.19  5.70%
BlackRock Real Estate Securities Fund – Investor C Shares  Pershing LLC  62,693.14  32.66%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  23,661.87  12.32%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  LPL Financial  19,364.13  10.08%
  National Financial Services LLC  19,176.56  9.99%
BlackRock Real Estate Securities Fund – Institutional Shares  Pershing LLC  171,180.82  21.76%
  American Enterprise Investment SVC  133,947.26  17.03%
  UBS WM USA  118,504.16  15.06%
  LPL Financial  112,587.71  14.31%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  65,728.07  8.35%
  National Financial Services LLC  57,839.69  7.35%
  Raymond James  46,259.33  5.88%
BlackRock Short Obligations Fund – Investor A Shares  Morgan Stanley & Co.  865,427.02  66.31%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  414,942.45  31.79%
BlackRock Short Obligations Fund – Institutional Shares  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  4,751,475.65  64.16%
  Pershing LLC  992,474.72  13.40%
  LPL Financial  543,890.58  7.34%
  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  499,499.50  6.74%
BlackRock Short Obligations Fund – Class K Shares  

Saxon & Co.

P.O. Box 7780-1888

Philadelphia, PA 19182

  3,013,213.31  27.39%
  *Tauck Inc.
10 Westport Rd, Floor 1
Wilton, CT 06897-4548
  2,573,358.19  23.39%
  *Samson Exploration LLC
110 W 7th Street, Suite 2000
Tulsa, OK 74119-1076
  2,036,579.24  18.51%
  Nabank & Co.
P.O. Box 2180
Tulsa, OK 74101
  1,485,673.80  13.50%
  *BlackRock Holdco2. Inc.  1,000,949.30  9.10%
  *Guilford Specialty Group Inc.
100 Pearl Street, 5th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
  715,903.13  6.50%
BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund – Investor A Shares  National Financial Services LLC  2,716,505.99  17.53%
BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund – Investor C Shares  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  461,613.34  21.94%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  233,575.78  11.10%
  Raymond James  191,834.46  9.12%
  National Financial Services LLC  183,973.77  8.74%
  Pershing LLC  163,125.74  7.75%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  133,149.23  6.33%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  UBS WM USA  132,941.52  6.32%
BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund – Institutional Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,996,708.85  20.86%
  BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO
BlackRock College 2020 Option
  2,211,904.91  15.40%
  BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO
Ohio Tution Trust Authority
Growth Portfolio Option
  1,388,207.85  9.66%
  Mitra & Co. FB NG
480 Pilgrim Way, Suite 1000
Green Bay, WI 54304-5280
  1,349,720.73  9.39%
  BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO
BlackRock College 2024 Option
  946,711.75  6.59%
  BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO
BlackRock College Enrollment Option
  844,048.16  5.87%
  BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO
BlackRock College 2027 Option
  819,818.37  5.70%
BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund – Class K Shares  *Teacher Retirement System of Texas
1000 Red River Street
Austin, TX 78701-2698
  10,446,556.53  80.92%
  *BlackRock Funds LLC
LifePath Dynamic Master 2030 Portfolio
  708,993.48  5.49%
BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund – Service Shares  Saxon & Co.
P.O. Box 7780-1888
Philadelphia, PA 19182
  16,544.05  30.50%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  11,905.29  21.94%
  

TD Ameritrade Trust Company

P.O. Box 17748

Denver, CO 80217-0748

  5,478.46  10.10%
  Raymond James  4,963.60  9.15%
  *Jan Speth
301 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
  4,716.32  8.69%
  National Financial Services LLC  3,146.65  5.80%
BlackRock Technology Opportunities Fund – Investor A Shares  National Financial Services LLC  6,731,886.59  31.93%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  3,567,670.91  16.92%
  Pershing LLC  1,651,921.55  7.83%
  Charles Schwab & Co.  1,592,458.08  7.55%
BlackRock Technology Opportunities Fund – Investor C Shares  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  603,036.87  10.64%
  Pershing LLC  556,095.71  9.81%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  530,207.46  9.35%
  

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Acct FBO Customers

  524,194.15  9.24%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  512,158.48  9.03%
  National Financial Services LLC  484,145.75  8.54%
  LPL Financial  469,019.66  8.27%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  403,082.10  7.11%
  American Enterprise Investment SVC  323,079.61  5.70%
  UBS WM USA  316,757.63  5.58%
BlackRock Technology Opportunities Fund – Institutional Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  3,165,227.30  17.51%
  LPL Financial  3,093,331.79  17.11%
  Pershing LLC  2,632,667.81  14.56%
  National Financial Services LLC  2,245,156.74  12.42%
  American Enterprise Investment SVC  1,304,544.65  7.21%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  1,147,650.48  6.35%
BlackRock Technology Opportunities Fund – Class R Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  116,791.69  25.85%
  

Lincoln Retirement Services

Company FBO Medical Specialists

401(k) Plan

P.O. Box 7876

Fort Wayne, IN 46801-7876

  45,399.04  10.04%
BlackRock Technology Opportunities Fund – Service Shares  TD Ameritrade  200,911.98  40.39%
  National Financial Services LLC  139,355.44  28.01%
  Pershing LLC  52,251.59  10.50%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  51,061.89  10.26%
BlackRock Total Emerging Markets Fund – Investor A Shares  National Financial Services LLC  382,887.53  18.40%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  302,498.98  14.54%
  TD Ameritrade  238,630.52  11.47%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  167,966.73  8.07%
  Pershing LLC  139,724.01  6.71%
  American Enterprise Investment SVC  124,758.47  5.99%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  120,390.49  5.78%
  LPL Financial  119,346.04  5.73%
BlackRock Total Emerging Markets Fund – Investor C Shares  Morgan Stanley & Co.  158,567.80  25.27%
  American Enterprise Investment SVC  88,711.97  14.13%
  National Financial Services LLC  76,572.35  12.20%
  Pershing LLC  75,262.71  11.99%
  UBS WM USA  66,019.70  10.52%
  LPL Financial  49,765.62  7.93%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of

Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  33,477.34  5.33%
  Raymond James  33,232.75  5.29%
BlackRock Total Emerging Markets Fund – Institutional Shares  American Enterprise Investment SVC  4,225,268.51  19.45%
  LPL Financial  2,903,043.81  13.36%
  

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Acct FBO Customers

  2,476,297.33  11.40%
  RBC Capital Markets LLC  2,305,391.08  10.61%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.
Special Custody Acct FBO Customers
  2,061,707.25  9.49%
  Raymond James  1,549,590.95  7.13%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,359,735.90  6.26%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  1,329,816.93  6.12%
BlackRock Total Factor Fund – Investor A Shares  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  123,522.37  31.32%
  Pershing LLC  61,354.83  15.56%
  National Financial Services LLC  52,244.92  13.24%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  31,964.95  8.10%
  UBS WM USA  27,198.46  6.89%
  American Enterprise Investment SVC  25,332.40  6.42%
BlackRock Total Factor Fund – Investor C Shares  LPL Financial  29,132.11  40.26%
  American Enterprise Investment SVC  13,868.08  19.16%
  Pershing LLC  8,119.550  11.22%
  National Financial Services LLC  5,334.56  7.37%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  5,210.17  7.20%
BlackRock Total Factor Fund – Institutional Shares  

*Houston Firefighters Relief and

Retirement Fund
4225 Interwood N Parkway
Houston, TX 77032-3866

  4,950,495.05  38.27%
  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  2,504,182.10  19.35%
  National Financial Services LLC  2,051,335.92  15.85%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  1,616,154.21  12.49%
BlackRock Total Factor Fund – Class K Shares  Augusta Health Care Inc. C/O BlackRock
55 E 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055-0002
  872,938.89  30.97%
  *BlackRock Funds II
LifePath Active Portfolio 2025
  376,030.33  13.34%
  *BlackRock Funds II
LifePath Active Portfolio 2020
  337,800.24  11.98%
  *BlackRock Funds II
LifePath Active Portfolio 2030
  328,997.06  11.67%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  *BlackRock Funds II
LifePath Active Portfolio 2035
  208,887.69  7.41%
  *BlackRock Funds II
LifePath Active Portfolio 2015
  187,458.42  6.65%
  *BlackRock Funds II
LifePath Active Portfolio 2040
  159,986.65  5.67%
iShares Developed Real Estate Index Fund – Investor A Shares  Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO Legacy.com 401(k) Plan  15,532.15  26.40%
  Matrix Trust Company Trustee FBO Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central  14,989.38  25.48%
  

Minnesota Life Insurance Company

400 Robert Street North

Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101

  7,437.90  12.64%
  State Street Bank and Trust TTEE and/or Custodian (FBO) ADP Access Product  4,877.80  8.29%
iShares Developed Real Estate Index Fund – Institutional Shares  Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  1,541,788.04  49.86%
  National Financial Services LLC  735,314.52  23.78%
  Pershing LLC  497,643.88  16.09%
iShares Developed Real Estate Index Fund – Class K Shares  

*BlackRock Funds LLC

LifePath Index Master 2040 Fund

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2618

  35,828,552.40  18.34%
  

*BlackRock Funds LLC

LifePath Index Master 2030 Fund

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2618

  27,674,933.41  14.16%
  

*BlackRock Funds LLC

LifePath Index Master 2045 Fund

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2618

  27,344,206.29  13.99%
  

*BlackRock Funds LLC

LifePath Index Master 2035 Fund

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2618

  26,995,265.86  13.81%
  

*BlackRock Funds LLC

LifePath Index Master 2050 Fund

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2618

  25,651,733.76  13.13%
  Wells Fargo Bank NA FBO Omnibus Cash Cash  14,350,806.34  7.34%
  

*BlackRock Funds LLC

LifePath Index Master 2025 Fund

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2618

  13,961,702.83  7.14%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  

*BlackRock Funds LLC

LifePath Index Master 2055 Fund

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2618

  12,902,043.83  6.60%
iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol EAFE Index Fund – Institutional Shares  FIIOC FBO
Vintage King Audio 401(K) Plan
  19,648.16  22.66%
  FIIOC FBO
Tooher Ferraris 401(K) Plan
  18,592.72  21.44%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  11,910.85  13.73%
  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  10,000.00  11.53%
  

*Michael Macelhiney

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

  9,266.14  10.68%
  FIIOC FBO
Verde 401(K) Plan
  7,648.21  8.82%
  

BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Rollover IRA

Chad Dziedzic
301 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809

  5,731.26  6.61%
iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol EAFE Index Fund – Class K Shares  

Voya Institutional Trust Co. as

Trustee or Custodian for Core Market
Retirement Plans
30 Braintree Hill Office Park
Braintree, MA 02184

  12,762,445.30  92.65%
  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  990,000.00  7.18%
iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA Index Fund – Institutional Shares  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  282,328.77  82.79%
  FIIOC FBO
Vintage King Audio 401(K) Plan
  30,190.02  8.85%
iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA Index Fund – Class K Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  990,000.00  99.42%
iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Intl Index Fund – Institutional Shares  *Chad A. Dziedzic
301 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
  22,408.82  49.16%
  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  10,000.00  21.93%
  

BNYM I S Trust Co. Cust Rollover

IRA
Chad A. Dziedzic

  5,021.71  11.01%
  

BNYM I S Trust Co. Cust Rollover

IRA
Marlina L. Dziedzic

  2,757.53  6.04%
iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Intl Index Fund – Class K Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  990,000.00  99.69%
iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor USA Index Fund – Institutional Shares  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  53,826.58  70.61%
  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  10,000.00  13.11%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  

Great-West Trust FBO RTC TTEE

FBO Certain Retirement Plans

  7,030.24  9.22%
  *Jeffrey R. Biggers
301 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
  4,866.82  6.38%
iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor USA Index Fund – Class K Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  990,000.00  99.52%
iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor Index Fund – Institutional Shares  Pershing LLC  62,269.12  44.80%
  TD Ameritrade  23,795.57  17.12%
  National Financial Services LLC  22,767.03  16.38%
  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  10,000.00  7.19%
  

TD Ameritrade Trust Company

P.O. Box 17748

Denver, CO 80217-0748

  8,179.07  5.88%
iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor Index Fund – Class K Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  990,000.00  99.62%
iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor Index Fund – Institutional Shares  Pershing LLC  22,081.76  64.10%
  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  10,000.00  29.02%
  TD Ameritrade  2,281.91  6.62%
iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor Index Fund – Class K Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  990,000.00  50.83%
  Matrix Trust Company Cust. FBO
Buffalo Board of Education 403(B)
717 17th Street, Suite 1300
Denver, CO 80202
  184,026.09  9.44%
  Matrix Trust Company Cust. FBO
West Seneca Central Schools 403(B)
717 17th Street, Suite 1300
Denver, CO 80202
  124,127.41  6.37%
iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor Index Fund – Institutional Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  10,000.00  98.66%
iShares Edge MSCI USA Size Factor Index Fund – Class K Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  990,000.00  100%
iShares Edge MSCI USA Value Factor Index Fund – Institutional Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  10,000.00  89.80%
  TD Ameritrade  1,134.89  10.19%
iShares Edge MSCI USA Value Factor Index Fund – Class K Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  990,000.00  100%
iShares MSCI Asia ex Japan Index Fund – Institutional Shares  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  6,595,902.82  73.19%
  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  1,505,526.69  16.70%
  TD Ameritrade  756,806.68  8.39%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of

Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
iShares MSCI Asia ex Japan Index Fund – Class K Shares  JP Morgan Securities LLC  1,260,295.09  95.30%
iShares MSCI Developed World Index Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  457,903.59  35.86%
  SEI Private Trust Company  368,768.95  28.88%
  Countybank Trust Services Cust. Self
Memorial Health Services Inc.
419 Main Street, 2nd Floor
Greenwood, SC 29646
  281,414.49  22.03%
iShares MSCI Developed World Index Fund – Class K Shares  JP Morgan Securities LLC  44,200,990.71  95.67%
iShares RussellMid-Cap Index Fund – Investor A Shares  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  11,828,279.12  69.33%
iShares RussellMid-Cap Index Fund – Institutional Shares  

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Acct FBO Customers

  5,603,170.51  34.31%
  Raymond James  2,324,041.16  14.23%
  Pershing LLC  1,735,445.36  10.62%
  

PIMS/Prudential Retirement as

Nominee for the TTEE/Cust. PL 010

Nexcom 401(k) Plan
3280 Virginia Beach Blvd.

Virginia Beach, VA 23452-5724

  1,098,312.96  6.72%
  Bank of America Custodian
P.O. Box 843869
Dallas, TX 75284-1575
  1,019,287.10  6.24%
  National Financial Services LLC  999,104.55  6.11%
  *Connecticut Higher Education Trust
690 Lee Road
Wayne, PA 19087-0000
  927,617.19  5.68%
iShares RussellMid-Cap Index Fund – Class K Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  14,540,035.79  29.42%
  

Planmember Services

UMB Bank Custodian

6187 Carpinteria Avenue

Carpinteria, CA 93013

  4,203,799.315  8.51%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  3,577,095.37  7.23%
  

Planmember Services
UMB Bank Custodian
6187 Carpinteria Avenue

Carpinteria, CA 93013

  2,964,681.09  5.99%
iShares RussellSmall/Mid-Cap Index Fund – Investor A Shares  WTRISC Co. IRA Omnibus Acct
777 North Capitol Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
  1,643,029.62  75.35%
  LPL Financial  215,508.31  9.88%
iShares RussellSmall/Mid-Cap Index Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  552,381.58  46.99%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  LPL Financial  423,138.03  36.00%
  TD Ameritrade  176,708.44  15.03%
Shares RussellSmall/Mid-Cap Index Fund – Class K Shares  National Financial Services LLC  3,975,103.89  59.95%
  John Hancock Trust Company LLC  965,671.92  14.56%
  The Northern Trust Co as Trustee
FBO HoraceMann-DV
P.O. Box 92994
Chicago, IL 60675-2994
  553,172.96  8.34%
iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund – Investor A Shares  Pershing LLC  22,350.03  46.34%
  FIIOC FBO
Potomac Physician Associates PC
401(k) Plan
  9,255.94  19.19%
  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  5,000.00  10.36%
  UMB Bank, NA C/F Bridgewater-
Raritan BOE 403B FBO Kenneth
Campbell
9 Dartmouth Rd.
Annandale, NJ 08801
  2,444.05  5.06%
iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund – Institutional Shares  Pershing LLC  80,000.56  62.25%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  21,995.16  17.11%
  *Capinco
1555 N Rivercenter Dr. Suite 302
Milwaukee, WI 53212-3958
  17,183.96  13.37%
iShares Short-Term TIPS Bond Index Fund – Class K Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  90,000.00  71.02%
  Matrix Trust Co Agent for TRP RPS
RK FBO 401(k) Surtec Inc. 401(k)
Profit Sharing Plan
1880 N Macarthur Dr.
Tracy, CA 95376-2841
  12,022.54  9.48%
iShares Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund – Investor A Shares  WTRISC Co. IRA Omnibus Acct
777 North Capitol Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
  3,311,104.86  61.47%
  National Financial Services LLC  972,234.20  18.05%
iShares Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund – Institutional Shares  LPL Financial  3,055,616.21  50.72%
  Pershing LLC  1,391,614.62  23.10%
  National Financial Services LLC  839,758.45  13.94%
  *Copic Medical Foundation
7351 E Lowry Blvd. Suite 400
Denver, CO 80230
  313,514.58  5.20%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
iShares Total U.S. Stock Market Index Fund – Class K Shares  State of Louisiana Trustee FBO
Louisiana Public Employees DCP
8515 E Orchard Rd. 2T2
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
  18,936,400.45  34.76%
  National Financial Services LLC  11,063,599.15  20.31%
  *Mac & Co.
500 Grant Street, Room151-1010
Pittsburgh, PA 15258
  6,938,251.55  12.73%
  Comerica Bank FBO MIDMI ARMC
Multi
P.O. Box 75000 Mail Code 3446
Detroit, MI 48275
  3,642,806.10  6.68%
BlackRock Funds III      
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional – SL Agency Shares  *iShares Russell 2000 ETF
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
  6,003,922,099.79  11.81%
  *iShares Core S&PSmall-Cap ETF
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
  3,716,875,061.90  7.31%
  *iShares Core S&PMid-Cap ETF
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
  3,254,115,105.82  6.40%
  *iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate
Bond ETF
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
  3,153,300,782.32  6.20%
  

Investors Bank and Trust as
Custodian

FBO iShares Lehman Aggregate
Bond Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

  2,956,522,192.19  5.81%
  *iShares Core MSCI Emerging Funds
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
  2,763,024,403.48  5.43%
  *iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
  2,747,183,047.09  5.40%
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury – SL Agency Shares  

Investors Bank & Trust Cust.

FBO iShares S&P 500 Sweep
Account
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

  622,957,260.14  11.13%
  IBT as Custodian iShares Lehman
Short Treasury Bond Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
  571,818,375.29  10.21%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  Investors Bank and Trust as
Custodian iShares S&P U.S.
Preferred Stock Index Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
  455,844,122.92  8.14%
  State Street Bank and Trust as
Custodian iShares Short Maturity
Bond Fund
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116
  352,935,091.58  6.30%
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury – Institutional Shares  *Mac & Co.
500 Grant Street, Room151-1010
Pittsburgh, PA 15258
  435,236,044.99  51.11%
  *Bristol Myers Squibb Company
Route 206 and Province Line Road
Princeton, NJ 08543
  350,000,000.00  41.10%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic Retirement Fund – Investor A Shares  *Hartford Life Separate Account 457  6,485,258.90  86.08%
  National Financial Services LLC  504,443.82  6.69%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic Retirement Fund – Investor C Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  16,627.17  26.54%
  LPL Financial  13,443.07  21.46%
  Pershing LLC  11,659.23  18.61%
  National Financial Services LLC  3,833.77  6.12%
  

BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Rollover IRA

Marie J. Mason

  3,801.17  6.06%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic Retirement Fund – Institutional Shares  Northern Trust Company Custodian FBO Texas Instruments Corporate  1,063,415.67  38.52%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  748,978.55  27.13%
  National Financial Services LLC  545,667.05  19.76%
  *Hartford Life Separate Account 457  143,092.07  5.18%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic Retirement Fund – Class R Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  61,831.77  59.71%
  Ascensus Trust Company FBO Virginia Fork Produce Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 10758
Fargo, ND 58106
  18,355.05  17.72%
  Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO 1st Pet Veterinary Centers Cha 401(k)  8,068.91  7.79%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic Retirement Fund – Class K Shares  Wells Fargo Bank FBO Various Retirement Plans  768,073.60  54.04%
  Matrix Trust Company as TTEE FBO Ricoh Corp.Non-Qualified
P.O. Box 52129
Phoenix, AZ 85072-2129
  166,344.68  11.70%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F Employee Benefits Clients 401(k)  161,359.44  11.35%
  The Northern Trust Company as Trustee FBO Marsh & McLennan Stock & Savings Investment Plan  100,509.54  7.07%
  John Hancock Trust Company LLC  80,939.78  5.69%
  National Financial Services LLC  73,220.08  5.15%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2020 Fund – Investor A Shares  Hartford Life Separate Account 457  12,580,219.11  90.28%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2020 Fund – Investor C Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  85,971.85  40.80%
  Pershing LLC  24,562.05  11.65%
  Raymond James  20,240.38  9.60%
  Ascensus Trust Company FBO Shaw Builders, Inc. Retirement & SA
P.O. Box 10758
Fargo, ND 58106
  11,873.72  5.63%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2020 Fund – Institutional Shares  Northern Trust Company FBO Texas Instruments Corporate Custody Account  1,478,821.82  28.79%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,424,029.41  27.72%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  1,030,655.91  20.06%
  *Hartford Life Separate Account 457  672,447.35  13.09%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2020 Fund – Class R Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  155,330.43  80.79%
  Ascensus Trust Company FBO Dorset Park Skating Assoc. 401(k)
P.O. Box 10758
Fargo, ND 58106
  13,802.09  7.17%
  Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO Lauderdale Tankers Corp. 401(k)  11,162.92  5.80%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2020 Fund – Class K Shares  Wells Fargo Bank FBO Various Retirement Plans  740,009.98  37.64%
  National Financial Services LLC  302,006.50  15.36%
  The Northern Trust Company as Trustee FBO Marsh & McLennan Stock & Savings Investment Plan - DV  277,222.94  14.10%
  Matrix Trust Company as TTEE FBO Ricoh Corp.Non-Qualified
P.O. Box 52129
Phoenix, AZ 85072-2129
  197,846.75  10.06%
  John Hancock Trust Company LLC  197,344.69  10.03%
  Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F Employee Benefits Clients 401(k)  136,818.29  6.95%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2025 Fund – Investor A Shares  *Hartford Life Separate Account 457  1,670,471.36  79.55%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  National Financial Services LLC  117,096.70  5.57%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2025 Fund – Investor C Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  73,606.95  36.95%
  LPL Financial  16,776.50  8.42%
  Ascensus Trust Company FBO Law Office of Warren A Forstall LLC
P.O. Box 10758
Fargo, ND 58106
  13,796.53  6.92%
  Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO Peter T. Simonson MD PLLC 401(k)  13,602.27  6.82%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  13,316.06  6.68%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2025 Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  1,263,197.33  94.05%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2025 Fund – Class R Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  244,563.50  72.43%
  Wells Fargo Bank FBO Various Retirement Plans  54,150.59  16.03%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2025 Fund – Class K Shares  John Hancock Trust Company LLC  218,883.60  30.83%
  Wells Fargo Bank FBO Various Retirement Plans  217,111.82  30.58%
  Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F Employee Benefits Clients 401(k)  140,439.95  19.78%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  62,186.43  8.75%
  Matrix Trust Company as TTEE FBO Ricoh Corp.Non-Qualified
P.O. Box 52129
Phoenix, AZ 85072-2129
  39,130.58  5.51%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2030 Fund – Investor A Shares  *Hartford Life Separate Account 457  16,186,857.12  92.03%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2030 Fund – Investor C Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  170,188.75  56.84%
  National Financial Services LLC  16,370.13  5.46%
  Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO Sammons Insurance Inc. 401(k)  14,986.26  5.00%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2030 Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  1,495,606.03  26.65%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  1,373,621.90  24.48%
  Northern Trust Company as Custodian FBO Texas Instruments Corporate Custody Account  1,063,467.13  18.95%
  *Hartford Life Separate Account 457  755,789.69  13.47%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  Reliance Trust Co. Custodian FBO MassMutual Omnibus PE
P.O. Box 48529
Atlanta, GA 30362
  375,149.75  6.68%
  John Hancock Trust Company  359,550.89  6.40%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2030 Fund – Class R Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  124,885.20  74.32%
  Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO 1st Pet Veterinary Centers CHA 401(k)  10,915.90  6.49%
  Ascensus Trust Company
FBO Virginia Fork Produce Company, Inc
P.O. Box 10758
Fargo, ND 58106
  10,208.88  6.07%
  Ascensus Trust Company
FBO Dorset Park Skating Assoc. 401(K)
P.O. Box 10758
Fargo, ND 58106
  9,545.99  5.68%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2030 Fund – Class K Shares  Wells Fargo Bank FBO Various Retirement Plans  1,020,396.10  50.04%
  The Northern Trust Company as Trustee FBO Marsh & McLennan Stock & Savings Investment Plan - DV  376,993.69  18.48%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  178,445.69  8.75%
  National Financial Services LLC  174,928.60  8.57%
  John Hancock Trust Company LLC  149,647.50  7.33%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2035 Fund – Investor A Shares  *Hartford Life Separate Account 457  1,907,947.61  86.30%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2035 Fund – Investor C Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  57,044.20  29.17%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  15,731.35  8.04%
  Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO Amalfis Italian Restaurant & C 401(k)  11,904.03  6.08%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2035 Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  638,419.43  82.33%
  John Hancock Trust Company LLC  81,399.91  10.49%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2035 Fund – Class R Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  166,732.91  69.50%
  Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO Delasoft Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing  30,347.62  12.65%
  

Matrix Trust Company FBO

Competency & Credentialing Institute
717 17th Street, Suite 1300

Denver, CO 80202

  18,286.95  7.62%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2035 Fund – Class K Shares  Wells Fargo Bank FBO Various Retirement Plans  136,021.78  28.23%
  John Hancock Trust Company LLC  131,822.72  27.36%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F Employee Benefits Clients 401(k)  109,624.28  22.75%
  National Financial Services LLC  30,755.40  6.38%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2040 Fund – Investor A Shares  *Hartford Life Separate Account 457  10,872,664.23  92.19%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2040 Fund – Investor C Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  56,252.38  34.55%
  Pershing LLC  26,069.26  16.01%
  Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO Metabyte Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing  15,249.45  9.36%
  Ascensus Trust Company FBO Law Office of Warren A Forstall LLC
P.O. Box 10758
Fargo, ND 58106
  14,051.10  8.63%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2040 Fund – Institutional Shares  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  1,072,090.30  31.25%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,004,582.61  29.29%
  *Hartford Life Separate Account 457  494,587.79  14.42%
  John Hancock Trust Company LLC  307,964.61  8.97%
  Northern Trust Company Custodian FBO Texas Instruments Corporate  274,270.42  7.99%
  Reliance Trust Co. Custodian FBO MassMutual Omnibus PE
P.O. Box 48529
Atlanta, GA 30362
  176,445.61  5.14%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2040 Fund – Class R Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  90,357.66  56.91%
  Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO
Delasoft Inc. 401(K) Profit Sharing
  17,599.66  11.08%
  Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO
First American Investments 401(K) P
  17,269.48  10.87%
  Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO
1st Pet Veterinary Centers Cha 401(K)
  9,961.34  6.27%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2040 Fund – Class K Shares  Wells Fargo Bank FBO Various Retirement Plans  1,070,031.57  63.21%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  194,984.26  11.51%
  The Northern Trust Company as Trustee FBO Marsh & McLennan Stock & Savings Investment Plan - DV  139,516.00  8.24%
  National Financial Services  124,177.25  7.33%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2045 Fund – Investor A Shares  *Hartford Life Separate Account 457  1,091,978.20  84.01%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2045 Fund – Investor C Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  35,442.09  33.32%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  Ascensus Trust Company FBO Shaw Builders, Inc. Retirement & SA
P.O. Box 10758
Fargo, ND 58106
  12,576.75  11.82%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2045 Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  383,123.22  73.24%
  John Hancock Trust Company LLC  122,299.55  23.37%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2045 Fund – Class R Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  158,352.11  70.62%
  Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO Delasoft Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing  41,701.50  18.60%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2045 Fund – Class K Shares  Wells Fargo Bank FBO Various Retirement Plans  154,121.02  49.57%
  John Hancock Trust Company LLC  87,954.16  28.29%
  Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F Employee Benefits Clients 401(k)  30,590.52  9.83%
  National Financial Services LLC  18,554.66  5.96%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2050 Fund – Investor A Shares  *Hartford Life Separate Account 457  3,408,599.79  91.62%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2050 Fund – Investor C Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  15,351.94  22.63%
  Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO Dunklau Pharmacy Holdings LLC 401(k)  8,682.02  12.80%
  LPL Financial  4,777.36  7.04%
  Ascensus Trust Company FBO Shaw Builders, Inc. Retirement & SA
P.O. Box 10758
Fargo, ND 58106
  3,927.69  5.79%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2050 Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  295,509.44  37.27%
  John Hancock Trust Company  145,910.31  18.40%
  Northern Trust Company Custodian FBO Texas Instruments Corporate Custody Account  119,841.56  15.11%
  *Hartford Life Separate Account 457  108,308.64  13.66%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  89,886.80  11.33%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2050 Fund – Class R Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  50,980.45  57.91%
  Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO
1st Pet Veterinary Centers Cha 401(K)
  7,424.09  8.43%
  Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO
Delasoft Inc. 401(K) Profit Sharing
  6,900.98  7.83%
  Ascensus Trust Company FBOMake-A-Wish 401(k) Plan
P.O. Box 10758
Fargo, ND 58106
  6,261.67  7.11%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO
Effecture LLC 401(K) Profit Sharing
  6,146.08  6.98%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2050 Fund – Class K Shares  Wells Fargo Bank FBO Various Retirement Plans  99,846.91  45.95%
  John Hancock Trust Company  43,087.56  19.82%
  The Northern Trust Company as Trustee FBO Marsh & McLennan Stock & Savings Investment Plan - DV  20,150.36  9.27%
  National Financial Services LLC  14,466.86  6.65%
  Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F Employee Benefits Clients 401K  14,174.72  6.52%
  Matrix Trust Company as TTEE FBO Ricoh Corp.Non-Qualified
P.O. Box 52129
Phoenix, AZ 85072-2129
  12,747.48  5.86%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2055 Fund – Investor A Shares  *Hartford Life Separate Account 457  654,278.49  80.67%
  National Financial Services LLC  51,642.36  6.36%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2055 Fund – Investor C Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  15,624.11  26.33%
  LPL Financial  5,102.39  8.59%
  Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO Sammons Insurance Inc. 401(k)  4,444.45  7.49%
  

BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Simple IRA

Claire F. Noto

  3,895.28  6.56%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2055 Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  221,910.34  73.66%
  John Hancock Trust Company LLC  55,974.60  18.58%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2055 Fund – Class R Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  57,493.36  88.36%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2055 Fund – Class K Shares  Wells Fargo Bank Various Retirement Plans  56,879.89  45.32%
  John Hancock Trust Company LLC  32,047.16  25.53%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  14,539.62  11.58%
  Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F Employee Benefits Clients 401K  6,955.01  5.54%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2060 Fund – Investor A Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  2,000.00  40.29%
  

Randall Eldredge Cust FBO Larry Zieammermann UTMA/KS

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

  1,167.08  23.51%
  Pershing LLC  631.797  12.73%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  559.283  11.26%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  National Financial Services LLC  291.361  5.87%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2060 Fund – Investor C Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  2,000.00  79.35%
  Pershing LLC  520.334  20.64%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2060 Fund – Institutional Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  2,000.00  97.82%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2060 Fund – Class R Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  2,000.00  99.50%
BlackRock LifePath Dynamic 2060 Fund – Class K Shares  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  192,000.00  98.58%
BlackRock LifePath Index Retirement Fund – Investor A Shares  National Financial Services LLC  930,768.74  15.82%
  Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product
P.O. Box 28004
Atlanta, GA 30358
  776,189.28  13.19%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  454,165.35  7.72%
  John Hancock Trust Company  404,047.11  6.87%
  FIIOC FBO Palecek Profit Sharing & 401(k) Plan  357,220.54  6.07%
  ICMA-RC RHS Omnibus Account
777 North Capitol Street, NE
Washington DC 20002
  326,862.60  5.55%
BlackRock LifePath Index Retirement Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  1,119,051.26  27.08%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  601,753.85  14.56%
  Ascensus Trust Company FBO Hematology & Oncology Assoc of RI
P.O. Box 10758
Fargo, ND 58106
  257,764.63  6.23%
  Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product
P.O. Box 28004
Atlanta, GA 30358
  249,085.05  6.02%
  TIAA, FSB Cust/TTEE FBO Retirement Plans
211 North Broadway, Suite 1000
St. Louis, MO 63102-2733
  223,159.99  5.40%
BlackRock LifePath Index Retirement Fund – Investor P Shares  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  16,353.23  100%
BlackRock LifePath Index Retirement Fund – Class K Shares  National Financial Services LLC  32,736,466.62  33.09%
  John Hancock Life  9,715,260.16  9.82%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
BlackRock LifePath Index 2020 Fund – Investor A Shares  Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product
P.O. Box 28004
Atlanta, GA 30358
  4,401,301.48  33.37%
  John Hancock Trust Company LLC  1,674,208.60  12.69%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,601,628.71  12.14%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc  1,366,361.82  10.36%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2020 Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  2,191,903.12  29.76%
  Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product
P.O. Box 28004
Atlanta, GA 30358
  732,392.52  9.94%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  529,739.09  7.19%
  TIAA, FSB Cust/TTEE FBO Retirement Plans
211 North Broadway, Suite 1000
St. Louis, MO 63102-2733
  485,695.94  6.59%
  FIIOC FBO Pioneer Drilling Services Ltd.  418,714.51  5.68%
  John Hancock Trust Company LLC  380,595.63  5.16%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2020 Fund – Investor P Shares  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  15,735.64  100%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2020 Fund – Class K Shares  National Financial Services LLC  66,232,271.58  35.50%
  John Hancock Life  14,485,894.39  7.76%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2025 Fund – Investor A Shares  National Financial Services LLC  2,065,865.90  20.09%
  Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product
P.O. Box 28004
Atlanta, GA 30358
  1,450,121.57  14.10%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  1,266,068.48  12.31%
  Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F Employee Benefits Clients 401(k)  818,045.01  7.95%
  MassMutual
1295 State Street
Springfield, MA 01111-0001
  526,951.77  5.12%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2025 Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  1,669,538.90  20.86%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  753,771.57  9.42%
  TIAA, FSB Cust/TTEE FBO Retirement Plans
211 North Broadway, Suite 1000
St. Louis, MO 63102-2733
  737,332.38  9.21%
  FIIOC FBO Pioneer Drilling Services Ltd. 401(k) Plan  512,266.05  6.40%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
BlackRock LifePath Index 2025 Fund – Investor P Shares  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  14,947.68  100%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2025 Fund – Class K Shares  National Financial Services LLC  72,292,192.59  34.33%
  John Hancock Life  24,403,918.93  11.59%
  Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F Employee Benefits Clients 401(k)  12,346,590.31  5.86%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2030 Fund – Investor A Shares  Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product  7,842,116.37  40.88%
  National Financial Services LLC  2,248,349.20  11.72%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  2,042,737.55  10.64%
  John Hancock Trust Company LLC  1,431,899.53  7.46%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2030 Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  2,130,709.38  23.14%
  Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product
P.O. Box 28004
Atlanta, GA 30358
  1,055,478.69  11.46%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  978,705.77  10.63%
  TIAA, FSB Cust/TTEE FBO Retirement Plans 211 North Broadway, Suite 1000
St. Louis, MO 63102-2733
  668,278.40  7.25%
  FIIOC FBO Pioneer Drilling Services Ltd.  559,505.15  6.07%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2030 Fund – Investor P Shares  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  14,524.33  100%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2030 Fund – Class K Shares  National Financial Services LLC  77,476,981.60  31.46%
  John Hancock Life  26,469,502.34  10.75%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2035 Fund – Investor A Shares  National Financial Services LLC  1,813,219.70  21.15%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  1,532,827.11  17.88%
  Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product
P.O. Box 28004
Atlanta, GA 30358
  1,296,858.62  15.13%
  Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F Employee Benefits Clients 401(k)  451,434.34  5.26%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2035 Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  1,140,361.10  16.23%
  TIAA FSB Cust/TTEE FBO Retirement Plans
211 North Broadway, Suite 1000
St. Louis, MO 63102-2733
  707,869.67  10.07%
  FIIOC FBO Pioneer Drilling Services Ltd. 401(k) Plan  440,993.20  6.27%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  401,655.22  5.71%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product
P.O. Box 28004
Atlanta, GA 30358
  355,113.96  5.05%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2035 Fund – Investor P Shares  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  14,025.25  100%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2035 Fund – Class K Shares  National Financial Services LLC  63,225,955.09  36.37%
  John Hancock Life  21,605,008.28  12.43%
  Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F Employee Benefits Clients 401(k)  10,806,187.27  6.21%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2040 Fund – Investor A Shares  Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product
P.O. Box 28004
Atlanta, GA 30358
  5,382,679.51  44.24%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  1,331,989.71  10.94%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,308,788.29  10.75%
  John Hancock Trust Company LLC  900,052.29  7.39%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2040 Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  1,148,226.69  16.46%
  TIAA FSB Cust/TTEE FBO Retirement Plans
211 North Broadway, Suite 1000
St. Louis, MO 63102-2733
  829,941.23  11.90%
  Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product
P.O. Box 28004
Atlanta, GA 30358
  715,638.23  10.26%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  600,297.48  8.60%
  FIIOC FBO Pioneer Drilling Services Ltd.  469,298.28  6.72%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2040 Fund – Investor P Shares  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  13,661.20  100%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2040 Fund – Class K Shares  National Financial Services LLC  58,159,386.29  32.59%
  John Hancock Life  16,728,264.07  9.37%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2045 Fund – Investor A Shares  National Financial Services LLC  909,710.06  18.53%
  Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product
P.O. Box 28004
Atlanta, GA 30358
  764,886.77  15.58%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  688,000.72  14.01%
  State Street Bank and Trust TTEE and/or Custodian (FBO) ADP Access Product  334,705.40  6.81%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2045 Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  619,407.31  12.13%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  FIIOC FBO Pioneer Drilling Services LTD  526,731.70  10.32%
  TIAA FSB Cust/TTEE FBO Retirement Plans 211 North Broadway, Suite 1000
St. Louis, MO 63102-2733
  511,206.11  10.01%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  422,097.87  8.27%
  FIIOC
FBO Insight Global LLC 401(K) Plan
  313,113.51  6.13%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2045 Fund – Investor P Shares  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  13,289.04  100%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2045 Fund – Class K Shares  National Financial Services LLC  44,562,332.52  38.78%
  John Hancock Life  12,848,260.31  11.18%
  Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F Employee Benefits Clients 401(k)  6,223,847.94  5.41%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2050 Fund – Investor A Shares  Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product
P.O. Box 28004
Atlanta, GA 30358
  2,350,256.74  41.80%
  National Financial Services LLC  763,759.34  13.58%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  564,010.88  10.03%
  John Hancock Trust Company  399,697.64  7.10%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2050 Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  682,008.85  13.65%
  FIIOC
FBO Insight Global LLC 401(k) Plan
  617,373.65  12.36%
  FIIOC
FBO Pioneer Drilling Services LTD
  607,104.72  12.15%
  TIAA FSB Cust/TTEE FBO Retirement Plans
211 North Broadway, Suite 1000
St. Louis, MO 63102-2733
  462,712.57  9.26%
  FIIOC
FBO Connectwise Inc. 401(k) Plan
  357,644.80  7.16%
  Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product
P.O. Box 28004
Atlanta, GA 30358
  294,849.93  5.90%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2050 Fund – Investor P Shares  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  13,071.90  100%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2050 Fund – Class K Shares  National Financial Services LLC  33,535,639.73  34.20%
  John Hancock Life  9,138,226.26  9.32%
  

DCGT as TTEE and/or Cust. FBO PLIC Various Retirement Plans
711 High Street

Des Moines, IA 50392

  4,995,109.39  5.09%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
BlackRock LifePath Index 2055 Fund – Investor A Shares  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  585,030.50  21.41%
  National Financial Services LLC  512,583.95  18.76%
  Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product
P.O. Box 28004
Atlanta, GA 30358
  330,386.00  12.09%
  Great-West Trust FBO RTC TTEE FBO Certain Retirement Plans  151,604.11  5.54%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2055 Fund – Institutional Shares  FIIOC
FBO Insight Global LLC 401(k) Plan
  1,301,892.87  32.24%
  FIIOC
FBO Pioneer Drilling Services LTD
  413,682.21  10.24%
  

FIIOC

FBO Sheehy Organization

  359,340.51  8.9%
  National Financial Services LLC  325,766.44  8.06%
  

FIIOC

Connectwise Inc. 401(k) Plan

  255,594.70  6.33%
  

TIAA FSB Cust/TTEE FBO Retirement Plans 211 North Broadway, Suite 1000

St. Louis, MO 63102-2733

  215,217.49  5.33%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2055 Fund – Investor P Shares  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  12,820.51  100%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2055 Fund – Class K Shares  National Financial Services LLC  17,820,725.33  38.12%
  John Hancock Life  6,257,366.55  13.38%
  Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F Employee Benefits Clients 401(k)  2,360,202.88  5.04%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2060 Fund – Investor A Shares  

Reliance Trust Company

P.O. Box 28004

Atlanta, GA 30358

  119,671.60  47.93%
  National Financial Services LLC  25,428.17  10.18%
  Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F  17,314.47  6.93%
  TD Ameritrade  16,372.99  6.55%
  

DCGT as TTEE and/or Cust. FBO PLIC Various Retirement Plans

711 High Street

Des Moines, IA 50392

  14,053.35  5.62%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2060 Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  119,087.61  52.63%
  

FIIOC

FBO Connectwise Inc. 401(k) Plan

  37,728.52  16.67%
  

FIIOC

FBO Lionbridge Technologies Inc.

  19,020.46  8.40%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  Matrix Trust Company Cust. FBO The Armory Foundation 401(k) Plan
717 17th Street, Suite 1300
Denver, CO 80202
  14,006.78  6.19%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2060 Fund – Investor P Shares  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  14,482.26  100%
BlackRock LifePath Index 2060 Fund – Class K Shares  National Financial Services LLC  2,688,754.27  26.71%
  John Hancock Life  1,967,539.57  19.55%
  

DCGT as TTEE and/or Cust. FBO PLIC Various Retirement Plans

711 High Street

Des Moines, IA 50392

  863,881.75  8.58%
iShares MSCI Total International Index Fund – Investor A Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  29,575,033.00  91.76%
iShares MSCI Total International Index Fund – Institutional Shares  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  6,063,698.77  33.32%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  5,498,428.45  30.22%
  TD Ameritrade  3,342,563.32  18.37%
  

PIMS/Prudential Retirement as Nominee for the TTEE/Cust PL 010

3280 Virginia Beach Blvd.

Virginia Beach, VA 23452-5724

  1,087,006.51  5.97%
iShares MSCI Total International Index Fund – Class K Shares  National Financial Services LLC  7,262,421.11  22.71%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  5,149,599.36  16.10%
  Comerica Bank FBO MIDMI ARMC Multi  5,023,653.67  15.71%
  Goldman Sachs & Co.  3,986,239.25  12.46%
  

PIMS/Prudential Retirement as Nominee for the TTEE/Cust PL 767 Menasha Corp 401(k) Retirement

1649 Bergstrom Rd, P.O. Box 367

Neenah, WI 54957-0367

  2,484,367.60  7.77%
  

State of Louisiana Trustee FBO Louisiana Public Employees DCP

8515 E Orchard Rd. 2T2

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

  1,766,942.03  5.52%
iShares Russell 1000Large-Cap Index Fund – Investor A Shares  National Financial Services LLC  382,936.20  11.21%
iShares Russell 1000Large-Cap Index Fund – Institutional Shares  Raymond James  846,101.44  31.01%
  

*Connecticut Higher Education Trust

690 Lee Road

Wayne, PA 19087-0000

  689,206.58  25.26%
  

Nationwide Trust Company

P.O. Box 182029

Columbus, OH 43218-2029

  260,142.50  9.53%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  Pershing LLC  185,428.46  6.79%
iShares Russell 1000Large-Cap Index Fund – Class K Shares  

*HP Foundation

1501 Page Mill Rd.

Palo Alto, CA 94304-0000

  1,734,533.57  22.44%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,430,759.18  18.51%
  State Street Bank and Trust TTEE and/or Custodian (FBO) ADP Access Product  912,592.58  11.80%
  Goldman Sachs & Co.  805,827.75  10.42%
iShares S&P 500 Index Fund – Investor A Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,719,028.90  37.38%
  

SSB/NYLIM Supplemental Income Plan

30 Dan Rd.

Canton, MA 02021-2809

  583,305.02  8.02%
  TD Ameritrade  457,305.98  6.28%
  National Financial Services LLC  365,363.60  5.02%
iShares S&P 500 Index Fund – Investor C1 Shares  Morgan Stanley & Co.  50,941.31  40.96%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  18,832.04  15.14%
  National Financial Services LLC  10,463.98  8.41%
  UBS WM USA  9,245.32  7.43%
  Raymond James  8,746.57  7.03%
iShares S&P 500 Index Fund – Institutional Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  7,847,272.98  73.20%
iShares S&P 500 Index Fund – Investor P Shares  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  589.136  99.30%
iShares S&P 500 Index Fund – Class K Shares  Goldman Sachs & Co.  10,643,265.69  36.78%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  4,851,589.75  16.76%
  National Financial Services LLC  2,081,507.01  7.19%
iShares S&P 500 Index Fund – Service Shares  National Financial Services LLC  151,343.54  13.79%
  John Hancock Trust Company LLC  151,083.34  13.76%
  

Saxon & Co.

P.O. Box 7780-1888

Philadelphia, PA 19182

  125,080.34  11.39%
  

Great-West Trust Company LLC

Trust/Retirement Plans

  120,829.45  11.01%
  Great-West Trust Company LLC FBO Employee Benefits Clients 401(k)  96,207.11  8.76%
  

Minnesota Life Insurance Company

400 Robert Street North

Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101

  78,547.91  7.15%
iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund – Investor A Shares  LPL Financial  3,005,967.04  22.83%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  

WTRISC Co IRA Omnibus Acct

777 North Capitol Street, NE

Washington DC 20002

  2,799,861.28  21.26%
  

Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product

P.O. Box 28004

Atlanta, GA 30358

  1,525,848.79  11.58%
  National Financial Services LLC  828,181.27  6.29%
iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund – Institutional Shares  

Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product

P.O. Box 28004

Atlanta, GA 30358

  2,418,860.32  19.05%
  

Wells Fargo Bank NA TTEE FBO State of Alabama DCP 457

8515 E Orchard Rd 2T2

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

  1,972,378.39  15.53%
  Pershing LLC  1,331,102.94  10.48%
  John Hancock Trust Company LLC  1,025,383.87  8.07%
  National Financial Services LLC  950,947.02  7.48%
  Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F Elkay Manufacturing Company RSP  846,721.45  6.66%
  

PIMS/Prudential Retirement as Nominee for the TTEE/Cust PL 010

3280 Virginia Beach Blvd.

Virginia Beach, VA 23452-5724

  799,180.12  6.29%
iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund – Investor P Shares  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  20,345.88  100%
iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund – Class K Shares  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  20,430,382.94  20.09%
  National Financial Services LLC  19,417,465.08  19.10%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  16,301,930.60  16.03%
  Goldman Sachs & Co.  9,370,819.80  9.21%
  SEI Private Trust Company  8,372,412.83  8.23%
BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.      
iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund – Investor A Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  11,771,224.07  46.61%
  

WTRISC Co IRA Omnibus Acct

777 North Capitol Street, NE

Washington DC 20002

  1,484,297.55  5.87%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,439,905.45  5.70%
  

Reliance Trust Company FBO MassMutual Registered Product

PO Box 48529

Atlanta, GA 30362

  1,276,518.02  5.05%
iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund – Institutional Shares  National Financial Services LLC  16,613,535.98  31.05%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  15,571,079.87  29.10%
  Pershing LLC  3,810,531.43  7.12%
iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund – Investor P Shares  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  14,419.61  99.47%
iShares MSCI EAFE International Index Fund – Class K Shares  JP Morgan Securities LLC  532,142,460.04  77.34%
  Goldman Sachs & Co.  62,803,153.96  9.12%
iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index Fund – Investor A Shares  

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Acct FBO Customers

  4,375,932.81  29.37%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,955,107.47  19.83%
  

Capital Bank & Trust Company TTEE F Trader Joe’s Company

8515 E Orchard Rd 2T2

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

  2,290,771.69  15.37%
iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index Fund – Institutional Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,904,753.52  41.93%
  National Financial Services LLC  622,093.16  8.98%
  Pershing LLC  469,591.00  6.77%
  Raymond James  437,777.68  6.31%
iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index Fund – Investor P Shares  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  9,191.18  99.48%
iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index Fund – Class K Shares  Goldman Sachs & Co.  22,042,785.97  48.25%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  6,316,869.98  13.82%
  

Planmember Services

UMB Bank Custodian

6187 Carpinteria Avenue

Carpinteria, CA 93013

  2,799,315.78  6.12%
BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.      
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund – Investor A Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  24,442,537.01  46.02%
  National Financial Services LLC  3,274,571.26  6.16%
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund – Investor C Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  6,222,010.06  58.42%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  873,105.86  8.19%
  UBS WM USA  767,142.14  7.20%
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund – Institutional Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  12,810,169.60  19.45%
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO

Ohio Tuition Trust Authority

Growth Portfolio Option

  7,148,088.90  10.85%
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO

BlackRock College 2020 Option

  5,630,025.08  8.54%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO

BlackRock College Enrollment Option

  4,234,524.88  6.43%
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO

BlackRock College 2027 Option

  3,832,807.67  5.82%
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC

BlackRock College 2032 Option

  3,544,594.39  5.38%
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO

Ohio Tuition Trust Authority

Moderate Portfolio Option

  3,408,084.56  5.17%
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund – Class R Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,721,262.59  77.77%
  Hartford Life Insurance Company  118,290.76  5.34%
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund – Class K Shares  Edward D. Jones and Co.  118,568.68  87.70%
  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  11,441.65  8.46%
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund – Service Shares  National Financial Services LLC  5,141.75  52.72%
  Pershing LLC  1,728.16  17.72%
  

BlackRock Funds MLPF S Cust FPO David G. Cherup IRA

P.O. Box 8907

Wilmington, DE 19899-8907

  1,388.18  14.23%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  578.23  5.92%
  

Vanguard Brokerage Services

P.O. Box 1170

Valley Forge, PA 19482-1170

  540.18  5.53%
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund – Investor A Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  5,601,157.61  50.10%
  National Financial Services LLC  777,228.70  6.95%
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund – Investor C Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,853,936.04  54.56%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  348,876.05  10.26%
  UBS WM USA  183,658.49  5.40%
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund – Institutional Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,305,404.01  42.09%
  National Financial Services LLC  727,161.82  13.27%
  LPL Financial  377,022.22  6.88%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  354,140.83  6.46%
  UBS WM USA  339,369.61  6.19%
  Raymond James  321,808.99  5.87%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  321,317.28  5.86%
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund – Class R Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  768,854.22  75.57%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund – Class K Shares  JP Morgan Securities LLC  123,261.19  69.84%
  Edward D. Jones and Co.  46,246.46  26.20%
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund – Service Shares  National Financial Services LLC  38,562.63  8.60%
  

*Albert Yodakis, Jr.

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

  30,453.71  6.79%
BlackRock Event Driven Equity Fund – Investor A Shares  National Financial Services LLC  961,681.35  27.78%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  477,043.87  13.78%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  476,018.46  13.75%
  UBW WM USA  253,007.86  7.30%
  Pershing LLC  251,766.59  7.27%
  TD Ameritrade  212,870.45  6.15%
  American Enterprise Investment SVC  204,276.20  5.90%
BlackRock Event Driven Equity Fund – Investor C Shares  UBS WM USA  411,165.02  40.67%
  Pershing LLC  121,736.90  12.04%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  94,166.45  9.31%
  American Enterprise Investment SVC  75,161.58  7.43%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  56,822.67  5.62%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  56,049.31  5.54%
BlackRock Event Driven Equity Fund – Institutional Shares  

Saxon & Co.

P.O. Box 7780-1888

Philadelphia, PA 19182

  16,257,217.88  20.17%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  15,771,844.93  19.57%
  National Financial Services LLC  11,218,899.45  13.92%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  7,156,389.79  8.88%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  6,279,321.80  7.79%
BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund – Investor A Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  22,645,422.76  59.82%
  National Financial Services LLC  2,995,751.48  7.91%
BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund – Investor C Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  7,073,881.29  52.90%
BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund – Institutional Shares  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  8,813,918.61  50.93%
  American Enterprise Investment SVC  1,779,404.79  10.28%
  LPL Financial  1,567,576.02  9.05%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,517,847.52  8.77%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  907,520.25  5.24%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund – Class R Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,736,328.45  66.64%

BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund – Class K Shares

  Edward D. Jones and Co.  635,239.64  95.62%

BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund – Service Shares

  National Financial Services LLC  77,663.63  31.81%
  TD Ameritrade  26,206.63  10.73%
  State Street Bank and Trust TTEE and/or Custodian (FBO) ADP Access Product  18,564.66  7.60%

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

      

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc. – Investor A Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  839,795.18  44.10%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  232,859.66  12.23%
  National Financial Services LLC  174,210.13  9.15%

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc. – Investor C Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  52,245.46  18.34%
  National Financial Services LLC  42,934.40  15.07%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  28,929.57  10.15%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  28,538.49  10.01%
  Pershing LLC  21,457.66  7.53%
  UBS WM USA  20,818.58  7.30%
  

Charles Schwab Co. & Inc.

Special Custody Acct FBO Customers

  16,847.23  5.91%

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc. – Institutional Shares

  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  363,031.38  31.46%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  263,594.96  22.84%
  National Financial Services LLC  221,034.22  19.15%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  72,804.84  6.31%

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc. – Class K Shares

  Edward D. Jones and Co.  12,690.69  77.72%
  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  3,577.18  21.90%

BlackRock Liquidity Funds

      

California Money Fund – Institutional

  

Smith Barney LLC

1300 Thames Street, 6th Floor

Baltimore, MD 21231-3495

  11,973,374.47  59.34%
  

First American Trust Company FBO Managed Omnibus

5 First American Way

Santa Ana, CA 92707

  7,570,759.34  37.52%

California Money Fund – Private Client

  JP Morgan Securities LLC  27,788.84  100%

California Money Fund – Select

  Pershing LLC  1,139,295.50  100%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of

Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

Federal Trust Fund – Administration

  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

200 North College Street, 3rd Floor

Charlotte, NC 28255

  49,737,196.91  83.53%
  

Voya Institutional Trust Co.

1 Orange Way

Windsor, CT 06095-4774

  9,582,348.34  16.09%

Federal Trust Fund – Cash Management

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  13,213,671.32  96.23%

Federal Trust Fund – Cash Reserve

  

*Randall S Saunders and Moya

Saunders Jt. Ten.

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

  359,534.80  96.42%

Federal Trust Fund – Dollar

  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

  6,836,338.16  53.74%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

200 North College Street, 3rd Floor

Charlotte, NC 28255

  5,733,498.75  45.07%

Federal Trust Fund – Institutional

  

Bank of America NA Sweep/Auto

901 Main Street, 66th Floor

Dallas, TX 75202-0000

  1,405,000,016.06  44.78%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

200 North College Street, 3rd Floor

Charlotte, NC 28255

  473,202,183.11  15.08%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  405,768,124.62  12.93%
  State Street Bank FBO Cash Sweep Clients  388,095,402.41  12.37%
  

Bank of America Global Finance Sweep Customers

901 Main Street, 66th Floor

Dallas, TX 75202-3738

  195,000,000.00  6.21%

FedFund – Administration

  Wilmington Trust  2,517,542,612.36  89.11%
  Pershing LLC  252,749,330.78  8.95%

FedFund – Cash Management

  

Delaware Trust Company

251 Little Falls Drive

Wilmington, DE 19808

  101,759,136.74  77.74%
  

Laba & Co. FBO Bank of America

135 S LaSalle Street

Chicago, IL 60603

  15,216,919.82  11.62%

FedFund – Cash Reserve

  

Nabank & Co.

6242 E 41st Street BTC 2W

Tulsa, OK 74135

  1,083,932,940.06  96.93%

FedFund – Dollar

  Wilmington Trust  562,126,080.82  29.95%
  

PNC Bank

1900 East 9th St B7 YB13 07 6

Cleveland, OH 44114

  530,464,903.63  28.27%
  

Union Bank Trust Nominee FBO Cash Management Sweeps

P.O. Box 85484

San Diego, CA 54849-2186

  214,466,598.78  11.43%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of

Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  

HSBC Bank USA NA

452 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

  177,319,797.82  9.45%
  Pershing LLC  174,488,678.55  9.30%

FedFund – Institutional

  Bank of New York Hare & Co.  12,189,283,216.83  16.83%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

200 North College Street, 3rd Floor

Charlotte, NC 28255

  6,696,302,380.00  9.24%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  4,074,796,865.34  5.62%

FedFund – Private Client

  JP Morgan Securities LLC  766,327.86  100%

FedFund – Select

  Pershing LLC  207,536,790.93  100%

FedFund – Capital

  

Silicon Valley Bank

3003 Tasman Drive

Santa Clara, CA 95054

  6,738,611,048.32  100%

MuniCash – Administration

  Pershing LLC  0.01  100%

MuniCash – Dollar

  

Citizens National Bank Trust Department

P.O. Box 911

Meridian, MS 39302

  1,580,726.27  87.61%
  

Provident Advisers

P.O. Box 215

Zelienople, PA 16063

  104,791.72  5.81%

MuniCash – Institutional

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,823,318,109.36  60.56%
  

State Street FBO Cash Sweep BlackRock

1776 Heritage Dr.

Quincy, MA 02170

  950,921,368.24  20.40%

MuniFund – Administration

  JP Morgan Securities LLC  15,294,755.57  98.19%

MuniFund – Dollar

  

Lobatco – Texas Bank & Trust

1800 NW Loop 281

Longview, TX 75604

  4,708,564.86  100%

MuniFund – Institutional

  

Broadway National Bank

P.O. Box 17001

San Antonio, TX

  45,670,616.99  32.54%
  

Smith Barney LLC

1300 Thames Street, 6th Floor

Baltimore, MD 21231-3495

  25,376,294.11  18.08%
  

Lobatco – Texas Bank & Trust

1800 NW Loop 281

Longview, TX 75604

  23,537,627.72  16.77%
  

*William L Mack

2115 Linwood Ave, Suite 110

Fort Lee, NJ 07024

  13,149,318.29  9.37%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  9,130,594.88  6.51%
  

Saxon and Co.

P.O. Box 7780-1888

Philadelphia, PA 19182

  7,074,925.33  5.04%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of

Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

MuniFund – Private Client

  JP Morgan Securities LLC  319,999.13  100%

MuniFund – Select

  Pershing LLC  2,369,370.58  100%

New York Money Fund – Administration

  JP Morgan Securities LLC  0.01  100%

New York Money Fund – Institutional

  

First State Trust Company

2 Righter Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19803

  10,018,928.48  87.75%
  SEI Private Trust Co.  1,153,796.95  10.11%

New York Money Fund – Select

  Pershing LLC  170,991.89  100%

TempCash – Administration

  Pershing LLC  0.01  100%

TempCash – Dollar

  

Provident Advisers

Rooney Enterprises Inc.

3400 South Water Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15203

  11,527.92  75.23%
  

Provident Advisers

Chicago Title Insurance Co.

Escrow Agent For HMC Prop 1994

603 Stanwix Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

  1,894.62  12.36%
  

Provident Advisers

Chicago Title Insurance Co.

Escrow Agent/Herman Lipsitz

Two Gateway Center

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

  1,894.62  12.36%

TempCash – Institutional

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  4,381,232,719.81  94.86%

TempFund – Administration

  Wilmington Trust  10,384,915.72  40.20%
  

Citizens National Bank Trust Department

P.O. Box 911

Meridian, MS 39302

  7,983,919.95  30.91%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

200 North College Street, 3rd Floor

Charlotte, NC 28255

  6,262,139.26  24.24%

TempFund – Cash Management

  

Delaware Trust Company

251 Little Falls Drive

Wilmington, DE 19808

  356,237,715.22  56.13%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  278,448,803.72  43.87%

TempFund – Cash Reserve

  

Citizens National Bank Trust Department

P.O. Box 911

Meridian, MS 39302

  2,618,979.30  59.45%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  318,753.95  7.24%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  308,815.24  7.01%

TempFund – Dollar

  

Delaware Trust Company

251 Little Falls Drive

Wilmington, DE 19808

  31,107,751.65  38.97%
  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

200 North College Street, 3rd Floor

Charlotte, NC 28255

  19,304,045.64  24.18%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of

Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  15,086,074.51  18.90%
  

Provident Advisers

32 Meadow View Court

Leonia, NJ 07605

  4,776,317.03  5.98%
  

Citizens National Bank Trust Department

P.O. Box 911

Meridian, MS 39302

  4,616,479.24  5.78%

TempFund – Institutional

  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith

200 North College Street, 3rd Floor

Charlotte, NC 28255

  1,348,002,383.20  9.67%
  Bank of New York Hare & Co. 2  886,179,210.35  6.36%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  799,670,136.94  5.74%
  

Strategic Cash Portfolio II

400 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

  772,842,103.74  5.55%
  

Band & Co. C O US Bank

1555 N Rivercenter Drive, Suite 302

Milwaukee, WI 53212

  732,186,349.34  5.25%
  

Smith Barney LLC

1300 Thames Street, 6th Floor

Baltimore, MD 21231-3495

  707,236,042.00  5.08%

TempFund – Private Client

  JP Morgan Securities LLC  471,106.33  23.13%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  179,040.66  8.79%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  110,777.26  5.44%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  107,611.70  5.28%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  103,595.77  5.09%

TempFund – Select

  Pershing LLC  635.98  100%

T-Fund – Administration

  Wilmington Trust  639,947,406.67  69.97%
  Pershing LLC  274,225,818.98  29.98%

T-Fund – Cash Management

  

Assetmark Trust Company FBO Assetmark Inc. & Mutal Clients

3200 N Central Avenue 7th Floor

Phoenix, AZ 85012

  173,976,699.20  29.95%
  

Delaware Trust Company

251 Little Falls Drive

Wilmington, DE 19808

  111,729,111.15  19.24%
  

Jefferies LLC

FBO Unterberg Taylor Capital

101 Hudson Street, 11th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07302

  43,824,723.36  7.54%
  

Jefferies LLC

FBO MSC Partners LP

101 Hudson Street, 11th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07302

  37,480,601.80  6.45%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of

Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  

Jefferies LLC

FBO Stadium Capital Partners LP

101 Hudson Street, 11th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07302

  32,866,775.13  5.66%

T-Fund – Dollar

  

Union Bank Trust Nominee FBO Cash Management Sweep

P.O. Box 85484

San Diego, CA 54849-2186

  799,726,021.50  49.63%
  

Citibank NA FBO

480 Washington Blvd. 30th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07310

  202,018,134.77  12.54%
  Wilmington Trust  162,645,875.37  10.09%
  

Citibank NA FBO

480 Washington Blvd. 30th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07310

  112,923,318.14  7.01%

T-Fund – Institutional

  Bank of New York Hare & Co. 2  8,609,325,666.73  16.61%
  

State Street Bank FBO Cash Sweep Clients

1776 Heritage Drive

Quincy, MA 02170

  6,275,132,813.83  12.11%
  

Bank of America

901 Main Street, 66th Floor

Dallas, TX 75202

  3,760,000,002.19  7.25%
  Bank of New York Hare & Co. 2  2,599,794,156.19  5.02%

T-Fund – Select

  Pershing LLC  24,610,404.33  100%

T-Fund – Capital

  

Silicon Valley Bank

3003 Tasman Drive

Santa Clara, CA 95054

  11,048,641,009.04  99.87%

T-Fund – Cash Reserve

  Bank of New York Hare & Co. 2  80,086,509.97  77.14%
  

First Republic Bank

111 Pine Street

San Francisco, CA 94111-0000

  23,416,975.72  22.55%

Treasury Trust Fund - Administration

  Wilmington Trust  203,776,593.58  53.58%
  SEI Private Trust Company  36,682,495.61  9.64%
  Pershing LLC  29,828,386.48  7.84%

Treasury Trust Fund – Cash Management

  

Laba & Co. FBO Bank of America

135 S. LaSalle Street

Chicago, IL 60603

  13,827,247.90  100%

Treasury Trust Fund – Cash Reserve

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  8,143,678.00  93.53%
  

First Republic Bank

111 Pine Street

San Francisco, CA 94111-0000

  562,963.89  6.47%

Treasury Trust Fund – Dollar

  

PNC Bank

1900 East 9th Street B7 YB13 07 6

Cleveland, OH 44114

  158,168,543.24  32.30%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of

Owner

  Shares Owned  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  

Knotfloat & Co. State Street Bank FBO Sweep

1200 Crown Colony Drive

Quincy, MA 02169

  87,965,541.96  17.97%
  Bank of New York Hare & Co. 2  46,154,641.81  9.43%
  

Union Bank Trust Nominee FBO Cash Management Sweep

P.O. Box 85484

San Diego, CA 54849-2186

  41,687,174.00  8.51%
  Wilmington Trust  40,662,142.76  8.30%
  Pershing LLC  40,212,618.19  8.21%
  

DBTCA as Agent for Artex Sac

1 Victoria Street

Hamilton, Bermuda

  35,193,751.74  7.19%
  

Citibank NA FBO

480 Washington Blvd. 30th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07310

  28,837,265.68  5.89%

Treasury Trust Fund – Institutional

  Bank of New York Hare & Co. 2B  6,255,262,453.32  20.45%
  

Bank of America

901 Main Street, 66th Floor

Dallas, TX 75202

  4,587,206,866.94  14.99%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  3,208,243,445.00  10.49%
  

Wells Fargo Bank NA

550 South 4th Street

Minneapolis, MN 55415

  2,780,683,950.93  9.09%
  Bank of New York Hare & Co. 2  2,387,993,091.84  7.81%
  

Bank of America

901 Main Street, 66th Floor

Dallas, TX 75202

  1,610,000,000.00  5.26%

Treasury Trust Fund – Select

  Pershing LLC  33,431,345.42  100%

BlackRock Series, Inc.

      

BlackRock International Fund – Investor A Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  16,591,021.12  86.92%

BlackRock International Fund – Investor C Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  3,065,550.83  81.58%

BlackRock International Fund – Institutional Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  4,486,783.55  36.60%
  Pershing LLC  3,300,350.18  26.92%
  National Financial Services LLC  1,441,728.80  11.76%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  1,067,725.59  8.71%

BlackRock International Fund – Class R Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,044,721.47  88.78%

BlackRock International Fund – Class K Shares

  Edward D. Jones and Co.  140,748.58  93.04%
  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.  10,515.25  6.95%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of

Owner

  Shares
Owned
   Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
 

Funds For Institutions Series

      

BlackRock Premier Government Institutional Fund

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   169,420,875.00    89.37% 

BlackRock Select Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   198,918,837.00    100.00% 

BlackRock Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   105,612,444.00    45.96% 
  

*Orlando World Center Marriott

8701 World Center Drive

Orlando, FL 32821-6358

   13,179,283.15    5.74% 

FFI Government Fund

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   29,642,390.00    46.46% 
  

*Concourse Village Inc.

775 Concourse Village East

Bronx, NY 10451-3902

   7,085,470.60    11.11% 
  

*Rochdale Village Inc.

169-65 137th Ave

Jamaica, NY 11434-4517

   5,963,802.63    9.35% 

FFI Treasury Fund

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   210,250,729.00    93.08% 

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

      

Master Premier Government Institutional Portfolio

  *Funds for Institutions Series
BlackRock Premier Government Institutional Fund
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
   N/A    99.99% 

Master Treasury Strategies Institutional Portfolio

  *Funds for Institutions Series
BlackRock Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
   N/A    53.60% 
  *Funds for Institutions Series
BlackRock Select Treasury Strategies Institutional Fund
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
   N/A    46.39% 

Master Investment Portfolio

     N/A   

Active Stock Master Portfolio

  *Master Investment Portfolio
Active Stock LP Feeder
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
   N/A    100.00% 

International Tilts Master Portfolio

  *Master Investment Portfolio
International Tilts LP Feeder
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
   N/A    92.27% 
  *Master Investment Portfolio
International Tilts 80/20 Target Allocation Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
   N/A    7.72% 

Fund and Class

Name and Address of Owner

Shares
Owned
Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

Large Cap Index Master Portfolio

*Master Investment Portfolio
Large Cap Index LP Feeder
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A96.77%

LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.99%

LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.99%

LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.96%

LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.99%

LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.96%

LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.99%

LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.93%

LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.98%

LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.88%

LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2060 Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.50%

LifePath® Index Retirement Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Index Retirement Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.99%

Fund and Class

Name and Address of Owner

Shares
Owned
Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

LifePath® Index 2020 Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2020 Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.99%

LifePath® Index 2025 Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2025 Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.99%

LifePath® Index 2030 Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2030 Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.99%

LifePath® Index 2035 Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2035 Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.99%

LifePath® Index 2040 Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2040 Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.99%

LifePath® Index 2045 Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2045 Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.99%

LifePath® Index 2050 Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2050 Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.99%

LifePath® Index 2055 Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2055 Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.99%

LifePath® Index 2060 Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2060 Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A99.99%

Money Market Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A100.00%

S&P 500 Index Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
iShares S&P 500 Index Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A95.33%

Total International ex U.S. Index Master Portfolio

*Master Investment Portfolio
Total Internationalex-U.S. Index LP Feeder
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A16.67%
*BlackRock Funds III
iShares MSCI Total International Index Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A83.32%

Fund and Class

Name and Address of Owner

Shares
Owned
Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

Treasury Money Market Master Portfolio

*BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A78.66%
*Treasury Money Market Fund (Cayman)
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A13.88%

U.S. Total Bond Index Master Portfolio

*Master Investment Portfolio
U.S. Total Bond Index LP Feeder
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A20.20%
*BlackRock Funds III
iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
N/A79.13%

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, DE 19809
N/A75.12%
*BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
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, DE 19809
N/A99.99%

Master Large Cap Focus Growth Portfolio

*BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.
BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
N/A99.99%

Master Money LLC

*BIF Money Fund
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
N/A80.78%
*BBIF Money Fund
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
N/A19.15%

Master Treasury LLC

*BIF Treasury Fund
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
N/A39.16%
*BBIF Treasury Fund
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
N/A60.78%

Quantitative Master Series LLC

Master Small Cap Index Series

*BlackRock Small Cap Index LifePath® Fund
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
N/A14.87%
*BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.
iShares Russell 2000Small-Cap Index Fund
100 Bellevue Parkway Wilmington, DE 19809
N/A75.12%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned

Ready Assets Government Liquidity Fund

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  1,577,695,698.93  99.13%

Ready Assets U.S.A. Government Money Fund

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  29,203,844.16  100.00%

Ready Assets U.S. Treasury Money Fund

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  132,633,659.83  100.00%

Retirement Series Trust

      

Retirement Reserves Money Fund – Class I Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  591,511,849.60  100.00%

Retirement Reserves Money Fund – Class II Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  16,645,038.55  100.00%

*

Beneficial owner of shares.

Group B Funds

      

BlackRock Funds IV

      

BlackRock Alternative Capital Strategies Fund – Investor A Shares

  Pershing LLC  89,350.91  58.91%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  48,657.38  32.08%

BlackRock Alternative Capital Strategies Fund – Investor C Shares

  Pershing LLC  4,550.05  57.97%
  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  2,000.14  25.48%
  BNYM I S Trust Co Cust Simple IRA Fred Evensen  1,298.04  16.53%

BlackRock Alternative Capital Strategies Fund – Institutional Shares

  BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  2,497,309.45  80.56%
  Comerica Bank FBO Calhoun  186,467.27  6.01%
  National Financial Services LLC  177,335.16  5.72%

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund – Investor A Shares

  National Financial Services LLC  6,203,329.45  39.41%
  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  2,957,851.98  18.79%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  1,300,126.35  8.26%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  1,220,080.55  7.75%
  UBS WM USA  883,638.16  5.61%

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund – Investor C Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  3,435,951.70  35.88%
  UBS WM USA  1,342,937.35  14.02%
  Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.  1,320,985.92  13.79%
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  730,246.01  7.62%
  Pershing LLC  713,424.40  7.45%
  National Financial Services LLC  504,985.25  5.27%

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund – Institutional Shares

  Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  51,925,953.70  23.87%
  Morgan Stanley & Co.  41,495,251.12  19.07%
  UBS WM USA  23,604,773.86  10.85%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
  Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services  22,055,520.47  10.14%
  National Financial Services LLC  17,224,367.09  7.91%
  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  14,148,190.81  6.50%

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund – Class K Shares

  Wells Fargo Bank NA FBO  125,165,327.96  96.06%

BlackRock Impact Bond Fund – Investor A Shares

  Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.  34,225.21  62.72%
  

BNYM I S Trust Co Cust R/O IRA FBO

Jane K. Kirchner

  10,237.73  18.76%
  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  5,000.00  9.16%
  Pershing LLC  4,362.28  7.99%

BlackRock Impact Bond Fund – Investor C Shares

  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  5,000.00  71.94%
  Cetera Investment SVCS FBO Judith K. Orr  1,107.09  15.93%
  Cetera Investment SVCS FBO Judith K. Orr  580.756  8.35%

BlackRock Impact Bond Fund – Institutional Shares

  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  1,985,000.00  79.35%
  National Financial Services LLC  401,343.43  16.04%

BlackRock Impact Bond Fund – Class K Shares

  *BlackRock Holdco2 Inc.  5,000.00  100%

BlackRock Funds VI

      

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund – Investor A Shares

  UBS WM USA  33,876.13  49.37%
  

Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Special Custody Acct FBO Customers

  14,055.65  20.48%
  National Financial Services LLC  8,708.05  12.69%
  Pershing LLC  4,708.68  6.86%

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund – Investor C Shares

  National Financial Services LLC  6,133.08  34.45%
  UBS WM USA  4,060.28  22.81%
  

*Shirley M. & Bruce A. Helmbercht

301 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

  3,369.76  18.93%
  *BlackRock Holdco 2 Inc.  1,923.70  10.80%
  Pershing LLC  1,291.83  7.25%
  JP Morgan Securities LLC  1,019.39  5.72%

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund – Institutional Shares

  Goldman Sachs & Co.  42,544,123.03  56.93%
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO

BlackRock College 2020 Option

  13,532,952.03  18.11%
  

BlackRock Advisors LLC FBO

BlackRock College Enrollment Option

  4,214,226.84  5.63%

Fund and Class

  

Name and Address of Owner

  Shares
Owned
   Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Class Owned
 

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund – Class K Shares

  *BlackRock Holdco 2 Inc.   19,029.50    53.31% 
  Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F Employee Benefits Clients 401(k)   16,662.12    46.68% 

Master Investment Portfolio II

      

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

  *Master Investment Portfolio
CoreAlpha Bond LP Feeder
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
   N/A    26.72% 
  *BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
   N/A    73.27% 

*

Beneficial owner of shares.

[FORM OF PROXY CARD]

PROXY

BLACKROCK-ADVISED FUNDS IN THE EQUITY-LIQUIDITY 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

The undersigned hereby appoints Benjamin Archibald, Jay Fife and Charles Park, 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 below named Funds that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Joint Special Meetings of Shareholders of the Funds to be held on November 21, 2018 or at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. This proxy does not revoke any prior powers of attorney except for prior proxies given in connection with the Joint Special Meetings 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 EACH SUCH PROPOSAL.

IN THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY BE PRESENTED AT 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:
https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-30180

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

Dated: [    ], 2021

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FUNDSFUNDSFUNDS
Fundname1Fundname2Fundname3
Fundname4Fundname5Fundname6
Fundname7Fundname8Fundname9
Fundname10Fundname11Fundname12
Fundname13Fundname14Fundname15
Fundname16Fundname17Fundname18
Fundname19Fundname20Fundname21
Fundname22Fundname23Fundname24
Fundname25Fundname26

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:

A  

Proposals

1(a).  To elect fifteen Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of the Group A 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. Bruce R. Bond02. Susan J. Carter 03. Collette Chilton04. Neil A. Cotty
05. Robert Fairbairn06. Lena G. Goldberg 07. Robert M. Hernandez08. Henry R. Keizer
09. Cynthia A. Montgomery10. Donald C. Opatrny 11. John M. Perlowski12. Joseph P. Platt
13. Mark Stalnecker14. Kenneth L. Urish 15. Claire A. Walton

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        ☐


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        ☐

2(a).

To provide voting instructions to the Group A Feeder Funds to vote for the election of fifteen Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of their corresponding Master 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. Bruce R. Bond02. Susan J. Carter03. Collette Chilton04. Neil A. Cotty
05. Robert Fairbairn06. Lena G. Goldberg07. Robert M. Hernandez08. Henry R. Keizer
09. Cynthia A. Montgomery10. Donald C. Opatrny11. John M. Perlowski12. Joseph P. Platt
13. Mark Stalnecker14. Kenneth L. Urish15. Claire A. Walton

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        ☐

2(b).

To provide voting instructions to BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund to vote for the election of eleven Board Nominees to the board of trustees of CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio.

To voteallNomineesFOR

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☐    

To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.

 

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APPENDIX A

B  

Fundamental Investment Restriction Proposals and Funds Affected

Proposals 1.A. and 2.A.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Concentration and, for Total Return Fund, to Approve an Amendment to the Bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to Reflect the Amendment of Such Fundamental Investment Restriction.

Proposals 1.B. and 2.B.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Borrowing and the Issuance of Senior Securities.

Proposals 1.C. and 2.C.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Borrowing and, for Total Return Fund, to Approve an Amendment to the Bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to Reflect the Amendment of Such Fundamental Investment Restriction.

Proposals 1.D. and 2.D.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding the Issuance of Senior Securities and, for Total Return Fund, to Approve an Amendment to the Bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to Reflect the Amendment of Such Fundamental Investment Restriction.

Proposals 1.E. and 2.E.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Investing in Real Estate.

Proposals 1.F. and 2.F.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Underwriting and, for Total Return Fund, to Approve an Amendment to the Bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to Reflect the Amendment of Such Fundamental Investment Restriction.

Proposals 1.G. and 2.G.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Investing in Commodities.

Proposals 1.H. and 2.H.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Lending and, for Total Return Fund, to Approve an Amendment to the Bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to Reflect the Amendment of Such Fundamental Investment Restriction.

Proposals 1.I. and 2.I.—To Approve the Amendment of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Diversification.

Proposals 1.J. and 2.J.—To Approve the Elimination of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Investing for the Purpose of Exercising Control or Management and, for Total Return Fund, to Approve an Amendment to the Bylaws of BlackRock Bond Fund to Reflect the Elimination of Such Fundamental Investment Restriction.

Proposal 1.K.—To Approve the Elimination of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Purchasing Commodities Contracts and Investing in Oil, Gas or Mineral Exploration or Development Programs.

Proposal 1.L.—To Approve the Elimination of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Acquiring Other Investment Companies.

Proposal 1.M.—To Approve the Elimination of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding Writing and Selling Options, Straddles and Spreads.

Proposal 1.N.—To Approve the Elimination of the Fundamental Investment Restriction Regarding the Purchase of Securities on Margin and Short Sales.

Proposal 1

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 below

Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the boxSignature 2 — Please keep signature within the box
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PROXY

BLACKROCK-ADVISED FUNDS IN THE EQUITY-LIQUIDITY 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

The undersigned hereby appoints Benjamin Archibald, Jay Fife and Charles Park, 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 below named Funds that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Joint Special Meetings of Shareholders of the Funds to be held on November 21, 2018 or at any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof. This proxy does not revoke any prior powers of attorney except for prior proxies given in connection with the Joint Special Meetings 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 EACH SUCH PROPOSAL.

IN THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY BE PRESENTED AT 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:
https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-30180

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

LOGO

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 SIGNED AND DATED 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:

A  Fund

Proposals

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

To voteallNameNomineesFOR

 

  1.A.  1.B.  1.C.  1.D.  1.E.  1.F.  1.G.  1.H.  1.I.  1.J.  1.K.  1.L.  1.M.  1.N.  

BATS: Series C Portfolio

  

To voteallNomineesAGAINST

N/A  
  

●  
  

To voteallNomineesABSTAIN  or vote separately by Nominee below

N/A  
N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  

 

A-1


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(a).

To provide voting instructions to the Group A Feeder Funds to vote for the election of fifteen Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of their corresponding Master Fund.

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☐    

To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments, postponements or delays thereof.

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 below

Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the boxSignature 2 — Please keep signature within the box
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BATS: Series M PortfolioN/A  ●  N/A  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  
BATS: Series S PortfolioN/A  ●  N/A  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  
BlackRock Total Return Fund●  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  N/A  ●  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  
BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund●  ●  N/A  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  
BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund●  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  
BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio●  ●  N/A  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  
BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio●  ●  N/A  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  
BlackRock GNMA Portfolio●  ●  N/A  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  
BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio●  ●  N/A  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  
BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio●  ●  N/A  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  
BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio●  ●  N/A  N/A  ●  ●    ●●  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  N/A  
BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund●  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  
BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund●  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  N/A  ●  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  
BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.●  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  N/A  ●  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  


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BLACKROCK-ADVISED FUNDS IN THE EQUITY-LIQUIDITY COMPLEXA-2

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.

Fund

Name

  1.A.  1.B.  1.C.  1.D.  1.E.  1.F.  1.G.  1.H.  1.I.  1.J.  1.K.  1.L.  1.M.  1.N.  
BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio●  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  N/A  ●  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  
Master Total Return Portfolio●  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  N/A  ●  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  
CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio●  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A  

Proposal 2

    

Fund

Name

2.A.  2.B.  2.C.  2.D.  2.E.  2.F.  2.G.  2.H.  2.I.  2.J.  
BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.●  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  N/A  ●  
BlackRock Total Return Fund●  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  N/A  ●  
BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund●  N/A  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  N/A  

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APPENDIX B

List of Applicable Fundamental Investment Restrictions

The following is a list of the fundamental investment restrictions that will apply to each Fund (other than BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.) if shareholders vote, and, if applicable, provide voting instructions, “FOR” Proposal 1 and Proposal 2, as applicable:

Under its fundamental investment restrictions, the Fund may not:

 

1.

All Funds Other than BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio:Concentrate its investments in a particular industry, as that term is used in the Investment Company Act.

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio only: Concentrate its investments in a particular industry, as that term is used in the Investment Company Act; provided, that the Fund will invest at least 25% of its total assets in non-agency mortgage-backed securities, which for purposes of this investment restriction the Fund will treat as an industry or group of industries.

 

2.

Joint Special Meetings Notice – THIS IS NOT A PROXY – Please read carefully for voting instructions.

Borrow money, except as permitted under the Investment Company Act.

 

3.

Important Notice RegardingIssue senior securities to the Availability of Proxy Materials forextent such issuance would violate the BLACKROCK-ADVISED FUNDS IN THE EQUITY-LIQUIDITY COMPLEX Joint Special Meetings of Shareholders to Be Held on November 21, 2018.

The Joint Special Meetings of Shareholders of the BlackRock-Advised Funds in the Equity-Liquidity Complex will be held on Wednesday, November 21, 2018, at 10:30 a.m., (Eastern time), at the offices of BlackRock Advisors, LLC, 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540-6455.

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.

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 Meetings and the Form of Proxy Card, are available at:

https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-30180

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, 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

Investment Company Act.

 

4.

Purchase or hold real estate, except the Fund may purchase and hold securities or other instruments that are secured by, or linked to, real estate or interests therein, securities of real estate investment trusts, mortgage- related securities and securities of issuers engaged in the real estate business, and the Fund may purchase and hold real estate as a result of the ownership of securities or other instruments.

LOGO 5.

EASY ONLINE ACCESSREQUEST BY INTERNET

Log onUnderwrite securities issued by others, except to the Internet and go to:https://www.proxy-direct.com/blk-30180

On this site you can viewextent that the Proxy Materials online, request paper copies, requestsale of portfolio securities by the Fund may be deemed to be an email with a linkunderwriting or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.

6.

Purchase or sell commodities or commodity contracts, except as permitted by the Investment Company Act.

7.

Make loans to the materials and/or set future delivery preferences.

Just followextent prohibited by the steps outlined on this secure website.Investment Company Act.

8.

All Funds Other than BATS: Series C Portfolio, BATS: Series M Portfolio, BATS: Series S Portfolio, BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio, BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund, BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc. and BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio:Make any investment inconsistent with the Fund’s classification as a diversified company under the Investment Company Act.

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APPENDIX C

Outstanding Shares

[to be provided in definitive proxy statement]

 

Fund NameClass

Shares Outstanding on

Record Date

BATS: Series C Portfolio

 

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.

     

BATS: Series M Portfolio

 

E-MAIL REQUEST AT: proxymaterials@computershare.com:BATS: Series S Portfolio

Email us to request Proxy Materials for the Joint Special Meetings ofShareholders and/or to set future delivery preferences.

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

-  Provide only your14-Digit Control Number and8-Digit Security Code as listed on this Notice in your email request for materials.

BlackRock Total Return Fund
BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund
BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund
BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio

-  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.

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund
BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund
BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.
BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio
Master Total Return Portfolio
CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

 

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APPENDIX D

5% Shareholder Ownership

[to be provided in definitive proxy statement]

As of the Record Date, to the best of each Fund’s knowledge, the following persons listed below beneficially owned more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the noted class of the Fund indicated:

 

PAPER COPY REQUESTS SHOULD BE MADE NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER 15, 2018, TO FACILITATE TIMELY DELIVERY.Fund Name/Name of

Class

NameAddress

Shares

Beneficially

Owned

Percentage of

Outstanding

Shares of Class

Owned

(Name of Class)

 

BATS: Series C Portfolio
BATS: Series M Portfolio
BATS: Series S Portfolio
BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Total Return Fund

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

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FUNDS

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

  FUNDS  FUNDS
Fund 1  Fund 2  Fund 3
Fund 4 Fund 5 Fund 6
Fund 7 

BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund 8

  Fund 9
Fund 10  Fund 11  Fund 12
Fund 13  Fund 14
 Fund 15
Fund 16 Fund 17 Fund 18

BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund 19

  Fund 20  Fund 21
Fund 22  Fund 23  Fund 24
Fund 25 Fund 26 Fund 27
Fund 28 

BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, 29Inc.

  Fund 30

The Joint Special Meetings are 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.

BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

 

1(a).

To elect fifteen Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of the Group A Funds.BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio

CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio

 

1(b).*

To elect eleven Board Nominees toIndicates record holders that do not beneficially hold the board of directors/trustees of the Group B Funds.shares.

2(a).

To provide voting instructions to the Group A Feeder Funds to vote for the election of fifteen Board Nominees to the board of directors/trustees of their corresponding Master Fund.

2(b).

To provide voting instructions to BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund to vote for the election of eleven Board Nominees to the board of trustees of CoreAlpha Bond Master Portfolio.

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.

 

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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.

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.

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