N-Q 1 d653549dnq.htm MASTER LARGE CAP SERIES LLC MASTER LARGE CAP SERIES LLC

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-09637 and 811-09739

Name of Fund:    BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Core Plus Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Core Retirement Portfolio

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Retirement Portfolio

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Value Retirement Portfolio

Master Large Cap Series LLC

Master Large Cap Core Portfolio

Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio

Master Large Cap Value Portfolio

Fund Address:    100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. and Master Large Cap Series LLC, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

Registrants’ telephone number, including area code: (800) 441-7762

Date of fiscal year end: 09/30/2014

Date of reporting period: 12/31/2013


Item 1 – Schedule of Investments


Schedule of Investments December 31, 2013 (Unaudited)      BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund   
     (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)   

 

Mutual Fund    Value  

Master Large Cap Core Portfolio

   $ 1,782,757,539   

Total Investments (Cost — $1,265,647,187) — 100.1%

     1,782,757,539   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1)%

     (1,400,655
  

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 1,781,356,884   
  

 

 

 
 
Notes to Schedule of Investments

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its assets in Master Large Cap Core Portfolio (the “Master LLC”), which has the same investment objective and strategies as the Fund. As of December 31, 2013, the value of the investment and the percentage owned by the Fund of the Master LLC was $1,782,757,539 and 75.0%, respectively.

The Fund records its investment in the Master LLC at fair value. The Fund’s investment in the Master LLC is valued pursuant to the pricing policies approved by the Board of Directors of the Master LLC.

 

Ÿ  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

  Ÿ  

Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

  Ÿ  

Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs)

 

  Ÿ  

Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Master LLC’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments, please refer to the Master LLC’s most recent financial statements as contained in its annual report.

As of December 31, 2013, the Fund’s investment in the Master LLC was classified as Level 2.

There were no transfers between levels during the period ended December 31, 2013.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments December 31, 2013 (Unaudited)         
     (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)   

 

Common Stocks    Shares      Value  

Aerospace & Defense — 1.4%

     

The Boeing Co.

     3,630       $ 495,459   

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     2,200         162,624   
     

 

 

 
                658,083   

Airlines — 2.3%

     

United Continental Holdings, Inc. (a)

     27,840         1,053,187   

Auto Components — 3.1%

     

BorgWarner, Inc.

     9,640         538,972   

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a)

     11,880         883,753   
     

 

 

 
                1,422,725   

Biotechnology — 2.9%

     

Amgen, Inc.

     4,360         497,738   

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

     1,170         327,308   

Celgene Corp. (a)

     2,200         371,712   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     2,150         161,572   
     

 

 

 
                1,358,330   

Capital Markets — 1.5%

     

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (b)

     3,970         703,722   

Chemicals — 2.3%

     

Cabot Corp.

     7,664         393,930   

The Dow Chemical Co.

     7,000         310,800   

PPG Industries, Inc.

     1,810         343,285   
     

 

 

 
                1,048,015   

Commercial Banks — 4.6%

     

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     24,560         904,054   

U.S. Bancorp (b)

     30,870         1,247,148   
     

 

 

 
                2,151,202   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.9%

     

Tyco International Ltd.

     9,820         403,013   

Communications Equipment — 3.1%

     

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (a)

     57,220         507,541   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     42,600         956,370   
     

 

 

 
                1,463,911   

Computers & Peripherals — 6.3%

     

Apple Inc. (b)

     1,879         1,054,326   

EMC Corp.

     37,500         943,125   

NetApp, Inc.

     9,721         399,922   

Western Digital Corp.

     6,200         520,180   
     

 

 

 
                2,917,553   

Construction & Engineering — 0.6%

     

KBR, Inc.

     9,510         303,274   

Consumer Finance — 2.7%

     

Discover Financial Services (b)

     22,310         1,248,244   

Containers & Packaging — 1.6%

     

Packaging Corp. of America

     11,656         737,592   
Common Stocks    Shares      Value  

Diversified Financial Services — 9.9%

     

Bank of America Corp.

     88,577       $ 1,379,144   

Citigroup, Inc. (b)

     25,750         1,341,832   

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (b)

     32,023         1,872,705   
     

 

 

 
                4,593,681   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.4%

  

Avnet, Inc.

     11,040         486,974   

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     11,340         624,947   
     

 

 

 
                1,111,921   

Energy Equipment & Services — 4.3%

     

Halliburton Co.

     11,470         582,102   

Oceaneering International, Inc.

     4,970         392,034   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     11,310         1,019,144   
     

 

 

 
                1,993,280   

Food & Staples Retailing — 3.3%

     

CVS Caremark Corp. (b)

     19,870         1,422,096   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     1,385         108,986   
     

 

 

 
                1,531,082   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.6%

     

Abbott Laboratories (b)

     12,270         470,309   

Medtronic, Inc.

     12,900         740,331   
     

 

 

 
                1,210,640   

Health Care Providers & Services — 6.8%

     

Aetna, Inc.

     10,300         706,477   

Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (a)

     1,100         39,072   

McKesson Corp. (b)

     7,460         1,204,044   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     7,370         554,961   

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

     8,178         664,544   
     

 

 

 
                3,169,098   

Industrial Conglomerates — 3.3%

     

3M Co.

     10,930         1,532,934   

Insurance — 6.9%

     

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings AG

     5,540         624,967   

American Financial Group, Inc. (b)

     10,290         593,939   

American International Group, Inc.

     19,630         1,002,112   

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A (a)

     17,300         268,669   

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

     8,065         730,205   
     

 

 

 
                3,219,892   

Internet Software & Services — 5.9%

     

AOL, Inc. (a)

     7,500         349,650   

Google, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

     1,899         2,128,228   

Yahoo!, Inc. (a)

     6,700         270,948   
     

 

 

 
                2,748,826   

IT Services — 6.2%

     

DST Systems, Inc. (b)

     10,545         956,853   
 
Portfolio Abbreviations
To simplify the listings of portfolio holdings in the Schedule of Investments, the names and descriptions of many of the securities have been abbreviated according to the following list:   

ETF      Exchange-Traded Funds

  

S&P     Standard & Poor’s

     

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)         
     (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)   

 

Common Stocks    Shares      Value  

IT Services (concluded)

     

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

     1,816       $ 1,517,195   

Teradata Corp. (a)

     8,820         401,222   
     

 

 

 
                2,875,270   

Machinery — 4.6%

     

Dover Corp.

     3,760         362,990   

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

     11,140         686,224   

Oshkosh Corp.

     2,905         146,354   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     3,728         479,570   

WABCO Holdings, Inc. (a)

     5,190         484,798   
     

 

 

 
                2,159,936   

Media — 4.4%

     

Comcast Corp., Class A

     24,790         1,288,212   

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A (b)

     21,634         761,084   
     

 

 

 
                2,049,296   

Multiline Retail — 1.3%

     

Dillard’s, Inc., Class A

     2,500         243,025   

Macy’s, Inc.

     7,000         373,800   
     

 

 

 
                616,825   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.5%

     

Exxon Mobil Corp. (b)

     6,005         607,706   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     11,140         1,021,872   

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A

     14,396         452,898   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

     27,325         957,741   

Tesoro Corp. (b)

     15,390         900,315   
     

 

 

 
                3,940,532   

Paper & Forest Products — 2.6%

     

Domtar Corp.

     7,435         701,418   

International Paper Co.

     10,200         500,106   
     

 

 

 
                1,201,524   

Pharmaceuticals — 8.0%

     

AbbVie, Inc. (b)

     10,670         563,483   

Eli Lilly & Co. (b)

     8,055         410,805   

Merck & Co., Inc. (b)

     25,930         1,297,796   

Pfizer, Inc. (b)

     47,200         1,445,736   
     

 

 

 
                3,717,820   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.5%

  

Applied Materials, Inc.

     39,440         697,694   

Software — 3.7%

     

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

     8,800         156,904   

Microsoft Corp. (b)

     8,285         310,108   

Oracle Corp.

     23,850         912,501   

Symantec Corp.

     13,740         323,989   
     

 

 

 
                1,703,502   

Specialty Retail — 5.1%

     

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     25,900         1,283,345   

Ross Stores, Inc.

     14,670         1,099,223   
     

 

 

 
                2,382,568   

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.5%

     

MRC Global, Inc. (a)

     7,401         238,756   
Exchange-Traded Funds — 2.3%    Shares      Value  

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF(c)

     5,700       $ 1,058,205   

Total Long-Term Investments

     

(Cost — $43,210,591) — 127.4%

              59,222,133   
     
Short-Term Securities                

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.03% (c)(d)

     1,603,485         1,603,485   

Total Short-Term Securities

(Cost — $1,603,485) — 3.5%

              1,603,485   

Total Investments Before Investments Sold Short

     

(Cost — $44,814,076*) — 130.9%

              60,825,618   
     
Investments Sold Short                

Automobiles — (0.3)%

     

Tesla Motors, Inc.

     1,030         (154,891

Beverages — (0.3)%

     

Beam, Inc.

     2,300         (156,538

Biotechnology — (2.9)%

     

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     33,640         (229,425

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.

     2,250         (158,107

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     2,380         (163,911

Medivation, Inc.

     2,450         (156,359

Pharmacyclics, Inc.

     1,550         (163,959

Seattle Genetics, Inc.

     3,950         (157,566

Theravance, Inc.

     4,280         (152,582

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     2,240         (166,432
     

 

 

 
                (1,348,341

Building Products — (0.4)%

     

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

     2,800         (161,308

Capital Markets — (0.3)%

     

Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A

     2,440         (159,064

Commercial Services & Supplies — (0.7)%

     

Covanta Holding Corp.

     8,770         (155,667

Iron Mountain, Inc.

     5,210         (158,123
     

 

 

 
                (313,790

Communications Equipment — (0.4)%

     

JDS Uniphase Corp.

     12,580         (163,288

Computers & Peripherals — (0.4)%

     

Stratasys Ltd.

     1,300         (175,110

Construction Materials — (0.7)%

     

Eagle Materials, Inc.

     2,070         (160,280

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

     1,600         (159,904
     

 

 

 
                (320,184

Containers & Packaging — (0.3)%

     

MeadWestvaco Corp.

     4,190         (154,737

Diversified Telecommunication Services — (0.3)%

     

TW Telecom, Inc.

     5,140         (156,616
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)         
     (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)   

 

Investments Sold Short    Shares      Value  

Electric Utilities — (1.0)%

     

Northeast Utilities

     3,680       $ (155,995

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

     8,130         (155,527

The Southern Co.

     3,740         (153,751
     

 

 

 
                (465,273

Electrical Equipment — (0.4)%

     

SolarCity Corp.

     2,940         (167,051

Energy Equipment & Services — (0.7)%

     

Dresser-Rand Group, Inc.

     2,650         (158,019

McDermott International, Inc.

     18,730         (171,567
     

 

 

 
                (329,586

Gas Utilities — (0.4)%

     

ONEOK, Inc.

     2,580         (160,424

Health Care Technology — (0.3)%

     

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.

     10,170         (157,228

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — (0.4)%

     

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.

     4,770         (169,192

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — (0.3)%

     

Calpine Corp.

     8,010         (156,275

Internet & Catalog Retail — (0.4)%

     

Groupon, Inc.

     13,870         (163,250

Internet Software & Services — (1.0)%

     

Equinix, Inc.

     890         (157,930

Pandora Media, Inc.

     5,770         (153,482

Rackspace Hosting, Inc.

     4,120         (161,216
     

 

 

 
                (472,628

Life Sciences Tools & Services — (0.3)%

     

Bruker Corp.

     8,060         (159,346

Machinery — (0.7)%

     

Harsco Corp.

     5,690         (159,491

Navistar International Corp.

     3,810         (145,504
     

 

 

 
                (304,995

Media — (1.1)%

     

DISH Network Corp., Class A

     2,800         (162,176

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., Class A

     4,580         (162,590

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

     5,330         (168,748
     

 

 

 
                (493,514

Metals & Mining — (1.4)%

     

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.

     4,670         (166,392

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

     2,010         (160,900

Royal Gold, Inc.

     3,310         (152,492

Tahoe Resources, Inc.

     9,180         (152,755
     

 

 

 
                (632,539

Multiline Retail — (0.7)%

     

JC Penney Co., Inc.

     18,460         (168,909

Sears Holdings Corp.

     3,470         (170,169
     

 

 

 
                (339,078

Multi-Utilities — (0.3)%

     

Sempra Energy

     1,750         (157,080

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — (5.6)%

     

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

     3,740         (161,269

Cobalt International Energy, Inc.

     9,690         (159,400
Investments Sold Short    Shares      Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (concluded)

     

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

     4,090       $ (155,584

Energen Corp.

     2,270         (160,603

EQT Corp.

     1,830         (164,297

Golar LNG Ltd.

     4,430         (160,765

Gulfport Energy Corp.

     2,720         (171,768

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

     4,490         (161,640

Kosmos Energy Ltd.

     14,530         (162,445

Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc.

     6,030         (166,971

Newfield Exploration Co.

     6,570         (161,819

Range Resources Corp.

     1,900         (160,189

Southwestern Energy Co.

     3,990         (156,927

Teekay Corp.

     3,470         (166,595

Ultra Petroleum Corp.

     7,570         (163,890

The Williams Cos., Inc.

     4,160         (160,451
     

 

 

 
                (2,594,613

Personal Products — (0.3)%

     

Coty, Inc., Class A

     10,090         (153,872

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — (2.6)%

     

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A

     2,640         (68,402

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     570         (67,391

Boston Properties, Inc.

     670         (67,248

Corporate Office Properties Trust

     2,920         (69,175

Duke Realty Corp.

     4,630         (69,635

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

     1,890         (68,475

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

     460         (66,015

Federal Realty Investment Trust

     670         (67,945

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc.

     6,860         (67,502

Kilroy Realty Corp.

     1,330         (66,739

Liberty Property Trust

     1,980         (67,063

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc.

     1,490         (69,300

Rayonier, Inc.

     1,610         (67,781

Regency Centers Corp.

     1,470         (68,061

Senior Housing Properties Trust

     3,020         (67,135

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers

     2,130         (68,203

Taubman Centers, Inc.

     1,040         (66,477

Vornado Realty Trust

     760         (67,480
     

 

 

 
                (1,220,027

Real Estate Management & Development — (0.3)%

     

Forest City Enterprises, Inc., Class A

     3,620         (69,142

The St. Joe Co.

     3,710         (71,195
     

 

 

 
                (140,337

Road & Rail — (0.7)%

     

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A

     1,610         (154,640

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.

     6,040         (172,865
     

 

 

 
                (327,505

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — (1.8)%

     

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

     41,680         (161,302

Atmel Corp.

     20,840         (163,177

Cree, Inc.

     2,640         (165,185

ON Semiconductor Corp.

     19,910         (164,058

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.

     3,630         (157,215
     

 

 

 
                (810,937

Software — (2.1)%

     

Concur Technologies, Inc.

     1,620         (167,152
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)         
     (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)   

 

Investments Sold Short    Shares      Value  

Software (concluded)

     

NetSuite, Inc.

     1,640       $ (168,953

Nuance Communications, Inc.

     10,280         (156,256

Salesforce.com, Inc.

     2,920         (161,155

ServiceNow, Inc.

     3,000         (168,030

Zynga, Inc., Class A

     37,370         (142,006
     

 

 

 
                (963,552

Specialty Retail — (0.3)%

     

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.

     1,630         (157,328

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — (0.3)%

     

PVH Corp.

     1,170         (159,143
Investments Sold Short    Shares      Value  

Wireless Telecommunication Services — (0.4)%

     

Sprint Corp.

     17,050       $ (183,288

Total Investments Sold Short

(Proceeds — $13,221,328) — (30.8)%

              (14,301,928

Total Investments — 100.1%

        46,523,690   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1)%

        (35,637
     

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

      $ 46,488,053   
     

 

 

 
 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

* As of December 31, 2013, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Tax cost

   $ 44,997,819   
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 16,194,537   

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (366,738
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 15,827,799   
  

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.

 

(b) All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with short sales.

 

(c) Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Fund during the period ended December 31, 2013, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliate    Shares Held at
September 30, 2013
     Shares
Purchased
    Shares
Sold
     Shares Held at
December 31, 2013
     Value at
December 31, 2013
     Income      Realized
Gain
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

     1,090,497         512,988 1              1,603,485       $ 1,603,485       $ 970           

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

     1,600         4,900        800         5,700       $ 1,058,205       $ 767       $ 1,870   

 

  1

Represents net shares purchased.

 

(d) Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

Ÿ  

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment advisor. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

Ÿ  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

  Ÿ  

Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

  Ÿ  

Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs)

 

  Ÿ  

Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Fund’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about

 

 

     BLACKROCK LARGE CAP CORE PLUS FUND    DECEMBER 31, 2013    5


Schedule of Investments (concluded)     

 

the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments, please refer to Fund’s most recent financial statements as contained in its annual report.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s investments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy as of December 31, 2013:

 

     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

       

Investments:

       

Long-Term Investments1

  $ 59,222,133                    $ 59,222,133   

Short-Term Securities

    1,603,485                      1,603,485   

Liabilities:

       

Investments:

       

Investments Sold Short1

    (14,301,928                   (14,301,928

Total

  $ 46,523,690                    $ 46,523,690   
 

 

 

 

1    See above Schedule of Investments for values in each industry.

       

There were no transfers between levels during the period ended December 31, 2013.

 

 

6    BLACKROCK LARGE CAP CORE PLUS FUND    DECEMBER 31, 2013     


Schedule of Investments December 31, 2013 (Unaudited)      BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund   
     (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)   

 

Mutual Fund    Value  

Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio

   $ 1,128,090,039   

Total Investments (Cost — $830,421,077) — 100.1%

     1,128,090,039   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1)%

     (748,424
  

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 1,127,341,615   
  

 

 

 
 
Notes to Schedule of Investments

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its assets in Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio (the “Master LLC”), which has the same investment objective and strategies as the Fund. As of December 31, 2013, the value of the investment and the percentage owned by the Fund of the Master LLC was $1,128,090,039 and 96.1%, respectively.

The Fund records its investment in the Master LLC at fair value. The Fund’s investment in the Master LLC is valued pursuant to the pricing policies approved by the Board of Directors of the Master LLC.

 

Ÿ  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

  Ÿ  

Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

  Ÿ  

Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs)

 

  Ÿ  

Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Master LLC’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments, please refer to the Master LLC’s most recent financial statements as contained in its annual report.

As of December 31, 2013, the Fund’s investment in the Master LLC was classified as Level 2.

There were no transfers between levels during the period ended December 31, 2013.

 

 

     BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2013    7


Schedule of Investments December 31, 2013 (Unaudited)      BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund   
     (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)   

 

Mutual Fund    Value  

Master Large Cap Value Portfolio

   $ 918,523,184   

Total Investments (Cost — $639,988,285) — 100.1%

     918,523,184   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1)%

     (961,627
  

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 917,561,557   
  

 

 

 
 
Notes to Schedule of Investments

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its assets in Master Large Cap Value Portfolio (the “Master LLC”), which has the same investment objective and strategies as the Fund. As of December 31, 2013, the value of the investment and the percentage owned by the Fund of the Master LLC was $918,523,184 and 85.4%, respectively.

The Fund records its investment in the Master LLC at fair value. The Fund’s investment in the Master LLC is valued pursuant to the pricing policies approved by the Board of Directors of the Master LLC.

 

Ÿ  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

  Ÿ  

Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

  Ÿ  

Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs)

 

  Ÿ  

Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Master LLC’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments, please refer to the Master LLC’s most recent financial statements as contained in its annual report.

As of December 31, 2013, the Fund’s investment in the Master LLC was classified as Level 2.

There were no transfers between levels during the period ended December 31, 2013.

 

 

8    BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2013     


Schedule of Investments December 31, 2013 (Unaudited)      BlackRock Large Cap Core Retirement Portfolio   
     (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)   

 

Mutual Fund    Value  

Master Large Cap Core Portfolio

   $ 1,455,847   

Total Investments (Cost — $900,192) — 99.7%

     1,455,847   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.3%

     4,752   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 1,460,599   
  

 

 

 
 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments

BlackRock Large Cap Core Retirement Portfolio (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its assets in Master Large Cap Core Portfolio (the “Master LLC”), which has the same investment objective and strategies as the Fund. As of December 31, 2013, the value of the investment and the percentage owned by the Fund of the Master LLC was $1,455,847 and 0.1%, respectively.

The Fund records its investment in the Master LLC at fair value. The Fund’s investment in the Master LLC is valued pursuant to the pricing policies approved by the Board of Directors of the Master LLC.

 

Ÿ  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

  Ÿ  

Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

  Ÿ  

Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs)

 

  Ÿ  

Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Master LLC’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments, please refer to the Master LLC’s most recent financial statements as contained in its annual report.

As of December 31, 2013, the Fund’s investment in the Master LLC was classified as Level 2.

There were no transfers between levels during the period ended December 31, 2013.

 

     BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2013    9


Schedule of Investments December 31, 2013 (Unaudited)      BlackRock Large Cap Growth Retirement Portfolio   
     (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)   

 

Mutual Fund    Value  

Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio

   $ 909,898   

Total Investments (Cost — $131,723) — 97.2%

     909,898   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 2.8%

     25,958   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 935,856   
  

 

 

 
 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Retirement Portfolio (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its assets in Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio (the “Master LLC”), which has the same investment objective and strategies as the Fund. As of December 31, 2013, the value of the investment and the percentage owned by the Fund of the Master LLC was $909,898 and 0.1%, respectively.

The Fund records its investment in the Master LLC at fair value. The Fund’s investment in the Master LLC is valued pursuant to the pricing policies approved by the Board of Directors of the Master LLC.

 

Ÿ  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

  Ÿ  

Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

  Ÿ  

Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs)

 

  Ÿ  

Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Master LLC’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments, please refer to the Master LLC’s most recent financial statements as contained in its annual report.

As of December 31, 2013, the Fund’s investment in the Master LLC was classified as Level 2.

There were no transfers between levels during the period ended December 31, 2013.

 

10    BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2013     


Schedule of Investments December 31, 2013 (Unaudited)      BlackRock Large Cap Value Retirement Portfolio   
     (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)   

 

Mutual Fund    Value  

Master Large Cap Value Portfolio

   $ 156,848,699   

Total Investments (Cost — $133,495,047) — 100.0%

     156,848,699   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — 0.0%

     (29,290
  

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 156,819,409   
  

 

 

 
 
Notes to Schedule of Investments

BlackRock Large Cap Value Retirement Portfolio (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its assets in Master Large Cap Value Portfolio (the “Master LLC”), which has the same investment objective and strategies as the Fund. As of December 31, 2013, the value of the investment and the percentage owned by the Fund of the Master LLC was $156,848,699 and 14.6%, respectively.

The Fund records its investment in the Master LLC at fair value. The Fund’s investment in the Master LLC is valued pursuant to the pricing policies approved by the Board of Directors of the Master LLC.

 

Ÿ  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

  Ÿ  

Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

  Ÿ  

Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs)

 

  Ÿ  

Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Master LLC’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments, please refer to the Master LLC’s most recent financial statements as contained in its annual report.

As of December 31, 2013, the Fund’s investment in the Master LLC was classified as Level 2.

There were no transfers between levels during the period ended December 31, 2013.

 

     BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2013    11


Schedule of Investments December 31, 2013 (Unaudited)      Master Large Cap Core Portfolio   
     (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)   

 

Common Stocks    Shares      Value  

Aerospace & Defense — 1.5%

     

The Boeing Co.

     215,100       $ 29,358,999   

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     91,900         6,793,248   
     

 

 

 
                36,152,247   

Airlines — 1.9%

     

United Continental Holdings, Inc. (a)

     1,199,968         45,394,789   

Auto Components — 2.1%

     

BorgWarner, Inc.

     263,300         14,721,103   

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a)

     479,539         35,672,906   
     

 

 

 
                50,394,009   

Biotechnology — 2.7%

     

Amgen, Inc.

     203,600         23,242,976   

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

     54,700         15,302,325   

Celgene Corp. (a)

     102,800         17,369,088   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     100,600         7,560,090   
     

 

 

 
                63,474,479   

Capital Markets — 1.4%

     

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     194,151         34,415,206   

Chemicals — 0.9%

     

Cabot Corp.

     167,774         8,623,584   

The Dow Chemical Co.

     285,500         12,676,200   
     

 

 

 
                21,299,784   

Commercial Banks — 3.9%

     

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     799,600         29,433,276   

U.S. Bancorp

     1,547,975         62,538,190   
     

 

 

 
                91,971,466   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.7%

     

Tyco International Ltd.

     378,600         15,537,744   

Communications Equipment — 2.1%

     

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (a)

     1,052,900         9,339,223   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     1,767,900         39,689,355   
     

 

 

 
                49,028,578   

Computers & Peripherals — 5.0%

     

Apple, Inc.

     80,050         44,916,855   

EMC Corp.

     1,497,200         37,654,580   

NetApp, Inc.

     379,472         15,611,478   

Western Digital Corp.

     247,590         20,772,801   
     

 

 

 
                118,955,714   

Construction & Engineering — 0.5%

     

KBR, Inc.

     378,100         12,057,609   

Consumer Finance — 2.4%

     

Discover Financial Services

     1,001,500         56,033,925   

Containers & Packaging — 1.1%

     

Packaging Corp. of America

     398,913         25,243,215   

Diversified Financial Services — 8.3%

     

Bank of America Corp.

     4,007,806         62,401,539   

Citigroup, Inc.

     1,171,918         61,068,647   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     1,278,724         74,779,780   
     

 

 

 
                198,249,966   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.2%

  

  

Avnet, Inc.

     342,200         15,094,442   

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     244,000         13,446,840   
     

 

 

 
                28,541,282   

Energy Equipment & Services — 3.5%

  

  

Halliburton Co.

     466,300         23,664,725   
Common Stocks    Shares      Value  

Energy Equipment & Services (concluded)

     

Oceaneering International, Inc.

     209,900       $ 16,556,912   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     478,200         43,090,602   
     

 

 

 
                83,312,239   

Food & Staples Retailing — 3.1%

     

CVS Caremark Corp.

     962,325         68,873,600   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     57,450         4,520,741   
     

 

 

 
                73,394,341   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.1%

  

  

Abbott Laboratories

     520,300         19,943,099   

Medtronic, Inc.

     533,400         30,611,826   
     

 

 

 
                50,554,925   

Health Care Providers & Services — 5.1%

  

  

Aetna, Inc.

     432,800         29,685,752   

Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (a)

     52,000         1,847,040   

McKesson Corp.

     276,125         44,566,575   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     291,000         21,912,300   

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

     290,150         23,577,589   
     

 

 

 
                121,589,256   

Industrial Conglomerates — 3.6%

     

3M Co.

     533,875         74,875,969   

General Electric Co.

     394,750         11,064,843   
     

 

 

 
                85,940,812   

Insurance — 4.9%

     

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings AG

     70,800         7,986,948   

American Financial Group, Inc.

     100,000         5,772,000   

American International Group, Inc.

     1,141,100         58,253,155   

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A (a)

     670,200         10,408,206   

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

     373,800         33,843,852   
     

 

 

 
                116,264,161   

Internet Software & Services — 4.6%

     

AOL, Inc. (a)

     265,400         12,372,948   

Google, Inc., Class A (a)

     77,515         86,871,836   

Yahoo!, Inc. (a)

     275,000         11,121,000   
     

 

 

 
                110,365,784   

IT Services — 3.1%

     

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

     72,550         60,612,623   

Teradata Corp. (a)(b)

     285,400         12,982,846   
     

 

 

 
                73,595,469   

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.4%

     

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     578,800         33,101,572   

Machinery — 2.6%

     

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

     393,500         24,239,600   

Oshkosh Corp.

     118,000         5,944,840   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     149,086         19,178,423   

WABCO Holdings, Inc. (a)

     142,200         13,282,902   
     

 

 

 
                62,645,765   

Media — 4.1%

     

Comcast Corp., Class A

     1,266,800         65,829,262   

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A

     884,976         31,133,456   
     

 

 

 
                96,962,718   

Multiline Retail — 1.1%

     

Dillard’s, Inc., Class A

     119,165         11,584,030   

Macy’s, Inc.

     265,600         14,183,040   
     

 

 

 
                25,767,070   
 

 

12    BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2013     


Schedule of Investments (continued)      Master Large Cap Core Portfolio   
     (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)   

 

Common Stocks    Shares      Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.4%

     

Chevron Corp.

     128,555       $ 16,057,805   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     228,500         23,124,200   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     449,088         41,194,842   

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A

     471,238         14,825,147   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

     1,228,440         43,056,822   

Tesoro Corp.

     226,993         13,279,091   
     

 

 

 
                151,537,907   

Paper & Forest Products — 1.6%

     

Domtar Corp.

     228,100         21,518,954   

International Paper Co.

     326,800         16,023,004   
     

 

 

 
                37,541,958   

Pharmaceuticals — 7.1%

     

AbbVie, Inc.

     499,700         26,389,157   

Eli Lilly & Co.

     338,575         17,267,325   

Johnson & Johnson

     116,525         10,672,525   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     1,060,700         53,088,035   

Pfizer, Inc.

     1,969,075         60,312,767   
     

 

 

 
                167,729,809   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.1%

  

  

Applied Materials, Inc.

     1,512,180         26,750,464   

Software — 3.2%

     

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

     389,200         6,939,436   

Microsoft Corp.

     362,450         13,566,503   

Oracle Corp.

     1,173,200         44,886,632   

Symantec Corp.

     457,500         10,787,850   
     

 

 

 
                76,180,421   
Common Stocks    Shares      Value  

Specialty Retail — 4.3%

     

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     1,190,900       $ 59,009,095   

Ross Stores, Inc.

     586,400         43,938,952   
     

 

 

 
                102,948,047   

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%

     

MRC Global, Inc. (a)

     186,300         6,010,038   

Total Long-Term Investments

(Cost — $1,639,759,583) — 98.8%

  

  

     2,348,942,769   
     
Short-Term Securities                

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.03% (c)(d)

     28,361,169         28,361,169   
      Beneficial
Interest
(000)
         

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series, 0.19% (c)(d)(e)

   $ 6,606         6,606,300   

Total Short-Term Securities

(Cost — $34,967,469) — 1.5%

              34,967,469   

Total Investments (Cost — $1,674,727,052*) — 100.3%

  

     2,383,910,238   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.3)%

  

     (6,837,948
     

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

      $ 2,377,072,290   
     

 

 

 
 
Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

* As of December 31, 2013, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Tax cost

   $ 1,677,566,182   
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 721,555,475   

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (15,211,419
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 706,344,056   
  

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.

 

(b) Security, or a portion of security, is on loan.

 

(c) Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Portfolio during the period ended December 31, 2013, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliate    Shares/Beneficial
Interest Held at
September 30, 2013
    

Net

Activity

    Shares/Beneficial
Interest Held at
December 31, 2013
     Income  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

     47,573,194         (19,212,025     28,361,169       $ 774   

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series

   $ 18,691,623       $ (12,085,323   $ 6,606,300       $ 2,919   

 

(d) Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

(e) Security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. The Portfolio may withdraw up to 25% of its investment daily, although the manager of the BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series, in its sole discretion, may permit an investor to withdraw more than 25% on any one day.

 

Ÿ  

For Portfolio compliance purposes, the Portfolio’s industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment advisor. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

 

 

     BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2013    13


Schedule of Investments (concluded)      Master Large Cap Core Portfolio   

 

Ÿ  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

  Ÿ  

Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Portfolio has the ability to access

 

  Ÿ  

Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs)

 

  Ÿ  

Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Portfolio’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Portfolio’s policy regarding valuation of investments, please refer to the Portfolio’s most recent financial statements as contained in its annual report .

The following table summarizes the Portfolio’s investments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy as of December 31, 2013:

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Assets:

          

Investments:

          

Long-Term Investments1

   $ 2,348,942,769                      $ 2,348,942,769   

Short-Term Securities

     28,361,169       $ 6,606,300                34,967,469   

Total

   $ 2,377,303,938       $ 6,606,300              $ 2,383,910,238   
  

 

 

 

1    See above Schedule of Investments for values in each industry.

       

  
The carrying amount for certain of the Portfolio’s assets and/or liabilities approximates fair value for financial reporting purposes. As of December 31, 2013, such assets and/or liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:    
          
      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Assets:

          

Cash

   $ 203,478                      $ 203,478   

Liabilities:

          

Collateral on securities loaned at value

           $ (6,606,300             (6,606,300

Total

   $ 203,478       $ (6,606,300           $ (6,402,822
  

 

 

 

There were no transfers between levels during the period ended December 31, 2013.

 

 

14    BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2013     


Schedule of Investments December 31, 2013 (Unaudited)      Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio   
     (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)   

 

Common Stocks    Shares      Value  

Aerospace & Defense — 2.5%

     

The Boeing Co.

     170,175       $ 23,227,186   

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     88,100         6,512,352   
     

 

 

 
                29,739,538   

Airlines — 1.9%

     

United Continental Holdings, Inc. (a)

     594,902         22,505,143   

Auto Components — 1.0%

     

BorgWarner, Inc.

     200,600         11,215,546   

Beverages — 1.4%

     

The Coca-Cola Co.

     390,600         16,135,686   

Biotechnology — 4.7%

     

Amgen, Inc.

     158,900         18,140,024   

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

     43,300         12,113,175   

Celgene Corp. (a)

     80,300         13,567,488   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     154,400         11,603,160   
     

 

 

 
                55,423,847   

Chemicals — 2.8%

     

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     27,450         6,396,948   

The Dow Chemical Co.

     110,000         4,884,000   

PPG Industries, Inc.

     113,975         21,616,499   
     

 

 

 
                32,897,447   

Commercial Banks — 2.0%

     

U.S. Bancorp

     588,500         23,775,400   

Communications Equipment — 0.5%

     

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     81,200         6,029,100   

Computers & Peripherals — 6.1%

     

Apple Inc.

     70,075         39,319,783   

EMC Corp.

     862,800         21,699,420   

NetApp, Inc.

     250,304         10,297,507   
     

 

 

 
                71,316,710   

Construction & Engineering — 0.5%

     

KBR, Inc.

     173,250         5,524,942   

Consumer Finance — 2.1%

     

Discover Financial Services

     432,125         24,177,394   

Containers & Packaging — 1.8%

     

Packaging Corp. of America

     342,910         21,699,345   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.6%

  

  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     126,300         6,960,393   

Energy Equipment & Services — 4.7%

     

Halliburton Co.

     252,500         12,814,375   

Oceaneering International, Inc.

     179,950         14,194,456   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     308,700         27,816,957   
     

 

 

 
                54,825,788   

Food & Staples Retailing — 2.3%

     

CVS Caremark Corp.

     383,300         27,432,781   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.6%

     

Abbott Laboratories

     478,350         18,335,155   

Health Care Providers & Services — 4.8%

     

Aetna, Inc.

     197,500         13,546,525   

Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (a)

     23,900         848,928   

McKesson Corp.

     183,050         29,544,270   

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

     146,866         11,934,331   
     

 

 

 
                55,874,054   

Industrial Conglomerates — 3.1%

     

3M Co.

     256,375         35,956,594   

Insurance — 1.3%

     

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

     166,250         15,052,275   
Common Stocks    Shares      Value  

Internet Software & Services — 5.4%

     

Google, Inc., Class A (a)

     53,695       $ 60,176,523   

Yahoo!, Inc. (a)

     82,500         3,336,300   
     

 

 

 
                63,512,823   

IT Services — 8.6%

     

Alliance Data Systems Corp. (a)(b)

     96,625         25,405,611   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A (a)

     67,700         6,836,346   

DST Systems, Inc.

     137,550         12,481,287   

International Business Machines Corp.

     31,800         5,964,726   

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

     42,820         35,774,397   

Teradata Corp. (a)

     151,600         6,896,284   

Visa, Inc., Class A

     35,800         7,971,944   
     

 

 

 
                101,330,595   

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.7%

     

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     342,050         19,561,839   

Machinery — 4.2%

     

Cummins, Inc.

     87,100         12,278,487   

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

     233,600         14,389,760   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     100,277         12,899,633   

WABCO Holdings, Inc. (a)

     99,300         9,275,613   
     

 

 

 
                48,843,493   

Media — 5.8%

     

Comcast Corp., Class A

     655,200         34,047,468   

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A

     545,322         19,184,428   

The Walt Disney Co.

     202,700         15,486,280   
     

 

 

 
                68,718,176   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.4%

     

Antero Resources Corp. (a)

     19,400         1,230,736   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     110,100         10,099,473   

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A

     247,356         7,781,820   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

     592,165         20,755,383   
     

 

 

 
                39,867,412   

Paper & Forest Products — 0.7%

     

International Paper Co.

     168,825         8,277,490   

Pharmaceuticals — 4.1%

     

AbbVie, Inc.

     357,950         18,903,339   

Actavis PLC (a)

     51,764         8,696,352   

Eli Lilly & Co.

     162,650         8,295,150   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     250,000         12,512,500   
     

 

 

 
                48,407,341   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.6%

  

  

Applied Materials, Inc.

     385,800         6,824,802   

Software — 6.9%

     

Microsoft Corp.

     1,104,350         41,335,821   

Oracle Corp.

     832,000         31,832,320   

Symantec Corp.

     354,700         8,363,826   
     

 

 

 
                81,531,967   

Specialty Retail — 7.0%

     

The Home Depot, Inc.

     50,300         4,141,702   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     595,000         29,482,250   

Ross Stores, Inc.

     308,500         23,115,905   

TJX Cos., Inc.

     405,105         25,817,342   
     

 

 

 
                82,557,199   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%

     

VF Corp.

     110,000         6,857,400   

Tobacco — 1.1%

     

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     151,400         13,191,482   
 

 

 

     BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2013    15


Schedule of Investments (continued)      Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio   
     (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)   

 

Common Stocks   

    

    

Shares

     Value  

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4%

     

MRC Global, Inc. (a)

     135,196       $ 4,361,423   

Total Long-Term Investments

     

(Cost — $801,229,229) — 96.2%

              1,128,720,580   
     
Short-Term Securities                

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional
Class, 0.03% (c)(d)

     44,987,683         44,987,683   
Short-Term Securities   

Beneficial
Interest

(000)

     Value  

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market
Series, 0.19% (c)(d)(e)

   $ 25,397       $ 25,396,609   

Total Short-Term Securities

     

(Cost — $70,384,292) — 6.0%

              70,384,292   

Total Investments (Cost — $871,613,521*) — 102.2%

  

     1,199,104,872   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.2)%

  

     (25,384,904
     

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

      $ 1,173,719,968   
     

 

 

 
 
Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

* As of December 31, 2013, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Tax cost

   $ 872,536,406   
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 331,809,278   

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (5,240,812
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 326,568,466   
  

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.

 

(b) Security, or a portion of security, is on loan.

 

(c) Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Portfolio during the period ended December 31, 2013, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliate    Shares/Beneficial
Interest Held at
September 30, 2013
    

Net

Activity

     Shares/Beneficial
Interest Held at
December 31, 2013
     Income  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

     12,806,801         32,180,882         44,987,683       $ 26,508   

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series

   $ 13,291,349       $ 12,105,260       $ 25,396,609       $ 8,420   

 

(d) Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

(e) Security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. The Portfolio may withdraw up to 25% of its investment daily, although the manager of the BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series, in its sole discretion, may permit an investor to withdraw more than 25% on any one day.

 

Ÿ  

For Portfolio compliance purposes, the Portfolio’s industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment advisor. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

Ÿ  

Financial futures contracts outstanding as of December 31, 2013 were as follows:

 

Contracts
Purchased
    Issue   Exchange   Expiration   Notional
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
 
  342      S&P 500 E-Mini Futures   Chicago Mercantile   March 2014   $ 31,481,100      $ 1,196,529   

 

Ÿ  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

  Ÿ  

Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Portfolio has the ability to access

 

  Ÿ  

Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs)

 

  Ÿ  

Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

 

 

16    BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2013     


Schedule of Investments (concluded)      Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio   

 

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Portfolio’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and derivative financial instrument and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Portfolio’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments, please refer to the Portfolio’s most recent financial statements as contained in its annual report.

The following tables summarize the Portfolio’s investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy as of December 31, 2013:

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Assets:

          

Investments:

          

Long-Term Investments1

   $ 1,128,720,580                      $ 1,128,720,580   

Short-Term Securities.

     44,987,683       $ 25,396,609                70,384,292   

Total

   $ 1,173,708,263       $ 25,396,609              $ 1,199,104,872   
  

 

 

 

1    See above Schedule of Investments for values in each industry.

 

       

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Derivative Financial Instruments2

          

Assets:

          

Equity contracts

   $ 1,196,529                      $ 1,196,529   

 

2    Derivative financial instruments are financial futures contracts which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.

 

The carrying amount for certain of the Portfolio’s assets and/or liabilities approximates fair value for financial reporting purposes. As of December 31, 2013, such assets and/or liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:

 

       

   

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Assets:

          

Cash

   $ 98,741                      $ 98,741   

Liabilities:

          

Collateral on securities loaned at value

           $ (25,396,609             (25,396,609

Total

   $ 98,741       $ (25,396,609           $ (25,297,868
  

 

 

 

There were no transfers between levels during the period ended December 31, 2013.

 

 

     BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2013    17


Schedule of Investments December 31, 2013 (Unaudited)      Master Large Cap Value Portfolio   
     (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)   

 

Common Stocks    Shares      Value  

Aerospace & Defense — 2.2%

     

The Boeing Co.

     70,500       $ 9,622,545   

Raytheon Co.

     126,550         11,478,085   

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     35,500         2,624,160   
     

 

 

 
                23,724,790   

Airlines — 1.7%

     

United Continental Holdings, Inc. (a)

     490,492         18,555,312   

Auto Components — 1.6%

     

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a)

     229,222         17,051,825   

Capital Markets — 2.0%

     

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     120,808         21,414,426   

Chemicals — 1.1%

     

Cabot Corp.

     79,244         4,073,142   

The Dow Chemical Co.

     176,100         7,818,840   
     

 

 

 
                11,891,982   

Commercial Banks — 5.0%

     

Regions Financial Corp.

     575,659         5,693,268   

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     413,400         15,217,254   

U.S. Bancorp

     727,175         29,377,870   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     84,625         3,841,975   
     

 

 

 
                54,130,367   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.0%

     

Tyco International Ltd.

     256,025         10,507,266   

Communications Equipment — 2.7%

     

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (a)

     503,600         4,466,932   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     1,101,700         24,733,165   
     

 

 

 
                29,200,097   

Computers & Peripherals — 2.7%

     

Apple Inc.

     10,100         5,667,211   

EMC Corp.

     494,000         12,424,100   

Western Digital Corp.

     124,290         10,427,931   
     

 

 

 
                28,519,242   

Construction & Engineering — 0.5%

     

KBR, Inc.

     179,620         5,728,082   

Consumer Finance — 2.3%

     

Discover Financial Services

     431,680         24,152,496   

Containers & Packaging — 0.4%

     

Packaging Corp. of America

     63,100         3,992,968   

Diversified Financial Services — 11.8%

     

Bank of America Corp.

     2,443,358         38,043,084   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)

     46,700         5,536,752   

Citigroup, Inc.

     701,826         36,572,153   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     799,465         46,752,713   
     

 

 

 
                126,904,702   

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%

     

AT&T Inc.

     118,550         4,168,218   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.3%

  

  

Avnet, Inc.

     185,400         8,177,994   

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     99,800         5,499,978   
     

 

 

 
                13,677,972   

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.7%

     

Halliburton Co.

     153,800         7,805,350   

Food & Staples Retailing — 3.0%

     

CVS Caremark Corp.

     443,300         31,726,981   
Common Stocks    Shares      Value  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.7%

     

Abbott Laboratories

     322,200       $ 12,349,926   

Medtronic, Inc.

     298,300         17,119,437   
     

 

 

 
                29,469,363   

Health Care Providers & Services — 3.6%

     

Aetna, Inc.

     193,100         13,244,729   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     190,600         14,352,180   

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

     131,448         10,681,464   
     

 

 

 
                38,278,373   

Household Products — 0.6%

     

The Procter & Gamble Co.

     78,400         6,382,544   

Industrial Conglomerates — 3.7%

     

3M Co.

     168,075         23,572,519   

General Electric Co.

     565,675         15,855,870   
     

 

 

 
                39,428,389   

Insurance — 8.7%

     

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings AG

     63,700         7,185,997   

American Financial Group, Inc.

     137,325         7,926,399   

American International Group, Inc.

     577,100         29,460,955   

The Chubb Corp.

     208,915         20,187,456   

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A (a)

     331,800         5,152,854   

HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.

     71,900         3,317,466   

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

     229,640         20,791,606   
     

 

 

 
                94,022,733   

Internet Software & Services — 1.2%

     

AOL, Inc. (a)

     127,600         5,948,712   

Yahoo!, Inc. (a)

     171,500         6,935,460   
     

 

 

 
                12,884,172   

IT Services — 0.7%

     

DST Systems, Inc.

     80,300         7,286,422   

Machinery — 2.8%

     

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

     282,990         17,432,184   

Oshkosh Corp.

     63,525         3,200,389   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     76,912         9,893,960   
     

 

 

 
                30,526,533   

Media — 3.6%

     

Comcast Corp., Class A

     517,700         26,902,281   

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A

     342,205         12,038,772   
     

 

 

 
                38,941,053   

Multiline Retail — 1.2%

     

Dillard’s, Inc., Class A

     56,400         5,482,644   

Macy’s, Inc.

     136,800         7,305,120   
     

 

 

 
                12,787,764   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 10.9%

     

Antero Resources Corp. (a)

     9,570         607,121   

Chevron Corp.

     173,185         21,632,538   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     394,525         39,925,930   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     224,440         20,587,881   

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A

     226,734         7,133,052   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

     599,390         21,008,619   

Tesoro Corp.

     114,627         6,705,679   
     

 

 

 
                117,600,820   

Paper & Forest Products — 2.3%

     

Domtar Corp.

     142,300         13,424,582   
 

 

 

18    BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2013     


Schedule of Investments (continued)      Master Large Cap Value Portfolio   
     (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)   

 

Common Stocks    Shares      Value  

Paper & Forest Products (concluded)

     

International Paper Co.

     233,230       $ 11,435,267   
     

 

 

 
                24,859,849   

Pharmaceuticals — 8.9%

     

AbbVie, Inc.

     145,900         7,704,979   

Eli Lilly & Co.

     194,275         9,908,025   

Johnson & Johnson

     72,700         6,658,593   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     643,790         32,221,689   

Pfizer, Inc.

     1,267,325         38,818,165   
     

 

 

 
                95,311,451   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.2%

  

  

Applied Materials, Inc.

     752,540         13,312,433   

Software — 1.8%

     

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

     194,900         3,475,067   

Oracle Corp.

     297,640         11,387,706   

Symantec Corp.

     188,100         4,435,398   
     

 

 

 
                19,298,171   

Specialty Retail — 2.0%

     

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     443,000         21,950,650   

Total Long-Term Investments

(Cost — $734,403,705) — 96.3%

              1,035,492,796   
     
                  
Short-Term Securities    Shares      Value  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.03% (b)(c)

     39,431,050       $ 39,431,050   

Total Short-Term Securities

(Cost — $39,431,050) — 3.7%

              39,431,050   

Total Investments (Cost — $773,834,755*) — 100.0%

  

     1,074,923,846   

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.0%

        483,269   
     

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

      $ 1,075,407,115   
     

 

 

 
 
Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

* As of December 31, 2013, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Tax cost

   $ 796,465,873   
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 283,514,192   

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (5,056,219
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 278,457,973   
  

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.

 

(b) Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Portfolio during the period ended December 31, 2013, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliate    Shares/Beneficial
Interest Held at
September 30,  2013
    

Net

Activity

    Shares/Beneficial
Interest Held at
December 31, 2013
     Income  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

     7,755,119         31,675,931        39,431,050       $ 4,416   

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series

   $ 5,175,835       $ (5,175,835           $ 688   

 

(c) Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

Ÿ  

For Portfolio compliance purposes, the Portfolio’s industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment advisor. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

Ÿ  

Financial futures contracts outstanding as of December 31, 2013 were as follows:

 

Contracts
Purchased
    Issue   Exchange   Expiration   Notional
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
 
  238      S&P 500 E-Mini Futures   Chicago Mercantile   March 2014   $ 21,907,900      $ 832,672   

 

 

     BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2013    19


Schedule of Investments (concluded)      Master Large Cap Value Portfolio   

 

 

Ÿ  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

  Ÿ  

Level 1 — unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Portfolio has the ability to access

 

  Ÿ  

Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs)

 

  Ÿ  

Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Portfolio’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and derivative financial instrument and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Portfolio’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments, please refer to the Portfolio’s most recent financial statements as contained in its annual report.

The following tables summarize the Portfolio’s investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy as of December 31, 2013:

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Assets:

           

Investments:

           

Long-Term Investments1

   $ 1,035,492,796                       $ 1,035,492,796   

Short-Term Securities

     39,431,050                         39,431,050   

Total

   $ 1,074,923,846                       $ 1,074,923,846   
  

 

 

 

1    See above Schedule of Investments for values in each industry.

 

       

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Derivative Financial Instruments2

           

Assets:

           

Equity contracts

   $ 832,672                       $ 832,672   

 

2

Derivative financial instruments are financial futures contracts which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.

The carrying amount for certain of the Portfolio’s assets approximates fair value for financial reporting purposes. As of December 31, 2013, cash of $100,745 is categorized as Level 1 within the disclosure hierarchy.

There were no transfers between levels during the period ended December 31, 2013.

 

 

20    BLACKROCK LARGE CAP SERIES FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2013     


Item 2 –

  Controls and Procedures

2(a) –

  The registrants’ principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrants’ disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

2(b) –

  There were no changes in the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrants’ last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3 –

  Exhibits
  Certifications – Attached hereto


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. and

Master Large Cap Series LLC

By:         /s/ John M. Perlowski
  John M. Perlowski
  Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
 

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. and

Master Large Cap Series LLC

Date: February 24, 2014

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of each registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:         /s/ John M. Perlowski
  John M. Perlowski
  Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
 

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. and

Master Large Cap Series LLC

Date: February 24, 2014
By:     /s/ Neal J. Andrews
  Neal J. Andrews
  Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
 

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. and

Master Large Cap Series LLC

Date: February 24, 2014