As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 20, 2012
Securities Act File No. 33-26305
Investment Company Act File No. 811-05742
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
| THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 | x | |||
| Pre-Effective Amendment No. | ¨ | |||
| Post-Effective Amendment No. 246 | x | |||
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| REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 |
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| Amendment No. 248 | x |
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
BLACKROCK FUNDSSM
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, Delaware 19809
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
Registrants Telephone Number, including Area Code (800) 441-7762
John M. Perlowski
BlackRock FundsSM
55 East 52nd Street
New York, New York 10055
United States of America
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
| Frank P. Bruno, Esq. | Benjamin Archibald, Esq. | |
| Sidley Austin LLP | BlackRock Advisors, LLC | |
| 787 Seventh Avenue | 55 East 52nd Street | |
| New York, New York 10019-6018 | New York, New York 10055 |
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
| x | Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| ¨ | On (date) pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| ¨ | 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
| ¨ | On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
| ¨ | 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
| ¨ | On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485. |
If appropriate, check the following box:
| ¨ | This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |
Title of Securities Being Registered: Shares of beneficial interest, par value $.001 per share.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, and the State of New York, on the 20th day of November, 2012.
| BLACKROCK
FUNDSSM, ON BEHALF OF BLACKROCK
SHORT OBLIGATIONS FUND AND BLACKROCK ULTRA-SHORT OBLIGATIONS FUND | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| By: | /S/ JOHN M. PERLOWSKI | |
| John M. Perlowski | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Title |
Date | ||
| /S/ JOHN M. PERLOWSKI John M. Perlowski |
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
November 20, 2012 | ||
| /S/ NEAL J. ANDREWS Neal J. Andrews |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
November 20, 2012 | ||
| DAVID O. BEIM* David O. Beim |
Trustee |
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| RONALD W. FORBES* Ronald W. Forbes |
Trustee |
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| DR. MATINA S. HORNER* Dr. Matina S. Horner |
Trustee |
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| RODNEY D. JOHNSON* Rodney D. Johnson |
Trustee |
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| HERBERT I. LONDON* Herbert I. London |
Trustee |
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| IAN A. MACKINNON* Ian A. MacKinnon |
Trustee |
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| CYNTHIA A. MONTGOMERY* Cynthia A. Montgomery |
Trustee |
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| JOSEPH P. PLATT* Joseph P. Platt |
Trustee |
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| ROBERT C. ROBB, JR.* Robert C. Robb, Jr. |
Trustee |
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| TOBY ROSENBLATT* Toby Rosenblatt |
Trustee |
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| KENNETH L. URISH* Kenneth L. Urish |
Trustee |
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| FREDERICK W. WINTER* Frederick W. Winter |
Trustee |
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| PAUL L. AUDET* Paul L. Audet |
Trustee |
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| HENRY GABBAY* Henry Gabbay |
Trustee |
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| *By: | /S/ BENJAMIN ARCHIBALD |
November 20, 2012 | ||||
| Benjamin Archibald (Attorney-in-Fact) |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Index No. |
Description of Exhibit | |
| EX-101.INS | XBRL Instance Document | |
| EX-101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
| EX-101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase | |
| EX-101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase | |
| EX-101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase | |
| EX-101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase | |
| Label | Element | Value | ||||
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||
| Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | BLACKROCK FUNDS | ||||
| Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Nov. 02, 2012 | ||||
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BlackRock Ultra-Short Obligations Fund
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||
| Risk/Return [Heading] | rr_RiskReturnHeading | Fund Overview | ||||
| Objective [Heading] | rr_ObjectiveHeading | Investment Objective | ||||
| Objective, Primary [Text Block] | rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock | The investment objective of BlackRock Ultra-Short Obligations Fund (Ultra-Short Obligations Fund or the Fund), a series of BlackRock FundsSM (the Trust), is to seek current income consistent with preservation of capital. | ||||
| Expense [Heading] | rr_ExpenseHeading | Fees and Expenses of the Fund | ||||
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock | This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of Ultra-Short Obligations Fund. | ||||
| Operating Expenses Caption [Text] | rr_OperatingExpensesCaption | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
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| Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination | December 1, 2013 | ||||
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading | Portfolio Turnover: | ||||
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock | The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Funds performance. | ||||
| Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text] | rr_OtherExpensesNewFundBasedOnEstimates | Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year. | ||||
| Expense Example [Heading] | rr_ExpenseExampleHeading | Example: | ||||
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock | This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Funds operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: | ||||
| Strategy [Heading] | rr_StrategyHeading | Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund | ||||
| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock | Ultra-Short Obligations Fund invests in a broad range of U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments, including government, U.S. and foreign bank and commercial obligations and repurchase agreements. In addition, the Fund may invest in mortgage- and asset-backed securities, obligations issued by or on behalf of states, territories and possessions of the United States, the District of Columbia and their respective authorities, agencies, instrumentalities and political subdivisions and derivative securities such as beneficial interests in municipal trust certificates and partnership trusts. The Fund may invest in variable and floating rate instruments and when-issued and delayed delivery securities. The Fund will concentrate its investments in the financial services industry. Therefore, under normal conditions, the Fund will invest more than 25% of its assets in securities issued by companies in the financial services industry and repurchase agreements secured by such obligations. The Fund may, however, invest less than 25% of its assets in this industry as a temporary defensive measure. Securities purchased by the Fund (or the issuers of such securities) will carry a rating in the highest two rating categories, A-2, P-2 or F2 or better by Standard & Poors Ratings Services, Moodys Investors Service, Inc., or Fitch Ratings, respectively, or the equivalent by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or if such investments are unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by BlackRock, at the time of investment. The Fund invests in a portfolio of securities maturing in 397 days or less from the date of purchase (with certain exceptions) and will maintain a dollar-weighted average maturity of 90 days or less. |
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| Risk [Heading] | rr_RiskHeading | Investment Risks | ||||
| Risk Narrative [Text Block] | rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock | Risk is inherent in all investing. The value of your investment in Ultra-Short Obligations Fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly from day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the Fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of certain risks of investing in the Fund.
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| Risk Lose Money [Text] | rr_RiskLoseMoney | You may lose part or all of your investment in the Fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. | ||||
| Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] | rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading | Performance Information | ||||
| Performance Narrative [Text Block] | rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock | Because Ultra-Short Obligations Fund has not commenced operations, it does not have performance information an investor would find useful in evaluating the risks of investing in the Fund. The Funds benchmark is the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index. | ||||
| Performance One Year or Less [Text] | rr_PerformanceOneYearOrLess | Because Ultra-Short Obligations Fund has not commenced operations, it does not have performance information an investor would find useful in evaluating the risks of investing in the Fund. | ||||
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BlackRock Ultra-Short Obligations Fund | BlackRock Shares
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||
| Management Fee | rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.25% | ||||
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets | none | ||||
| Other Expenses | rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 0.17% | [1] | |||
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 0.42% | ||||
| Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets | (0.17%) | [2] | |||
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements | rr_NetExpensesOverAssets | 0.25% | [2] | |||
| 1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | 26 | ||||
| 3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | 118 | ||||
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