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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE |
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| Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: | 12-31-2015 |
| Check here if Amendment | Amendment Number: | |
| This Amendment (Check only one.): | is a restatement. | |
| adds new holdings entries. |
| Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: | |
| Name: | BlackRock Group LTD |
| Address: | 12 Throgmorton Ave |
| London, X0 EC2N 2DL | |
| Form 13F File Number: | 028-05116 |
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.
| Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: | ||||
| Name: | /s/ Andrew Crain | |||
| Title: | Attorney-In-Fact pursuant to PoA date October 2015 | |||
| Phone: | 212-810-5300 | |||
| Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: | ||||
| /s/ Andrew Crain | New York, NY | 12-31-2015 | ||
| [Signature] | [City, State] | [Date] | ||
| BlackRock Group Limited is a holding companyfor certain investment management companies which areinstitutional investment managers subject to Section 13(f)of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rulespromulgated thereunder. These investment management companiesare: BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, BlackRockFund Managers Limited, BlackRock Pensions Limited,BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V., BlackRock InvestmentManagement (Dublin) Limited, BlackRock International Limited,BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited, BlackRock Asset ManagementDeutschland AG, BlackRock Asset Management Pensions Limited,BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A., BlackRock Asset Management UK Limited, BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited, BlackRock Investment Management International Limited and IShares (DE) I InvAG Mit Teilgesellschaftsvermogen. BlackRock Group Limited and these investment management companiesare subsidiaries of BlackRock, Inc. The securities positionsreported by BlackRock Group Limited on behalf of these investmentmanagement companies are also being reported on behalf ofBlackRock, Inc. and BlackRock Group Limited. However, neitherBlackRock, Inc. nor BlackRock Group Limited exercises, andtherefore disclaims, investment discretion with respect toany Section 13(f) securities positions over which theseinvestment Management companies exercise such discretion. | ||||
| Report Type (Check only one.): | |
| X | 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) |
| 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).) | |
| 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).) | |
| Form 13F Summary Page | |||||
| Report Summary: | |||||
| Number of Other Included Managers: | 16 | ||||
| Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: | 14,096 | ||||
| Form 13F Information Table Value Total: | 181,693,785 | ||||
| (thousands) | |||||
Confidential information has been omitted from the public Form 13F report and filed separately with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. | |||||
| List of Other Included Managers: | |||
| Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. | |||
| [If there are no entries in this list, state “NONE” and omit the column headings and list entries.] | |||
| No. | Form 13F File Number | Name | |
| 2 | BlackRock Fund Managers Limited | ||
| 3 | BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited | ||
| 4 | BlackRock Pensions Limited | ||
| 5 | BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. | ||
| 6 | BlackRock International Limited | ||
| 7 | BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited | ||
| 8 | BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited | ||
| 9 | BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG | ||
| 10 | BlackRock Asset Management Pensions Limited | ||
| 11 | BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A. | ||
| 12 | IShares (DE) I InvAG Mit Teilgesellschaftsvermogen | ||
| 13 | BlackRock Life Limited | ||
| 14 | BlackRock Fund Management Company S.A. | ||
| 15 | BlackRock Private Equity Partners AG | ||
| 16 | BlackRock Investment Management (Korea) Ltd. | ||
| 17 | BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG | ||