N-CSRS 1 i00381_indexfunds-ncsrs.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSRS

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-07899 and 811-07885

 

Name of Fund:

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

 

BlackRock International Index Fund

 

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

 

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

 

Quantitative Master Series LLC

 

Master International Index Series

 

Master S&P 500 Index Series

 

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Name and address of agent for service: Anne F. Ackerley, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. and Quantitative Master Series LLC, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

 

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

 

Date of fiscal year end: 12/31/2010

 

Date of reporting period: 06/30/2010

 

Item 1 – Report to Stockholders

 


 

 

BlackRock International
Index Fund

(BLACKROCK LOGO)

OF BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.

 

 

 

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 

JUNE 30, 2010 | (UNAUDITED)

 

NOT FDIC INSURED
MAY LOSE VALUE
NO BANK GUARANTEE



 


 

Table of Contents


 

 

 

 





 

 

Page

 





 

 

 

 

Dear Shareholder

 

3

 

Semi-Annual Report:

 

 

 

Fund Summary

 

4

 

About Fund Performance

 

6

 

Disclosure of Expenses

 

6

 

Fund Financial Statements:

 

 

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

7

 

Statement of Operations

 

8

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

9

 

Fund Financial Highlights

 

10

 

Fund Notes to Financial Statements

 

12

 

Series Portfolio Information

 

15

 

Series Financial Statements:

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments

 

16

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

27

 

Statement of Operations

 

28

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

29

 

Series Financial Highlights

 

30

 

Series Notes to Financial Statements

 

31

 

Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement

 

35

 

Officers and Directors

 

39

 

Additional Information

 

40

 

Mutual Fund Family

 

42

 


 

 

 


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BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 


 

Dear Shareholder

Although overall global economic and financial conditions have generally improved over the past year, the past several months have seen high levels of market volatility and diminishing investor confidence sparked by the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and mixed economic data that have raised concerns over the possibility that some economies could slide back into recession. Despite the uneven nature of recent market conditions, we continue to believe that the “Great Recession” likely ended at some point last summer, thanks primarily to massive fiscal and monetary stimulus, and that the global economy remains in recovery mode for most regions of the world. Regarding the US economy, we believe it is unlikely that the United States will experience a “double dip” recession, although we acknowledge that subpar growth is likely to persist for some time.

Global equity markets bottomed in early 2009 and since that time have moved unevenly higher as investors were lured back into the markets by depressed valuations, desire for higher yields and improvements in corporate earnings prospects. Volatility levels, however, have remained elevated — primarily as a result of uneven economic data and lingering deflation issues (especially in Europe). As the period drew to a close, equity markets had endured a significant correction that drove stock prices into negative territory on a year-to-date basis in almost every market. Over a 12-month basis, however, global equities posted positive returns thanks to improving corporate revenues and profits and a reasonably strong macro backdrop. From a geographic perspective, US equities have significantly outpaced their international counterparts over the past six and twelve months, as the domestic economic recovery has been more pronounced and as credit-related issues have held European markets down. Within the United States, smaller cap stocks have noticeably outperformed large caps.

In fixed income markets, yields have been moving unevenly over the past six and twelve months as improving economic conditions have been acting to push Treasury yields higher (and prices correspondingly lower), while concerns over ongoing deflation threats have acted as a counterweight. As the period drew to a close, however, Treasury yields fell sharply as investors flocked to the “safe haven” asset class in the face of escalating uncertainty. As a result, US Treasuries became one of the world’s best-performing asset classes on a six-month basis. High yield bonds have also continued to perform well, thanks in large part to ongoing high levels of investor demand. Meanwhile, municipal bonds performed in line with their taxable counterparts on a 12-month basis, but slightly underperformed over the last six months as investors rotated to the relative safety of Treasuries.

Regarding cash investments, yields on money market securities remain near all-time lows (producing returns only marginally above zero percent), with the Federal Open Market Committee reiterating that economic circumstances are likely to necessitate an accommodative interest rate stance for an “extended period.”

Against this backdrop, the major market averages posted the following returns:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Returns as of June 30, 2010

 

6-month

 

12-month

 







US equities (S&P 500 Index)

 

(6.65

)%

 

14.43

%

 









Small cap US equities (Russell 2000 Index)

 

(1.95

)

 

21.48

 

 









International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

 

(13.23

)

 

5.92

 

 









3-month Treasury bill (BofA Merrill Lynch 3-Month Treasury Bill Index)

 

0.05

 

 

0.16

 

 









US Treasury securities (BofA Merrill Lynch 10-Year US Treasury Index)

 

9.36

 

 

8.20

 

 









Taxable fixed income (Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index)

 

5.33

 

 

9.50

 

 









Tax-exempt fixed income (Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index)

 

3.31

 

 

9.61

 

 









High yield bonds (Barclays Capital US Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

 

4.45

 

 

26.66

 

 










 

 

 

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Index performance shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Although conditions are certainly better than they were a couple of years ago, global financial markets continue to face high volatility and questions about the strength and sustainability of the recovery abound. Through periods of uncertainty, as ever, BlackRock’s full resources are dedicated to the management of our clients’ assets. For additional market perspective and investment insight, visit www.blackrock.com/shareholdermagazine, where you’ll find the most recent issue of our award-winning Shareholder® magazine, as well as its quarterly companion newsletter, Shareholder Perspectives. As always, we thank you for entrusting BlackRock with your investments, and we look forward to your continued partnership in the months and years ahead.

Sincerely,

-s- Rob Kapito

Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

 

 


 

THIS PAGE NOT PART OF YOUR FUND REPORT

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Fund Summary as of June 30, 2010

BlackRock International Index Fund


 


Portfolio Management Commentary



 

 

 

How did the Fund perform?

 

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Fund, through its investment in Master International Series (the “Series”) of Quantitative Master Series LLC, underperformed the benchmark Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia, Far East (MSCI EAFE) Index. The MSCI EAFE is a free-float adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index designed to measure equity performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada.

 

 

Returns for the Fund’s respective share classes differ from the benchmark based on individual share-class expenses.

 

 

 

Describe the market environment.

 

 

At the beginning of 2010, we expected to see a modest cyclical recovery that was countered by the structural problems facing most of the developed world. For the first four months of the year, the cyclical recovery did dominate, but over the past two months, structural problems (especially those in Europe) began to win out, and risk assets (including global equities) have struggled. Financial markets took a dramatic turn in late April, as investor sentiment became dominated by concerns over the European sovereign debt crisis and some less positive economic data. Volatility levels moved noticeably higher over the past several months, and investors embarked on a renewed “flight to quality,” abandoning risk assets such as stocks in favor of safer alternatives, most notably US Treasury bonds and gold.

 

 

International equities, as represented by the MSCI EAFE Index, declined 13.23% over the first six months of the year. Within international developed markets, Denmark (+3.8%) was the lone country to experience positive returns over the last six months, with Sweden (–0.2%) and Singapore (–1.3%) also outperforming on a relative basis. Emerging markets also experienced a downturn over the last six months, with the MSCI Emerging Markets Index declining 6.17%. Within emerging markets, the standout performers on a year-to-date basis were Indonesia (+14.7%), Colombia (+14.3%) and Thailand (+11.1%). From a global sector perspective, all sectors experienced declines for the first six months of 2010, but on a relative basis the industrials (–3.7%), consumer discretionary (–4.2%) and consumer staples (–4.5%) sectors were the best performers, while energy (–17.2%), materials (–13.8%) and utilities (–12.8%) were the worst.

 

 

 

Describe recent portfolio activity.

 

 

During the six-month period, as changes were made to the composition of the MSCI EAFE Index, the Series purchased and sold securities to maintain its objective of replicating the risks and return of the benchmark.

 

 

 

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

 

 

The Series remains positioned to match the risk characteristics of its benchmark, irrespective of the future direction of international markets.

 

 

 

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.


 


Derivative Financial Instruments


The Series may invest in various derivative instruments, including financial futures contracts and foreign currency exchange contracts, as specified in Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements, which may constitute forms of economic leverage. Such instruments are used to obtain exposure to a market without owning or taking physical custody of securities or to hedge market, equity and/or foreign currency exchange rate risks. Such derivative instruments involve risks, including the imperfect correlation between the value of a derivative instrument and the underlying asset or illiquidity of the derivative instrument. The Series’ ability to successfully use a derivative instrument depends on the investment advisor’s ability to accurately predict pertinent market movements, which cannot be assured. The use of derivative instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may require the Series to sell or purchase portfolio securities at inopportune times or for distressed values, may limit the amount of appreciation the Series can realize on an investment, may result in lower dividends paid to shareholders or may cause the Series to hold a security that it might otherwise sell. The Series’ investments in these instruments are discussed in detail in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 


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BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 



 


Total Return Based on a $10,000 Investment


(LINE GRAPH)

 

 

1

Assuming transaction costs and other operating expenses, including administration fees, if any.

 

 

2

The Fund invests all of its assets in the Series. The Series may invest in a statistically selected sample of the equity securities included in the MSCI EAFE (Cap Weighted) Index and other types of financial instruments.

 

 

3

This unmanaged capitalization-weighted index is a free-float adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index designed to measure equity performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada.


 


Performance Summary for the Period Ended June 30, 2010



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6-Month
Total Returns

 

Average Annual Total Returns4

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

 











Institutional

 

(14.13

)%

 

4.06

%

 

0.30

%

 

(0.68

)%

 

Investor A

 

(14.30

)

 

3.74

 

 

0.02

 

 

(0.95

)

 

MSCI EAFE (Cap Weighted) Index

 

(13.23

)

 

5.92

 

 

0.88

 

 

0.16

 

 
















 

 

4

Average annual total returns reflect reductions for service fees. See “About Fund Performance” on page 6 for a detailed description of share classes, including any related fees.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.


 

 

 




BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

5




 


 

About Fund Performance


 

 

Institutional Shares are not subject to any sales charge. Institutional Shares bear no ongoing distribution or service fees and are available only to eligible investors.

 

 

Investor A Shares are not subject to any sales charge and bear no ongoing distribution fee. Investor A Shares are subject to an ongoing service fee of 0.25% per year.

Performance information reflects past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Refer to www.blackrock.com/funds to obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The Fund may charge a 2% redemption fee for sales or exchanges of shares within 30 days of purchase or exchange. Performance data does not reflect this potential fee. Figures shown in the performance table on the previous page assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, at net asset value on the ex-dividend date. Investment return and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Dividends paid to each class of shares will vary because of the different levels of service and transfer agency fees applicable to each class, which are deducted from the income available to be paid to shareholders. The Fund’s administrator reimbursed a portion of the Fund’s fee. Without such reimbursement, the Fund’s performance would have been lower.

 


 

Disclosure of Expenses

Shareholders of this Fund may incur the following charges: (a) expenses related to transactions, including redemption fees and exchange fees; and (b) operating expenses including administration fees, service and distribution fees including 12b-1 fees and other Fund expenses. The expense example shown below (which is based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested on January 1, 2010 and held through June 30, 2010) is intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in the Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number corresponding to their share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in this Fund and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in other funds’ shareholder reports.

The expenses shown in the table are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as sales charges, redemption fees or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical example is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only, and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.

 


Expense Example



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

Hypothetical2

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning
Account Value
January 1, 2010

 

Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2010

 

Expenses Paid
During the Period1

 

Beginning
Account Value
January 1, 2010

 

Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2010

 

Expenses Paid
During the Period1

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio

 

















Institutional

 

 

$1,000

 

 

$858.70

 

 

$2.44

 

 

$1,000

 

 

$1,022.17

 

 

$2.66

 

 

0.53%

 

Investor A

 

 

$1,000

 

 

$857.00

 

 

$3.68

 

 

$1,000

 

 

$1,020.83

 

 

$4.01

 

 

0.80%

 

























 

 

1

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Because the Fund invests significantly in the Series, the expense table example reflects the expenses of both the Fund and the Series in which it invests.

 

 

2

Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by pro rating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 365.


 

 

 




6

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 


 

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

BlackRock International Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 






Assets

 

 

 

 






Investment at value — Master International Index Series (the “Series”) (cost — $278,689,500)

 

$

239,755,667

 

Capital shares sold receivable

 

 

7,778,148

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

12,123

 

 

 



 

Total assets

 

 

247,545,938

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 






Liabilities

 

 

 

 






Contributions payable to the Series

 

 

7,560,273

 

Capital shares redeemed payable

 

 

217,875

 

Administration fees payable

 

 

46,829

 

Service fees payable

 

 

30,148

 

Other affiliates payable

 

 

3,316

 

Officer’s fees payable

 

 

30

 

Other accrued expenses payable

 

 

36,955

 

 

 



 

Total liabilities

 

 

7,895,426

 

 

 



 

Net Assets

 

$

239,650,512

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 






Net Assets Consist of

 

 

 

 






Paid-in capital

 

$

300,823,499

 

Undistributed net investment income

 

 

4,664,102

 

Accumulated net realized loss allocated from the Series

 

 

(26,903,256

)

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation allocated from the Series

 

 

(38,933,833

)

 

 



 

Net Assets

 

$

239,650,512

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 






Net Asset Value

 

 

 

 






Institutional — Based on net assets of $99,373,387 and 10,550,634 shares outstanding, 125 million shares authorized, $0.0001 par value

 

$

9.42

 

 

 



 

Investor A — Based on net assets of $140,277,125 and 14,995,112 shares outstanding, 125 million shares authorized, $0.0001 par value

 

$

9.35

 

 

 



 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

7




 

 


 

 

Statement of Operations

BlackRock International Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 






Investment Income

 

 

 

 






Net investment income allocated from the Series:

 

 

 

 

Dividends

 

$

4,932,830

 

Foreign taxes withheld

 

 

(540,269

)

Dividends — affiliated

 

 

1,221

 

Expenses

 

 

(138,875

)

 

 



 

Total income

 

 

4,254,907

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 






Expenses

 

 

 

 






Administration

 

 

393,100

 

Service — Investor A

 

 

193,073

 

Transfer agent — Institutional

 

 

20,452

 

Transfer agent — Investor A

 

 

45,596

 

Printing

 

 

27,322

 

Registration

 

 

14,404

 

Professional

 

 

12,636

 

Officer

 

 

58

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

4,286

 

 

 



 

Total expenses

 

 

710,927

 

 

 



 

Net investment income

 

 

3,543,980

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 






Realized and Unrealized Loss Allocated from the Series

 

 

 

 






Net realized loss from investments, financial futures contracts and foreign currency transactions

 

 

(4,897,984

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments, financial futures contracts and foreign currency transactions

 

 

(34,748,892

)

 

 



 

Total realized and unrealized loss

 

 

(39,646,876

)

 

 



 

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

(36,102,896

)

 

 



 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




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BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 


 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

BlackRock International Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2010
(Unaudited)

 

Year Ended
December 31,
2009

 







Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income

 

$

3,543,980

 

$

4,934,517

 

Net realized gain (loss)

 

 

(4,897,984

)

 

14,623,210

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

(34,748,892

)

 

31,049,900

 

 

 







Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

 

(36,102,896

)

 

50,607,627

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Dividends to Shareholders From

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 

 

(2,060,309

)

Investor A

 

 

 

 

(3,415,709

)

 

 







Decrease in net assets resulting from dividends to shareholders

 

 

 

 

(5,476,018

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Capital Share Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

 

 

24,899,314

 

 

(21,041,425

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Redemption Fee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Redemption fee

 

 

1,579

 

 

1,294

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Total increase (decrease) in net assets

 

 

(11,202,003

)

 

24,091,478

 

Beginning of period

 

 

250,852,515

 

 

226,761,037

 

 

 







End of period

 

$

239,650,512

 

$

250,852,515

 

 

 







Undistributed net investment income

 

$

4,664,102

 

$

1,120,122

 

 

 








 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

9




 

 


 

Financial Highlights

BlackRock International Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 



 

 

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2010
(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

2005

 




















Per Share Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

10.97

 

$

8.75

 

$

15.73

 

$

15.14

 

$

12.47

 

$

11.19

 

 

 



















Net investment income1

 

 

0.16

 

 

0.23

 

 

0.40

 

 

0.39

 

 

0.32

 

 

0.23

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)2

 

 

(1.71

)

 

2.25

 

 

(7.03

)

 

1.16

 

 

2.92

 

 

1.24

 

 

 



















Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

(1.55

)

 

2.48

 

 

(6.63

)

 

1.55

 

 

3.24

 

 

1.47

 

 

 



















Dividends and distributions from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

 

 

(0.26

)

 

(0.31

)

 

(0.47

)

 

(0.37

)

 

(0.19

)

Net realized gain

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.04

)

 

(0.49

)

 

(0.20

)

 

 

 

 



















Total dividends and distributions

 

 

 

 

(0.26

)

 

(0.35

)

 

(0.96

)

 

(0.57

)

 

(0.19

)

 

 



















Net asset value, end of period

 

$

9.42

 

$

10.97

 

$

8.75

 

$

15.73

 

$

15.14

 

$

12.47

 

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total Investment Return3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Based on net asset value

 

 

(14.13

)%4

 

28.38

%

 

(42.24

)%

 

10.28

%

 

26.09

%

 

13.19

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Ratios to Average Net Assets5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total expenses

 

 

0.53

%6

 

0.54

%

 

0.54

%

 

0.54

%

 

0.52

%

 

0.56

%

 

 



















Total expenses after fees waived

 

 

0.53

%6

 

0.54

%

 

0.54

%

 

0.54

%

 

0.47

%

 

0.55

%

 

 



















Net investment income

 

 

3.07

%6

 

2.43

%

 

3.11

%

 

2.37

%

 

2.31

%

 

1.98

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net assets, end of period (000)

 

$

99,373

 

$

89,889

 

$

90,688

 

$

158,740

 

$

133,267

 

$

90,157

 

 

 



















Portfolio turnover of the Series

 

 

4

%

 

30

%

 

30

%

 

30

%

 

23

%

 

11

%

 

 




















 

 

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

 

2

Includes a redemption fee, which is less than $0.01 per share.

 

 

3

Where applicable, total investment returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

 

 

4

Aggregate total investment return.

 

 

5

Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated expenses and/or net investment income.

 

 

6

Annualized.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


10

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 


 

Financial Highlights (concluded)

BlackRock International Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor A

 

 

 



 

 

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2010
(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

2009

 

 

2008

 

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

 

2005

 




















Per Share Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

10.91

 

$

8.71

 

$

15.65

 

$

15.07

 

$

12.41

 

$

11.15

 

 

 



















Net investment income1

 

 

0.15

 

 

0.21

 

 

0.36

 

 

0.34

 

 

0.29

 

 

0.21

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)2

 

 

(1.71

)

 

2.23

 

 

(6.98

)

 

1.16

 

 

2.91

 

 

1.21

 

 

 



















Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

(1.56

)

 

2.44

 

 

(6.62

)

 

1.50

 

 

3.20

 

 

1.42

 

 

 



















Dividends and distributions from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

 

 

(0.24

)

 

(0.28

)

 

(0.43

)

 

(0.34

)

 

(0.16

)

Net realized gain

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.04

)

 

(0.49

)

 

(0.20

)

 

 

 

 



















Total dividends and distributions

 

 

 

 

(0.24

)

 

(0.32

)

 

(0.92

)

 

(0.54

)

 

(0.16

)

 

 



















Net asset value, end of period

 

$

9.35

 

$

10.91

 

$

8.71

 

$

15.65

 

$

15.07

 

$

12.41

 

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total Investment Return3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Based on net asset value

 

 

(14.30

)%4

 

28.00

%

 

(42.41

)%

 

9.98

%

 

25.85

%

 

12.81

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Ratios to Average Net Assets5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total expenses

 

 

0.80

%6

 

0.79

%

 

0.79

%

 

0.79

%

 

0.78

%

 

0.81

%

 

 



















Total expenses after fees waived

 

 

0.80

%6

 

0.79

%

 

0.79

%

 

0.79

%

 

0.72

%

 

0.80

%

 

 



















Net investment income

 

 

2.84

%6

 

2.27

%

 

2.83

%

 

2.11

%

 

2.11

%

 

1.84

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net assets, end of period (000)

 

$

140,277

 

$

160,964

 

$

136,073

 

$

214,422

 

$

197,524

 

$

160,177

 

 

 



















Portfolio turnover of the Series

 

 

4

%

 

30

%

 

30

%

 

30

%

 

23

%

 

11

%

 

 




















 

 

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

 

2

Includes a redemption fee, which is less than $0.01 per share.

 

 

3

Where applicable, total investment returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

 

 

4

Aggregate total investment return.

 

 

5

Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated expenses and/or net investment income.

 

 

6

Annualized.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

11




 

 


 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

BlackRock International Index Fund

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

BlackRock International Index Fund (the “Fund”), a series of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”), is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a non-diversified, open-end management investment company. The Corporation is organized as a Maryland corporation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all or a portion of its assets in Master International Index Series (the “Series”) of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”), which has the same investment objective and strategies as the Fund. The value of the Fund’s investment in the Series reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Series. The percentage of the Series owned by the Fund at June 30, 2010 was 32.3%. The performance of the Fund is directly affected by the performance of the Series. The financial statements of the Series, including the Schedule of Investments, are included elsewhere in this report and should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s financial statements. The Fund’s financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund offers two classes of shares. Institutional and Investor A Shares are generally sold without the imposition of a front-end or deferred sales charge. Both classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except that Investor A Shares bear certain expenses related to the shareholder servicing of such shares and have exclusive voting rights with respect to matters relating to its shareholder servicing expenditures.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund:

Valuation: The Fund’s policy is to fair value its financial instruments at market value. The Fund records its investment in the Series at fair value based on the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Series. Valuation of securities held by the Series, including categorization of fair value measurements, is discussed in Note 1 of the Series’ Notes to Financial Statements, which are included elsewhere in this report.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions in the Series are accounted for on a trade date basis. The Fund records daily its proportionate share of the Series’ income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses. In addition, the Fund accrues its own expenses. Income and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.

Dividends and Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. The amount and timing of dividends and distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP.

Income Taxes: It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

The Fund files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s US federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended December 31, 2009. The statutes of limitations on the Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction. There are no uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Other: Expenses directly related to the Fund or its classes are charged to that Fund or class. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Other expenses of the Fund are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.

 

 

 


12

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 


 

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

BlackRock International Index Fund

2. Administration Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate of the Fund for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and Barclays are not.

The Corporation, on behalf of the Fund, entered into an Administration Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Administrator”), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide administrative services (other than investment advice and related portfolio activities). For such services, the Fund pays the Administrator a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.24% of the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets. Prior to June 1, 2010, the Fund paid the Administrator a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.34% of the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets. The Fund does not pay an advisory fee or investment management fee.

The Administrator voluntarily agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit total annual Fund operating expenses (excluding interest expense, acquired fund fees and expenses and certain other fund expenses) to 0.65% for Institutional Shares and 0.90% for Investor A Shares. These voluntary waivers and reimbursements may be reduced or discontinued at any time without notice.

The Corporation, on behalf of the Fund, entered into a Distribution Agreement and Distribution Plan with BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BlackRock. Pursuant to the Distribution Plan and in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund pays BRIL ongoing service and distribution fees. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly at the annual rate of 0.25% based upon the average daily net assets attributable to Investor A Shares.

Pursuant to sub-agreements with BRIL, broker-dealers and BRIL provide shareholder servicing to the Fund. The ongoing service fee compensates BRIL and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder servicing services to Investor A shareholders.

PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. (“PNCGIS”), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of PNC and an affiliate of the Manager, serves as transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent. Effective July 1, 2010, PNCGIS was sold to The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and is no longer considered an affiliate of the Administrator. At the close of the sale, PNCGIS changed its name to BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. Transfer agency fees borne by the Fund are comprised of those fees charged for all shareholder communications including mailing of shareholder reports, dividend and distribution notices, and proxy materials for shareholder meetings, as well as per account and per transaction fees related to servicing and maintenance of shareholder accounts, including the issuing, redeeming and transferring of shares, check writing, anti-money laundering services, and customer identification services.

The Administrator maintains a call center, which is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Fund, such as responding to shareholder inquiries and processing transactions based upon instructions from shareholders with respect to the subscription and redemption of Fund shares. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Fund reimbursed the Administrator the following amounts for costs incurred in running the call center, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the Statement of Operations.

 

 

 

 

 


Institutional

 

$

225

 

Investor A

 

$

1,327

 


Certain officers and/or directors of the Corporation are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Fund reimburses the Administrator for compensation paid to the Corporation’s Chief Compliance Officer.

3. Capital Loss Carryforwards:

As of December 31, 2009, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates:

 

 

 

 

 


Expires December 31,

 

 

 

 


2016

 

$

5,386,029

 

2017

 

 

6,596,186

 

 

 



 

Total

 

$

11,982,215

 

 

 



 


 

 

 




BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

13




 

 



 

 

Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)

BlackRock International Index Fund

4. Capital Share Transactions:

Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Year Ended
December 31, 2009

 

 

 


 



 

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Shares

 

Amount

 











Institutional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Shares sold

 

 

3,670,395

 

$

36,335,722

 

 

3,126,704

 

$

28,967,135

 

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends

 

 

 

 

 

 

162,438

 

 

1,769,615

 

 

 






 







Total issued

 

 

3,670,395

 

 

36,335,722

 

 

3,289,142

 

 

30,736,750

 

Shares redeemed

 

 

(1,314,295

)

 

(13,968,709

)

 

(5,453,597

)

 

(45,691,682

)

 

 






 







Net increase (decrease)

 

 

2,356,100

 

$

22,367,013

 

 

(2,164,455

)

$

(14,954,932

)

 

 






 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Investor A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Shares sold

 

 

1,246,369

 

$

13,069,368

 

 

2,365,417

 

$

21,951,884

 

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends

 

 

 

 

 

 

310,951

 

 

3,361,868

 

 

 






 







Total issued

 

 

1,246,369

 

 

13,069,368

 

 

2,676,368

 

 

25,313,752

 

Shares redeemed

 

 

(1,005,755

)

 

(10,537,067

)

 

(3,543,706

)

 

(31,400,245

)

 

 






 







Net increase (decrease)

 

 

240,614

 

$

2,532,301

 

 

(867,338

)

$

(6,086,493

)

 

 






 







There is a 2% redemption fee on shares redeemed or exchanged that have been held for 30 days or less. The redemption fees are collected and retained by the Fund for the benefit of the remaining shareholders. The redemption fees are recorded as a credit to paid-in-capital.

5. Subsequent Events:

Management’s evaluation of the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund’s financial statements was completed through the date the financial statements were issued and the following items were noted:

The Fund paid a net investment income dividend in the following amounts per share on July 23, 2010 to shareholders of record on July 21, 2010 as follows:

 

 

 

 

 






 

 

Dividend
Per Share

 





Institutional

 

$

0.064556

 

Investor A

 

$

0.064577

 







 

 

 




14

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 



 

 

Portfolio Information

Master International Index Series


 


As of June 30, 2010



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ten Largest Holdings

 

Percent of
Long-Term Investments

 





Nestlé SA, Registered Shares

 

2

%

 

HSBC Holdings Plc

 

2

 

 

Vodafone Group Plc

 

1

 

 

BHP Billiton Ltd.

 

1

 

 

Novartis AG, Registered Shares

 

1

 

 

Roche Holding AG

 

1

 

 

Toyota Motor Corp.

 

1

 

 

Total SA

 

1

 

 

BP Plc

 

1

 

 

Royal Dutch Shell Plc

 

1

 

 






 

 

 

 

 

Geographic Allocation

 

Percent of
Long-Term Investments

 





Japan

 

23

%

 

United Kingdom

 

21

 

 

France

 

9

 

 

Switzerland

 

8

 

 

Australia

 

8

 

 

Germany

 

8

 

 

Spain

 

4

 

 

Sweden

 

3

 

 

Italy

 

3

 

 

Netherlands

 

3

 

 

Hong Kong

 

3

 

 

Singapore

 

2

 

 

Other1

 

5

 

 







 

 

 

1 Other includes a 1% holding in each of the following countries: Finland, Denmark, Belgium, Israel and Norway.


 

 

 


BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

15




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)

Master International Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Australia — 7.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGL Energy Ltd.

 

 

36,440

 

$

448,184

 

AMP Ltd.

 

 

166,653

 

 

723,284

 

AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd.

 

 

83,908

 

 

383,876

 

Alumina Ltd.

 

 

197,274

 

 

249,665

 

Amcor Ltd.

 

 

99,510

 

 

530,348

 

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

 

 

34,664

 

 

105,642

 

Arrow Energy Ltd. (a)

 

 

34,672

 

 

140,336

 

Asciano Group (a)

 

 

237,702

 

 

319,208

 

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

 

 

208,100

 

 

3,737,768

 

Australian Stock Exchange Ltd.

 

 

13,995

 

 

341,398

 

BGP Holdings Plc (a)

 

 

783,183

 

 

10

 

BHP Billiton Ltd.

 

 

275,602

 

 

8,573,865

 

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd.

 

 

28,068

 

 

191,308

 

Billabong International Ltd.

 

 

16,993

 

 

123,405

 

BlueScope Steel Ltd. (a)

 

 

146,506

 

 

254,696

 

Boral Ltd.

 

 

47,943

 

 

192,043

 

Brambles Ltd.

 

 

114,949

 

 

523,487

 

CFS Retail Property Trust

 

 

141,553

 

 

223,745

 

CSL Ltd.

 

 

46,112

 

 

1,259,018

 

CSR Ltd.

 

 

121,841

 

 

170,635

 

Caltex Australia Ltd.

 

 

11,968

 

 

93,904

 

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

 

 

45,808

 

 

458,668

 

Cochlear Ltd.

 

 

4,588

 

 

285,781

 

Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd.

 

 

126,022

 

 

5,094,762

 

Computershare Ltd.

 

 

36,181

 

 

319,974

 

Crown Ltd.

 

 

36,450

 

 

236,300

 

DB RREEF Trust

 

 

385,315

 

 

247,249

 

Energy Resources of Australia Ltd.

 

 

5,323

 

 

58,782

 

Fairfax Media Ltd.

 

 

171,024

 

 

186,871

 

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (a)

 

 

100,703

 

 

341,527

 

Foster’s Group Ltd.

 

 

156,998

 

 

743,627

 

General Property Trust

 

 

143,224

 

 

334,407

 

Goodman Fielder Ltd.

 

 

116,560

 

 

131,405

 

Goodman Group

 

 

498,305

 

 

263,559

 

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

 

 

47,603

 

 

131,491

 

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

 

 

132,340

 

 

299,297

 

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

 

 

168,879

 

 

480,392

 

Intoll Group

 

 

183,728

 

 

160,086

 

Leighton Holdings Ltd.

 

 

10,946

 

 

263,263

 

Lend Lease Group

 

 

43,397

 

 

264,274

 

MacArthur Coal Ltd.

 

 

11,154

 

 

111,466

 

Macquarie Group Ltd.

 

 

27,250

 

 

837,571

 

Map Group

 

 

53,883

 

 

120,761

 

Metcash Ltd.

 

 

61,185

 

 

215,049

 

Mirvac Group

 

 

240,043

 

 

262,151

 

National Australia Bank Ltd.

 

 

174,283

 

 

3,369,633

 

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

 

 

40,143

 

 

1,171,235

 

OZ Mineral Ltd.

 

 

250,020

 

 

198,013

 

OneSteel Ltd.

 

 

107,501

 

 

265,975

 

Orica Ltd.

 

 

29,385

 

 

618,127

 

Origin Energy Ltd.

 

 

71,512

 

 

892,165

 

Paladin Resources Ltd. (a)

 

 

54,836

 

 

163,283

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Australia (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

 

 

84,889

 

$

1,288,113

 

Qantas Airways Ltd.

 

 

88,991

 

 

163,134

 

Rio Tinto Ltd.

 

 

35,845

 

 

1,971,276

 

SP AusNet

 

 

126,344

 

 

81,121

 

Santos Ltd.

 

 

68,292

 

 

713,687

 

Sims Metal Management Ltd.

 

 

13,095

 

 

186,065

 

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

 

 

29,853

 

 

259,776

 

Stockland

 

 

193,769

 

 

601,385

 

Suncorp-Metway Ltd.

 

 

103,451

 

 

692,106

 

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

 

 

49,044

 

 

259,922

 

Tatts Group Ltd.

 

 

102,272

 

 

191,761

 

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

 

 

354,286

 

 

965,695

 

Toll Holdings Ltd.

 

 

53,675

 

 

244,437

 

Transurban Group

 

 

103,581

 

 

367,679

 

Wesfarmers Ltd., Ordinary Shares

 

 

82,761

 

 

1,978,106

 

Wesfarmers Ltd., Partially Protected Shares

 

 

12,351

 

 

296,165

 

Westfield Group

 

 

180,671

 

 

1,835,938

 

Westpac Banking Corp.

 

 

244,496

 

 

4,309,605

 

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

 

 

45,015

 

 

1,564,692

 

Woolworths Ltd.

 

 

101,932

 

 

2,307,232

 

WorleyParsons Ltd.

 

 

15,599

 

 

287,002

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

57,677,866

 









Austria — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erste Bank der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG

 

 

15,415

 

 

489,092

 

IMMOFINANZ Immobilien Anlagen AG

 

 

79,517

 

 

204,170

 

Immoeast AG NPV (a)

 

 

30,710

 

 

 

OMV AG

 

 

12,154

 

 

364,992

 

Raiffeisen International Bank Holding AG (a)

 

 

4,520

 

 

171,674

 

Telekom Austria AG

 

 

26,876

 

 

298,856

 

Verbund — Oesterreichische Elektrizitaetswirtschafts AG

 

 

6,175

 

 

188,945

 

Vienna Insurance Group

 

 

3,349

 

 

139,017

 

Voestalpine AG

 

 

8,818

 

 

240,156

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,096,902

 









Belgium — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

 

 

59,406

 

 

2,856,322

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV VVPR Strip (a)

 

 

24,368

 

 

89

 

Belgacom SA

 

 

12,337

 

 

387,898

 

Colruyt SA

 

 

1,220

 

 

286,994

 

Delhaize Group

 

 

8,189

 

 

594,241

 

Dexia NV (a)

 

 

44,011

 

 

153,579

 

Fortis

 

 

180,870

 

 

402,494

 

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

 

 

6,548

 

 

454,053

 

KBC Bancassurance Holding

 

 

13,157

 

 

504,312

 

Mobistar SA

 

 

2,338

 

 

124,223

 

Nationale A Portefeuille

 

 

2,247

 

 

95,591

 

Solvay SA

 

 

4,823

 

 

411,850

 

UCB SA

 

 

8,119

 

 

254,970

 

Umicore SA

 

 

9,158

 

 

264,220

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,790,836

 










 


Portfolio Abbreviation


 

ADR      American Depositary Receipts


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




16

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master International Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Bermuda — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mongolia Energy Co. Ltd. (a)

 

 

277,140

 

$

96,418

 

SeaDrill Ltd.

 

 

22,705

 

 

409,552

 

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

 

 

59,285

 

 

184,012

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

689,982

 









Cayman Islands — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foxconn International Holdings Ltd. (a)

 

 

179,313

 

 

116,086

 

Lifestyle International Holdings Ltd.

 

 

52,466

 

 

101,513

 

Sands China Ltd. (a)

 

 

161,800

 

 

239,137

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

456,736

 









Denmark — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A.P. Moller — Maersk A/S, Class A

 

 

45

 

 

342,244

 

A.P. Moller — Maersk A/S, Class B

 

 

110

 

 

866,340

 

Carlsberg A/S

 

 

8,668

 

 

660,580

 

Coloplast A/S, Class B

 

 

1,866

 

 

185,218

 

DSV A/S

 

 

16,787

 

 

241,692

 

Danske Bank A/S

 

 

36,966

 

 

711,315

 

Novo-Nordisk A/S, Class B

 

 

35,870

 

 

2,898,036

 

Novozymes A/S, Class B

 

 

3,735

 

 

398,543

 

TrygVesta A/S

 

 

2,275

 

 

119,858

 

Vestas Wind Systems A/S (a)

 

 

17,032

 

 

708,806

 

William Demant Holding (a)

 

 

1,985

 

 

145,187

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,277,819

 









Finland — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elisa Corp.

 

 

10,661

 

 

184,394

 

Fortum Oyj

 

 

37,127

 

 

814,965

 

Kesko Oyj, Class B

 

 

5,511

 

 

178,261

 

Kone Oyj, Class B

 

 

12,504

 

 

497,852

 

Metso Oyj

 

 

10,339

 

 

331,330

 

Neste Oil Oyj

 

 

10,756

 

 

156,063

 

Nokia Oyj

 

 

308,437

 

 

2,514,016

 

Nokian Renkaat Oyj

 

 

8,578

 

 

209,932

 

OKO Bank

 

 

11,663

 

 

118,429

 

Orion Oyj

 

 

7,586

 

 

141,879

 

Outokumpu Oyj

 

 

10,321

 

 

155,079

 

Rautaruukki Oyj

 

 

7,372

 

 

107,446

 

Sampo Oyj

 

 

35,153

 

 

741,155

 

Sanoma Oyj

 

 

6,877

 

 

118,737

 

Stora Enso Oyj, Class R

 

 

47,152

 

 

340,709

 

UPM-Kymmene Oyj

 

 

42,226

 

 

559,044

 

Wartsila Oyj

 

 

6,344

 

 

288,474

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,457,765

 









France — 9.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AXA SA

 

 

141,175

 

 

2,156,749

 

Accor SA (a)

 

 

11,870

 

 

549,527

 

Aeroports de Paris

 

 

2,495

 

 

160,063

 

Air France-KLM (a)

 

 

11,270

 

 

133,993

 

Air Liquide

 

 

23,206

 

 

2,343,499

 

Alcatel SA (a)

 

 

187,830

 

 

478,335

 

Alstom

 

 

17,179

 

 

777,821

 

Atos Origin SA (a)

 

 

3,692

 

 

148,245

 

BNP Paribas SA

 

 

77,895

 

 

4,190,822

 

BioMerieux

 

 

1,006

 

 

103,285

 

Bouygues

 

 

18,708

 

 

722,158

 

Bureau Veritas SA

 

 

3,936

 

 

213,178

 

CNP Assurances

 

 

3,007

 

 

204,576

 

Cap Gemini SA

 

 

11,846

 

 

520,628

 

Carrefour SA

 

 

49,319

 

 

1,956,366

 

Casino Guichard Perrachon SA

 

 

4,470

 

 

339,206

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









France (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christian Dior SA

 

 

5,175

 

$

496,708

 

Cie de Saint-Gobain SA

 

 

31,903

 

 

1,188,853

 

Cie Générale d’Optique Essilor International SA

 

 

17,047

 

 

1,013,018

 

Compagnie Générale de Géophysique SA (a)

 

 

11,558

 

 

205,616

 

Compagnie Générale des Etablissements Michelin

 

 

12,310

 

 

857,667

 

Credit Agricole SA

 

 

75,615

 

 

784,518

 

Dassault Systèmes SA

 

 

4,756

 

 

288,117

 

EDP Renovaveis SA (a)

 

 

19,120

 

 

112,605

 

Eiffage

 

 

3,323

 

 

144,257

 

Electricité de France SA

 

 

21,594

 

 

821,581

 

Eramet

 

 

468

 

 

115,673

 

Eurazeo

 

 

2,412

 

 

138,366

 

European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co.

 

 

33,122

 

 

675,949

 

Eutelsat Communications

 

 

8,009

 

 

268,123

 

Foncière Des Regions

 

 

1,951

 

 

160,831

 

France Telecom SA

 

 

152,565

 

 

2,646,233

 

GDF Suez

 

 

102,235

 

 

2,908,653

 

Gecina SA

 

 

1,623

 

 

146,618

 

Groupe Danone

 

 

47,859

 

 

2,565,736

 

Groupe Eurotunnel SA

 

 

38,326

 

 

259,017

 

Hermes International

 

 

4,286

 

 

568,179

 

ICADE

 

 

1,913

 

 

161,458

 

Iliad SA

 

 

1,458

 

 

113,220

 

Imerys SA

 

 

3,106

 

 

158,049

 

Ipsen

 

 

2,637

 

 

80,286

 

JCDecaux SA

 

 

5,627

 

 

131,107

 

Klepierre

 

 

7,292

 

 

201,471

 

L’Oreal SA

 

 

19,743

 

 

1,933,044

 

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA

 

 

20,162

 

 

2,194,495

 

Lafarge SA

 

 

16,693

 

 

910,233

 

Lagardere SCA

 

 

9,607

 

 

299,636

 

Legrand Promesses

 

 

10,662

 

 

316,034

 

M6-Metropole Television SA

 

 

5,646

 

 

114,168

 

Natixis

 

 

71,265

 

 

309,465

 

Neopost SA

 

 

2,501

 

 

181,106

 

PagesJaunes Groupe SA

 

 

10,867

 

 

112,008

 

Pernod-Ricard SA

 

 

16,382

 

 

1,270,675

 

Peugeot SA

 

 

12,342

 

 

313,707

 

Pinault-Printemps-Redoute

 

 

6,164

 

 

765,713

 

Publicis Groupe

 

 

10,373

 

 

413,778

 

Renault SA

 

 

15,615

 

 

578,809

 

Safran SA

 

 

13,513

 

 

376,950

 

Sanofi-Aventis

 

 

86,641

 

 

5,218,165

 

Schneider Electric SA

 

 

19,464

 

 

1,965,868

 

Scor SE

 

 

13,345

 

 

254,881

 

Société BIC SA

 

 

2,183

 

 

155,042

 

Société Générale SA

 

 

51,770

 

 

2,130,284

 

Société Télévision Française 1

 

 

9,864

 

 

128,518

 

Sodexho Alliance SA

 

 

7,631

 

 

423,498

 

Suez Environnement SA

 

 

21,811

 

 

359,933

 

Technip SA

 

 

8,006

 

 

459,192

 

Thales SA

 

 

7,174

 

 

231,607

 

Total SA

 

 

173,574

 

 

7,748,155

 

Unibail — Rodamco

 

 

7,568

 

 

1,233,452

 

Vallourec SA

 

 

4,425

 

 

762,926

 

Veolia Environnement SA

 

 

28,051

 

 

659,003

 

Vinci SA

 

 

35,960

 

 

1,493,122

 

Vivendi SA

 

 

101,112

 

 

2,054,812

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

67,578,639

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

17




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master International Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Germany — 7.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adidas-Salomon AG

 

 

17,002

 

$

823,152

 

Allianz AG, Registered Shares

 

 

37,292

 

 

3,690,923

 

BASF SE

 

 

75,455

 

 

4,122,897

 

Bayer AG

 

 

67,939

 

 

3,796,536

 

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

 

 

27,425

 

 

1,332,215

 

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Preference Shares

 

 

4,252

 

 

148,760

 

Beiersdorf AG

 

 

8,190

 

 

452,335

 

Celesio AG

 

 

6,290

 

 

137,157

 

Commerzbank AG

 

 

57,991

 

 

404,821

 

Continental AG

 

 

4,014

 

 

208,365

 

DaimlerChrysler AG

 

 

74,104

 

 

3,748,596

 

Deutsche Bank AG, Registered Shares

 

 

51,020

 

 

2,865,760

 

Deutsche Boerse AG

 

 

16,243

 

 

986,822

 

Deutsche Lufthansa AG

 

 

18,393

 

 

254,275

 

Deutsche Post AG

 

 

70,456

 

 

1,027,260

 

Deutsche Postbank AG

 

 

7,057

 

 

204,551

 

Deutsche Telekom AG

 

 

233,276

 

 

2,753,961

 

E.ON AG

 

 

147,947

 

 

3,978,039

 

Fraport AG

 

 

3,203

 

 

136,220

 

Fresenius AG

 

 

2,292

 

 

151,941

 

Fresenius AG, Preference Shares

 

 

6,530

 

 

431,322

 

Fresenius Medical Care AG

 

 

15,859

 

 

854,181

 

GEA Group AG

 

 

13,334

 

 

265,386

 

Hannover Rueckversicherung AG, Registered Shares

 

 

4,935

 

 

211,492

 

HeidelbergCement AG

 

 

11,420

 

 

539,718

 

Henkel KGaA

 

 

10,535

 

 

431,177

 

Henkel KGaA, Preference Shares

 

 

14,483

 

 

707,218

 

Hochtief AG

 

 

3,665

 

 

218,821

 

Infineon Technologies AG (a)

 

 

88,113

 

 

510,828

 

K+S AG

 

 

11,649

 

 

535,347

 

Linde AG

 

 

13,939

 

 

1,465,686

 

MAN SE

 

 

8,859

 

 

730,355

 

Merck KGaA

 

 

5,239

 

 

384,327

 

Metro AG

 

 

10,518

 

 

536,646

 

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG, Registered Shares

 

 

16,264

 

 

2,042,159

 

Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Preference Shares

 

 

7,038

 

 

300,894

 

Puma AG Rudolf Dassler Sport

 

 

420

 

 

111,628

 

Qiagen NV (a)

 

 

18,812

 

 

365,987

 

RWE AG

 

 

34,419

 

 

2,252,243

 

RWE AG, Preference Shares

 

 

3,102

 

 

186,759

 

SAP AG

 

 

70,522

 

 

3,135,925

 

Salzgitter AG

 

 

3,386

 

 

201,784

 

Siemens AG

 

 

67,578

 

 

6,044,171

 

Suedzucker AG

 

 

5,874

 

 

106,128

 

TUI AG

 

 

12,274

 

 

107,858

 

ThyssenKrupp AG

 

 

27,156

 

 

669,211

 

United Internet AG

 

 

10,588

 

 

115,941

 

Volkswagen AG

 

 

2,425

 

 

205,728

 

Volkswagen AG, Preference Shares

 

 

14,101

 

 

1,237,374

 

Wacker Chemie AG

 

 

1,309

 

 

189,613

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

56,320,493

 









Greece — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alpha Bank AE

 

 

40,797

 

 

199,393

 

Bank of Cyprus Public Co. Ltd.

 

 

46,058

 

 

184,455

 

Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Co. SA

 

 

14,798

 

 

317,138

 

EFG Eurobank Ergasias SA

 

 

27,241

 

 

120,971

 

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (a)

 

 

21,160

 

 

159,070

 

National Bank of Greece SA

 

 

49,385

 

 

531,754

 

OPAP SA

 

 

17,926

 

 

223,038

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Greece (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Piraeus Bank SA

 

 

29,254

 

$

123,473

 

Public Power Corp. (a)

 

 

9,559

 

 

137,060

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,996,352

 









Hong Kong — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.

 

 

16,504

 

 

128,215

 

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

 

 

301,400

 

 

686,428

 

Bank of East Asia Ltd.

 

 

123,532

 

 

445,653

 

CLP Holdings Ltd.

 

 

159,687

 

 

1,155,829

 

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.

 

 

93,263

 

 

184,449

 

Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd.

 

 

114,835

 

 

1,333,147

 

Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

 

 

37,500

 

 

139,417

 

Esprit Holdings Ltd.

 

 

93,187

 

 

500,541

 

Hang Lung Group Ltd.

 

 

65,000

 

 

350,296

 

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

 

 

168,000

 

 

642,591

 

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

 

 

62,253

 

 

832,342

 

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd.

 

 

87,491

 

 

512,440

 

The Hong Kong & China Gas Ltd.

 

 

350,319

 

 

866,253

 

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd.

 

 

83,427

 

 

1,301,167

 

HongKong Electric Holdings Ltd.

 

 

112,500

 

 

670,083

 

Hopewell Holdings Ltd.

 

 

46,849

 

 

132,314

 

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

 

 

177,176

 

 

1,098,974

 

Hysan Development Co. Ltd.

 

 

55,791

 

 

157,714

 

Kerry Properties Ltd.

 

 

58,000

 

 

250,615

 

Li & Fung Ltd.

 

 

189,990

 

 

850,011

 

The Link Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

178,414

 

 

444,494

 

MTR Corp.

 

 

116,000

 

 

395,586

 

NWS Holdings Ltd.

 

 

73,000

 

 

131,943

 

New World Development Ltd.

 

 

205,484

 

 

333,593

 

Orient Overseas International Ltd.

 

 

18,057

 

 

129,078

 

PCCW Ltd.

 

 

321,000

 

 

93,643

 

Shangri-La Asia Ltd.

 

 

106,990

 

 

197,473

 

Sino Land Co.

 

 

136,421

 

 

243,802

 

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

 

 

116,324

 

 

1,590,844

 

Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A

 

 

62,577

 

 

710,327

 

Television Broadcasts Ltd.

 

 

24,000

 

 

111,291

 

Wharf Holdings Ltd.

 

 

111,870

 

 

548,080

 

Wheelock and Co., Ltd.

 

 

76,000

 

 

214,253

 

Wing Hang Bank Ltd.

 

 

14,500

 

 

141,569

 

Wynn Macau Ltd. (a)

 

 

124,000

 

 

202,211

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

17,726,666

 









Ireland — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anglo Irish Bank Corp. Plc (a)

 

 

62,641

 

 

1

 

Bank of Ireland (a)

 

 

276,647

 

 

224,886

 

CRH Plc

 

 

57,903

 

 

1,201,097

 

Elan Corp. Plc (a)

 

 

40,603

 

 

184,303

 

James Hardie Industries SE, Chess Depository Interest (a)

 

 

34,963

 

 

181,050

 

Kerry Group Plc

 

 

11,352

 

 

317,061

 

Ryanair Holdings Plc (a)

 

 

29,444

 

 

129,184

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,237,582

 









Israel — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank Hapoalim Ltd. (a)

 

 

80,458

 

 

289,793

 

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

 

 

95,850

 

 

341,546

 

Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp. Ltd.

 

 

139,036

 

 

303,919

 

Cellcom Israel Ltd.

 

 

4,310

 

 

107,342

 

Delek Group Ltd.

 

 

304

 

 

63,002

 

Discount Investment Corp.

 

 

2,157

 

 

34,119

 

Elbit Systems Ltd.

 

 

2,059

 

 

104,513

 

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

 

 

35,906

 

 

374,057

 

The Israel Corp. Ltd. (a)

 

 

197

 

 

122,165

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




18

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master International Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Israel (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israel Discount Bank Ltd. (a)

 

 

50,455

 

$

85,316

 

Makhteshim-Agan Industries Ltd.

 

 

18,550

 

 

61,901

 

Nice Systems Ltd. (a)

 

 

5,144

 

 

130,545

 

Ormat Industries

 

 

5,090

 

 

37,657

 

Partner Communications Co. Ltd.

 

 

7,239

 

 

111,114

 

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

 

 

76,289

 

 

3,985,892

 

United Mizrahi Bank Ltd. (a)

 

 

11,429

 

 

83,170

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,236,051

 









Italy — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A2A SpA

 

 

94,579

 

 

129,115

 

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

 

 

96,220

 

 

1,677,816

 

Autogrill SpA (a)

 

 

9,990

 

 

119,445

 

Autostrade SpA

 

 

19,461

 

 

344,904

 

Banca Carige SpA

 

 

49,397

 

 

96,496

 

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA

 

 

180,685

 

 

204,445

 

Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl

 

 

32,797

 

 

135,019

 

Banco Popolare SpA

 

 

51,827

 

 

284,141

 

Enel SpA

 

 

541,027

 

 

2,290,802

 

Eni SpA

 

 

213,884

 

 

3,926,078

 

Exor SpA

 

 

5,439

 

 

91,442

 

Fiat SpA

 

 

62,194

 

 

638,834

 

Finmeccanica SpA

 

 

32,777

 

 

339,782

 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

 

 

636,143

 

 

1,675,411

 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Non-Convertible Savings Shares

 

 

76,292

 

 

151,957

 

Luxottica Group SpA

 

 

9,379

 

 

227,084

 

Mediaset SpA

 

 

57,153

 

 

325,009

 

Mediobanca SpA

 

 

38,112

 

 

283,894

 

Mediolanum SpA

 

 

18,571

 

 

72,548

 

Parmalat SpA

 

 

139,556

 

 

324,374

 

Pirelli & C. SpA

 

 

223,531

 

 

123,098

 

Prysmian SpA

 

 

14,478

 

 

207,790

 

Saipem SpA

 

 

21,532

 

 

655,828

 

Snam Rete Gas SpA

 

 

116,299

 

 

464,126

 

Telecom Italia SpA

 

 

781,910

 

 

863,506

 

Telecom Italia SpA, Non-Convertible Savings Shares

 

 

488,602

 

 

446,320

 

Terna SpA

 

 

105,319

 

 

379,071

 

Unicredit SpA

 

 

1,267,087

 

 

2,802,849

 

Unione Di Banche Italiane ScpA

 

 

49,558

 

 

426,703

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

19,707,887

 









Japan — 22.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 77 Bank Ltd.

 

 

29,000

 

 

155,772

 

ABC-Mart, Inc.

 

 

2,200

 

 

86,303

 

Acom Co., Ltd.

 

 

3,370

 

 

43,547

 

Advantest Corp.

 

 

12,900

 

 

269,581

 

Aeon Co., Ltd.

 

 

48,700

 

 

515,311

 

Aeon Credit Service Co., Ltd.

 

 

6,100

 

 

54,327

 

Aeon Mall Co. Ltd.

 

 

6,900

 

 

136,693

 

Air Water Inc.

 

 

12,000

 

 

131,019

 

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.

 

 

15,500

 

 

417,300

 

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

 

 

54,000

 

 

488,549

 

Alfresa Holdings Corp.

 

 

3,200

 

 

154,660

 

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (a)

 

 

68,000

 

 

215,548

 

Amada Co., Ltd.

 

 

29,000

 

 

190,624

 

Aozora Bank Ltd.

 

 

46,000

 

 

59,572

 

Asahi Breweries Ltd.

 

 

31,400

 

 

531,949

 

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

 

 

82,100

 

 

770,905

 

Asahi Kasei Corp.

 

 

102,000

 

 

532,884

 

Asics Corp.

 

 

13,000

 

 

119,027

 

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

 

 

37,500

 

 

1,256,464

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Japan (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Bank of Kyoto Ltd.

 

 

26,000

 

$

214,041

 

The Bank of Yokohama Ltd.

 

 

99,000

 

 

452,872

 

Benesse Holdings, Inc.

 

 

5,600

 

 

254,928

 

Bridgestone Corp.

 

 

54,300

 

 

858,601

 

Brother Industries Ltd.

 

 

19,100

 

 

198,282

 

Canon, Inc.

 

 

93,100

 

 

3,469,786

 

Canon Marketing Japan Inc.

 

 

5,700

 

 

80,223

 

Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

 

 

20,100

 

 

120,725

 

Central Japan Railway Co.

 

 

123

 

 

1,015,592

 

The Chiba Bank Ltd.

 

 

62,000

 

 

374,301

 

Chiyoda Corp.

 

 

13,000

 

 

94,406

 

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

 

54,800

 

 

1,359,938

 

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

 

 

18,200

 

 

323,954

 

The Chugoku Bank Ltd.

 

 

14,000

 

 

164,967

 

Chugoku Electric Power Co.

 

 

24,100

 

 

496,376

 

Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

 

 

81,000

 

 

285,643

 

Citizens Holding Co., Ltd.

 

 

19,500

 

 

119,124

 

Coca-Cola West Holdings Co., Ltd.

 

 

5,300

 

 

87,575

 

Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.

 

 

50,000

 

 

119,390

 

Credit Saison Co., Ltd.

 

 

12,900

 

 

135,011

 

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

 

 

46,000

 

 

530,901

 

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co.

 

 

668

 

 

926,277

 

Daicel Chemical Industries Ltd.

 

 

22,000

 

 

148,425

 

Daido Steel Co., Ltd.

 

 

25,000

 

 

106,911

 

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.

 

 

16,000

 

 

148,917

 

Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

 

 

56,100

 

 

1,002,276

 

Daikin Industries Ltd.

 

 

19,000

 

 

579,316

 

Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.

 

 

13,400

 

 

102,603

 

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.

 

 

6,300

 

 

356,761

 

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.

 

 

39,000

 

 

350,850

 

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.

 

 

135,000

 

 

569,964

 

Dena Co. Ltd.

 

 

6,500

 

 

171,628

 

Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

 

 

38,000

 

 

176,874

 

Denso Corp.

 

 

40,400

 

 

1,116,612

 

Dentsu, Inc.

 

 

13,513

 

 

356,885

 

Diamond Lease Co., Ltd.

 

 

4,690

 

 

158,205

 

Dowa Mining Co., Ltd.

 

 

21,350

 

 

102,289

 

East Japan Railway Co.

 

 

28,049

 

 

1,867,659

 

Eisai Co., Ltd.

 

 

20,500

 

 

680,208

 

Electric Power Development Co.

 

 

9,400

 

 

298,154

 

Elpida Memory, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,300

 

 

219,698

 

FamilyMart Co., Ltd.

 

 

5,200

 

 

171,719

 

Fanuc Ltd.

 

 

15,800

 

 

1,784,177

 

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

 

 

4,300

 

 

650,652

 

Fuji Electric Holdings Co., Ltd.

 

 

48,800

 

 

140,512

 

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (a)

 

 

48,000

 

 

257,140

 

Fuji Media Holdings, Inc.

 

 

44

 

 

63,170

 

Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.

 

 

38,400

 

 

1,109,740

 

Fujitsu Ltd.

 

 

152,000

 

 

950,125

 

Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

62,000

 

 

258,083

 

Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

 

 

51,000

 

 

222,507

 

GS Yuasa Corp.

 

 

30,000

 

 

196,313

 

The Gunma Bank Ltd.

 

 

32,000

 

 

169,693

 

The Hachijuni Bank Ltd.

 

 

35,000

 

 

196,481

 

Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc.

 

 

2,070

 

 

103,706

 

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.

 

 

93,000

 

 

410,400

 

Hino Motors Ltd.

 

 

23,000

 

 

113,403

 

Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.

 

 

2,600

 

 

238,117

 

The Hiroshima Bank Ltd.

 

 

41,000

 

 

163,871

 

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

 

 

5,300

 

 

210,228

 

Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.

 

 

8,500

 

 

157,914

 

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

 

 

7,800

 

 

143,608

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Japan (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.

 

 

5,900

 

$

108,388

 

Hitachi Ltd. (a)

 

 

374,000

 

 

1,358,483

 

Hitachi Metals Ltd.

 

 

14,000

 

 

141,736

 

Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

 

14,800

 

 

318,820

 

Hokuhoku Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

104,100

 

 

191,232

 

Hokuriku Electric Power

 

 

14,300

 

 

313,591

 

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

 

 

135,700

 

 

3,985,895

 

Hoya Corp.

 

 

36,400

 

 

774,507

 

IHI Corp.

 

 

106,000

 

 

168,680

 

Ibiden Co., Ltd.

 

 

10,400

 

 

280,161

 

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.

 

 

1,800

 

 

135,529

 

Inpex Corp.

 

 

68

 

 

377,163

 

Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.

 

 

30,205

 

 

294,456

 

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

 

 

96,000

 

 

288,480

 

Ito En, Ltd.

 

 

4,300

 

 

65,771

 

Itochu Corp.

 

 

125,300

 

 

979,528

 

Itochu Techno-Science Corp.

 

 

2,600

 

 

95,012

 

The Iyo Bank Ltd.

 

 

20,000

 

 

185,989

 

J Front Retailing Co. Ltd.

 

 

38,600

 

 

185,773

 

JFE Holdings, Inc.

 

 

38,200

 

 

1,181,793

 

JGC Corp.

 

 

17,000

 

 

257,962

 

JS Group Corp.

 

 

20,300

 

 

387,483

 

JSR Corp.

 

 

14,400

 

 

241,888

 

JTEKT Corp.

 

 

15,900

 

 

147,046

 

JX Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

187,160

 

 

925,057

 

Jafco Co., Ltd.

 

 

2,500

 

 

55,303

 

Japan Petroleum Explora

 

 

2,400

 

 

97,917

 

Japan Prime Realty Investment Corp.

 

 

58

 

 

122,176

 

Japan Real Estate Investment Corp.

 

 

40

 

 

325,824

 

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.

 

 

133

 

 

161,984

 

The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.

 

 

25,000

 

 

219,748

 

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

 

 

374

 

 

1,163,550

 

The Joyo Bank Ltd.

 

 

53,000

 

 

210,138

 

Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd.

 

 

196

 

 

187,651

 

KDDI Corp.

 

 

243

 

 

1,158,305

 

Kajima Corp.

 

 

69,800

 

 

158,244

 

Kamigumi Co., Ltd.

 

 

21,000

 

 

161,138

 

Kaneka Corp.

 

 

25,000

 

 

145,031

 

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

 

62,600

 

 

1,526,703

 

Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.

 

 

18,000

 

 

154,510

 

Kao Corp.

 

 

44,000

 

 

1,035,269

 

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.

 

 

115,000

 

 

278,828

 

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (a)

 

 

55,000

 

 

223,648

 

Keihin Electric Express Railway Co., Ltd.

 

 

38,000

 

 

335,843

 

Keio Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

 

 

47,000

 

 

303,452

 

Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

 

 

24,000

 

 

134,183

 

Keyence Corp.

 

 

3,420

 

 

790,849

 

Kikkoman Corp.

 

 

14,000

 

 

146,167

 

Kinden Corp.

 

 

12,000

 

 

102,185

 

Kintetsu Corp.

 

 

132,000

 

 

402,783

 

Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd.

 

 

68,000

 

 

856,092

 

Kobe Steel Ltd.

 

 

202,000

 

 

384,779

 

Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

 

 

8,000

 

 

117,807

 

Komatsu Ltd.

 

 

78,500

 

 

1,413,481

 

Konami Corp.

 

 

7,400

 

 

114,128

 

Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.

 

 

39,000

 

 

375,191

 

Kubota Corp.

 

 

94,000

 

 

721,009

 

Kuraray Co., Ltd.

 

 

28,000

 

 

328,484

 

Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

 

 

9,100

 

 

248,666

 

Kyocera Corp.

 

 

13,500

 

 

1,092,911

 

Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. Ltd.

 

 

21,000

 

 

199,159

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Japan (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

 

30,800

 

$

690,772

 

Lawson, Inc.

 

 

4,900

 

 

214,315

 

Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd.

 

 

2,300

 

 

105,015

 

Makita Corp.

 

 

9,000

 

 

240,840

 

Marubeni Corp.

 

 

134,000

 

 

686,938

 

Marui Group Co. Ltd.

 

 

18,800

 

 

126,636

 

Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd.

 

 

3,700

 

 

70,773

 

Matsui Securities Co., Ltd.

 

 

9,400

 

 

57,395

 

Mazda Motor Corp.

 

 

122,400

 

 

286,030

 

McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd.

 

 

5,500

 

 

123,156

 

Medipal Holdings Corp.

 

 

12,200

 

 

144,902

 

Meiji Holdings Co LTD

 

 

5,493

 

 

224,735

 

Minebea Co., Ltd.

 

 

28,000

 

 

155,110

 

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

 

 

98,000

 

 

447,315

 

Mitsubishi Corp.

 

 

111,600

 

 

2,308,830

 

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

 

 

160,000

 

 

1,248,787

 

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

 

 

98,000

 

 

1,364,324

 

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.

 

 

32,000

 

 

155,161

 

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

 

 

247,200

 

 

852,776

 

Mitsubishi Logistics Corp.

 

 

9,000

 

 

100,300

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (a)

 

 

90,000

 

 

239,222

 

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (a)

 

 

315,000

 

 

398,468

 

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.

 

 

18,000

 

 

274,250

 

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

1,045,974

 

 

4,749,462

 

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

 

 

143,300

 

 

1,671,707

 

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

 

 

71,000

 

 

198,426

 

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

 

 

59,000

 

 

119,168

 

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

 

 

70,000

 

 

974,293

 

Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

 

47,000

 

 

124,035

 

Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.

 

 

93,000

 

 

614,885

 

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

 

 

44,970

 

 

962,508

 

Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.

 

 

6,800

 

 

115,357

 

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

1,139,040

 

 

1,868,949

 

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

 

 

16,500

 

 

786,853

 

NEC Corp.

 

 

212,000

 

 

550,324

 

NGK Insulators Ltd.

 

 

21,000

 

 

327,076

 

NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.

 

 

13,000

 

 

161,392

 

NHK Spring Co., Ltd.

 

 

12,000

 

 

109,764

 

NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

115,100

 

 

688,660

 

NOK Corp.

 

 

8,400

 

 

133,391

 

NSK Ltd.

 

 

35,000

 

 

243,080

 

NTN Corp.

 

 

41,000

 

 

167,841

 

NTT Data Corp.

 

 

102

 

 

376,502

 

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

 

 

1,267

 

 

1,918,605

 

NTT Urban Development Co.

 

 

89

 

 

70,705

 

Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc.

 

 

15,200

 

 

133,658

 

Nidec Corp.

 

 

9,100

 

 

761,826

 

Nikon Corp.

 

 

26,000

 

 

448,079

 

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

 

 

8,200

 

 

2,407,596

 

Nippon Building Fund, Inc.

 

 

42

 

 

333,250

 

Nippon Electric Glass Co.

 

 

28,500

 

 

326,454

 

Nippon Express Co., Ltd.

 

 

69,000

 

 

310,919

 

Nippon Meat Packers, Inc.

 

 

15,000

 

 

185,156

 

Nippon Paper Group, Inc.

 

 

7,894

 

 

218,500

 

Nippon Sanso Corp.

 

 

22,000

 

 

174,702

 

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.

 

 

53,000

 

 

129,660

 

Nippon Steel Corp.

 

 

422,000

 

 

1,394,896

 

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

 

 

42,876

 

 

1,746,592

 

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha

 

 

124,000

 

 

451,890

 

The Nishi-Nippon City Bank Ltd.

 

 

56,000

 

 

160,378

 

Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd.

 

 

11,000

 

 

122,925

 

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (a)

 

 

205,600

 

 

1,432,719

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




20

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master International Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 








Japan (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nissha Printing Co. Ltd.

 

 

2,300

 

$

61,451

 

Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc.

 

 

15,500

 

 

175,015

 

Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.

 

 

62,000

 

 

98,579

 

Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.

 

 

12,000

 

 

115,026

 

Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.

 

 

5,400

 

 

198,223

 

Nitori Co., Ltd.

 

 

3,000

 

 

258,597

 

Nitto Denko Corp.

 

 

13,410

 

 

439,893

 

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

 

 

291,700

 

 

1,593,698

 

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc.

 

 

8,300

 

 

103,876

 

Nomura Real Estate Office Fund, Inc.

 

 

24

 

 

119,480

 

Nomura Research Institute Ltd.

 

 

8,100

 

 

171,960

 

OJI Paper Co., Ltd.

 

 

69,000

 

 

338,303

 

ORIX Corp.

 

 

8,490

 

 

615,056

 

Obayashi Corp.

 

 

53,000

 

 

210,118

 

Obic Co., Ltd.

 

 

600

 

 

115,816

 

Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

 

 

51,000

 

 

437,797

 

Olympus Corp.

 

 

17,600

 

 

416,926

 

Omron Corp.

 

 

16,500

 

 

359,690

 

Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

 

 

6,800

 

 

276,423

 

Oracle Corp. Japan

 

 

3,200

 

 

157,249

 

Oriental Land Co., Ltd.

 

 

4,100

 

 

342,648

 

Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.

 

 

158,000

 

 

569,900

 

Otsuka Shokai Co., Ltd.

 

 

1,300

 

 

82,851

 

Panasonic Corp.

 

 

161,500

 

 

2,016,627

 

Panasonic Electric Works Ltd.

 

 

30,873

 

 

303,463

 

Rakuten, Inc.

 

 

586

 

 

423,405

 

Resona Holdings, Inc.

 

 

49,256

 

 

601,120

 

Ricoh Co., Ltd.

 

 

55,000

 

 

701,334

 

Rinnai Corp.

 

 

3,000

 

 

153,989

 

Rohm Co., Ltd.

 

 

7,900

 

 

474,388

 

SBI Holdings, Inc.

 

 

1,367

 

 

169,823

 

SMC Corp.

 

 

4,400

 

 

588,596

 

Sankyo Co., Ltd. (Gunma)

 

 

4,500

 

 

203,407

 

Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

 

 

5,900

 

 

210,922

 

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (a)

 

 

148,000

 

 

190,424

 

Sapporo Hokuyo Holdings, Inc.

 

 

28,289

 

 

124,781

 

Sapporo Holdings Ltd.

 

 

23,000

 

 

98,870

 

Secom Co., Ltd.

 

 

17,100

 

 

759,344

 

Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc.

 

 

16,232

 

 

233,167

 

Seiko Epson Corp.

 

 

10,600

 

 

136,997

 

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.

 

 

35,000

 

 

218,324

 

Sekisui House Ltd.

 

 

47,000

 

 

401,968

 

Senshu Ikeda Holdings, Inc.

 

 

49,470

 

 

72,038

 

Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd.

 

 

63,700

 

 

1,459,449

 

Seven Bank Ltd.

 

 

56

 

 

101,640

 

Sharp Corp.

 

 

83,000

 

 

875,537

 

Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

 

14,500

 

 

414,697

 

Shimadzu Corp.

 

 

20,000

 

 

150,756

 

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

 

 

1,900

 

 

171,793

 

Shimano, Inc.

 

 

5,300

 

 

227,405

 

Shimizu Corp.

 

 

48,000

 

 

164,046

 

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

 

 

33,900

 

 

1,576,187

 

Shinko Electric Industries

 

 

6,200

 

 

80,571

 

Shinko Securities Co., Ltd.

 

 

48,300

 

 

107,686

 

Shinsei Bank Ltd.

 

 

81,000

 

 

68,476

 

Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

 

 

24,200

 

 

501,708

 

Shiseido Co., Ltd.

 

 

28,300

 

 

623,769

 

The Shizuoka Bank Ltd.

 

 

49,000

 

 

427,038

 

Showa Denko KK

 

 

116,000

 

 

209,503

 

Showa Shell Sekiyu KK

 

 

15,100

 

 

104,115

 

Softbank Corp.

 

 

66,900

 

 

1,774,406

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Japan (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sojitz Corp.

 

 

102,000

 

$

159,409

 

Sony Corp.

 

 

82,600

 

 

2,203,191

 

Sony Financial Holdings, Inc.

 

 

71

 

 

236,839

 

Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.

 

 

5,300

 

 

97,625

 

Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.

 

 

11,900

 

 

197,068

 

Sumco Corp. (a)

 

 

9,400

 

 

155,796

 

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

 

 

128,000

 

 

495,383

 

Sumitomo Corp.

 

 

93,800

 

 

936,781

 

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

 

 

61,200

 

 

713,221

 

Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.

 

 

44,000

 

 

258,172

 

Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd.

 

 

273,000

 

 

617,264

 

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

 

 

44,000

 

 

548,902

 

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

110,550

 

 

3,128,826

 

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.

 

 

29,000

 

 

492,766

 

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.

 

 

14,400

 

 

127,007

 

The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

 

 

116,000

 

 

590,575

 

Suruga Bank Ltd.

 

 

17,000

 

 

154,290

 

Suzuken Co., Ltd.

 

 

5,200

 

 

174,058

 

Suzuki Motor Corp.

 

 

26,500

 

 

520,073

 

Sysmex Corp.

 

 

2,800

 

 

159,023

 

T&D Holdings, Inc.

 

 

22,100

 

 

472,551

 

TDK Corp.

 

 

10,000

 

 

547,222

 

THK Co., Ltd.

 

 

9,700

 

 

200,683

 

Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (a)

 

 

75,000

 

 

94,703

 

Taisei Corp.

 

 

83,000

 

 

166,002

 

Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

 

 

11,000

 

 

216,997

 

Takashimaya Co., Ltd.

 

 

22,000

 

 

175,367

 

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

 

 

61,800

 

 

2,654,474

 

Teijin Ltd.

 

 

77,000

 

 

228,610

 

Terumo Corp.

 

 

13,700

 

 

656,088

 

Tobu Railway Co., Ltd.

 

 

66,000

 

 

355,490

 

Toho Co., Ltd.

 

 

8,600

 

 

142,576

 

Toho Gas Co., Ltd.

 

 

35,000

 

 

186,695

 

Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

 

34,700

 

 

744,956

 

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

 

 

59,800

 

 

1,572,133

 

Tokuyama Corp.

 

 

25,000

 

 

110,038

 

The Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

 

100,200

 

 

2,725,785

 

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

 

 

14,300

 

 

770,301

 

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

 

 

209,000

 

 

954,115

 

Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

 

 

9,200

 

 

106,355

 

Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd.

 

 

32,000

 

 

98,615

 

Tokyu Corp.

 

 

92,000

 

 

374,458

 

Tokyu Land Corp.

 

 

38,000

 

 

132,835

 

TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK

 

 

23,000

 

 

199,001

 

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

 

 

45,000

 

 

355,841

 

Toray Industries, Inc.

 

 

116,700

 

 

559,352

 

Toshiba Corp. (a)

 

 

333,000

 

 

1,649,540

 

Tosoh Corp.

 

 

45,000

 

 

116,490

 

Toto Ltd.

 

 

24,000

 

 

159,420

 

Toyo Seikan Kaisha Ltd.

 

 

12,200

 

 

178,025

 

Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.

 

 

8,000

 

 

190,941

 

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.

 

 

5,700

 

 

141,363

 

Toyota Boshoku Corp.

 

 

5,100

 

 

74,464

 

Toyota Industries Corp.

 

 

14,500

 

 

367,953

 

Toyota Motor Corp.

 

 

226,500

 

 

7,782,235

 

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

 

 

17,100

 

 

243,737

 

Trend Micro, Inc.

 

 

7,900

 

 

213,495

 

Tsumura & Co.

 

 

5,000

 

 

153,091

 

UNY Co., Ltd.

 

 

16,100

 

 

122,339

 

USS Co., Ltd.

 

 

1,940

 

 

138,583

 

Ube Industries Ltd.

 

 

79,000

 

 

186,791

 

Uni-Charm Corp.

 

 

3,400

 

 

383,405

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

21




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master International Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Japan (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ushio, Inc.

 

 

8,700

 

$

134,029

 

West Japan Railway Co.

 

 

138

 

 

504,648

 

Yahoo! Japan Corp.

 

 

1,176

 

 

468,724

 

Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.

 

 

8,000

 

 

217,623

 

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd.

 

 

6,670

 

 

435,816

 

Yamaguchi Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

17,000

 

 

162,470

 

Yamaha Corp.

 

 

13,300

 

 

135,807

 

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (a)

 

 

20,800

 

 

274,980

 

Yamato Kogyo Co. Ltd.

 

 

3,800

 

 

94,717

 

Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.

 

 

32,300

 

 

427,507

 

Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd.

 

 

10,000

 

 

134,862

 

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

 

 

19,000

 

 

140,948

 

The Yasuda Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (a)

 

 

136,000

 

 

116,949

 

Yokogawa Electric Corp.

 

 

17,700

 

 

109,561

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

167,678,903

 









Kazakhstan — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eurasian Natural Resources Corp.

 

 

20,964

 

 

266,764

 









Luxembourg — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ArcelorMittal

 

 

70,598

 

 

1,893,569

 

SES Global

 

 

24,336

 

 

506,105

 

Tenaris SA

 

 

38,378

 

 

661,937

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,061,611

 









Netherlands — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASML Holding NV

 

 

35,884

 

 

987,525

 

Aegon NV (a)

 

 

126,902

 

 

674,083

 

Akzo Nobel NV

 

 

19,290

 

 

1,002,599

 

Corio NV

 

 

4,679

 

 

227,217

 

Delta Lloyd NV

 

 

6,510

 

 

109,714

 

Fugro NV

 

 

5,592

 

 

258,337

 

Heineken Holding NV

 

 

8,948

 

 

326,891

 

Heineken NV

 

 

20,454

 

 

866,991

 

ING Groep NV CVA (a)

 

 

314,834

 

 

2,329,939

 

Koninklijke Ahold NV

 

 

98,855

 

 

1,222,828

 

Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV

 

 

5,548

 

 

215,563

 

Koninklijke DSM NV

 

 

12,579

 

 

500,041

 

Koninklijke KPN NV

 

 

134,438

 

 

1,713,620

 

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

 

 

79,926

 

 

2,386,761

 

Koninklijke Vopak NV

 

 

5,668

 

 

207,708

 

Randstad Holdings NV

 

 

8,980

 

 

352,872

 

Reed Elsevier NV

 

 

55,984

 

 

619,757

 

SBM Offshore NV

 

 

13,278

 

 

189,958

 

STMicroelectronics NV

 

 

51,718

 

 

410,769

 

TNT NV

 

 

30,204

 

 

760,753

 

Unilever NV

 

 

133,837

 

 

3,654,991

 

Wolters Kluwer NV

 

 

23,838

 

 

457,142

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

19,476,059

 









New Zealand — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auckland International Airport Ltd.

 

 

81,425

 

 

104,099

 

Contact Energy Ltd.

 

 

26,924

 

 

104,732

 

Fletcher Building Ltd.

 

 

48,182

 

 

257,840

 

Sky City Ltd.

 

 

51,491

 

 

100,323

 

Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd.

 

 

156,365

 

 

201,363

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

768,357

 









Norway — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aker Solutions ASA

 

 

13,242

 

 

151,406

 

DnB NOR ASA

 

 

79,785

 

 

767,388

 

Norsk Hydro ASA

 

 

55,513

 

 

250,688

 

Orkla ASA

 

 

62,744

 

 

401,257

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 








Norway (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Renewable Energy Corp. ASA (a)

 

 

39,887

 

$

94,313

 

Statoil ASA

 

 

91,994

 

 

1,772,248

 

Telenor ASA

 

 

63,310

 

 

797,536

 

Telenor ASA — ADR

 

 

1,431

 

 

53,849

 

Yara International ASA

 

 

15,383

 

 

432,409

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,721,094

 









Portugal — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banco Comercial Portugues SA, Registered Shares

 

 

228,344

 

 

171,463

 

Banco Espirito Santo SA, Registered Shares

 

 

44,077

 

 

173,919

 

Brisa-Auto Estradas de Portugal SA, Private Shares

 

 

15,277

 

 

92,457

 

Cimpor Cimentos de Portugal SA

 

 

16,593

 

 

93,239

 

Energias de Portugal SA

 

 

141,304

 

 

420,527

 

Galp Energia SGPS SA

 

 

18,556

 

 

277,173

 

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

 

 

18,779

 

 

172,058

 

Portugal Telecom SGPS SA, Registered Shares

 

 

47,138

 

 

471,143

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,871,979

 









Singapore — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

126,962

 

 

163,962

 

CapitaLand Ltd.

 

 

206,749

 

 

527,198

 

CapitaMall Trust

 

 

179,700

 

 

234,279

 

CapitaMalls Asia Ltd.

 

 

110,000

 

 

164,464

 

City Developments Ltd.

 

 

44,535

 

 

350,556

 

ComfortDelgro Corp. Ltd.

 

 

153,816

 

 

159,519

 

Cosco Corp. Ltd.

 

 

79,002

 

 

83,105

 

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

 

 

141,407

 

 

1,372,339

 

Fraser and Neave Ltd.

 

 

79,096

 

 

289,233

 

Genting Singapore Plc (a)

 

 

491,227

 

 

406,298

 

Golden Agri-Resources Ltd.

 

 

540,251

 

 

202,535

 

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.

 

 

8,721

 

 

185,587

 

K-Green Trust (a)

 

 

20,723

 

 

15,550

 

Keppel Corp. Ltd.

 

 

103,616

 

 

625,588

 

Keppel Land Ltd.

 

 

59,000

 

 

162,808

 

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd.

 

 

73,350

 

 

103,603

 

Noble Group Ltd.

 

 

241,839

 

 

292,308

 

Olam International Ltd.

 

 

102,900

 

 

188,869

 

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp.

 

 

201,914

 

 

1,271,476

 

Sembcorp Industries Ltd.

 

 

78,590

 

 

227,271

 

Sembcorp Marine Ltd.

 

 

69,197

 

 

189,096

 

Singapore Airlines Ltd.

 

 

43,009

 

 

445,966

 

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

 

 

69,000

 

 

361,852

 

Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.

 

 

112,316

 

 

302,335

 

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.

 

 

135,213

 

 

316,093

 

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

 

 

659,132

 

 

1,424,987

 

StarHub Ltd.

 

 

52,157

 

 

83,856

 

UOL Group Ltd.

 

 

41,457

 

 

111,659

 

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

 

 

99,572

 

 

1,385,233

 

Wilmar International Ltd.

 

 

103,670

 

 

424,171

 

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd.

 

 

126,183

 

 

120,355

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

12,192,151

 









Spain — 3.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA

 

 

11,465

 

 

421,330

 

Abertis Infraestructuras SA

 

 

24,957

 

 

358,729

 

Acciona SA

 

 

2,167

 

 

164,921

 

Acerinox SA

 

 

7,858

 

 

122,108

 

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

 

 

293,119

 

 

3,019,991

 

Banco de Sabadell SA

 

 

78,231

 

 

354,256

 

Banco de Valencia SA

 

 

16,846

 

 

74,986

 

Banco Popular Espanol SA

 

 

70,609

 

 

357,877

 

Banco Santander SA

 

 

675,975

 

 

7,088,416

 

Bankinter SA

 

 

24,950

 

 

152,010

 

Corp. Mapfre SA

 

 

60,921

 

 

165,659

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




22

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master International Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Spain (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Criteria Caixacorp. SA

 

 

67,746

 

$

277,043

 

Enagas

 

 

14,444

 

 

217,574

 

Ferrovial SA

 

 

35,567

 

 

230,044

 

Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas SA

 

 

3,049

 

 

65,271

 

Gamesa Corp. Tecnologica SA (a)

 

 

16,197

 

 

139,084

 

Gas Natural SDG SA

 

 

18,479

 

 

267,042

 

Gestevision Telecinco SA

 

 

7,629

 

 

67,798

 

Grifols SA

 

 

11,816

 

 

120,777

 

Iberdrola Renovables

 

 

69,262

 

 

217,367

 

Iberdrola SA

 

 

324,167

 

 

1,822,004

 

Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana

 

 

42,454

 

 

119,848

 

Inditex SA

 

 

18,140

 

 

1,034,370

 

Indra Sistemas SA

 

 

7,647

 

 

122,263

 

Mapfre SA (a)

 

 

1,777

 

 

4,881

 

Red Electrica de Espana

 

 

8,746

 

 

313,151

 

Repsol YPF SA

 

 

60,680

 

 

1,224,530

 

Telefonica SA

 

 

337,361

 

 

6,249,522

 

Zardoya Otis SA

 

 

11,277

 

 

144,878

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

24,917,730

 









Sweden — 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alfa Laval AB

 

 

27,457

 

 

356,566

 

Assa Abloy AB, Series B

 

 

25,366

 

 

507,014

 

Atlas Copco AB, Class A

 

 

54,621

 

 

798,596

 

Atlas Copco AB, Class B

 

 

31,722

 

 

418,777

 

Boliden AB

 

 

21,891

 

 

241,953

 

Electrolux AB

 

 

19,427

 

 

444,117

 

Getinge AB, Class B

 

 

16,221

 

 

313,924

 

Hennes & Mauritz AB, B Shares

 

 

84,043

 

 

2,309,701

 

Holmen AB, Class B

 

 

4,661

 

 

110,651

 

Husqvarna AB

 

 

33,227

 

 

199,808

 

Investor AB

 

 

37,047

 

 

599,282

 

Kinnevik Investment AB

 

 

17,606

 

 

281,874

 

Millicom International Cellular SA — ADR

 

 

6,165

 

 

500,237

 

Modern Times Group AB

 

 

4,005

 

 

219,247

 

Nordea Bank AB

 

 

265,984

 

 

2,193,348

 

SKB AB

 

 

31,677

 

 

568,513

 

SSAB AB, Series A

 

 

14,628

 

 

196,396

 

SSAB AB, Series B

 

 

6,561

 

 

78,754

 

Ratos AB

 

 

8,157

 

 

204,363

 

Sandvik AB

 

 

82,150

 

 

1,002,061

 

Scania AB

 

 

25,915

 

 

395,562

 

Securitas AB

 

 

25,233

 

 

228,724

 

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A

 

 

115,413

 

 

611,519

 

Skanska AB, Class B

 

 

32,491

 

 

470,067

 

Svenska Cellulosa AB

 

 

46,497

 

 

546,867

 

Svenska Handelsbanken, Class A

 

 

39,933

 

 

976,916

 

Swedbank AB, A Shares

 

 

57,595

 

 

528,531

 

Swedish Match AB

 

 

19,381

 

 

423,520

 

Tele2 AB

 

 

25,290

 

 

377,846

 

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

 

 

247,507

 

 

2,745,403

 

TeliaSonera AB

 

 

186,401

 

 

1,197,748

 

Volvo AB, B Shares

 

 

90,501

 

 

1,000,833

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

21,048,718

 









Switzerland — 7.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABB Ltd.

 

 

181,362

 

 

3,157,622

 

Actelion Ltd. (a)

 

 

8,266

 

 

309,494

 

Adecco SA, Registered Shares

 

 

9,975

 

 

475,876

 

Aryzta AG

 

 

6,515

 

 

250,662

 

Baloise Holding AG

 

 

4,033

 

 

280,721

 

Compagnie Financière Richemont SA

 

 

43,111

 

 

1,505,103

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Switzerland (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crédit Suisse Group AG

 

 

92,465

 

$

3,476,429

 

GAM Holdings Ltd.

 

 

16,634

 

 

179,756

 

Geberit AG

 

 

3,159

 

 

491,526

 

Givaudan SA

 

 

621

 

 

527,436

 

Holcim Ltd.

 

 

20,307

 

 

1,359,388

 

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

 

 

16,782

 

 

478,498

 

Kuehne & Nagel International AG

 

 

4,391

 

 

452,004

 

Lindt & Spruengli AG

 

 

72

 

 

156,222

 

Lindt & Spruengli AG ‘R’

 

 

9

 

 

220,551

 

Logitech International SA (a)

 

 

15,054

 

 

203,777

 

Lonza Group AG, Registered Shares

 

 

3,676

 

 

244,746

 

Nestlé SA, Registered Shares

 

 

284,724

 

 

13,729,059

 

Nobel Biocare Holding AG

 

 

9,935

 

 

171,025

 

Novartis AG, Registered Shares

 

 

173,289

 

 

8,398,127

 

Pargesa Holding SA

 

 

2,175

 

 

142,624

 

Roche Holding AG

 

 

57,698

 

 

7,941,652

 

SGS SA

 

 

445

 

 

600,595

 

Schindler Holding AG

 

 

3,942

 

 

332,257

 

Schindler Holding AG, Registered Shares

 

 

1,890

 

 

157,750

 

Sika AG

 

 

165

 

 

292,488

 

Sonova Holding AG

 

 

3,719

 

 

456,387

 

Straumann Holding AG, Registered Shares

 

 

656

 

 

141,875

 

The Swatch Group Ltd., Bearer Shares

 

 

2,504

 

 

706,191

 

The Swatch Group Ltd., Registered Shares

 

 

3,649

 

 

186,476

 

Swiss Life Holding

 

 

2,475

 

 

236,543

 

Swiss Reinsurance Co., Registered Shares

 

 

29,217

 

 

1,200,475

 

Swisscom AG

 

 

1,894

 

 

642,103

 

Syngenta AG

 

 

7,803

 

 

1,802,618

 

Synthes, Inc.

 

 

4,818

 

 

553,975

 

UBS AG

 

 

298,975

 

 

3,960,766

 

Zurich Financial Services AG

 

 

12,141

 

 

2,676,042

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

58,098,839

 









United Kingdom — 20.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3i Group Plc

 

 

79,229

 

 

312,488

 

ARM Holdings Plc

 

 

107,367

 

 

444,379

 

Admiral Group Plc

 

 

16,316

 

 

341,694

 

Aggreko Plc

 

 

21,214

 

 

445,341

 

Amec Plc

 

 

27,184

 

 

333,040

 

Anglo American Plc (a)

 

 

108,154

 

 

3,768,642

 

Antofagasta Plc

 

 

32,079

 

 

373,227

 

Associated British Foods Plc

 

 

29,005

 

 

420,041

 

AstraZeneca Plc

 

 

119,298

 

 

5,624,399

 

Autonomy Corp PLC (a)

 

 

17,661

 

 

481,410

 

Aviva Plc

 

 

229,956

 

 

1,068,648

 

BAE Systems Plc

 

 

292,544

 

 

1,361,562

 

BG Group Plc

 

 

277,302

 

 

4,124,264

 

BHP Billiton Plc

 

 

181,287

 

 

4,700,503

 

BP Plc (a)

 

 

1,541,463

 

 

7,379,232

 

BT Group Plc

 

 

643,847

 

 

1,242,814

 

Balfour Beatty Plc

 

 

55,595

 

 

197,733

 

Barclays Plc

 

 

931,125

 

 

3,716,586

 

British Airways Plc (a)

 

 

48,900

 

 

142,068

 

British American Tobacco Plc

 

 

164,009

 

 

5,204,953

 

British Land Co. Plc

 

 

70,762

 

 

457,082

 

British Sky Broadcasting Plc

 

 

93,044

 

 

971,544

 

Bunzl Plc

 

 

26,664

 

 

267,007

 

Burberry Group Plc

 

 

35,400

 

 

399,793

 

Cable & Wireless Worldwide

 

 

209,855

 

 

271,529

 

Cairn Energy Plc (a)

 

 

114,438

 

 

703,039

 

Capita Group Plc

 

 

50,872

 

 

560,468

 

Capital Shopping Centers Group Plc

 

 

38,691

 

 

178,747

 

Carnival Plc

 

 

13,602

 

 

440,587

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




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JUNE 30, 2010

23




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master International Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









United Kingdom (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Centrica Plc

 

 

423,524

 

$

1,869,018

 

Cobham Plc

 

 

93,617

 

 

296,572

 

Compass Group Plc

 

 

155,104

 

 

1,179,950

 

Diageo Plc

 

 

205,863

 

 

3,233,674

 

Experian Group Ltd.

 

 

83,714

 

 

728,002

 

Firstgroup Plc

 

 

39,467

 

 

214,233

 

Fresnillo Plc

 

 

14,480

 

 

210,218

 

GlaxoSmithKline Plc

 

 

426,363

 

 

7,240,005

 

Group 4 Securicor Plc

 

 

115,171

 

 

456,624

 

HSBC Holdings Plc

 

 

1,430,625

 

 

13,069,751

 

Hammerson Plc

 

 

57,667

 

 

293,970

 

Home Retail Group

 

 

71,142

 

 

225,911

 

ICAP Plc

 

 

45,159

 

 

270,670

 

ITV Plc (a)

 

 

296,490

 

 

221,569

 

Imperial Tobacco Group Plc

 

 

83,792

 

 

2,341,203

 

Inmarsat Plc

 

 

35,578

 

 

377,235

 

Intercontinental Hotels Group Plc

 

 

21,038

 

 

331,561

 

International Power Plc

 

 

123,803

 

 

553,025

 

Invensys Plc

 

 

65,422

 

 

234,208

 

Investec Plc

 

 

38,219

 

 

257,177

 

J Sainsbury Plc

 

 

98,375

 

 

469,373

 

Johnson Matthey Plc

 

 

17,537

 

 

389,619

 

Kazakhmys Plc

 

 

17,543

 

 

257,513

 

Kingfisher Plc

 

 

192,285

 

 

602,344

 

Land Securities Group Plc

 

 

61,829

 

 

511,682

 

Legal & General Group Plc

 

 

477,395

 

 

556,423

 

Lloyds TSB Group Plc (a)

 

 

3,312,735

 

 

2,615,293

 

London Stock Exchange Group Plc

 

 

12,623

 

 

105,389

 

Lonmin Plc (a)

 

 

12,630

 

 

263,720

 

Man Group Plc

 

 

139,632

 

 

462,867

 

Marks & Spencer Group Plc

 

 

128,763

 

 

634,339

 

National Grid Plc

 

 

285,204

 

 

2,082,263

 

Next Plc

 

 

15,353

 

 

457,742

 

Old Mutual Plc

 

 

442,077

 

 

676,840

 

Pearson Plc

 

 

66,269

 

 

871,554

 

Petrofac Ltd.

 

 

21,216

 

 

373,252

 

Prudential Plc

 

 

209,151

 

 

1,577,542

 

Rangold Resources Ltd.

 

 

7,343

 

 

698,085

 

Reckitt Benckiser Plc

 

 

50,406

 

 

2,344,600

 

Reed Elsevier Plc

 

 

99,174

 

 

735,354

 

Resolution Ltd.

 

 

195,142

 

 

184,558

 

Rexam Plc

 

 

71,587

 

 

322,038

 

Rio Tinto Plc, Registered Shares

 

 

118,982

 

 

5,225,016

 

Rolls-Royce Group Plc

 

 

153,956

 

 

1,285,037

 

Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group

 

 

278,885

 

 

494,742

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (a)

 

 

1,383,236

 

 

842,418

 

Royal Dutch Shell Plc

 

 

291,190

 

 

7,348,481

 

Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Class B

 

 

221,427

 

 

5,352,041

 

SABMiller Plc

 

 

78,065

 

 

2,188,980

 

Sage Group Plc

 

 

106,838

 

 

367,586

 

Schroders Plc

 

 

9,304

 

 

167,452

 

Scottish & Southern Energy Plc

 

 

76,711

 

 

1,277,543

 

Sego Plc

 

 

59,362

 

 

223,820

 

Serco Group Plc

 

 

40,080

 

 

350,018

 

Severn Trent Plc

 

 

19,368

 

 

355,468

 

Shire Ltd.

 

 

45,786

 

 

939,264

 

Smith & Nephew Plc

 

 

72,324

 

 

683,284

 

Smiths Group Plc

 

 

31,869

 

 

507,380

 

Standard Chartered Plc

 

 

166,384

 

 

4,051,515

 

Standard Life Plc

 

 

182,615

 

 

471,914

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









United Kingdom (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUI Travel Plc

 

 

47,505

 

$

147,797

 

Tesco Plc

 

 

656,053

 

 

3,701,062

 

Thomas Cook Group Plc

 

 

68,661

 

 

181,737

 

Tomkins Plc

 

 

71,514

 

 

240,193

 

Tullow Oil Plc

 

 

72,385

 

 

1,076,748

 

Unilever Plc

 

 

105,699

 

 

2,825,545

 

United Utilities Group Plc

 

 

55,598

 

 

435,075

 

Vedanta Resources Plc

 

 

9,950

 

 

312,623

 

Vodafone Group Plc

 

 

4,321,070

 

 

8,903,520

 

Whitbread Plc

 

 

14,314

 

 

298,919

 

William Morrison Supermarkets Plc

 

 

172,764

 

 

682,683

 

Wolseley Plc (a)

 

 

23,222

 

 

460,954

 

WPP Plc

 

 

102,066

 

 

961,510

 

Xstrata Plc

 

 

169,099

 

 

2,214,291

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

151,304,402

 









Total Common Stocks — 96.9%

 

 

 

 

 

719,658,183

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









France — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foncière Des Regions (Expires 7/13/10)

 

 

1,775

 

 

8,074

 









Norway — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Norsk Hydro ASA (Expires 7/09/10)

 

 

16,895

 

 

8,723

 









Spain — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zardoya Otis SA (Expires 6/30/10)

 

 

11,277

 

 

7,185

 









Total Rights — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

23,982

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrants (b)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Hong Kong — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd.
(Expires 6/01/11)

 

 

13,757

 

 

2,332

 









Total Warrants — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

2,332

 









Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $816,151,101) — 96.9%

 

 

 

 

 

719,684,497

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




24

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master International Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

Shares

 

Value

 







BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempCash,
Institutional Class, 0.20% (c)(d)

 

 

3,354,915

 

$

3,354,915

 









Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $3,354,915) — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

3,354,915

 









Total Investments (Cost — $819,506,016*) — 97.3%

 

 

 

 

 

723,039,412

 

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

19,823,217

 

 

 

 

 

 




Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

$

742,862,629

 

 

 

 

 

 




 










 

 

*

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of June 30, 2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate cost

 

$

851,961,122

 

 

 




Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

38,324,642

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

(167,246,352

)

 

 




Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(128,921,710

)

 

 





 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

 

(b)

Warrants entitle the Series to purchase a predetermined number of shares of common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date.

 

 

(c)

Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Series, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











Affiliate

 

Shares
Held at
December 31,
2009

 

Net
Activity

 

Shares
Held at
June 30,
2010

 

Income

 











BlackRock Liquidity Funds,
TempCash, Institutional Class

 

 

6,620,218

 

 

(3,265,303

)

 

3,354,915

 

$

3,682

 
















 

 

(d)

Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

 

Financial futures contracts purchased as of June 30,2010 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













Contracts

 

Issue

 

Exchange

 

Expiration
Date

 

Notional
Value

 

Unrealized
Depreciation

 













98

 

 

DJ Euro
Stoxx 50

 

 

Eurex

 

 

September
2010

 

$

3,190,813

 

$

(113,333

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

49

 

 

Emini MSCI

 

 

Chicago

 

 

September
2010

 

$

3,224,319

 

 

(2,079

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

FTSE 100
Index Futures

 

 

LIFFE

 

 

September
2010

 

$

2,310,055

 

 

(122,471

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  9

 

 

SPI 200
Index Futures

 

 

Sydney

 

 

September
2010

 

$

849,618

 

 

(42,421

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

TOPIX
Index Futures

 

 

Tokyo

 

 

September
2010

 

$

2,044,048

 

 

(52,474

)


















Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(332,778

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivatives, which are as follows:

 

 

 

 

Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

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)

 

 

 

 

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

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Series’ policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the inputs used as of June 30, 2010 in determining the fair valuation of the Series’ investments and derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 











Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australia

 

 

 

$

57,677,856

 

$

10

 

$

57,677,866

 

Austria

 

 

 

 

2,096,902

 

 

 

 

2,096,902

 

Belgium

 

 

 

 

6,790,836

 

 

 

 

6,790,836

 

Bermuda

 

 

 

 

689,982

 

 

 

 

689,982

 

Cayman Islands

 

 

 

 

456,736

 

 

 

 

456,736

 

Denmark

 

 

 

 

7,277,819

 

 

 

 

7,277,819

 

Finland

 

 

 

 

7,457,765

 

 

 

 

7,457,765

 

France

 

 

 

 

67,578,639

 

 

 

 

67,578,639

 

Germany

 

$

836,662

 

 

55,483,831

 

 

 

 

56,320,493

 

Greece

 

 

 

 

1,996,352

 

 

 

 

1,996,352

 

Hong Kong

 

 

3,564,112

 

 

14,162,554

 

 

 

 

17,726,666

 

Ireland

 

 

317,061

 

 

1,920,521

 

 

 

 

2,237,582

 

Israel

 

 

 

 

6,236,051

 

 

 

 

6,236,051

 

Italy

 

 

 

 

19,707,887

 

 

 

 

19,707,887

 

Japan

 

 

6,525,889

 

 

161,153,014

 

 

 

 

167,678,903

 

Kazakhstan

 

 

 

 

266,764

 

 

 

 

266,764

 

Luxembourg

 

 

 

 

3,061,611

 

 

 

 

3,061,611

 

Netherlands

 

 

 

 

19,476,059

 

 

 

 

19,476,059

 

New Zealand

 

 

 

 

768,357

 

 

 

 

768,357

 

Norway

 

 

53,849

 

 

4,667,245

 

 

 

 

4,721,094

 

Portugal

 

 

 

 

1,871,979

 

 

 

 

1,871,979

 

Singapore

 

 

15,550

 

 

12,176,601

 

 

 

 

12,192,151

 

Spain

 

 

4,881

 

 

24,912,849

 

 

 

 

24,917,730

 

Sweden

 

 

 

 

21,048,718

 

 

 

 

21,048,718

 

Switzerland

 

 

 

 

58,098,839

 

 

 

 

58,098,839

 

United Kingdom

 

 

184,558

 

 

151,119,844

 

 

 

 

151,304,402

 

Rights:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

France

 

 

 

 

8,074

 

 

 

 

8,074

 

Norway

 

 

 

 

8,723

 

 

 

 

8,723

 

Spain

 

 

7,185

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,185

 

Warrants:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hong Kong

 

 

2,332

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,332

 

Short-Term Securities

 

 

3,354,915

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,354,915

 















Total

 

$

14,866,994

 

$

708,172,408

 

$

10

 

$

723,039,412

 

 

 














 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


 

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

25




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (concluded)

Master International Index Series

The following table summarizes the inputs used as of June 30, 2010 in determining the fair valuation of the Series’ derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments1

 





Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 











Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity contracts

 

$

(332,778

)

 

 

 

 

$

(332,778

)






 

 

 

 

1

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

The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Common Stocks

 





Assets:

 

 

 

Balance, as of December 31, 2009

 

$

15

 

Accrued discounts/premiums

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation2

 

 

(5

)

Purchases

 

 

 

Sales

 

 

 

Transfers in3

 

 

 

Transfers out3

 

 

 

 

 




Balance, as of June 30, 2010

 

$

10

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

2

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the Statement of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on securities still held at June 30, 2010 was $(5).

 

 

 

 

3

The Series’ policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the end of the period of the event or the change in circumstances that caused the transfer.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Master International Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 






Assets

 

 

 

 






Investments at value — unaffiliated (cost — $816,151,101)

 

$

719,684,497

 

Investments at value — affiliated (cost — $3,354,915)

 

 

3,354,915

 

Cash

 

 

301,482

 

Foreign currency at value (cost — $5,869,225)

 

 

5,891,088

 

Cash pledged for financial futures contracts

 

 

1,077,000

 

Contributions receivable from investors

 

 

8,485,526

 

Dividends receivable

 

 

4,508,186

 

Investments sold receivable

 

 

18,017

 

Investment advisory fees receivable

 

 

702

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

62,805

 

Other assets

 

 

11,026

 

 

 




Total assets

 

 

743,395,244

 

 

 









Liabilities

 

 

 

 






Margin variation payable

 

 

401,010

 

Other affiliates payable

 

 

3,387

 

Directors’ fees payable

 

 

625

 

Other liabilities

 

 

104

 

Other accrued expenses payable

 

 

127,489

 

 

 




Total liabilities

 

 

532,615

 

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

742,862,629

 

 

 









Net Assets Consist of

 

 

 

 






Investors’ capital

 

$

839,798,928

 

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

(96,936,299

)

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

742,862,629

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


 

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Statement of Operations

Master International Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 






Investment Income

 

 

 

 






Dividends

 

$

14,556,138

 

Foreign taxes withheld

 

 

(1,598,285

)

Dividends — affiliated

 

 

3,682

 

 

 




Total income

 

 

12,961,535

 

 

 









Expenses

 

 

 

 






Custodian

 

 

178,712

 

Accounting services

 

 

86,789

 

Professional

 

 

50,815

 

Investment advisory

 

 

36,028

 

Directors

 

 

11,094

 

Printing

 

 

1,710

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

76,450

 

 

 




Total expenses

 

 

441,598

 

Less fees waived by advisor

 

 

(29,248

)

 

 




Total expenses after fees waived

 

 

412,350

 

 

 




Net investment income

 

 

12,549,185

 

 

 









Realized and Unrealized Loss

 

 

 

 






Net realized loss from:

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(11,048,510

)

Financial futures contracts

 

 

(2,337,179

)

Foreign currency transactions

 

 

(1,125,051

)

 

 




 

 

 

(14,510,740

)

 

 




Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(100,537,722

)

Financial futures contracts

 

 

(839,552

)

Foreign currency transactions

 

 

(93,423

)

 

 




 

 

 

(101,470,697

)

 

 




Total realized and unrealized loss

 

 

(115,981,437

)

 

 




Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

(103,432,252

)

 

 





 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Master International Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2010
(Unaudited)

 

Year Ended
December 31,
2009

 







Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income

 

$

12,549,185

 

$

22,305,320

 

Net realized gain (loss)

 

 

(14,510,740

)

 

520,540

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

(101,470,697

)

 

184,128,794

 

 

 







Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

 

(103,432,252

)

 

206,954,654

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Capital Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Proceeds from contributions

 

 

195,115,034

 

 

359,210,927

 

Value of withdrawals

 

 

(98,100,069

)

 

(523,005,063

)

 

 







Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital transactions

 

 

97,014,965

 

 

(163,794,136

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Total increase (decrease) in net assets

 

 

(6,417,287

)

 

43,160,518

 

Beginning of period

 

 

749,279,916

 

 

706,119,398

 

 

 







End of period

 

$

742,862,629

 

$

749,279,916

 

 

 








 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


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Financial Highlights

Master International Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2010
(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

2005

 





















Total Investment Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total investment return

 

 

(13.98

)%1

 

28.99

%

 

(41.94

)%

 

10.80

%

 

26.61

%

 

13.64

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total expenses

 

 

0.12

%2

 

0.09

%

 

0.11

%

 

0.10

%

 

0.11

%

 

0.10

%

 

 



















Total expenses after fees waived

 

 

0.11

%2

 

0.09

%

 

0.10

%

 

0.09

%

 

0.10

%

 

0.10

%

 

 



















Net investment income

 

 

3.48

%2

 

2.98

%

 

3.54

%

 

2.86

%

 

2.70

%

 

2.53

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net assets, end of period (000)

 

$

742,863

 

$

749,280

 

$

706,119

 

$

1,143,172

 

$

829,986

 

$

523,155

 

 

 



















Portfolio turnover

 

 

4

%

 

30

%

 

30

%

 

30

%

 

23

%

 

11

%

 

 




















 

 

1

Aggregate total investment return.

 

 

2

Annualized.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.




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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Master International Index Series

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

Master International Index Series (the “Series”), a non-diversified open-end management investment company, is a series of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”). The Master LLC is registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and is organized as a Delaware limited liability company. The Master LLC’s Limited Liability Company Agreement permits the Board of Directors (the “Board”) to issue non-transferable interests, subject to certain limitations. The Series’ financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Series:

Valuation: The Series’ policy is to fair value its financial instruments and derivatives at market value using independent dealers or pricing services selected under the supervision of the Board. Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market System are valued at the last reported sale price that day or the NASDAQ official closing price, if applicable. For equity investments traded on more than one exchange, the last reported sale price on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded is used. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price. If no bid or ask price is available, the prior day’s price will be used, unless it is determined that such prior day’s price no longer reflects the fair value of the security. Financial futures contracts traded on exchanges are valued at their last sale price. Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at net asset value each business day. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into US dollars using exchange rates determined as of the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices and are determined as of the close of business on the NYSE. Interpolated values are derived when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available.

In the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment which is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment or is not available, the investment will be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Value Assets”). When determining the price for Fair Value Assets, the investment advisor and/or the sub-advisor seeks to determine the price that the Series might reasonably expect to receive from the current sale of that asset in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the investment advisor and/or sub-advisor deems relevant. The pricing of all Fair Value Assets is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof.

Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of business on the NYSE. Occasionally, events affecting the values of such instruments may occur between the foreign market close and the close of business on the NYSE that may not be reflected in the computation of the Series’ net assets. If events (for example, a company announcement, market volatility or a natural disaster) occur during such periods that are expected to materially affect the value of such instruments, those instruments may be Fair Value Assets and be valued at their fair values, as determined in good faith by the investment advisor using a pricing service and/or policies approved by the Board. Each business day, the Series uses a pricing service to assist with the valuation of certain foreign exchange-traded equity securities and foreign exchange-traded and over-the-counter (“OTC”) options (the “Systematic Fair Value Price”). Using current market factors, the Systematic Fair Value Price is designed to value such foreign securities and foreign options at fair value as of the close of business on the NYSE, which follows the close of the local markets.

Foreign Currency Transactions: The Series’ books and records are maintained in US dollars. Purchases and sales of investment securities are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the date the transactions are entered into. Generally, when the US dollar rises in value against foreign currency, the Series’ investments denominated in that currency will lose value because its currency is worth fewer US dollars; the opposite effect occurs if the US dollar falls in relative value.

The Series reports foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gain (loss) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases in which the 1940 Act and the interpretive positions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) require that the Series either delivers collateral or segregates assets in connection with certain investments (e.g., financial futures contracts and foreign currency exchange contracts) the Series will, consistent with SEC rules and/or certain interpretive letters issued by the SEC, segregate collateral or designate on its books and records cash or other liquid securities having a market value at least equal to the amount that would otherwise be required to be physically segregated. Furthermore, based on requirements and agreements with certain exchanges and third-party broker-dealers, each party has requirements to deliver/deposit securities as collateral for certain investments.

 

 

 


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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Master International Index Series

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Series has determined the ex-dividend date. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers, some of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain. Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis.

Income Taxes: The Master LLC is classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. As such, each investor in the Master LLC is treated as owner of its proportionate share of the net assets, income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Master LLC. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. It is intended that the Master LLC’s assets will be managed so an investor in the Master LLC can satisfy the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Master LLC files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Master LLC’s US federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended December 31, 2009. The statutes of limitations on the Master LLC’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction. There are no uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Other: Expenses directly related to the Series are charged to the Series. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. The Series has an arrangement with the custodian whereby fees may be reduced by credits earned on uninvested cash balances, which if applicable are shown as fees paid indirectly in the Statement of Operations. The custodian imposes fees on overdrawn cash balances, which can be offset by accumulated credits earned or may result in additional custody charges.

2. Derivative Financial Instruments:

The Series engages in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Series and to economically hedge, or protect, their exposure to certain risks such as equity risk and foreign currency exchange rate risk. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange or OTC. Losses may arise if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract. The Series’ maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives is generally the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral pledged by/posted to the counterparty.

The Series may mitigate counterparty risk by procuring collateral and through netting provisions included within an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) Master Agreement implemented between a Fund and each of its respective counterparties. The ISDA Master Agreement allows the Fund to offset with each separate counterparty certain derivative financial instrument’s payables and/or receivables with collateral held. The amount of collateral moved to/from applicable counterparties is generally based upon minimum transfer amounts of up to $500,000. To the extent amounts due to the Series from its counterparties are not fully collateralized contractually or otherwise, the Series bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. See Note 1 “Segregation and Collateralization” for information with respect to collateral practices. In addition, the Series manages counterparty risk by entering into agreements only with counterparties that it believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties.

Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties of OTC derivatives to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event the Series’ net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Series fails to meet the terms of its ISDA Master Agreements, which would cause the Series to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty.

Financial Futures Contracts: The Series purchases or sells financial futures contracts and options on financial futures contracts to gain exposure to, or economically hedge against, changes in foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk). Financial futures contracts are contracts for delayed delivery of securities or currencies at a specific future date and at a specific price or yield. Pursuant to the contract, the Series agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the

 

 

 


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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Master International Index Series

daily fluctuation in value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as margin variation and are recognized by the Series as unrealized gains or losses. When the contract is closed, the Series records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The use of financial futures transactions involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of financial futures contracts, interest rates and the underlying assets.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts: The Series enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as an economic hedge against either specific transactions or portfolio instruments or to gain exposure to foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk). A foreign currency exchange contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set exchange rate on a future date. Foreign currency exchange contracts, when used by the Series, help to manage the overall exposure to the currency backing some of the investments held by the Series. The contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in market value is recorded by the Series as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, the Series records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The use of foreign currency exchange contracts involves the risk that the value of a foreign currency contract changes unfavorably due to movements in the value of the referenced foreign currencies and the risk that a counterparty to the contract does not perform it obligations under the agreement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure:

 

 



Fair Value of Derivative Instruments as of June 30, 2010

 





 

 

Liability Derivatives

 

 

 



 

 

Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location

 

Value

 








Equity contracts

 

Net unrealized
appreciation/
depreciation*

 

$

332,778

 









 

 

*

Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of financial futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s margin variation is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010

 



 

 

Net Realized Loss from

 

 

 



 

 

Financial
Futures
Contracts

 

Foreign
Currency
Transactions

 









Foreign currency transactions

 

 

 

$

(169,373

)

Equity contracts

 

$

(2,337,179

)

 

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation/Depreciation on

 

 

 



 

 

Financial
Futures
Contracts

 

Foreign
Currency
Transactions

 







Foreign currency transactions

 

 

 

$

147,613

 

Equity contracts

 

$

(839,552

)

 

 









For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the average quarterly balance of outstanding derivative financial instruments was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 






Foreign currency exchange contracts:

 

 

 

 

Average number of contracts — US dollars purchased

 

 

4

 

Average number of contracts — US dollars sold

 

 

4

 

Average US dollar amounts purchased

 

$

697,357

 

Average US dollar amounts sold

 

$

362,827

 

Financial futures contracts:

 

 

 

 

Average number of contracts purchased

 

 

290

 

Average notional value of contracts purchased

 

$

16,377,099

 






3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate of the Series for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and Barclays are not.

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Series’ investment advisor, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory and administration services. The Manager is responsible for the management of the Series’ portfolio and provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Series. For such services, the Series pays the Manager a monthly fee at the annual rate of 0.01% of average daily value of the Series’ net assets.

The Manager entered into a contractual arrangement with the Master LLC with respect to the Series under which the Manager will waive and/or reimburse its fees and/or expenses so that the total annual operating

 

 

 


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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)

Master International Index Series

expenses incurred by the Series (excluding interest expense, acquired fund fees and certain other Series’ expenses) will not exceed 0.12% of the average daily value of the Series’ net assets. The Manager has agreed not to reduce or discontinue this contractual waiver or reimbursement before May 1, 2011 unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the non-interested directors. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, The Series waived $27,145, which is included in fees waived by advisor in the Statement of Operations.

The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Series pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds; however, the Manager does not waive its advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees paid through its investment in other affiliated investment companies, if any. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Series waived $2,103, which is included in fees waived by advisor in the Statement of Operations.

The Manager entered into a sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”), an affiliate of the Manager. The Manager pays BIM for services it provides, a monthly fee that is a percentage of the investment advisory fees paid by the Series to the Manager.

For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Series reimbursed the Manager $7,716 for certain accounting services, which is included in accounting services in the Statement of Operations.

Certain officers and/or directors of the Master LLC are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates.

4. Investments:

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities, for the six months ended June 30, 2010 were $855,474,651 and $28,273,521, respectively.

5. Borrowings:

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates, is a party to a $500 million credit agreement with a group of lenders, which expires in November 2010. The Series may borrow under the credit agreement to fund shareholder redemptions. The Series paid its pro rata share of 0.02% upfront fee on the aggregate commitment amount which was allocated to the Series based on its net assets as of October 31, 2009, a commitment fee of 0.10% per annum based on the Series pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement, which is included in miscellaneous in the Statement of Operations, and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) the one-month LIBOR plus 1.25% per annum and (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.25% per annum on amounts borrowed. The Series did not borrow under the credit agreement during the six months ended June 30, 2010.

6. Concentration, Market and Credit Risk:

In the normal course of business, the Series invests in securities and enters into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of the issuer of a security to meet all its obligations (issuer credit risk). The value of securities held by the Series may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers whose securities are owned by the Series; conditions affecting the general economy; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; and currency and interest rate and price fluctuations. Similar to issuer credit risk, the Series may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Series has unsettled or open transactions may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments. The Series manages counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that it believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Series to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Series’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is generally approximated by their value recorded in the Series’ Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Series.

The Series invests a substantial amount of its assets in issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries. When the Series concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, political and social conditions in those countries may have a significant impact on their investment performance. Please see the Schedule of Investments for concentrations in specific countries.

As of June 30, 2010, the Series had the following industry classifications:

 

 

 

 

 






Industry

 

Percent of
Long-Term
Investments

 






Commercial Banks

 

 

14

%

Pharmaceuticals

 

 

8

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

 

7

 

Metals & Mining

 

 

6

 

Other*

 

 

65

 







 

 

 

 

*

All other industries held were each less than 5% of long-term investments.

7. Subsequent Events:

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Series through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

 


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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement

The Board of Directors of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”) met on April 20, 2010 and May 18 – 19, 2010 to consider the approval of the Master LLC’s investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Master LLC’s investment advisor, on behalf of the Master International Index Series (the “Master Portfolio”), a series of the Master LLC. The Board of Directors of the Master LLC also considered the approval of the sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between the Manager and BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (the “Sub-Advisor”), with respect to the Master Portfolio. BlackRock International Index Fund (the “Fund”), a series of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”), is a “feeder” fund that invests all of its investable assets in the Master Portfolio. Accordingly, the Board of Directors of the Corporation also considered the approval of the Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement with respect to the Master Portfolio. The Manager and the Sub-Advisor are referred to herein as “BlackRock.” The Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement are referred to herein as the “Agreements.” For simplicity, the Board of Directors of the Master LLC and the Board of Directors of the Corporation are referred to herein collectively as the “Board,” and the members are referred to as “Board Members.”

Activities and Composition of the Board

The Board consists of thirteen individuals, eleven of whom are not “interested persons” of the Master LLC or the Corporation as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independent Board Members”). The Board Members are responsible for the oversight of the operations of the Master LLC or the Corporation, as pertinent, and perform the various duties imposed on the directors of investment companies by the 1940 Act. The Independent Board Members have retained independent legal counsel to assist them in connection with their duties. The Co-Chairs of the Board are each Independent Board Members. The Board has established five standing committees: an Audit Committee, a Governance and Nominating Committee, a Compliance Committee, a Performance Oversight and Contract Committee and an Executive Committee, each of which is composed of Independent Board Members (except for the Executive Committee, which also has one interested Board Member) and is chaired by Independent Board Members. The Board also has one ad hoc committee, the Joint Product Pricing Committee, which consists of Independent Board Members and directors/trustees of the boards of certain other BlackRock-managed funds, who are not “interested persons” of their respective funds.

The Agreements

Pursuant to the 1940 Act, the Board is required to consider the continuation of the Agreements on an annual basis. In connection with this process, the Board assessed, among other things, the nature, scope and quality of the services provided to the Master Portfolio and the Fund by the personnel of BlackRock and its affiliates, including investment management, administrative and shareholder services, oversight of fund accounting and custody, marketing services and assistance in meeting applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

From time to time throughout the year, the Board, acting directly and through its committees, considers at each of its meetings factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the Agreements, including the services and support provided by BlackRock to the Master Portfolio, the Fund and their shareholders. Among the matters the Board considered were: (a) investment performance for one-, three- and five-year periods, as applicable, against peer funds, and applicable benchmarks, if any, as well as senior management and portfolio managers’ analysis of the reasons for any over performance or underperformance against its peers and/or benchmark, as applicable; (b) fees, including advisory, administration, if applicable, and other amounts paid to BlackRock and its affiliates by the Master Portfolio and/or the Fund for services, such as transfer agency, marketing and distribution, call center and fund accounting; (c) Master Portfolio’s and/or the Fund’s operating expenses; (d) the resources devoted to and compliance reports relating to the Master Portfolio’s and the Fund’s investment objective, policies and restrictions; (e) the Master LLC’s and the Corporation’s compliance with its respective Code of Ethics and compliance policies and procedures; (f) the nature, cost and character of non-investment management services provided by BlackRock and its affiliates; (g) BlackRock’s and other service providers’ internal controls; (h) BlackRock’s implementation of the proxy voting policies approved by the Board; (i) the use of brokerage commissions and execution quality of portfolio transactions; (j) BlackRock’s implementation of the Master LLC’s and/or the Corporation’s valuation and liquidity procedures; (k) an analysis of contractual and actual management fees for products with similar investment objectives across the open-end fund, closed-end fund and institutional account product channels; and (l) periodic updates on BlackRock’s business.

Board Considerations in Approving the Agreements

The Approval Process: Prior to the April 20, 2010 meeting, the Board requested and received materials specifically relating to the Agreements. The Board is engaged in a process with BlackRock to periodically review the nature and scope of the information provided to better assist its deliberations. The materials provided in connection with the April meeting included: (a) information independently compiled and prepared by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”) on fees and expenses of the Master Portfolio and the Fund, as applicable, and the investment performance of the Fund as compared with a peer group of funds as determined by Lipper (collectively, “Peers”); (b) information on the profitability of the Agreements to BlackRock and a discussion of fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders; (c) a general analysis provided by BlackRock concerning investment advisory fees charged to other clients, such as institutional clients and closed-end funds, under similar investment mandates, as well as the performance of such other clients, as applicable; (d) the impact of economies of scale; (e) a summary of aggregate amounts paid by the Master Portfolio and/or the Fund to BlackRock; (f) sales and redemption

 

 

 


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data regarding the Fund’s shares; and (g) if applicable, a comparison of management fees to similar BlackRock open-end funds, as classified by Lipper.

At an in-person meeting held on April 20, 2010, the Board reviewed materials relating to its consideration of the Agreements. As a result of the discussions that occurred during the April 20, 2010 meeting, the Board presented BlackRock with questions and requests for additional information and BlackRock responded to these requests with additional written information in advance of the May 18 – 19, 2010 Board meeting.

At an in-person meeting held on May 18 – 19, 2010, the Board of the Master LLC, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Master LLC with respect to the Master Portfolio and the Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor with respect to the Master Portfolio, each for a one-year term ending June 30, 2011. The Board of the Corporation, including the Independent Board Members, also considered the continuation of the Agreements and found the Agreements to be satisfactory. In approving the continuation of the Agreements, the Board considered: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of the Master Portfolio, the Fund and BlackRock; (c) the advisory fee and the cost of the services and profits to be realized by BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with the Master Portfolio and the Fund; (d) economies of scale; and (e) other factors deemed relevant by the Board Members.

The Board also considered other matters it deemed important to the approval process, such as payments made to BlackRock or its affiliates relating to the distribution of Fund shares, services related to the valuation and pricing of portfolio holdings of the Master Portfolio, direct and indirect benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders from their relationship with the Master Portfolio and the Fund and advice from independent legal counsel with respect to the review process and materials submitted for the Board’s review. The Board noted the willingness of BlackRock personnel to engage in open, candid discussions with the Board. The Board did not identify any particular information as controlling, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various items considered.

A. Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services Provided by BlackRock: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the nature, extent and quality of services provided by BlackRock, including the investment advisory services and the resulting performance of the Fund. Throughout the year, the Board compared the Fund’s performance to the performance of a comparable group of mutual funds, and the performance of a relevant benchmark, if any. The Board met with BlackRock’s senior management personnel responsible for investment operations, including the senior investment officers. The Board also reviewed the materials provided by the portfolio management team discussing performance and the investment objective, strategies and outlook.

The Board considered, among other factors, the number, education and experience of BlackRock’s investment personnel generally and the Master Portfolio’s portfolio management team, investments by portfolio managers in the funds they manage, BlackRock’s portfolio trading capabilities, BlackRock’s use of technology, BlackRock’s commitment to compliance and BlackRock’s approach to training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel. The Board also reviewed a general description of BlackRock’s compensation structure with respect to the Master Portfolio’s portfolio management team and BlackRock’s ability to attract and retain high-quality talent.

In addition to advisory services, the Board considered the quality of the administrative and non-investment advisory services provided to the Master Portfolio and the Fund. BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders provide the Master Portfolio and the Fund with certain administrative, transfer agency, shareholder and other services (in addition to any such services provided to the Master Portfolio and the Fund by third parties) and officers and other personnel as are necessary for the operations of the Master Portfolio and the Fund. In addition to investment advisory services, BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Master Portfolio and the Fund with other services, including: (i) preparing disclosure documents, such as the prospectus, the statement of additional information and periodic shareholder reports; (ii) assisting with daily accounting and pricing; (iii) overseeing and coordinating the activities of other service providers; (iv) organizing Board meetings and preparing the materials for such Board meetings; (v) providing legal and compliance support; and (vi) performing other administrative functions necessary for the operation of the Master Portfolio and the Fund, such as tax reporting, fulfilling regulatory filing requirements, and call center services. The Board reviewed the structure and duties of BlackRock’s fund administration, accounting, legal and compliance departments and considered BlackRock’s policies and procedures for assuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

B. The Investment Performance of the Master Portfolio, the Fund and BlackRock: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, also reviewed and considered the performance history of the Master Portfolio and the Fund, as applicable. The Board noted that the Master Portfolio’s investment results correspond directly to the investment results of the Fund. In preparation for the April 20, 2010 meeting, the Board was provided with reports, independently prepared by Lipper, which included a comprehensive analysis of the Fund’s performance. The Board also reviewed a narrative and statistical analysis of the Lipper data that was prepared by BlackRock, which analyzed various factors that affect Lipper’s rankings. In connection with its review, the Board received and reviewed information regarding the investment performance of the Fund as compared to a representative group of similar funds as determined by Lipper and to all funds in the Fund’s applicable Lipper category. The Board was

 

 

 


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provided with a description of the methodology used by Lipper to select peer funds. The Board regularly reviews the performance of the Master Portfolio and the Fund, as applicable, throughout the year. The Board attaches more importance to performance over relatively long periods of time, typically three to five years.

The Board noted that the Fund performed below the median of its Lipper Performance Universe in each of the one-, three- and five-year periods reported. The Board and BlackRock reviewed the reasons for the Fund’s underperformance during these periods compared with its Peers. The Board was informed that, among other things, over the one-, three- and five-year periods, the Fund met its objective of matching the risk and return of the MSCI EAFE index before fees and expenses.

The Board and BlackRock discussed BlackRock’s strategy for improving the Fund’s performance and BlackRock’s commitment to providing the resources necessary to assist the Master Portfolio’s portfolio managers and to improve the Fund’s performance.

C. Consideration of the Advisory Fees and the Cost of the Services and Profits to be Realized by BlackRock and its Affiliates from their Relationship with the Master Portfolio and the Fund: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the Master Portfolio’s contractual advisory fee rate compared with the other funds in the Fund’s Lipper category. It also compared the Fund’s total expenses, as well as actual management fees, to those of other funds in its Lipper category. The Board considered the services provided and the fees charged by BlackRock to other types of clients with similar investment mandates, including separately managed institutional accounts.

The Board received and reviewed statements relating to BlackRock’s financial condition and profitability with respect to the services it provided the Master Portfolio and the Fund. The Board was also provided with a profitability analysis that detailed the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by BlackRock for services provided to the Master Portfolio and the Fund. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to the Master Portfolio and the Fund, as applicable, and other funds the Board currently oversees for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to available aggregate profitability data provided for the year ended December 31, 2008. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to other fund complexes managed by the Manager and/or its affiliates. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s assumptions and methodology of allocating expenses in the profitability analysis, noting the inherent limitations in allocating costs among various advisory products. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors including, among other things, fee waivers and expense reimbursements by the Manager, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix, and the difficulty of comparing profitability as a result of those factors.

The Board noted that, in general, individual fund or product line profitability of other advisors is not publicly available. Nevertheless, to the extent such information was available, the Board considered BlackRock’s operating margin, in general, compared to the operating margin for leading investment management firms whose operations include advising open-end funds, among other product types. That data indicates that operating margins for BlackRock with respect to its registered funds are generally consistent with margins earned by similarly situated publicly traded competitors. In addition, the Board considered, among other things, certain third party data comparing BlackRock’s operating margin with that of other publicly traded asset management firms. That third party data indicates that larger asset bases do not, in themselves, translate to higher profit margins.

In addition, the Board considered the cost of the services provided to the Master Portfolio and the Fund by BlackRock, and BlackRock’s and its affiliates’ profits relating to the management and distribution of the Master Portfolio and the Fund and the other funds advised by BlackRock and its affiliates. As part of its analysis, the Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology in allocating its costs to the management of the Master Portfolio and the Fund. The Board also considered whether BlackRock has the financial resources necessary to attract and retain high-quality investment management personnel to perform its obligations under the Agreements and to continue to provide the high quality of services that is expected by the Board.

The Board noted that the Fund’s contractual advisory fee rate was lower than or equal to the median contractual advisory fee rate paid by the Fund’s Peers, in each case before taking into account any expense reimbursements or fee waivers. The Board also noted that BlackRock has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses in order to limit, to a specified amount, the Master Portfolio’s total operating expenses as a percentage of the Master Portfolio’s average daily net assets and has voluntarily agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to limit the Fund’s total operating expenses as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets on a class-by-class basis, as applicable.

The Board noted that after discussions between the Board, including the Independent Board Members, and BlackRock, the Board approved BlackRock’s proposed contractual administration fee reduction effective June 1, 2010.

D. Economies of Scale: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Master Portfolio and the Fund increase. The Board also considered the extent to which the Master Portfolio and the Fund benefit from such economies and whether there should be changes in the advisory fee rate or structure in order to enable the Master Portfolio and the Fund to participate in these economies of scale, for example through the use of breakpoints in the advisory fee based upon the asset level of the Master Portfolio.

 

 

 


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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement (concluded)

E. Other Factors Deemed Relevant by the Board Members: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, also took into account other ancillary or “fall-out” benefits that BlackRock or its affiliates and significant shareholders may derive from their respective relationships with the Master Portfolio and the Fund, both tangible and intangible, such as BlackRock’s ability to leverage its investment professionals who manage other portfolios, an increase in BlackRock’s profile in the investment advisory community, and the engagement of BlackRock’s affiliates and significant shareholders as service providers to the Master Portfolio and the Fund, including for administrative, transfer agency and distribution services. The Board also considered BlackRock’s overall operations and its efforts to expand the scale of, and improve the quality of, its operations. The Board also noted that BlackRock may use and benefit from third party research obtained by soft dollars generated by certain mutual fund transactions to assist in managing all or a number of its other client accounts. The Board further noted that BlackRock completed the acquisition of a complex of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) on December 1, 2009, and that BlackRock’s funds may invest in such ETFs without any offset against the management fees payable by the funds to BlackRock.

In connection with its consideration of the Agreements, the Board also received information regarding BlackRock’s brokerage and soft dollar practices. The Board received reports from BlackRock which included information on brokerage commissions and trade execution practices throughout the year.

The Board noted the competitive nature of the open-end fund marketplace, and that shareholders are able to redeem their Fund shares if they believe that the Fund’s fees and expenses are too high or if they are dissatisfied with the performance of the Fund.

Conclusion

The Board of the Master LLC, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Master LLC, with respect to the Master Portfolio, for a one-year term ending June 30, 2011 and the Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor, with respect to the Master Portfolio, for a one-year term ending June 30, 2011. As part of its approval, the Board of the Master LLC considered the detailed review of BlackRock’s fee structure, as it applies to the Master LLC, being conducted by the ad hoc Joint Product Pricing Committee. Based upon its evaluation of all of the aforementioned factors in their totality, the Board of the Master LLC, including the Independent Board Members, was satisfied that the terms of the Agreements were fair and reasonable and in the best interest of the Master Portfolio and its shareholders. The Board of the Corporation, including the Independent Board Members, also considered the continuation of the Agreements with respect to the Master Portfolio and found the Agreements to be satisfactory. In arriving at a decision to approve the Agreements, the Board of the Master LLC did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, but considered all factors together, and different Board Members may have attributed different weights to the various factors considered. The Independent Board Members were also assisted by the advice of independent legal counsel in making this determination. The contractual fee arrangements for the Master Portfolio reflect the results of several years of review by the Board Members and predecessor Board Members, and discussions between such Board Members (and predecessor Board Members) and BlackRock. Certain aspects of the arrangements may be the subject of more attention in some years than in others, and the Board Members’ conclusions may be based in part on their consideration of these arrangements in prior years.

 

 

 


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Officers and Directors

 

Ronald W. Forbes, Co-Chairman of the Board and Director

Rodney D. Johnson, Co-Chairman of the Board and Director

David O. Beim, Director

Richard S. Davis, Director

Henry Gabbay, Director

Dr. Matina Horner, Director

Herbert I. London, Director and Member of the Audit Committee

Cynthia A. Montgomery, Director

Joseph P. Platt, Jr., Director

Robert C. Robb, Jr., Director

Toby Rosenblatt, Director

Kenneth L. Urish, Chairman of the Audit Committee and Director

Frederick W. Winter, Director and Member of the Audit Committee

Anne Ackerley, Corporation/Master LLC President and Chief Executive Officer

Jeffrey Holland, Vice President

Brendan Kyne, Vice President

Brian Schmidt, Vice President

Neal Andrews, Chief Financial Officer

Jay Fife, Treasurer

Brian Kindelan, Chief Compliance Officer of the Fund/Master LLC

Howard Surloff, Secretary

 

Investment Advisor

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Sub-Advisor

BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

Plainsboro, NJ 08536

 

Custodian

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Brooklyn, NY 11245

 

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Accounting Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company

Princeton, NJ 08540

 

Distributor

BlackRock Investments, LLC

New York, NY 10022

 

Legal Counsel

Sidley Austin LLP

New York, NY 10019

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Princeton, NJ 08540

 

Address of the Fund

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809


 

 

 


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Additional Information

 


General Information


Electronic Delivery

Electronic copies of most financial reports and prospectuses are available on the Fund’s website or shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications of quarterly statements, annual and semi-annual reports and prospectuses by enrolling in the Fund’s electronic delivery program.

To enroll:

Shareholders Who Hold Accounts with Investment Advisors, Banks or Brokerages:

Please contact your financial advisor. Please note that not all investment advisors, banks or brokerages may offer this service.

Shareholders Who Hold Accounts Directly with BlackRock:

1) Access the BlackRock website at http://www.blackrock.com/edelivery

2) Select “eDelivery” under the “More Information” section

3) Log into your account

Householding

The Fund will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports and proxy statements, to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please call (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedule of Investments

The Fund/Series files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s/Series’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The Fund’s/Series’ Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund/Series uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) at http://www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.

Availability of Proxy Voting Record

Information on how the Fund/Series voted proxies relating to securities held in the Fund’s/Series’ portfolio during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available upon request and without charge (1) at http://www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762 and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

 

 


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Additional Information (concluded)

 


Shareholder Privileges


Account Information

Call us at (800) 441-7762 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST on any business day to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also reach us on the Web at http://www.blackrock.com/funds.

Automatic Investment Plans

Investor Class shareholders who want to invest regularly can arrange to have $50 or more automatically deducted from their checking or savings account and invested in any of the BlackRock funds.

Systematic Withdrawal Plans

Investor Class shareholders can establish a systematic withdrawal plan and receive periodic payments of $50 or more from their BlackRock funds, as long as their account balance is at least $10,000.

Retirement Plans

Shareholders may make investments in conjunction with Traditional, Rollover, Roth, Coverdell, Simple IRAs, SEP IRAs and 403(b) Plans.

 


BlackRock Privacy Principles


BlackRock is committed to maintaining the privacy of its current and former fund investors and individual clients (collectively, “Clients”) and to safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information BlackRock collects, how we protect that information and why in certain cases we share such information with select parties.

If you are located in a jurisdiction where specific laws, rules or regulations require BlackRock to provide you with additional or different privacy-related rights beyond what is set forth below, then BlackRock will comply with those specific laws, rules or regulations.

BlackRock obtains or verifies personal non-public information from and about you from different sources, including the following: (i) information we receive from you or, if applicable, your financial intermediary, on applications, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from a consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.

BlackRock does not sell or disclose to non-affiliated third parties any non-public personal information about its Clients, except as permitted by law or as is necessary to respond to regulatory requests or to service Client accounts. These non-affiliated third parties are required to protect the confidentiality and security of this information and to use it only for its intended purpose.

We may share information with our affiliates to service your account or to provide you with information about other BlackRock products or services that may be of interest to you. In addition, BlackRock restricts access to non-public personal information about its Clients to those BlackRock employees with a legitimate business need for the information. BlackRock maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that are designed to protect the non-public personal information of its Clients, including procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.

 

 

 




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A World-Class Mutual Fund Family

BlackRock offers a diverse lineup of open-end mutual funds crossing all investment styles and managed by experts in equity, fixed income and tax-exempt investing.

 


Equity Funds


 

BlackRock All-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio

BlackRock Asset Allocation Portfolio†

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund†

BlackRock Basic Value Fund

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

BlackRock EuroFund

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund

BlackRock Focus Value Fund

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund†

BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund

BlackRock Global Emerging Markets Fund

BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund

BlackRock Global Growth Fund

BlackRock Global Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund

BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Healthcare Fund

BlackRock Index Equity Portfolio*

BlackRock International Fund

BlackRock International Index Fund

BlackRock International Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock International Value Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Core Plus Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund

BlackRock Latin America Fund

BlackRock Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

BlackRock Pacific Fund

BlackRock Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

BlackRock Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

BlackRock U.S. Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund

BlackRock World Gold Fund

 


Fixed Income Funds


 

BlackRock Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Emerging Market Debt Portfolio

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock Government Income Portfolio

BlackRock High Income Fund

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Income Portfolio†

BlackRock Income Builder Portfolio†

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

BlackRock International Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Long Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Managed Income Portfolio

BlackRock Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Total Return Fund

BlackRock Total Return Portfolio II

BlackRock World Income Fund

 


Municipal Bond Funds


 

BlackRock AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock California Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund

BlackRock Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

 


Target Risk & Target Date Funds†



 

BlackRock Prepared Portfolios

Conservative Prepared Portfolio

Moderate Prepared Portfolio

Growth Prepared Portfolio

Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio

 

BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared Portfolios

2010

2015

2020

2025

2030

2035

2040

2045

2050

 

BlackRock LifePath Portfolios
Retirement

2020

2025

2030

2035

2040

2045

2050

2055


 

 

*

See the prospectus for information on specific limitations on investments in the fund.

 

Mixed asset fund.

BlackRock mutual funds are currently distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC. You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the funds under consideration carefully before investing. Each fund’s prospectus contains this and other information and is available at www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762 or from your financial advisor. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.

 

 

 


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(GO PAPERLESS LOGO)

This report is transmitted to shareholders only. It is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Fund unless accompanied or preceded by the Fund’s current prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Investment returns and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change.

(BLACKROCK LOGO)

#Index 2-06/10


 

 

BlackRock S&P 500
Index Fund

(BLACKROCK LOGO)

OF BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.

 

 

 

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
JUNE 30, 2010 | (UNAUDITED)

 

NOT FDIC INSURED
MAY LOSE VALUE
NO BANK GUARANTEE



 


 

Table of Contents


 

 

 




 

 

Page




 

Dear Shareholder

 

3

Semi-Annual Report:

 

 

Fund Summary

 

4

About Fund Performance

 

6

Disclosure of Expenses

 

6

Fund Financial Statements:

 

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

7

Statement of Operations

 

8

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

9

Fund Financial Highlights

 

10

Fund Notes to Financial Statements

 

12

Series Portfolio Information

 

15

Series Financial Statements:

 

 

Schedule of Investments

 

16

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

23

Statement of Operations

 

24

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

25

Series Financial Highlights

 

26

Series Notes to Financial Statements

 

27

Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement

 

31

Officers and Directors

 

35

Additional Information

 

36

Mutual Fund Family

 

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JUNE 30, 2010




 


 

Dear Shareholder

Although overall global economic and financial conditions have generally improved over the past year, the past several months have seen high levels of market volatility and diminishing investor confidence sparked by the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and mixed economic data that have raised concerns over the possibility that some economies could slide back into recession. Despite the uneven nature of recent market conditions, we continue to believe that the “Great Recession” likely ended at some point last summer, thanks primarily to massive fiscal and monetary stimulus, and that the global economy remains in recovery mode for most regions of the world. Regarding the US economy, we believe it is unlikely that the United States will experience a “double dip” recession, although we acknowledge that subpar growth is likely to persist for some time.

Global equity markets bottomed in early 2009 and since that time have moved unevenly higher as investors were lured back into the markets by depressed valuations, desire for higher yields and improvements in corporate earnings prospects. Volatility levels, however, have remained elevated — primarily as a result of uneven economic data and lingering deflation issues (especially in Europe). As the period drew to a close, equity markets had endured a significant correction that drove stock prices into negative territory on a year-to-date basis in almost every market. Over a 12-month basis, however, global equities posted positive returns thanks to improving corporate revenues and profits and a reasonably strong macro backdrop. From a geographic perspective, US equities have significantly outpaced their international counterparts over the past six and twelve months, as the domestic economic recovery has been more pronounced and as credit-related issues have held European markets down. Within the United States, smaller cap stocks have noticeably outperformed large caps.

In fixed income markets, yields have been moving unevenly over the past six and twelve months as improving economic conditions have been acting to push Treasury yields higher (and prices correspondingly lower), while concerns over ongoing deflation threats have acted as a counterweight. As the period drew to a close, however, Treasury yields fell sharply as investors flocked to the “safe haven” asset class in the face of escalating uncertainty. As a result, US Treasuries became one of the world’s best-performing asset classes on a six-month basis. High yield bonds have also continued to perform well, thanks in large part to ongoing high levels of investor demand. Meanwhile, municipal bonds performed in line with their taxable counterparts on a 12-month basis, but slightly underperformed over the last six months as investors rotated to the relative safety of Treasuries.

Regarding cash investments, yields on money market securities remain near all-time lows (producing returns only marginally above zero percent), with the Federal Open Market Committee reiterating that economic circumstances are likely to necessitate an accommodative interest rate stance for an “extended period.”

Against this backdrop, the major market averages posted the following returns:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Returns as of June 30, 2010

 

6-month

 

12-month

 









US equities (S&P 500 Index)

 

(6.65

)%

 

14.43

%

 









Small cap US equities (Russell 2000 Index)

 

(1.95

)

 

21.48

 

 









International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

 

(13.23

)

 

5.92

 

 









3-month Treasury bill (BofA Merrill Lynch 3-Month Treasury Bill Index)

 

0.05

 

 

0.16

 

 









US Treasury securities (BofA Merrill Lynch 10-Year US Treasury Index)

 

9.36

 

 

8.20

 

 









Taxable fixed income (Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index)

 

5.33

 

 

9.50

 

 









Tax-exempt fixed income (Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index)

 

3.31

 

 

9.61

 

 









High yield bonds (Barclays Capital US Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

 

4.45

 

 

26.66

 

 









Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Index performance shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Although conditions are certainly better than they were a couple of years ago, global financial markets continue to face high volatility and questions about the strength and sustainability of the recovery abound. Through periods of uncertainty, as ever, BlackRock’s full resources are dedicated to the management of our clients’ assets. For additional market perspective and investment insight, visit www.blackrock.com/shareholdermagazine, where you’ll find the most recent issue of our award-winning Shareholder® magazine, as well as its quarterly companion newsletter, Shareholder Perspectives. As always, we thank you for entrusting BlackRock with your investments, and we look forward to your continued partnership in the months and years ahead.

 

Sincerely,

-s- Rob Kapito

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC


 

 

 


 

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Fund Summary as of June 30, 2010

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

 

 


Portfolio Management Commentary



 

 

 

 

How did the Fund perform?

 

 

For the six-months ended June 30, 2010, through the Fund’s investment in Master S&P 500 Index Series (the “Series”) of Quantitative Master Series LLC, the Fund’s Institutional and Investor A Shares returned (6.82)% and (6.91)%, respectively, underperforming the benchmark, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index, which returned (6.65)% for the same period. The S&P 500 is a market-weighted index composed of 500 common stocks issued by large-capitalization companies in a wide range of business. The stocks included in the index collectively represent a substantial portion of all common stocks publicly traded in the United States.

 

 

Returns for the Fund’s respective share classes differ from the benchmark based on individual share class expenses.

 

 

 

Describe the market environment.

 

 

At the beginning of 2010, we expected to see a modest cyclical recovery that was countered by the structural problems facing most of the developed world. For the first four months of the year, the cyclical recovery did dominate, but over the past two months, structural problems (especially those in Europe) began to win out, and risk assets (including U.S. equities) have been struggling. Financial markets took a dramatic turn in late April, as investor sentiment became dominated by concerns over the European sovereign debt crisis, some less-positive economic data and uncertainty over financial regulatory reform in the United States. Volatility levels moved noticeably higher over the past several months, and investors embarked on a renewed “flight to quality,” abandoning risk assets such as stocks in favor of safer alternatives, most notably US Treasury bonds and gold.

 

 

In the United States, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 5.00%, the S&P 500 Index declined 6.65% and the Nasdaq Composite lost 6.63%.

 

 

Within the benchmark index, the S&P 500 Index, all ten sectors recorded negative returns for the period. Industrials (0.85)%, consumer discretionary (1.59)% and consumer staples (2.79)% were the smallest detractors from performance, while materials (12.88)% and energy (12.21)% posted comparatively larger losses.

 

 

 

Describe recent portfolio activity.

 

 

During the six-month period, as changes were made to the composition of the S&P 500 Index, the Series purchased and sold securities to maintain its objective of replicating the risks and return of the benchmark.

 

 

 

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

 

 

The Series remains positioned to match the risk characteristics of its benchmark, irrespective of the market’s future direction.

 

 

 

 

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.


 


Derivative Financial Instruments


The Series may invest in various derivative instruments, including financial futures contracts, as specified in Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements, which constitute forms of economic leverage. Such instruments are used to obtain exposure to a market without owning or taking physical custody of securities or to hedge market and/or equity risks. Such derivative instruments involve risks, including the imperfect correlation between the value of a derivative instrument and the underlying asset or illiquidity of the derivative instrument. The Series’ ability to successfully use a derivative instrument depends on the investment advisor’s ability to accurately predict pertinent market movements, which cannot be assured. The use of derivative instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may require the Series to sell or purchase portfolio securities at inopportune times or for distressed values, may limit the amount of appreciation the Series can realize on an investment, may result in lower dividends paid to shareholders or may cause the Series to hold a security that it might otherwise sell. The Series’ investments in these instruments are discussed in detail in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 


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Total Return Based on a $10,000 Investment


(MESSAGE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Assuming transaction costs and other operating expenses, including investment advisory fees and administration fees, if any.

 

 

 

 

2

The Fund invests all of its assets in the Series. The Series’ investments are allocated among common stocks in approximately the same weightings as the S&P 500 Index.

 

 

 

 

3

This unmanaged index covers 500 industrial, utility, transportation and financial companies of the US markets (mostly New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) issues), representing about 75% of NYSE market capitalization and 30% of NYSE issues.


 


Performance Summary for the Period Ended June 30, 2010



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns4

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

6-Month
Total Returns

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

 











Institutional

 

 

(6.82

)%

 

14.12

%

 

(1.07

)%

 

(1.89

)%

Investor A

 

 

(6.91

)

 

13.90

 

 

(1.31

)

 

(2.14

)

S&P 500 Index

 

 

(6.65

)

 

14.43

 

 

(0.79

)

 

(1.59

)
















 

 

 

 

4

Average annual total returns reflect reductions for service fees. See “About Fund Performance” on page 6 for a detailed description of share classes, including any related fees.

 

 

 

Past performance is not indicative of future results.


 

 

 

 


 

BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

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About Fund Performance


 

 

Institutional Shares are not subject to any sales charge. Institutional Shares bear no ongoing distribution or service fees and are available only to eligible investors.

 

 

Investor A Shares are not subject to any sales charge and bear no ongoing distribution fee. Investor A Shares are subject to an ongoing service fee of 0.25% per year.

 

 

 

Performance information reflects past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Refer to www.blackrock.com/funds to obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Figures shown in the performance table on the previous page assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, at net asset value on the ex-dividend date. Investment return and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Dividends paid to each class of shares will vary because of the different levels of service and transfer agency fees applicable to each class, which are deducted from the income available to be paid to shareholders. The Fund’s administrator waived a portion of its fee. Without such waiver, the Fund’s performance would have been lower.


 


 

Disclosure of Expenses

Shareholders of this Fund may incur the following charges: (a) expenses related to transactions, including redemption fees and exchange fees; and (b) operating expenses including administration fees, distribution fees including 12b-1 fees and other Fund expenses. The expense example shown below (which is based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested on January 1, 2010 and held through June 30, 2010) is intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in the Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number corresponding to their share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in this Fund and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in other funds’ shareholder reports.

The expenses shown in the table are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as sales charges, redemption fees or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical example is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only, and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.

 


Expense Example



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

Hypothetical2

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

Beginning
Account Value
January 1, 2010

 

Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2010

 

Expenses Paid
During the Period1

 

Beginning
Account Value
January 1, 2010

 

Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2010

 

Expenses Paid
During the Period1

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio

 

















Institutional

 

$

1,000

 

$

931.80

 

$

1.63

 

$

1,000

 

$

1,023.11

 

$

1.71

 

 

0.34

%

Investor A

 

$

1,000

 

$

930.90

 

$

2.87

 

$

1,000

 

$

1,021.82

 

$

3.01

 

 

0.60

%

























 

 

 

 

1

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Because the Fund is a feeder fund, the expense table example reflects the expenses of both the feeder fund and the master fund in which it invests.

 

 

2

Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by pro rating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 365.


 

 

 

 


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JUNE 30, 2010

 



 

 


 

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 






Assets

 

 

 

 






Investments at value — Master S&P 500 Index Series (the “Series”) (cost — $1,462,881,651)

 

$

1,531,509,274

 

Capital shares sold receivable

 

 

250,152

 

Withdrawals receivable from the Series

 

 

94,471

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

18,503

 

 

 




Total assets

 

 

1,531,872,400

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Liabilities

 

 

 

 






Capital shares redeemed payable

 

 

344,623

 

Administration fees payable

 

 

260,325

 

Service fees payable

 

 

141,978

 

Other affiliates payable

 

 

21,115

 

Officer’s fees payable

 

 

203

 

Other accrued expenses payable

 

 

199,007

 

 

 




Total liabilities

 

 

967,251

 

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

1,530,905,149

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Net Assets Consist of

 

 

 

 






Paid-in capital

 

$

1,655,078,883

 

Undistributed net investment income

 

 

13,576,398

 

Accumulated net realized loss allocated from the Series

 

 

(206,377,755

)

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation allocated from the Series

 

 

68,627,623

 

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

1,530,905,149

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Net Asset Value

 

 

 

 






Institutional — Based on net assets of $879,145,361 and 69,207,701 shares outstanding, 250 million shares authorized, $0.0001 par value

 

$

12.70

 

 

 




Investor A — Based on net assets of $651,759,788 and 51,454,223 shares outstanding, 250 million shares authorized, $0.0001 par value

 

$

12.67

 

 

 





See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 


 

BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

7




 

 


 

 

Statement of Operations

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 






Investment Income

 

 

 

 






Net investment income allocated from the Series:

 

 

 

 

Dividends

 

$

16,239,082

 

Securities lending — affiliated

 

 

70,229

 

Dividends — affiliated

 

 

21,935

 

Expenses

 

 

(316,713

)

 

 




Total income

 

 

16,014,533

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Expenses

 

 

 

 






Administration

 

 

1,983,856

 

Service — Investor A

 

 

888,797

 

Transfer agent — Institutional

 

 

256,803

 

Transfer agent — Investor A

 

 

196,289

 

Printing

 

 

43,836

 

Licensing

 

 

35,897

 

Registration

 

 

21,344

 

Professional

 

 

18,151

 

Officer

 

 

389

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

7,501

 

 

 




Total expenses

 

 

3,452,863

 

 

 




Net investment income

 

 

12,561,670

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Allocated from the Series

 

 

 

 






Net realized gain from investments and financial futures contracts

 

 

(4,968,391

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments, short positions and financial futures contracts

 

 

(120,231,464

)

 

 




Total realized and unrealized loss

 

 

(125,199,855

)

 

 




Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

(112,638,185

)

 

 





 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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JUNE 30, 2010




 

 


 

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2010
(Unaudited)

 

Year Ended
December 31,
2009

 







Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income

 

$

12,561,670

 

$

27,714,317

 

Net realized gain (loss)

 

 

(4,968,391

)

 

(10,017,881

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

(120,231,464

)

 

339,946,812

 

 

 







Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

 

(112,638,185

)

 

357,643,248

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Dividends to Shareholders From

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 

 

(16,925,135

)

Investor A

 

 

 

 

(10,932,804

)

 

 







Decrease in net assets resulting from dividends to shareholders

 

 

 

 

(27,857,939

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Capital Share Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

 

 

(13,444,570

)

 

(66,243,912

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Total increase (decrease) in net assets

 

 

(126,082,755

)

 

263,541,397

 

Beginning of period

 

 

1,656,987,904

 

 

1,393,446,507

 

 

 







End of period

 

$

1,530,905,149

 

$

1,656,987,904

 

 

 







Undistributed net investment income

 

$

13,576,398

 

$

1,014,728

 

 

 








See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 


 

BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

9




 

 


 

 

Financial Highlights

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 



 

 

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2010
(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

2005

 















Per Share Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

13.63

 

$

11.00

 

$

18.01

 

$

17.40

 

$

15.29

 

$

14.84

 

 

 



















Net investment income1

 

 

0.11

 

 

0.23

 

 

0.31

 

 

0.30

 

 

0.26

 

 

0.23

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

 

 

(1.04

)

 

2.64

 

 

(7.01

)

 

0.62

 

 

2.11

 

 

0.46

 

 

 



















Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

(0.93

)

 

2.87

 

 

(6.70

)

 

0.92

 

 

2.37

 

 

0.69

 

 

 



















Dividends from net investment income

 

 

 

 

(0.24

)

 

(0.31

)

 

(0.31

)

 

(0.26

)

 

(0.24

)

 

 



















Net asset value, end of period

 

$

12.70

 

$

13.63

 

$

11.00

 

$

18.01

 

$

17.40

 

$

15.29

 

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total Investment Return2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Based on net asset value

 

 

(6.82

)%3

 

26.15

%

 

(37.20

)%

 

5.29

%

 

15.49

%

 

4.63

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Ratios to Average Net Assets4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total expenses

 

 

0.34

%5

 

0.35

%

 

0.35

%

 

0.34

%

 

0.35

%

 

0.35

%

 

 



















Net investment income

 

 

1.61

%5

 

2.02

%

 

2.00

%

 

1.64

%

 

1.61

%

 

1.52

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net assets, end of period (000)

 

$

879,145

 

$

951,380

 

$

813,527

 

$

1,779,030

 

$

1,699,791

 

$

1,544,023

 

 

 



















Portfolio turnover of the Series

 

 

3

%

 

7

%

 

8

%

 

4

%

 

4

%

 

11

%

 

 




















 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

 

2

Where applicable, total investment returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

 

 

3

Aggregate total investment return.

 

 

4

Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated expenses and/or net investment income.

 

 

5

Annualized.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Financial Highlights (concluded)

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor A

 

 


 

 

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2010
(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 


 

 

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

2005

 





















Per Share Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

13.61

 

$

10.98

 

$

17.96

 

$

17.36

 

$

15.26

 

$

14.81

 

 

 



















Net investment income1

 

 

0.09

 

 

0.20

 

 

0.27

 

 

0.25

 

 

0.22

 

 

0.19

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

 

 

(1.03

)

 

2.64

 

 

(6.98

)

 

0.61

 

 

2.10

 

 

0.46

 

 

 



















Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

(0.94

)

 

2.84

 

 

(6.71

)

 

0.86

 

 

2.32

 

 

0.65

 

 

 



















Dividends from net investment income

 

 

 

 

(0.21

)

 

(0.27

)

 

(0.26

)

 

(0.22

)

 

(0.20

)

 

 



















Net asset value, end of period

 

$

12.67

 

$

13.61

 

$

10.98

 

$

17.96

 

$

17.36

 

$

15.26

 

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total Investment Return2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Based on net asset value

 

 

(6.91

)%3

 

25.92

%

 

(37.36

)%

 

4.97

%

 

15.18

%

 

4.38

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Ratios to Average Net Assets4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total expenses

 

 

0.60

%5

 

0.61

%

 

0.60

%

 

0.60

%

 

0.60

%

 

0.60

%

 

 



















Net investment income

 

 

1.36

%5

 

1.76

%

 

1.75

%

 

1.38

%

 

1.36

%

 

1.27

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net assets, end of period (000)

 

$

651,760

 

$

705,608

 

$

579,920

 

$

930,377

 

$

969,213

 

$

896,796

 

 

 



















Portfolio turnover of the Series

 

 

3

%

 

7

%

 

8

%

 

4

%

 

4

%

 

11

%

 

 




















 

 

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

 

 

 

2

Where applicable, total investment returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

 

 

 

 

3

Aggregate total investment return.

 

 

 

 

4

Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated expenses and/or net investment income.

 

 

 

 

5

Annualized.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

11




 

 


 

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund (the “Fund”), is a series of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation), registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a non-diversified, open-end management investment company. The Fund is organized as a Maryland corporation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its assets in Master S&P 500 Index Series (the “Series”) of Quantitative Master Series LLC. The value of the Fund’s investment in the Series reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Series. The percentage of the Series owned by the Fund at June 30, 2010 was 74.2%. The performance of the Fund is directly affected by the performance of the Series. The financial statements of the Series, including the Schedule of Investments, are included elsewhere in this report and should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s financial statements. The Fund’s financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund offers multiple classes of shares. Institutional Shares are sold without a sales charge and only to certain eligible investors. Investor A Shares are sold without a front-end sales charge. Both classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except that Investor A Shares bear certain expenses related to the shareholder servicing of such shares and have exclusive voting rights with respect to matters relating to its shareholder servicing expenditures.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund:

Valuation: The Fund’s policy is to fair value its financial instruments at market value. The Fund records its investment in the Series at fair value based on the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Series. Valuation of securities held by the Series, including categorization of fair value measurements, is discussed in Note 1 of the Series’ Notes to Financial Statements, which are included elsewhere in this report.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions in the Series are accounted for on a trade date basis. The Fund records daily its proportionate share of the Series’ income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses. In addition, the Fund accrues its own expenses. Income and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.

Dividends and Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. The amount and timing of dividends and distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP.

Income Taxes: It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

The Fund files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s US federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended December 31, 2009. The statutes of limitations on the Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction. There are no uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Other: Expenses directly related to the Fund or its classes are charged to that Fund or class. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Other expenses of the Fund are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.

 

 

 


12

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JUNE 30, 2010




 

 


 

 

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

2. Administration Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate of the Fund for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and Barclays are not.

The Corporation, on behalf of the Fund, entered into an Administration Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Administrator”), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide administrative services (other than investment advice and related portfolio activities). For such services, the Fund pays the Administrator a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.195% of the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets. Prior to June 1, 2010, the Fund paid the Administrator a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.245% of the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets. The Fund does not pay an Advisory fee or investment management fee.

The Administrator has agreed voluntarily to waive and/or reimburse fees and/or expenses to limit the net annual operating expenses (excluding dividend expense, interest expense, acquired fund fees and expenses and certain other Fund expenses) will not exceed 0.40% for Institutional Shares and 0.65% for Investor A Shares of average daily net assets. These voluntary waivers or reimbursements may be reduced or discontinued at any time without notice.

The Corporation, on behalf of the Fund, entered into a Distribution Agreement and Distribution Plan with BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BlackRock. Pursuant to the Distribution Plan and in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund pays BRIL ongoing service and distribution fees. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly at an annual rate of 0.25% based upon the average daily net assets of Investor A Shares.

Pursuant to sub-agreements with BRIL, broker-dealers and BRIL provide shareholder servicing and distribution services to the Fund. The ongoing service and/or distribution fee compensates BRIL and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder servicing services to Investor A shareholders. PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. (“PNCGIS”), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of PNC and an affiliate of the Administrator, serves as transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent. Effective July 1, 2010, PNCGIS was sold to The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and is no longer considered an affiliate of the Administrator. At the close of the sale, PNCGIS changed its name to BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. Transfer agency fees borne by the Fund are comprised of those fees charged for all shareholder communications including mailing of shareholder reports, dividend and distribution notices, and proxy materials for shareholder meetings, as well as per account and per transaction fees related to servicing and maintenance of shareholder accounts, including the issuing, redeeming and transferring of shares, check writing, anti-money laundering services, and customer identification services.

The Administrator maintains a call center, which is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Fund, such as responding to shareholder inquiries and processing transactions based upon instructions from shareholders with respect to the subscription and redemption of Fund shares. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Fund reimbursed the Administrator the following amounts for costs incurred in running the call center, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the Statement of Operations.

 

 

 

 

 






Institutional

 

$

2,320

 

Investor A

 

$

5,073

 






Certain officers and/or directors of the Corporation are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Fund reimburses the Administrator for compensation paid to the Corporation’s Chief Compliance Officer.

3. Capital Loss Carryforwards:

As of December 31, 2009, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized gains through the indicated expiration dates:

 

 

 

 

 






Expires December 31,

 

 

 

 






2010

 

$

3,255,552

 

2011

 

 

7,823,922

 

2012

 

 

21,618,948

 

2013

 

 

28,402,088

 

2014

 

 

26,517,609

 

2017

 

 

14,948,603

 

 

 



Total

 

$

102,566,722

 

 

 




 

 

 


 

BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

13




 

 


 

 

Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

4. Capital Share Transactions:

Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Year Ended
December 31, 2009

 

 

 




 

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Shares

 

Amount

 











Institutional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Shares sold

 

 

15,860,746

 

$

219,233,169

 

 

35,619,342

 

$

404,077,679

 

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,198,921

 

 

16,162,043

 

 

 













Total issued

 

 

15,860,746

 

 

219,233,169

 

 

36,818,263

 

 

420,239,722

 

Shares redeemed

 

 

(16,457,810

)

 

(227,244,383

)

 

(40,985,628

)

 

(471,515,439

)

 

 













Net decrease

 

 

(597,064

)

$

(8,011,214

)

 

(4,167,365

)

$

(51,275,717

)

 

 













 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Investor A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Shares sold

 

 

5,448,470

 

$

75,427,223

 

 

18,020,743

 

$

194,637,914

 

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends

 

 

 

 

 

 

747,595

 

 

10,058,773

 

 

 













Total issued

 

 

5,448,470

 

 

75,427,223

 

 

18,768,338

 

 

204,696,687

 

Shares redeemed

 

 

(5,849,518

)

 

(80,860,579

)

 

(19,707,775

)

 

(219,664,882

)

 

 













Net decrease

 

 

(401,048

)

$

(5,433,356

)

 

(939,437

)

$

(14,968,195

)

 

 













5. Subsequent Events:

Management’s evaluation of the impact of all subsequent events on the Portfolio’s financial statements was completed through the date the financial statements were issued and the following item was noted:

The Fund paid a net investment income dividend on July 23, 2010 to shareholders of record on July 21, 2010 as follows:

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Dividend
Per Share

 





Institutional

 

$

0.008451

 

Investor A

 

$

0.008351

 







 

 

 


14

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JUNE 30, 2010




 

 


 

 

Portfolio Information

Master S&P 500 Index Series


 

 

 

 

 






As of June 30, 2010

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

Ten Largest Holdings

 

Percent of
Long-Term Investments

 






Exxon Mobil Corp.

 

3

%

 

Apple, Inc.

 

2

 

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

2

 

 

The Procter & Gamble Co.

 

2

 

 

Johnson & Johnson

 

2

 

 

International Business Machines Corp.

 

2

 

 

General Electric Co.

 

2

 

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

2

 

 

Bank of America Corp.

 

2

 

 

AT&T Inc.

 

2

 

 






 

 

 

 

 

Sector Allocation

 

Percent of
Long-Term Investments

 






Information Technology

 

19

%

 

Financials

 

16

 

 

Health Care

 

12

 

 

Consumer Staples

 

12

 

 

Energy

 

11

 

 

Industrials

 

10

 

 

Consumer Discretionary

 

10

 

 

Utilities

 

4

 

 

Materials

 

3

 

 

Telecommunication Services

 

3

 

 







 

 

 

For Series compliance purposes, the Series’ sector 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 Series management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.


 

 

 


 

BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

15



 

 


 

Schedule of Investments June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)

Master S&P 500 Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Aerospace & Defense — 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boeing Co.

 

 

166,339

 

$

10,437,772

 

General Dynamics Corp.

 

 

85,020

 

 

4,978,771

 

Goodrich Corp.

 

 

26,936

 

 

1,784,510

 

Honeywell International, Inc.

 

 

167,220

 

 

6,526,597

 

ITT Corp.

 

 

40,784

 

 

1,832,017

 

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

 

 

25,167

 

 

1,782,830

 

Lockheed Martin Corp.

 

 

68,370

 

 

5,093,565

 

Northrop Grumman Corp.

 

 

66,890

 

 

3,641,492

 

Precision Castparts Corp.

 

 

31,345

 

 

3,226,027

 

Raytheon Co.

 

 

82,896

 

 

4,011,338

 

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

 

 

35,034

 

 

1,861,356

 

United Technologies Corp.

 

 

204,706

 

 

13,287,467

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

58,463,742

 









Air Freight & Logistics — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (a)

 

 

35,766

 

 

1,990,735

 

Expeditors International Washington, Inc.

 

 

47,362

 

 

1,634,463

 

FedEx Corp.

 

 

68,233

 

 

4,783,816

 

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

 

 

218,040

 

 

12,404,295

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

20,813,309

 









Airlines — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southwest Airlines Co.

 

 

161,170

 

 

1,790,599

 









Auto Components — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (b)

 

 

55,536

 

 

552,028

 

Johnson Controls, Inc.

 

 

146,299

 

 

3,931,054

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,483,082

 









Automobiles — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Motor Co. (a)(b)

 

 

744,158

 

 

7,501,113

 

Harley-Davidson, Inc. (a)

 

 

50,281

 

 

1,117,746

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,618,859

 









Beverages — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

 

 

23,391

 

 

1,338,667

 

The Coca-Cola Co.

 

 

505,598

 

 

25,340,572

 

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

 

 

71,291

 

 

1,843,585

 

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A (b)

 

 

42,080

 

 

657,290

 

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

 

 

53,902

 

 

2,015,396

 

Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B

 

 

35,372

 

 

1,498,358

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

 

 

353,811

 

 

21,564,780

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

54,258,648

 









Biotechnology — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amgen, Inc. (b)

 

 

210,160

 

 

11,054,416

 

Biogen Idec, Inc. (b)

 

 

57,806

 

 

2,742,895

 

Celgene Corp. (b)

 

 

100,435

 

 

5,104,106

 

Cephalon, Inc. (b)

 

 

15,869

 

 

900,566

 

Genzyme Corp. (b)

 

 

58,523

 

 

2,971,213

 

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (b)

 

 

195,236

 

 

6,692,690

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

29,465,886

 









Building Products — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Masco Corp.

 

 

81,007

 

 

871,635

 









Capital Markets — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

 

 

56,827

 

 

2,053,160

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

 

 

265,978

 

 

6,566,997

 

The Charles Schwab Corp.

 

 

212,349

 

 

3,011,109

 

E*Trade Financial Corp. (b)

 

 

45,198

 

 

534,240

 

Federated Investors, Inc., Class B (a)

 

 

20,698

 

 

428,656

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Capital Markets (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Franklin Resources, Inc.

 

 

32,864

 

$

2,832,548

 

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

 

 

112,938

 

 

14,825,371

 

Invesco Ltd.

 

 

100,580

 

 

1,692,761

 

Janus Capital Group, Inc.

 

 

40,132

 

 

356,372

 

Legg Mason, Inc.

 

 

36,654

 

 

1,027,412

 

Morgan Stanley

 

 

306,433

 

 

7,112,310

 

Northern Trust Corp.

 

 

52,861

 

 

2,468,609

 

State Street Corp.

 

 

109,094

 

 

3,689,559

 

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

 

 

57,419

 

 

2,548,829

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

49,147,933

 









Chemicals — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

 

 

46,060

 

 

2,985,148

 

Airgas, Inc.

 

 

18,662

 

 

1,160,776

 

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

 

 

15,732

 

 

998,195

 

The Dow Chemical Co.

 

 

253,282

 

 

6,007,849

 

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

 

 

197,788

 

 

6,841,487

 

Eastman Chemical Co.

 

 

16,488

 

 

879,800

 

Ecolab, Inc.

 

 

50,407

 

 

2,263,778

 

FMC Corp.

 

 

16,434

 

 

943,805

 

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

 

 

18,062

 

 

766,190

 

Monsanto Co.

 

 

119,072

 

 

5,503,508

 

PPG Industries, Inc.

 

 

36,860

 

 

2,226,713

 

Praxair, Inc.

 

 

67,057

 

 

5,095,661

 

The Sherwin-Williams Co.

 

 

19,741

 

 

1,365,880

 

Sigma-Aldrich Corp.

 

 

27,319

 

 

1,361,306

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

38,400,096

 









Commercial Banks — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BB&T Corp.

 

 

150,609

 

 

3,962,523

 

Comerica, Inc.

 

 

37,717

 

 

1,389,117

 

Fifth Third Bancorp

 

 

176,666

 

 

2,171,225

 

First Horizon National Corp. (b)

 

 

52,753

 

 

604,017

 

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

151,139

 

 

837,310

 

KeyCorp

 

 

188,434

 

 

1,449,057

 

M&T Bank Corp. (a)

 

 

18,466

 

 

1,568,687

 

Marshall & Ilsley Corp.

 

 

115,021

 

 

825,851

 

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (c)

 

 

114,812

 

 

6,486,878

 

Regions Financial Corp.

 

 

256,545

 

 

1,688,066

 

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

 

 

108,911

 

 

2,537,626

 

U.S. Bancorp

 

 

420,610

 

 

9,400,634

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

 

 

1,141,719

 

 

29,228,006

 

Zions Bancorporation

 

 

33,618

 

 

725,140

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

62,874,137

 









Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avery Dennison Corp.

 

 

24,812

 

 

797,210

 

Cintas Corp.

 

 

30,144

 

 

722,552

 

Iron Mountain, Inc. (a)

 

 

41,087

 

 

922,814

 

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

 

 

46,662

 

 

1,024,697

 

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

 

 

46,921

 

 

768,097

 

Republic Services, Inc., Class A

 

 

72,036

 

 

2,141,630

 

Stericycle, Inc. (b)

 

 

19,103

 

 

1,252,775

 

Waste Management, Inc.

 

 

107,1666

 

 

3,356,353

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

10,986,128

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


16

BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 


 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master S&P 500 Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Communications Equipment — 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Systems, Inc. (b)

 

 

1,252,957

 

$

26,700,514

 

Harris Corp.

 

 

29,384

 

 

1,223,844

 

JDS Uniphase Corp. (b)

 

 

51,672

 

 

508,452

 

Juniper Networks, Inc. (b)

 

 

113,948

 

 

2,600,293

 

Motorola, Inc. (b)

 

 

511,508

 

 

3,335,032

 

QUALCOMM, Inc.

 

 

359,878

 

 

11,818,393

 

Tellabs, Inc.

 

 

89,089

 

 

569,279

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

46,755,807

 









Computers & Peripherals — 4.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apple, Inc. (b)

 

 

199,490

 

 

50,177,720

 

Dell, Inc. (b)

 

 

375,421

 

 

4,527,577

 

EMC Corp. (b)

 

 

449,036

 

 

8,217,359

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

 

 

512,160

 

 

22,166,285

 

Lexmark International, Inc., Class A (b)

 

 

17,644

 

 

582,781

 

NetApp, Inc. (b)

 

 

74,702

 

 

2,787,132

 

QLogic Corp. (b)

 

 

25,881

 

 

430,142

 

SanDisk Corp. (b)

 

 

49,701

 

 

2,090,921

 

Teradata Corp. (b)

 

 

37,547

 

 

1,144,433

 

Western Digital Corp. (b)

 

 

49,220

 

 

1,484,475

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

93,608,825

 









Construction & Engineering — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fluor Corp.

 

 

38,421

 

 

1,632,892

 

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (b)

 

 

26,500

 

 

965,660

 

Quanta Services, Inc. (b)

 

 

46,600

 

 

962,290

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,560,842

 









Construction Materials — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vulcan Materials Co. (a)

 

 

28,396

 

 

1,244,597

 









Consumer Finance — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Express Co.

 

 

262,994

 

 

10,440,862

 

Capital One Financial Corp.

 

 

100,570

 

 

4,052,971

 

Discover Financial Services, Inc.

 

 

121,608

 

 

1,700,080

 

SLM Corp. (b)

 

 

109,196

 

 

1,134,546

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

17,328,459

 









Containers & Packaging — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ball Corp.

 

 

20,256

 

 

1,070,124

 

Bemis Co.

 

 

23,430

 

 

632,610

 

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (b)

 

 

36,191

 

 

957,252

 

Pactiv Corp. (b)

 

 

29,789

 

 

829,624

 

Sealed Air Corp.

 

 

36,435

 

 

718,498

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,208,108

 









Distributors — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Genuine Parts Co.

 

 

35,595

 

 

1,404,223

 









Diversified Consumer Services — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apollo Group, Inc., Class A (b)

 

 

26,731

 

 

1,135,265

 

DeVry, Inc.

 

 

14,176

 

 

744,098

 

H&R Block, Inc.

 

 

72,230

 

 

1,133,289

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,012,652

 









Diversified Financial Services — 4.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp.

 

 

2,199,720

 

 

31,609,976

 

CME Group, Inc.

 

 

14,465

 

 

4,072,621

 

Citigroup, Inc. (b)

 

 

4,949,769

 

 

18,611,131

 

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (b)

 

 

16,400

 

 

1,853,692

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Diversified Financial Services (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

 

871,910

 

$

31,920,625

 

Leucadia National Corp.

 

 

42,400

 

 

827,224

 

Moody’s Corp. (a)

 

 

42,155

 

 

839,728

 

The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (b)

 

 

32,600

 

 

579,628

 

NYSE Euronext

 

 

56,700

 

 

1,566,621

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

91,881,246

 









Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T Inc.

 

 

1,294,903

 

 

31,323,704

 

CenturyTel, Inc. (a)

 

 

64,835

 

 

2,159,654

 

Frontier Communications Corp. (a)

 

 

73,004

 

 

519,058

 

Qwest Communications International, Inc.

 

 

320,628

 

 

1,683,297

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 

 

620,151

 

 

17,376,631

 

Windstream Corp. (a)

 

 

105,640

 

 

1,115,558

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

54,177,902

 









Electric Utilities — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allegheny Energy, Inc.

 

 

38,719

 

 

800,709

 

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

 

103,953

 

 

3,357,682

 

Duke Energy Corp.

 

 

285,830

 

 

4,573,280

 

Edison International

 

 

72,393

 

 

2,296,306

 

Entergy Corp.

 

 

41,770

 

 

2,991,567

 

Exelon Corp.

 

 

144,019

 

 

5,468,402

 

FirstEnergy Corp.

 

 

67,034

 

 

2,361,608

 

NextEra Energy, Inc.

 

 

90,254

 

 

4,400,785

 

Northeast Utilities, Inc.

 

 

37,495

 

 

955,373

 

PPL Corp.

 

 

102,774

 

 

2,564,211

 

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

 

 

50,846

 

 

797,265

 

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

 

 

24,483

 

 

890,202

 

Progress Energy, Inc.

 

 

63,060

 

 

2,473,213

 

The Southern Co.

 

 

179,796

 

 

5,983,611

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

39,914,214

 









Electrical Equipment — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emerson Electric Co.

 

 

165,570

 

 

7,233,753

 

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

 

 

31,917

 

 

1,566,806

 

Roper Industries, Inc.

 

 

20,700

 

 

1,158,372

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

9,958,931

 









Electronic Equipment, Instruments &
Components — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (b)

 

 

77,489

 

 

2,203,012

 

Amphenol Corp., Class A

 

 

38,772

 

 

1,522,964

 

Corning, Inc.

 

 

343,320

 

 

5,544,618

 

Flir Systems, Inc. (b)

 

 

33,500

 

 

974,515

 

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

 

 

42,986

 

 

571,714

 

Molex, Inc.

 

 

31,381

 

 

572,390

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

11,389,213

 









Energy Equipment & Services — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baker Hughes, Inc.

 

 

94,870

 

 

3,943,746

 

Cameron International Corp. (b)

 

 

54,496

 

 

1,772,210

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,658

 

 

911,581

 

FMC Technologies, Inc. (b)

 

 

27,364

 

 

1,440,988

 

Halliburton Co.

 

 

198,851

 

 

4,881,792

 

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

 

 

24,000

 

 

876,480

 

Nabors Industries Ltd. (b)

 

 

60,822

 

 

1,071,683

 

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

 

 

90,953

 

 

3,007,816

 

Rowan Cos., Inc. (b)

 

 

23,618

 

 

518,179

 

Schlumberger Ltd. (a)

 

 

261,688

 

 

14,481,814

 

Smith International, Inc.

 

 

53,801

 

 

2,025,608

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

34,931,897

 










 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 





 

BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

17




 

 


 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master S&P 500 Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Food & Staples Retailing — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CVS Caremark Corp.

 

 

298,561

 

$

8,753,809

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

 

 

96,106

 

 

5,269,492

 

The Kroger Co.

 

 

139,918

 

 

2,754,985

 

SUPERVALU, Inc.

 

 

47,810

 

 

518,260

 

SYSCO Corp.

 

 

130,815

 

 

3,737,385

 

Safeway, Inc.

 

 

83,503

 

 

1,641,669

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

 

 

455,757

 

 

21,908,239

 

Walgreen Co.

 

 

214,655

 

 

5,731,288

 

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (b)

 

 

36,690

 

 

1,321,574

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

51,636,701

 









Food Products — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

 

 

142,082

 

 

3,668,557

 

Campbell Soup Co.

 

 

42,239

 

 

1,513,423

 

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

 

 

98,489

 

 

2,296,764

 

Dean Foods Co. (b)

 

 

41,149

 

 

414,370

 

General Mills, Inc.

 

 

144,604

 

 

5,136,334

 

H.J. Heinz Co.

 

 

68,573

 

 

2,963,725

 

The Hershey Co.

 

 

37,146

 

 

1,780,408

 

Hormel Foods Corp.

 

 

16,034

 

 

649,056

 

The J.M. Smucker Co.

 

 

26,669

 

 

1,606,007

 

Kellogg Co.

 

 

55,265

 

 

2,779,830

 

Kraft Foods, Inc.

 

 

381,561

 

 

10,683,708

 

McCormick & Co., Inc.

 

 

29,800

 

 

1,131,208

 

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.

 

 

44,178

 

 

2,214,201

 

Sara Lee Corp.

 

 

147,145

 

 

2,074,745

 

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

 

 

68,745

 

 

1,126,731

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

40,039,067

 









Gas Utilities — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EQT Corp.

 

 

32,338

 

 

1,168,695

 

Nicor, Inc.

 

 

10,658

 

 

431,649

 

Oneok, Inc.

 

 

23,900

 

 

1,033,675

 

Questar Corp.

 

 

38,965

 

 

1,772,518

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,406,537

 









Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baxter International, Inc.

 

 

130,677

 

 

5,310,713

 

Becton Dickinson & Co.

 

 

51,190

 

 

3,461,468

 

Boston Scientific Corp. (b)

 

 

336,891

 

 

1,953,968

 

C.R. Bard, Inc.

 

 

21,406

 

 

1,659,607

 

CareFusion Corp. (b)

 

 

40,168

 

 

911,813

 

Dentsply International, Inc.

 

 

33,322

 

 

996,661

 

Hospira, Inc. (b)

 

 

36,520

 

 

2,098,074

 

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (b)

 

 

8,482

 

 

2,677,089

 

Medtronic, Inc.

 

 

242,848

 

 

8,808,097

 

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (b)

 

 

72,204

 

 

2,605,842

 

Stryker Corp.

 

 

62,579

 

 

3,132,705

 

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (b)

 

 

27,821

 

 

1,454,482

 

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (b)

 

 

44,494

 

 

2,404,901

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

37,475,420

 









Health Care Providers & Services — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aetna, Inc.

 

 

92,511

 

 

2,440,440

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

 

 

60,844

 

 

1,931,797

 

Cardinal Health, Inc.

 

 

78,396

 

 

2,634,890

 

Cigna Corp.

 

 

60,057

 

 

1,865,370

 

Coventry Health Care, Inc. (b)

 

 

34,091

 

 

602,729

 

DaVita, Inc. (b)

 

 

23,126

 

 

1,443,987

 

Express Scripts, Inc. (b)

 

 

121,245

 

 

5,700,940

 

Humana, Inc. (b)

 

 

36,576

 

 

1,670,426

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Health Care Providers & Services (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (b)

 

 

23,423

 

$

1,764,923

 

McKesson Corp.

 

 

59,447

 

 

3,992,460

 

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (b)

 

 

100,736

 

 

5,548,539

 

Patterson Cos., Inc.

 

 

21,563

 

 

615,192

 

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

 

 

33,562

 

 

1,670,381

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (b)

 

 

97,485

 

 

423,085

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

 

 

249,374

 

 

7,082,222

 

WellPoint, Inc. (b)

 

 

93,720

 

 

4,585,720

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

43,973,101

 









Health Care Technology — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cerner Corp. (b)

 

 

15,200

 

 

1,153,528

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carnival Corp.

 

 

96,006

 

 

2,903,221

 

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

 

 

30,011

 

 

1,165,927

 

International Game Technology

 

 

63,390

 

 

995,223

 

Marriott International, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

55,229

 

 

1,653,556

 

McDonald’s Corp. (a)

 

 

236,179

 

 

15,557,111

 

Starbucks Corp.

 

 

162,135

 

 

3,939,881

 

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

40,822

 

 

1,691,256

 

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

 

 

40,594

 

 

817,563

 

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

 

 

14,714

 

 

1,122,237

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

 

 

101,679

 

 

3,969,548

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

33,815,523

 









Household Durables — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D.R. Horton, Inc.

 

 

62,311

 

 

612,517

 

Fortune Brands, Inc.

 

 

34,017

 

 

1,332,786

 

Harman International Industries, Inc. (b)

 

 

14,257

 

 

426,142

 

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

 

 

34,006

 

 

682,160

 

Lennar Corp., Class A

 

 

33,306

 

 

463,287

 

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

 

 

62,633

 

 

916,947

 

Pulte Group, Inc. (b)

 

 

71,175

 

 

589,329

 

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

 

 

35,094

 

 

1,772,949

 

Whirlpool Corp.

 

 

16,117

 

 

1,415,395

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,211,512

 









Household Products — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clorox Co.

 

 

30,326

 

 

1,885,064

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

 

 

107,599

 

 

8,474,497

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

 

 

90,228

 

 

5,470,524

 

The Procter & Gamble Co.

 

 

631,816

 

 

37,896,324

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

53,726,409

 









IT Services — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

 

 

110,043

 

 

4,430,331

 

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (b)

 

 

64,999

 

 

3,253,850

 

Computer Sciences Corp.

 

 

34,340

 

 

1,553,885

 

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

 

 

72,564

 

 

1,946,166

 

Fiserv, Inc. (b)

 

 

34,075

 

 

1,555,865

 

International Business Machines Corp.

 

 

281,332

 

 

34,738,875

 

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

 

 

21,246

 

 

4,239,214

 

Paychex, Inc.

 

 

69,679

 

 

1,809,564

 

SAIC, Inc. (b)

 

 

64,800

 

 

1,084,752

 

Total System Services, Inc.

 

 

45,504

 

 

618,854

 

Visa, Inc., Class A

 

 

98,809

 

 

6,990,737

 

The Western Union Co.

 

 

147,460

 

 

2,198,629

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

64,420,722

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


18

BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 


 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master S&P 500 Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The AES Corp. (b)

 

 

149,694

 

$

1,383,173

 

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

 

 

44,992

 

 

1,450,992

 

NRG Energy, Inc. (b)

 

 

57,897

 

 

1,227,995

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,062,160

 









Industrial Conglomerates — 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3M Co.

 

 

156,340

 

 

12,349,296

 

General Electric Co.

 

 

2,340,069

 

 

33,743,795

 

Textron, Inc. (a)

 

 

59,138

 

 

1,003,572

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

47,096,663

 









Insurance — 4.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aflac, Inc.

 

 

103,562

 

 

4,418,991

 

The Allstate Corp.

 

 

116,777

 

 

3,355,003

 

American International Group, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

29,279

 

 

1,008,369

 

Aon Corp.

 

 

59,340

 

 

2,202,701

 

Assurant, Inc.

 

 

24,533

 

 

851,295

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

362,955

 

 

28,923,884

 

Chubb Corp.

 

 

72,632

 

 

3,632,326

 

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

 

 

36,362

 

 

940,685

 

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A (b)

 

 

106,275

 

 

1,389,014

 

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

 

 

98,560

 

 

2,181,133

 

Lincoln National Corp.

 

 

67,431

 

 

1,637,899

 

Loews Corp.

 

 

77,123

 

 

2,568,967

 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

 

 

118,060

 

 

2,662,253

 

MetLife, Inc.

 

 

180,246

 

 

6,806,089

 

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

71,289

 

 

1,671,014

 

The Progressive Corp.

 

 

148,849

 

 

2,786,453

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

 

 

102,443

 

 

5,497,092

 

Torchmark Corp.

 

 

18,802

 

 

930,887

 

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

 

 

108,671

 

 

5,352,047

 

UnumProvident Corp.

 

 

74,259

 

 

1,611,420

 

XL Capital Ltd., Class A

 

 

75,635

 

 

1,210,916

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

81,638,438

 









Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (b)

 

 

75,255

 

 

8,222,362

 

Expedia, Inc.

 

 

47,500

 

 

892,050

 

Priceline.com, Inc. (b)

 

 

10,219

 

 

1,804,062

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

10,918,474

 









Internet Software & Services — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

38,371

 

 

1,556,711

 

eBay, Inc. (b)

 

 

248,937

 

 

4,881,655

 

Google, Inc., Class A (b)

 

 

53,029

 

 

23,595,254

 

Monster Worldwide, Inc. (b)

 

 

28,851

 

 

336,114

 

VeriSign, Inc. (b)

 

 

41,367

 

 

1,098,294

 

Yahoo! Inc. (b)

 

 

258,040

 

 

3,568,693

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

35,036,721

 









Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eastman Kodak Co. (a)(b)

 

 

63,127

 

 

273,971

 

Hasbro, Inc.

 

 

28,104

 

 

1,155,075

 

Mattel, Inc.

 

 

78,370

 

 

1,658,309

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,087,355

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Life Technologies Corp. (b)

 

 

40,167

 

$

1,897,891

 

Millipore Corp. (b)

 

 

12,591

 

 

1,342,830

 

PerkinElmer, Inc.

 

 

27,215

 

 

562,534

 

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (b)

 

 

89,341

 

 

4,382,176

 

Waters Corp. (b)

 

 

20,992

 

 

1,358,182

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

9,543,613

 









Machinery — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

 

 

137,402

 

 

8,253,738

 

Cummins, Inc.

 

 

43,505

 

 

2,833,481

 

Danaher Corp.

 

 

114,468

 

 

4,249,052

 

Deere & Co.

 

 

92,577

 

 

5,154,687

 

Dover Corp.

 

 

41,558

 

 

1,736,709

 

Eaton Corp.

 

 

36,263

 

 

2,373,051

 

Flowserve Corp.

 

 

12,600

 

 

1,068,480

 

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

 

 

84,082

 

 

3,470,905

 

PACCAR, Inc.

 

 

80,584

 

 

3,212,884

 

Pall Corp.

 

 

26,636

 

 

915,479

 

Parker Hannifin Corp.

 

 

35,780

 

 

1,984,359

 

Snap-On, Inc.

 

 

13,479

 

 

551,426

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

35,804,251

 









Media — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBS Corp., Class B

 

 

150,623

 

 

1,947,555

 

Comcast Corp., Class A

 

 

619,029

 

 

10,752,534

 

DIRECTV, Class A (b)

 

 

199,380

 

 

6,762,970

 

Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

 

 

62,992

 

 

2,249,444

 

Gannett Co., Inc.

 

 

49,990

 

 

672,865

 

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (b)

 

 

110,591

 

 

788,514

 

The McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc.

 

 

70,334

 

 

1,979,199

 

Meredith Corp.

 

 

8,445

 

 

262,893

 

The New York Times Co., Class A (b)

 

 

27,298

 

 

236,128

 

News Corp., Class A

 

 

496,190

 

 

5,934,432

 

Omnicom Group, Inc.

 

 

66,384

 

 

2,276,971

 

Scripps Networks Interactive

 

 

20,374

 

 

821,887

 

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

 

 

77,848

 

 

4,054,324

 

Time Warner, Inc.

 

 

251,198

 

 

7,262,134

 

Viacom, Inc., Class B

 

 

134,033

 

 

4,204,615

 

Walt Disney Co. (a)

 

 

428,613

 

 

13,501,310

 

The Washington Post Co., Class B

 

 

1,406

 

 

577,135

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

64,284,910

 









Metals & Mining — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AK Steel Holding Corp.

 

 

21,525

 

 

256,578

 

Alcoa, Inc.

 

 

221,005

 

 

2,223,310

 

Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

22,113

 

 

977,173

 

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.

 

 

29,065

 

 

1,370,705

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., Class B

 

 

103,473

 

 

6,118,359

 

Newmont Mining Corp.

 

 

107,148

 

 

6,615,318

 

Nucor Corp.

 

 

68,251

 

 

2,612,648

 

Titanium Metals Corp. (b)

 

 

20,000

 

 

351,800

 

United States Steel Corp. (a)

 

 

30,652

 

 

1,181,635

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

21,707,526

 









Multi-Utilities — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ameren Corp.

 

 

53,301

 

 

1,266,965

 

CMS Energy Corp.

 

 

52,599

 

 

770,575

 

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

 

 

88,652

 

 

1,166,660

 

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

 

61,502

 

 

2,650,736

 

DTE Energy Co.

 

 

36,857

 

 

1,681,048

 

Dominion Resources, Inc.

 

 

130,767

 

 

5,065,914

 

Integrys Energy Group, Inc.

 

 

17,523

 

 

766,456

 


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 





 

BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

19




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master S&P 500 Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Multi-Utilities (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NiSource, Inc.

 

 

62,215

 

$

902,118

 

PG&E Corp.

 

 

82,031

 

 

3,371,474

 

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

 

 

111,900

 

 

3,505,827

 

SCANA Corp.

 

 

25,358

 

 

906,802

 

Sempra Energy

 

 

53,551

 

 

2,505,651

 

TECO Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

48,971

 

 

737,993

 

Wisconsin Energy Corp.

 

 

26,290

 

 

1,333,955

 

Xcel Energy, Inc.

 

 

101,676

 

 

2,095,542

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

28,727,716

 









Multiline Retail — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Lots, Inc. (b)

 

 

19,097

 

 

612,823

 

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

 

 

28,688

 

 

1,081,251

 

JCPenney Co., Inc.

 

 

50,457

 

 

1,083,816

 

Kohl’s Corp. (b)

 

 

66,854

 

 

3,175,565

 

Macy’s, Inc.

 

 

90,896

 

 

1,627,038

 

Nordstrom, Inc.

 

 

36,974

 

 

1,190,193

 

Sears Holdings Corp. (b)

 

 

10,777

 

 

696,733

 

Target Corp.

 

 

161,573

 

 

7,944,545

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

17,411,964

 









Office Electronics — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Xerox Corp.

 

 

298,597

 

 

2,400,720

 









Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

 

 

108,387

 

 

3,911,687

 

Apache Corp.

 

 

74,003

 

 

6,230,313

 

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., Class A

 

 

23,621

 

 

739,810

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

 

 

141,323

 

 

2,960,717

 

Chevron Corp.

 

 

440,389

 

 

29,884,798

 

ConocoPhillips

 

 

326,335

 

 

16,019,785

 

Consol Energy, Inc.

 

 

48,577

 

 

1,639,959

 

Denbury Resources, Inc. (b)

 

 

85,442

 

 

1,250,871

 

Devon Energy Corp.

 

 

97,507

 

 

5,940,126

 

EOG Resources, Inc.

 

 

55,202

 

 

5,430,221

 

El Paso Corp.

 

 

156,423

 

 

1,737,860

 

Exxon Mobil Corp. (d)

 

 

1,121,950

 

 

64,029,687

 

Hess Corp.

 

 

63,433

 

 

3,193,217

 

Marathon Oil Corp.

 

 

154,535

 

 

4,804,493

 

Massey Energy Co.

 

 

21,433

 

 

586,193

 

Murphy Oil Corp.

 

 

42,490

 

 

2,105,379

 

Noble Energy, Inc.

 

 

37,748

 

 

2,277,337

 

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

 

 

178,260

 

 

13,752,759

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

 

 

58,085

 

 

2,272,866

 

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

 

 

25,798

 

 

1,533,691

 

Range Resources Corp.

 

 

34,241

 

 

1,374,776

 

Southwestern Energy Co. (b)

 

 

75,117

 

 

2,902,521

 

Spectra Energy Corp.

 

 

143,471

 

 

2,879,463

 

Sunoco, Inc.

 

 

25,363

 

 

881,871

 

Tesoro Corp. (a)

 

 

31,600

 

 

368,772

 

Valero Energy Corp.

 

 

122,007

 

 

2,193,686

 

Williams Cos., Inc.

 

 

129,538

 

 

2,367,955

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

183,270,813

 









Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Paper Co.

 

 

96,223

 

 

2,177,527

 

MeadWestvaco Corp.

 

 

38,939

 

 

864,446

 

Weyerhaeuser Co.

 

 

47,137

 

 

1,659,222

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,701,195

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Personal Products — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avon Products, Inc.

 

 

94,846

 

$

2,513,419

 

The Estée Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

 

 

26,460

 

 

1,474,616

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,988,035

 









Pharmaceuticals — 6.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abbott Laboratories (d)

 

 

338,639

 

 

15,841,532

 

Allergan, Inc.

 

 

67,925

 

 

3,957,311

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

 

 

375,836

 

 

9,373,350

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

 

 

221,535

 

 

7,421,422

 

Forest Laboratories, Inc. (b)

 

 

67,535

 

 

1,852,485

 

Johnson & Johnson

 

 

604,458

 

 

35,699,289

 

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)

 

 

58,173

 

 

441,533

 

Merck & Co, Inc.

 

 

683,381

 

 

23,897,834

 

Mylan, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

65,675

 

 

1,119,102

 

Pfizer, Inc.

 

 

1,770,034

 

 

25,240,685

 

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)

 

 

24,139

 

 

979,319

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

125,823,862

 









Professional Services — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

 

 

11,643

 

 

781,478

 

Equifax, Inc.

 

 

28,824

 

 

808,801

 

Robert Half International, Inc.

 

 

33,972

 

 

800,041

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,390,320

 









Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A

 

 

27,209

 

 

527,038

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

 

 

17,847

 

 

1,666,374

 

Boston Properties, Inc.

 

 

30,868

 

 

2,202,123

 

Equity Residential

 

 

61,262

 

 

2,550,950

 

HCP, Inc.

 

 

63,402

 

 

2,044,715

 

Health Care REIT, Inc.

 

 

26,386

 

 

1,111,378

 

Host Marriott Corp.

 

 

142,277

 

 

1,917,894

 

Kimco Realty Corp.

 

 

86,541

 

 

1,163,111

 

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

36,630

 

 

1,264,834

 

ProLogis

 

 

106,568

 

 

1,079,534

 

Public Storage

 

 

29,946

 

 

2,632,553

 

Simon Property Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

63,795

 

 

5,151,446

 

Ventas, Inc.

 

 

34,600

 

 

1,624,470

 

Vornado Realty Trust

 

 

34,214

 

 

2,495,911

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

27,432,331

 









Real Estate Management & Development — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (b)

 

 

57,119

 

 

777,390

 









Road & Rail — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CSX Corp.

 

 

84,698

 

 

4,203,562

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

 

 

80,547

 

 

4,273,018

 

Ryder System, Inc.

 

 

12,473

 

 

501,789

 

Union Pacific Corp.

 

 

110,542

 

 

7,683,774

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

16,662,143

 









Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

127,474

 

 

933,110

 

Altera Corp.

 

 

64,750

 

 

1,606,447

 

Analog Devices, Inc.

 

 

65,798

 

 

1,833,132

 

Applied Materials, Inc.

 

 

291,914

 

 

3,508,806

 

Broadcom Corp., Class A

 

 

95,448

 

 

3,146,921

 

First Solar, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

10,385

 

 

1,182,125

 

Intel Corp.

 

 

1,218,940

 

 

23,708,383

 

KLA-Tencor Corp.

 

 

37,266

 

 

1,038,976

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


20

BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master S&P 500 Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LSI Corp. (b)

 

 

151,275

 

$

695,865

 

Linear Technology Corp.

 

 

47,909

 

 

1,332,349

 

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (b)

 

 

52,000

 

 

513,760

 

Microchip Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

41,400

 

 

1,148,436

 

Micron Technology, Inc. (b)

 

 

183,643

 

 

1,559,129

 

National Semiconductor Corp.

 

 

49,695

 

 

668,895

 

Novellus Systems, Inc. (b)

 

 

21,292

 

 

539,965

 

Nvidia Corp. (b)

 

 

122,368

 

 

1,249,377

 

Teradyne, Inc. (b)

 

 

39,461

 

 

384,745

 

Texas Instruments, Inc.

 

 

269,912

 

 

6,283,551

 

Xilinx, Inc.

 

 

58,684

 

 

1,482,358

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

52,816,330

 









Software — 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adobe Systems, Inc. (b)

 

 

114,342

 

 

3,022,059

 

Autodesk, Inc. (b)

 

 

49,034

 

 

1,194,468

 

BMC Software, Inc. (b)

 

 

38,828

 

 

1,344,613

 

CA, Inc.

 

 

88,303

 

 

1,624,775

 

Citrix Systems, Inc. (b)

 

 

39,925

 

 

1,686,033

 

Compuware Corp. (b)

 

 

53,918

 

 

430,266

 

Electronic Arts, Inc. (b)

 

 

70,382

 

 

1,013,501

 

Intuit, Inc. (b)

 

 

69,692

 

 

2,423,191

 

McAfee, Inc. (b)

 

 

35,814

 

 

1,100,206

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

 

1,672,755

 

 

38,490,092

 

Novell, Inc. (b)

 

 

81,131

 

 

460,824

 

Oracle Corp.

 

 

857,709

 

 

18,406,435

 

Red Hat, Inc. (b)

 

 

42,422

 

 

1,227,693

 

Salesforce.com, Inc. (b)

 

 

24,439

 

 

2,097,355

 

Symantec Corp. (b)

 

 

172,518

 

 

2,394,550

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

76,916,061

 









Specialty Retail — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A

 

 

18,310

 

 

561,934

 

AutoNation, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

21,380

 

 

416,910

 

AutoZone, Inc. (b)

 

 

6,228

 

 

1,203,374

 

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (b)

 

 

56,931

 

 

2,111,002

 

Best Buy Co., Inc.

 

 

74,923

 

 

2,536,893

 

CarMax, Inc. (b)

 

 

48,925

 

 

973,608

 

GameStop Corp., Class A (a)(b)

 

 

34,200

 

 

642,618

 

The Gap, Inc.

 

 

98,485

 

 

1,916,518

 

Home Depot, Inc.

 

 

368,649

 

 

10,347,977

 

Limited Brands, Inc.

 

 

57,746

 

 

1,274,454

 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

 

 

313,549

 

 

6,402,671

 

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (b)

 

 

30,808

 

 

1,465,228

 

Office Depot, Inc. (b)

 

 

64,547

 

 

260,770

 

RadioShack Corp.

 

 

28,429

 

 

554,650

 

Ross Stores, Inc.

 

 

26,233

 

 

1,397,957

 

Staples, Inc.

 

 

158,479

 

 

3,019,025

 

TJX Cos., Inc.

 

 

90,672

 

 

3,803,690

 

Tiffany & Co. (a)

 

 

28,063

 

 

1,063,868

 

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (b)

 

 

29,200

 

 

1,004,188

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

40,957,335

 









Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coach, Inc.

 

 

66,936

 

 

2,446,511

 

Nike, Inc., Class B

 

 

85,891

 

 

5,801,937

 

Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.

 

 

14,429

 

 

1,052,740

 

VF Corp.

 

 

19,794

 

 

1,408,937

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

10,710,125

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

106,619

 

$

1,305,017

 

People’s United Financial, Inc.

 

 

79,660

 

 

1,075,410

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,380,427

 









Tobacco — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Altria Group, Inc.

 

 

457,475

 

 

9,167,799

 

Lorillard, Inc.

 

 

33,535

 

 

2,413,849

 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

 

 

406,279

 

 

18,623,829

 

Reynolds American, Inc. (a)

 

 

37,680

 

 

1,963,882

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

32,169,359

 









Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fastenal Co. (a)

 

 

29,394

 

 

1,475,285

 

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

 

 

13,792

 

 

1,371,614

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,846,899

 









Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Tower Corp., Class A (b)

 

 

88,981

 

 

3,959,655

 

MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (b)

 

 

60,300

 

 

493,857

 

Sprint Nextel Corp. (b)

 

 

659,267

 

 

2,795,292

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,248,804

 









Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $2,052,790,824) — 99.1%

 

 

 

 

 

2,045,221,430

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.16% (c)(e)

 

 

16,545,037

 

 

16,545,037

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beneficial
Interest
(000)

 

 

 

 









BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC
Money Market Series, 0.27% (c)(e)(f)

 

$

92,298

 

 

92,298,450

 









Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $108,843,487) — 5.2%

 

 

 

 

 

108,843,487

 









Total Investments Before Short Positions
(Cost — $2,161,634,311*) — 104.3%

 

 

 

 

 

2,154,064,917

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short Positions (g)

 

Shares

 

 

 

 









Gas Utilities — (0.0)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Questar Corp. — New Shares (a)

 

 

38,965

 

 

(629,285

)









Total Short Positions (Proceeds — $629,177) — (0.0)%

 

 

 

 

 

(629,285

)









Total Investments, Net of Short Positions — 104.3%

 

 

 

 

 

2,153,435,632

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (4.3)%

 

 

 

 

 

(89,137,494

)

 

 

 

 

 




Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

$

2,064,298,138

 

 

 

 

 

 




 










 

 

*

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of June 30, 2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate cost

 

$

1,728,145,994

 

 

 




Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

654,704,670

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

(228,785,747

)

 

 




Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

425,918,923

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


 

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Schedule of Investments (concluded)

Master S&P 500 Index Series


 

 

(a)

Security, or a portion of security, is on loan.

 

 

(b)

Non-income producing security.

 

 

(c)

Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Series during the year, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

















Affiliate

 

Beneficial Interest/
Shares Held
at December 31,
2009

 

Shares
Purchased

 

Beneficial
Interest/
Shares Sold

 

Beneficial Interest/
Shares Held
at June 30,
2010

 

Value
at June 30,
2010

 

Realized
Loss

 

Income

 

















BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

 

 

4,444,194

 

12,100,843

1

 

 

 

16,545,037

 

$

16,545,037

 

 

 

$

7,699

 

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series

 

$

270,313,884

 

 

$

178,015,434

2

$

92,298,450

 

$

92,298,450

 

 

 

$

95,291

 

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

 

 

105,339

 

13,906

 

 

4,433

 

 

114,812

 

$

6,486,878

 

$

(67,890

)

$

22,078

 
























 

 

 

 

1

Represents net shares purchased.

 

 

 

 

2

Represents beneficial interest sold.


 

 

(d)

All or a portion of security held as collateral in connection with open financial futures contracts.

 

 

(e)

Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

 

(f)

Security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

(g)

In order to track the performance of its benchmark index, the Series sold non-index securities that it subsequently received in corporate actions occurring on the opening of market trading on the following business day.


 

 

Financial futures contracts purchased as of June 30,2010 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 










Contracts

 

Issue

 

Expiration
Date

 

Notional
Value

 

Unrealized
Depreciation










373

 

S&P 500 Index

 

September 2010

 

$20,314,742

 

$(1,168,652)











 

 

 

For Series compliance purposes, the Series’ industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Series management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

 

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivatives, which are as follows:

 

 

 

Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

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)

 

 

 

 

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

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Series’ policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of June 30, 2010 in determining the fair valuation of the Series’ investments and derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 











Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investments1

 

$

2,045,221,430

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,045,221,430

 

Short-Term Securities

 

 

16,545,037

 

$

92,298,450

 

 

 

 

108,843,487

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short Positions

 

 

(629,285

)

 

 

 

 

 

(629,285

)

 

 













Total

 

$

2,061,137,182

 

$

92,298,450

 

 

 

$

2,153,435,632

 

 

 














 

 

 

 

1

See above Schedule of Investments for values in each industry.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments2










Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total










Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity contracts

 

$  (1,168,652)

 

 

 

$   (1,168,652)

 

 









 

 

 

 

2

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


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Master S&P 500 Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 






Assets

 

 

 

 






Investments at value — unaffiliated (including securities loaned of $89,260,632) (cost — $2,047,606,039)

 

$

2,038,734,552

 

Investments at value — affiliated (cost — $114,028,272)

 

 

115,330,365

 

Dividends receivable

 

 

2,839,986

 

Investments sold receivable

 

 

629,177

 

Securities lending income receivable — affiliated

 

 

19,535

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

108,641

 

 

 




Total assets

 

 

2,157,662,256

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Liabilities

 

 

 

 






Collateral on securities loaned at value

 

 

92,298,450

 

Short positions at value (proceeds — $629,177)

 

 

629,285

 

Withdrawals payable to investor

 

 

116,022

 

Margin variation receivable

 

 

159,917

 

Other affiliates payable

 

 

10,743

 

Investment advisory fees payable

 

 

8,496

 

Directors’ fees payable

 

 

1,098

 

Other accrued expenses payable

 

 

139,974

 

Other liabilities

 

 

133

 

 

 




Total liabilities

 

 

93,364,118

 

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

2,064,298,138

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Net Assets Consist of

 

 

 

 






Investor’s capital

 

$

2,073,036,292

 

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

(8,738,154

)

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

2,064,298,138

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 





 

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Statement of Operations

Master S&P 500 Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 






Investment Income

 

 

 

 






Dividends — unaffiliated

 

$

22,044,932

 

Securities lending — affiliated

 

 

95,291

 

Dividends — affiliated

 

 

29,777

 

 

 




Total income

 

 

22,170,000

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Expenses

 

 

 

 






Accounting services

 

 

207,339

 

Investment advisory

 

 

113,586

 

Custodian

 

 

53,479

 

Professional

 

 

51,274

 

Directors

 

 

24,925

 

Registration

 

 

9,918

 

Printing

 

 

3,874

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

26,400

 

 

 




Total expenses

 

 

490,795

 

Less fees waived by advisor

 

 

(61,068

)

 

 




Total expenses after fees waived

 

 

429,727

 

 

 




Net investment income

 

 

21,740,273

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 






Net realized loss from:

 

 

 

 

Investments — unaffiliated

 

 

(4,709,695

)

Investments — affiliated

 

 

(67,890

)

Financial futures contracts

 

 

(1,997,310

)

 

 




 

 

 

(6,774,895

)

 

 




Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(159,887,147

)

Short positions

 

 

(108

)

Financial futures contracts

 

 

(1,164,013

)

 

 




 

 

 

(161,051,268

)

 

 




Total realized and unrealized loss

 

 

(167,826,163

)

 

 




Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

(146,085,890

)

 

 





 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Master S&P 500 Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2010
(Unaudited)

 

Year Ended
December 31,
2009

 







Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income

 

$

21,740,273

 

$

46,606,117

 

Net realized loss

 

 

(6,774,895

)

 

(60,806,194

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

(161,051,268

)

 

510,710,328

 

 

 







Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

 

(146,085,890

)

 

496,510,251

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Capital Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Proceeds from contributions

 

 

319,361,435

 

 

667,013,781

 

Value of withdrawals

 

 

(387,636,019

)

 

(838,713,754

)

 

 







Net decrease in net assets derived from capital transactions

 

 

(68,274,584

)

 

(171,699,973

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Total increase (decrease) in net assets

 

 

(214,360,474

)

 

324,810,278

 

Beginning of period

 

 

2,278,658,612

 

 

1,953,848,334

 

 

 







End of period

 

$

2,064,298,138

 

$

2,278,658,612

 

 

 








 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 





 

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Financial Highlights

Master S&P 500 Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2010
(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

2005

 
















Total Investment Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total investment return

 

 

(6.64

)%1

 

26.61

%

 

(36.92

)%

 

5.56

%

 

15.85

%

 

4.96

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total expenses

 

 

0.04

%2

 

0.05

%

 

0.04

%

 

0.04

%

 

0.04

%

 

0.03

%

 

 



















Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly

 

 

0.04

%2

 

0.04

%

 

0.04

%

 

0.03

%

 

0.04

%

 

0.03

%

 

 



















Net investment income

 

 

1.91

%2

 

2.32

%

 

2.31

%

 

1.95

%

 

1.92

%

 

1.84

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net assets, end of period (000)

 

$

2,064,298

 

$

2,278,659

 

$

1,953,848

 

$

3,721,171

 

$

2,810,633

 

$

2,945,782

 

 

 



















Portfolio turnover

 

 

3

%

 

7

%

 

8

%

 

4

%

 

4

%

 

11

%

 

 




















 

 

 

 

1

Aggregate total investment return.

 

 

 

 

2

Annualized.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Master S&P 500 Index Series

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

Master S&P 500 Index Series (the “Series”), a non-diversified, open–end management investment company, is a series of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”). The Master LLC is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and is organized as a Delaware limited liability company. The Master LLC’s Limited Liability Company Agreement permits the Board of Directors (the “Board”) to issue non-transferable interests, subject to certain limitations. The Series’ financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Series:

Valuation: The Series’ policy is to fair value its financial instruments and derivatives at market value using independent dealers or pricing services selected under the supervision of the Board. Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market System are valued at the last reported sale price that day or the NASDAQ official closing price, if applicable. For equity investments traded on more than one exchange, the last reported sale price on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded is used. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price. If no bid or ask price is available, the prior day’s price will be used, unless it is determined that such prior day’s price no longer reflects the fair value of the security. Financial futures contracts traded on exchanges are valued at their last sale price. Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at net asset value each business day. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

The Series values its investments in BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series (the “Money Market Series”) at fair value, which is ordinarily based upon its pro rata ownership in the net assets of the underlying fund. The Money Market Series seeks current income consistent with maintaining liquidity and preserving capital. Although the Money Market Series is not registered under the 1940 Act, its investments will follow the parameters of investments by a money market fund that is subject to Rule 2a-7 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the 1940 Act. The Series may withdraw up to 25% of its investment daily, although the manager of the Money Market Series, in its sole discretion, may permit an investor to withdraw more than 25% on any one day.

In the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment which is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment or is not available, the investment will be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Value Assets”). When determining the price for Fair Value Assets, the investment advisor and/or the sub-advisor seeks to determine the price that the Series might reasonably expect to receive from the current sale of that asset in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the investment advisor and/or sub-advisor deems relevant. The pricing of all Fair Value Assets is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases in which the 1940 Act and the interpretive positions of the SEC require that the Series either delivers collateral or segregates assets in connection with certain investments (e.g., financial futures contracts), the Series will, consistent with SEC rules and/or certain interpretive letters issued by the SEC, segregate collateral or designate on its books and records cash or other liquid securities having a market value at least equal to the amount that would otherwise be required to be physically segregated. Furthermore, based on requirements and agreements with certain exchanges and third party broker-dealers, each party has requirements to deliver/deposit securities as collateral for certain investments.

Securities Lending: The Series may lend securities to financial institutions that provide cash as collateral, which will be maintained at all times in an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the loaned securities. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Series and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Series on the next business day. Securities lending income, as disclosed in the Statement of Operations, represents the income earned from the investment of the cash collateral, net of rebates paid to, or fees paid by, borrowers and less the fees paid to the securities lending agent. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions. In the event that the borrower defaults on its obligation to return borrowed securities because of insolvency or for any other reason, the Series could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. The Series also could suffer a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Upon notification from

 

 

 

 


 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Master S&P 500 Index Series

issuers, some of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain. Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis.

Income Taxes: The Series is classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. As such, each investor in the Series is treated as owner of its proportionate share of the net assets, income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Series. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. It is intended that the Series’ assets will be managed so an investor in the Series can satisfy the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Series files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Series US federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended December 31, 2009. The statutes of limitations on the Series state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.

Other: Expenses directly related to the Series are charged to that Series. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. The Series has an arrangement with the custodian whereby fees may be reduced by credits earned on uninvested cash balances, which if applicable are shown as fees paid indirectly in the Statement of Operations. The custodian imposes fees on overdrawn cash balances, which can be offset by accumulated credits earned or may result in additional custody charges.

2. Derivative Financial Instruments:

The Series engages in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Series and to economically hedge, or protect, its exposure to certain risks such as equity risk. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange. Losses may arise if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract. Counterparty risk related to exchange-traded financial futures contracts is minimal because of the protection against default provided by the exchange on which they trade. To the extent amounts due to the Series from its counterparties are not fully collateralized contractually or otherwise, the Series bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. See Note 1 “Segregation and Collateralization” for information with respect to collateral practices. In addition, the Series manages counterparty risk by entering into agreements only with counterparties that it believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties.

Financial Futures Contracts: The Series purchases or sells financial futures contracts and options on financial futures contracts to gain exposure to, or economically hedge against, changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk). Financial futures contracts are contracts for delayed delivery of securities at a specific future date and at a specific price. Pursuant to the contract, the Series agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as margin variation and are recognized by the Series as unrealized gains or losses. When the contract is closed, the Series records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The use of financial futures transactions involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of financial futures contracts, interest rates and the underlying assets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Fair Value of Derivative Instruments as of June 30, 2010


 

 

Liability Derivatives

 

 

 



 

 

Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location

 

Value

 







Equity contracts

 

Net unrealized appreciation/ depreciation*

 

$

1,168,652

 









 

 

*

Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of financial futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s margin variation is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.


 

 

 

 

 


The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010


 

 

Net Realized Loss from

 

 

 



 

 

Financial Futures Contracts

 

 

 



Equity contracts

 

$

(1,997,310

)






 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation/Depreciation on

 

 

 



 

 

Financial Futures Contracts

 

 

 



Equity contracts

 

$

(1,164,013

)






For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the average quarterly balance of outstanding derivative financial instruments was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 






Financial futures contracts:

 

 

 

 

Average number of contracts purchased

 

 

205

 

Average notional value of contracts purchased

 

$

15,505,330

 







 

 

 


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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Master S&P 500 Index Series


 

3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

 

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate of the Series for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and Barclays are not.

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Series’ investment advisor, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory and administration services.

The Manager is responsible for the management of the Series’ portfolio and provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Series. For such services, the Series pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.01% of the average daily value of the Series’ net assets.

Effective June 1, 2010, the Manager contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee by 0.005% of the average daily value of the Series’ net assets until May 1, 2011. This agreement may be terminated upon 90 days notice by a majority of the non-interested directors of the Series, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Series. Prior to June 1, 2010, the Manager had entered into an agreement which provided that the investment advisory fee for the Series, when combined with the administrative fee of S&P 500 Index Fund would not exceed 0.25% of average daily net assets until May 1, 2011. As a result, the Series paid a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.005% of the average daily value of the Series’ net assets. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Series waived $56,793, which is included in fees waived by Advisor in the Statement of Operations.

The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Series pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds, however the Manager does not waive its advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees paid through its investment in other affiliated investment companies, if any. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Series waived $4,275, which is included in fees waived by advisor in the Statement of Operations.

The Manager entered into a sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”), an affiliate of the Manager. The Manager pays BIM for services it provides, a monthly fee that is a percentage of the investment advisory fees paid by the Series to the Manager.

For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Series reimbursed the Manager $21,298 for certain accounting services, which is included in accounting services in the Statement of Operations.

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, received an exemptive order from the SEC permitting, among other things, to pay an affiliated securities lending agent a fee based on a share of the income derived from the securities lending activities and has retained BIM as the securities lending agent. BIM may, on behalf of the Series, invest cash collateral received by the Series for such loans, among other things, in a private investment company managed by the Manager or in registered money market funds advised by the Manager or its affiliates. The market value of securities on loan and the value of the related collateral are shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as securities loaned and collateral on securities loaned at value, respectively. The cash collateral invested by BIM is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. The share of income earned by the Series on such investments is shown as securities lending — affiliated in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, BIM received $22,886 in securities lending agent fees related to securities lending activities for the Series.

Certain officers and/or directors of the Master LLC are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates.

4. Investments:

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities for the six months ended June 30, 2010, were $57,201,556 and $112,878,086, respectively.

5. Borrowings:

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates, is a party to a $500 million credit agreement with a group of lenders, which expires in November 2010. The Series may borrow under the credit agreement to fund shareholder redemptions. The Series paid its pro rata share of a 0.02% upfront fee on the aggregate commitment amount which was allocated to the Series based on its net assets as of October 31, 2009, a commitment fee of 0.10% per annum based on the Series’ pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement, which is included in miscellaneous in the Statement of Operations, and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) the one-month LIBOR plus 1.25% per annum and (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.25% per annum on amounts borrowed. The Series did not borrow under the credit agreement during the six months ended June 30, 2010.

 

 

 

 


 

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Master S&P 500 Index Series

6. Market and Credit Risk:

In the normal course of business, the Series invests in securities and enters into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of the issuer of a security to meet all its obligations (issuer credit risk). The value of securities held by the Series may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers whose securities are owned by the Series; conditions affecting the general economy; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; and currency and interest rate and price fluctuations. Similar to issuer credit risk, the Series may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Series has unsettled or open transactions may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments. The Series manages counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that it believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Series to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Series’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is generally approximated by their value recorded in the Series’ Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Series.

7. Subsequent Events:

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Series through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

 


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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement

The Board of Directors of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”) met on April 20, 2010 and May 18 – 19, 2010 to consider the approval of the Master LLC’s investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Master LLC’s investment advisor, on behalf of the Master S&P 500 Index Series (the “Master Portfolio”), a series of the Master LLC. The Board of Directors of the Master LLC also considered the approval of the sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between the Manager and BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (the “Sub-Advisor”), with respect to the Master Portfolio. BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund (the “Fund”), a series of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”), is a “feeder” fund that invests all of its investable assets in the Master Portfolio. Accordingly, the Board of Directors of the Corporation also considered the approval of the Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement with respect to the Master Portfolio. The Manager and the Sub-Advisor are referred to herein as “BlackRock.” The Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement are referred to herein as the “Agreements.” For simplicity, the Board of Directors of the Master LLC and the Board of Directors of the Corporation are referred to herein collectively as the “Board,” and the members are referred to as “Board Members.”

Activities and Composition of the Board

The Board consists of thirteen individuals, eleven of whom are not “interested persons” of the Master LLC or the Corporation as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independent Board Members”). The Board Members are responsible for the oversight of the operations of the Master LLC or the Corporation, as pertinent, and perform the various duties imposed on the directors of investment companies by the 1940 Act. The Independent Board Members have retained independent legal counsel to assist them in connection with their duties. The Co-Chairs of the Board are each Independent Board Members. The Board has established five standing committees: an Audit Committee, a Governance and Nominating Committee, a Compliance Committee, a Performance Oversight and Contract Committee and an Executive Committee, each of which is composed of Independent Board Members (except for the Executive Committee, which also has one interested Board Member) and is chaired by Independent Board Members. The Board also has one ad hoc committee, the Joint Product Pricing Committee, which consists of Independent Board Members and directors/trustees of the boards of certain other BlackRock-managed funds, who are not “interested persons” of their respective funds.

The Agreements

Pursuant to the 1940 Act, the Board is required to consider the continuation of the Agreements on an annual basis. In connection with this process, the Board assessed, among other things, the nature, scope and quality of the services provided to the Master Portfolio and the Fund by the personnel of BlackRock and its affiliates, including investment management, administrative and shareholder services, oversight of fund accounting and custody, marketing services and assistance in meeting applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

From time to time throughout the year, the Board, acting directly and through its committees, considers at each of its meetings factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the Agreements, including the services and support provided by BlackRock to the Master Portfolio, the Fund and their shareholders. Among the matters the Board considered were: (a) investment performance for one-, three- and five-year periods, as applicable, against peer funds, and applicable benchmarks, if any, as well as senior management’s and portfolio managers’ analysis of the reasons for any over performance or underperformance against its peers and/or benchmark, as applicable; (b) fees, including advisory, administration, if applicable, and other amounts paid to BlackRock and its affiliates by the Master Portfolio and/or the Fund for services, such as transfer agency, marketing and distribution, call center and fund accounting; (c) Master Portfolio’s and/or the Fund’s operating expenses; (d) the resources devoted to and compliance reports relating to the Master Portfolio’s and the Fund’s investment objective, policies and restrictions; (e) the Master LLC’s and the Corporation’s compliance with its respective Code of Ethics and compliance policies and procedures; (f) the nature, cost and character of non-investment management services provided by BlackRock and its affiliates; (g) BlackRock’s and other service providers’ internal controls; (h) BlackRock’s implementation of the proxy voting policies approved by the Board; (i) the use of brokerage commissions and execution quality of portfolio transactions; (j) BlackRock’s implementation of the Master LLC’s and/or the Corporation’s valuation and liquidity procedures; (k) an analysis of contractual and actual management fees for products with similar investment objectives across the open-end fund, closed-end fund and institutional account product channels; and (l) periodic updates on BlackRock’s business.

Board Considerations in Approving the Agreements

The Approval Process: Prior to the April 20, 2010 meeting, the Board requested and received materials specifically relating to the Agreements. The Board is engaged in a process with BlackRock to periodically review the nature and scope of the information provided to better assist its deliberations. The materials provided in connection with the April meeting included: (a) information independently compiled and prepared by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”) on fees and expenses of the Master Portfolio and the Fund, as applicable, and the investment performance of the Fund as compared with a peer group of funds as determined by Lipper (collectively, “Peers”); (b) information on the profitability of the Agreements to BlackRock and a discussion of fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders; (c) a general analysis provided by BlackRock concerning investment advisory fees charged to other clients, such as institutional clients and closed-end funds, under similar investment mandates, as well as the performance of such other clients, as applicable; (d) the impact of economies of scale; (e) a summary of aggregate amounts paid by the Master Portfolio and/or the Fund to BlackRock; (f) sales and redemption

 

 

 

 


 

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data regarding the Fund’s shares; and (g) if applicable, a comparison of management fees to similar BlackRock open-end funds, as classified by Lipper.

At an in-person meeting held on April 20, 2010, the Board reviewed materials relating to its consideration of the Agreements. As a result of the discussions that occurred during the April 20, 2010 meeting, the Board presented BlackRock with questions and requests for additional information and BlackRock responded to these requests with additional written information in advance of the May 18 – 19, 2010 Board meeting.

At an in-person meeting held on May 18 – 19, 2010, the Board of the Master LLC, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Master LLC with respect to the Master Portfolio and the Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor with respect to the Master Portfolio, each for a one-year term ending June 30, 2011. The Board of the Corporation, including the Independent Board Members, also considered the continuation of the Agreements and found the Agreements to be satisfactory. In approving the continuation of the Agreements, the Board considered: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of the Master Portfolio, the Fund and BlackRock; (c) the advisory fee and the cost of the services and profits to be realized by BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with the Master Portfolio and the Fund; (d) economies of scale; and (e) other factors deemed relevant by the Board Members.

The Board also considered other matters it deemed important to the approval process, such as payments made to BlackRock or its affiliates relating to the distribution of Fund shares, services related to the valuation and pricing of portfolio holdings of the Master Portfolio, direct and indirect benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders from their relationship with the Master Portfolio and the Fund and advice from independent legal counsel with respect to the review process and materials submitted for the Board’s review. The Board noted the willingness of BlackRock personnel to engage in open, candid discussions with the Board. The Board did not identify any particular information as controlling, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various items considered.

A. Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services Provided by BlackRock: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the nature, extent and quality of services provided by BlackRock, including the investment advisory services and the resulting performance of the Fund. Throughout the year, the Board compared the Fund’s performance to the performance of a comparable group of mutual funds, and the performance of a relevant benchmark, if any. The Board met with BlackRock’s senior management personnel responsible for investment operations, including the senior investment officers. The Board also reviewed the materials provided by the portfolio management team discussing performance and the investment objective, strategies and outlook.

The Board considered, among other factors, the number, education and experience of BlackRock’s investment personnel generally and the Master Portfolio’s portfolio management team, investments by portfolio managers in the funds they manage, BlackRock’s portfolio trading capabilities, BlackRock’s use of technology, BlackRock’s commitment to compliance and BlackRock’s approach to training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel. The Board also reviewed a general description of BlackRock’s compensation structure with respect to the Master Portfolio’s portfolio management team and BlackRock’s ability to attract and retain high-quality talent.

In addition to advisory services, the Board considered the quality of the administrative and non-investment advisory services provided to the Master Portfolio and the Fund. BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders provide the Master Portfolio and the Fund with certain administrative, transfer agency, shareholder and other services (in addition to any such services provided to the Master Portfolio and the Fund by third parties) and officers and other personnel as are necessary for the operations of the Master Portfolio and the Fund. In addition to investment advisory services, BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Master Portfolio and the Fund with other services, including: (i) preparing disclosure documents, such as the prospectus, the statement of additional information and periodic shareholder reports; (ii) assisting with daily accounting and pricing; (iii) overseeing and coordinating the activities of other service providers; (iv) organizing Board meetings and preparing the materials for such Board meetings; (v) providing legal and compliance support; and (vi) performing other administrative functions necessary for the operation of the Master Portfolio and the Fund, such as tax reporting, fulfilling regulatory filing requirements, and call center services. The Board reviewed the structure and duties of BlackRock’s fund administration, accounting, legal and compliance departments and considered BlackRock’s policies and procedures for assuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

B. The Investment Performance of the Master Portfolio, the Fund and BlackRock: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, also reviewed and considered the performance history of the Master Portfolio and the Fund, as applicable. The Board noted that the Master Portfolio’s investment results correspond directly to the investment results of the Fund. In preparation for the April 20, 2010 meeting, the Board was provided with reports, independently prepared by Lipper, which included a comprehensive analysis of the Fund’s performance. The Board also reviewed a narrative and statistical analysis of the Lipper data that was prepared by BlackRock, which analyzed various factors that affect Lipper’s rankings. In connection with its review, the Board received and reviewed information regarding the investment performance of the Fund as compared to a representative group of similar funds as determined by Lipper and to all funds in the Fund’s applicable Lipper category. The Board was

 

 

 

 


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provided with a description of the methodology used by Lipper to select peer funds. The Board regularly reviews the performance of the Master Portfolio and the Fund, as applicable, throughout the year. The Board attaches more importance to performance over relatively long periods of time, typically three to five years.

The Board noted that the Fund performed below the median of its Lipper Performance Universe in each of the one-, three- and five-year periods reported. The Board and BlackRock reviewed the reasons for the Fund’s underperformance during these periods compared with its Peers. The Board was informed that, among other things, over the one-, three- and five-year periods the Fund met its objective of matching the risk and return of the S&P 500 Index before the application of fees and expenses.

C. Consideration of the Advisory Fees and the Cost of the Services and Profits to be Realized by BlackRock and its Affiliates from their Relationship with the Master Portfolio and the Fund: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the Master Portfolio’s contractual advisory fee rate compared with the other funds in the Fund’s Lipper category. It also compared the Fund’s total expenses, as well as actual management fees, to those of other funds in its Lipper category. The Board considered the services provided and the fees charged by BlackRock to other types of clients with similar investment mandates, including separately managed institutional accounts.

The Board received and reviewed statements relating to BlackRock’s financial condition and profitability with respect to the services it provided the Master Portfolio and the Fund. The Board was also provided with a profitability analysis that detailed the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by BlackRock for services provided to the Master Portfolio and the Fund. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to the Master Portfolio and the Fund, as applicable, and other funds the Board currently oversees for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to available aggregate profitability data provided for the year ended Decem-ber 31, 2008. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to other fund complexes managed by the Manager and/or its affiliates. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s assumptions and methodology of allocating expenses in the profitability analysis, noting the inherent limitations in allocating costs among various advisory products. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors including, among other things, fee waivers and expense reimbursements by the Manager, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix, and the difficulty of comparing profitability as a result of those factors.

The Board noted that, in general, individual fund or product line profitability of other advisors is not publicly available. Nevertheless, to the extent such information was available, the Board considered BlackRock’s operating margin, in general, compared to the operating margin for leading investment management firms whose operations include advising open-end funds, among other product types. That data indicates that operating margins for BlackRock with respect to its registered funds are generally consistent with margins earned by similarly situated publicly traded competitors. In addition, the Board considered, among other things, certain third party data comparing BlackRock’s operating margin with that of other publicly traded asset management firms. That third party data indicates that larger asset bases do not, in themselves, translate to higher profit margins.

In addition, the Board considered the cost of the services provided to the Master Portfolio and the Fund by BlackRock, and BlackRock’s and its affiliates’ profits relating to the management and distribution of the Master Portfolio and the Fund and the other funds advised by BlackRock and its affiliates. As part of its analysis, the Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology in allocating its costs to the management of the Master Portfolio and the Fund. The Board also considered whether BlackRock has the financial resources necessary to attract and retain high-quality investment management personnel to perform its obligations under the Agreements and to continue to provide the high quality of services that is expected by the Board.

The Board noted that the Master Portfolio’s contractual advisory fee rate was lower than or equal to the median contractual advisory fee rate paid by the Fund’s Peers, in each case before taking into account any expense reimbursements or fee waivers. The Board also noted that BlackRock (i) has contractually agreed to waive one-half of the advisory fee currently paid by the Master Portfolio and (ii) has contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees and/or expenses so that the advisory fee for the Master Portfolio, when combined with the Fund’s administration fee, will not exceed a specified percentage of the Master Portfolio’s average daily net assets. Additionally, the Board noted that BlackRock has voluntarily agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses in order to limit, to a specified amount, the Fund’s total operating expenses on a class-by-class basis, as applicable.

The Board noted that after discussions between the Board, including the Independent Board Members, and BlackRock, the Board approved BlackRock’s proposed contractual administration fee reduction effective June 1, 2010.

D. Economies of Scale: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Master Portfolio and the Fund increase. The Board also considered the extent to which the Master Portfolio and the Fund benefit from such economies and whether there should be changes in the advisory fee rate or structure in order to enable the Master Portfolio and the Fund to participate in these economies of scale, for example

 

 

 

 


 

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through the use of breakpoints in the advisory fee based upon the asset level of the Master Portfolio.

E. Other Factors Deemed Relevant by the Board Members: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, also took into account other ancillary or “fall-out” benefits that BlackRock or its affiliates and significant shareholders may derive from their respective relationships with the Master Portfolio and the Fund, both tangible and intangible, such as BlackRock’s ability to leverage its investment professionals who manage other portfolios, an increase in BlackRock’s profile in the investment advisory community, and the engagement of BlackRock’s affiliates and significant shareholders as service providers to the Master Portfolio and the Fund, including for administrative, transfer agency and distribution services. The Board also considered BlackRock’s overall operations and its efforts to expand the scale of, and improve the quality of, its operations. The Board also noted that BlackRock may use and benefit from third party research obtained by soft dollars generated by certain mutual fund transactions to assist in managing all or a number of its other client accounts. The Board further noted that BlackRock completed the acquisition of a complex of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) on December 1, 2009, and that BlackRock’s funds may invest in such ETFs without any offset against the management fees payable by the funds to BlackRock.

In connection with its consideration of the Agreements, the Board also received information regarding BlackRock’s brokerage and soft dollar practices. The Board received reports from BlackRock which included information on brokerage commissions and trade execution practices throughout the year.

The Board noted the competitive nature of the open-end fund marketplace, and that shareholders are able to redeem their Fund shares if they believe that the Fund’s and/or the Master Portfolio’s fees and expenses are too high or if they are dissatisfied with the performance of the Fund.

Conclusion

The Board of the Master LLC, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Master LLC, with respect to the Master Portfolio, for a one-year term ending June 30, 2011 and the Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor, with respect to the Master Portfolio, for a one-year term ending June 30, 2011. As part of its approval, the Board of the Master LLC considered the detailed review of BlackRock’s fee structure, as it applies to the Master LLC, being conducted by the ad hoc Joint Product Pricing Committee. Based upon its evaluation of all of the aforementioned factors in their totality, the Board of the Master LLC, including the Independent Board Members, was satisfied that the terms of the Agreements were fair and reasonable and in the best interest of the Master Portfolio and its shareholders. The Board of the Corporation, including the Independent Board Members, also considered the continuation of the Agreements with respect to the Master Portfolio and found the Agreements to be satisfactory. In arriving at a decision to approve the Agreements, the Board of the Master LLC did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, but considered all factors together, and different Board Members may have attributed different weights to the various factors considered. The Independent Board Members were also assisted by the advice of independent legal counsel in making this determination. The contractual fee arrangements for the Master Portfolio reflect the results of several years of review by the Board Members and predecessor Board Members, and discussions between such Board Members (and predecessor Board Members) and BlackRock. Certain aspects of the arrangements may be the subject of more attention in some years than in others, and the Board Members’ conclusions may be based in part on their consideration of these arrangements in prior years.

 

 

 

 


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Officers and Directors

Ronald W. Forbes, Co-Chairman of the Board and Director
Rodney D. Johnson, Co-Chairman of the Board and Director
David O. Beim, Director
Richard S. Davis, Director
Henry Gabbay, Director
Dr. Matina Horner, Director
Herbert I. London, Director and Member of the Audit Committee
Cynthia A. Montgomery, Director
Joseph P. Platt, Jr., Director
Robert C. Robb, Jr., Director
Toby Rosenblatt, Director
Kenneth L. Urish, Chairman of the Audit Committee and Director
Frederick W. Winter, Director and Member of the Audit Committee
Anne Ackerley, Fund/Master LLC President and Chief Executive Officer
Jeffrey Holland, Vice President
Brendan Kyne, Vice President
Brian Schmidt, Vice President
Neal Andrews, Chief Financial Officer
Jay Fife, Treasurer
Brian Kindelan, Chief Compliance Officer of the Fund/Master LLC
Howard Surloff, Secretary

Investment Advisor
BlackRock Advisors, LLC
Wilmington, DE 19809

Sub-Advisor
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
Plainsboro, NJ 08536

Custodian
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Boston, MA 02266

Transfer Agent
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
Wilmington, DE 19809

Accounting Agent
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Princeton, NJ 08540

Distributor
BlackRock Investments, LLC
New York, NY 10022

Legal Counsel
Sidley Austin LLP
New York, NY 10019

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Princeton, NJ 08540

Address of the Fund
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809

 

 

 

 


 

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Additional Information

 


General Information


Electronic Delivery

Electronic copies of most financial reports and prospectuses are available on the Fund’s website or shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications of quarterly statements, annual and semi-annual reports and prospectuses by enrolling in the Fund’s electronic delivery program.

To enroll:

Shareholders Who Hold Accounts with Investment Advisors, Banks or Brokerages:

Please contact your financial advisor. Please note that not all investment advisors, banks or brokerages may offer this service.

Shareholders Who Hold Accounts Directly with BlackRock:

 

 

1)

Access the BlackRock website at
http://www.blackrock.com/edelivery

 

2)

Select “eDelivery” under the “More Information” section

 

3)

Log into your account

Householding

The Fund will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports and proxy statements, to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please call (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedule of Investments

The Fund/Series files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s/Series’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The Fund’s/Series’ Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund/Series uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) at http://www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Availability of Proxy Voting Record

Information about how the Fund/Series voted proxies relating to securities held in the Fund’s/Series’ portfolio during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available upon request and without charge (1) at http://www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762 and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

 

 

 


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Additional Information (continued)

 


Shareholder Privileges


Account Information

Call us at (800) 441-7762 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST on any business day to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also reach us on the Web at http://www.blackrock.com/funds.

Automatic Investment Plans

Investor Class shareholders who want to invest regularly can arrange to have $50 or more automatically deducted from their checking or savings account and invested in any of the BlackRock funds.

Systematic Withdrawal Plans

Investor Class shareholders can establish a systematic withdrawal plan and receive periodic payments of $50 or more from their BlackRock funds, as long as their account balance is at least $10,000.

Retirement Plans

Shareholders may make investments in conjunction with Traditional, Rollover, Roth, Coverdell, Simple IRAs, SEP IRAs and 403(b) Plans.

 

 

 

 


 

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BlackRock Privacy Principles


BlackRock is committed to maintaining the privacy of its current and former fund investors and individual clients (collectively, “Clients”) and to safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information BlackRock collects, how we protect that information and why in certain cases we share such information with select parties.

If you are located in a jurisdiction where specific laws, rules or regulations require BlackRock to provide you with additional or different privacy-related rights beyond what is set forth below, then BlackRock will comply with those specific laws, rules or regulations.

BlackRock obtains or verifies personal non-public information from and about you from different sources, including the following: (i) information we receive from you or, if applicable, your financial intermediary, on applications, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from a consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.

BlackRock does not sell or disclose to non-affiliated third parties any non-public personal information about its Clients, except as permitted by law or as is necessary to respond to regulatory requests or to service Client accounts. These non-affiliated third parties are required to protect the confidentiality and security of this information and to use it only for its intended purpose.

We may share information with our affiliates to service your account or to provide you with information about other BlackRock products or services that may be of interest to you. In addition, BlackRock restricts access to non-public personal information about its Clients to those BlackRock employees with a legitimate business need for the information. BlackRock maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that are designed to protect the non-public personal information of its Clients, including procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.

 

 

 

 


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A World-Class Mutual Fund Family

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BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

39



(GO PAPERLESS LOGO)

This report is transmitted to shareholders only. It is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Fund unless accompanied or preceded by the Fund’s current prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Investment returns and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change.

 

 

(BLACKROCK LOGO)

 

#Index 4-06/10


 

 

BlackRock Small Cap
Index Fund

(BLACKROCK LOGO)

OF BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.

 

 

 

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 

JUNE 30, 2010 | (UNAUDITED)

 

NOT FDIC INSURED
MAY LOSE VALUE
NO BANK GUARANTEE



 


 

Table of Contents


 

 

 

 





 

 

Page

 





 

 

 

 

Dear Shareholder

 

3

 

Semi-Annual Report:

 

 

 

Fund Summary

 

4

 

About Fund Performance

 

6

 

Disclosure of Expenses

 

6

 

Fund Financial Statements:

 

 

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

7

 

Statement of Operations

 

8

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

9

 

Fund Financial Highlights

 

10

 

Fund Notes to Financial Statements

 

12

 

Series Portfolio Information

 

15

 

Series Financial Statements:

 

 

 

Schedule of Investments

 

16

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

36

 

Statement of Operations

 

37

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

38

 

Series Financial Highlights

 

39

 

Series Notes to Financial Statements

 

40

 

Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement

 

44

 

Officers and Directors

 

48

 

Additional Information

 

49

 

Mutual Fund Family

 

51

 


 

 

 


2

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 


 

Dear Shareholder

Although overall global economic and financial conditions have generally improved over the past year, the past several months have seen high levels of market volatility and diminishing investor confidence sparked by the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and mixed economic data that have raised concerns over the possibility that some economies could slide back into recession. Despite the uneven nature of recent market conditions, we continue to believe that the “Great Recession” likely ended at some point last summer, thanks primarily to massive fiscal and monetary stimulus, and that the global economy remains in recovery mode for most regions of the world. Regarding the US economy, we believe it is unlikely that the United States will experience a “double dip” recession, although we acknowledge that subpar growth is likely to persist for some time.

Global equity markets bottomed in early 2009 and since that time have moved unevenly higher as investors were lured back into the markets by depressed valuations, desire for higher yields and improvements in corporate earnings prospects. Volatility levels, however, have remained elevated — primarily as a result of uneven economic data and lingering deflation issues (especially in Europe). As the period drew to a close, equity markets had endured a significant correction that drove stock prices into negative territory on a year-to-date basis in almost every market. Over a 12-month basis, however, global equities posted positive returns thanks to improving corporate revenues and profits and a reasonably strong macro backdrop. From a geographic perspective, US equities have significantly outpaced their international counterparts over the past six and twelve months, as the domestic economic recovery has been more pronounced and as credit-related issues have held European markets down. Within the United States, smaller cap stocks have noticeably outperformed large caps.

In fixed income markets, yields have been moving unevenly over the past six and twelve months as improving economic conditions have been acting to push Treasury yields higher (and prices correspondingly lower), while concerns over ongoing deflation threats have acted as a counterweight. As the period drew to a close, however, Treasury yields fell sharply as investors flocked to the “safe haven” asset class in the face of escalating uncertainty. As a result, US Treasuries became one of the world’s best-performing asset classes on a six-month basis. High yield bonds have also continued to perform well, thanks in large part to ongoing high levels of investor demand. Meanwhile, municipal bonds performed in line with their taxable counterparts on a 12-month basis, but slightly underperformed over the last six months as investors rotated to the relative safety of Treasuries.

Regarding cash investments, yields on money market securities remain near all-time lows (producing returns only marginally above zero percent), with the Federal Open Market Committee reiterating that economic circumstances are likely to necessitate an accommodative interest rate stance for an “extended period.”

Against this backdrop, the major market averages posted the following returns:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Returns as of June 30, 2010

 

6-month

 

12-month

 







US equities (S&P 500 Index)

 

(6.65

)%

 

14.43

%

 









Small cap US equities (Russell 2000 Index)

 

(1.95

)

 

21.48

 

 









International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

 

(13.23

)

 

5.92

 

 









3-month Treasury bill (BofA Merrill Lynch 3-Month Treasury Bill Index)

 

0.05

 

 

0.16

 

 









US Treasury securities (BofA Merrill Lynch 10-Year US Treasury Index)

 

9.36

 

 

8.20

 

 









Taxable fixed income (Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index)

 

5.33

 

 

9.50

 

 









Tax-exempt fixed income (Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index)

 

3.31

 

 

9.61

 

 









High yield bonds (Barclays Capital US Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

 

4.45

 

 

26.66

 

 










 

 

 

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Index performance shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Although conditions are certainly better than they were a couple of years ago, global financial markets continue to face high volatility and questions about the strength and sustainability of the recovery abound. Through periods of uncertainty, as ever, BlackRock’s full resources are dedicated to the management of our clients’ assets. For additional market perspective and investment insight, visit www.blackrock.com/shareholdermagazine, where you’ll find the most recent issue of our award-winning Shareholder® magazine, as well as its quarterly companion newsletter, Shareholder Perspectives. As always, we thank you for entrusting BlackRock with your investments, and we look forward to your continued partnership in the months and years ahead.

Sincerely,

-s- Rob Kapito

Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

 

 


 

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Fund Summary as of June 30, 2010

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund


 


Portfolio Management Commentary



 

 

 

How did the Fund perform?

 

 

Through the investment of BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund (the “Fund”) in Master Small Cap Index Series (the “Series”) of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”), for the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Institutional and Investor A Shares of the Fund underperformed its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index. The Russell 2000 Index is a market-weighted index composed of approximately 2,000 common stocks issued by small-capitalization US companies in a range of businesses.

 

 

Returns for the Fund’s respective share classes differ from the benchmark based on individual share-class expenses.

 

 

 

Describe the market environment.

 

 

At the beginning of 2010, we expected to see a modest cyclical recovery. For the first four months of the year, the cyclical recovery did dominate, but over the past two months, structural problems (especially those in Europe) began to win out, and risk assets (including US equities) have struggled. Financial markets took a dramatic turn in late April, as investor sentiment became dominated by concerns over the European sovereign debt crisis, some less-positive economic data and uncertainty over financial regulatory reform in the United States. Volatility levels moved noticeably higher over the past several months, and investors embarked on a renewed “flight to quality,” abandoning risk assets such as stocks in favor of safer alternatives, most notably US Treasury bonds and gold.

 

 

In the United States, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 5.00% and the Nasdaq Composite lost 6.63%, while the Russell 2000 Index fell only 1.95%.

 

 

Within the benchmark Russell 2000 Index, only three of the ten sectors posted positive returns for the period. Consumer Discretionary (+1.73%), Consumer Staples (+0.83%) and Financials (+0.79%) emerged as the best performing sectors over the period, while Telecommunication Services (–11.65%), Energy (–10.92%) and Materials (–8.03%) experienced the largest negative returns.

 

 

 

Describe recent portfolio activity.

 

 

During the six-month period, as changes were made to the composition of the Russell 2000 Index, the Series purchased and sold securities to maintain its objective of replicating the risks and return of the benchmark.

 

 

 

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

 

 

The Series remains positioned to match the risk characteristics of its benchmark, irrespective of the market’s future direction.

 

 

 

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.


 


Derivative Financial Instruments


The Series may invest in various derivative instruments, including financial futures contracts, as specified in Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements, which may constitute forms of economic leverage. Such instruments are used to obtain exposure to a market without owning or taking physical custody of securities or to hedge market and/or equity risks. Such derivative instruments involve risks, including the imperfect correlation between the value of a derivative instrument and the underlying asset or illiquidity of the derivative instrument. The Series’ ability to successfully use a derivative instrument depends on the investment advisor’s ability to accurately predict pertinent market movements, which cannot be assured. The use of derivative instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may require the Series to sell or purchase portfolio securities at inopportune times or for distressed values, may limit the amount of appreciation the Series can realize on an investment, may result in lower dividends paid to shareholders or may cause the Series to hold a security that it might otherwise sell. The Series’ investments in these instruments are discussed in detail in the Notes to Financial Statements.


 

 

 


4

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010



 


 


Total Return Based on a $10,000 Investment



 

 

 

 

 

(LINE GRAPH)

 

 

 

 

1

Assuming transaction costs and other operating expenses, including investment advisory fees and administration fees, if any.

 

 

 

 

2

The Fund invests all of its assets in Master Small Cap Index Series (the “Series”) of Quantitative Master Series LLC. The Series may invest in a statistically selected sample of the stocks included in the Russell 2000 Index and other types of financial instruments.

 

 

 

 

3

This unmanaged index is a market-weighted index composed of approximately 2,000 common stocks issued by small-capitalization US companies in a range of businesses.


 


Performance Summary for the Period Ended June 30, 2010



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns4

 

 

 

6-Month
Total Returns

 


 

 

 

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

 











Institutional

 

(1.96

)%

 

21.20

%

 

(0.06

)%

 

2.58

%

 

Investor A

 

(2.16

)

 

20.81

 

 

(0.31

)

 

2.32

 

 

Russell 2000 Index

 

(1.95

)

 

21.48

 

 

0.37

 

 

3.00

 

 
















 

 

 

 

4

Average annual total returns reflect reductions for service fees. See “About Fund Performance” on page 6 for a detailed description of share classes, including any related fees.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.


 

 

 




BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

5




 


 

About Fund Performance


 

 

Institutional Shares are not subject to any sales charge. Institutional Shares bear no ongoing distribution or service fees and are available only to eligible investors.

 

 

Investor A Shares are not subject to any sales charge and bear no ongoing distribution fee. Investor A Shares are subject to an ongoing service fee of 0.25% per year.

Performance information reflects past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Refer to www.blackrock.com/funds to obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Figures shown in the performance tables on page 5 assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, at net asset value on the ex-dividend date. Investment return and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Dividends paid to each class of shares will vary because of the different levels of service and transfer agency fees applicable to each class, which are deducted from the income available to be paid to shareholders.

 


 

Disclosure of Expenses

Shareholders of this Fund may incur the following charges: (a) expenses related to transactions, redemption fees and exchange fees; and (b) operating expenses including advisory fees, service and distribution fees including 12b-1 fees and other Fund expenses. The expense example shown below (which is based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested on January 1, 2010 and held through June 30, 2010) is intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in the Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number corresponding to their share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in this Fund and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in other funds’ shareholder reports.

The expenses shown in the table are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as sales charges, redemption fees or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical example is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only, and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.

 


Expense Example



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

 

Hypothetical2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning
Account Value
January 1, 2010

 

 

Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2010

 

 

Expenses Paid
During the Period1

 

 

Beginning
Account Value
January 1, 2010

 

 

Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2010

 

 

Expenses Paid
During the Period1

 

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio

 
























Institutional

 

 

$1,000

 

 

$980.40

 

 

$2.60

 

 

$1,000

 

 

$1,022.17

 

 

$2.66

 

 

0.53%

 

Investor A

 

 

$1,000

 

 

$978.40

 

 

$3.88

 

 

$1,000

 

 

$1,020.88

 

 

$3.96

 

 

0.79%

 

























 

 

 

 

1

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Because the Fund is a feeder fund, the expense table example reflects the expenses of both the Fund and the Series in which it invests.

 

 

 

 

2

Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by pro rating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 365.


 

 

 




6

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 



 

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 






Assets

 

 

 

 






Investments at value — Master Small Cap Index Series (the “Series”) (cost — $92,696,787)

 

$

93,183,070

 

Capital shares sold receivable

 

 

146,837

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

14,889

 

 

 




Total assets

 

 

93,344,796

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Liabilities

 

 

 

 






Withdrawals payable from the Series

 

 

89,638

 

Capital shares redeemed payable

 

 

57,199

 

Administration fees payable

 

 

23,511

 

Distribution fees payable

 

 

7,970

 

Other affiliates payable

 

 

1,636

 

Officer’s fees payable

 

 

12

 

Other accrued expenses payable

 

 

17,641

 

 

 




Total liabilities

 

 

197,607

 

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

93,147,189

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Net Assets Consist of

 

 

 

 






Paid-in capital

 

$

118,566,498

 

Undistributed net investment income

 

 

178,263

 

Accumulated net realized loss allocated from the Series

 

 

(26,083,855

)

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation allocated from the Series

 

 

486,283

 

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

93,147,189

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Net Asset Value

 

 

 

 






Institutional — Based on net assets of $56,061,042 and 5,897,295 shares outstanding, 125 million shares authorized, $0.0001 par value

 

$

9.51

 

 

 




Investor A — Based on net assets of $37,086,147 and 3,904,922 shares outstanding, 125 million shares authorized, $0.0001 par value

 

$

9.50

 

 

 





 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

7




 

 



 

 

Statement of Operations

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 






Investment Income

 

 

 

 






Net investment income allocated from the Series:

 

 

 

 

Dividends — unaffiliated

 

$

415,146

 

Foreign taxes withheld

 

 

(1,240

)

Securities lending — affiliated

 

 

34,537

 

Dividends — affiliated

 

 

2,605

 

Expenses

 

 

(37,847

)

 

 




Total income

 

 

413,201

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Expenses

 

 

 

 






Administration

 

 

144,064

 

Service — Investor A

 

 

50,488

 

Transfer agent — Institutional

 

 

16,150

 

Transfer agent — Investor A

 

 

13,186

 

Printing

 

 

26,805

 

Registration

 

 

14,277

 

Professional

 

 

10,397

 

Officers

 

 

23

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

4,091

 

 

 




Total expenses

 

 

279,481

 

Less fees waived by administrator

 

 

(2,669

)

 

 




Total expenses after fees waived

 

 

276,812

 

 

 




Net investment income

 

 

136,389

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Allocated from the Series

 

 

 

 






Net realized gain from investments and financial futures contracts

 

 

571,175

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments and financial futures contracts

 

 

(2,726,744

)

 

 




Total realized and unrealized loss

 

 

(2,155,569

)

 

 




Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

(2,019,180

)

 

 





 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




8

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010



 

 


 

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2010
(Unaudited)

 

Year Ended
December 31,
2009

 







Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income

 

$

136,389

 

$

587,044

 

Net realized gain (loss)

 

 

571,175

 

 

(8,274,246

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

(2,726,744

)

 

27,253,654

 

 

 







Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

 

(2,019,180

)

 

19,566,452

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Dividends to Shareholders From

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 

 

(376,750

)

Investor A

 

 

 

 

(174,904

)

 

 







Decrease in net assets resulting from dividends to shareholders

 

 

 

 

(551,654

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Capital Share Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

 

 

1,081,515

 

 

(1,003,872

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Redemption Fee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Redemption fee

 

 

1,432

 

 

864

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Total increase (decrease) in net assets

 

 

(936,233

)

 

18,011,790

 

Beginning of period

 

 

94,083,422

 

 

76,071,632

 

 

 







End of period

 

$

93,147,189

 

$

94,083,422

 

 

 







Undistributed net investment income

 

$

178,263

 

$

41,874

 

 

 








 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

9




 

 


 

Financial Highlights

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional

 

 

 


 

 

 

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2010
(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

2005

 





















Per Share Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

9.70

 

$

7.71

 

$

13.79

 

$

15.48

 

$

14.36

 

$

14.10

 

 

 



















Net investment income1

 

 

0.02

 

 

0.07

 

 

0.14

 

 

0.20

 

 

0.17

 

 

0.10

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)2

 

 

(0.21

)

 

1.98

 

 

(4.86

)

 

(0.50

)

 

2.34

 

 

0.49

 

 

 



















Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

(0.19

)

 

2.05

 

 

(4.72

)

 

(0.30

)

 

2.51

 

 

0.59

 

 

 



















Dividends and distributions from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

 

 

(0.06

)

 

(0.15

)

 

(0.20

)

 

(0.17

)

 

(0.11

)

Net realized gain

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1.09

)

 

(1.19

)

 

(1.22

)

 

(0.22

)

Tax return of capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.12

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



















Total dividends and distributions

 

 

 

 

(0.06

)

 

(1.36

)

 

(1.39

)

 

(1.39

)

 

(0.33

)

 

 



















Net asset value, end of period

 

$

9.51

 

$

9.70

 

$

7.71

 

$

13.79

 

$

15.48

 

$

14.36

 

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total Investment Return3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Based on net asset value

 

 

(1.96

)%4

 

26.67

%

 

(34.01

)%

 

(1.91

)%

 

17.49

%

 

4.16

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Ratios to Average Net Assets5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total expenses

 

 

0.53

%6

 

0.56

%

 

0.53

%

 

0.48

%

 

0.49

%

 

0.54

%

 

 



















Total expenses after fees waived

 

 

0.53

%6

 

0.56

%

 

0.52

%

 

0.48

%

 

0.49

%

 

0.53

%

 

 



















Net investment income

 

 

0.38

%6

 

0.85

%

 

1.19

%

 

1.23

%

 

1.10

%

 

0.69

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net assets, end of period (000)

 

$

56,061

 

$

55,744

 

$

46,285

 

$

66,085

 

$

79,032

 

$

63,671

 

 

 



















Portfolio turnover of the Series

 

 

16

%

 

43

%

 

42

%

 

26

%

 

40

%

 

37

%

 

 




















 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

 

2

Includes a redemption fee, which is less than $0.01 per share.

 

 

3

Where applicable, total investment returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

 

 

4

Aggregate total investment return.

 

 

5

Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated expenses and/or net investment income.

 

 

6

Annualized.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


10

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 


 

Financial Highlights (concluded)

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investor A

 

 

 



 

 

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2010
(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

2005

 





















Per Share Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

9.71

 

$

7.72

 

$

13.79

 

$

15.47

 

$

14.36

 

$

14.10

 

 

 



















Net investment income1

 

 

0.01

 

 

0.05

 

 

0.11

 

 

0.15

 

 

0.13

 

 

0.06

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)2

 

 

(0.22

)

 

1.98

 

 

(4.85

)

 

(0.48

)

 

2.33

 

 

0.49

 

 

 



















Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

(0.21

)

 

2.03

 

 

(4.74

)

 

(0.33

)

 

2.46

 

 

0.55

 

 

 



















Dividends and distributions from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

 

 

(0.04

)

 

(0.12

)

 

(0.16

)

 

(0.13

)

 

(0.07

)

Net realized gain

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1.09

)

 

(1.19

)

 

(1.22

)

 

(0.22

)

Tax return of capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.12

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



















Total dividends and distributions

 

 

 

 

(0.04

)

 

(1.33

)

 

(1.35

)

 

(1.35

)

 

(0.29

)

 

 



















Net asset value, end of period

 

$

9.50

 

$

9.71

 

$

7.72

 

$

13.79

 

$

15.47

 

$

14.36

 

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total Investment Return3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Based on net asset value

 

 

(2.16

)%4

 

26.36

%

 

(34.19

)%

 

(2.12

)%

 

17.14

%

 

3.88

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Ratios to Average Net Assets5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total expenses

 

 

0.79

%6

 

0.82

%

 

0.80

%

 

0.73

%

 

0.74

%

 

0.80

%

 

 



















Total expenses after fees waived

 

 

0.79

%6

 

0.82

%

 

0.79

%

 

0.73

%

 

0.74

%

 

0.79

%

 

 



















Net investment income

 

 

0.12

%6

 

0.59

%

 

0.91

%

 

0.98

%

 

0.84

%

 

0.43

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net assets, end of period (000)

 

$

37,086

 

$

38,340

 

$

29,787

 

$

47,605

 

$

54,083

 

$

48,896

 

 

 



















Portfolio turnover of the Series

 

 

16

%

 

43

%

 

42

%

 

26

%

 

40

%

 

37

%

 

 




















 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

 

2

Includes a redemption fee, which is less than $0.01 per share.

 

 

3

Where applicable, total investment returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

 

 

4

Aggregate total investment return.

 

 

5

Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated expenses and/or net investment income.

 

 

6

Annualized.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

11



 

 



 

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund (the “Fund”) a series of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a non-diversified, open-end management investment company. The Corporation is organized as a Maryland corporation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its assets in Master Small Cap Index Series (the “Series) of Quantitative Master Series LLC ( the “Master LLC”), which has the same investment objective and strategies as the Fund. The value of the Fund’s investment in the Series reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Series. The performance of the Fund is directly affected by the performance of the Series. The percentage of the Series owned by the Fund at June 30, 2010 was 32%. The Fund’s financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund offers two classes of shares. Institutional Shares are sold without a sales charge and only to certain eligible investors. Investor A Shares are generally sold with a front-end sales charge. Both classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except that Investor A Shares bear certain expenses related to the shareholder servicing of such shares.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund:

Valuation: The Fund’s policy is to fair value its financial instruments at market value. The Fund records its investment in the Series at fair value based on the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Series. Valuation of securities held by the Series, including categorization of fair value measurements, is discussed in Note 1 of the Series’ Notes to Financial Statements, which are included elsewhere in this report.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions in the Series are accounted for on a trade date basis. The Fund records daily its proportionate share of the Series’ income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses. In addition, the Fund accrues its own expenses. Income and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.

Dividends and Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. The amount and timing of dividends and distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP.

Income Taxes: It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

The Fund files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s US federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended December 31, 2009. The statutes of limitations on the Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction. There are no uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Other: Expenses directly related to the Fund or its classes are charged to the Fund or class. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Other expenses of the Fund are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.

 

 

 




12

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 



 

 

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

2. Administration Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate of the Fund for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and Barclays are not.

The Corporation, on behalf of the Fund, entered into an Administration Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Administrator”), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide administrative services (other than investment advice and related portfolio activities). For such services, the Fund pays the Administrator a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.29% of the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets. The Fund does not pay an Advisory fee or investment management fee.

The Administrator voluntarily agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit total annual Fund operating expenses (excluding interest expense, acquired fund fees and expenses and certain other fund expenses) to 0.60% for Institutional Shares and 0.85% for Investor A Shares. These voluntary waivers and reimbursements may be reduced or discontinued at any time without notice. This amount is shown as fees waived by administrator in the Statement of Operations.

The Corporation, on behalf of the Fund, entered into a Distribution Agreement and Distribution Plan with BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), which is an affiliate of BlackRock. Pursuant to the Distribution Plan and in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund pays BRIL ongoing service and distribution fees. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly at annual rates of 0.25% based upon the average daily net assets of Investor A Shares.

Pursuant to sub-agreements with BRIL, broker-dealers and BRIL provide shareholder servicing to the Fund. The ongoing service fee compensates BRIL and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder servicing to Investor A shareholders.

PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. (“PNCGIS”), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of PNC and an affiliate of the Manager, serves as transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent. Effective July 1, 2010, PNCGIS was sold to The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and is no longer considered an affiliate of the Administrator. At the close of the sale, PNCGIS changed its name to BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. Transfer agency fees borne by the Fund are comprised of those fees charged for all shareholder communications including mailing of shareholder reports, dividend and distribution notices, and proxy materials for shareholder meetings, as well as per account and per transaction fees related to servicing and maintenance of shareholder accounts, including the issuing, redeeming and transferring of shares, check writing, anti-money laundering services, and customer identification services.

The Administrator maintains a call center, which is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Fund, such as responding to shareholder inquiries and processing transactions based upon instructions from shareholders with respect to the subscription and redemption of Fund shares. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Fund reimbursed the Manager the following amounts for costs incurred in running the call center, which are included in transfer agent in the Statement of Operations.

 

 

 

 

 






Institutional

 

$

162

 

Investor A

 

$

456

 






Certain officers and/or directors of the Fund are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Fund reimburses the Manager for compensation paid to the Corporation’s Chief Compliance Officer.

3. Capital Loss Carryforwards:

As of December 31, 2009, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards in the amount of $24,323,969 available to offset future realized capital gains, which expires December 31, 2017.

 

 

 


BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

13




 

 



 

 

Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

4. Capital Share Transactions:

Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010

 

Year Ended
December 31, 2009

 

 


 



 

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Shares

 

Amount











Institutional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Shares sold

 

 

1,095,750

 

$

11,339,403

 

 

2,468,390

 

$

19,948,606

 

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends

 

 

 

 

 

 

37,621

 

 

356,525

 

 

 






 







Total issued

 

 

1,095,750

 

 

11,339,403

 

 

2,506,011

 

 

20,305,131

 

Shares redeemed

 

 

(942,336

)

 

(9,732,435

)

 

(2,765,597

)

 

(22,094,097

)

 

 






 







Net increase (decrease)

 

 

153,414

 

$

1,606,968

 

 

(259,586

)

$

(1,788,966

)

 

 






 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Investor A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Shares sold

 

 

397,998

 

$

4,120,329

 

 

913,818

 

$

7,405,033

 

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,832

 

 

159,562

 

 

 






 







Total issued

 

 

397,998

 

 

4,120,329

 

 

930,650

 

 

7,564,595

 

Shares redeemed

 

 

(442,251

)

 

(4,645,782

)

 

(842,085

)

 

(6,779,501

)

 

 






 







Net increase (decrease)

 

 

(44,253

)

$

(525,453

)

 

88,565

 

$

785,094

 

 

 






 







There is a 2% redemption fee on shares redeemed or exchanged that have been held for 30 days or less. The redemption fees are collected and retained by the Fund for the benefit of the remaining shareholders. The redemptions fees are recorded as credit to paid-in-capital.

5. Subsequent Events:

Management’s evaluation of the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund’s financial statements was completed through the date the financial statements were issued and the following item was noted:

The Fund paid a net investment income dividend on July 23, 2010 to shareholders of record on July 21, 2010 as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








 

 

Dividend Per Share

 





Institutional

 

 

$

0.004431

 

 

Investor A

 

 

$

0.004404

 

 









 

 

 




14

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 



 

 

Portfolio Information

Master Small Cap Index Series


 


As of June 30, 2010



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ten Largest Holdings

 

Percent of
Long-Term Investments

 






Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

 

0.2

%

 

MFA Financial, Inc.

 

0.2

 

 

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

 

0.2

 

 

TIBCO Software, Inc.

 

0.2

 

 

Rock-Tenn Co., Class A

 

0.2

 

 

Nordson Corp.

 

0.2

 

 

ev3, Inc.

 

0.2

 

 

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

 

0.2

 

 

Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.

 

0.2

 

 

Deckers Outdoor Corp.

 

0.2

 

 






 

 

 

 

 

Sector Allocation

 

Percent of
Long-Term Investments

 






Financial Services

 

22

%

 

Technology

 

16

 

 

Consumer Discretionary

 

15

 

 

Health Care

 

14

 

 

Producer Durables

 

14

 

 

Materials & Processing

 

7

 

 

Energy

 

5

 

 

Utilities

 

4

 

 

Consumer Staples

 

3

 

 







 

 

 

For Series compliance purposes, the Series’ sector classifications refer to any one or more of the sector sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes, and/or as defined by Series management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.


 

 

 


BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

15




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Advertising Agencies — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arbitron, Inc.

 

 

8,013

 

$

205,373

 

Constant Contact, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

8,610

 

 

183,651

 

DG FastChannel, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,510

 

 

244,676

 

Dex One Corp. (a)

 

 

15,000

 

 

285,000

 

Harte-Hanks, Inc.

 

 

11,633

 

 

121,565

 

InterDigital, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

13,144

 

 

324,525

 

National CineMedia, Inc.

 

 

13,123

 

 

218,629

 

QuinStreet, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,136

 

 

36,095

 

SuperMedia, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,894

 

 

71,221

 

Valassis Communications, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,966

 

 

474,722

 

ValueClick, Inc. (a)

 

 

24,393

 

 

260,761

 

Viad Corp.

 

 

6,376

 

 

112,537

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,538,755

 









Aerospace — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AAR Corp. (a)

 

 

11,639

 

 

194,837

 

AeroVironment, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,967

 

 

107,933

 

Applied Energetics, Inc. (a)

 

 

24,385

 

 

25,117

 

Argon ST, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,031

 

 

138,223

 

Astronics Corp. (a)

 

 

2,930

 

 

47,935

 

Ceradyne, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,587

 

 

162,134

 

Cubic Corp.

 

 

4,676

 

 

170,113

 

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

 

 

13,509

 

 

392,301

 

Ducommun, Inc.

 

 

3,300

 

 

56,430

 

Esterline Technologies Corp. (a)

 

 

8,871

 

 

420,929

 

GenCorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,546

 

 

76,851

 

Heico Corp.

 

 

8,748

 

 

314,228

 

Herley Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,257

 

 

60,705

 

Kaman Corp., Class A

 

 

7,809

 

 

172,735

 

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,949

 

 

51,965

 

LMI Aerospace, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,724

 

 

42,957

 

Ladish Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

4,734

 

 

107,556

 

Moog, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

13,539

 

 

436,362

 

Orbital Sciences Corp. (a)

 

 

17,124

 

 

270,046

 

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,752

 

 

414,812

 

Triumph Group, Inc.

 

 

4,955

 

 

330,152

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,994,321

 









Agriculture, Fishing & Ranching — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Andersons, Inc.

 

 

5,575

 

 

181,689

 

Cadiz, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,204

 

 

50,742

 

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

 

 

4,243

 

 

135,479

 

Calavo Growers, Inc.

 

 

3,536

 

 

63,507

 

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,876

 

 

240,370

 

Limoneira Co.

 

 

2,434

 

 

52,964

 

Pilgrims Pride Corp. (a)

 

 

15,377

 

 

101,027

 

Sanderson Farms, Inc.

 

 

6,786

 

 

344,322

 

Seaboard Corp.

 

 

96

 

 

144,960

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,315,060

 









Air Transport — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,200

 

 

77,112

 

AirTran Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

40,304

 

 

195,475

 

Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,698

 

 

480,875

 

Allegiant Travel Co. (b)

 

 

4,560

 

 

194,666

 

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,760

 

 

368,600

 

Bristow Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,773

 

 

316,726

 

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,735

 

 

81,350

 

JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)

 

 

73,190

 

 

401,813

 

PHI, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,223

 

 

59,502

 

Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (a)

 

 

6,116

 

 

33,271

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Air Transport (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,400

 

$

63,544

 

SkyWest, Inc.

 

 

16,732

 

 

204,465

 

US Airways Group, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

48,454

 

 

417,189

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,894,588

 









Alternative Energy — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

12,215

 

 

182,492

 

Comverge, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,823

 

 

70,094

 

EnerNOC, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

5,961

 

 

187,414

 

Green Plains Renewable Energy (a)

 

 

4,980

 

 

50,896

 

Rex American Resources Corp. (a)

 

 

2,365

 

 

37,840

 

Syntroleum Corp. (a)

 

 

22,130

 

 

36,293

 

USEC, Inc. (a)

 

 

34,150

 

 

162,554

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

727,583

 









Aluminum — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Century Aluminum Co. (a)

 

 

19,199

 

 

169,527

 

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

 

 

4,605

 

 

159,656

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

329,183

 









Asset Management & Custodian — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Capital Ltd. (a)(b)

 

 

101,892

 

 

491,120

 

Apollo Investment Corp.

 

 

58,849

 

 

549,061

 

Artio Global Investors, Inc.

 

 

8,318

 

 

130,925

 

Calamos Asset Management, Inc., Class A

 

 

5,840

 

 

54,195

 

Capital Southwest Corp.

 

 

869

 

 

76,394

 

Cohen & Steers, Inc. (b)

 

 

5,134

 

 

106,479

 

Cowen Group, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

11,221

 

 

46,006

 

Diamond Hill Investments Group

 

 

728

 

 

41,270

 

Epoch Holding Corp.

 

 

4,127

 

 

50,638

 

Fifth Street Finance Corp.

 

 

13,513

 

 

149,048

 

Financial Engines, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,059

 

 

55,203

 

GAMCO Investors, Inc., Class A

 

 

2,066

 

 

76,855

 

Golub Capital BDC, Inc.

 

 

2,265

 

 

32,661

 

Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,712

 

 

39,722

 

JMP Group, Inc.

 

 

4,706

 

 

29,130

 

MCG Capital Corp.

 

 

23,131

 

 

111,723

 

MVC Capital, Inc.

 

 

7,347

 

 

94,923

 

NGP Capital Resources Co.

 

 

6,861

 

 

49,193

 

National Financial Partners Corp. (a)

 

 

12,618

 

 

123,278

 

Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc.

 

 

3,009

 

 

72,066

 

Solar Capital Ltd.

 

 

1,659

 

 

31,952

 

THL Credit, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,766

 

 

31,809

 

TICC Capital Corp.

 

 

8,304

 

 

69,754

 

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,648

 

 

30,851

 

Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.

 

 

1,758

 

 

61,794

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,606,050

 









Auto Parts — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATC Technology Corp. (a)

 

 

5,990

 

 

96,559

 

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,952

 

 

124,258

 

Amerigon, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,500

 

 

47,970

 

ArvinMeritor, Inc. (a)

 

 

28,139

 

 

368,621

 

Dana Holding Corp. (a)

 

 

42,025

 

 

420,250

 

Dorman Products, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,377

 

 

68,654

 

Exide Technologies (a)

 

 

22,951

 

 

119,345

 

Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

4,251

 

 

110,313

 

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

 

 

5,982

 

 

48,275

 

Stoneridge, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,767

 

 

36,182

 

Superior Industries International, Inc.

 

 

6,929

 

 

93,126

 

Tenneco, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,879

 

 

376,532

 

U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,321

 

 

25,926

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,936,011

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




16

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Auto Services — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (b)

 

 

18,228

 

$

355,446

 









Back Office Support, HR, & Consulting — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APAC Customer Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,021

 

 

57,120

 

Administaff, Inc.

 

 

6,459

 

 

156,049

 

The Advisory Board Co. (a)

 

 

4,685

 

 

201,268

 

Barrett Business Services, Inc.

 

 

2,631

 

 

32,624

 

CBIZ, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,553

 

 

86,197

 

CDI Corp.

 

 

4,021

 

 

62,446

 

CRA International, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,485

 

 

65,623

 

Compass Diversified Holdings

 

 

10,042

 

 

134,663

 

Corporate Executive Board Co.

 

 

10,242

 

 

269,057

 

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,194

 

 

240,327

 

Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, Inc.

 

 

7,358

 

 

75,861

 

Dice Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,025

 

 

34,773

 

ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,738

 

 

81,351

 

Forrester Research, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,445

 

 

134,506

 

GP Strategies Corp. (a)

 

 

4,600

 

 

33,396

 

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

 

 

5,334

 

 

121,722

 

Hudson Highland Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,272

 

 

45,197

 

Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,670

 

 

129,465

 

ICF International, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,280

 

 

126,350

 

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

8,245

 

 

122,603

 

Kforce, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,379

 

 

119,582

 

Korn/Ferry International (a)

 

 

13,821

 

 

192,112

 

LECG Corp. (a)

 

 

9,818

 

 

25,527

 

Liquidity Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,300

 

 

55,728

 

LoopNet, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,083

 

 

75,003

 

MAXIMUS, Inc.

 

 

5,236

 

 

303,007

 

Manpower, Inc.

 

 

 

 

17

 

Navigant Consulting, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,244

 

 

158,233

 

On Assignment, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,551

 

 

58,102

 

Resources Connection, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,972

 

 

190,019

 

SFN Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,030

 

 

87,524

 

SYKES Enterprises, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,455

 

 

177,235

 

TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,140

 

 

117,815

 

TrueBlue, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,277

 

 

148,570

 

Volt Information Sciences, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,837

 

 

40,631

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,959,703

 









Banks: Diversified — 6.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st Source Corp.

 

 

4,666

 

 

78,949

 

1st United BanCorp., Inc. (a)

 

 

6,966

 

 

51,270

 

Alliance Financial Corp.

 

 

1,610

 

 

44,758

 

American National Bankshares, Inc.

 

 

2,097

 

 

44,855

 

Ameris Bancorp

 

 

7,382

 

 

71,310

 

Ames National Corp.

 

 

2,595

 

 

50,706

 

Arrow Financial Corp.

 

 

2,945

 

 

68,029

 

Bancfirst Corp.

 

 

2,089

 

 

76,228

 

Banco Latinoamericana De Comercio Exterior SA

 

 

8,601

 

 

107,426

 

The Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,101

 

 

55,601

 

Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc.

 

 

1,320

 

 

34,584

 

Bank of Marin Bancorp

 

 

1,727

 

 

55,143

 

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.

 

 

3,914

 

 

138,830

 

Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.

 

 

21,013

 

 

135,114

 

Bridge Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

2,116

 

 

51,376

 

Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.

 

 

2,799

 

 

46,967

 

CNB Financial Corporation

 

 

3,069

 

 

33,698

 

CVB Financial Corp. (b)

 

 

26,827

 

 

254,856

 

Camden National Corp.

 

 

2,404

 

 

66,038

 

Capital City Bank Group, Inc. (b)

 

 

3,783

 

 

46,834

 

Cardinal Financial Corp.

 

 

8,913

 

 

82,356

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Banks: Diversified (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cathay General Bancorp

 

 

23,631

 

$

244,108

 

Center Financial Corp. (a)

 

 

11,027

 

 

56,789

 

Centerstate Banks, Inc.

 

 

6,845

 

 

69,066

 

Chemical Financial Corp.

 

 

7,349

 

 

160,061

 

Citizens & Northern Corp.

 

 

3,947

 

 

42,233

 

Citizens Banking Corp. (a)

 

 

119,962

 

 

101,968

 

City Holding Co.

 

 

4,704

 

 

131,148

 

CoBiz Financial, Inc.

 

 

10,294

 

 

67,837

 

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

 

 

11,788

 

 

215,249

 

Community Bank System, Inc.

 

 

9,923

 

 

218,604

 

Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

4,181

 

 

104,943

 

Danvers Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

5,866

 

 

84,764

 

Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,134

 

 

60,479

 

Enterprise Financial Services Corp.

 

 

4,884

 

 

47,082

 

F.N.B. Corp.

 

 

34,235

 

 

274,907

 

Financial Institutions, Inc.

 

 

3,303

 

 

58,661

 

First Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

2,937

 

 

38,563

 

First Bancorp, North Carolina

 

 

4,594

 

 

66,567

 

First Busey Corp. (b)

 

 

16,534

 

 

74,899

 

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

 

 

26,125

 

 

137,156

 

First Community Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

4,913

 

 

72,172

 

First Financial Bancorp

 

 

17,309

 

 

258,770

 

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

 

 

6,139

 

 

295,225

 

First Financial Corp.

 

 

3,422

 

 

88,322

 

First Merchants Corp.

 

 

8,112

 

 

68,790

 

First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

22,176

 

 

269,660

 

The First of Long Island Corp.

 

 

1,918

 

 

49,312

 

First South Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

2,851

 

 

30,249

 

FirstMerit Corp.

 

 

32,081

 

 

549,548

 

German American Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

3,588

 

 

54,896

 

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

21,509

 

 

315,537

 

Greene County Bancshares, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,759

 

 

48,002

 

Hancock Holding Co.

 

 

8,558

 

 

285,495

 

Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (b)

 

 

4,086

 

 

70,606

 

Home Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

6,655

 

 

151,801

 

Hudson Valley Holding Corp.

 

 

3,608

 

 

83,417

 

IBERIABANK Corp.

 

 

7,945

 

 

409,009

 

International Bancshares Corp.

 

 

15,758

 

 

263,001

 

Investors Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,211

 

 

186,448

 

Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

6,523

 

 

55,576

 

Lakeland Financial Corp.

 

 

4,970

 

 

99,301

 

MA Independent Bank Corp.

 

 

6,415

 

 

158,322

 

MB Financial, Inc.

 

 

15,893

 

 

292,272

 

MT First Interstate Bancsystem, Inc.

 

 

3,928

 

 

61,787

 

MainSource Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

6,605

 

 

47,358

 

Merchants Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

1,733

 

 

38,507

 

Meridian Interstate Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,105

 

 

33,845

 

Metro Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,251

 

 

52,457

 

Midsouth Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

2,564

 

 

32,742

 

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

10,316

 

 

210,653

 

Nara Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,626

 

 

98,007

 

National Bankshares, Inc.

 

 

2,223

 

 

53,863

 

National Penn Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

38,212

 

 

229,654

 

Old National Bancorp

 

 

25,936

 

 

268,697

 

Oriental Financial Group

 

 

9,855

 

 

124,764

 

Orrstown Financial Service, Inc.

 

 

2,100

 

 

46,473

 

Pacific Continental Corp.

 

 

5,880

 

 

55,684

 

PacWest Bancorp

 

 

9,298

 

 

170,246

 

Park National Corp. (b)

 

 

3,678

 

 

239,217

 

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp.

 

 

2,883

 

 

33,731

 

Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

1,395

 

 

42,436

 

Peoples Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

3,253

 

 

47,169

 

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,234

 

 

131,507

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

17




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Banks: Diversified (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PrivateBancorp, Inc.

 

 

15,651

 

$

173,413

 

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

13,829

 

 

480,558

 

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

 

 

17,989

 

 

210,291

 

Renasant Corp.

 

 

6,616

 

 

94,940

 

Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A

 

 

2,989

 

 

66,954

 

Rockville Financial, Inc.

 

 

2,684

 

 

31,966

 

Roma Financial Corp.

 

 

2,733

 

 

29,680

 

S&T Bancorp, Inc. (b)

 

 

7,470

 

 

147,607

 

SCBT Financial Corp.

 

 

3,877

 

 

136,548

 

SVB Financial Group (a)

 

 

12,436

 

 

512,736

 

SY Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

3,648

 

 

83,831

 

Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

7,344

 

 

102,889

 

Sierra Bancorp

 

 

3,072

 

 

35,328

 

Signature Bank (a)

 

 

12,173

 

 

462,696

 

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

 

 

5,178

 

 

135,974

 

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

4,953

 

 

97,277

 

Southwest Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

5,806

 

 

77,162

 

State Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

5,431

 

 

51,595

 

StellarOne Corp.

 

 

7,122

 

 

90,948

 

Sterling Bancorp

 

 

8,268

 

 

74,412

 

Sterling Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

27,802

 

 

130,947

 

Suffolk Bancorp

 

 

2,985

 

 

92,356

 

Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

38,936

 

 

324,337

 

Taylor Capital Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,084

 

 

39,907

 

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,935

 

 

179,334

 

Tompkins Trustco, Inc.

 

 

2,401

 

 

90,638

 

Tower Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

1,863

 

 

40,781

 

Towne Bank (b)

 

 

7,182

 

 

104,283

 

Trico Bancshares

 

 

4,347

 

 

73,595

 

TrustCo Bank Corp. NY

 

 

23,237

 

 

130,127

 

Trustmark Corp.

 

 

18,948

 

 

394,497

 

UMB Financial Corp.

 

 

9,330

 

 

331,775

 

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

 

 

34,358

 

 

394,430

 

Union First Market Bankshares Corp.

 

 

5,521

 

 

67,687

 

United Bankshares, Inc. (b)

 

 

11,591

 

 

277,489

 

United Community Banks, Inc. (a)

 

 

28,666

 

 

113,231

 

Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania

 

 

5,148

 

 

89,163

 

Virginia Commerce Bancorp (a)

 

 

6,485

 

 

40,531

 

Washington Banking Co.

 

 

4,760

 

 

60,880

 

Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

4,461

 

 

76,015

 

Webster Financial Corp.

 

 

19,554

 

 

350,799

 

WesBanco, Inc.

 

 

7,031

 

 

118,472

 

West Bancorp., Inc. (a)

 

 

5,064

 

 

34,486

 

West Coast Bancorp (a)

 

 

28,990

 

 

73,924

 

Westamerica Bancorp. (b)

 

 

8,584

 

 

450,832

 

Western Alliance Bancorp (a)

 

 

17,825

 

 

127,805

 

Whitney Holding Corp.

 

 

28,802

 

 

266,418

 

Wilshire Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

6,088

 

 

53,270

 

Wintrust Financial Corp.

 

 

9,271

 

 

309,095

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

17,958,449

 









Banks: Savings, Thrift & Mortgage Lending — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abington Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

6,673

 

 

58,189

 

Astoria Financial Corp.

 

 

25,494

 

 

350,797

 

Bank Mutual Corp.

 

 

14,337

 

 

81,434

 

BankFinancial Corp.

 

 

6,200

 

 

51,522

 

Beneficial Mutual Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,346

 

 

102,219

 

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

4,386

 

 

85,439

 

BofI Holding, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,218

 

 

31,318

 

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

17,740

 

 

157,531

 

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

8,192

 

 

101,007

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Banks: Savings, Thrift & Mortgage Lending (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESB Financial Corp.

 

 

2,997

 

$

39,111

 

ESSA Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

4,914

 

 

60,491

 

First Financial Holdings, Inc.

 

 

5,188

 

 

59,403

 

Flagstar BanCorp., Inc. (a)

 

 

14,476

 

 

45,455

 

Flushing Financial Corp.

 

 

9,466

 

 

115,769

 

Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

3,095

 

 

62,860

 

Heritage Financial Corp. (a)

 

 

2,942

 

 

44,042

 

Home Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,774

 

 

35,812

 

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

5,300

 

 

66,939

 

Kearny Financial Corp.

 

 

4,644

 

 

42,539

 

NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

31,305

 

 

350,929

 

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

5,502

 

 

71,416

 

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

32,849

 

 

376,778

 

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

 

 

4,601

 

 

55,534

 

Ocwen Financial Corp. (a)

 

 

22,274

 

 

226,972

 

OmniAmerican Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,994

 

 

45,092

 

Oritani Financial Corp.

 

 

16,846

 

 

168,460

 

Provident New York Bancorp

 

 

11,920

 

 

105,492

 

Territorial BanCorp., Inc.

 

 

3,793

 

 

71,877

 

United Financial Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

5,370

 

 

73,301

 

ViewPoint Financial Group

 

 

3,233

 

 

44,777

 

WSFS Financial Corp.

 

 

1,549

 

 

55,656

 

Westfield Financial, Inc.

 

 

9,012

 

 

75,070

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,313,231

 









Beverage: Brewers & Distillers — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

2,675

 

 

180,429

 









Beverage: Soft Drinks — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated

 

 

1,333

 

 

63,877

 

Farmer Bros. Co.

 

 

2,387

 

 

36,020

 

Heckmann Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

27,229

 

 

126,342

 

National Beverage Corp.

 

 

3,470

 

 

42,612

 

Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,552

 

 

139,487

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

408,338

 









Biotechnology — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,316

 

 

216,955

 

AVI BioPharma, Inc. (a)

 

 

34,178

 

 

55,027

 

Accelrys, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,858

 

 

57,134

 

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,626

 

 

361,685

 

Affymax, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,383

 

 

38,170

 

Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,440

 

 

38,465

 

Allos Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

 

 

23,763

 

 

145,667

 

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,998

 

 

165,190

 

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

30,910

 

 

94,894

 

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

33,664

 

 

94,932

 

Arqule, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,752

 

 

54,834

 

Array Biopharma, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,502

 

 

50,331

 

BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,824

 

 

53,643

 

Biosante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

20,480

 

 

36,045

 

Biotime, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,680

 

 

41,149

 

Celera Corp. (a)

 

 

24,703

 

 

161,805

 

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,844

 

 

44,889

 

Cepheid, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,847

 

 

285,909

 

Chelsea Therapeutics International, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,081

 

 

29,537

 

Clinical Data, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,345

 

 

41,612

 

Combinatorx, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,729

 

 

31,507

 

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,260

 

 

355,556

 

Curis, Inc. (a)

 

 

23,604

 

 

32,810

 

Cypress Bioscience, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,166

 

 

27,982

 

Cytokinetics, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,961

 

 

35,458

 

Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,791

 

 

44,513

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 



18

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Biotechnology (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CytRx Corp. (a)

 

 

37,640

 

$

28,983

 

Dyax Corp. (a)

 

 

30,092

 

 

68,309

 

Dynavax Technologies Corp. (a)

 

 

22,519

 

 

41,885

 

Emergent Biosolutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,657

 

 

92,435

 

Enzo Biochem, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,424

 

 

42,426

 

Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

14,968

 

 

159,409

 

Exact Sciences Corp. (a)

 

 

11,168

 

 

49,139

 

Exelixis, Inc. (a)

 

 

32,821

 

 

113,889

 

Furiex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,637

 

 

26,792

 

Genomic Health, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

4,272

 

 

55,237

 

Geron Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

29,274

 

 

146,955

 

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,725

 

 

152,944

 

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,092

 

 

55,460

 

ImmunoGen, Inc. (a)

 

 

20,445

 

 

189,525

 

Immunomedics, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

19,500

 

 

60,255

 

Incyte Corp. (a)

 

 

26,476

 

 

293,089

 

Inhibitex, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,621

 

 

39,833

 

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

26,434

 

 

26,963

 

InterMune, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,725

 

 

128,329

 

Kensey Nash Corp. (a)

 

 

2,432

 

 

57,663

 

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,456

 

 

56,569

 

Lexicon Genetics, Inc. (a)

 

 

60,374

 

 

77,279

 

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class B (a)

 

 

37,409

 

 

54,617

 

MannKind Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

18,741

 

 

119,755

 

Martek Biosciences Corp. (a)

 

 

9,923

 

 

235,274

 

Maxygen, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,719

 

 

53,746

 

Medivation, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

10,272

 

 

90,804

 

Metabolix, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,165

 

 

116,841

 

Micromet, Inc. (a)

 

 

24,448

 

 

152,555

 

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,111

 

 

148,481

 

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,999

 

 

115,914

 

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals (a)

 

 

13,970

 

 

75,997

 

Nektar Therapeutics (a)

 

 

28,384

 

 

343,446

 

Neuralstem, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,499

 

 

33,747

 

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,916

 

 

83,530

 

Neurogesx, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,644

 

 

24,160

 

Novavax, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

25,850

 

 

56,094

 

Omeros Corp. (a)

 

 

6,077

 

 

45,091

 

Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,755

 

 

404,920

 

Opko Health, Inc. (a)

 

 

27,628

 

 

62,439

 

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,000

 

 

42,000

 

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,369

 

 

31,194

 

PDL BioPharma, Inc.

 

 

35,489

 

 

199,448

 

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,080

 

 

34,572

 

Pharmasset, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,933

 

 

244,228

 

Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,908

 

 

48,816

 

Pure Bioscience (a)

 

 

11,689

 

 

27,937

 

RTI Biologics, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,025

 

 

49,883

 

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,005

 

 

115,236

 

Sangamo Biosciences, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,038

 

 

52,081

 

Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

20,161

 

 

254,029

 

Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a)

 

 

25,137

 

 

301,393

 

Sequenom, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,740

 

 

110,753

 

StemCells, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

39,100

 

 

36,754

 

Targacept, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,207

 

 

139,311

 

Theravance, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,828

 

 

236,668

 

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,575

 

 

56,681

 

ViroPharma, Inc. (a)

 

 

23,299

 

 

261,182

 

ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,216

 

 

48,387

 

ZymoGenetics, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,266

 

 

68,642

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

9,135,673

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Building Materials — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acuity Brands, Inc.

 

 

12,990

 

$

472,576

 

Ameron International Corp.

 

 

2,766

 

 

166,873

 

Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,690

 

 

35,256

 

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,304

 

 

93,970

 

Griffon Corp. (a)

 

 

13,307

 

 

147,175

 

Headwaters, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,810

 

 

53,420

 

LSI Industries, Inc.

 

 

6,524

 

 

31,837

 

Louisiana-Pacific Corp. (a)

 

 

37,659

 

 

251,939

 

NCI Building Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,660

 

 

47,374

 

Quanex Building Products Corp.

 

 

11,482

 

 

198,524

 

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

 

 

11,690

 

 

286,990

 

Texas Industries, Inc.

 

 

6,233

 

 

184,123

 

Trex Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

4,741

 

 

95,247

 

Watsco, Inc.

 

 

8,294

 

 

480,388

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,545,692

 









Building: Climate Control — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aaon, Inc.

 

 

3,785

 

 

88,228

 

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

 

 

11,590

 

 

111,960

 

Interline Brands, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,882

 

 

170,860

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

371,048

 









Building: Roofing, Wallboard & Plumbing — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,733

 

 

247,469

 









Cable Television Services — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knology, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,458

 

 

103,376

 

Mediacom Communications Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

12,803

 

 

86,036

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

189,412

 









Casinos & Gambling — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ameristar Casinos, Inc.

 

 

8,272

 

 

124,576

 

Boyd Gaming Corp. (a)

 

 

16,324

 

 

138,591

 

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,003

 

 

46,328

 

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,071

 

 

31,109

 

Multimedia Games, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,949

 

 

40,271

 

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,409

 

 

174,149

 

Scientific Games Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

19,554

 

 

179,897

 

Shuffle Master, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,308

 

 

130,627

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

865,548

 









Chemicals: Diversified — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Schulman, Inc.

 

 

9,477

 

 

179,684

 

Aceto Corp.

 

 

8,177

 

 

46,854

 

American Vanguard Corp.

 

 

6,310

 

 

50,038

 

Arch Chemicals, Inc.

 

 

6,774

 

 

208,233

 

Georgia Gulf Corp. (a)

 

 

10,107

 

 

134,827

 

Hawkins, Inc. (b)

 

 

2,718

 

 

65,449

 

Innophos Holdings, Inc.

 

 

6,469

 

 

168,712

 

KMG Chemicals, Inc.

 

 

1,950

 

 

28,002

 

LSB Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,200

 

 

69,212

 

Landec Corp. (a)

 

 

8,333

 

 

49,081

 

OM Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,242

 

 

220,514

 

Olin Corp.

 

 

23,480

 

 

424,753

 

Omnova Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,628

 

 

106,435

 

PolyOne Corp. (a)

 

 

27,896

 

 

234,884

 

Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,642

 

 

354,917

 

Sensient Technologies Corp.

 

 

14,793

 

 

383,583

 

Solutia, Inc. (a)

 

 

36,205

 

 

474,286

 

TPC Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,517

 

 

41,782

 

W.R. Grace & Co. (a)

 

 

21,780

 

 

458,251

 

Westlake Chemical Corp.

 

 

5,884

 

 

109,266

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,808,763

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

19




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Chemicals: Specialty — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balchem Corp.

 

 

8,523

 

$

213,075

 

Calgon Carbon Corp. (a)

 

 

16,780

 

 

222,167

 

Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,420

 

 

64,262

 

NewMarket Corp.

 

 

3,072

 

 

268,247

 

Polypore International, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,608

 

 

150,266

 

Quaker Chemical Corp.

 

 

3,395

 

 

91,970

 

Senomyx, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,066

 

 

45,730

 

Stepan Co.

 

 

2,341

 

 

160,195

 

Zep, Inc.

 

 

6,589

 

 

114,912

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,330,824

 









Coal — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cloud Peak Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,460

 

 

125,439

 

International Coal Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

39,462

 

 

151,929

 

James River Coal Co. (a)

 

 

8,287

 

 

131,929

 

L&L Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,132

 

 

44,135

 

Patriot Coal Corp. (a)

 

 

23,433

 

 

275,338

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

728,770

 









Commercial Finance & Mortgage Companies — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asta Funding, Inc.

 

 

3,837

 

 

37,871

 

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class B

 

 

3,005

 

 

42,160

 

Medallion Financial Corp.

 

 

5,845

 

 

38,577

 

NewStar Financial, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,659

 

 

55,072

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

173,680

 









Commercial Services: Rental & Leasing — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aircastle Ltd.

 

 

15,396

 

 

120,859

 

CAI International, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,206

 

 

38,151

 

Electro Rent Corp.

 

 

5,153

 

 

65,907

 

H&E Equipment Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,621

 

 

64,571

 

Marlin Business Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,802

 

 

33,876

 

McGrath RentCorp

 

 

7,260

 

 

165,383

 

Mobile Mini, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,970

 

 

178,592

 

PHH Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

16,627

 

 

316,578

 

RSC Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,971

 

 

92,371

 

TAL International Group, Inc.

 

 

5,066

 

 

113,833

 

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,078

 

 

168,487

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,358,608

 









Commercial Vehicles & Parts — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,476

 

 

76,330

 

Force Protection, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,241

 

 

87,088

 

Miller Industries, Inc.

 

 

3,090

 

 

41,622

 

Modine Manufacturing Co. (a)

 

 

13,946

 

 

107,105

 

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

9,793

 

 

130,835

 

Spartan Motors, Inc.

 

 

10,027

 

 

42,113

 

Wabash National Corp. (a)

 

 

17,718

 

 

125,975

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

611,068

 









Communications Technology — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AboveNet, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,735

 

 

317,757

 

Acme Packet, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,167

 

 

353,929

 

Adtran, Inc.

 

 

18,543

 

 

505,668

 

Anaren, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,568

 

 

68,246

 

Anixter International, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,399

 

 

357,797

 

Aruba Networks, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

22,033

 

 

313,750

 

Aviat Networks, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,591

 

 

67,485

 

Bel Fuse, Inc.

 

 

3,259

 

 

53,806

 

BigBand Networks, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,609

 

 

47,139

 

Black Box Corp.

 

 

5,322

 

 

148,431

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Communications Technology (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (a)

 

 

8,487

 

$

254,016

 

Digi International, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,738

 

 

63,993

 

DigitalGlobe, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,155

 

 

214,477

 

EMS Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,700

 

 

70,594

 

Echelon Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

10,208

 

 

74,825

 

Emulex Corp. (a)

 

 

24,180

 

 

221,972

 

Extreme Networks, Inc. (a)

 

 

27,499

 

 

74,247

 

Finisar Corp. (a)

 

 

22,658

 

 

337,604

 

GSI Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,262

 

 

35,819

 

GeoEye, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,798

 

 

211,690

 

Globecomm Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,819

 

 

56,257

 

Harmonic, Inc. (a)

 

 

29,307

 

 

159,430

 

Hughes Communications, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,025

 

 

73,598

 

Infinera Corp. (a)

 

 

26,645

 

 

171,327

 

Ixia (a)

 

 

9,981

 

 

85,737

 

KVH Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,559

 

 

56,623

 

Loral Space & Communications Ltd. (a)

 

 

3,371

 

 

144,009

 

NETGEAR, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,573

 

 

188,622

 

Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,849

 

 

34,373

 

Novatel Wireless, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,400

 

 

53,956

 

Oclaro, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,947

 

 

165,762

 

Oplink Communications, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,474

 

 

92,773

 

PC-Tel, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,452

 

 

32,518

 

Plantronics, Inc.

 

 

14,449

 

 

413,241

 

Riverbed Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,918

 

 

522,515

 

SeaChange International, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,651

 

 

71,198

 

Shoretel, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,690

 

 

63,522

 

Sonus Networks, Inc. (a)

 

 

62,969

 

 

170,646

 

Sycamore Networks, Inc.

 

 

6,039

 

 

100,368

 

Syniverse Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

20,692

 

 

423,152

 

Tekelec (a)

 

 

20,484

 

 

271,208

 

Viasat, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,945

 

 

323,809

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,467,889

 









Computer Services Software & Systems — 6.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3PAR, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,779

 

 

109,662

 

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)(c)

 

 

10,249

 

 

199,548

 

Actuate Corp. (a)

 

 

13,953

 

 

62,091

 

Acxiom Corp. (a)

 

 

20,521

 

 

301,453

 

American Reprographics Co. (a)

 

 

11,289

 

 

98,553

 

American Software, Class A

 

 

7,446

 

 

34,401

 

ArcSight, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,433

 

 

166,425

 

Ariba, Inc. (a)

 

 

27,012

 

 

430,301

 

Art Technology Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

47,601

 

 

162,795

 

Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,777

 

 

204,482

 

Avid Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,943

 

 

113,844

 

Bell Microproducts, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,049

 

 

70,142

 

Blackbaud, Inc.

 

 

13,479

 

 

293,438

 

Blackboard, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,236

 

 

382,110

 

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,500

 

 

255,375

 

Bottomline Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,343

 

 

108,709

 

CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

9,034

 

 

383,764

 

CDC Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

30,340

 

 

63,107

 

CSG Systems International, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,267

 

 

188,194

 

Ciber, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,702

 

 

54,575

 

CommVault Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,005

 

 

292,612

 

Compellent Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,042

 

 

85,349

 

Computer Task Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,822

 

 

31,150

 

ComScore, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,814

 

 

112,227

 

Concur Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,059

 

 

514,678

 

DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,132

 

 

199,571

 

Delrek, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,015

 

 

50,165

 

DemandTec, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,800

 

 

39,150

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.




20

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Computer Services Software & Systems (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digimarc Corp. (a)

 

 

2,239

 

$

41,981

 

Digital River, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,836

 

 

282,999

 

DivX, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,141

 

 

77,680

 

Double-Take Software, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,507

 

 

68,258

 

DynaVox, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

2,910

 

 

46,589

 

EPIQ Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,930

 

 

128,395

 

EarthLink, Inc.

 

 

32,160

 

 

255,994

 

Ebix, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

8,146

 

 

127,729

 

Epicor Software Corp. (a)

 

 

14,572

 

 

116,430

 

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,935

 

 

196,211

 

Hypercom Corp. (a)

 

 

14,288

 

 

66,296

 

iGate Corp.

 

 

7,274

 

 

93,253

 

infoGROUP, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,948

 

 

95,345

 

Infospace, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,014

 

 

82,825

 

Integral Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,614

 

 

35,649

 

Interactive Intelligence, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,034

 

 

66,279

 

Internap Network Services Corp. (a)

 

 

16,205

 

 

67,575

 

Internet Brands, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

8,900

 

 

91,937

 

Internet Capital Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,289

 

 

85,796

 

JDA Software Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,520

 

 

275,190

 

KIT Digital, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,183

 

 

54,534

 

Kenexa Corp. (a)

 

 

7,014

 

 

84,168

 

Keynote Systems, Inc.

 

 

4,271

 

 

38,524

 

Lawson Software, Inc. (a)

 

 

41,384

 

 

302,103

 

Limelight Networks, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,872

 

 

56,508

 

Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,434

 

 

84,243

 

LivePerson, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,488

 

 

92,528

 

Local.com Corp. (a)

 

 

5,102

 

 

34,898

 

LogMeIn, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,574

 

 

119,976

 

Magma Design Automation, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,266

 

 

46,195

 

Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,837

 

 

188,359

 

Mantech International Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

6,640

 

 

282,665

 

Mentor Graphics Corp. (a)

 

 

32,123

 

 

284,289

 

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,342

 

 

86,122

 

MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

2,698

 

 

202,593

 

Moduslink Global Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,831

 

 

83,401

 

Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,966

 

 

62,764

 

NCI, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

2,092

 

 

47,237

 

NIC, Inc.

 

 

16,995

 

 

108,938

 

NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,278

 

 

131,933

 

NetSuite, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,486

 

 

69,343

 

OpenTable, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,796

 

 

198,890

 

Openwave Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

26,129

 

 

53,042

 

Opnet Technologies, Inc.

 

 

4,149

 

 

60,949

 

PDF Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,469

 

 

35,851

 

PROS Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,019

 

 

39,124

 

Parametric Technology Corp. (a)

 

 

34,742

 

 

544,407

 

Pegasystems, Inc.

 

 

4,869

 

 

156,344

 

Perficient, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,167

 

 

63,858

 

Progress Software Corp. (a)

 

 

12,626

 

 

379,159

 

Quest Software, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,902

 

 

322,952

 

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

29,055

 

 

532,869

 

Radiant Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,787

 

 

127,060

 

RealNetworks, Inc. (a)

 

 

25,832

 

 

85,246

 

RightNow Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,671

 

 

104,668

 

SAVVIS, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,422

 

 

168,475

 

SRA International, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

12,853

 

 

252,819

 

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,743

 

 

60,000

 

SYNNEX Corp. (a)

 

 

6,747

 

 

172,858

 

Saba Software, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,072

 

 

46,721

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Computer Services Software & Systems (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sapient Corp.

 

 

30,916

 

$

313,488

 

Smith Micro Software, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,251

 

 

87,977

 

SolarWinds, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,495

 

 

168,340

 

Sonic Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,856

 

 

65,598

 

SonicWALL, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,684

 

 

196,037

 

Sourcefire, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,313

 

 

157,947

 

Stanley, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,219

 

 

157,706

 

SuccessFactors, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,971

 

 

394,407

 

Support.com, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,780

 

 

61,485

 

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,195

 

 

117,519

 

Syntel, Inc.

 

 

3,960

 

 

134,442

 

TIBCO Software, Inc. (a)

 

 

49,698

 

 

599,358

 

TNS, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,901

 

 

137,793

 

Taleo Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

11,992

 

 

291,286

 

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

13,870

 

 

57,422

 

Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,798

 

 

139,002

 

Tier Technologies, Inc., Class B (a)

 

 

4,796

 

 

29,160

 

Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,295

 

 

144,258

 

Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,524

 

 

247,239

 

Unica Corp. (a)

 

 

5,343

 

 

51,186

 

Unisys Corp. (a)

 

 

12,776

 

 

236,228

 

United Online, Inc.

 

 

25,946

 

 

149,449

 

VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,346

 

 

51,495

 

VeriFone Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

25,654

 

 

485,630

 

VirnetX Holding Corp.

 

 

10,104

 

 

59,816

 

Virtusa Corp. (a)

 

 

4,485

 

 

41,845

 

Wave Systems Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

24,643

 

 

79,843

 

Websense, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,973

 

 

245,190

 

Zix Corp. (a)

 

 

18,399

 

 

41,582

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

18,119,623

 


Computer Technology — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADPT Corp. (a)

 

 

35,000

 

 

101,150

 

Cray, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,034

 

 

61,570

 

Hutchinson Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,643

 

 

33,094

 

Imation Corp. (a)

 

 

9,203

 

 

84,576

 

Immersion Corp. (a)

 

 

9,000

 

 

45,540

 

Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,106

 

 

185,635

 

Intermec, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,702

 

 

150,695

 

Isilon Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,122

 

 

104,286

 

Netezza Corp. (a)

 

 

15,362

 

 

210,152

 

Network Engines, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,600

 

 

31,436

 

Palm, Inc. (a)

 

 

49,394

 

 

281,052

 

Quantum Corp. (a)

 

 

63,826

 

 

119,993

 

Radisys Corp. (a)

 

 

7,569

 

 

72,057

 

Rimage Corp. (a)

 

 

3,020

 

 

47,807

 

STEC, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

12,189

 

 

153,094

 

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,233

 

 

65,820

 

Silicon Graphics International Corp. (a)

 

 

9,459

 

 

66,970

 

Stratasys, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,210

 

 

152,518

 

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,404

 

 

99,954

 

Synaptics, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

10,123

 

 

278,382

 

Xyratex Ltd. (a)

 

 

9,124

 

 

129,105

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,474,886

 









Construction — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EMCOR Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,827

 

 

459,392

 

Granite Construction, Inc.

 

 

10,376

 

 

244,666

 

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.

 

 

18,018

 

 

108,108

 

Insituform Technologies, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

11,784

 

 

241,336

 

Orion Marine Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,146

 

 

115,673

 

Primoris Services Corp.

 

 

6,696

 

 

42,185

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

21




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Construction (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sterling Construction Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

4,995

 

$

64,635

 

Tutor Perini Corp. (a)

 

 

8,000

 

 

131,840

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,407,835

 









Consumer Electronics — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audiovox Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

5,923

 

 

43,534

 

TiVo, Inc. (a)

 

 

34,999

 

 

258,293

 

Universal Electronics, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,299

 

 

71,492

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

373,319

 









Consumer Lending — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc.

 

 

16,921

 

 

69,884

 

Cash America International, Inc.

 

 

8,877

 

 

304,215

 

Credit Acceptance Corp. (a)

 

 

1,932

 

 

94,224

 

Dollar Financial Corp. (a)

 

 

7,443

 

 

147,297

 

Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,290

 

 

88,417

 

Ezcorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,929

 

 

258,383

 

First Cash Financial Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,146

 

 

199,383

 

The First Marblehead Corp. (a)

 

 

17,700

 

 

41,595

 

MGIC Investment Corp. (a)

 

 

60,244

 

 

415,081

 

MoneyGram International, Inc. (a)

 

 

25,981

 

 

63,653

 

Nelnet, Inc., Class A

 

 

8,025

 

 

154,722

 

Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,109

 

 

341,179

 

Student Loan Corp.

 

 

1,317

 

 

31,713

 

World Acceptance Corp. (a)

 

 

4,939

 

 

189,213

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,398,959

 









Consumer Services: Miscellaneous — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ancestry.com, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,738

 

 

101,104

 

Coinstar, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,487

 

 

407,656

 

Core-Mark Holdings Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

3,341

 

 

91,543

 

The Knot, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,100

 

 

70,798

 

Move, Inc. (a)

 

 

47,666

 

 

97,715

 

Nutrisystem, Inc. (b)

 

 

9,439

 

 

216,531

 

Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,270

 

 

103,262

 

Sotheby’s Holdings, Inc., Class A

 

 

20,069

 

 

458,978

 

Steiner Leisure Ltd. (a)

 

 

4,470

 

 

171,827

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,719,414

 









Containers & Packaging — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AEP Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,480

 

 

35,342

 

Graham Packaging Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

5,205

 

 

62,304

 

Graphic Packaging Holding Co. (a)

 

 

33,561

 

 

105,717

 

Myers Industries, Inc.

 

 

10,815

 

 

87,493

 

Rock-Tenn Co., Class A

 

 

11,573

 

 

574,831

 

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

 

 

16,046

 

 

455,386

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,321,073

 









Cosmetics — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,466

 

 

108,406

 

Inter Parfums, Inc.

 

 

4,595

 

 

65,387

 

Revlon, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

3,396

 

 

37,900

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

211,693

 









Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Physicians Service Group, Inc.

 

 

2,250

 

 

55,013

 

Duff & Phelps Corp.

 

 

8,332

 

 

105,233

 

Evercore Partners, Inc., Class A

 

 

4,668

 

 

108,998

 

FBR Capital Markets Corp. (a)

 

 

16,015

 

 

53,330

 

Gleacher & Co, Inc. (a)

 

 

23,338

 

 

59,512

 

Main Street Capital Corp.

 

 

3,852

 

 

57,510

 

MidwestOne Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

2,364

 

 

36,595

 

Piper Jaffray Cos. (a)

 

 

5,140

 

 

165,611

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Diversified Financial Services (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sanders Morris Harris Group, Inc.

 

 

6,664

 

$

36,985

 

Stifel Financial Corp. (a)

 

 

9,178

 

 

398,233

 

Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,946

 

 

40,912

 

Triangle Capital Corp.

 

 

3,700

 

 

52,614

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,170,546

 









Diversified Manufacturing Operations — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A.M. Castle & Co. (a)

 

 

5,157

 

 

71,631

 

Barnes Group, Inc.

 

 

14,488

 

 

237,458

 

Federal Signal Corp.

 

 

18,741

 

 

113,195

 

Lydall, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,349

 

 

40,866

 

OSI Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,879

 

 

135,490

 

Raven Industries, Inc.

 

 

4,907

 

 

165,415

 

Standex International Corp.

 

 

3,822

 

 

96,888

 

Trimas Corp. (a)

 

 

4,741

 

 

53,621

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

914,564

 









Diversified Materials & Processing — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belden, Inc.

 

 

14,079

 

 

309,738

 

Cabot Microelectronics Corp. (a)

 

 

7,105

 

 

245,762

 

Clarcor, Inc.

 

 

15,016

 

 

533,368

 

Encore Wire Corp.

 

 

5,683

 

 

103,374

 

Hexcel Corp. (a)

 

 

28,858

 

 

447,588

 

Insteel Industries, Inc.

 

 

5,495

 

 

63,852

 

Koppers Holdings, Inc.

 

 

6,232

 

 

140,095

 

Rogers Corp. (a)

 

 

4,777

 

 

132,657

 

Symyx Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,942

 

 

54,820

 

Tredegar Corp.

 

 

7,422

 

 

121,127

 

Uranium Energy Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

18,951

 

 

44,724

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,197,105

 









Diversified Media — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belo Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

27,870

 

 

158,580

 

EW Scripps Co. (a)

 

 

10,108

 

 

75,103

 

Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Class B (a)

 

 

7,607

 

 

31,949

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

265,632

 









Diversified Retail — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99 Cents Only Stores (a)

 

 

13,806

 

 

204,329

 

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,747

 

 

36,533

 

Dillard’s, Inc., Class A

 

 

13,767

 

 

295,991

 

Fred’s, Inc.

 

 

12,008

 

 

132,809

 

GSI Commerce, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,639

 

 

536,803

 

Gaiam, Inc.

 

 

5,289

 

 

32,104

 

HSN, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,723

 

 

281,352

 

Overstock.com, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

4,521

 

 

81,694

 

PriceSmart, Inc.

 

 

4,889

 

 

113,572

 

Saks, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

40,531

 

 

307,630

 

Tuesday Morning Corp. (a)

 

 

9,188

 

 

36,660

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,059,477

 









Drug & Grocery Store Chains — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arden Group, Inc., Class A

 

 

421

 

 

36,993

 

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

 

 

15,298

 

 

533,900

 

drugstore.com, Inc. (a)

 

 

28,687

 

 

88,356

 

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

9,827

 

 

38,325

 

Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A

 

 

4,469

 

 

67,259

 

Nash Finch Co.

 

 

3,900

 

 

133,224

 

The Pantry, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,116

 

 

100,407

 

PetMed Express, Inc. (b)

 

 

6,993

 

 

124,475

 

Rite Aid Corp. (a)

 

 

168,748

 

 

165,373

 

Ruddick Corp.

 

 

13,161

 

 

407,859

 

Spartan Stores, Inc.

 

 

7,079

 

 

97,124

 

Village Super Market, Inc., Class A

 

 

2,149

 

 

56,411

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


22

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JUNE 30, 2010




 

 


 

 

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Master Small Cap Index Series
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Drug & Grocery Store Chains (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weis Markets, Inc.

 

 

3,461

 

$

113,902

 

Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,954

 

 

163,437

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,127,045

 









Education Services — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ambassadors Group, Inc.

 

 

5,800

 

 

65,482

 

American Public Education, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,551

 

 

242,579

 

Archipelago Learning, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,702

 

 

42,314

 

Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,887

 

 

93,073

 

Capella Education Co. (a)

 

 

5,034

 

 

409,516

 

Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

26,265

 

 

258,710

 

Franklin Covey Co. (a)

 

 

4,416

 

 

28,704

 

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,362

 

 

219,352

 

K12, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,606

 

 

168,701

 

Lincoln Educational Services Corp. (a)

 

 

4,957

 

 

102,064

 

Renaissance Learning, Inc.

 

 

4,064

 

 

59,700

 

Rosetta Stone, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,179

 

 

72,990

 

School Specialty, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,795

 

 

104,716

 

Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,341

 

 

149,901

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,017,802

 









Electronic Components — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3D Systems Corp. (a)

 

 

5,663

 

 

71,071

 

Acacia Research — Acacia Technologies (a)

 

 

10,280

 

 

146,284

 

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,829

 

 

205,351

 

Cogent, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,757

 

 

141,970

 

DDi Corp.

 

 

4,341

 

 

32,688

 

Methode Electronics, Inc.

 

 

11,486

 

 

111,874

 

Microvision, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

27,143

 

 

80,343

 

Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,172

 

 

79,173

 

NVE Corp. (a)

 

 

1,453

 

 

63,249

 

Park Electrochemical Corp.

 

 

6,214

 

 

151,684

 

ScanSource, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,100

 

 

201,933

 

Smart Modular Technologies WWH, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,041

 

 

93,840

 

TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

24,204

 

 

229,938

 

Technitrol, Inc.

 

 

12,261

 

 

38,745

 

Universal Display Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

9,161

 

 

164,715

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,812,858

 









Electronic Entertainment — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTS, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,248

 

 

172,502

 

THQ, Inc. (a)

 

 

20,568

 

 

88,854

 

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,193

 

 

190,737

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

452,093

 









Electronics — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agilysys, Inc.

 

 

5,739

 

 

38,394

 

American Science & Engineering, Inc.

 

 

2,708

 

 

206,377

 

CPI International, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,382

 

 

37,135

 

Coherent, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,599

 

 

260,646

 

Daktronics, Inc. (b)

 

 

10,489

 

 

78,667

 

II-VI, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,540

 

 

223,410

 

IPG Photonics Corp. (a)

 

 

7,892

 

 

120,195

 

iRobot Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

6,403

 

 

120,312

 

Newport Corp. (a)

 

 

11,302

 

 

102,396

 

Richardson Electronics Ltd.

 

 

4,678

 

 

42,102

 

Rofin-Sinar Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,613

 

 

200,143

 

SRS Labs Inc. (a)

 

 

3,970

 

 

36,326

 

Spectrum Control, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,019

 

 

56,186

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,522,289

 









Energy Equipment — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capstone Turbine Corp. (a)

 

 

74,225

 

 

72,740

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Energy Equipment (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

14,124

 

$

57,908

 

Evergreen Solar, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

60,516

 

 

41,272

 

FuelCell Energy, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

22,326

 

 

26,345

 

GT Solar International, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

18,825

 

 

105,420

 

PowerSecure International, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,733

 

 

52,113

 

STR Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,537

 

 

160,496

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

516,294

 









Engineering & Contracting Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,783

 

 

100,745

 

Exponent, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,270

 

 

139,714

 

Furmamite Corp. (a)

 

 

11,632

 

 

46,179

 

Hill International, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,249

 

 

33,491

 

Layne Christensen Co. (a)

 

 

5,980

 

 

145,135

 

MYR Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,129

 

 

102,293

 

Michael Baker Corp. (a)

 

 

2,424

 

 

84,598

 

Mistras Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,545

 

 

48,722

 

Tetra Tech, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,448

 

 

361,765

 

VSE Corp.

 

 

1,300

 

 

41,366

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,104,008

 









Entertainment — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ascent Media Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

4,785

 

 

120,869

 

CKx, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,600

 

 

82,834

 

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

 

 

17,250

 

 

226,838

 

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (a)

 

 

20,771

 

 

144,982

 

Live Nation, Inc. (a)

 

 

42,373

 

 

442,798

 

LodgeNet Interactive Corp. (a)

 

 

8,242

 

 

30,578

 

Rentrak Corp. (a)

 

 

3,003

 

 

73,063

 

Warner Music Group Corp. (a)

 

 

13,884

 

 

67,476

 

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

 

 

7,483

 

 

116,435

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,305,873

 









Environmental, Maintenance & Security Service — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABM Industries, Inc.

 

 

15,588

 

 

326,569

 

The Brink’s Co.

 

 

14,185

 

 

269,940

 

Cornell Cos., Inc. (a)

 

 

3,463

 

 

93,051

 

DynCorp. International, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,664

 

 

81,713

 

G&K Services, Inc., Class A

 

 

5,760

 

 

118,944

 

The Geo Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,737

 

 

305,793

 

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

 

 

13,283

 

 

251,713

 

Mac-Gray Corp.

 

 

3,825

 

 

42,610

 

Rollins, Inc.

 

 

12,756

 

 

263,922

 

Standard Parking Corp. (a)

 

 

4,894

 

 

77,472

 

Unifirst Corp.

 

 

4,225

 

 

185,984

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,017,711

 









Fertilizers — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rentech, Inc. (a)

 

 

67,534

 

 

66,859

 









Financial Data & Systems — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advent Software, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,735

 

 

222,356

 

Cardtronics, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,306

 

 

107,646

 

Cass Information Systems, Inc.

 

 

2,650

 

 

90,762

 

CyberSource Corp. (a)

 

 

21,275

 

 

543,151

 

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,840

 

 

189,804

 

Fair Isaac Corp.

 

 

13,693

 

 

298,370

 

Global Cash Access, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,346

 

 

110,645

 

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

 

 

11,416

 

 

169,413

 

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

 

 

25,493

 

 

608,773

 

Online Resources Corp. (a)

 

 

8,641

 

 

35,860

 

S1 Corp. (a)

 

 

15,922

 

 

95,691

 

Wright Express Corp. (a)

 

 

11,591

 

 

344,253

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,816,724

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

23




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Foods — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Italian Pasta Co., Class A (a)

 

 

6,546

 

$

346,087

 

B&G Foods, Inc., Class A

 

 

14,604

 

 

157,431

 

Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,431

 

 

163,187

 

Diamond Foods, Inc.

 

 

6,537

 

 

268,671

 

Dole Food Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

10,938

 

 

114,083

 

Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,323

 

 

248,555

 

J&J Snack Foods Corp.

 

 

4,273

 

 

179,893

 

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,787

 

 

40,328

 

Lancaster Colony Corp.

 

 

5,760

 

 

307,354

 

Lance, Inc.

 

 

7,862

 

 

129,644

 

Medifast, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

4,013

 

 

103,977

 

Natures Sunshine Prods, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,607

 

 

21,821

 

Nutraceutical International Corp. (a)

 

 

3,224

 

 

49,198

 

Seneca Foods Corp. (a)

 

 

2,425

 

 

78,231

 

Smart Balance, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,404

 

 

79,362

 

Synutra International, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

5,506

 

 

89,032

 

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. (b)

 

 

7,110

 

 

168,151

 

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,391

 

 

474,453

 

United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,933

 

 

386,438

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,405,896

 









Forest Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deltic Timber Corp.

 

 

3,216

 

 

134,429

 

Universal Forest Products, Inc.

 

 

5,783

 

 

175,283

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

309,712

 









Forms & Bulk Printing Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bowne & Co., Inc.

 

 

12,199

 

 

136,873

 

Consolidated Graphics, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,846

 

 

123,061

 

Deluxe Corp.

 

 

15,460

 

 

289,875

 

Ennis, Inc.

 

 

7,966

 

 

119,570

 

Innerworkings, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,589

 

 

51,833

 

M&F Worldwide Corp. (a)

 

 

3,238

 

 

87,750

 

Multi-Color Corp.

 

 

3,634

 

 

37,212

 

Schawk, Inc.

 

 

3,513

 

 

52,519

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

898,693

 









Fruit & Grain Processing — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MGP Ingredients, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,055

 

 

26,885

 









Funeral Parlors & Cemeteries — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthews International Corp., Class A

 

 

8,962

 

 

262,407

 

Stewart Enterprises, Inc., Class A (b)

 

 

24,407

 

 

132,042

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

394,449

 









Gas Pipeline — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crosstex Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,816

 

 

82,151

 









Glass — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

 

 

8,400

 

 

90,972

 









Gold — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (a)

 

 

19,087

 

 

375,632

 

Capital Gold Corp. (a)

 

 

15,345

 

 

61,380

 

Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

26,326

 

 

415,424

 

Golden Star Resources Ltd. (a)

 

 

77,301

 

 

338,579

 

Jaguar Mining, Inc. (a)

 

 

25,288

 

 

223,293

 

US Gold Corp. (a)

 

 

27,610

 

 

138,326

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,552,634

 









Health Care Facilities — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amsurg Corp. (a)

 

 

9,174

 

 

163,481

 

Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,996

 

 

88,652

 

Capital Senior Living Corp. (a)

 

 

8,668

 

 

43,080

 

Emeritus Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

6,088

 

 

99,295

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Health Care Facilities (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Ensign Group, Inc.

 

 

4,340

 

$

71,697

 

Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,222

 

 

30,870

 

Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,743

 

 

139,064

 

HealthSouth Corp. (a)

 

 

28,473

 

 

532,730

 

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,821

 

 

151,782

 

LCA-Vision, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,807

 

 

32,171

 

MedCath Corp. (a)

 

 

6,451

 

 

50,705

 

National Healthcare Corp.

 

 

2,638

 

 

90,905

 

Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,999

 

 

556,207

 

Select Medical Holdings Corp. (a)

 

 

14,941

 

 

101,300

 

Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

6,500

 

 

44,135

 

Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,255

 

 

107,100

 

Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,074

 

 

47,466

 

US Physical Therapy, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,141

 

 

53,020

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,403,660

 









Health Care Management Services — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMERIGROUP Corp. (a)

 

 

15,391

 

 

499,900

 

American Dental Partners, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,087

 

 

61,603

 

Bioscript, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,949

 

 

62,613

 

Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,325

 

 

390,712

 

Centene Corp. (a)

 

 

14,664

 

 

315,276

 

Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.

 

 

2,981

 

 

121,982

 

Contiucare Corp. (a)

 

 

8,500

 

 

28,475

 

HealthSpring, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,298

 

 

268,292

 

Magellan Health Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,855

 

 

357,934

 

MedQuist, Inc.

 

 

3,866

 

 

30,580

 

Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,257

 

 

45,719

 

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,927

 

 

113,098

 

Transcend Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,879

 

 

38,866

 

Triple-S Management Corp. (a)

 

 

6,174

 

 

114,528

 

Universal American Financial Corp. (a)

 

 

9,529

 

 

137,218

 

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,671

 

 

300,809

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,887,605

 









Health Care Services — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,290

 

 

76,969

 

Accretive Health, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,486

 

 

46,120

 

Air Methods Corp. (a)

 

 

3,356

 

 

99,841

 

Alliance Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,390

 

 

33,896

 

Allied Healthcare International, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,629

 

 

33,939

 

Almost Family, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,400

 

 

83,832

 

Amedisys, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

8,510

 

 

374,185

 

athenahealth, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

9,983

 

 

260,856

 

CardioNet, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,300

 

 

40,004

 

Chemed Corp.

 

 

6,776

 

 

370,241

 

Chindex International, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,073

 

 

51,035

 

Corvel Corp. (a)

 

 

2,199

 

 

74,304

 

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,676

 

 

86,987

 

Eclipsys Corp. (a)

 

 

17,250

 

 

307,740

 

Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,459

 

 

228,478

 

HMS Holdings Corp. (a)

 

 

8,155

 

 

442,164

 

Health Grades, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,104

 

 

48,624

 

Healthways, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,253

 

 

122,216

 

IPC The Hospitalist Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

4,889

 

 

122,714

 

LHC Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,589

 

 

127,345

 

MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,775

 

 

189,732

 

Medidata Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,772

 

 

89,408

 

Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,070

 

 

269,070

 

Omnicell, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,899

 

 

115,719

 

PharMerica Corp. (a)

 

 

9,253

 

 

135,649

 

Phase Forward, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,036

 

 

200,760

 

Quality Systems, Inc. (b)

 

 

5,646

 

 

327,412

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


24

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Health Care Services (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RehabCare Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,397

 

$

161,107

 

Res-Care, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,749

 

 

74,855

 

Rural/Metro Corp. (a)

 

 

5,908

 

 

48,091

 

Team Health Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,721

 

 

60,995

 

Virtual Radiologic Corp. (a)

 

 

2,290

 

 

39,296

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,743,584

 









Health Care: Miscellaneous — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MedAssets, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,966

 

 

299,255

 

The Providence Service Corp. (a)

 

 

4,019

 

 

56,266

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

355,521

 









Home Building — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

22,635

 

 

82,165

 

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

 

 

14,514

 

 

53,412

 

M/I Homes, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,786

 

 

55,777

 

Meritage Homes Corp. (a)

 

 

9,663

 

 

157,314

 

Ryland Group, Inc.

 

 

13,220

 

 

209,140

 

Standard-Pacific Corp. (a)

 

 

32,431

 

 

107,995

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

665,803

 









Hotel/Motel — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gaylord Entertainment Co. (a)(b)

 

 

10,488

 

 

231,680

 

Marcus Corp.

 

 

6,605

 

 

62,483

 

Morgans Hotel Group Co. (a)

 

 

7,160

 

 

44,106

 

Orient Express Hotels Ltd., Class A (a)

 

 

27,486

 

 

203,396

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

541,665

 









Household Appliances — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Presto Industries, Inc.

 

 

1,455

 

 

135,111

 









Household Equipment & Products — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Greetings Corp., Class A

 

 

11,990

 

 

224,932

 

Blyth, Inc.

 

 

1,806

 

 

61,530

 

CSS Industries, Inc.

 

 

2,367

 

 

39,056

 

Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)

 

 

17,383

 

 

155,926

 

Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)

 

 

9,354

 

 

206,349

 

Libbey, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,086

 

 

66,016

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

753,809

 









Household Furnishings — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Woodmark Corp.

 

 

2,887

 

 

49,368

 

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

 

 

7,504

 

 

104,981

 

Furniture Brands International, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,457

 

 

70,245

 

Hooker Furniture Corp.

 

 

3,663

 

 

39,048

 

Kid Brands, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,135

 

 

29,069

 

Kirkland’s, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,125

 

 

86,484

 

La-Z-Boy, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,619

 

 

116,049

 

Lifetime Brands, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,048

 

 

44,562

 

Sealy Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

15,196

 

 

40,573

 

Select Comfort Corp. (a)

 

 

16,524

 

 

144,585

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

724,964

 









Insurance: Life — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

 

 

17,240

 

 

177,917

 

CNO Financial Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

66,420

 

 

328,779

 

Citizens, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,851

 

 

72,268

 

Delphi Financial Group, Inc., Class A

 

 

14,074

 

 

343,546

 

FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A

 

 

3,994

 

 

83,874

 

Kansas City Life Insurance Co.

 

 

1,294

 

 

38,264

 

Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (b)

 

 

2,400

 

 

49,104

 

National Western Life Insurance Co., Class A

 

 

651

 

 

99,447

 

The Phoenix Cos., Inc. (a)

 

 

35,095

 

 

74,050

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Insurance: Life (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Presidential Life Corp.

 

 

6,294

 

$

57,275

 

Primerica, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,450

 

 

159,728

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,484,252

 









Insurance: Multi-Line — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMBAC Financial Group, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

66,900

 

 

44,823

 

Alterra Capital Holdings Ltd.

 

 

28,798

 

 

540,826

 

Crawford & Co., Class B (a)

 

 

8,394

 

 

26,525

 

eHealth, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,297

 

 

82,967

 

Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings SA

 

 

15,888

 

 

171,908

 

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

 

 

11,797

 

 

180,494

 

Maiden Holdings Ltd.

 

 

15,714

 

 

103,241

 

Pico Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,784

 

 

203,317

 

Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd.

 

 

13,382

 

 

485,633

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,839,734

 









Insurance: Property-Casualty — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Physicians Capital, Inc.

 

 

2,471

 

 

76,230

 

American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd. (a)

 

 

3,415

 

 

53,684

 

Amerisafe, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,800

 

 

101,790

 

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.

 

 

6,892

 

 

82,980

 

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.

 

 

9,379

 

 

286,904

 

Baldwin & Lyons, Inc., Class B

 

 

2,803

 

 

58,891

 

CNA Surety Corp. (a)

 

 

5,410

 

 

86,939

 

Donegal Group, Inc., Class A

 

 

3,797

 

 

46,665

 

EMC Insurance Group, Inc.

 

 

1,697

 

 

37,215

 

Employers Holdings, Inc.

 

 

10,980

 

 

161,735

 

Enstar Group Ltd. (a)

 

 

2,112

 

 

140,321

 

FPIC Insurance Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,100

 

 

79,515

 

First American Financial Corp.

 

 

31,155

 

 

395,045

 

First Mercury Financial Corp.

 

 

4,747

 

 

50,223

 

Greenlight Capital Re Ltd. (a)

 

 

8,600

 

 

216,634

 

Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,700

 

 

36,815

 

Harleysville Group, Inc.

 

 

3,591

 

 

111,429

 

Hilltop Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,333

 

 

123,453

 

Infinity Property & Casualty Corp.

 

 

4,082

 

 

188,507

 

Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc.

 

 

16,552

 

 

142,844

 

Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.

 

 

21,267

 

 

317,516

 

NYMAGIC, Inc.

 

 

1,680

 

 

32,407

 

National Interstate Corp.

 

 

2,137

 

 

42,355

 

Navigators Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,703

 

 

152,304

 

PMA Capital Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

10,332

 

 

67,675

 

The PMI Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

43,187

 

 

124,811

 

ProAssurance Corp. (a)

 

 

9,685

 

 

549,721

 

RLI Corp.

 

 

5,474

 

 

287,440

 

Radian Group, Inc.

 

 

40,010

 

 

289,672

 

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

 

 

3,961

 

 

146,636

 

SeaBright Holdings, Inc.

 

 

7,100

 

 

67,308

 

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

 

 

16,192

 

 

240,613

 

State Auto Financial Corp.

 

 

4,512

 

 

69,981

 

Stewart Information Services Corp.

 

 

5,580

 

 

50,332

 

Tower Group, Inc.

 

 

13,359

 

 

287,619

 

United America Indemnity, Ltd. (a)

 

 

8,747

 

 

64,378

 

United Fire & Casualty Co.

 

 

6,919

 

 

137,135

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,405,722

 









International Trade & Diversified Logistics — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global Sources Ltd. (a)

 

 

7,205

 

 

56,487

 









Leisure Time — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Callaway Golf Co.

 

 

19,553

 

 

118,100

 

Churchill Downs, Inc.

 

 

3,502

 

 

114,866

 

Interval Leisure Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,097

 

 

150,608

 

Life Time Fitness, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

12,512

 

 

397,756

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


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JUNE 30, 2010

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Leisure Time (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pool Corp.

 

 

14,922

 

$

327,090

 

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

18,518

 

 

75,739

 

Speedway Motorsports, Inc.

 

 

3,755

 

 

50,918

 

Sport Supply Group, Inc.

 

 

2,550

 

 

34,323

 

Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,929

 

 

34,317

 

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc. (b)

 

 

5,800

 

 

83,114

 

Vail Resorts, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,873

 

 

379,576

 

West Marine, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,708

 

 

51,223

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,817,630

 









Luxury Items — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movado Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,878

 

 

52,097

 









Machinery: Agricultural — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alamo Group, Inc.

 

 

2,049

 

 

44,463

 

Lindsay Manufacturing Co. (b)

 

 

3,742

 

 

118,584

 

Titan International, Inc. (b)

 

 

10,664

 

 

106,320

 

Titan Machinery, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,129

 

 

54,214

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

323,581

 









Machinery: Construction & Handling — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Astec Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,964

 

 

165,382

 

Douglas Dynamics, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,610

 

 

41,515

 

NACCO Industries, Inc., Class A

 

 

1,761

 

 

156,306

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

363,203

 









Machinery: Engines — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Briggs & Stratton Corp. (b)

 

 

14,974

 

 

254,857

 









Machinery: Industrial — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actuant Corp., Class A

 

 

20,308

 

 

382,400

 

Altra Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,247

 

 

107,376

 

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

 

 

12,673

 

 

320,880

 

Chart Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,674

 

 

135,141

 

Colfax Corp. (a)

 

 

7,314

 

 

76,139

 

Columbus McKinnon Corp. (a)

 

 

5,910

 

 

82,563

 

DXP Enterprises, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,655

 

 

41,551

 

EnPro Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,208

 

 

174,755

 

Flow International Corp. (a)

 

 

15,069

 

 

35,563

 

Gerber Scientific, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,928

 

 

42,415

 

Graham Corp.

 

 

2,900

 

 

43,471

 

John Bean Technologies Corp.

 

 

8,539

 

 

130,220

 

Kadant, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,870

 

 

67,415

 

MTS Systems Corp.

 

 

4,986

 

 

144,594

 

Middleby Corp. (a)

 

 

4,990

 

 

265,418

 

Nordson Corp.

 

 

10,210

 

 

572,577

 

Sauer-Danfoss, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,667

 

 

44,811

 

Tecumseh Products Co., Class A (a)

 

 

5,904

 

 

65,652

 

Tennant Co.

 

 

5,701

 

 

192,808

 

Twin Disc, Inc.

 

 

2,812

 

 

31,944

 

Woodward Governor Co.

 

 

18,276

 

 

466,586

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,424,279

 









Machinery: Specialty — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Albany International Corp., Class A

 

 

8,262

 

 

133,762

 

Cascade Corp.

 

 

2,762

 

 

98,355

 

Presstek, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,791

 

 

31,032

 

Xerium Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,278

 

 

32,165

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

295,314

 









Machinery: Tools — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thermadyne Holdings Corp. (a)

 

 

2,827

 

 

30,560

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Manufactured Housing — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,065

 

$

72,646

 

Skyline Corp.

 

 

2,279

 

 

41,045

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

113,691

 









Medical & Dental Instruments & Supplies — 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATS Medical, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,932

 

 

63,250

 

AGA Medical Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,172

 

 

52,943

 

Abiomed, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,579

 

 

92,725

 

Align Technology, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

17,751

 

 

263,957

 

Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,557

 

 

72,184

 

American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

22,526

 

 

498,275

 

AngioDynamics, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,482

 

 

110,359

 

Antares Pharma, Inc. (a)

 

 

22,592

 

 

39,762

 

Atrion Corp.

 

 

485

 

 

65,499

 

CONMED Corp. (a)

 

 

8,746

 

 

162,938

 

Cantel Medical Corp.

 

 

3,900

 

 

65,130

 

Cerus Corp. (a)

 

 

12,661

 

 

40,009

 

Conceptus, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

9,391

 

 

146,312

 

CryoLife, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,828

 

 

47,583

 

Cutera, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,309

 

 

39,686

 

Delcath Systems, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

11,310

 

 

71,705

 

Endologix, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,024

 

 

68,059

 

ev3, Inc. (a)

 

 

24,904

 

 

558,099

 

Exactech, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,570

 

 

43,896

 

Hansen Medical, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,638

 

 

29,049

 

Heartware International, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,834

 

 

198,578

 

ICU Medical, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,474

 

 

111,759

 

Immucor, Inc. (a)

 

 

20,828

 

 

396,773

 

Insulet Corp. (a)

 

 

11,536

 

 

173,617

 

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)

 

 

6,252

 

 

231,324

 

Invacare Corp.

 

 

8,673

 

 

179,878

 

Landauer, Inc.

 

 

2,845

 

 

173,204

 

MAKO Surgical Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

7,835

 

 

97,546

 

Medical Action Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,374

 

 

52,444

 

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.

 

 

12,175

 

 

206,975

 

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,461

 

 

135,968

 

Micrus Endovascular Corp. (a)

 

 

4,944

 

 

102,786

 

Neogen Corp. (a)

 

 

6,965

 

 

181,438

 

NuVasive, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,730

 

 

415,946

 

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,175

 

 

65,630

 

Orthofix International NV (a)

 

 

5,308

 

 

170,121

 

Orthovita, Inc. (a)

 

 

20,673

 

 

41,966

 

Owens & Minor, Inc.

 

 

18,720

 

 

531,274

 

PSS World Medical, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,998

 

 

359,508

 

Quidel Corp. (a)

 

 

6,522

 

 

82,764

 

Rochester Medical Corp. (a)

 

 

3,485

 

 

32,933

 

SenoRx, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,168

 

 

56,745

 

Staar Surgical Co. (a)

 

 

10,846

 

 

62,039

 

Steris Corp.

 

 

17,603

 

 

547,101

 

SurModics, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,222

 

 

85,693

 

Symmetry Medical, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,772

 

 

113,537

 

Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,504

 

 

53,541

 

Unilife Corp. (a)

 

 

14,688

 

 

85,484

 

Vascular Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,200

 

 

65,000

 

Volcano Corp. (a)

 

 

15,089

 

 

329,242

 

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

 

 

9,818

 

 

358,259

 

Wright Medical Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,613

 

 

192,892

 

Young Innovations, Inc.

 

 

1,731

 

 

48,728

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,472,113

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


26

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Medical Equipment — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abaxis, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,631

 

$

142,102

 

Accuray, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,482

 

 

102,646

 

Affymetrix, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,334

 

 

125,871

 

Analogic Corp.

 

 

3,861

 

 

175,714

 

ArthroCare Corp. (a)

 

 

8,102

 

 

248,326

 

Bruker BioSciences Corp. (a)

 

 

21,672

 

 

263,532

 

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,968

 

 

59,643

 

Cyberonics, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,390

 

 

198,675

 

Cynosure, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

3,189

 

 

34,346

 

DexCom, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,475

 

 

202,011

 

Dionex Corp. (a)

 

 

5,274

 

 

392,702

 

Greatbatch, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,925

 

 

154,497

 

Haemonetics Corp. (a)

 

 

7,398

 

 

395,941

 

HealthTronics, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,977

 

 

67,509

 

IRIS International, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,995

 

 

50,649

 

Luminex Corp. (a)

 

 

11,218

 

 

181,956

 

MELA Sciences, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

7,100

 

 

52,824

 

Masimo Corp.

 

 

15,550

 

 

370,246

 

Merge Healthcare, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,158

 

 

47,343

 

Natus Medical, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,590

 

 

139,931

 

NxStage Medical, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,596

 

 

112,725

 

Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,600

 

 

62,664

 

Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,985

 

 

347,877

 

Solta Medical, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,695

 

 

35,521

 

Somanetics Corp. (a)

 

 

3,627

 

 

90,494

 

SonoSite, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,385

 

 

118,877

 

Spectranetic Corp. (a)

 

 

10,358

 

 

53,654

 

Stereotaxis, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,900

 

 

29,459

 

Syneron Medical Ltd. (a)

 

 

10,712

 

 

110,119

 

Tomotherapy, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,541

 

 

49,420

 

Vital Images, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,496

 

 

57,324

 

Zoll Medical Corp. (a)

 

 

6,423

 

 

174,063

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,648,661

 









Medical Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America Service Group, Inc.

 

 

2,800

 

 

48,160

 

Bio-Reference Labs, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,170

 

 

158,959

 

Clarient, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,140

 

 

52,791

 

eResearch Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,897

 

 

117,388

 

Genoptix, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,261

 

 

90,489

 

inVentiv Health, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,224

 

 

261,735

 

Kendle International, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,663

 

 

53,718

 

Parexel International Corp. (a)

 

 

17,543

 

 

380,332

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,163,572

 









Metal Fabricating — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.

 

 

2,674

 

 

55,699

 

Dynamic Materials Corp.

 

 

3,900

 

 

62,556

 

Hawk Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

1,630

 

 

41,484

 

Haynes International, Inc.

 

 

3,740

 

 

115,304

 

Kaydon Corp.

 

 

9,968

 

 

327,548

 

L.B. Foster Co., Class A (a)

 

 

3,143

 

 

81,467

 

Metals USA Holdings Corp. (a)

 

 

3,533

 

 

52,818

 

Mueller Industries, Inc.

 

 

11,310

 

 

278,226

 

Mueller Water Products, Inc., Series A

 

 

46,750

 

 

173,443

 

Northwest Pipe Co. (a)

 

 

2,800

 

 

53,200

 

RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,554

 

 

190,000

 

RTI International Metals, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,016

 

 

217,376

 

Worthington Industries, Inc.

 

 

18,003

 

 

231,519

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,880,640

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Metals & Minerals: Diversified — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOL International Corp.

 

 

7,154

 

$

168,119

 

Brush Engineered Materials, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,133

 

 

122,537

 

General Moly, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

19,739

 

 

60,796

 

Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,516

 

 

191,270

 

Hecla Mining Co. (a)(b)

 

 

72,210

 

 

376,936

 

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

 

 

5,611

 

 

266,747

 

Oil-Dri Corp. of America

 

 

1,989

 

 

45,648

 

Thompson Creek Metals Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

41,886

 

 

363,570

 

US Energy Corp. Wyoming (a)

 

 

8,622

 

 

40,955

 

United States Lime & Minerals Inc. (a)

 

 

857

 

 

33,012

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,669,590

 









Miscellaneous Consumer Staples — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,543

 

 

140,404

 









Office Supplies & Equipment — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACCO Brands Corp. (a)

 

 

16,844

 

 

84,052

 

Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,775

 

 

134,306

 

HNI Corp.

 

 

13,606

 

 

375,390

 

Herman Miller, Inc.

 

 

17,189

 

 

324,356

 

Kimball International, Inc., Class B

 

 

10,241

 

 

56,633

 

Knoll, Inc.

 

 

14,243

 

 

189,289

 

Steelcase, Inc., Class A

 

 

23,284

 

 

180,451

 

United Stationers, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,232

 

 

393,927

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,738,404

 









Offshore Drilling & Other Services — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hercules Offshore, Inc. (a)

 

 

35,312

 

 

85,808

 

Vantage Drilling Co. (a)

 

 

39,120

 

 

52,812

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

138,620

 









Oil Well Equipment & Services — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Energy Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,333

 

 

56,464

 

Boots & Coots, Inc. (a)

 

 

25,145

 

 

74,178

 

CARBO Ceramics, Inc.

 

 

5,699

 

 

411,411

 

Cal Dive International, Inc. (a)

 

 

28,504

 

 

166,748

 

Complete Production Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

23,432

 

 

335,078

 

Dawson Geophysical Co. (a)

 

 

2,509

 

 

53,366

 

Dril-Quip, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,159

 

 

447,199

 

Global Industries Ltd. (a)

 

 

30,427

 

 

136,617

 

Golar LNG Ltd.

 

 

11,218

 

 

110,722

 

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.

 

 

4,470

 

 

69,374

 

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

31,339

 

 

337,521

 

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,996

 

 

102,142

 

ION Geophysical Corp. (a)

 

 

38,400

 

 

133,632

 

Key Energy Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

37,690

 

 

345,994

 

Lufkin Industries, Inc.

 

 

8,999

 

 

350,871

 

Matrix Service Co. (a)

 

 

8,128

 

 

75,672

 

Natural Gas Services Group (a)

 

 

3,800

 

 

57,494

 

Newpark Resources, Inc. (a)

 

 

26,969

 

 

163,162

 

OYO Geospace Corp. (a)

 

 

1,276

 

 

61,861

 

Parker Drilling Co. (a)

 

 

35,339

 

 

139,589

 

Pioneer Drilling Co. (a)

 

 

16,506

 

 

93,589

 

RPC, Inc.

 

 

8,751

 

 

119,451

 

Seahawk Drilling, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,601

 

 

35,002

 

Superior Well Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,970

 

 

116,538

 

T-3 Energy Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,033

 

 

112,521

 

Tesco Corp. (a)

 

 

9,221

 

 

113,234

 

Tetra Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

22,703

 

 

206,143

 

Union Drilling, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,000

 

 

27,550

 

Willbros Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,910

 

 

88,134

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,541,257

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

27



 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Oil: Crude Producers — 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATP Oil & Gas Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

13,437

 

$

142,298

 

American Oil & Gas, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,434

 

 

96,926

 

Apco Oil and Gas International, Inc.

 

 

2,877

 

 

67,638

 

Approach Resources, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,519

 

 

31,091

 

Arena Resources, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,820

 

 

377,058

 

BPZ Resources, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

29,584

 

 

122,774

 

Berry Petroleum Co., Class A

 

 

15,372

 

 

395,368

 

Bill Barrett Corp. (a)

 

 

13,762

 

 

423,457

 

Brigham Exploration Co. (a)

 

 

35,026

 

 

538,700

 

CAMAC Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,747

 

 

55,006

 

Callon Petroleum Co. (a)

 

 

8,829

 

 

55,623

 

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,485

 

 

147,302

 

Cheniere Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,934

 

 

50,574

 

Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,839

 

 

77,459

 

Contango Oil & Gas Co. (a)

 

 

3,578

 

 

160,115

 

Delta Petroleum Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

57,892

 

 

49,787

 

Endeavour International Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

44,941

 

 

47,637

 

Energy Partners Ltd. (a)

 

 

8,941

 

 

109,170

 

Energy XXI Bermuda Ltd. (a)

 

 

15,311

 

 

241,608

 

FX Energy, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

14,142

 

 

51,194

 

GMX Resources, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,519

 

 

61,778

 

Gastar Exploration Ltd. (a)

 

 

13,813

 

 

49,865

 

GeoResources, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,137

 

 

57,628

 

Goodrich Petroleum Corp. (a)

 

 

7,467

 

 

89,604

 

Gulfport Energy Corp. (a)

 

 

8,340

 

 

98,912

 

Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,327

 

 

76,110

 

Houston American Energy Corp.

 

 

5,613

 

 

55,344

 

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (a)

 

 

36,268

 

 

115,695

 

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. (a)

 

 

15,097

 

 

65,823

 

McMoRan Exploration Co. (a)

 

 

25,059

 

 

278,405

 

Miller Petroleum, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,648

 

 

32,532

 

Northern Oil And Gas, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,419

 

 

172,300

 

Panhandle Oil & Gas, Inc.

 

 

2,313

 

 

61,133

 

Penn Virginia Corp.

 

 

13,727

 

 

276,050

 

Petroleum Development Corp. (a)

 

 

5,920

 

 

151,670

 

Petroquest Energy, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

16,789

 

 

113,494

 

Ram Energy Resources, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,416

 

 

38,121

 

Resolute Energy Corp. (a)

 

 

11,653

 

 

142,633

 

Rex Energy Corp. (a)

 

 

9,908

 

 

100,071

 

Rosetta Resources, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,956

 

 

316,088

 

Stone Energy Corp. (a)

 

 

13,032

 

 

145,437

 

Swift Energy Co. (a)

 

 

11,381

 

 

306,263

 

TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. (a)

 

 

44,169

 

 

140,016

 

Vaalco Energy, Inc.

 

 

15,700

 

 

87,920

 

Venoco, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,120

 

 

100,796

 

W&T Offshore, Inc.

 

 

10,772

 

 

101,903

 

Warren Resources, Inc. (a)

 

 

22,405

 

 

64,974

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,541,350

 









Oil: Refining & Marketing — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CVR Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,594

 

 

72,147

 

Delek US Holdings, Inc.

 

 

5,108

 

 

37,289

 

Western Refining, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

16,102

 

 

80,993

 

World Fuel Services Corp.

 

 

18,046

 

 

468,113

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

658,542

 









Paints & Coatings — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ferro Corp. (a)

 

 

25,925

 

 

191,067

 

H.B. Fuller Co.

 

 

14,573

 

 

276,742

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

467,809

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Paper — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boise, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,076

 

$

115,707

 

Buckeye Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,828

 

 

117,688

 

Clearwater Paper Corp. (a)

 

 

3,430

 

 

187,827

 

Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corp. (a)

 

 

11,493

 

 

128,032

 

Neenah Paper, Inc.

 

 

4,400

 

 

80,520

 

P.H. Glatfelter Co.

 

 

13,748

 

 

149,166

 

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.

 

 

5,451

 

 

275,003

 

Wausau Paper Corp. (a)

 

 

14,696

 

 

99,492

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,153,435

 









Personal Care — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Female Health Co.

 

 

5,798

 

 

30,092

 

USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,919

 

 

70,101

 

WD-40 Co.

 

 

5,183

 

 

173,112

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

273,305

 









Pharmaceuticals — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Akorn, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,640

 

 

52,391

 

Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,346

 

 

36,301

 

Alkermes, Inc. (a)

 

 

28,381

 

 

353,343

 

Ardea Biosciences, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,203

 

 

86,414

 

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,631

 

 

296,828

 

Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

22,165

 

 

56,964

 

BMP Sunstone Corp. (a)

 

 

8,800

 

 

45,320

 

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

8,850

 

 

52,304

 

Biospecifics Technologies (a)

 

 

1,320

 

 

26,242

 

Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

8,030

 

 

56,290

 

Cambrex Corp. (a)

 

 

10,201

 

 

32,133

 

Corcept Therapeutics Inc. (a)

 

 

8,329

 

 

25,986

 

Depomed, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,956

 

 

47,477

 

Durect Corp. (a)

 

 

27,553

 

 

66,954

 

Eurand NV (a)

 

 

5,745

 

 

55,669

 

Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

3,015

 

 

69,074

 

Impax Laboratories, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,877

 

 

359,796

 

Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,600

 

 

87,824

 

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,167

 

 

73,511

 

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

28,287

 

 

270,707

 

Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,786

 

 

37,474

 

MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,360

 

 

57,203

 

Medicines Co. (a)

 

 

16,314

 

 

124,150

 

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp., Class A

 

 

18,068

 

 

395,328

 

Obagi Medical Products, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,300

 

 

62,646

 

Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

10,234

 

 

94,869

 

Pain Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,625

 

 

64,635

 

Par Pharmaceutical Cos., Inc. (a)

 

 

10,572

 

 

274,449

 

Pharmacyclics, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,687

 

 

77,835

 

Pozen, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

8,114

 

 

56,879

 

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,149

 

 

93,095

 

Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,801

 

 

171,538

 

SIGA Technologies, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

9,971

 

 

76,777

 

Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (a)

 

 

17,151

 

 

669,404

 

Santarus, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,300

 

 

40,424

 

Sciclone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,500

 

 

30,590

 

Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,867

 

 

31,921

 

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,332

 

 

60,101

 

SuperGen, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,900

 

 

34,138

 

Vical, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,525

 

 

54,327

 

Vivus, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

24,475

 

 

234,960

 

Xenoport, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,568

 

 

84,052

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,978,323

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




28

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Photography — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPI Corp.

 

 

1,600

 

$

35,872

 

Eastman Kodak Co. (a)(b)

 

 

80,402

 

 

348,945

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

384,817

 









Plastics — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spartech Corp. (a)

 

 

9,426

 

 

96,616

 









Power Transmission Equipment — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,090

 

 

136,296

 

Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,901

 

 

82,673

 

Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,097

 

 

92,306

 

Powell Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,733

 

 

74,720

 

Power-One, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

22,841

 

 

154,177

 

Vicor Corp. (a)

 

 

6,060

 

 

75,689

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

615,861

 









Precious Metals & Minerals — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horsehead Holding Corp. (a)

 

 

13,263

 

 

100,268

 

Stillwater Mining Co. (a)

 

 

13,339

 

 

154,999

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

255,267

 









Printing & Copying Services — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,023

 

 

34,468

 

Cenveo, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,859

 

 

92,387

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

126,855

 









Producer Durables: Miscellaneous — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blount International, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,435

 

 

148,248

 

Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. (a)

 

 

2,524

 

 

36,320

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

184,568

 









Production Technology Equipment — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATMI, Inc. (a)(c)

 

 

9,522

 

 

139,402

 

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

32,969

 

 

51,102

 

Brooks Automation, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,825

 

 

153,247

 

Cognex Corp.

 

 

11,951

 

 

210,099

 

Cohu, Inc.

 

 

7,308

 

 

88,646

 

Cymer, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,022

 

 

271,021

 

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,534

 

 

114,014

 

Entegris, Inc. (a)

 

 

39,461

 

 

156,660

 

FEI Co. (a)

 

 

11,372

 

 

224,142

 

FSI International, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,061

 

 

42,156

 

Intevac, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,819

 

 

72,759

 

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,206

 

 

148,866

 

LTX-Credence Corp. (a)

 

 

44,577

 

 

126,153

 

MKS Instruments, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,106

 

 

282,784

 

Mattson Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,683

 

 

59,439

 

Nanometrics, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,562

 

 

56,121

 

Photronics, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,527

 

 

74,702

 

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,702

 

 

73,250

 

Tessera Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,063

 

 

241,761

 

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,803

 

 

57,961

 

Ultratech, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,331

 

 

119,275

 

Veeco Instruments, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,175

 

 

417,359

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,180,919

 









Publishing — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AH Belo Corp. (a)

 

 

5,951

 

 

39,515

 

Courier Corp.

 

 

3,552

 

 

43,370

 

The Dolan Co. (a)

 

 

9,334

 

 

103,794

 

Journal Communications, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

13,481

 

 

53,519

 

Lee Enterprises, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,445

 

 

37,124

 

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

 

 

8,182

 

 

40,255

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Publishing (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

McClatchy Co., Class A (a)

 

 

18,295

 

$

66,594

 

Media General, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

6,979

 

 

68,115

 

Scholastic Corp.

 

 

9,233

 

 

222,700

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

674,986

 









Radio & TV Broadcasters — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Entercom Communications Corp. (a)

 

 

7,520

 

 

66,326

 

Entravision Communications Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

16,361

 

 

34,522

 

Fisher Communications, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,214

 

 

37,284

 

Gray Television, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,494

 

 

37,340

 

Lin TV Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

9,380

 

 

50,746

 

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

14,285

 

 

83,282

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

309,500

 









Railroad Equipment — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Railcar Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,077

 

 

37,170

 

Freightcar America, Inc.

 

 

3,739

 

 

84,576

 

Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (a)

 

 

5,876

 

 

65,812

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

187,558

 









Railroads — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

11,625

 

 

433,729

 

Railamerica, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,311

 

 

72,525

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

506,254

 









Real Estate — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avatar Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,784

 

 

53,397

 

Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co.

 

 

1,783

 

 

50,815

 

Forestar Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,878

 

 

195,369

 

HFF, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

6,093

 

 

43,078

 

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,551

 

 

66,165

 

Tejon Ranch Co. (a)

 

 

4,022

 

 

92,828

 

Thomas Properties Group, Inc.

 

 

11,507

 

 

38,088

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

539,740

 









Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 7.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acadia Realty Trust

 

 

12,118

 

 

203,825

 

Agree Realty Corp.

 

 

2,837

 

 

66,159

 

Alexander’s, Inc.

 

 

605

 

 

183,267

 

American Campus Communities, Inc.

 

 

15,684

 

 

428,016

 

American Capital Agency Corp.

 

 

9,830

 

 

259,709

 

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp.

 

 

33,944

 

 

241,681

 

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

 

 

3,545

 

 

58,351

 

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,616

 

 

92,475

 

Associated Estates Realty Corp.

 

 

9,883

 

 

127,985

 

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.

 

 

33,767

 

 

543,311

 

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

 

 

41,396

 

 

514,966

 

CapLease, Inc.

 

 

18,138

 

 

83,616

 

Capstead Mortgage Corp.

 

 

20,701

 

 

228,953

 

Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.

 

 

16,867

 

 

101,539

 

Chatham Lodging Trust (a)

 

 

2,902

 

 

51,859

 

Chesapeake Lodging Trust (a)

 

 

2,700

 

 

42,714

 

Cogdell Spencer, Inc.

 

 

13,672

 

 

92,423

 

Colonial Properties Trust

 

 

21,062

 

 

306,031

 

Colony Financial, Inc.

 

 

4,607

 

 

77,858

 

Cousins Properties, Inc.

 

 

27,130

 

 

182,859

 

CreXus Investment Corp.

 

 

4,299

 

 

53,437

 

Cypress Sharpridge Investments, Inc.

 

 

4,963

 

 

62,832

 

DCT Industrial Trust, Inc.

 

 

63,486

 

 

286,957

 

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

 

 

46,060

 

 

378,613

 

Dupont Fabros Technology, Inc.

 

 

12,285

 

 

301,720

 

Dynex Capital Corp.

 

 

5,596

 

 

51,651

 

Eastgroup Properties, Inc.

 

 

8,039

 

 

286,028

 

Education Realty Trust, Inc.

 

 

17,657

 

 

106,472

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


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JUNE 30, 2010

29




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Entertainment Properties Trust

 

 

13,874

 

$

528,183

 

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

 

 

7,728

 

 

372,721

 

Equity One, Inc.

 

 

10,835

 

 

169,026

 

Excel Trust, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,950

 

 

59,400

 

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

 

 

26,139

 

 

363,332

 

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc. (a)

 

 

20,109

 

 

100,344

 

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,395

 

 

93,484

 

First Potomac Realty Trust

 

 

11,385

 

 

163,602

 

Franklin Street Properties Corp.

 

 

20,734

 

 

244,869

 

Getty Realty Corp.

 

 

6,400

 

 

143,424

 

Gladstone Commercial Corp.

 

 

3,396

 

 

55,491

 

Glimcher Realty Trust

 

 

20,874

 

 

124,826

 

Government Properties Income Trust

 

 

6,359

 

 

162,282

 

Hatteras Financial Corp.

 

 

10,659

 

 

296,533

 

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

 

 

18,534

 

 

407,192

 

Hersha Hospitality Trust

 

 

33,705

 

 

152,347

 

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

 

 

20,100

 

 

557,976

 

Home Properties, Inc.

 

 

11,685

 

 

526,643

 

Inland Real Estate Corp.

 

 

22,534

 

 

178,469

 

InvesCo. Mortgage Capital, Inc.

 

 

7,613

 

 

152,336

 

Investors Real Estate Trust

 

 

23,381

 

 

206,454

 

iStar Financial, Inc. (a)

 

 

28,545

 

 

127,311

 

Kilroy Realty Corp.

 

 

16,092

 

 

478,415

 

Kite Realty Group Trust

 

 

17,141

 

 

71,649

 

LTC Properties, Inc.

 

 

7,137

 

 

173,215

 

LaSalle Hotel Properties

 

 

20,868

 

 

429,255

 

Lexington Corporate Properties Trust

 

 

29,743

 

 

178,755

 

MFA Financial, Inc.

 

 

82,515

 

 

610,611

 

MPG Office Trust, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,205

 

 

44,551

 

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

 

 

33,299

 

 

314,343

 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

 

 

9,145

 

 

470,693

 

Mission West Properties, Inc.

 

 

7,564

 

 

51,586

 

Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp., Class A

 

 

9,554

 

 

70,604

 

National Health Investors, Inc.

 

 

7,270

 

 

280,331

 

National Retail Properties, Inc.

 

 

24,593

 

 

527,274

 

Newcastle Investment Corp.

 

 

19,170

 

 

51,376

 

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (b)

 

 

23,873

 

 

63,741

 

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

 

 

27,488

 

 

547,836

 

One Liberty Properties, Inc.

 

 

2,710

 

 

40,406

 

PS Business Parks, Inc.

 

 

5,439

 

 

303,387

 

Parkway Properties, Inc.

 

 

6,821

 

 

99,382

 

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (a)

 

 

5,757

 

 

108,519

 

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (b)

 

 

16,753

 

 

204,722

 

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (a)(d)

 

 

5,384

 

 

85,606

 

Post Properties, Inc.

 

 

14,536

 

 

330,403

 

Potlatch Corp.

 

 

11,795

 

 

421,435

 

RAIT Investment Trust (a)

 

 

24,762

 

 

46,305

 

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust

 

 

11,649

 

 

117,655

 

Redwood Trust, Inc.

 

 

23,454

 

 

343,367

 

Resource Capital Corp.

 

 

13,458

 

 

76,441

 

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

 

 

12,776

 

 

123,288

 

Saul Centers, Inc.

 

 

1,974

 

 

80,204

 

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

 

 

8,221

 

 

283,049

 

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

 

 

14,314

 

 

242,622

 

Strategic Hotel Capital, Inc. (a)

 

 

42,484

 

 

186,505

 

Sun Communities, Inc.

 

 

5,893

 

 

152,982

 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (a)

 

 

29,684

 

 

294,762

 

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.

 

 

11,965

 

 

495,112

 

Terreno Realty Corp. (a)

 

 

3,018

 

 

53,449

 

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

 

 

8,082

 

 

66,676

 

UMH Properties, Inc.

 

 

4,073

 

 

41,015

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U-Store-It Trust

 

 

22,165

 

$

165,351

 

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

 

 

3,555

 

 

114,222

 

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

 

 

5,100

 

 

82,263

 

Walter Investment Management Corp.

 

 

7,872

 

 

128,707

 

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

18,064

 

 

498,386

 

Winthrop Realty Trust

 

 

5,921

 

 

75,848

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

20,227,856

 









Recreational Vehicles & Boats — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arctic Cat, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,895

 

 

35,483

 

Brunswick Corp.

 

 

26,633

 

 

331,048

 

Drew Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,705

 

 

115,241

 

Polaris Industries, Inc.

 

 

9,304

 

 

508,185

 

Winnebago Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,686

 

 

86,339

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,076,296

 









Rental & Leasing Services: Consumer — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amerco, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,575

 

 

141,754

 

Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

30,824

 

 

302,692

 

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,589

 

 

365,977

 

Rent-A-Center, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,678

 

 

398,676

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,209,099

 









Restaurants — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AFC Enterprises, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,088

 

 

73,601

 

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,887

 

 

162,533

 

Biglari Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

441

 

 

126,523

 

Bob Evans Farms, Inc.

 

 

9,261

 

 

228,006

 

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,479

 

 

200,422

 

CEC Entertainment, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,628

 

 

233,703

 

CKE Restaurants, Inc.

 

 

16,631

 

 

208,386

 

California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,971

 

 

90,461

 

The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,127

 

 

403,507

 

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

 

 

7,197

 

 

335,092

 

Denny’s Corp. (a)

 

 

30,612

 

 

79,591

 

DineEquity, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,438

 

 

151,829

 

Domino’s Pizza, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,973

 

 

123,995

 

Jack in the Box, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,539

 

 

321,684

 

Jamba, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,330

 

 

41,173

 

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,203

 

 

61,344

 

Landry’s Restaurants, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,270

 

 

55,524

 

McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,974

 

 

37,106

 

O’Charleys, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,066

 

 

32,150

 

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc.

 

 

6,964

 

 

276,123

 

Papa John’s International, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,392

 

 

147,783

 

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,820

 

 

82,711

 

Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,506

 

 

165,801

 

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,465

 

 

39,564

 

Sonic Corp. (a)

 

 

18,590

 

 

144,072

 

Texas Roadhouse, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

17,371

 

 

219,222

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,041,906

 









Scientific Instruments: Control & Filter — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brady Corp.

 

 

14,581

 

 

363,358

 

CIRCOR International, Inc.

 

 

5,175

 

 

132,376

 

ESCO Technologies, Inc.

 

 

7,939

 

 

204,429

 

Energy Recovery, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,672

 

 

50,688

 

The Gorman-Rupp Co.

 

 

3,731

 

 

93,462

 

ICx Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,998

 

 

29,185

 

L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

22,957

 

 

188,018

 

Mine Safety Appliances Co.

 

 

7,819

 

 

193,755

 

PMFG, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,578

 

 

69,357

 

Robbins & Myers, Inc.

 

 

8,062

 

 

175,268

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




30

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Scientific Instruments: Control & Filter (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sun Hydraulics, Inc.

 

 

3,823

 

$

89,688

 

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

 

 

8,759

 

 

251,033

 

X-Rite, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,766

 

 

39,726

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,880,343

 









Scientific Instruments: Electrical — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A123 Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,936

 

 

206,856

 

AZZ, Inc.

 

 

3,766

 

 

138,476

 

A.O. Smith Corp.

 

 

7,230

 

 

348,414

 

Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,142

 

 

59,506

 

American Superconductor Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

13,477

 

 

359,701

 

Baldor Electric Co.

 

 

14,038

 

 

506,491

 

Ballantyne Strong, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,590

 

 

33,232

 

Broadwind Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

28,531

 

 

79,887

 

Ener1, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

18,847

 

 

63,703

 

EnerSys (a)

 

 

14,439

 

 

308,561

 

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

 

 

7,026

 

 

202,489

 

GrafTech International Ltd. (a)

 

 

36,049

 

 

527,036

 

Houston Wire & Cable Co.

 

 

5,400

 

 

58,590

 

Littelfuse, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,609

 

 

208,911

 

SatCon Technology Corp. (a)

 

 

22,564

 

 

64,533

 

Taser International, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,100

 

 

70,590

 

UQM Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,357

 

 

38,500

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,275,476

 









Scientific Instruments: Gauges & Meters — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Badger Meter, Inc.

 

 

4,487

 

 

173,602

 

Faro Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,949

 

 

92,596

 

Keithley Instruments, Inc.

 

 

3,591

 

 

31,708

 

Measurement Specialties, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,531

 

 

62,075

 

Zygo Corp. (a)

 

 

5,298

 

 

42,967

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

402,948

 









Scientific Instruments: Pollution Control — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,874

 

 

456,502

 

Darling International, Inc. (a)

 

 

24,857

 

 

186,676

 

EnergySolutions, Inc.

 

 

26,650

 

 

135,648

 

Fuel Tech, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,653

 

 

35,727

 

Met-Pro Corp.

 

 

4,810

 

 

51,756

 

Metalico, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,625

 

 

46,268

 

Team, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,856

 

 

76,421

 

US Ecology, Inc.

 

 

5,707

 

 

83,151

 

Waste Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,326

 

 

97,081

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,169,230

 









Securities Brokerage & Services — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BGC Partners, Inc.

 

 

17,354

 

 

88,679

 

GFI Group, Inc.

 

 

19,718

 

 

110,026

 

Gladstone Investment Corp.

 

 

7,282

 

 

42,454

 

International Assets Holding Corp., Inc. (a)

 

 

3,930

 

 

62,880

 

Investment Technology Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,834

 

 

206,114

 

KBW, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,582

 

 

226,878

 

Knight Capital Group, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

27,794

 

 

383,279

 

LaBranche & Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

11,366

 

 

48,646

 

Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

28,230

 

 

35,288

 

MF Global Holdings Ltd. (a)

 

 

25,761

 

 

147,095

 

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

 

 

8,261

 

 

113,919

 

optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,382

 

 

194,893

 

Penson Worldwide, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

6,251

 

 

35,256

 

SWS Group, Inc.

 

 

8,390

 

 

79,705

 

TradeStation Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,177

 

 

82,195

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,857,307

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Semiconductors & Components — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AXT, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,878

 

$

44,550

 

Actel Corp. (a)

 

 

6,718

 

 

86,125

 

Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,817

 

 

44,076

 

Amkor Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

31,661

 

 

174,452

 

Anadigics, Inc. (a)

 

 

20,070

 

 

87,505

 

Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (a)

 

 

19,783

 

 

207,326

 

Cavium Networks, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,373

 

 

350,239

 

Ceva, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,500

 

 

81,900

 

Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,670

 

 

310,983

 

Conexant Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

24,961

 

 

55,913

 

DSP Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,375

 

 

47,126

 

Diodes, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,251

 

 

162,683

 

Entropic Communications, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,163

 

 

108,813

 

Exar Corp. (a)

 

 

11,472

 

 

79,501

 

Formfactor, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,202

 

 

164,182

 

Hittite Microwave Corp. (a)

 

 

8,196

 

 

366,689

 

IXYS Corp. (a)

 

 

7,474

 

 

66,070

 

Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

49,076

 

 

242,926

 

Integrated Silicon Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,952

 

 

59,958

 

Kopin Corp. (a)

 

 

20,596

 

 

69,820

 

Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)

 

 

35,243

 

 

152,955

 

MIPS Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,100

 

 

72,051

 

MaxLinear, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

2,353

 

 

32,895

 

Micrel, Inc.

 

 

15,328

 

 

156,039

 

Microsemi Corp. (a)

 

 

24,917

 

 

364,536

 

Microtune, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,666

 

 

37,628

 

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,767

 

 

174,439

 

MoSys, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,948

 

 

39,550

 

Netlogic Microsystems, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,814

 

 

511,741

 

Omnivision Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,518

 

 

332,706

 

PLX Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,831

 

 

49,572

 

Pericom Semiconductor Corp. (a)

 

 

7,865

 

 

75,504

 

Power Integrations, Inc.

 

 

7,415

 

 

238,726

 

RF Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

 

 

80,737

 

 

315,682

 

Rubicon Technology, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

4,338

 

 

129,229

 

Semtech Corp. (a)

 

 

18,583

 

 

304,204

 

Sigma Designs, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

9,481

 

 

94,905

 

Silicon Image, Inc. (a)

 

 

23,791

 

 

83,506

 

Spansion, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

3,931

 

 

64,115

 

Standard Microsystems Corp. (a)

 

 

6,829

 

 

158,979

 

Supertex, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,024

 

 

74,572

 

Trident Microsystems, Inc. (a)

 

 

22,663

 

 

32,181

 

TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (a)

 

 

46,225

 

 

282,435

 

Virage Logic Corp. (a)

 

 

7,132

 

 

84,799

 

Volterra Semiconductor Corp. (a)

 

 

7,492

 

 

172,765

 

Zoran Corp. (a)

 

 

15,589

 

 

148,719

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,995,270

 









Shipping — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Commercial Lines, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,846

 

 

64,063

 

Baltic Trading Ltd. (a)

 

 

5,148

 

 

58,533

 

DHT Holdings, Inc.

 

 

15,389

 

 

59,248

 

Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

18,931

 

 

79,889

 

Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. (a)

 

 

12,211

 

 

62,520

 

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. (a)

 

 

7,618

 

 

114,194

 

General Maritime Corp.

 

 

15,769

 

 

95,245

 

Gulfmark Offshore, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

7,019

 

 

183,898

 

Horizon Lines, Inc., Class A

 

 

9,959

 

 

42,127

 

International Shipholding Corp.

 

 

1,916

 

 

42,401

 

Knightsbridge Tankers Ltd.

 

 

5,294

 

 

93,121

 

Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd.

 

 

14,029

 

 

394,075

 

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.

 

 

7,646

 

 

283,208

 

Scorpio Tankers, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,234

 

 

48,479

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

31




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Shipping (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ship Finance International Ltd.

 

 

13,466

 

$

240,772

 

Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A

 

 

8,271

 

 

92,056

 

Ultrapetrol Bahamas Ltd. (a)

 

 

7,658

 

 

33,312

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,987,141

 









Specialty Retail — 3.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America’s Car Mart, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,000

 

 

67,890

 

AnnTaylor Stores Corp. (a)

 

 

17,652

 

 

287,198

 

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,791

 

 

92,657

 

Barnes & Noble, Inc.

 

 

11,497

 

 

148,311

 

bebe Stores, Inc.

 

 

10,082

 

 

64,525

 

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.

 

 

6,701

 

 

88,051

 

Blue Nile, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,806

 

 

179,186

 

Brown Shoe Co., Inc.

 

 

13,121

 

 

199,177

 

The Buckle, Inc. (b)

 

 

7,821

 

 

253,557

 

Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,470

 

 

37,087

 

Cabela’s, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

 

 

11,905

 

 

168,337

 

Casual Male Retail Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,313

 

 

45,530

 

The Cato Corp., Class A

 

 

8,465

 

 

186,399

 

Charming Shoppes, Inc. (a)

 

 

35,216

 

 

132,060

 

The Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,320

 

 

366,246

 

Christopher & Banks Corp.

 

 

11,093

 

 

68,666

 

Citi Trends, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,526

 

 

149,086

 

Coldwater Creek, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,604

 

 

62,509

 

Collective Brands, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,436

 

 

307,089

 

DSW, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

4,292

 

 

96,398

 

Destination Maternity Corp. (a)

 

 

1,643

 

 

41,568

 

Dress Barn, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,826

 

 

424,437

 

Express, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,836

 

 

79,165

 

The Finish Line, Inc., Class A

 

 

15,349

 

 

213,812

 

Genesco, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,254

 

 

190,853

 

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,380

 

 

173,651

 

Gymboree Corp. (a)

 

 

8,878

 

 

379,179

 

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.

 

 

5,638

 

 

69,291

 

hhgregg, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,990

 

 

93,047

 

Hibbett Sports, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,580

 

 

205,577

 

Hot Topic, Inc.

 

 

13,641

 

 

69,296

 

Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,170

 

 

306,457

 

Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,515

 

 

297,755

 

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A

 

 

6,400

 

 

39,552

 

Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,723

 

 

156,848

 

MarineMax, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,986

 

 

48,483

 

Men’s Wearhouse, Inc.

 

 

15,812

 

 

290,308

 

Midas, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,370

 

 

33,518

 

Monro Muffler, Inc.

 

 

5,964

 

 

235,757

 

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

 

 

14,804

 

 

369,064

 

OfficeMax, Inc. (a)

 

 

25,445

 

 

332,312

 

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. (a)

 

 

20,563

 

 

65,802

 

Penske Auto Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,303

 

 

151,122

 

The Pep Boys — Manny, Moe & Jack

 

 

15,933

 

 

141,166

 

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (a)

 

 

31,433

 

 

201,486

 

Regis Corp.

 

 

17,181

 

 

267,508

 

Retail Ventures, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,100

 

 

55,522

 

Rue21, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,466

 

 

135,498

 

Sally Beauty Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

28,075

 

 

230,215

 

Shoe Carnival, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,891

 

 

59,294

 

Shutterfly, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,116

 

 

194,459

 

Sonic Automotive, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,135

 

 

103,876

 

Stage Stores, Inc.

 

 

11,784

 

 

125,853

 

Stamps.com, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,303

 

 

33,856

 

Stein Mart, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,438

 

 

52,569

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Specialty Retail (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Systemax, Inc.

 

 

3,350

 

$

50,485

 

The Talbots, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,066

 

 

217,190

 

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,462

 

 

223,871

 

Vitacost.com, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,529

 

 

40,716

 

Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,838

 

 

124,095

 

The Wet Seal, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

30,611

 

 

111,730

 

Zumiez, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,297

 

 

101,445

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

9,737,647

 









Steel — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Olympic Steel, Inc.

 

 

2,846

 

 

65,372

 

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,234

 

 

35,722

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

101,094

 









Sugar — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Imperial Sugar Co., New Shares

 

 

3,800

 

 

38,380

 









Synthetic Fibers & Chemicals — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zoltek Cos., Inc. (a)

 

 

8,614

 

 

72,961

 









Technology: Miscellaneous — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,912

 

 

299,755

 

CTS Corp.

 

 

10,392

 

 

96,022

 

LaBarge, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,029

 

 

45,971

 

Plexus Corp. (a)

 

 

12,110

 

 

323,822

 

Sanmina-SCI Corp. (a)

 

 

23,931

 

 

325,701

 

Vocus, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,183

 

 

79,196

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,170,467

 









Telecommunications Equipment — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (a)

 

 

29,267

 

 

216,868

 

Applied Signal Technology, Inc.

 

 

4,140

 

 

81,351

 

Arris Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

38,030

 

 

387,526

 

Brightpoint, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,306

 

 

149,142

 

Mastec, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,770

 

 

148,238

 

Powerwave Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

39,877

 

 

61,411

 

Symmetricom, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,696

 

 

69,713

 

UTStarcom, Inc. (a)

 

 

35,961

 

 

66,168

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,180,417

 









Textile Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Culp, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,850

 

 

31,236

 

Interface, Inc., Class A

 

 

15,334

 

 

164,687

 

Unifi, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,182

 

 

50,355

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

246,278

 









Textiles, Apparel & Shoes — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carter’s, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,755

 

 

466,069

 

Cherokee, Inc.

 

 

2,567

 

 

43,896

 

Columbia Sportswear Co. (b)

 

 

3,398

 

 

158,585

 

Crocs, Inc. (a)

 

 

25,808

 

 

273,049

 

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)

 

 

3,859

 

 

551,335

 

G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (a)

 

 

4,704

 

 

107,675

 

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,561

 

 

309,832

 

Joe’s Jeans, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,665

 

 

27,057

 

Jones Apparel Group, Inc.

 

 

26,051

 

 

412,908

 

K-Swiss, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

8,063

 

 

90,547

 

Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

2,624

 

 

28,890

 

Lacrosse Footwear, Inc.

 

 

1,607

 

 

27,062

 

Liz Claiborne, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

28,565

 

 

120,544

 

Maidenform Brands, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,913

 

 

140,749

 

Oxford Industries, Inc.

 

 

4,306

 

 

90,125

 

Perry Ellis International, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,121

 

 

63,044

 

Quiksilver, Inc. (a)

 

 

39,110

 

 

144,707

 

R.G. Barry Corp.

 

 

2,908

 

 

32,075

 

Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

10,354

 

 

378,128

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




32

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Textiles, Apparel & Shoes (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steven Madden Ltd. (a)

 

 

7,373

 

$

232,397

 

Timberland Co., Class A (a)

 

 

12,400

 

 

200,260

 

True Religion Apparel, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,649

 

 

168,813

 

Under Armour, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

 

 

10,509

 

 

348,163

 

Volcom, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,857

 

 

108,764

 

The Warnaco Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,248

 

 

478,783

 

Weyco Group, Inc.

 

 

2,232

 

 

50,845

 

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

 

 

14,752

 

 

372,045

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,426,347

 









Tobacco — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alliance One International, Inc. (a)

 

 

26,971

 

 

96,017

 

Star Scientific, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

29,459

 

 

48,313

 

Universal Corp.

 

 

7,179

 

 

284,862

 

Vector Group Ltd.

 

 

12,751

 

 

214,472

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

643,664

 









Toys — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jakks Pacific, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,650

 

 

124,387

 

Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,508

 

 

42,242

 

RC2 Corp. (a)

 

 

6,624

 

 

106,713

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

273,342

 









Transportation: Miscellaneous — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dynamex, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,319

 

 

40,492

 

Echo Global Logistics, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,489

 

 

42,601

 

HUB Group, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

11,232

 

 

337,072

 

Pacer International, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,918

 

 

76,317

 

Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.

 

 

2,909

 

 

70,223

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

566,705

 









Truckers — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arkansas Best Corp.

 

 

7,685

 

 

159,464

 

Celadon Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,181

 

 

87,399

 

Forward Air Corp.

 

 

8,768

 

 

238,928

 

Heartland Express, Inc.

 

 

14,967

 

 

217,321

 

Knight Transportation, Inc.

 

 

17,681

 

 

357,863

 

Marten Transport Ltd. (a)

 

 

4,731

 

 

98,310

 

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,354

 

 

293,560

 

Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc. (a)

 

 

486

 

 

39,322

 

Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,336

 

 

47,405

 

Saia, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,023

 

 

75,345

 

USA Truck, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,610

 

 

42,073

 

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

 

 

12,793

 

 

280,039

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,937,029

 









Utilities: Electrical — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allete, Inc.

 

 

9,300

 

 

318,432

 

Avista Corp.

 

 

16,513

 

 

322,499

 

Black Hills Corp.

 

 

11,807

 

 

336,145

 

CH Energy Group, Inc.

 

 

4,892

 

 

191,962

 

Central Vermont Public Service Corp.

 

 

4,000

 

 

78,960

 

Cleco Corp.

 

 

17,888

 

 

472,422

 

Dynegy, Inc. (a)

 

 

30,896

 

 

118,950

 

El Paso Electric Co. (a)

 

 

13,121

 

 

253,891

 

The Empire District Electric Co.

 

 

12,245

 

 

229,839

 

IDACORP, Inc.

 

 

14,314

 

 

476,227

 

MGE Energy, Inc.

 

 

6,993

 

 

252,028

 

NorthWestern Corp.

 

 

10,842

 

 

284,060

 

Otter Tail Corp.

 

 

10,878

 

 

210,272

 

PNM Resources, Inc.

 

 

26,237

 

 

293,330

 

Pike Electric Corp. (a)

 

 

5,114

 

 

48,174

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Utilities: Electrical (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portland General Electric Co.

 

 

22,494

 

$

412,315

 

UIL Holdings Corp.

 

 

9,175

 

 

229,650

 

Unisource Energy Corp.

 

 

10,771

 

 

325,069

 

Unitil Corp.

 

 

3,917

 

 

81,904

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,936,129

 









Utilities: Gas Distributors — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

 

 

3,004

 

 

94,326

 

The Laclede Group, Inc.

 

 

6,857

 

 

227,172

 

New Jersey Resources Corp.

 

 

12,243

 

 

430,954

 

Nicor, Inc. (c)

 

 

13,339

 

 

540,229

 

Northwest Natural Gas Co.

 

 

7,884

 

 

343,506

 

Piedmont Natural Gas Co.

 

 

21,252

 

 

537,675

 

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

 

 

8,845

 

 

379,981

 

Southwest Gas Corp.

 

 

13,534

 

 

399,253

 

WGL Holdings, Inc.

 

 

14,991

 

 

510,144

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,463,240

 









Utilities: Telecommunications — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.

 

 

13,857

 

 

117,646

 

Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.

 

 

2,830

 

 

116,879

 

Cbeyond Communications, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,142

 

 

101,775

 

Cincinnati Bell, Inc. (a)

 

 

60,401

 

 

181,807

 

Cogent Communications Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,732

 

 

104,088

 

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.

 

 

7,815

 

 

132,933

 

FiberTower Corp. (a)

 

 

14,458

 

 

68,242

 

General Communication, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

14,734

 

 

111,831

 

Global Crossing Ltd. (a)

 

 

9,389

 

 

99,242

 

Globalstar, Inc. (a)

 

 

23,452

 

 

36,116

 

ICO Global Communications Holdings Ltd. (a)

 

 

28,778

 

 

46,332

 

IDT Corp., Class B (a)

 

 

4,600

 

 

58,650

 

Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,375

 

 

104,165

 

j2 Global Communications, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,482

 

 

294,447

 

NTELOS Holdings Corp.

 

 

8,950

 

 

153,940

 

Neutral Tandem, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,922

 

 

111,622

 

PAETEC Holding Corp. (a)

 

 

37,848

 

 

129,062

 

Premiere Global Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,173

 

 

115,217

 

RCN Corp. (a)

 

 

10,738

 

 

159,030

 

Shenandoah Telecom Co.

 

 

7,233

 

 

128,313

 

USA Mobility, Inc.

 

 

6,780

 

 

87,598

 

Vonage Holdings Corp. (a)

 

 

32,033

 

 

73,676

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,532,611

 









Utilities: Water — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American States Water Co.

 

 

5,607

 

 

185,816

 

Artesian Resources Corp., Class A

 

 

2,560

 

 

47,258

 

California Water Service Group

 

 

5,853

 

 

208,952

 

Connecticut Water Service, Inc.

 

 

2,957

 

 

62,156

 

Consolidated Water Co., Inc.

 

 

4,715

 

 

53,657

 

Middlesex Water Co.

 

 

4,598

 

 

72,878

 

SJW Corp.

 

 

4,025

 

 

94,346

 

Southwest Water Co.

 

 

8,584

 

 

89,960

 

York Water Co.

 

 

4,423

 

 

62,807

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

877,830

 









Total Common Stocks — 96.5%

 

 

 

 

 

280,035,773

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


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JUNE 30, 2010

33



 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Companies

 

Shares

 

Value

 







BlackRock Kelso Capital Corp. (d)

 

 

17,107

 

$

168,846

 

Gladstone Capital Corp.

 

 

6,400

 

 

69,184

 

Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.

 

 

11,650

 

 

101,771

 

Kayne Anderson Energy Development Co.

 

 

3,254

 

 

49,363

 

Pennantpark Investment Corp.

 

 

9,717

 

 

92,797

 

Prospect Capital Corp.

 

 

19,928

 

 

192,305

 









Total Investment Companies — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

674,266

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

Warrants (e)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Alternative Energy — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GreenHunter Energy, Inc. (Expires 8/27/11) (b)(f)

 

 

180

 

 

 









Communications Technology — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lantronix, Inc. (Expires 2/09/11)

 

 

138

 

 

 









Total Warrants — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 









Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $265,134,275) — 96.8%

 

 

 

 

 

280,710,039

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

Shares

 

Value

 









BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund,
Institutional Class, 0.16% (d)(g)

 

 

10,162,728

 

$

10,162,728

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beneficial
Interest
(000)

 

 

 

 









BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC
Money Market Series, 0.27% (d)(g)(h)

 

$

14,418

 

 

14,418,243

 









Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $24,580,971) — 8.5%

 

 

 

 

 

24,580,971

 









Total Investments (Cost — $289,715,246*) — 105.2%

 

 

 

 

 

305,291,010

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (5.2)%

 

 

 

 

 

(15,218,865

)

 

 

 

 

 




Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

$

290,072,145

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 


*

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of June 30, 2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate cost

 

$

302,295,372

 

 

 




Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

33,709,686

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

(30,714,048

)

 

 




Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

2,995,638

 

 

 





 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

 

(b)

Security, or a portion of security, is on loan.

 

 

(c)

All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with open financial futures contracts.

 

 

(d)

Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Series during the period, 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 December 31,
2009

 

Shares/
Beneficial
Interest
Purchased

 

Shares/
Beneficial
Interest
Sold

 

Shares/
Beneficial
Interest Held
at June 30,
2010

 

Value
at June 30,
2010

 

Income

 















BlackRock Kelso Capital Corp.

 

 

3,100

 

 

14,007

 

 

 

 

17,107

 

$

168,846

 

$

2,144

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund,
Institutional Class

 

 

9,452,117

 

 

710,611

1

 

 

 

10,162,728

 

$

10,162,728

 

$

5,223

 

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money Market Series

 

$

17,386,620

 

 

 

$

(2,968,377

)2

$

14,418,243

 

$

14,418,243

 

$

93,053

 

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

 

 

3,500

 

 

1,884

 

 

 

 

5,384

 

$

85,606

 

 

 






















 

 

 

 

1

Represents net shares sold.

 

 

 

 

2

Represents net shares purchased.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


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Schedule of Investments (concluded)

Master Small Cap Index Series


 

 

(e)

Warrants entitle the Series to purchase a predetermined number of shares of common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date.

 

 

(f)

Restricted security as to resale, representing 0.0% of net assets was as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Issue

 

Acquisition
Date

 

Cost

 

Value

 









GreenHunter Energy, Inc.

 

 

06/27/08

 

 

 

 

 










 

 

(g)

Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

 

(h)

Security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

Financial futures contacts purchased as of June 30, 2010 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











Contracts

 

Issue

 

Expiration
Date

 

Notional
Value

 

Unrealized
Depreciation

 











    153

 

 

Russell 2000 MINI

 

 

September 2010

 

$

9,615,472

 

$

(316,132

)
















 

 

 

For Series compliance purposes, the Series’ industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Series management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

 

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivatives, which are as follows:

 

 

 

 

Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

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)

 

 

 

 

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

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Series’ policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of June 30, 2010 in determining the fair valuation of the Series’ investments and derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 











Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investments1

 

$

280,710,039

 

 

 

 

 

$

280,710,039

 

Short-Term Securities

 

 

10,162,728

 

$

14,418,243

 

 

 

 

24,580,971

 

 

 













Total

 

$

290,872,767

 

$

14,418,243

 

 

 

$

305,291,010

 

 

 














 

 

 

 

1

See above Schedule of Investments for values in each industry.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments2

 











Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 











Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity contracts

 

$

(316,132

)

 

 

 

 

$

(316,132

)

 

 










 

 

 

 

2

Derivative financial instruments are financial futures contacts which are shown at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


 

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JUNE 30, 2010

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Master Small Cap Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 






Assets

 

 

 

 






Investments at value — unaffiliated (including securities loaned of $13,644,499) (cost — $264,865,912)

 

$

280,455,587

 

Investments at value — affiliated (cost — $24,849,334)

 

 

24,835,423

 

Cash collateral for financial futures contracts

 

 

517,000

 

Investments sold receivable

 

 

1,494,370

 

Dividends receivable

 

 

307,245

 

Securities lending income receivable — affiliated

 

 

33,194

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

54,144

 

 

 



 

Total assets

 

 

307,696,963

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 






Liabilities

 

 

 

 






Collateral on securities loaned, at value

 

 

14,418,243

 

Investments purchased payable

 

 

2,988,212

 

Withdrawals payable to investors

 

 

91,487

 

Margin variation payable

 

 

85,529

 

Investment advisory fees payable

 

 

1,997

 

Other affiliates payable

 

 

1,107

 

Directors’ fees payable

 

 

482

 

Other accrued expenses payable

 

 

37,761

 

 

 



 

Total liabilities

 

 

17,624,818

 

 

 



 

Net Assets

 

$

290,072,145

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 






Net Assets Consist of

 

 

 

 






Investors’ capital

 

$

274,812,513

 

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

15,259,632

 

 

 



 

Net Assets

 

$

290,072,145

 

 

 



 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Statement of Operations

Master Small Cap Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 






Investment Income

 

 

 

 






Dividends — unaffiliated

 

$

1,168,923

 

Foreign taxes withheld

 

 

(3,021

)

Security lending — affiliated

 

 

93,053

 

Dividends — affiliated

 

 

7,367

 

 

 



 

Total income

 

 

1,266,322

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 






Expenses

 

 

 

 






Professional

 

 

41,536

 

Accounting services

 

 

32,325

 

Custodian

 

 

23,564

 

Investment advisory

 

 

13,082

 

Directors

 

 

4,052

 

Printing

 

 

698

 

Other

 

 

5,223

 

 

 



 

Total expenses

 

 

120,480

 

Less fees waived by advisor

 

 

(21,608

)

 

 



 

Total expenses after fees waived

 

 

98,872

 

 

 



 

Net investment income

 

 

1,167,450

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 






Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 






Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

1,959,978

 

Financial futures contracts

 

 

(774,407

)

 

 



 

 

 

 

1,185,571

 

 

 



 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(18,638,780

)

 

 



 

Financial futures contracts

 

 

(404,705

)

 

 

 

(19,043,485

)

 

 



 

Total realized and unrealized loss

 

 

(17,857,914

)

 

 



 

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

(16,690,464

)

 

 



 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




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JUNE 30, 2010

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Master Small Cap Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2010
(Unaudited)

 

Year Ended
December 31,
2009

 







Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income

 

$

1,167,450

 

$

4,243,420

 

Net realized gain (loss)

 

 

1,185,571

 

 

(30,867,280

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

(19,043,485

)

 

124,588,792

 

 

 







Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

 

(16,690,464

)

 

97,964,932

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Capital Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Proceeds from contributions

 

 

133,107,328

 

 

171,416,855

 

Value of withdrawals

 

 

(55,981,415

)

 

(384,465,211

)

 

 







Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital transactions

 

 

77,125,913

 

 

(213,048,356

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Total increase (decrease) in net assets

 

 

60,435,449

 

 

(115,083,424

)

Beginning of period

 

 

229,636,696

 

 

344,720,120

 

 

 







End of period

 

$

290,072,145

 

$

229,636,696

 

 

 








 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Financial Highlights

Master Small Cap Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2010
(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

2005

 















Total Investment Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total investment return

 

 

(1.84

)%1

 

27.37

%

 

(33.57

)%

 

(1.46

)%

 

18.13

%

 

4.63

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Total expenses

 

 

0.09

%2

 

0.09

%

 

0.08

%

 

0.06

%

 

0.07

%

 

0.08

%

 

 



















Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly

 

 

0.08

%2

 

0.07

%

 

0.07

%

 

0.06

%

 

0.07

%

 

0.07

%

 

 



















Net investment income

 

 

0.89

%2

 

1.27

%

 

1.60

%

 

1.69

%

 

1.55

%

 

1.17

%

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Net assets, end of period (000)

 

$

290,072

 

$

229,637

 

$

344,720

 

$

630,394

 

$

561,373

 

$

370,145

 

 

 



















Portfolio turnover

 

 

16

%

 

43

%

 

42

%

 

26

%

 

40

%

 

37

%

 

 




















 

 

 

 

1

Aggregate total investment return.

 

 

 

 

2

Annualized.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

JUNE 30, 2010

39




 

 


 

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Master Small Cap Index Series

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

Master Small Cap Index Series (the “Series”), a non-diversified, open-end management investment company, is a series of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”). The Master LLC is registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and is organized as a Delaware limited liability company. The Master LLC’s Limited Liability Company Agreement permits the Board of Directors of the Master LLC (the “Board”) to issue non-transferable interests, subject to certain limitations. The Series’ financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Master LLC:

Valuation: The Series’ policy is to fair value its financial instruments at market value using independent dealers or pricing services selected under the supervision of the Board. Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market System are valued at the last reported sale price that day or the NASDAQ official closing price, if applicable. For equity investments traded on more than one exchange, the last reported sale price on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded is used. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last available bid price. If no bid price is available, the prior day’s price will be used, unless it is determined that such prior day’s price no longer reflects the fair value of the security. Financial futures contracts traded on exchanges are valued at their last sale price. Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at net asset value each business day. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

The Series values its investment in BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series (the “Money Market Series”) at fair value, which is ordinarily based upon its pro rata ownership in the net assets of the underlying fund. The Money Market Series seeks current income consistent with maintaining liquidity and preserving capital. Although the Money Market Series is not registered under the 1940 Act, its investments will follow the parameters of investments by a money market fund that is subject to Rule 2a-7 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the 1940 Act. The Series may withdraw up to 25% of its investment daily, although the manager of the Money Market Series, in its sole discretion, may permit an investor to withdraw more than 25% on any one day.

In the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment which is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment or is not available, the investment will be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Value Assets”). When determining the price for Fair Value Assets, the investment advisor and/or the sub-advisor seeks to determine the price that the Series might reasonably expect to receive from the current sale of that asset in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the investment advisor and/or sub-advisor deems relevant. The pricing of all Fair Value Assets is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases in which the 1940 Act and the interpretive positions of the SEC require that the Series either delivers collateral or segregates assets in connection with certain investments (e.g., financial futures contracts), the Series will, consistent with SEC rules and/or certain interpretive letters issued by the SEC, segregate collateral or designate on its books and records cash or other liquid securities having a market value at least equal to the amount that would otherwise be required to be physically segregated. Furthermore, based on requirements and agreements with certain exchanges and third party broker-dealers, each party has requirements to deliver/deposit securities as collateral for certain investments.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Upon notification from issuers, some of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain. Interest income, including amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is recognized on the accrual basis.

Securities Lending: The Series may lend securities to financial institutions that provide cash as collateral, which will be maintained at all times in an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the loaned securities. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Series and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Series on the next business day. Securities lending income, as disclosed in the Statement of Operations, represents the income earned from the investment of the cash collateral, net of rebates paid to, or fees paid by, borrowers and less the fees paid to the securities lending agent. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions. In the event that the borrower defaults on its obligation to return borrowed securities because of insolvency or for any other reason, the Series could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. The Series also could suffer a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received.

 

 

 


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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

Income Taxes: The Series is classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. As such, each investor in the Series is treated as owner of its proportionate share of the net assets, income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Master LLC. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. It is intended that the Series assets will be managed so an investor in the Series can satisfy the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Series files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Series’ US federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended December 31, 2009. The statutes of limitations on the Series’ state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.

2. Derivative Financial Instruments:

The Series engages in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Series and to economically hedge, or protect, its exposure to certain risks such as equity risk. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange. Losses may arise if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract. Counterparty risk related to exchange traded financial futures contracts is minimal because of the protection against defaults provided by the exchange on which they trade.

Financial Futures Contracts: The Series purchases or sells financial futures contracts and options on financial futures contracts to gain exposure to, or economically hedge against, changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk). Financial futures contracts are contracts for delayed delivery of securities or currencies at a specific future date and at a specific price or yield. Pursuant to the contract, the Series agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as margin variation and are recognized by the Series as unrealized gains or losses. When the contract is closed, the Series records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The use of financial futures transactions involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of financial futures contracts, interest rates and the underlying assets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure:


Fair Value of Derivative Instruments as of June 30, 2010


 

 

Liability Derivatives

 

 

 



 

 

Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location

 

Value

 







 

 

Net

 

 

 

 

 

 

unrealized

 

 

 

 

 

 

appreciation/

 

 

 

 

Equity contracts

 

depreciation*

 

$316,132

 



 

 

 

 

*

Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of financial futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s margin variation is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.


 

 

 

 


The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010


 

 

Net Realized Loss from

 

 

 


 

 

 

Financial Futures Contracts

 

 

 


 

Equity contracts

 

$(774,407)

 


 

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized

 

 

 

Appreciation/Depreciation on

 

 

 


 

 

 

Financial Futures Contracts

 

 

 


 

Equity contracts

 

$(404,705)

 


 

For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the average quarterly balance of outstanding derivative financial instruments was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 


Financial futures contracts:

 

 

 

 

Average number of contracts purchased

 

 

120

 

Average notional value of contracts purchased

 

$

7,727,206

 


3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate of the Series for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and Barclays are not.

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Series’ investment advisor, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory and administration services. The Manager is responsible for the management of the Series’ portfolio and provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Series. For such services, the Series pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate 0.01% of the Series’ average daily net assets.

The Manager contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees and/or expenses to ensure that the management fee of the Series, when

 

 

 




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combined with the administration fee of BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc., will not exceed 0.30%. No fees are currently being waived for the Series.

The Manager entered into a contractual arrangement with the Master LLC with respect to the Series under which the Manager will waive and/or reimburse its fees and/or expenses so that the total annual operating expenses incurred by the Series (excluding interest expense, acquired fund fees and certain other Series’ expenses) will not exceed 0.08% of the average daily value of the Series’ net assets. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Manager waived $18,703, which is included in fees waived by advisor in the Statement of Operations.

The Manager has agreed not to reduce or discontinue these contractual waivers or reimbursements before May 1, 2011 unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the non-interested trustees.

The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Series pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds; however, the Manager does not waive its advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees paid through its investment in other affiliated investment companies, if any. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the manager waived advisory fees in the amount of $2,905, which is included in fees waived by advisor in the Statement of Operations.

The Manager entered into a sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”), an affiliate of the Manager. The Manager pays BIM for services it provides, a monthly fee that is a percentage of the investment advisory fees paid by the Series to the Manager.

For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Series reimbursed the Manager $4,186 for certain accounting services, which is included in accounting services in the Statement of Operations.

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, received an exemptive order from the SEC permitting, among other things, to pay an affiliated securities lending agent a fee based on a share of the income derived from the securities lending activities and has retained BIM as the securities lending agent. BIM may, on behalf of the Master LLC and the Series, invest cash collateral received by the Series for such loans, among other things, in a private investment company managed by the Manager or in registered money market funds advised by the Manager or its affiliates. The market value of securities on loan and the value of the related collateral are shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as securities loaned and collateral on securities loaned, at value, respectively. The cash collateral invested by BIM is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. The share of income earned by the Series on such investments is shown as securities lending — affiliated in the Statement of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, BIM received $23,627 in securities lending agent fees related to securities lending activities for the Series.

Certain officers and/or directors of the Master LLC are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates.

4. Investments:

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities for the six months ended June 30, 2010, were $115,391,532 and $42,064,540, respectively.

5. Borrowings:

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates, is a party to a $500 million credit agreement with a group of lenders, which expires in November 2010.The Series may borrow under the credit agreement to fund shareholder redemptions. The Series paid its pro rata share of a 0.02% upfront fee on the aggregate commitment amount which was allocated to the Series based on its net assets as of October 31, 2009, a commitment fee of 0.10% per annum based on the Series’ pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement, which is included in miscellaneous in the Statement of Operations, and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) the one-month LIBOR plus 1.25% per annum and (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.25% per annum on amounts borrowed. The Series did not borrow under the credit agreement during the six months ended June 30, 2010.

6. Concentration, Market and Credit Risk:

In the normal course of business, the Series invests in securities and enters into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of the issuer of a security to meet all its obligations (issuer credit risk). The value of securities held by the Series may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers whose securities are owned by the Series; conditions affecting the general economy; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; and currency and interest rate and price fluctuations. Similar to issuer credit risk, the Series may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Series has unsettled or open transactions may fail to or be unable to perform its commitments. The Series manages counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that it believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Series to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Series’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is generally approximated by their value recorded in the Series’ Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Series.

The Series invests a significant portion of its assets in securities in the financial services sector. Changes in economic conditions affecting the sector would have a greater impact on the Series and could affect the value, income and/or liquidity of positions in such securities.

 

 

 


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7. Subsequent Events:

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Series through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

 




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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement

The Board of Directors of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”) met on April 20, 2010 and May 18 – 19, 2010 to consider the approval of the Master LLC’s investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Master LLC’s investment advisor, on behalf of the Master Small Cap Index Series (the “Master Portfolio”), a series of the Master LLC. The Board of Directors of the Master LLC also considered the approval of the sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between the Manager and BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (the “Sub-Advisor”), with respect to the Master Portfolio. BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund (the “Fund”), a series of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”), is a “feeder” fund that invests all of its investable assets in the Master Portfolio. Accordingly, the Board of Directors of the Corporation also considered the approval of the Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement with respect to the Master Portfolio. The Manager and the Sub-Advisor are referred to herein as “BlackRock.” The Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement are referred to herein as the “Agreements.” For simplicity, the Board of Directors of the Master LLC and the Board of Directors of the Corporation are referred to herein collectively as the “Board,” and the members are referred to as “Board Members.”

Activities and Composition of the Board

The Board consists of thirteen individuals, eleven of whom are not “interested persons” of the Master LLC or the Corporation as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independent Board Members”). The Board Members are responsible for the oversight of the operations of the Master LLC or the Corporation, as pertinent, and perform the various duties imposed on the directors of investment companies by the 1940 Act. The Independent Board Members have retained independent legal counsel to assist them in connection with their duties. The Co-Chairs of the Board are each Independent Board Members. The Board has established five standing committees: an Audit Committee, a Governance and Nominating Committee, a Compliance Committee, a Performance Oversight and Contract Committee and an Executive Committee, each of which is composed of Independent Board Members (except for the Executive Committee, which also has one interested Board Member) and is chaired by Independent Board Members. The Board also has one ad hoc committee, the Joint Product Pricing Committee, which consists of Independent Board Members and directors/ trustees of the boards of certain other BlackRock-managed funds, who are not “interested persons” of their respective funds.

The Agreements

Pursuant to the 1940 Act, the Board is required to consider the continuation of the Agreements on an annual basis. In connection with this process, the Board assessed, among other things, the nature, scope and quality of the services provided to the Master Portfolio and the Fund by the personnel of BlackRock and its affiliates, including investment management, administrative and shareholder services, oversight of fund accounting and custody, marketing services and assistance in meeting applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

From time to time throughout the year, the Board, acting directly and through its committees, considers at each of its meetings factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the Agreements, including the services and support provided by BlackRock to the Master Portfolio, the Fund and their shareholders. Among the matters the Board considered were: (a) investment performance for one-, three- and five-year periods, as applicable, against peer funds, and applicable benchmarks, if any, as well as senior management and portfolio managers’ analysis of the reasons for any over performance or underperformance against its peers and/or benchmark, as applicable; (b) fees, including advisory, administration, if applicable, and other amounts paid to BlackRock and its affiliates by the Master Portfolio and/or the Fund for services, such as transfer agency, marketing and distribution, call center and fund accounting; (c) Master Portfolio’s and/or the Fund’s operating expenses; (d) the resources devoted to and compliance reports relating to the Master Portfolio’s and the Fund’s investment objective, policies and restrictions; (e) the Master LLC’s and the Corporation’s compliance with its respective Code of Ethics and compliance policies and procedures; (f) the nature, cost and character of non-investment management services provided by BlackRock and its affiliates; (g) BlackRock’s and other service providers’ internal controls; (h) BlackRock’s implementation of the proxy voting policies approved by the Board; (i) the use of brokerage commissions and execution quality of portfolio transactions; (j) BlackRock’s implementation of the Master LLC’s and/or the Corporation’s valuation and liquidity procedures; (k) an analysis of contractual and actual management fees for products with similar investment objectives across the open-end fund, closed-end fund and institutional account product channels; and (l) periodic updates on BlackRock’s business.

Board Considerations in Approving the Agreements

The Approval Process: Prior to the April 20, 2010 meeting, the Board requested and received materials specifically relating to the Agreements. The Board is engaged in a process with BlackRock to periodically review the nature and scope of the information provided to better assist its deliberations. The materials provided in connection with the April meeting included: (a) information independently compiled and prepared by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”) on fees and expenses of the Master Portfolio and the Fund, as applicable, and the investment performance of the Fund as compared with a peer group of funds as determined by Lipper (collectively, “Peers”); (b) information on the profitability of the Agreements to BlackRock and a discussion of fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders; (c) a general analysis provided by BlackRock concerning investment advisory fees charged to other clients, such as institutional clients and closed-end funds, under similar investment mandates, as well as the performance of such other clients, as applicable; (d) the impact of economies of scale; (e) a summary of aggregate amounts paid by the Master Portfolio and/or the Fund to BlackRock; (f) sales and redemption

 

 

 


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data regarding the Fund’s shares; and (g) if applicable, a comparison of management fees to similar BlackRock open-end funds, as classified by Lipper.

At an in-person meeting held on April 20, 2010, the Board reviewed materials relating to its consideration of the Agreements. As a result of the discussions that occurred during the April 20, 2010 meeting, the Board presented BlackRock with questions and requests for additional information and BlackRock responded to these requests with additional written information in advance of the May 18 – 19, 2010 Board meeting.

At an in-person meeting held on May 18 – 19, 2010, the Board of the Master LLC, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Master LLC with respect to the Master Portfolio and the Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor with respect to the Master Portfolio, each for a one-year term ending June 30, 2011. The Board of the Corporation, including the Independent Board Members, also considered the continuation of the Agreements and found the Agreements to be satisfactory. In approving the continuation of the Agreements, the Board considered: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of the Master Portfolio, the Fund and BlackRock; (c) the advisory fee and the cost of the services and profits to be realized by BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with the Master Portfolio and the Fund; (d) economies of scale; and (e) other factors deemed relevant by the Board Members.

The Board also considered other matters it deemed important to the approval process, such as payments made to BlackRock or its affiliates relating to the distribution of Fund shares, services related to the valuation and pricing of portfolio holdings of the Master Portfolio, direct and indirect benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders from their relationship with the Master Portfolio and the Fund and advice from independent legal counsel with respect to the review process and materials submitted for the Board’s review. The Board noted the willingness of BlackRock personnel to engage in open, candid discussions with the Board. The Board did not identify any particular information as controlling, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various items considered.

A. Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services Provided by BlackRock: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the nature, extent and quality of services provided by BlackRock, including the investment advisory services and the resulting performance of the Fund. Throughout the year, the Board compared the Fund’s performance to the performance of a comparable group of mutual funds, and the performance of a relevant benchmark, if any. The Board met with BlackRock’s senior management personnel responsible for investment operations, including the senior investment officers. The Board also reviewed the materials provided by the portfolio management team discussing performance and the investment objective, strategies and outlook.

The Board considered, among other factors, the number, education and experience of BlackRock’s investment personnel generally and the Master Portfolio’s portfolio management team, investments by portfolio managers in the funds they manage, BlackRock’s portfolio trading capabilities, BlackRock’s use of technology, BlackRock’s commitment to compliance and BlackRock’s approach to training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel. The Board also reviewed a general description of BlackRock’s compensation structure with respect to the Master Portfolio’s portfolio management team and BlackRock’s ability to attract and retain high-quality talent.

In addition to advisory services, the Board considered the quality of the administrative and non-investment advisory services provided to the Master Portfolio and the Fund. BlackRock and its affiliates and significant shareholders provide the Master Portfolio and the Fund with certain administrative, transfer agency, shareholder and other services (in addition to any such services provided to the Master Portfolio and the Fund by third parties) and officers and other personnel as are necessary for the operations of the Master Portfolio and the Fund. In addition to investment advisory services, BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Master Portfolio and the Fund with other services, including: (i) preparing disclosure documents, such as the prospectus, the statement of additional information and periodic shareholder reports; (ii) assisting with daily accounting and pricing; (iii) overseeing and coordinating the activities of other service providers; (iv) organizing Board meetings and preparing the materials for such Board meetings; (v) providing legal and compliance support; and (vi) performing other administrative functions necessary for the operation of the Master Portfolio and the Fund, such as tax reporting, fulfilling regulatory filing requirements, and call center services. The Board reviewed the structure and duties of BlackRock’s fund administration, accounting, legal and compliance departments and considered BlackRock’s policies and procedures for assuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

B. The Investment Performance of the Master Portfolio, the Fund and BlackRock: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, also reviewed and considered the performance history of the Master Portfolio and the Fund, as applicable. The Board noted that the Master Portfolio’s investment results correspond directly to the investment results of the Fund. In preparation for the April 20, 2010 meeting, the Board was provided with reports, independently prepared by Lipper, which included a comprehensive analysis of the Fund’s performance. The Board also reviewed a narrative and statistical analysis of the Lipper data that was prepared by BlackRock, which analyzed various factors that affect Lipper’s rankings. In connection with its review, the Board received and reviewed information regarding the investment performance of the Fund as compared to a representative group of similar funds as determined by Lipper and to all funds in the Fund’s applicable Lipper category. The Board was

 

 

 




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provided with a description of the methodology used by Lipper to select peer funds. The Board regularly reviews the performance of the Master Portfolio and the Fund, as applicable, throughout the year. The Board attaches more importance to performance over relatively long periods of time, typically three to five years.

The Board noted that the Fund performed below the median of its Lipper Performance Universe in each of the one-, three- and five-year periods reported. The Board and BlackRock reviewed the reasons for the Fund’s underperformance during these periods compared with its Peers. The Board was informed that, among other things, over the one-, three- and five-year periods, the Fund met its objective of matching the risk and return of the Russell 2000 Index prior to fees and expenses.

The Board and BlackRock discussed BlackRock’s strategy for improving the Fund’s performance and BlackRock’s commitment to providing the resources necessary to assist the Master Portfolio’s portfolio managers and to improve the Fund’s performance.

C. Consideration of the Advisory Fees and the Cost of the Services and Profits to be Realized by BlackRock and its Affiliates from their Relationship with the Master Portfolio and the Fund: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the Master Portfolio’s contractual advisory fee rate compared with the other funds in the Fund’s Lipper category. It also compared the Fund’s total expenses, as well as actual management fees, to those of other funds in its Lipper category. The Board considered the services provided and the fees charged by BlackRock to other types of clients with similar investment mandates, including separately managed institutional accounts.

The Board received and reviewed statements relating to BlackRock’s financial condition and profitability with respect to the services it provided the Master Portfolio and the Fund. The Board was also provided with a profitability analysis that detailed the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by BlackRock for services provided to the Master Portfolio and the Fund. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to the Master Portfolio and the Fund, as applicable, and other funds the Board currently oversees for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to available aggregate profitability data provided for the year ended December 31, 2008. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to other fund complexes managed by the Manager and/or its affiliates. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s assumptions and methodology of allocating expenses in the profitability analysis, noting the inherent limitations in allocating costs among various advisory products. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors including, among other things, fee waivers and expense reimbursements by the Manager, the types of funds managed, expense allocations and business mix, and the difficulty of comparing profitability as a result of those factors.

The Board noted that, in general, individual fund or product line profitability of other advisors is not publicly available. Nevertheless, to the extent such information was available, the Board considered BlackRock’s operating margin, in general, compared to the operating margin for leading investment management firms whose operations include advising open-end funds, among other product types. That data indicates that operating margins for BlackRock with respect to its registered funds are generally consistent with margins earned by similarly situated publicly traded competitors. In addition, the Board considered, among other things, certain third party data comparing BlackRock’s operating margin with that of other publicly traded asset management firms. That third party data indicates that larger asset bases do not, in themselves, translate to higher profit margins.

In addition, the Board considered the cost of the services provided to the Master Portfolio and the Fund by BlackRock, and BlackRock’s and its affiliates’ profits relating to the management and distribution of the Master Portfolio and the Fund and the other funds advised by BlackRock and its affiliates. As part of its analysis, the Board reviewed BlackRock’s methodology in allocating its costs to the management of the Master Portfolio and the Fund. The Board also considered whether BlackRock has the financial resources necessary to attract and retain high-quality investment management personnel to perform its obligations under the Agreements and to continue to provide the high quality of services that is expected by the Board.

The Board noted that the Fund’s contractual advisory fee rate was lower than or equal to the median contractual advisory fee rate paid by the Fund’s Peers, in each case before taking into account any expense reimbursements or fee waivers. The Board also noted that BlackRock has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses so that the advisory fee of the Master Portfolio, when combined with the administration fee of the Fund, will not exceed a specified amount. Additionally, the Board noted that BlackRock has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses in order to limit, to a specified amount, the Master Portfolio’s total operating expenses as a percentage of the Master Portfolio’s average daily net assets and has voluntarily agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to limit the Fund’s total operating expenses as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets on a class-by-class basis, as applicable.

D. Economies of Scale: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Master Portfolio and the Fund increase. The Board also considered the extent to which the Master Portfolio and the Fund benefit from such economies and whether there should be changes in the advisory fee rate or structure in order to enable the Master Portfolio and the Fund to participate in these economies of scale, for example through the use of breakpoints in the advisory fee based upon the asset level of the Master Portfolio.

 

 

 


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E. Other Factors Deemed Relevant by the Board Members: The Board, including the Independent Board Members, also took into account other ancillary or “fall-out” benefits that BlackRock or its affiliates and significant shareholders may derive from their respective relationships with the Master Portfolio and the Fund, both tangible and intangible, such as BlackRock’s ability to leverage its investment professionals who manage other portfolios, an increase in BlackRock’s profile in the investment advisory community, and the engagement of BlackRock’s affiliates and significant shareholders as service providers to the Master Portfolio and the Fund, including for administrative, transfer agency and distribution services. The Board also considered BlackRock’s overall operations and its efforts to expand the scale of, and improve the quality of, its operations. The Board also noted that BlackRock may use and benefit from third party research obtained by soft dollars generated by certain mutual fund transactions to assist in managing all or a number of its other client accounts. The Board further noted that BlackRock completed the acquisition of a complex of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) on December 1, 2009, and that BlackRock’s funds may invest in such ETFs without any offset against the management fees payable by the funds to BlackRock.

In connection with its consideration of the Agreements, the Board also received information regarding BlackRock’s brokerage and soft dollar practices. The Board received reports from BlackRock which included information on brokerage commissions and trade execution practices throughout the year.

The Board noted the competitive nature of the open-end fund marketplace, and that shareholders are able to redeem their Fund shares if they believe that the Fund’s fees and expenses are too high or if they are dissatisfied with the performance of the Fund.

Conclusion

The Board of the Master LLC, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Master LLC, with respect to the Master Portfolio, for a one-year term ending June 30, 2011 and the Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor, with respect to the Master Portfolio, for a one-year term ending June 30, 2011. As part of its approval, the Board of the Master LLC considered the detailed review of BlackRock’s fee structure, as it applies to the Master LLC, being conducted by the ad hoc Joint Product Pricing Committee. Based upon its evaluation of all of the aforementioned factors in their totality, the Board of the Master LLC, including the Independent Board Members, was satisfied that the terms of the Agreements were fair and reasonable and in the best interest of the Master Portfolio and its shareholders. The Board of the Corporation, including the Independent Board Members, also considered the continuation of the Agreements with respect to the Master Portfolio and found the Agreements to be satisfactory. In arriving at a decision to approve the Agreements, the Board of the Master LLC did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, but considered all factors together, and different Board Members may have attributed different weights to the various factors considered. The Independent Board Members were also assisted by the advice of independent legal counsel in making this determination. The contractual fee arrangements for the Master Portfolio reflect the results of several years of review by the Board Members and predecessor Board Members, and discussions between such Board Members (and predecessor Board Members) and BlackRock. Certain aspects of the arrangements may be the subject of more attention in some years than in others, and the Board Members’ conclusions may be based in part on their consideration of these arrangements in prior years.

 

 

 




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Officers and Directors

 

Ronald W. Forbes, Co-Chairman of the Board and Director

Rodney D. Johnson, Co-Chairman of the Board and Director

David O. Beim, Director

Richard S. Davis, Director

Henry Gabbay, Director

Dr. Matina Horner, Director

Herbert I. London, Director and Member of the Audit Committee

Cynthia A. Montgomery, Director

Joseph P. Platt, Jr., Director

Robert C. Robb, Jr., Director

Toby Rosenblatt, Director

Kenneth L. Urish, Chairman of the Audit Committee and Director

Frederick W. Winter, Director and Member of the Audit Committee

Anne Ackerley, Fund/Master LLC President and Chief Executive Officer

Jeffrey Holland, Vice President

Brendan Kyne, Vice President

Brian Schmidt, Vice President

Neal Andrews, Chief Financial Officer

Jay Fife, Treasurer

Brian Kindelan, Chief Compliance Officer of the Fund/Master LLC

Howard Surloff, Secretary

 

Investment Advisor

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Sub-Advisor

BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

Plainsboro, NJ 08536

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

North Quincy, MA 02171

 

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Accounting Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company

Princeton, NJ 08540

 

Distributor

BlackRock Investments, LLC

New York, NY 10022

 

Legal Counsel

Sidley Austin LLP

New York, NY 10019

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Princeton, NJ 08540

 

Address of the Fund

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809


 

 

 


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Additional Information

 


General Information


Electronic Delivery

Electronic copies of most financial reports and prospectuses are available on the Fund’s website or shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications of quarterly statements, annual and semi-annual reports and prospectuses by enrolling in the Fund’s electronic delivery program.

To enroll:

Shareholders Who Hold Accounts with Investment Advisors, Banks or Brokerages:

Please contact your financial advisor. Please note that not all investment advisors, banks or brokerages may offer this service.

Shareholders Who Hold Accounts Directly with BlackRock:

 

 

1)

Access the BlackRock website at

 

http://www.blackrock.com/edelivery

 

 

2)

Select “eDelilvery” under the “More Information” section

 

 

3)

Log into your account

Householding

The Fund will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports and proxy statements, to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please call (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedule of Investments

The Fund/Series file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s/Series’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The Fund’s/Series’ Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund/Series uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) at http://www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Availability of Proxy Voting Record

Information on how the Fund/Series voted proxies relating to securities held in the Fund’s/Series’ portfolio during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available upon request and without charge (1) at http://www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762 and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

 

 




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Additional Information (concluded)

 


Shareholder Privileges


Account Information

Call us at (800) 441-7762 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST on any business day to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also reach us on the Web at http://www.blackrock.com/funds.

Automatic Investment Plans

Investor Class shareholders who want to invest regularly can arrange to have $50 or more automatically deducted from their checking or savings account and invested in any of the BlackRock funds.

Systematic Withdrawal Plans

Investor Class shareholders can establish a systematic withdrawal plan and receive periodic payments of $50 or more from their BlackRock funds, as long as their account balance is at least $10,000.

Retirement Plans

Shareholders may make investments in conjunction with Traditional, Rollover, Roth, Coverdell, Simple IRAs, SEP IRAs and 403(b) Plans.

 


BlackRock Privacy Principles


BlackRock is committed to maintaining the privacy of its current and former fund investors and individual clients (collectively, “Clients”) and to safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information BlackRock collects, how we protect that information and why in certain cases we share such information with select parties.

If you are located in a jurisdiction where specific laws, rules or regulations require BlackRock to provide you with additional or different privacy-related rights beyond what is set forth below, then BlackRock will comply with those specific laws, rules or regulations.

BlackRock obtains or verifies personal non-public information from and about you from different sources, including the following: (i) information we receive from you or, if applicable, your financial intermediary, on applications, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from a consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.

BlackRock does not sell or disclose to non-affiliated third parties any non-public personal information about its Clients, except as permitted by law or as is necessary to respond to regulatory requests or to service Client accounts. These non-affiliated third parties are required to protect the confidentiality and security of this information and to use it only for its intended purpose.

We may share information with our affiliates to service your account or to provide you with information about other BlackRock products or services that may be of interest to you. In addition, BlackRock restricts access to non-public personal information about its Clients to those BlackRock employees with a legitimate business need for the information. BlackRock maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that are designed to protect the non-public personal information of its Clients, including procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.

 

 

 


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A World-Class Mutual Fund Family

BlackRock offers a diverse lineup of open-end mutual funds crossing all investment styles and managed by experts in equity, fixed income and tax-exempt investing.

 


Equity Funds


 

BlackRock All-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio

BlackRock Asset Allocation Portfolio†

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund†

BlackRock Basic Value Fund

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

BlackRock EuroFund

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund

BlackRock Focus Value Fund

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund†

BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund

BlackRock Global Emerging Markets Fund

BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund

BlackRock Global Growth Fund

BlackRock Global Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund

BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Healthcare Fund

BlackRock Index Equity Portfolio*

BlackRock International Fund

BlackRock International Index Fund

BlackRock International Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock International Value Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Core Plus Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund

BlackRock Latin America Fund

BlackRock Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

BlackRock Pacific Fund

BlackRock Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

BlackRock Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

BlackRock U.S. Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund

BlackRock World Gold Fund

 


Fixed Income Funds


 

BlackRock Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Emerging Market Debt Portfolio

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock Government Income Portfolio

BlackRock High Income Fund

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Income Portfolio†

BlackRock Income Builder Portfolio†

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

BlackRock International Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Long Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Managed Income Portfolio

BlackRock Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Total Return Fund

BlackRock Total Return Portfolio II

BlackRock World Income Fund

 


Municipal Bond Funds


 

BlackRock AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock California Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund

BlackRock Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

 


Target Risk & Target Date Funds†



 

BlackRock Prepared Portfolios

Conservative Prepared Portfolio

Moderate Prepared Portfolio

Growth Prepared Portfolio

Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio

 

BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared Portfolios

2010

2015

2020

2025

2030

2035

2040

2045

2050

 

BlackRock LifePath Portfolios
Retirement

2020

2025

2030

2035

2040

2045

2050

2055


 

 

*

See the prospectus for information on specific limitations on investments in the fund.



Mixed asset fund.

BlackRock mutual funds are currently distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC. You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the funds under consideration carefully before investing. Each fund’s prospectus contains this and other information and is available at www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762 or from your financial advisor. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.

 

 

 




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(GO PAPERLESS LOGO)

This report is transmitted to shareholders only. It is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Fund unless accompanied or preceded by the Fund’s current prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Investment returns and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change.

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Item 2 –

Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

 

Item 3 –

Audit Committee Financial Expert – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

 

Item 4 –

Principal Accountant Fees and Services – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

 

Item 5 –

Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not Applicable

 

 

Item 6 –

Investments

 

(a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

 

(b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.

 

 

Item 7 –

Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable

 

 

Item 8 –

Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable

 

 

Item 9 –

Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable

 

 

Item 10 –

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – The registrant’s Nominating and Governance Committee will consider nominees to the board of directors recommended by shareholders when a vacancy becomes available. Shareholders who wish to recommend a nominee should send nominations that include biographical information and set forth the qualifications of the proposed nominee to the registrant’s Secretary. There have been no material changes to these procedures.

 

 

Item 11 –

Controls and Procedures

 

 

11(a) –

The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers or persons performing similar functions have concluded that the registrant’s 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 15(d)-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

 

11(b) –

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

Item 12 –

Exhibits attached hereto

 

 

12(a)(1) –

Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

 

12(a)(2) –

Certifications – Attached hereto

 

 

12(a)(3) –

Not Applicable

 

 

12(b) –

Certifications – Attached hereto

 

 

 


    

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

 

 

 

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. and Quantitative Master Series LLC

 

 

  By: /s/ Anne F. Ackerley  
    Anne F. Ackerley
    Chief Executive Officer of
    BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. and Quantitative Master Series LLC
   
  Date: September 2, 2010
   
  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 the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
   
  By: /s/ Anne F. Ackerley  
    Anne F. Ackerley
    Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
    BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. and Quantitative Master Series LLC
   
  Date: September 2, 2010
   
  By: /s/ Neal J. Andrews  
    Neal J. Andrews
    Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
    BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. and Quantitative Master Series LLC
   
  Date: September 2, 2010