N-CSR 1 dncsr.htm FORM N-CSR Form N-CSR

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-09381

PayPal Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

2211 North First Street, San Jose, California   95131
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Omar J. Paz,

2211 North First Street,

San Jose, California 95131

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 376-7400

Date of fiscal year end: 12/31/2009

Date of reporting period: 12/31/2009


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

Attached is a copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Act (17 CFR 270.30e-1).

Shareholder Expenses (Unaudited)

PayPal Money Market Fund

As a shareholder of the PayPal Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other fund expenses. The following example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars and cents) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from July 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009.

Actual Expenses

The first line under the Fund in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for the Fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line under the Fund in the table below 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, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the second line under the Fund in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

Fund

   Beginning
Account Value
(7/1/09)
   Ending
Account Value
(12/31/09)
   Annualized
Expense Ratio
    Expenses Paid
During Period*
(7/1/09 to 12/31/09)

PayPal Money Market Fund

          

Actual

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.40    0.27   $ 1.36

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,023.80    0.27        1.38

 

This ratio includes the Fund’s share of expenses charged to the corresponding Master Portfolio.

Annualized expense ratio includes 0.02% of expenses associated with the Fund’s participation in the U.S. Treasury’s Temporary Guarantee Program (Note 4).

 

* Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days).

 

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PayPal Money Market Fund

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

December 31, 2009

 

ASSETS

  

Investments:

  

In Money Market Master Portfolio (“Master Portfolio”), at fair value (Note 1)

   $ 514,422,321   

Receivables:

  

Other receivable

     120,269   
        

Total Assets

     514,542,590   
        

LIABILITIES

  

Payables:

  

Due to PayPal Asset Management, Inc. (Note 2)

     37,066   

Accrued trustees’ fees

     5,964   

Accrued expenses

     289   
        

Total Liabilities

     43,319   
        

NET ASSETS

   $ 514,499,271   
        

Net assets consist of:

  

Paid-in capital

   $ 514,513,390   

Undistributed net investment income

     1,208   

Accumulated net realized loss

     (15,327
        

NET ASSETS

   $ 514,499,271   
        

Shares outstanding

     514,513,182   
        

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 1.00   
        

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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PayPal Money Market Fund

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2009

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME ALLOCATED FROM MASTER PORTFOLIO

  

Interest

   $ 3,224,932   

Expenses(a)

     (391,243
        

Net investment income allocated from Master Portfolio

     2,833,689   
        

FUND EXPENSES (Note 2)

  

Management fees

     5,088,698   

Trustees’ fees

     23,972   

Compliance fees

     23,174   

Insurance

     12,045   

Treasury’s Guarantee Program fee (Note 4)

     122,667   
        

Total fund expenses

     5,270,556   

Fees and expenses reimbursed by PPAM (Note 2)

     (3,808,214
        

Total net expenses

     1,462,342   
        

Net investment income

     1,371,347   
        

REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ALLOCATED FROM MASTER PORTFOLIO

  

Net realized gain

     16,669   
        

Net gain on investments

     16,669   
        

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 1,388,016   
        

 

(a)

Net of investment advisory fee waivers by the Master Portfolio’s investment adviser in the amount of $175,470.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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PayPal Money Market Fund

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     For the year ended
December 31, 2009
    For the year ended
December 31, 2008
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    

Operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 1,371,347      $ 23,296,647   

Net realized gain (loss)

     16,669        (31,996
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     1,388,016        23,264,651   
                

Distributions to shareholders:

    

From net investment income

     (1,371,339     (23,296,647
                

Total distributions to shareholders

     (1,371,339     (23,296,647
                

Capital share transactions (Note 3):

    

Proceeds from shares sold

     4,572,195,413        5,041,807,461   

Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     2,135,682        26,176,961   

Cost of shares redeemed

     (4,747,974,350     (5,375,931,395
                

Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

     (173,643,255     (307,946,973
                

Increase (decrease) in net assets

     (173,626,578     (307,978,969

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of year

     688,125,849        996,104,818   
                

End of year

   $ 514,499,271      $ 688,125,849   
                

Undistributed net investment income included in net assets at end of year

   $ 1,208      $ 1,200   
                

SHARES ISSUED AND REDEEMED:

    

Shares sold

     4,572,195,413        5,041,807,461   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     2,135,682        26,176,961   

Shares redeemed

     (4,747,974,350     (5,375,931,395
                

Net decrease in shares outstanding

     (173,643,255     (307,946,973
                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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PayPal Money Market Fund

Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended
Dec. 31, 2009
    Year ended
Dec. 31, 2008
    Year ended
Dec. 31, 2007
    Year ended
Dec. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Dec. 31, 2005
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 1.00      $ 1.00      $ 1.00      $ 1.00      $ 1.00   
                                       

Income from investment operations:

         

Net investment income

    0.00 (a)      0.03        0.05        0.05        0.03   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.00 (a)      (0.00 )(a)      0.00 (a)      0.00 (a)      0.00 (a) 

Total from investment operations

    0.00        0.03        0.05        0.05        0.03   

Less distributions from:

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )(a)      (0.03     (0.05     (0.05     (0.03
                                       

Total distributions

    (0.00     (0.03     (0.05     (0.05     (0.03
                                       

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 1.00      $ 1.00      $ 1.00      $ 1.00      $ 1.00   
                                       

Total return

    0.23     2.61     5.10     4.88     3.27
                                       

Ratios/Supplemental data:

         

Net assets, end of year (000s)

  $ 514,499      $ 688,126      $ 996,105      $ 836,326      $ 463,147   

Ratio of expenses to average net assets(b)

    0.33 %(c)      0.36 %(c)      0.36     0.33     0.08

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to waived fees

    1.04 %(c)      1.11 %(c)      1.11     1.11     1.22

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets(b)

    0.25 %(c)      2.65 %(c)      4.98     4.81     3.34

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets prior to waived fees(b)

    (0.47 )%(c)      1.90 %(c)      4.23     4.03     2.20

 

(a)

Rounds to less than $0.01 or 0.01%.

 

(b)

These ratios include the Fund’s share of net expenses charged to the Money Market Master Portfolio.

 

(c)

These ratios include fees of 0.02% and 0.01% for the years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively, related to the U.S. Treasury’s Temporary Guarantee Program. See Note 4.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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PAYPAL MONEY MARKET FUND

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

PayPal Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) is a diversified series of PayPal Funds (the “Trust”), an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Trust was established as a Delaware statutory trust organized pursuant to a Declaration of Trust on June 3, 1999.

The investment objective of the Fund is to provide a high level of income consistent with stability of capital and liquidity.

Under the Fund’s organizational documents, the officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.

The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for investment companies. The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Investment Policy and Security Valuation

The Fund’s investment in its Master Portfolio is valued pursuant to the pricing policy and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust using a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. Inputs may be based on independent market data (“observable inputs”) or they may be internally developed (“unobservable inputs”). The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under Accounting Standards Codification 820 are as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Inputs that reflect unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date;

 

   

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means;

 

   

Level 3 – Inputs that are unobservable for the asset or liability.

The Fund invests all of its assets in the Money Market Master Portfolio (the “Master Portfolio”), a series of Master Investment Portfolio (“MIP”). The Master Portfolio has the same or substantially similar investment objective as the Fund. The value of the Fund’s investment in the Master Portfolio reflects the Fund’s interest in the net assets of the Master Portfolio (2.43% of total Master Portfolio assets as of December 31, 2009).

The determination of what constitutes an “observable” input may require significant judgment by the Fund. As of December 31, 2009, the Fund’s investment in the Master Portfolio was classified as Level 2. The level of a value determined for an investment within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the pricing transparency of the investment and does not necessarily correspond to the Fund’s perceived risk of its investment in the Master Portfolio, nor the level of the investments held within the Master Portfolio.

 

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The Fund believes more relevant disclosure regarding fair value measurements relate to the investment portfolios of the Master Portfolio, which can be found in the Master Portfolio’s Schedule of Investments, and are included elsewhere in this report.

The performance of the Fund is directly affected by the performance of the Master Portfolio. The financial statements of the Master Portfolio, including the Schedule of Investments, accompanied by an unaudited summarized tabular presentation, are included elsewhere in this report and should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s financial statements.

Security Transactions and Income Recognition

The Fund records daily its proportionate interest in the net investment income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the Master Portfolio.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

Dividends to shareholders from net investment income of the Fund are declared daily and distributed monthly. Distributions to shareholders from any net realized capital gains are declared and distributed annually, generally in December. Such distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Due to the timing of dividends and distributions and the differences in accounting for income and realized gains (losses) for financial statement and federal income tax purposes, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the year in which the income and realized gains (losses) were recorded by the Fund.

Federal Income Taxes

The Fund has elected and intends to qualify each year as a “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). If so qualified, the Fund will not be subject to federal income tax to the extent it distributes its net income to shareholders.

The Fund is treated as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions applicable to regulated investment companies, as defined in the Code, and to distribute annually all of its investment company taxable income and any net capital gains (taking into account any capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income and excise taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required for the year ended December 31, 2009.

As of December 31, 2009, the components of net accumulated losses on a tax basis consisted of undistributed ordinary income of $1,208 and capital and other losses of $15,327 for net accumulated losses of $14,119.

The tax character of distributions paid during 2009 and 2008 for the Fund was as follows: ordinary income of $1,371,339 and $23,296,647, respectively.

As of December 31, 2009, the tax year-end of the Fund, the Fund had tax basis net capital loss carryforwards of $15,327 expiring in December 31, 2016. Such losses may be applied against any net realized taxable gains in the succeeding years or until the expiration date, whichever occurs first. The capital loss carryforwards utilized for the year ended December 31, 2009 amounted to $16,669.

Management has reviewed the tax positions as of December 31, 2009, inclusive of the prior three open tax return years, and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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2. AGREEMENTS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

PayPal Asset Management, Inc. (“PPAM” or “Adviser”), a wholly owned subsidiary of PayPal, Inc. (“PayPal”), serves as the Fund’s investment adviser. For both its advisory and administrative services, PPAM is paid a “unified” fee from the Fund at an annual rate of 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Effective August 11, 2009, the Adviser and the Trust agreed to reduce the fee to an annual rate of 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Under an investment advisory agreement (“Advisory Agreement”) between the Trust and PPAM, PPAM provides, or arranges to be provided to the Fund, administration, transfer agency, pricing, custodial, auditing and legal services, and is responsible for payment of all of the operating expenses of the Fund except Master Portfolio expenses, brokerage fees, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of the Independent Trustees, within the meaning of the 1940 Act, (and their legal counsel, if any), the compensation of the Chief Compliance Officer (and certain fees and expenses of legal counsel relating to the Fund’s Compliance Program, if any), the Fund’s portion of the trustee and officers/errors and omissions liability insurance premium and extraordinary expenses. The Fund also pays a fee equal to 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets payable at the Master Portfolio level to BlackRock Fund Advisors (formerly Barclays Global Fund Advisors (“BGFA”)) (“BFA”), the investment adviser to the Master Portfolio. Pursuant to a contractual expense limitation, which is in effect through December 1, 2011, BFA has agreed to reduce its fee to 0.07%. There can be no assurance that BFA will extend the expense limitation beyond such time.

PPAM and BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”) (formerly Barclays Global Investors N.A. (“BGI”)), the parent company of BFA, have entered into a sub-administration agreement, pursuant to which BTC provides services to the Fund and its shareholders, including maintenance of books and records; preparation of reports; and other administrative support services. For the services under this sub-administration agreement, PPAM pays BTC a fee equal to 0.03% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.

PPAM has voluntarily agreed to limit the Fund’s net operating expenses, excluding the fees and expenses of the Independent Trustees (and their independent legal counsel, if any), the compensation of the Chief Compliance Officer (and certain fees and expenses of legal counsel relating to the Fund’s Compliance Program, if any) and the Fund’s portion of the trustees and officers/errors and omissions liability insurance premium, to an annual rate of 0.35%. Effective August 4, 2009, the Adviser has voluntarily further reduced its management fee to limit the Fund’s annual operating expenses to less than the 0.35% voluntary expense limitation discussed above to improve the investment yield and total return of the Fund. With the prior approval of the Board of Trustees, PPAM may terminate the voluntary expense limit at any time. PPAM waived expenses totaling $3,808,214 or 0.68% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for the year ended December 31, 2009.

PPAM also serves as the Fund’s transfer agent and dividend distribution agent and provides shareholder services. PayPal serves as an agent for PPAM in providing shareholder services.

State Street Bank and Trust Company (“Administrator”) provides custodian and administrative services to the Fund. Services provided by the Administrator include, but are not limited to: general supervision of the non-investment operations and coordination of other services provided to the Fund, maintaining documents and records required to be kept by the Fund; preparing or assisting in the preparation of regulatory filings, prospectuses and shareholder reports; and preparing and disseminating material for meetings of the Board of Trustees and shareholders. PPAM compensates the Administrator for services performed.

3. CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

As of December 31, 2009, there was an unlimited number of shares of $0.01 par value capital stock authorized by the Fund. Transactions in capital shares for the Fund are disclosed in detail in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets.

4. TEMPORARY GUARANTEE PROGRAM FOR MONEY MARKET FUNDS

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, the Fund participated in the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds (the “Program”). The Program sought to guarantee the net asset value of shares of participating money market funds, including the Fund, as of the close of business on September 19, 2008 at $1.00 per share in the event a fund’s net asset value per share fell below $0.995 prior to the expiration of the Program on September 18, 2009. The Fund bore the 0.02% expense of its participation in the Program, which is included under Fund Expenses in the Statement of Operations. The Program ended on September 18, 2009.

 

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5. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through February 25, 2010, the date the financial statements were issued, and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of

PayPal Money Market Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the PayPal Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), a series of PayPal Funds, at December 31, 2009, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and its financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, California

February 25, 2010

 

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PAYPAL MONEY MARKET FUND

PROXY VOTING (Unaudited)

The Fund invests all of its assets in the Master Portfolio. Consequentially, the Fund did not hold any portfolio securities with respect to which it was entitled to vote during the period from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. The Fund filed a Form N-PX, for the twelve months ended June 30, 2009, which is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1-888-215-5506, and (ii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The proxy voting record for the Master Portfolio can be found in the MIP’s Form N-PX, which is available on the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov). MIP’s CIK # is 0000915092.

QUARTERLY FILING REQUIREMENT (Unaudited)

As the Fund invests substantially all of its assets in a series of the Master Portfolio, the Fund files the Master Portfolio’s complete Schedule of Portfolio Holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which when filed, will be available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

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PayPal Money Market Fund

Management of the Fund (Unaudited)

The management and affairs of the Fund are supervised by the Board of Trustees of the Trust. The Trustees and officers of the Trust, their years of birth, their principal occupations during the past five years (their titles may have varied during that period) and other directorships they hold, and the number of investment companies managed by PayPal they oversee are set forth below. Unless otherwise noted, the address of each Trustee and officer is c/o PayPal, Inc., 2211 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95131. Each officer holds office for his or her lifetime unless that individual resigns, retires or is otherwise removed or replaced.

As of December 31, 2009, Mr. John T. Story resigned as a member of the Board of Trustees and as President of the Trust. Dana E. Schmidt, named below, replaced Mr. Story as President of the Trust effective January 1, 2010.

Disinterested Trustees1

 

Name (Year of Birth)

  

Position(s)
Held with
the Trust

  

Term of

Office and
Length of
Time Served

  

Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee

  

Principal Occupation(s) During

Past 5 Years;

Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Kevin T. Hamilton
(1961)
  

Trustee and

Chairman

   Since 1999 and 2004, respectively    One   

President, Rice Hall James & Associates (investment advisor)

(2002-2009).

Richard D. Kernan

(1945)

   Trustee2    Since 2002    One    Chief Financial Officer, Acacia Pacific Holdings, Inc. (private insurance services company) (2003-2007).

John P. McGonigle

(1955)

   Trustee    Since 2008    One    Vice President, Senior Vice President, and Executive Vice President of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (registered broker-dealer) (1989-2006); Member of Board of Charles Schwab International Holdings (1999-2006).

 

1

Disinterested Trustees are those Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust as defined in the 1940 Act.

 

2

Mr. Kernan served as an Advisory Trustee from January 2001 through August 2002.

 

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Principal Officers

 

Name (Year of Birth)

 

Position(s)
Held with the
Trust

      

Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served

      

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Dana E. Schmidt

(1962)

  President and Principal Executive Officer      Since 2010      Chief Compliance Officer, MicroPlace Inc. (since 2007); Lead Integration Manager, Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (2004-2005).

Omar J. Paz

(1970)

  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer      Since 2008      Director, Consumer Products, PayPal, Inc. (since 2010); President and Director, PayPal Asset Management, Inc. (since 2008); Assistant Treasurer and Director of Global Investments, eBay, Inc. and PayPal, Inc. (2007-2010); Principal, Corporate Cash Management Group of Piper Jaffray & Co. (2006-2007); Senior Vice President, Institutional Fixed Income Group of Citigroup Global Markets Inc (2002-2006).

John M. Muller

(1961)

  Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer      Since 2001 and 2009, respectively      General Counsel, PayPal, Inc. (since 2000); Chairman and Director, PayPal Asset Management, Inc. (since 2001); Interim Chief Compliance Officer of the Trust (2006-2009).

 

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Portfolio Information as of December 31, 2009

Money Market Master Portfolio

 

Portfolio Composition

   Percent of
Net Assets
 

Commercial Paper

   50

Certificates of Deposit

   19   

Repurchase Agreements

   18   

U.S. Government Sponsored Agency Obligations

   7   

Time Deposits

   3   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

   2   

Corporate Notes

   1   
      

Total

   100
      

 

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Money Market Master Portfolio

Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2009

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Certificates of Deposit

   Par
(000)
   Value

Yankee(a)

     

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A., New York:

     

0.25%, 1/28/10

   $ 75,000    $ 75,000,281

0.28%, 3/08/10

     225,000      225,002,061

0.32%, 12/13/10

     77,600      77,600,000

Bank of Nova Scotia, Houston:

     

0.21%, 1/14/10

     80,000      80,000,000

0.20%, 2/12/10

     46,000      46,000,000

0.17%, 2/25/10

     65,000      65,000,000

0.26%, 5/24/10

     135,000      134,994,627

Bank of Nova Scotia, New York, 0.30%, 6/15/10

     82,000      81,999,999

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., New York:

     

0.20%, 2/16/10

     100,000      100,000,000

0.24%, 2/16/10

     72,000      72,000,460

0.21%, 2/26/10

     12,500      12,500,194

Barclays Bank Plc, New York, 0.30%, 6/11/10

     135,000      135,000,000

BNP Paribas S.A., New York, 0.22%, 2/22/10

     200,000      200,000,000

BNP Paribas S.A., San Francisco, 0.46%, 1/22/10

     100,000      100,000,000

BNP Paribas, New York, 0.22%, 2/16/10

     50,000      50,000,000

Calyon, New York:

     

0.46%, 2/22/10

     115,000      115,000,000

0.31%, 3/29/10

     75,000      75,000,000

DNB NOR Bank ASA, New York, 0.26%, 5/17/10

     200,000      200,000,000

KBC Bank N.V., New York, 0.35%, 2/18/10

     58,000      58,000,000

Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, New York:

     

0.20%, 2/16/10

     150,000      150,000,000

0.25%, 4/19/10

     200,000      200,000,000

Nordea Bank Finland Plc, New York, 0.19%, 2/12/10

     65,000      65,000,000

Rabobank N.A.:

     

0.22%, 1/13/10

     40,000      39,999,933

0.37%, 2/22/10

     325,000      325,000,000

Rabobank Nederland N.V., New York, 0.20%, 3/18/10

     75,000      75,000,000

Royal Bank of Canada, New York, 0.30%, 3/29/10

     250,000      250,000,000

Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, Connecticut:

     

0.27%, 1/15/10

     20,000      20,000,039

0.27%, 1/29/10

     65,000      65,000,000

Societe Generale, New York:

     

0.24%, 1/11/10

     40,000      40,000,000

0.23%, 1/13/10

     40,000      40,000,133

0.24%, 1/13/10

     15,000      15,000,000

0.25%, 1/22/10

     50,000      50,000,000

0.20%, 2/16/10

     40,000      40,000,511

0.23%, 3/15/10

     40,000      40,000,811

 

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     Par
(000)
   Value

0.24%, 4/15/10

   $ 253,000    $ 253,000,000

Svenska Handelsbanken, New York, 0.26%, 3/08/10

     145,000      145,001,328

Toronto Dominion Bank, New York:

     

0.42%, 3/15/10

     80,000      80,003,236

0.65%, 4/15/10

     95,000      95,076,561

UBS A.G., Stamford, 0.19%, 3/30/10

     60,000      60,000,000
         

Total Certificates of Deposit—18.7%

        3,951,180,174
         

Commercial Paper(b)

     

Alpine Securitization Corp., 0.20%, 1/14/10(c)

     120,000      119,991,334

Amstel Funding Corp., 0.90%, 1/22/10(c)

     133,300      133,230,017

Amsterdam Funding Corp.:

     

0.28%, 1/05/10(c)

     19,000      18,999,409

0.23%, 2/02/10(c)

     61,000      60,987,529

Atlantic Asset Securities Corp.:

     

0.24%, 1/04/10(c)

     37,000      36,999,260

0.24%, 1/11/10(c)

     25,000      24,998,334

0.24%, 1/14/10(c)

     30,000      29,997,400

0.17%, 1/15/10(c)

     40,000      39,997,356

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.:

     

0.21%, 4/15/10(c)

     118,000      117,928,413

0.27%, 5/27/10(c)

     110,000      109,879,550

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A., London:

     

0.26%, 3/10/10(c)

     90,000      89,955,800

0.26%, 3/12/10(c)

     70,000      69,964,611

0.27%, 3/16/10(c)

     97,000      96,946,165

Barton Capital Corp.:

     

0.25%, 1/05/10(c)

     25,000      24,999,305

0.30%, 1/06/10(c)

     47,050      47,048,039

0.25%, 1/11/10(c)

     20,000      19,998,611

0.25%, 1/12/10(c)

     35,000      34,997,327

0.23%, 1/13/10(c)

     18,000      17,998,620

0.25%, 1/19/10(c)

     71,000      70,991,125

0.25%, 1/20/10(c)

     133,054      133,036,445

0.25%, 1/21/10(c)

     30,000      29,995,833

0.26%, 2/03/10(c)

     12,046      12,043,129

0.26%, 2/04/10(c)

     40,000      39,990,178

BNP Paribas Finance, Inc.:

     

0.46%, 1/11/10

     150,000      149,980,875

0.23%, 1/13/10

     15,000      14,998,850

BPCE S.A., 0.26%, 3/01/10(c)

     40,000      39,983,283

Bryant Park Funding LLC, 0.19%, 1/15/10(c)

     100,000      99,992,611

CAFCO LLC:

     

0.26%, 1/11/10(c)

     22,000      21,998,411

0.26%, 1/14/10(c)

     40,000      39,996,245

0.26%, 1/15/10(c)

     65,000      64,993,427

 

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     Par
(000)
   Value

0.27%, 1/21/10(c)

   $ 22,000    $ 21,996,700

0.27%, 1/27/10(c)

     51,875      51,864,884

0.24%, 2/08/10(c)

     8,125      8,122,942

Cancara Asset Securitisation LLC:

     

0.30%, 1/13/10(c)

     70,000      69,993,000

0.24%, 1/22/10(c)

     5,000      4,999,300

0.26%, 2/22/10(c)

     75,000      74,971,833

0.26%, 3/10/10(c)

     150,000      149,926,333

CBA (Delaware) Finance, Inc.:

     

0.21%, 2/16/10

     50,000      49,986,903

0.19%, 2/25/10

     165,000      164,952,715

0.30%, 3/18/10

     85,000      84,946,166

0.31%, 3/22/10

     70,000      69,951,778

Chariot Funding LLC, 0.17%, 1/21/10(c)

     51,000      50,995,183

Charta LLC:

     

0.26%, 1/06/10(c)

     15,000      14,999,458

0.26%, 1/12/10(c)

     100,000      99,992,055

0.25%, 1/13/10(c)

     50,000      49,995,833

0.25%, 1/14/10(c)

     12,000      11,998,916

0.25%, 1/15/10(c)

     50,000      49,995,139

0.26%, 1/19/10(c)

     40,000      39,994,800

0.25%, 1/20/10(c)

     60,000      59,992,084

0.25%, 1/21/10(c)

     65,000      64,990,972

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust:

     

0.23%, 1/04/10(c)

     110,000      109,997,892

0.33%, 1/04/10(c)

     99,000      98,997,277

0.28%, 1/07/10(c)

     82,000      81,996,174

0.23%, 2/02/10(c)

     50,000      49,989,778

0.25%, 2/25/10(c)

     40,000      39,984,722

Citibank Omni Master Trust, 0.55%, 1/04/10

     64,098      64,095,062

CRC Funding LLC:

     

0.26%, 1/14/10(c)

     60,000      59,994,366

0.27%, 1/15/10(c)

     40,000      39,995,800

Danske Corp. - GTD:

     

0.19%, 2/16/10(c)

     50,000      49,987,861

0.19%, 2/19/10(c)

     100,000      99,974,139

Dexia Delaware LLC, 0.29%, 1/22/10

     400,000      399,932,333

DNB NOR Bank ASA:

     

0.23%, 1/11/10

     50,000      49,996,805

0.28%, 1/14/10

     175,000      174,982,305

0.34%, 3/11/10

     50,000      49,967,416

Edison Asset Securitization LLC:

     

0.25%, 1/04/10(c)

     40,000      39,999,167

0.21%, 2/22/10(c)

     16,000      15,995,147

Enterprise Funding LLC:

     

0.21%, 2/02/10(c)

     23,000      22,995,707

0.24%, 2/17/10(c)

     40,044      40,031,453

Falcon Asset Securitization Co. LLC, 0.17%, 1/21/10(c)

     70,053      70,046,384

 

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     Par
(000)
   Value

Gemini Securitization Corp. LLC:

     

0.20%, 1/15/10(c)

   $ 35,000    $ 34,997,278

0.22%, 2/11/10(c)

     25,000      24,993,736

General Electric Capital Corp.:

     

0.23%, 1/04/10

     115,000      114,997,796

0.23%, 2/23/10

     120,000      119,959,367

0.24%, 2/23/10

     100,000      99,964,667

0.21%, 3/02/10

     30,000      29,989,500

0.25%, 3/04/10

     250,000      249,892,361

Govco LLC:

     

0.25%, 1/11/10(c)

     20,000      19,998,611

0.26%, 1/25/10(c)

     150,000      149,974,000

0.23%, 2/17/10(c)

     25,900      25,892,223

ING US Funding LLC, 0.20%, 2/16/10

     165,000      164,957,833

Intesa Funding LLC:

     

0.22%, 2/08/10

     135,000      134,968,650

0.18%, 2/16/10

     65,000      64,985,050

0.20%, 2/16/10

     20,000      19,994,889

0.21%, 4/19/10

     125,000      124,921,250

Jupiter Securitization Co. LLC:

     

0.17%, 1/15/10(c)

     110,000      109,992,728

0.17%, 1/19/10(c)

     141,900      141,887,938

Kitty Hawk Funding Corp.:

     

0.19%, 1/15/10(c)

     34,000      33,997,488

0.24%, 2/08/10(c)

     75,000      74,981,000

0.19%, 2/10/10(c)

     40,000      39,991,555

LMA Americas LLC:

     

0.24%, 1/19/10(c)

     26,000      25,996,880

0.19%, 1/22/10(c)

     60,000      59,993,350

0.19%, 1/25/10(c)

     100,000      99,987,333

Matchpoint Master Trust, 0.23%, 1/06/10(c)

     30,000      29,999,042

Mont Blanc Capital Corp., 0.21%, 3/12/10(c)

     55,000      54,977,542

National Australia Funding Delaware, Inc., 0.18%, 2/17/10(c)

     50,000      49,988,250

National Bank of Canada, 0.19%, 2/22/10

     55,000      54,984,906

Nordea North America, Inc.:

     

0.25%, 1/25/10

     25,000      24,995,833

0.31%, 3/15/10

     150,000      149,905,709

Old Line Funding LLC:

     

0.23%, 1/12/10(c)

     70,000      69,995,080

0.20%, 2/16/10(c)

     50,583      50,570,073

0.19%, 2/22/10(c)

     35,000      34,990,394

Rabobank USA Financial Corp., 0.22%, 3/18/10

     140,000      139,934,978

Ranger Funding Co. LLC:

     

0.25%, 1/08/10(c)

     51,038      51,035,519

0.24%, 1/12/10(c)

     80,000      79,994,133

0.25%, 2/02/10(c)

     25,047      25,041,434

0.24%, 2/18/10(c)

     60,000      59,980,800

 

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     Par
(000)
   Value

RBS Holdings USA, Inc.:

     

0.40%, 1/05/10(c)

   $ 75,000    $ 74,996,666

0.30%, 2/01/10(c)

     73,000      72,981,141

0.19%, 2/16/10(c)

     30,000      29,992,717

Santander Central Hispano Finance Delaware, Inc.:

     

0.50%, 1/14/10

     236,000      235,957,389

0.45%, 1/22/10

     50,000      49,986,875

Scaldis Capital LLC:

     

0.30%, 3/01/10(c)

     20,000      19,990,167

0.26%, 3/11/10(c)

     50,000      49,975,083

Societe Generale North America, Inc.:

     

0.24%, 3/01/10

     75,000      74,970,500

0.34%, 3/24/10

     150,000      149,883,834

Solitaire Funding LLC:

     

0.40%, 1/11/10(c)

     100,000      99,988,889

0.32%, 1/27/10(c)

     50,000      49,988,625

Straight-A Funding LLC:

     

0.18%, 2/02/10(c)

     37,500      37,494,000

0.18%, 2/03/10(c)

     25,035      25,030,869

0.18%, 2/04/10(c)

     55,000      54,990,650

0.20%, 2/08/10(c)

     33,000      32,993,033

0.20%, 2/16/10(c)

     45,068      45,056,483

0.18%, 2/17/10(c)

     25,000      24,994,125

0.19%, 2/18/10(c)

     45,000      44,988,600

0.18%, 2/22/10(c)

     60,000      59,984,400

Swedish Export Credit Corp., 0.30%, 3/29/10

     40,000      39,971,000

Tempo Finance Corp.:

     

0.30%, 1/04/10(c)

     30,000      29,999,250

0.29%, 1/05/10(c)

     45,000      44,998,550

0.26%, 2/02/10(c)

     50,000      49,988,444

Thames Asset Global Securitization No. 1, Inc.:

     

0.24%, 1/29/10(c)

     32,641      32,634,907

0.24%, 2/16/10(c)

     40,000      39,987,734

0.18%, 2/24/10(c)

     38,000      37,989,740

Thunder Bay Funding LLC, 0.19%, 1/14/10(c)

     40,000      39,997,256

Thunder Bay Funding, Inc.:

     

0.24%, 1/06/10(c)

     40,593      40,591,647

0.24%, 1/13/10(c)

     20,000      19,998,400

Ticonderoga Funding LLC:

     

0.31%, 1/06/10(c)

     15,018      15,017,353

0.25%, 2/17/10(c)

     30,000      29,990,208

Toyota Credit Canada, Inc:

     

0.25%, 1/21/10

     100,000      99,986,111

0.27%, 2/26/10

     50,000      49,979,000

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.:

     

0.17%, 1/19/10

     90,000      89,992,350

0.18%, 2/22/10

     100,000      99,974,000

0.24%, 4/14/10

     95,000      94,934,767

 

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     Par
(000)
   Value

Tulip Funding Corp.:

     

0.25%, 1/07/10(c)

   $ 38,000    $ 37,998,417

0.25%, 1/14/10(c)

     20,800      20,798,122

UniCredit Bank Ireland PLC, 0.32%, 3/02/10(c)

     50,000      49,973,333

Westpac Banking Corp.:

     

0.27%, 1/11/10(c)

     50,000      49,996,250

0.35%, 4/14/10(c)

     200,000      199,799,722

Westpac Securities NZ Ltd.:

     

0.23%, 1/11/10(c)

     50,000      49,996,805

0.25%, 2/16/10(c)

     25,000      24,992,014

0.21%, 3/03/10(c)

     60,000      59,978,650

Windmill Funding Corp.:

     

0.28%, 1/08/10(c)

     31,000      30,998,312

0.23%, 2/01/10(c)

     164,000      163,967,519

0.25%, 2/01/10(c)

     47,000      46,989,882

Yorktown Capital LLC:

     

0.25%, 1/05/10(c)

     4,256      4,255,882

0.26%, 1/05/10(c)

     31,671      31,670,086

0.23%, 1/19/10(c)

     12,018      12,016,618

0.26%, 2/02/10(c)

     140,858      140,825,446

0.26%, 2/04/10(c)

     74,862      74,843,617

0.23%, 2/08/10(c)

     65,000      64,984,220

0.26%, 2/08/10(c)

     148,386      148,345,277

0.24%, 2/17/10(c)

     25,000      24,992,167
         

Total Commercial Paper—50.8%

        10,737,950,552
         

Corporate Notes(d)

     

Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, New York, 0.23%, 1/06/10

     75,000      75,000,000

Societe Generale, New York, 0.38%, 2/05/10

     110,000      110,000,000
         

Total Corporate Notes—0.9%

        185,000,000
         

Time Deposits

     

Banco Santander S.A.:

     

0.35%, 1/04/10

     100,000      100,000,000

0.27%, 1/29/10

     15,000      15,000,000

Citibank N.A., 0.04%, 1/04/10

     160,000      160,000,000

ING Bank N.V.:

     

0.30%, 1/07/10

     90,000      90,000,000

0.30%, 1/08/10

     75,000      75,000,000

State Street Corp., 0.13%, 1/04/10

     129,420      129,419,775
         

Total Time Deposits—2.7%

        569,419,775
         

U.S. Government Sponsored Agency Obligations

     

Fannie Mae, 3.00%, 7/12/10

     150,000      152,163,024

Federal Farm Credit Bank Variable Rate Notes, 0.61%, 5/12/10(d)

     30,000      30,000,000

 

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     Par
(000)
   Value

Federal Home Loan Bank, 0.32%, 1/20/10

   $ 150,000    $ 149,998,652

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes (b):

     

0.31%, 1/06/10

     24,450      24,448,947

0.31%, 1/13/10

     31,000      30,996,796

0.31%, 1/20/10

     50,000      49,991,820

Federal Home Loan Bank Variable Rate Notes (d):

     

0.61%, 4/07/10

     75,000      75,000,000

0.31%, 6/01/10

     110,000      110,000,000

Freddie Mac Discount Notes (b):

     

0.31%, 1/11/10

     178,275      178,259,649

0.30%, 1/19/10

     25,400      25,396,191

0.34%, 2/02/10

     200,000      199,939,554

0.24%, 3/08/10

     50,000      49,978,000

0.25%, 3/15/10

     50,000      49,974,653

0.25%, 3/23/10

     150,000      149,915,624

0.26%, 3/23/10

     173,088      172,988,691

0.25%, 7/12/10

     100,000      99,866,666
         

Total U.S. Government Sponsored Agency Obligations—7.3%

        1,548,918,267
         

U.S. Treasury Obligations(b)

     

U.S. Treasury Bills:

     

0.28%, 1/14/10

     300,000      299,969,668

0.29%, 1/21/10

     75,000      74,987,917
         

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations—1.8%

        374,957,585
         

Repurchase Agreements

     

Banc of America Securities LLC Tri-Party 0.24%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $700,018,667 (collateralized by non-U.S. government debt securities, value $735,000,000, 0.00% to 5.64%, 4/15/13 to 2/25/45).

     700,000      700,000,000

BNP Paribas Securities Corp. Tri-Party 0.21%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $585,013,650 (collateralized by non-U.S. government debt securities, value $602,550,000, 4.95% to 12.00%, 4/15/10 to 5/15/27).

     585,000      585,000,000

Citigroup Global Markets Holding Inc. Tri-Party 0.26%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $115,003,322 (collateralized by U.S. government obligations, value $118,450,000, 1.19% to 5.25%, 3/25/27 to 8/25/39).

     115,000      115,000,000

Citigroup Global Markets Holding Inc. Tri-Party 0.46%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $80,004,089 (collateralized by U.S. government obligations, value $82,400,000, 1.19% to 5.25%, 3/25/27 to 8/25/39).

     80,000      80,000,000

Citigroup Global Markets Holding Inc. Tri-Party 0.50%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/7/10, maturity value $250,024,306 (collateralized by U.S. government obligations, value $257,500,000, 1.19% to 5.25%, 3/25/27 to 8/25/39).

     250,000      250,000,000

 

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     Par
(000)
   Value

Citigroup Global Markets Holding Inc. Tri-Party 0.56%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $250,015,556 (collateralized by non-U.S. government debt securities, value $323,928,810, 0.00% to 8.00%, 6/15/10 to 6/1/46).

   $ 250,000    $ 250,000,000

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The) Tri-Party 0.40%, dated 12/31/09, due 3/15/10, maturity value $50,041,111 (collateralized by non-U.S. government debt securities, value $52,500,001, 0.00% to 6.72%, 11/15/10 to 1/1/49).

     50,000      50,000,000

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The) Tri-Party 0.42%, dated 12/31/09, due 2/16/10, maturity value $60,032,900 (collateralized by non-U.S. government debt securities, value $63,000,000, 0.00% to 8.50%, 8/25/34 to 9/15/39).

     60,000      60,000,000

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The) Tri-Party 0.47%, dated 12/31/09, due 2/17/10, maturity value $40,025,067 (collateralized by non-U.S. government debt securities, value $42,000,001, 3.24% to 5.65%, 12/1/20 to 4/1/39).

     40,000      40,000,000

Greenwich Capital Markets Tri-Party 0.21%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $425,009,917 (collateralized by U.S. government obligations and non-U.S. government debt securities, value $482,622,829, 0.00% to 14.21%, 4/15/12 to 12/10/49).

     425,000      425,000,000

Greenwich Capital Markets Tri-Party 0.21%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $50,001,167 (collateralized by U.S. government obligations and non-U.S. government debt securities, value $56,779,156, 0.00% to 14.21%, 4/15/12 to 12/10/49).

     50,000      50,000,000

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. Tri-Party 0.14%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $100,001,556 (collateralized by non-U.S. government debt securities, value $103,956,045, 0.00% to 10.75%, 3/15/10 to 12/30/49).

     100,000      100,000,000

JPMorgan Securities Inc. Tri-Party 0.00%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $150,000,000 (collateralized by U.S. government obligations, value $153,004,908, 0.88% to 4.13%, 8/15/10 to 4/30/11).

     150,000      150,000,000

JPMorgan Securities Inc. Tri-Party 0.41%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $370,016,856 (collateralized by non-U.S. government debt securities, value $386,504,082, 0.00% to 6.95%, 5/7/10 to 11/15/36).

     370,000      370,000,000

Morgan Stanley Tri-Party 0.00%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $238,333,000 (collateralized by U.S. government obligations and non-U.S. government debt securities, value $253,853,966, 0.00% to 10.18%, 1/4/10 to 6/11/50).

     238,333      238,333,000

Morgan Stanley Tri-Party 0.38%, dated 12/31/09, due 3/1/10, maturity value $75,047,500 (collateralized by U.S. government obligations and non-U.S. government debt securities, value $79,884,227, 0.00% to 10.18%, 1/4/10 to 6/11/50).

     75,000      75,000,000

Morgan Stanley Tri-Party 0.73%, dated 12/31/09, due 3/1/10, maturity value $100,121,667 (collateralized by U.S. government obligations and non-U.S. government debt securities, value $106,512,303, 0.00% to 10.18%, 1/4/10 to 6/11/50).

     100,000      100,000,000

RBS Securities Inc. Tri-Party 0.00%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $125,000,000 (collateralized by U.S. government obligations, value $127,503,089, 0.00% to 5.45%, 4/28/10 to 4/23/29).

     125,000      125,000,000

 

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     Value

Total Repurchase Agreements—17.8%

   $ 3,763,333,000
      

Total Investments (Cost: $21,130,759,353*)—100.0%

     21,130,759,353

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities—0.0%

     3,988,175
      

Net Assets—100.0%

   $ 21,134,747,528
      

GTD Guaranty

 

* Cost for federal income tax purposes.

 

(a)

Issuer is a U.S. branch of a foreign domiciled bank.

 

(b)

Rate shown reflects the discount rate at the time of purchase.

 

(c)

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

 

(d)

Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.

 

   

Fair Value Measurements - Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments, 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 Master Portfolio’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments)

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

The following table summarizes the inputs used as of December 31, 2009 in determining the fair valuation of the Master Portfolio’s investments:

 

Valuation Inputs

   Investments in
Securities
     Assets

Level 1

     —  

Level 21

   $ 21,130,759,353

Level 3

     —  
      

Total

   $ 21,130,759,353
      

 

1

See above Schedule of Investments for values in each security type.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

December 31, 2009

   Money Market
Master Portfolio

ASSETS

  

Investments at value - unaffiliated1

   $ 17,367,426,353

Repurchase agreements - unaffiliated2

     3,763,333,000

Interest receivable

     5,284,092
      

Total assets

     21,136,043,445
      

Liabilities

  

Investment advisory fees payable

     1,278,543

Professional fees payable

     17,374
      

Total liabilities

     1,295,917
      

Net Assets

   $ 21,134,747,528
      

1        Investments at cost - unaffiliated

   $ 17,367,426,353

2        Repurchase agreements at cost - unaffiliated

   $ 3,763,333,000

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Operations

 

Year Ended December 31, 2009

   Money Market
Master Portfolio
 

Investment Income

  

Income

   $ 134,272,873   
        

Expenses

  

Investment advisory

     24,634,644   

Professional

     89,203   

Independent Trustees

     227,787   
        

Total expenses

     24,951,634   

Less expense reductions

     (7,720,549
        

Total expenses after expense reductions

     17,231,085   
        

Net investment income

     117,041,788   
        

Realized Gain

  

Net realized gain from investments

     780,894   
        

Net Increase In Net Assets Resulting from Operations

   $ 117,822,682   
        

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Money Market Master Portfolio  
     Year Ended
December 31, 2009
    Year Ended
December 31, 2008
 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:

    

Operations

    

Net investment income

   $ 117,041,788      $ 908,661,601   

Net realized gain (loss)

     780,894        (1,344,806
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     117,822,682        907,316,795   
                

Capital Transactions

    

Proceeds from contributions

     130,222,744,339        50,941,712,613   

Value of withdrawals

     (131,694,780,219     (60,852,472,460
                

Net decrease in net assets derived from capital transactions

     (1,472,035,880     (9,910,759,847
                

NET ASSETS

    

Total decrease in net assets

     (1,354,213,198     (9,003,443,052

Beginning of year

     22,488,960,726        31,492,403,778   
                

End of year

   $ 21,134,747,528      $ 22,488,960,726   
                

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

     Money Market Master Portfolio  
     Year Ended December 31,  
     2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  

Total Investment Return

          

Total investment return

     0.48     2.90 %1      5.40     5.13     3.28
                                        

Ratios to Average Net Assets

          

Total expenses

     0.10     0.10     0.10     0.10     0.10
                                        

Total expenses after expense reductions

     0.07     0.07     0.07     0.08     0.05
                                        

Net investment income

     0.48     2.88     5.23     4.99     3.27
                                        

Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of year (000)

   $ 21,134,748      $ 22,488,961      $ 31,492,404      $ 6,924,965      $ 6,302,583   
                                        

 

1

For the year ended December 31, 2008, 0.01% of the total return consists of purchases of securities by BFA at prices in excess of the securities’ then current fair value. Excluding these items, total return would have been 2.89%.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements   Money Market Master Portfolio

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

Master Investment Portfolio (“MIP”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) as an open-end series management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust. The financial statements and these accompanying notes relate only to Money Market Master Portfolio (the “Master Portfolio”). The Master Portfolio’s financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which may require the use of management accruals and estimates. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

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

Valuation of Investments: The Master Portfolio’s securities are valued under the amortized cost method which approximates current market value in accordance with Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act. Under this method, securities are valued at cost when purchased and thereafter, a constant proportionate amortization of any discount or premium is recorded until the maturity of the security.

Repurchase Agreements: The Master Portfolio may enter into repurchase agreements with banks and securities dealers. Under such agreements, the counterparty agrees to repurchase the security at a mutually agreed upon time and price. The counterparty will be required on a daily basis to maintain the value of the securities subject to the agreement at no less than the repurchase price. The agreements are conditioned upon the collateral being deposited under the Federal Reserve book entry system, held in a segregated account by the Master Portfolio’s custodian, or delivered to an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. In the event the counterparty defaults and the fair value of the collateral declines, the Master Portfolio could experience losses, delays and cost in liquidating the collateral.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: 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. Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis. The Master Portfolio amortizes all premiums and discounts on debt securities.

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

The Master Portfolio files U.S. federal and state tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Master Portfolio’s U.S. federal tax returns remains open for the years ended December 31, 2006 through December 31, 2009.

Recent Accounting Standards: In June 2009, amended guidance was issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) for transfers of financial assets. This guidance is intended to improve the relevance, representational faithfulness and comparability of the information that a reporting entity provides in its financial statements about a transfer of financial assets; the effects of a transfer on its financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; and a transferor’s continuing involvement, if any, in transferred financial assets. The amended guidance is effective for financial statements for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2009. Earlier application is prohibited. The recognition and measurement provisions of this guidance must be applied to transfers occurring on or after the effective date. Additionally, the enhanced disclosure provisions of the amended guidance should be applied to transfers that occurred both before and after the effective date of this guidance. The impact of this guidance on the Master Portfolio’s financial statements and disclosures, if any, is currently being assessed.

 

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In January 2010, the FASB issued amended guidance for improving disclosure about fair value measurements that adds new disclosure requirements about transfers into and out of Levels 1 and 2 and separate disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). It also clarifies existing disclosure requirements relating to the levels of disaggregation for fair value measurement and inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The amended guidance is effective for financial statements for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2009 except for disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the rollforward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements, which are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The impact of this guidance on the Master Portfolio’s financial statements and disclosures, if any, is currently being assessed.

2. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

On December 1, 2009, Barclays PLC (“Barclays”) completed the sale of its interest in Barclays Global Investors, N.A. (“BGI”) and affiliated companies to BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) (the “Transaction”). BGI was renamed BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”) and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock.

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

Under the 1940 Act and upon completion of the Transaction on December 1, 2009, MIP’s investment advisory agreement with Barclays Global Fund Advisors (“BGFA”) was automatically terminated. The Board and investors of the Master Portfolio approved a new investment advisory agreement with BlackRock Fund Advisors (formerly BGFA) (“BFA”). The investment advisory fee rate for the Master Portfolio remained the same after the Transaction.

Pursuant to the investment advisory agreement with MIP, BFA is responsible for the management of the Master Portfolio’s investments and provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Master Portfolio. BFA is entitled to receive an annual investment advisory fee of 0.10% of the average daily net assets of the Master Portfolio as compensation for investment advisory services. BFA has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its advisory fees through December 1, 2011. After giving effect to such contractual waiver, the advisory fees will be 0.07%. From time to time, BFA may waive an additional portion of its investment advisory fees. Any such waiver will reduce the expenses of the Master Portfolio and, accordingly, have a favorable impact on its performance.

The fees and expenses of the Master Portfolio’s trustees who are not “interested persons” of MIP, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”), counsel to the Independent Trustees and MIP’s independent registered public accounting firm (together, the “independent expenses”) are paid directly by the Master Portfolio. BFA has contractually agreed to cap the expenses of the Master Portfolio at the rate at which the Master Portfolio pays an advisory fee to BFA by providing an offsetting credit against the investment advisory fees paid by the Master Portfolio in an amount equal to the independent expenses. These contractual credits are effective through December 1, 2011.

For the year ended December 31, 2009, BGFA and BFA waived and/or credited investment advisory fees of $7,720,549 for the Master Portfolio.

MIP has entered into an administration services arrangement with BTC, which has agreed to provide general administration services. BTC is not entitled to compensation for providing administration services to the Master Portfolio, for so long as BTC is entitled to compensation for providing administration services to corresponding feeder funds that invest substantially all of their assets in the Master Portfolio, or BTC (or an affiliate) receives investment advisory fees from the Master Portfolio. BTC may delegate certain of its administration duties to sub-administrators.

 

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Certain officers and/or trustees of MIP are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates.

3. Market, Credit and Concentration Risk:

In the normal course of business, the Master Portfolio 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 of its obligations (credit risk). The value of securities held by the Master Portfolio may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers whose securities are owned by the Master Portfolio; 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 credit risk, the Master Portfolio may be exposed to counterparty risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Master Portfolio has unsettled or open transactions may default. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Master Portfolio to credit and counterparty risks, consist principally of investments and cash due from counterparties. The extent of the Master Portfolio’s exposure to credit and counterparty risks with respect to these financial assets is approximated by their value recorded in the Master Portfolio’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Master Portfolio.

Certain affiliates indirectly invest in the Master Portfolio through the SL Agency Shares of BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, an affiliated money market fund. As of December 31, 2009, these affiliated investors represent a significant portion of the net assets of the Master Portfolio.

4. Subsequent Events:

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Master Portfolio through February 24, 2010, the date the financial statements were issued, and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Interestholders and Board of Trustees of

Master Investment Portfolio:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Money Market Master Portfolio (the “Master Portfolio”), at December 31, 2009, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and its financial highlights for each of the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Master Portfolio’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2009 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, California

February 24, 2010

 

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Proxy Results

A Special Meeting of Interestholders was held on November 20, 2009 for investors of record on September 30, 2009, to elect a Board of Trustees of the Trust and to approve a new investment advisory agreement between BFA and MIP, on behalf of the Master Portfolio. Each vote represents one dollar of value of interests outstanding on the record date.

Approved the Trustees* as follows:

 

     Votes For    Votes Withheld

David O. Beim

   38,494,117,194    21,217,012

Richard S. Davis

   38,494,578,433    20,755,773

Ronald W. Forbes

   38,493,655,954    21,678,251

Henry Gabbay

   38,493,655,954    21,678,251

Dr. Matina Horner

   38,494,117,194    21,217,012

Rodney D. Johnson

   38,494,578,433    20,755,773

Herbert I. London

   38,493,655,954    21,678,251

Cynthia A. Montgomery

   38,490,888,518    24,445,688

Joseph P. Platt, Jr.

   38,493,655,954    21,678,251

Robert C. Robb, Jr.

   38,494,578,433    20,755,773

Toby Rosenblatt

   38,495,039,672    20,294,533

Kenneth L. Urish

   38,494,578,433    20,755,773

Frederick W. Winter

   38,493,655,954    21,678,251

Approved the new investment advisory agreement as follows:

 

     Votes
For
   Votes
Against
   Votes
Abstaining
   Broker
Non-Votes **

Money Market Master Portfolio

   21,112,924,990    —      2,805,682    248,594,145

 

* Denotes Trust-wide proposal and voting results.

 

** Broker non-votes are proxies received by the Master Portfolio from brokers or nominees who did not receive instructions from the beneficial owner or other persons entitled to vote and who have no discretionary power to vote on a particular matter. Broker non-votes have the effect of a vote against the proposal.

 

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement (Unaudited)

On December 1, 2009, BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) completed a transaction whereby it acquired from Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) the interests in BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), formerly known as Barclays Global Fund Advisors, and certain affiliated companies, including BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”), formerly known as Barclays Global Investors, N.A. (the “Transaction”).

Prior to the Transaction, BFA served as the investment advisor to the Master Portfolio pursuant to an investment advisory agreement with MIP (the “Previous Advisory Agreement”). Under the 1940 Act, the Transaction resulted in the automatic termination of the Previous Advisory Agreement. In order for the management of the Master Portfolio to continue uninterrupted, the Board of Trustees of MIP (the “Board”) approved interim and new investment advisory agreements (the “New Advisory Agreement”) with MIP, the latter of which was subsequently approved by the Master Portfolio’s investors.

BOARD CONSIDERATIONS IN APPROVING THE NEW ADVISORY AGREEMENT

At the in-person meeting held on September 3, 2009, after consideration of the factors discussed below, the Board of Trustees of MIP, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, unanimously approved the New Advisory Agreement between BFA and MIP, on behalf of the Master Portfolio after consideration of all factors determined to be relevant to the Board’s deliberations, including those discussed below.

The Approval Process – At in-person meetings held on July 30, August 11 and September 3, 2009, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, discussed the Transaction and the New Advisory Agreement for MIP.

In preparation for their consideration of the New Advisory Agreement, the Trustees received, in response to a written due diligence request prepared by the Board and its independent legal counsel and provided to BlackRock, BTC and BFA, comprehensive written information covering a range of issues and received, in response to their additional requests, further information in advance of and at the September 3, 2009 in-person Board meeting. To assist the Board in its consideration of the New Advisory Agreement, BlackRock provided materials and information about itself, including its history, management, investment, risk management and compliance capabilities and processes, and financial condition and BFA provided materials and information about the Transaction. In addition, the Independent Trustees consulted with their independent legal counsel and fund counsel on numerous occasions, discussing, among other things, the legal standards and certain other considerations relevant to the Board’s deliberations.

In considering the New Advisory Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, took into account, as it deemed relevant, the fact that on March 18-19, 2009, it had performed a full annual review of the Previous Advisory Agreement. At that time, the Board unanimously approved the selection of BFA and the continuance of the Previous Advisory Agreement based on its review of qualitative and quantitative information provided by BFA. In selecting BFA and approving the Previous Advisory Agreement for the Master Portfolio, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, advised by their independent legal counsel, considered the nature, extent and quality of services provided by BFA, the Master Portfolio’s expenses and performance, costs of services provided to the Master Portfolio and profits realized by BFA and its affiliates, economies of scale, fees and services provided for other comparable funds or accounts by BFA and its affiliates and other benefits to BFA and/or its affiliates.

At the July, August and September 2009 Board meetings, the Trustees discussed with representatives of BTC, BFA and/or BlackRock the management, investment, risk management and compliance capabilities and processes, and financial condition of BlackRock, the Transaction and its rationale, and BlackRock’s general plans and intentions regarding BFA and the Master Portfolio. At these Board meetings, representatives of BTC, BFA and/or BlackRock made various presentations to, and responded to questions from, the Board. The Board also inquired about the plans for, and anticipated roles and responsibilities of,

 

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

the employees and officers of BFA in connection with the Transaction, including the anticipated senior management structure of BFA and portfolio management personnel for the Master Portfolio following the completion of the Transaction. The Independent Trustees also conferred separately and with their independent legal counsel about the Transaction and other matters related to the Transaction on a number of occasions. After the presentations and after reviewing the written materials provided, the Independent Trustees met in executive sessions with their independent legal counsel at the July, August and September 2009 Board meetings to consider the Transaction, its expected impact on BFA, the Master Portfolio and its investors, and the New Advisory Agreement.

In connection with the Board’s review of the New Advisory Agreement, BTC, BFA and/or BlackRock, as applicable, provided the Board with information about a variety of matters. The Board considered, among other things, the following information:

 

   

that BFA and BlackRock have no present intention to alter the advisory fee rate and expense arrangements currently in effect for the Master Portfolio for a period of two years from the date of the closing of the Transaction;

 

   

the reputation, financial strength and resources of BlackRock and its investment advisory subsidiaries and the anticipated financial strength and resources of the combined company;

 

   

that the Master Portfolio may benefit from having direct access to BlackRock’s technology and risk management analytic tools, including investment tools, provided under the BlackRock Solutions® brand name;

 

   

that the Master Portfolio will have access to greater distribution resources through BlackRock’s relationships with third party brokers and retirement plan platforms;

 

   

that there is not expected to be any diminution in the nature, quality and extent of services provided to the Master Portfolio and its investors by BFA, including portfolio management and compliance services;

 

   

that it is expected that substantially all of the current employees of BFA will remain employees of BFA and will continue to provide services to the Master Portfolio following the Transaction;

 

   

that BlackRock has agreed to conduct its business after the closing of the Transaction in compliance with the conditions of Section 15(f) of the 1940 Act in relation to the Master Portfolio which, among other requirements, requires that no “unfair burden” be imposed for a period of two years following the closing;

 

   

that Barclays or one of its affiliates has agreed to pay: (i) all costs of the Master Portfolio in connection with the consideration by the Board of the New Advisory Agreement; and (ii) all costs of seeking approval of the New Advisory Agreement by Master Portfolio investors; and

 

   

that Barclays and BlackRock would derive benefits from the Transaction and that, as a result, they may have a different financial interest in the matters that were being considered than do Master Portfolio investors.

In approving BFA as adviser, approving the New Advisory Agreement for the Master Portfolio and recommending that investors approve the New Advisory Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, advised by its independent legal counsel, considered the information provided and the factors described below and reached the conclusions described herein. The Board did not identify any particular information that was all-important or controlling, and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to the various factors discussed below.

 

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

The Nature, Extent and Quality of Services to be Provided by BFA and Its Affiliates – The Board noted that the terms of the New Advisory Agreement will be substantially identical to the Previous Advisory Agreement and considered representations by BFA, BTC and BlackRock that there would be no diminution in the scope of services provided by BFA under the New Advisory Agreement as compared to the scope of services provided by BFA under the Previous Advisory Agreement. The Board took into account the breadth of Barclays’ and BlackRock’s combined asset management experience and the range of their asset management services. The Board also noted the depth and investment experience of the portfolio management staff and considered further representations by BFA, BTC and BlackRock that members of the previous portfolio management teams for the Master Portfolio (or BlackRock professionals with similar experience) are expected to be involved with the daily management of the Master Portfolio after the Transaction. The Board also considered BFA’s and BlackRock’s compliance programs and their compliance resources. In that regard, the Board noted that BFA reports to the Board about portfolio management and compliance matters on a periodic basis in connection with regularly scheduled meetings of the Board and has made appropriate officers available as needed to provide further assistance with these matters, and that it is expected that these reports and discussions will continue following the consummation of the Transaction.

The Board noted the representations of BFA, BTC and BlackRock that the Transaction was not expected to have any adverse effect on the resources and strengths of BFA in managing the Master Portfolio. The Board also considered that the Master Portfolio and its investors may benefit from having direct access to BlackRock’s technology and risk management analytic tools, including the investment tools provided under the BlackRock Solutions® brand name. The Board discussed BlackRock’s current financial condition, its anticipated financial condition following the completion of the Transaction, its lines of business and its liquidity and credit resources. The Board discussed BlackRock’s current ownership structure and expected ownership structure following the completion of the Transaction. The Board was advised that BlackRock operates as an independent firm, with a Board of Directors, a majority of whom are independent, and no majority shareholder. The Board was also advised that while BlackRock’s largest shareholders, Merrill Lynch, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of America, and PNC are important clients and strategic partners of BlackRock, they are not involved in the firm’s day-to-day management or operations.

Based on the discussions held and the materials presented at the July, August and September 2009 Board meetings, the Board determined that the Transaction would not likely cause an adverse change in the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by BFA under the New Advisory Agreement compared with the services provided by BFA under the Previous Advisory Agreement and that the Board expected that the quality of such services will continue to be appropriate.

Master Portfolio’s Expenses and Performance of the Master Portfolio – The Board took into account that the fee rate for the Master Portfolio under the New Advisory Agreement is identical to the fee rate under the respective Previous Investment Advisory Agreement. Further, the Board noted that representatives of BFA and BlackRock had confirmed that there is no present intention to alter the advisory fee rate, expense waiver or expense reimbursement arrangements currently in effect for the Master Portfolio for a period of two years. BFA advised that, in connection with the Transaction, it will enter into a contractual advisory fee waiver for the Master Portfolio previously subject to such a waiver on the same terms as the previous contractual advisory fee waiver, all of which would otherwise terminate at the closing of the Transaction. In addition, the rate at which the administration fee is to be paid by the Master Portfolio will not change as a result of the Transaction, nor will there be any other change in the expense structure.

The Board considered BFA’s substantial investment advisory experience and capabilities, as well as the possibility of additional resources and support from BlackRock following the completion of the Transaction, but noted that the effect, if any, the consummation of the Transaction would have on the future performance of the Master Portfolio could not be predicted.

 

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement (Unaudited) (Concluded)

 

Costs of Services Provided to the Master Portfolio and Profits Realized by BFA and Its Affiliates – In evaluating the costs of the services to be provided by BFA under the New Advisory Agreement, the Board considered, among other things, whether advisory fee rates or other expenses would change as a result of the Transaction. The Board noted that the New Advisory Agreement is substantially identical to the Previous Advisory Agreement, including the fact that the fee rates under the agreements are identical and that representatives of BFA and BlackRock represented that there is no present intention due to the Transaction to alter the advisory fee rate, expense waiver or expense reimbursement arrangements currently in effect as described above. It was noted that it was not possible to predict how the Transaction would affect BFA’s profitability from its relationship with the Master Portfolio. BFA, BlackRock and the Board discussed how profitability is expected to be calculated and presented to the Board following the Transaction, and the Board reviewed BlackRock’s 2008 profitability methodology with respect to its registered investment companies. The Board also received a presentation from BlackRock comparing the methodologies currently used by BlackRock and BFA to calculate investment company profitability and a comparison of the Master Portfolio’s 2007 and 2008 profitability to BFA to the profitability to BlackRock in 2007 and 2008 of similarly managed investment companies.

Economies of Scale – The Board noted that the Previous Advisory Agreement and the New Advisory Agreement do not provide any breakpoints in the investment advisory fee rate as a result of any increases in the asset levels of the Master Portfolio. However, the Board noted that the investment advisory fee rate for the Master Portfolio had been set initially at the lower end of the marketplace so as to afford the Master Portfolio’s investors the opportunity to share in anticipated economies of scale from inception. For the Master Portfolio, the Board also noted BFA’s agreement to contractually waive a portion of its advisory fee for the Master Portfolio.

The Board noted representations from BlackRock that it will continue to make significant investments in the infrastructure supporting the Master Portfolio. The Board determined that changes to the fee structure were not currently necessary. It was noted that it was not possible to evaluate how the Transaction would create opportunities for additional economies of scale.

Fees and Services Provided for Other Comparable Funds/Accounts Managed by BFA and Its Affiliates – In March 2009, the Board had considered the Master Portfolio’s advisory fee rate under the Previous Advisory Agreement (which is the same as the advisory fees rate under the New Advisory Agreement) in comparison to the investment advisory/management fee rates for other accounts. The Board noted that any differences between the investment advisory fee rate for the Master Portfolio and the investment advisory/management fee rates for the other accounts appeared to be attributable to, among other things, the type and level of services provided and/or the asset levels of the other accounts and determined that the investment advisory fee rates do not constitute fees that are so disproportionately large as to bear no reasonable relationship to the services rendered and that could not have been the product of arm’s-length bargaining, and concluded that the advisory fee rates are fair and reasonable.

Other Benefits to BFA and/or Its Affiliates – In March 2009, the Board had reviewed any ancillary revenue received by BFA and/or its affiliates in connection with the services provided to the Master Portfolio by BFA and concluded that any ancillary benefits would not be disadvantageous to the Master Portfolio’s investors. Any fall-out or ancillary benefits as a result of the Transaction were difficult to quantify with certainty, and the Board expected that they will continue to be evaluated going forward.

Conclusions – The Board examined the totality of the information it was provided at the July, August and September 2009 Board meetings, and information it received at other meetings held during the past year, and did not identify any single factor discussed previously as controlling. Based on this analysis, the Board determined that the New Advisory Agreement, including the investment advisory fee rate thereunder, is fair and reasonable in light of all relevant circumstances and concluded that it is in the best interest of the Master Portfolio and its investors to unanimously approve the New Advisory Agreement.

 

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Officers and Trustees

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

 

Position(s) Held with

MIP

 

Length of Time

Served as a Trustee2

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

 

Number of BlackRock –

Advised Registered
Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios

(“Portfolios”) Overseen

 

Public
Directorships

Non-Interested Trustees1

       

Ronald W. Forbes

55 East 52 nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1940

  Co-Chair of the Board and Trustee   Since 2009   Professor Emeritus of Finance, School of Business, State University of New York at Albany since 2000.   36 RICs consisting of 106 Portfolios   None

Rodney D. Johnson

55 East 52 nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1941

  Co-Chair of the Board and Trustee   Since 2009   President, Fairmount Capital Advisors, Inc. since 1987; Director, Fox Chase Cancer Center since 2002; Member of the Archdiocesan Investment Committee of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia since 2003; Director, The Committee of Seventy (civic) since 2006.   36 RICs consisting of 106 Portfolios   None

David O. Beim

55 East 52nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1940

  Trustee   Since 2009   Professor of Finance and Economics at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business since 1991; Trustee, Phillips Exeter Academy since 2002; Chairman, Wave Hill, Inc. (public garden and cultural center) from 1990 to 2006.   36 RICs consisting of 106 Portfolios   None

Dr. Matina Horner

55 East 52nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1939

  Trustee   Since 2009   Executive Vice President of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities Fund from 1989 to 2003.   36 RICs consisting of 106 Portfolios   NSTAR (electric and gas utility)

Herbert I. London

55 East 52 nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1939

  Trustee and Member of the Audit Committee   Since 2009   Professor Emeritus, New York University since 2005; John M. Olin Professor of Humanities, New York University from 1993 to 2005 and Professor thereof from 1980 to 2005; President, Hudson Institute (policy research organization) since 1997 and Trustee thereof since 1980; Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Grantham University since 2006; Director, InnoCentive, Inc. (strategic solutions company) since 2005; Director, Cerego, LLC (software development and design) since 2005.   36 RICs consisting of 106 Portfolios   AIMS Worldwide, Inc. (marketing)

 

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Name, Address

and Year of Birth

 

Position(s) Held with

MIP

 

Length of Time

Served as a Trustee2

 

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

 

Number of BlackRock –

Advised Registered
Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios

(“Portfolios”) Overseen

 

Public
Directorships

Non-Interested Trustees1

       

Cynthia A. Montgomery

55 East 52nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1952

  Trustee   Since 2009   Professor, Harvard Business School since 1989; Director, Harvard Business School Publishing since 2005; Director, McLean Hospital since 2005.   36 RICs consisting of 106 Portfolios   Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. (manufacturing)

Joseph P. Platt, Jr.

55 East 52nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1947

  Trustee   Since 2009   Director, The West Penn Allegheny Health System (a not-for-profit health system) since 2008; Director, Jones and Brown (Canadian insurance broker) since 1998; General Partner, Thorn Partners, LP (private investment) since 1998; Partner, Amarna Corporation, LLC (private investment company) from 2002 to 2008.   36 RICs consisting of 106 Portfolios   Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (reinsurance company)

Robert C. Robb, Jr.

55 East 52 nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1945

  Trustee   Since 2009   Partner, Lewis, Eckert, Robb and Company (management and financial consulting firm) since 1981.   36 RICs consisting of 106 Portfolios   None

Toby Rosenblatt

55 East 52 nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1938

  Trustee   Since 2009   President, Founders Investments Ltd. (private investments) since 1999; Director, College Access Foundation of California (philanthropic foundation) since 2009; Director, Forward Management, LLC since 2007; Director, The James Irvine Foundation (philanthropic foundation) from 1998 to 2010.   36 RICs consisting of 106 Portfolios   A.P. Pharma, Inc. (specialty pharmaceuticals)

Kenneth L. Urish

55 East 52 nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1951

  Chair of the Audit Committee and Trustee   Since 2009   Managing Partner, Urish Popeck & Co., LLC (certified public accountants and consultants) since 1976; Member of External Advisory Board, The Pennsylvania State University Accounting Department since 2001; Trustee, The Holy Family Foundation since 2001; Committee Member, Professional Ethics Committee of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants from 2007 to 2010; President and Trustee, Pittsburgh Catholic Publishing Associates from 2003 to 2008; Director, Inter-Tel from 2006 to 2007.   36 RICs consisting of 106 Portfolios   None

Frederick W. Winter

55 East 52 nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1945

  Trustee and Member of the Audit Committee   Since 2009   Professor and Dean Emeritus of the Joseph M. Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh since 2005 and Dean thereof from 1997 to 2005; Director, Alkon Corporation (pneumatics) since 1992; Director, Tippman Sports (recreation) since 2005; Director, Indotronix International (IT services) from 2004 to 2008.   36 RICs consisting of 106 Portfolios   None

 

1

Trustees serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72. The Board has approved one-year extensions in terms of Trustees who turn 72 prior to December 31, 2013.

 

2

Date shown is the earliest date a person has served as a trustee for the MIP.

 

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Name, Address

and Year of Birth

 

Position(s) Held with

MIP

 

Length of Time

Served as a Trustee2

 

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

 

Number of BlackRock –

Advised Registered
Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios

(“Portfolios”) Overseen

 

Public
Directorships

Interested Trustees3

Richard S. Davis

55 East 52 nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1945

  Trustee   Since 2009   Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. since 2005; Chief Executive Officer, State Street Research & Management Company from 2000 to 2005; Chairman of the Board of Directors, State Street Research Mutual Funds from 2000 to 2005; Chairman, SSR Realty from 2000 to 2004.  

173 Funds

304 Portfolios

  None

Henry Gabbay

55 East 52nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1947

  Trustee   Since 2009   Consultant, BlackRock, Inc. from 2007 to 2008; Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. from 1989 to 2007; Chief Administrative Officer, BlackRock Advisors, LLC from 1998 to 2007; President of BlackRock Funds and BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares from 2005 to 2007 and Treasurer of certain closed-end funds in the BlackRock fund complex from 1989 to 2006.  

173 Funds

304 Portfolios

  None

 

3

Mr. Davis is an “interested person” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, of MIP based on his position with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. Mr. Gabbay is an “interested person” of MIP based on his former positions with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates as well as his ownership of BlackRock, Inc. and PNC securities. Trustees serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72.

The Board has approved one-year extensions in terms of Trustees who turn 72 prior to December 31, 2013.

 

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Officers and Trustees (Continued)

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s) Held with
MIP

  

Length

of Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

MIP Officers4

     

Anne F. Ackerley

55 East 52 nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1962

   President and Chief Executive Officer    Since 2009    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2000; Vice President of the BlackRock-advised funds from 2007 to 2009; Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock’s Global Client Group since 2009; Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock’s U.S. Retail Group from 2006 to 2009; Head of BlackRock’s Mutual Fund Group from 2000 to 2006.

Richard Hoerner, CFA

55 East 52nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1958

   Vice President    Since 2009    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2000; Co-head of BlackRock’s Cash Management Portfolio Management Group since 2002; Member of the Cash Management Group Executive Committee since 2005.

Jeffrey Holland, CFA

55 East 52nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1971

   Vice President    Since 2009    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2010; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2006 to 2009; Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock’s U.S. Retail Group since 2009; Co-head of Product Development and Management for BlackRock’s U.S. Retail Group from 2007 to 2009; Product Manager of Raymond James & Associates from 2003 to 2006.

Brendan Kyne

55 East 52nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1977

   Vice President    Since 2009    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2010; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2008 to 2009; Head of Product Development and Management for BlackRock’s U.S. Retail Group since 2009, Co-head thereof from 2007 to 2009; Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. from 2005 to 2008.

Simon Mendelson

55 East 52 nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1964

   Vice President    Since 2009    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2005; Chief Operating Officer and head of the Global Client Group for BlackRock’s Global Cash Management Business since 2007; Head of BlackRock’s Strategy and Development Group from 2005 to 2007; Partner of McKinsey & Co. from 1997 to 2005.

Brian Schmidt

55 East 52nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1958

   Vice President    Since 2009    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2004; Various positions with U.S. Trust Company from 1991 to 2003 including Director from 2001 to 2003 and Senior Vice President from 1998 to 2003; Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Excelsior Funds, Inc., Excelsior Tax-Exempt Funds, Inc. and Excelsior Funds Trust from 2001 to 2003.

Christopher Stavrakos, CFA

55 East 52nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1959

   Vice President    Since 2009    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Co-head of BlackRock’s Cash Management Portfolio Management Group since 2006; Senior Vice President, CIO, and Director of Liability Management for the Securities Lending Group at Mellon Bank from 1999 to 2006.

Neal J. Andrews

55 East 52 nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1966

   Chief Financial Officer    Since 2009    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Senior Vice President and Line of Business Head of Fund Accounting and Administration at PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. from 1992 to 2006.

Jay M. Fife

55 East 52nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1970

   Treasurer    Since 2009    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007 and Director in 2006; Assistant Treasurer of the Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and Fund Asset Management, L.P. advised funds from 2005 to 2006; Director of MLIM Fund Services Group from 2001 to 2006.

 

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Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s) Held with
MIP

  

Length

of Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

MIP Officers4

     

Brian P. Kindelan

55 East 52 nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1959

   Chief Compliance Officer    Since 2009    Chief Compliance Officer of the BlackRock-advised funds since 2007; Managing Director and Senior Counsel of BlackRock, Inc. since 2005.

Howard B. Surloff

55 East 52 nd Street

New York, NY 10055

1965

   Secretary    Since 2009    Managing Director and General Counsel of U.S. Funds at BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; General Counsel (U.S.) of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. from 1993 to 2006.

 

4

Officers of MIP serve at the pleasure of the Board.

Further information about MIP Officers and Trustees is available in the MIP Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.

 

Investment Advisor   Custodian   Transfer Agent   Accounting Agent   Distributor
BlackRock Fund Advisors   State Street Bank   State Street Bank   State Street Bank   SEI Investments
San Francisco, CA 94105   and Trust Company   and Trust Company   and Trust Company   Distribution Co.
  Boston, MA 02101   Boston, MA 02101   Boston, MA 02101   Oaks, PA 19456
    Independent Registered   Legal Counsel   Address of the Funds
    Public Accounting Firm   Sidley Austin LLP   c/o The Distributor
    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP   New York, NY 10019   One Freedom Valley Drive
    San Francisco, CA 94111     Oaks, PA 19456

 

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer. The registrant has not made any substantive amendment to its code of ethics during the period covered by this report. The registrant has not granted any waivers from any provisions of the code of ethics during the period covered by this report.

The registrant undertakes to provide to any person without charge, upon request, a copy of its code of ethics by mail when requested by telephone at (888) 215-5506 or by email at service@paypal.com.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that its one audit committee financial expert, Richard D. Kernan, is “independent” for purposes of this Item.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

The registrant has engaged its principal accountant to perform audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services during the past two fiscal years. “Audit services” refer to performing an audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years. “Audit-related services” refer to the assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit. “Tax services” refer to professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning.

The following table details the aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for audit fees, audit-related fees, tax fees and other fees by the principal accountant.

 

     Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 2008
   Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 2009

Audit fees

   $ 15,700    $ 15,507

Audit related fees

     

Tax fees

     6,400      4,857

All other fees

     

The audit committee has adopted pre-approval policies and procedures that require the audit committee to pre-approve all audit and non-audit services performed for the registrant, including services provided to any entity affiliated with the registrant. All of the principal accountant’s hours spent on auditing the registrant’s financial statements were attributed to work performed by full-time permanent employees of the principal accountant. (If more than 50 percent of the accountant’s hours were spent to audit the registrant’s financial statements for the most recent fiscal year, state how many hours were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees.)

The following table indicates the non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s accountant for services to the registrant and to the registrant’s investment adviser (and any other controlling entity, etc.—not the adviser to the master portfolio) for the last two years. The audit committee of the board of trustees has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser and its affiliates is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence and has concluded that the provision of such non-audit services by the accountant has not compromised the accountant’s independence.

 

None-audit related fees

   Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 2008
   Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 2009

Registrant

   $ 0    $ 0

Registrant’s investment adviser and its affiliates

     

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

See Item 1.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Companies.

Not applicable to the Registrant.


Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The President and the Principal Financial Officer have concluded that, based on their evaluation as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, the disclosure controls and procedures of the Registrant (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) are reasonably designed to achieve the purposes described in the attached certification, Section 4(a).

(b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the Registrant’s 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.

(a) (1) A copy of the registrant’s Code of Ethics was filed as Exhibit 99.CODE ETH to its Form N-CSR filed on March 22, 2005, and is incorporated herein by reference.

(a) (2) Section 302 Certification letters are attached as Exhibit 99.CERT hereto.

(b) Section 906 Certifications are attached as Exhibit 99.906.CERT hereto.

 


SIGNATURES

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.

 

PayPal Funds
By:   /s/    Dana E. Schmidt
  Dana E. Schmidt, President
Date:   February 26, 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/    Dana E. Schmidt
  Dana E. Schmidt, President
Date:   February 26, 2010

 

By:   /s/    Omar J. Paz
  Omar J. Paz, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date:   February 26, 2010