BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. |
BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. |
BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. |
BlackRock Total Return Fund |
BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust |
BlackRock California Municipal |
Opportunities Fund |
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc. |
BlackRock CoRI Funds |
BlackRock CoRI 2015 Fund |
BlackRock CoRI 2017 Fund |
BlackRock CoRI 2019 Fund |
BlackRock CoRI 2021 Fund |
BlackRock CoRI 2023 Fund |
BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc. |
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund |
BlackRock EuroFund |
BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc. |
BlackRock FundsSM |
BlackRock All-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio |
BlackRock Alternative Capital Strategies Fund |
BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund |
BlackRock Disciplined Small Cap Core Fund |
BlackRock Emerging Market Allocation Portfolio |
BlackRock Emerging Markets Dividend Fund |
BlackRock Emerging Markets Long/Short |
Equity Fund |
BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio |
BlackRock Flexible Equity Fund |
BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund |
BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund |
BlackRock Global Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock International Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Macro Themes Fund |
BlackRock Managed Volatility Portfolio |
BlackRock Midcap Index Fund |
BlackRock Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock Money Market Portfolio |
BlackRock MSCI Asia ex Japan Index Fund |
BlackRock MSCI World Income Fund |
BlackRock Multi-Asset Real Return Fund |
BlackRock Multi-Manager Alternative |
Strategies Fund |
BlackRock Municipal Money Market Portfolio |
BlackRock New Jersey Municipal |
Money Market Portfolio |
BlackRock North Carolina Municipal |
Money Market Portfolio |
BlackRock Ohio Municipal Money Market Portfolio |
BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Money |
Market Portfolio |
BlackRock Real Estate Securities Fund |
BlackRock Science & Technology |
Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Short Obligations Fund |
BlackRock Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock Strategic Risk Allocation Fund |
BlackRock U.S. Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock U.S. Treasury Money Market Portfolio |
BlackRock Ultra-Short Obligations Fund |
BlackRock Virginia Municipal Money |
Market Portfolio |
BlackRock Funds II |
BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation Fund |
BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund |
BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund |
BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund |
BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Dynamic High Income Portfolio |
BlackRock Emerging Markets |
Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio |
BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio |
BlackRock GNMA Portfolio |
BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Investment Grade Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock LifePath® Active 2020 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® Active 2025 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® Active 2030 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® Active 2035 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® Active 2040 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® Active 2045 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® Active 2050 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® Active 2055 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® Active Retirement Fund |
BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio |
BlackRock Secured Credit Portfolio |
BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Funds III |
BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund |
BlackRock Large Cap Index Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® Retirement Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® 2020 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® 2025 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® 2030 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® 2035 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® 2040 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® 2045 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® 2050 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® 2055 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® Index Retirement Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2020 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2025 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2030 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2035 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2040 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2045 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2050 Fund |
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2055 Fund |
BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund |
BlackRock Total International ex U.S. Index Fund |
BlackRock U.S. Total Bond Index Fund |
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc. |
BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc. |
BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. |
BlackRock International Index Fund |
BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund |
BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. |
BlackRock Event Driven Equity Fund |
BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund |
BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund |
BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund |
BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc. |
BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund |
BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series, Inc. |
BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund |
BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust |
BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund |
BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund |
BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund |
BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. |
BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund |
BlackRock National Municipal Fund |
BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund |
BlackRock Municipal Series Trust |
BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund |
BlackRock Natural Resources Trust |
BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc. |
BlackRock Series, Inc. |
BlackRock International Fund |
BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II |
BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund, Inc. |
BlackRock World Income Fund, Inc. |
FDP Series, Inc. |
Franklin Templeton Total Return FDP Fund |
Invesco Value FDP Fund |
Marsico Growth FDP Fund |
MFS Research International FDP Fund |
Managed Account Series |
BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio |
(each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”)
Supplement dated July 1, 2015 to the Prospectus of each Fund
Effective on September 1, 2015, each Fund’s Prospectus is amended as follows:
In the section entitled “Fund Overview — Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares” in each Fund’s Prospectus for Institutional Shares, the Institutional Shares column of the table is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Institutional Shares | |
Minimum Initial Investment | There is no minimum initial investment for employer-sponsored retirement plans (not |
including SEP IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs or SARSEPs), state sponsored 529 college | |
savings plans, collective trust funds, investment companies or other pooled investment | |
vehicles, unaffiliated thrifts and unaffiliated banks and trust companies, each of which | |
may purchase shares of the Fund through a Financial Intermediary that has entered | |
into an agreement with the Fund’s distributor to purchase such shares. | |
$2 million for individuals and “Institutional Investors,” which, include but are not | |
limited to, endowments, foundations, family offices, local, city, and state governmental | |
institutions, corporations and insurance company separate accounts who may purchase | |
shares of the Fund through a Financial Intermediary that has entered into an agreement | |
with the Fund’s distributor to purchase such shares. | |
$1,000 for investors of Financial Intermediaries that: (i) charge such investors a fee for | |
advisory, investment consulting, or similar services or (ii) have entered into agreement | |
with the Fund’s distributor to offer Institutional Shares through a no-load program or | |
investment platform. | |
Minimum Additional Investment | No subsequent minimum. |
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In the section entitled “Account Information — How to Choose the Share Class that Best Suits Your Needs” in each Fund’s current Prospectus for Institutional Shares, the first two rows of the Institutional Shares column of the table are deleted in their entirety and replaced with the following with regards to Institutional Shares:
Institutional | ||
Availability | Limited to certain investors, including: | |
• | Individuals and Institutional Investors who may purchase shares of the Fund | |
through a Financial Intermediary that has entered into an agreement with the | ||
Distributor to purchase such shares. | ||
• | Employer-sponsored retirement plans (not including SEP IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs or | |
SARSEPs), state sponsored 529 college savings plans, collective trust funds, | ||
investment companies or other pooled investment vehicles, unaffiliated thrifts and | ||
unaffiliated banks and trust companies, each of which may purchase shares of the | ||
Fund through a Financial Intermediary that has entered into an agreement with the | ||
Distributor to purchase such shares. | ||
• | Employees, officers and directors/trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates. | |
• | Participants in certain programs sponsored by BlackRock or its affiliates or other | |
Financial Intermediaries. | ||
Minimum Investment | There is no investment minimum for: | |
• | Employer-sponsored retirement plans (not including SEP IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs or | |
SARSEPs), state sponsored 529 college savings plans, collective trust funds, | ||
investment companies or other pooled investment vehicles, unaffiliated thrifts and | ||
unaffiliated banks and trust companies. | ||
• | Employees, officers and directors/trustees of BlackRock or its affiliates. | |
$2 million for individuals and Institutional Investors. | ||
$1,000 for investors of Financial Intermediaries that: (i) charge such investors a fee for | ||
advisory, investment consulting, or similar services or (ii) have entered into an | ||
agreement with the Distributor to offer Institutional Shares through a no-load program | ||
or investment platform. |
The last paragraph in the section entitled “Account Information — Details About the Share Classes —Institutional Shares” or “Account Information — Details About the Share Classes,” as applicable, in each Fund’s current Prospectus for Institutional Shares is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following with regards to Institutional Shares:
Eligible Institutional investors include the following:
n | Individuals and “Institutional Investors” with a minimum initial investment of $2 million who may purchase shares of the Fund through a Financial Intermediary that has entered into an agreement with the Distributor to purchase such shares; |
n | Investors of Financial Intermediaries that: (i) charge such investors a fee for advisory, investment consulting, or similar services or (ii) have entered into an agreement with the Distributor to offer Institutional Shares through a no-load program or investment platform, in each case, with a minimum initial investment of $1,000; |
n | Employer-sponsored retirement plans (not including SEP IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs or SARSEPs), state sponsored 529 college savings plans, collective trust funds, investment companies or other pooled investment vehicles, unaffiliated thrifts and unaffiliated banks and trust companies, each of which is not subject to any minimum initial investment and may purchase shares of the Fund through a Financial Intermediary that has entered into an agreement with the Distributor to purchase such shares; |
n | Trust department clients of PNC Bank and Bank of America, N.A. and their affiliates for whom they (i) act in a fiduciary capacity (excluding participant directed employee benefit plans); (ii) otherwise have investment discretion; or (iii) act as custodian for at least $2 million in assets, who are not subject to any minimum initial investment; |
n | Holders of certain BofA Corp. sponsored UITs who reinvest dividends received from such UITs in shares of the Fund, who are not subject to any minimum initial investment; and |
n | Employees, officers and directors/trustees of BlackRock, Inc., BlackRock Funds, BofA Corp., PNC, Barclays or their respective affiliates, who are not subject to any minimum initial investment. |
The Fund reserves the right to modify or waive the above-stated policies at any time.
Shareholders should retain this Supplement for future reference.
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