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BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares

Series C Portfolio

Series M Portfolio

Series S Portfolio

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

BlackRock Global Growth Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Bond Fund

BlackRock High Income Fund

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

BlackRock EuroFund

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund

BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series, Inc.

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund

Managed Account Series

High Income Portfolio

US Mortgage Portfolio

Global SmallCap Portfolio

Mid Cap Value Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Funds II

Total Return Portfolio

Total Return Portfolio II

Delaware Municipal Bond Portfolio

Enhanced Income Portfolio

AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio

GNMA Portfolio

Government Income Portfolio

High Yield Bond Portfolio

Intermediate Bond Portfolio II

Prepared Portfolio 2010

Prepared Portfolio 2015

Prepared Portfolio 2020

Prepared Portfolio 2025

Prepared Portfolio 2030

Prepared Portfolio 2035

Prepared Portfolio 2040

Prepared Portfolio 2045

Prepared Portfolio 2050

Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

International Bond Portfolio

Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio

Low Duration Bond Portfolio

Managed Income Portfolio

Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Strategic Portfolio I

Conservative Prepared Portfolio

Moderate Prepared Portfolio

Growth Prepared Portfolio

Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio

BlackRock Short Term Bond Series, Inc.

BlackRock Short Term Bond Fund

BlackRock Focus Value Fund, Inc.


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BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.

BlackRock Balanced Capital V.I. Fund

BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund

BlackRock Bond V.I. Fund

BlackRock Fundamental Growth V.I. Fund

BlackRock Global Growth V.I. Fund

BlackRock S&P 500 Index V.I. Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Core V.I. Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Growth V.I. Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Value V.I. Fund

BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications V.I. Fund

BlackRock Value Opportunities V.I. Fund

BlackRock International Value V.I. Fund

BlackRock Government Income V.I. Fund

BlackRock High Income V.I. Fund

BlackRock Money Market V.I. Fund

FDP Series, Inc.

Franklin Templeton Total Return FDP Fund

Marsico Growth FDP Fund

MFS Research International FDP Fund

Van Kampen Value FDP Fund

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

The GNMA Fund Investment Accumulation Program, Inc.

BlackRock Principal Protected Trust

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Principal Protected Fund

BlackRock Basic Value Principal Protected Fund

BlackRock Core Principal Protected Fund

BlackRock FundsSM

Asset Allocation Portfolio

All-Cap Global Resources Portfolio

Aurora Portfolio

Investment Trust

Exchange Portfolio

Global Opportunities Portfolio

Global Resources Portfolio

Global Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio

Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

International Opportunities Portfolio

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio

Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio

Small Cap Value Equity Portfolio

Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

U.S. Opportunities Portfolio

Index Equity Portfolio

Money Market Portfolio

Municipal Money Market Portfolio

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock Florida Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Fund, Inc.

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock California Insured Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Focus Twenty Fund, Inc.

BlackRock World Income Fund, Inc.

BlackRock International Value Trust

BlackRock International Value Fund

Master Value Opportunities LLC

Master Basic Value LLC

Master Focus Twenty LLC

Short-Term Bond Master LLC

Short-Term Bond Master Portfolio

Master Commodity Strategies LLC

Master Bond LLC

Master Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Series Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Balanced Capital Portfolio

BlackRock Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Portfolio

BlackRock Global Allocation Portfolio

BlackRock Government Income Portfolio

BlackRock High Income Portfolio

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

BlackRock Large Cap Core Portfolio

Merrill Lynch U.S. Treasury Money Fund

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

BlackRock International Index Fund

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

Merrill Lynch Ready Assets Trust

BlackRock Healthcare Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Global Technology Fund, Inc.

CMA Money Fund

CMA Government Securities Fund

CMA Tax-Exempt Fund

CMA Treasury Fund

WCMA Government Securities Fund

WCMA Money Fund

WCMA Tax-Exempt Fund

WCMA Treasury Fund

BlackRock Developing Capital Markets Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund, Inc.


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U.S. Treasury Money Market Portfolio

North Carolina Municipal Money Market Portfolio

New Jersey Municipal Money Market Portfolio

Ohio Municipal Money Market Portfolio

Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Portfolio

Virginia Municipal Money Market Portfolio

Merrill Lynch U.S.A. Government Reserves

BlackRock Series, Inc.

BlackRock International Fund

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II

BlackRock Financial Institution Series Trust

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

CMA Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

CMA Arizona Municipal Money Fund

CMA California Municipal Money Fund

CMA Connecticut Municipal Money Fund

CMA Florida Municipal Money Fund

CMA Massachusetts Municipal Money Fund

CMA Michigan Municipal Money Fund

CMA New Jersey Municipal Money Fund

CMA New York Municipal Money Fund

CMA North Carolina Municipal Money Fund

CMA Ohio Municipal Money Fund

CMA Pennsylvania Municipal Money Fund

Quantitative Master Series LLC

Master Enhanced Small Cap Series

Master Core Bond Enhanced Index Series

Master Enhanced International Series

Master Enhanced S&P 500 Series

Master Extended Market Index Series

Master International Index Series

Master Mid Cap Index Series

Master S&P 500 Index Series

Master Small Cap Index Series

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund

Merrill Lynch Retirement Series Trust

Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves Money Fund

Merrill Lynch Funds For Institutions Series

Merrill Lynch Government Fund

Merrill Lynch Treasury Fund

Merrill Lynch Institutional Fund

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Fund

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund

Global Financial Services Master LLC

Master Large Cap Series LLC

Master Large Cap Core Portfolio

Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio

Master Large Cap Value Portfolio

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Portfolio

Merrill Lynch Institutional Portfolio

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Portfolio

BlackRock Master LLC

BlackRock Master Small Cap Growth Portfolio

BlackRock Master International Portfolio

Master Treasury LLC

Master Tax-Exempt LLC

Master Government Securities LLC

Master Money LLC

 


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BLACKROCK-ADVISED FUNDS*

 

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, Delaware 19809

(800) 441-7762

 

July 2, 2007

 

Dear Shareholder:

 

A meeting of your BlackRock-advised fund (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) will be held at the offices of BlackRock, Inc., Park Avenue Plaza, 55 East 52nd Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10022, on Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time), or on Friday, September 7, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern time) (see Appendix A of the enclosed joint proxy statement for the date of your Fund’s meeting) (the “Meeting”), to vote on the proposals discussed in the enclosed joint proxy statement.

 

The purpose of the Meeting is to seek shareholder approval of proposals recently approved by your Fund’s board of directors or trustees (each, an “Existing Board” and collectively, the “Existing Boards,” the members of which are referred to as “Board Members”). On September 29, 2006, BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) consummated a transaction (the “Transaction”) with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. whereby Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.’s investment management business, including Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. and certain affiliates (“MLIM”), combined with that of BlackRock to create a new independent company that is one of the world’s largest asset management firms with approximately $1.154 trillion in assets under management as of March 31, 2007. These proposals would implement initiatives resulting from the Transaction.

 

Following the Transaction, BlackRock, in consultation with all of the boards of directors or trustees of the funds in the BlackRock family of funds, undertook a comprehensive review of all of the funds currently advised by BlackRock affiliates, including the funds formerly advised by MLIM, with a goal of moving the funds to a more cohesive and rational operating platform. (The funds currently advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC, BlackRock Institutional Management Corporation or BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. (collectively, “BlackRock Advisors”), each a wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, are referred to as the “Fund complex,” and all of the boards of directors or trustees of the funds in the Fund complex, including the Existing Boards, are referred to collectively as the “Boards.”) Subsequent to that review, and following extensive and substantial consultation with the Boards of the funds in the Fund complex, BlackRock recommended proposals designed to streamline and enhance the effectiveness of Board oversight of the Fund complex. At Board meetings held during May 2007, the Board Members approved these proposals on behalf of the Funds, subject to approval by the Funds’ shareholders.

 

One or more of these proposals require your approval. We are seeking your approval of proposals relating to the following issues through the enclosed joint proxy statement.

 

1. Elect Nominees (all Funds). As described in the enclosed proxy statement, all shareholders are being asked to elect director or trustee nominees of their Funds. Currently, seven different Boards oversee the open-end and closed-end funds in the Fund complex. It is proposed that the Boards be realigned and consolidated so that the open-end funds are overseen by just two new boards (one new board would oversee certain equity funds, all fixed-income funds and funds designed for sale through insurance company separate accounts, and the other new board would oversee certain other equity funds and all money market funds). It is also proposed that a third

 


*   The Funds are listed in the Notice of Meeting and in Appendix A to the enclosed joint proxy statement.


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new board would oversee the closed-end funds. (Each new board is referred to as a “New Board” and collectively, the “New Boards.”) Each Board has reviewed the qualifications and backgrounds of the nominees and believes that they are experienced in overseeing investment companies and are familiar with the Fund complex and with BlackRock Advisors. As discussed in more detail on page 13 of the enclosed joint proxy statement, the Board Members and BlackRock believe that: (i) a single New Board overseeing funds of a specific type may enhance that New Board’s efficiency by enabling Board Members to focus their attention on issues common to many of the funds overseen by the New Boards and to act to resolve these issues in a shorter time frame; (ii) realigning the Boards into three New Boards may reduce certain fund expenses, such as costs associated with holding Board meetings, committee meetings and, to the extent necessary, shareholder meetings; (iii) reducing the administrative costs and burden on fund management that are inherent in reporting to seven Boards may allow fund management to devote more time and resources to providing other services to the funds in the Fund complex, including to facilitate management’s high level planning and strategic initiatives for the entire Fund complex; (iv) having fewer Boards will facilitate more effective communication between fund management and the New Boards; (v) a smaller number of Boards may result in more efficient and effective presentations at New Board meetings; and (vi) a smaller number of Boards may benefit the funds and their shareholders by enhancing the effectiveness of New Board oversight of the funds, their management and their other service providers and may facilitate more uniform oversight of the funds in the Fund complex.

 

2. Approve Change in Investment Objective (Master Bond Portfolio and BlackRock Bond Fund only). As described in the enclosed joint proxy statement, shareholders of Master Bond Portfolio and BlackRock Bond Fund are being asked to approve a change in each such Fund’s investment objective from: to seek, as a primary objective, to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income as is consistent with the investment policies and, as a secondary objective, to seek capital appreciation when consistent with its primary objective, to: to realize a total return that exceeds that of the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index. The Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index is currently each Fund’s benchmark index and is a widely recognized unmanaged market-weighted index. The investment objective of each Fund will remain a fundamental policy that may be changed only by shareholder vote. If the amended investment objective is approved by shareholders, BlackRock Bond Fund will change its name to “BlackRock Total Return Fund.” Since total return is a combination of current income and capital appreciation, the change in investment objective is not expected to materially change the manner in which either BlackRock Bond Fund or Master Bond Portfolio is currently managed. Also, the principal risks of investing in BlackRock Bond Fund and Master Bond Portfolio will not be changed in any material respect by this change in investment objective. The change in investment objective, however, may provide the portfolio management team with greater flexibility in managing the portfolio. BlackRock Bond Fund is organized in a “master/feeder” structure and is a feeder fund that invests all of its assets in Master Bond Portfolio, a series of Master Bond LLC, that has the same investment objective and strategies as BlackRock Bond Fund. The shareholders of BlackRock Bond Fund will also be asked to vote on the proposal to approve changing the investment objective of Master Bond Portfolio.

 

Please note that separate joint proxy statements are being sent to the shareholders of BlackRock Liquidity Funds and to the shareholders of the closed-end funds in the Fund complex, who are being asked to vote on the Board consolidation discussed above. Also, shareholders of certain open-end funds are being asked to consider reorganizations involving their funds. Separate proxy materials relating to those proposed fund reorganizations have been, or will be, sent to shareholders of these funds.

 

If you are a shareholder of a Fund organized in a “master/feeder” structure, you will be asked to vote in connection with matters applicable to your feeder Fund’s respective master Fund (noted in Appendix A).


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The Board Members responsible for your Fund recommend that you vote “FOR” the proposal(s) with respect to your Fund. However, before you vote, please read the full text of the joint proxy statement for an explanation of each proposal.

 

Your vote is important. Even if you plan to attend and vote in person at the Meeting, please promptly follow the enclosed instructions to submit voting instructions by telephone or over the Internet. Alternatively, you may submit voting instructions by signing and dating each proxy card you receive, and if received by mail, returning it in the accompanying postage-paid return envelope.

 

If you have any questions about the proposals to be voted on, please call Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. at 1-888-684-2440.

 

Sincerely,

 

Brian P. Kindelan

Secretary of certain Funds

and

Alice A. Pellegrino

Secretary of certain Funds


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IMPORTANT NEWS

FOR FUND SHAREHOLDERS

 

While we encourage you to read the full text of the enclosed joint proxy statement, for your convenience we have provided a brief overview of the matters to be voted on.

 

Questions and Answers

 

Q.   Why am I receiving the joint proxy statement?

 

A.   The purpose of the Meeting is to seek shareholder approval of proposals recently approved by your fund’s board of directors or trustees (each, an “Existing Board” and collectively, the “Existing Boards,” the members of which are referred to as “Board Members”). As a shareholder of one or more of the funds (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC, BlackRock Institutional Management Corporation or BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. (collectively, “BlackRock Advisors”), each a wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”), you are being asked to elect director or trustee nominees of your Fund and, in certain cases, to approve a change to your Fund’s investment objective. (The funds currently advised by BlackRock Advisors are referred to as the “Fund complex” and all of the boards of directors or trustees of the funds in the Fund complex, including the Existing Boards, are referred to collectively as the “Boards.”) The table beginning on page 16 of the joint proxy statement identifies the nominees that Fund shareholders are being asked to approve. The enclosed proxy card(s) indicate the Fund(s) in which you hold shares and the proposal(s) on which you are being asked to vote.

 

Q.   Why am I being asked to elect Nominees?

 

A.   On September 29, 2006, BlackRock consummated a transaction (the “Transaction”) with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. whereby Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.’s investment management business, including Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. and certain affiliates (“MLIM”), combined with that of BlackRock to create a new independent company that is one of the world’s largest asset management firms with approximately $1.154 trillion in assets under management as of March 31, 2007. The Transaction resulted in BlackRock having seven Boards that oversee nearly 300 funds. BlackRock and each Board believe that realigning and consolidating the seven Boards into three new boards (each, a “New Board”) would enable the New Boards to focus more attention on issues of particular relevance to the types of funds they oversee and to streamline and enhance the effectiveness of New Board oversight of the funds in the Fund complex.

 

These proposals cannot be effected without shareholder approval. Your Fund’s Existing Board has approved the proposals you are being asked to vote on, believes they are in shareholders’ best interests, and recommends that you approve them.

 

Q.   What am I being asked to vote “FOR” in the joint proxy statement?

 

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Shareholders are being asked to elect director or trustee nominees, as described in Proposals 1(a) and 1(b). Currently, seven different Boards oversee the open-end and closed-end funds in the Fund complex. It is proposed that the Boards be realigned and consolidated so that the open-end funds are overseen by just two New Boards (one New Board would oversee certain equity funds, all fixed-income funds and all funds designed for sale through insurance company separate accounts, and the other New Board would oversee certain other equity funds and all money market funds). It is also proposed that a third New Board would oversee the closed-end funds. The proposals for BlackRock Liquidity Funds and the closed-end funds are covered in separate proxy statements. Each Existing Board has reviewed the qualifications and backgrounds of the nominees and believes that they are experienced in overseeing investment companies and are familiar with the Fund complex and


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with BlackRock Advisors. As discussed in more detail on page 13 of the enclosed joint proxy statement, the Board Members and BlackRock believe that: (i) a single New Board overseeing funds of a specific type may enhance that New Board’s efficiency by enabling Board Members to focus their attention on issues common to many of the funds overseen by the New Boards and to act to resolve these issues in a shorter time frame; (ii) realigning the Boards into three New Boards may reduce certain fund expenses, such as costs associated with holding Board meetings, committee meetings and, to the extent necessary, shareholder meetings; (iii) reducing the administrative costs and burden on fund management that are inherent in reporting to seven Boards may allow fund management to devote more time and resources to providing other services to the funds in the Fund complex, including to facilitate management’s high level planning and strategic initiatives for the entire Fund complex; (iv) having fewer Boards will facilitate more effective communication between fund management and the New Boards; (v) a smaller number of Boards may result in more efficient and effective presentations at New Board meetings; and (vi) a smaller number of Boards may benefit the funds and their shareholders by enhancing the effectiveness of New Board oversight of the funds, their management and their other service providers and may facilitate more uniform oversight of the funds in the Fund complex.

 

Shareholders of Master Bond Portfolio and BlackRock Bond Fund also are being asked to approve a change to each Fund’s investment objective to: to realize a total return that exceeds that of the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index.

 

Q.   As a shareholder of BlackRock Bond Fund and/or Master Bond Portfolio, why am I being asked to approve a change in my Fund’s investment objective?

 

A.   Shareholders are being asked to approve a change in the investment objective of BlackRock Bond Fund and Master Bond Portfolio in connection with a proposed tax-free reorganization in which BlackRock Bond Fund will acquire all of the assets of BlackRock Total Return Portfolio (“Total Return”), a portfolio of BlackRock Funds II, in exchange for shares of common stock of BlackRock Bond Fund and the assumption by BlackRock Bond Fund of certain stated liabilities of Total Return (the “Reorganization”). As is currently the case with BlackRock Bond Fund, the combined fund will continue to invest all of its assets in Master Bond Portfolio as a feeder fund in a master/feeder structure. After completion of the Reorganization, Master Bond Portfolio is expected to be managed by the portfolio management team that includes members who have managed Total Return during its entire operating history and in the same manner as Total Return is currently managed. Shareholders of BlackRock Bond Fund and Master Bond Portfolio are not required, and are not being asked, to vote on the Reorganization. If shareholders do not approve this change in investment objective, the Reorganization will not be consummated as contemplated, and the Funds will continue to be managed separately and in accordance with their stated investment objective and policies.

 

The investment objective of Master Bond Portfolio and BlackRock Bond Fund will remain a fundamental policy that may be changed only by shareholder vote. The investment objective of Total Return is to realize a total return that exceeds that of the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index. The investment objective of Master Bond Portfolio and BlackRock Bond Fund is to seek, as a primary objective, to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income as is consistent with the investment policies and, as a secondary objective, to seek capital appreciation when consistent with its primary objective. Also, the principal risks of investing in BlackRock Bond Fund and Master Bond Portfolio will not be changed in any material respect by this change in investment objective. The change in investment objective, however, may provide the portfolio management team with greater flexibility in managing the portfolio. BlackRock Bond Fund is organized in a “master/feeder” structure and is a feeder fund that invests all of its assets in the Master Bond Portfolio, a series of Master Bond LLC. Master Bond Portfolio has the same investment objective and strategies as BlackRock Bond Fund. The shareholders of BlackRock Bond Fund will also vote on the proposal to approve changing the investment objective of Master Bond Portfolio.


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This proposal cannot be effected without shareholder approval. Your Fund’s Existing Board has approved the proposal you are being asked to vote on, believes it is in shareholders’ best interest, and recommends that you approve it.

 

Q.   Will my vote make a difference?

 

A.   Your vote is very important and can make a difference in the governance and management of the Funds, no matter how many shares you own. Your vote can help ensure that the proposal(s) recommended by the Existing Boards can be implemented. We encourage all shareholders to participate in the governance of their Funds.

 

Q.   Am I being asked to approve a reorganization of my fund with another fund?

 

A.   Not as part of the joint proxy statement; however, as part of the board consolidation initiative discussed above, shareholders of a number of open-end funds are being asked to consider a reorganization of their fund with another fund. If this type of reorganization is proposed for your open-end fund, you will receive (or may have already received) a separate combined proxy statement/prospectus to consider and vote on that proposal.

 

Q.   Are the Funds paying for preparation, printing and mailing of the joint proxy statement?

 

A.   The costs associated with the joint proxy statement, including the mailing and the proxy solicitation costs, will be shared equally between BlackRock and the Funds. Additional out-of-pocket costs, such as legal expenses and auditor fees, incurred in connection with the preparation of the joint proxy statement, also will be shared equally between BlackRock and the Funds. Costs that are borne by the Funds collectively will be allocated among the Funds on the basis of a combination of their respective net assets and number of shareholder accounts, except when direct costs can reasonably be attributed to one or more specific Funds. The Funds and BlackRock have retained Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, New York 11717, a proxy solicitation firm, to assist in the solicitation of proxies. It is anticipated that Broadridge will be paid approximately $4,749,062 for such solicitation services (including reimbursements of out-of-pocket expenses), to be shared equally by BlackRock and the Funds.

 

Q.   Whom do I call if I have questions?

 

A.   If you need more information, or have any questions about voting, please call Broadridge, the Funds’ proxy solicitor, at 1-888-684-2440.

 

Q.   How do I vote my shares?

 

A.   You can provide voting instructions by telephone by calling the toll-free number on the proxy card(s) or by computer by going to the Internet address provided on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or proxy card(s) and following the instructions. Alternatively, if you received your proxy card(s) by mail, you can vote your shares by signing and dating the proxy card(s) and mailing it in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. You may also attend the Meeting and vote in person; however, even if you intend to do so, we encourage you to provide voting instructions by one of the methods discussed above.

 

Please vote now. Your vote is important.

 

To avoid the wasteful and unnecessary expense of further solicitation, we urge you to indicate your voting instructions on the proxy card, if received by mail, date and sign it and return it promptly in the envelope provided, or record your voting instructions by telephone or via the Internet, no matter how large or small your holdings may be. If your shares are held through a broker, you must provide voting instructions to your broker about how to vote your shares in order for your broker to vote your shares as you instruct at the Meeting.

 

 

 


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BLACKROCK-ADVISED FUNDS

 

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, Delaware 19809

(800) 441-7762

 

NOTICE OF A MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

To Be Held on August 23, 2007 or

on September 7, 2007

 

A meeting (each, a “Meeting”) of the shareholders of the funds identified below (each, a “Fund”) will be held at the offices of BlackRock, Inc., Park Avenue Plaza, 55 East 52nd Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10022, on Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time), or on Friday, September 7, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern time) (see Appendix A of the enclosed Joint Proxy Statement for the date of your Fund’s Meeting), to consider and vote on the proposals, as more fully described in the accompanying Joint Proxy Statement:

 

PROPOSAL 1(a).      To Elect Nominees of the Group A Funds. (To be voted on by shareholders of the Group A Funds identified in the table beginning on page 3 of the Joint Proxy Statement.)
PROPOSAL 1(b).      To Elect Nominees of the Group B Funds. (To be voted on by shareholders of the Group B Funds identified in the table beginning on page 3 of the Joint Proxy Statement.)
PROPOSAL 2.      To Approve a change in the investment objective of each of BlackRock Bond Fund and Master Bond Portfolio. (To be voted on by shareholders of BlackRock Bond Fund and Master Bond Portfolio.)
PROPOSAL 3.      To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof.

 

Your Board recommends that you vote “FOR” the Proposal(s) upon which you are being asked to vote.

 

Shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 25, 2007 are entitled to vote at the Meetings and at any adjournments or postponements thereof.

 

If you own shares in more than one Fund as of June 25, 2007, you may receive more than one proxy card. Please be certain to sign, date and return each proxy card you receive.

 

By order of the Boards of Directors/Trustees,

 

Brian P. Kindelan

Secretary of certain Funds

and

Alice A. Pellegrino

Secretary of certain Funds

 

July 2, 2007

 

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Funds Holding Meetings of Shareholders

 

Group A Funds (certain equity Funds, all fixed-income Funds in the Fund complex and all Funds in the Fund complex designed for sale through insurance company separate accounts):

 

BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares

Series C Portfolio

Series M Portfolio

Series S Portfolio

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

BlackRock Global Growth Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Bond Fund

BlackRock High Income Fund

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

BlackRock EuroFund

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund

BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series, Inc.

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund

Managed Account Series

High Income Portfolio

US Mortgage Portfolio

Global SmallCap Portfolio

Mid Cap Value Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.

BlackRock Balanced Capital V.I. Fund

BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund

BlackRock Bond V.I. Fund

BlackRock Fundamental Growth V.I. Fund

BlackRock Global Growth V.I. Fund

BlackRock S&P 500 Index V.I. Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Core V.I. Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Growth V.I. Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Value V.I. Fund

BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications V.I. Fund

BlackRock Value Opportunities V.I. Fund

BlackRock International Value V.I. Fund

BlackRock Government Income V.I. Fund

BlackRock High Income V.I. Fund

BlackRock Money Market V.I. Fund

BlackRock Funds II

Total Return Portfolio

Total Return Portfolio II

Delaware Municipal Bond Portfolio

Enhanced Income Portfolio

AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio

GNMA Portfolio

Government Income Portfolio

High Yield Bond Portfolio

Intermediate Bond Portfolio II

Prepared Portfolio 2010

Prepared Portfolio 2015

Prepared Portfolio 2020

Prepared Portfolio 2025

Prepared Portfolio 2030

Prepared Portfolio 2035

Prepared Portfolio 2040

Prepared Portfolio 2045

Prepared Portfolio 2050

Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

International Bond Portfolio

Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio

Low Duration Bond Portfolio

Managed Income Portfolio

Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Strategic Portfolio I

Conservative Prepared Portfolio

Moderate Prepared Portfolio

Growth Prepared Portfolio

Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio

BlackRock Short Term Bond Series, Inc.

BlackRock Short Term Bond Fund

BlackRock Focus Value Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock Florida Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

 

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BlackRock Fundamental Growth Fund, Inc.

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock California Insured Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Focus Twenty Fund, Inc.

BlackRock World Income Fund, Inc.

BlackRock International Value Trust

BlackRock International Value Fund

Master Value Opportunities LLC

Master Basic Value LLC

Master Focus Twenty LLC

FDP Series, Inc.

Franklin Templeton Total Return FDP Fund

Marsico Growth FDP Fund

MFS Research International FDP Fund

Van Kampen Value FDP Fund

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

The GNMA Fund Investment Accumulation Program, Inc.

BlackRock Principal Protected Trust

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Principal Protected Fund

BlackRock Basic Value Principal Protected Fund

BlackRock Core Principal Protected Fund

Short-Term Bond Master LLC

Short-Term Bond Master Portfolio

Master Commodity Strategies LLC

Master Bond LLC

Master Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Series Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Balanced Capital Portfolio

BlackRock Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Portfolio

BlackRock Global Allocation Portfolio

BlackRock Government Income Portfolio

BlackRock High Income Portfolio

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

BlackRock Large Cap Core Portfolio

Group B Funds (certain equity Funds and certain money market Funds in the Fund complex):

BlackRock FundsSM

Asset Allocation Portfolio

All-Cap Global Resources Portfolio

Aurora Portfolio

Investment Trust

Exchange Portfolio

Global Opportunities Portfolio

Global Resources Portfolio

Global Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio

Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

International Opportunities Portfolio

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio

Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio

Small Cap Value Equity Portfolio

Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

U.S. Opportunities Portfolio

Index Equity Portfolio

Money Market Portfolio

Municipal Money Market Portfolio

U.S. Treasury Money Market Portfolio

North Carolina Municipal Money Market Portfolio

New Jersey Municipal Money Market Portfolio

Ohio Municipal Money Market Portfolio

Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Portfolio

Virginia Municipal Money Market Portfolio

Merrill Lynch U.S.A. Government Reserves

BlackRock Series, Inc.

BlackRock International Fund

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II

BlackRock Financial Institution Series Trust

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

Merrill Lynch U.S. Treasury Money Fund

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

BlackRock International Index Fund

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

Merrill Lynch Ready Assets Trust

BlackRock Healthcare Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Global Technology Fund, Inc.

CMA Money Fund

CMA Government Securities Fund

CMA Tax-Exempt Fund

CMA Treasury Fund

WCMA Government Securities Fund

WCMA Money Fund

WCMA Tax-Exempt Fund

WCMA Treasury Fund

BlackRock Developing Capital Markets Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

 

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BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund

Merrill Lynch Retirement Series Trust

Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves Money Fund

Merrill Lynch Funds For Institutions Series

Merrill Lynch Government Fund

Merrill Lynch Treasury Fund

Merrill Lynch Institutional Fund

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Fund

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund

Global Financial Services Master LLC

Master Large Cap Series LLC

Master Large Cap Core Portfolio

Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio

Master Large Cap Value Portfolio

CMA Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

CMA Arizona Municipal Money Fund

CMA California Municipal Money Fund

CMA Connecticut Municipal Money Fund

CMA Florida Municipal Money Fund

CMA Massachusetts Municipal Money Fund

CMA Michigan Municipal Money Fund

CMA New Jersey Municipal Money Fund

CMA New York Municipal Money Fund

CMA North Carolina Municipal Money Fund

CMA Ohio Municipal Money Fund

CMA Pennsylvania Municipal Money Fund

Quantitative Master Series LLC

Master Enhanced Small Cap Series

Master Core Bond Enhanced Index Series

Master Enhanced International Series

Master Enhanced S&P 500 Series

Master Extended Market Index Series

Master International Index Series

Master Mid Cap Index Series

Master S&P 500 Index Series

Master Small Cap Index Series

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Portfolio

Merrill Lynch Institutional Portfolio

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Portfolio

BlackRock Master LLC

BlackRock Master Small Cap Growth Portfolio

BlackRock Master International Portfolio

Master Treasury LLC

Master Tax-Exempt LLC

Master Government Securities LLC

Master Money LLC

 

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     Page

JOINT PROXY STATEMENT

   1

SUMMARY OF PROPOSALS AND FUNDS VOTING

   3

PROPOSAL 1—TO ELECT NOMINEES

   10

PROPOSAL 2—TO CHANGE THE INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE OF EACH OF BLACKROCK BOND FUND AND MASTER BOND PORTFOLIO

   27

VOTE REQUIRED AND MANNER OF VOTING PROXIES

   28

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMS

   31

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

   32

Appendix A—Corporations, Trusts, LLCs and Series

   A-1

Appendix B—Fund Information

   B-1

Appendix C—Compensation of the Board Members

   C-1

Appendix D—Equity Securities Owned by Nominees

   D-1

Appendix E—Meetings of the Existing Boards

   E-1

Appendix F—Standing Committees of the Existing Boards

   F-1

Appendix G—Governance and Nominating Committee Charters

   G-1

Appendix H—Officers of the Funds

   H-1

Appendix I—Audit Fees, Audit Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees to Independent Registered Public Accountants

   I-1

Appendix J—5% Share Ownership

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BLACKROCK-ADVISED FUNDS

 

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, Delaware 19809

(800) 441-7762

 

MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

 


AUGUST 23, 2007 OR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007


 

JOINT PROXY STATEMENT

 

This joint proxy statement (the “Joint Proxy Statement”) is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the board of directors or trustees (each, an “Existing Board,” the members of which are referred to as “Board Members”) of each of the BlackRock-advised funds listed in the accompanying Notice of a Meeting of Shareholders (each, a “Fund”) of proxies to be voted at a meeting of shareholders of each such Fund to be held at the offices of BlackRock, Inc., Park Avenue Plaza, 55 East 52nd Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10022, on Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time), or on Friday, September 7, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern time) (see Appendix A of this enclosed Joint Proxy Statement for the date) (for each Fund, a “Meeting”), and at any and all adjournments or postponements thereof. A Meeting will be held for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice.

 

The Board of each Fund has determined that the use of this Joint Proxy Statement for such Fund’s Meeting is in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders in light of the similar matters being considered and voted on by the shareholders of each of the Funds. This Joint Proxy Statement and the accompanying materials, or a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, are being mailed to shareholders on or about July 11, 2007.

 

Each Fund is organized as either a Massachusetts business trust (each, a “Massachusetts Trust”), or a series of a Massachusetts Trust, a Maryland corporation (each, a “Maryland Corporation”), or a series of a Maryland Corporation, a Delaware statutory trust (each, a “Delaware Trust”), or a series of a Delaware Trust, or a Delaware limited liability company (each, a “Delaware LLC”), or a series of a Delaware LLC. The Massachusetts Trusts, Maryland Corporations, Delaware Trusts and Delaware LLCs (each, a “Registrant”) are investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”). A list of each Registrant and series of each Registrant (if any), is set forth in Appendix A.

 

Shareholders of record of a Fund as of the close of business on June 25, 2007 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to attend and to vote at that Fund’s Meeting. Shareholders of the Funds are entitled to one vote for each share held, and each fractional share is entitled to a proportionate fractional vote, with no shares having cumulative voting rights. The quorum requirement for each Fund, and the vote requirement for Proposal 1, is set forth in Appendix B. The vote requirement for Proposal 2 is set forth under “Vote Required and Manner of Voting Proxies.” If you are a shareholder of a Fund organized in a “master/feeder” structure, you will be asked to vote in connection with matters applicable to your feeder Fund’s respective master Fund (noted in Appendix A).

 

The number of shares of each Fund outstanding as of the close of business on the Record Date and the net assets of each Fund as of that date are shown in Appendix B. Except as set forth in Appendix J, to the knowledge of each Fund, as of the Record Date, no person was the beneficial owner of five percent or more of a class of that Fund’s outstanding shares.

 

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The Fund of which you are a shareholder is named on the proxy card or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. If you own shares in more than one Fund as of the Record Date, you may receive more than one proxy card. Even if you plan to attend the Meeting, please sign, date and return EACH proxy card you receive, or if you provide voting instructions by telephone or over the Internet, please vote on the proposals affecting EACH Fund you own. If you vote by telephone or over the Internet, you will be asked to enter a unique code that has been assigned to you, which is printed on your proxy card(s) or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. This code is designed to confirm your identity, provide access into the voting sites and confirm that your instructions are properly recorded.

 

All properly executed proxies received prior to a Fund’s Meeting will be voted at that Meeting. On any matter coming before each Meeting as to which a shareholder has specified a choice on that shareholder’s proxy, the shares will be voted accordingly. If a proxy is properly executed and returned and no choice is specified with respect to a proposal, the shares will be voted “FOR” the proposal. Shareholders who execute proxies or provide voting instructions by telephone or the Internet may revoke them with respect to a proposal at any time before a vote is taken on the proposal by filing with the applicable Fund a written notice of revocation (addressed to the Secretary of the Fund at the principal executive offices of the Fund at the address above), by delivering a duly executed proxy bearing a later date or by attending the Meeting and voting in person, in all cases prior to the exercise of the authority granted in the proxy card. Merely attending the Meeting, however, will not revoke any previously executed proxy. If you hold shares through a bank or other intermediary or if you are the holder of a variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policy (as discussed below), please consult your bank or intermediary or your participating insurance company regarding your ability to revoke voting instructions after such instructions have been provided.

 

Photographic identification will be required for admission to the Meetings.

 

Each Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of its annual report and most recent semi-annual report succeeding the annual report, if any, to a shareholder upon request. Such requests should be directed to the Fund at 40 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10022-5911, or by calling toll free at 1-800-441-7762. Copies of annual and semi-annual reports of each Fund are also available on the EDGAR Database on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Internet site at www.sec.gov.

 

Please note that only one annual or semi-annual report or Joint Proxy Statement or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials may be delivered to two or more shareholders of a Fund who share an address, unless the Fund has received instructions to the contrary. To request a separate copy of an annual report or semi-annual report or this Joint Proxy Statement, or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, or for instructions as to how to request a separate copy of these documents or as to how to request a single copy if multiple copies of these documents are received, shareholders should contact the applicable Fund at the address and phone number set forth above.

 

Please also note that, as part of the initiatives that are designed to eliminate overlapping and duplicative product offerings within the BlackRock family of funds, shareholders of certain Funds are being asked to consider reorganizations involving their Funds. Separate proxy materials relating to those proposed Fund reorganizations have been, or will be, sent to applicable shareholders.

 

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

 

To avoid the unnecessary expense of further solicitation, we urge you to indicate voting instructions on the enclosed proxy card, and if received by mail, date and sign it and return it promptly in the envelope provided, no matter how large or small your holdings may be. If you submit a properly executed proxy but do not indicate how you wish your shares to be voted, your shares will be voted “FOR” each of the proposals.

 

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The following table shows which proposals shareholders of each Fund are being asked to approve. The enclosed proxy card(s) indicate the Fund(s) in which you hold shares and the proposals on which you are being asked to vote.

 

SUMMARY OF PROPOSALS AND FUNDS VOTING

 

     Proposal No. 1(a)—
to Elect Nominees
   Proposal No. 1(b)—
to Elect Nominees
   Proposal No. 2—
to Approve Change in
Investment Objective

Name of Fund

   Board A—
To Oversee Group A Funds
   Board B—
To Oversee Group B Funds
    

BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares

   ü        

Series C Portfolio

   ü        

Series M Portfolio

   ü        

Series S Portfolio

   ü        

Master Value Opportunities LLC

   ü        

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund, Inc.

   ü        

Master Basic Value LLC

   ü        

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

   ü        

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

   ü        

BlackRock Global Growth Fund, Inc.

   ü        

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

   ü        

BlackRock Series Fund, Inc.

   ü        

BlackRock Balanced Capital Portfolio

   ü        

BlackRock Bond Portfolio

   ü        

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Portfolio

   ü        

BlackRock Global Allocation Portfolio

   ü        

BlackRock Government Income Portfolio

   ü        

BlackRock High Income Portfolio

   ü        

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

   ü        

BlackRock Large Cap Core Portfolio

   ü        

BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc.

   ü        

Master Bond LLC

   ü        

Master Bond Portfolio

   ü         ü  

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

   ü        

BlackRock Bond Fund

   ü         ü  

BlackRock High Income Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

   ü        

BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund

   ü        

 

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     Proposal No. 1(a)—
to Elect Nominees
   Proposal No. 1(b)—
to Elect Nominees
   Proposal No. 2—
to Approve Change in
Investment Objective

Name of Fund

   Board A—
To Oversee Group A Funds
   Board B—
To Oversee Group B Funds
    

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

   ü        

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

   ü        

BlackRock EuroFund

   ü        

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

   ü        

BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc.

   ü        

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series, Inc.

   ü        

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund

   ü        

Managed Account Series

   ü        

High Income Portfolio

   ü        

US Mortgage Portfolio

   ü        

Global SmallCap Portfolio

   ü        

Mid Cap Value Opportunities Portfolio

   ü        

Short-Term Bond Master LLC

   ü        

Short-Term Bond Master Portfolio

   ü        

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Series, Inc.

   ü        

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Focus Value Fund, Inc.

   ü        

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

   ü        

BlackRock Florida Municipal Bond Fund

   ü        

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

   ü        

BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Fund, Inc.

   ü        

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

   ü        

BlackRock California Insured Municipal Bond Fund

   ü        

Master Focus Twenty LLC

   ü        

BlackRock Focus Twenty Fund, Inc.

   ü        

BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.

   ü        

BlackRock Balanced Capital V.I. Fund

   ü        

 

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     Proposal No. 1(a)—
to Elect Nominees
   Proposal No. 1(b)—
to Elect Nominees
   Proposal No. 2—
to Approve Change in
Investment Objective

Name of Fund

   Board A—
To Oversee Group A Funds
   Board B—
To Oversee Group B Funds
    

BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Bond V.I. Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Fundamental Growth V.I. Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Global Growth V.I. Fund

   ü        

BlackRock S&P 500 Index V.I. Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Large Cap Core V.I. Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Large Cap Growth V.I. Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Large Cap Value V.I. Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications V.I. Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Value Opportunities V.I. Fund

   ü        

BlackRock International Value V.I. Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Government Income V.I. Fund

   ü        

BlackRock High Income V.I. Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Money Market V.I. Fund

   ü        

BlackRock World Income Fund, Inc.

   ü        

BlackRock International Value Trust

   ü        

BlackRock International Value Fund

   ü        

FDP Series, Inc.

   ü        

Franklin Templeton Total Return FDP Fund

   ü        

Marsico Growth FDP Fund

   ü        

MFS Research International FDP Fund

   ü        

Van Kampen Value FDP Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Principal Protected Trust

   ü        

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Principal Protected Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Basic Value Principal Protected Fund

   ü        

BlackRock Core Principal Protected Fund

   ü        

Master Commodity Strategies LLC

   ü        

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

   ü        

The GNMA Fund Investment Accumulation Program, Inc.

   ü        

BlackRock Funds II

   ü        

Total Return Portfolio

   ü        

Delaware Municipal Bond Portfolio

   ü        

Enhanced Income Portfolio

   ü        

 

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     Proposal No. 1(a)—
to Elect Nominees
   Proposal No. 1(b)—
to Elect Nominees
   Proposal No. 2—
to Approve Change in
Investment Objective

Name of Fund

   Board A—
To Oversee Group A Funds
   Board B—
To Oversee Group B Funds
    

AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio

   ü        

GNMA Portfolio

   ü        

Government Income Portfolio

   ü        

High Yield Bond Portfolio

   ü        

Intermediate Bond Portfolio II

   ü        

Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

   ü        

International Bond Portfolio

   ü        

Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

   ü        

Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio

   ü        

Low Duration Bond Portfolio

   ü        

Managed Income Portfolio

   ü        

Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio

   ü        

BlackRock Strategic Portfolio I

   ü        

Total Return Portfolio II

   ü        

Conservative Prepared Portfolio

   ü        

Moderate Prepared Portfolio

   ü        

Growth Prepared Portfolio

   ü        

Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio

   ü        

Prepared Portfolio 2010

   ü        

Prepared Portfolio 2015

   ü        

Prepared Portfolio 2020

   ü        

Prepared Portfolio 2025

   ü        

Prepared Portfolio 2030

   ü        

Prepared Portfolio 2035

   ü        

Prepared Portfolio 2040

   ü        

Prepared Portfolio 2045

   ü        

Prepared Portfolio 2050

   ü        

Merrill Lynch U.S.A. Government Reserves

      ü     

Merrill Lynch U.S. Treasury Money Fund

      ü     

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

      ü     

BlackRock International Index Fund

      ü     

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

      ü     

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

      ü     

 

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     Proposal No. 1(a)—
to Elect Nominees
   Proposal No. 1(b)—
to Elect Nominees
   Proposal No. 2—
to Approve Change in
Investment Objective

Name of Fund

   Board A—
To Oversee Group A Funds
   Board B—
To Oversee Group B Funds
    

Quantitative Master Series LLC

      ü     

Master Enhanced Small Cap Index Series

      ü     

Master Core Bond Enhanced Index Series

      ü     

Master Enhanced International Series

      ü     

Master Enhanced S&P 500 Series

      ü     

Master Extended Market Index Series

      ü     

Master International Index Series

      ü     

Master Mid Cap Index Series

      ü     

Master S&P 500 Index Series

      ü     

Master Small Cap Index Series

      ü     

Merrill Lynch Ready Assets Trust

      ü     

BlackRock Healthcare Fund, Inc.

      ü     

BlackRock Global Technology Fund, Inc.

      ü     

Master Government Securities LLC

      ü     

Master Money LLC

      ü     

Master Treasury LLC

      ü     

Master Tax-Exempt LLC

      ü     

CMA Money Fund

      ü     

CMA Government Securities Fund

      ü     

CMA Tax-Exempt Fund

      ü     

CMA Treasury Fund

      ü     

WCMA Government Securities Fund

      ü     

WCMA Money Fund

      ü     

WCMA Tax-Exempt Fund

      ü     

WCMA Treasury Fund

      ü     

CMA Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

      ü     

CMA Arizona Municipal Money Fund

      ü     

CMA California Municipal Money Fund

      ü     

CMA Connecticut Municipal Money Fund

      ü     

CMA Massachusetts Municipal Money Fund

      ü     

CMA Michigan Municipal Money Fund

      ü     

CMA New Jersey Municipal Money Fund

      ü     

CMA New York Municipal Money Fund

      ü     

CMA North Carolina Municipal Money Fund

      ü     

 

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     Proposal No. 1(a)—
to Elect Nominees
   Proposal No. 1(b)—
to Elect Nominees
   Proposal No. 2—
to Approve Change in
Investment Objective

Name of Fund

   Board A—
To Oversee Group A Funds
   Board B—
To Oversee Group B Funds
    

CMA Ohio Municipal Money Fund

      ü     

CMA Pennsylvania Municipal Money Fund

      ü     

CMA Florida Municipal Money Fund

      ü     

BlackRock Developing Capital Markets Fund, Inc.

      ü     

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

      ü     

BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc.

      ü     

Global Financial Services Master LLC

      ü     

BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund, Inc.

      ü     

BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust

      ü     

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

      ü     

Master Large Cap Series LLC

      ü     

Master Large Cap Core Portfolio

      ü     

Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio

      ü     

Master Large Cap Value Portfolio

      ü     

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

      ü     

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund

      ü     

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

      ü     

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund

      ü     

Merrill Lynch Retirement Series Trust

      ü     

Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves Money Fund

      ü     

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

      ü     

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Portfolio

      ü     

Merrill Lynch Institutional Portfolio

      ü     

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Portfolio

      ü     

Merrill Lynch Funds For Institutions Series

      ü     

Merrill Lynch Government Fund

      ü     

Merrill Lynch Treasury Fund

      ü     

Merrill Lynch Institutional Fund

      ü     

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Fund

      ü     

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund

      ü     

BlackRock Master LLC

      ü     

BlackRock Master Small Cap Growth Portfolio

      ü     

BlackRock Master International Portfolio

      ü     

 

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     Proposal No. 1(a)—
to Elect Nominees
   Proposal No. 1(b)—
to Elect Nominees
   Proposal No. 2—
to Approve Change in
Investment Objective

Name of Fund

   Board A—
To Oversee Group A Funds
   Board B—
To Oversee Group B Funds
    

BlackRock Series, Inc.

      ü     

BlackRock International Fund

      ü     

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II

      ü     

BlackRock FundsSM

      ü     

Asset Allocation Portfolio

      ü     

All-Cap Global Resources Portfolio

      ü     

Aurora Portfolio

      ü     

Investment Trust

      ü     

Exchange Portfolio

      ü     

Global Opportunities Portfolio

      ü     

Global Resources Portfolio

      ü     

Global Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio

      ü     

Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

      ü     

International Opportunities Portfolio

      ü     

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

      ü     

Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

      ü     

Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio

      ü     

Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

      ü     

Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio

      ü     

Small Cap Value Equity Portfolio

      ü     

Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

      ü     

U.S. Opportunities Portfolio

      ü     

Index Equity Portfolio

      ü     

Money Market Portfolio

      ü     

Municipal Money Market Portfolio

      ü     

U.S. Treasury Money Market Portfolio

      ü     

North Carolina Municipal Money Market Portfolio

      ü     

New Jersey Municipal Money Market Portfolio

      ü     

Ohio Municipal Money Market Portfolio

      ü     

Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Portfolio

      ü     

Virginia Municipal Money Market Portfolio

      ü     

 

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PROPOSAL 1—TO ELECT NOMINEES

 

The purpose of this Proposal 1 is to elect director or trustee nominees (each, a “Nominee”) of each Registrant named in the tables below. (The funds currently advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC, BlackRock Institutional Management Corporation or BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. (collectively, “BlackRock Advisors”), each a wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”), are referred to as the “Fund complex,” and all of the Boards of Directors or Trustees of the funds in the Fund complex, including the Existing Boards, are referred to collectively as the “Boards.”)

 

Currently, seven different Boards oversee the open-end and closed-end funds in the Fund complex. It is proposed that the Boards be realigned and consolidated so that the open-end funds would be overseen by two new boards. One new board, Board A, would oversee certain equity funds, all fixed-income funds and all funds in the Fund complex designed for sale through insurance company separate accounts (the “Group A Funds”), and the other new board, Board B, would oversee certain other equity funds and all money market funds in the Fund complex (the “Group B Funds”). It is also proposed that a third new board would oversee the closed-end funds. (Each new board is referred to as a “New Board” and collectively as the “New Boards.”) The proposals for BlackRock Liquidity Funds, which would be overseen by Board B, and the closed-end funds are covered in separate proxy statements. As discussed below, this realignment and consolidation is expected to enable the New Boards to focus more attention on issues of particular relevance to the types of funds they oversee and to streamline and enhance the effectiveness of New Board oversight of the Fund complex. Also, it is expected that having fewer Boards will facilitate greater communication between fund management and the New Boards.

 

It is intended that the proxy card, if properly executed, will be voted for all Nominees for the applicable New Board of each Fund unless a proxy contains specific instructions to the contrary. Each Nominee’s term of office will commence, if such Nominee is properly elected, on or about November 1, 2007. Each Nominee will be elected to hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal.

 

Proposal 1(a):

 

It is proposed that shareholders of the Funds identified in the table below (the Group A Funds) vote for the election of Nominees of the Group A Funds (Board A).

 

Funds1 to Elect Nominees of the Group A Funds (Board A)

 

BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares

Series C Portfolio

Series M Portfolio

Series S Portfolio

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund, Inc.*

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.*

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

BlackRock Global Growth Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Bond Fund*

BlackRock High Income Fund

 


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For certain Registrants that are comprised of multiple series, the series are indicated in the list by an entry below the Registrant’s name.

*   If you are a shareholder of a feeder Fund, you will be asked to vote in connection with matters applicable to your feeder Fund’s respective master Fund (noted in Appendix A).

 

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BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

BlackRock EuroFund

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund

BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunity Series, Inc.

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund

Managed Account Series

High Income Portfolio

US Mortgage Portfolio

Global SmallCap Portfolio

Mid Cap Value Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Series Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Balanced Capital Portfolio

BlackRock Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Portfolio

BlackRock Global Allocation Portfolio

BlackRock Government Income Portfolio

BlackRock High Income Portfolio

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

BlackRock Large Cap Core Portfolio

BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.

BlackRock Balanced Capital V.I. Fund

BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund

BlackRock Bond V.I. Fund

BlackRock Fundamental Growth V.I. Fund

BlackRock Global Growth V.I. Fund

BlackRock S&P 500 Index V.I. Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Core V.I. Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Growth V.I. Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Value V.I. Fund

BlackRock Global Allocation V.I Fund

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications V.I. Fund

BlackRock Value Opportunities V.I. Fund

BlackRock International Value V.I. Fund

BlackRock Government Income V.I. Fund

BlackRock High Income V.I. Fund

BlackRock Money Market V.I. Fund

Master Value Opportunities LLC

Master Basic Value LLC

Short-Term Bond Master LLC

Short-Term Bond Master Portfolio

Master Focus Twenty LLC

BlackRock Funds II

Total Return Portfolio

Total Return Portfolio II

Delaware Municipal Bond Portfolio

Enhanced Income Portfolio

AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio

GNMA Portfolio

Government Income Portfolio

High Yield Bond Portfolio

Intermediate Bond Portfolio II

Prepared Portfolio 2010

Prepared Portfolio 2015

Prepared Portfolio 2020

Prepared Portfolio 2025

Prepared Portfolio 2030

Prepared Portfolio 2035

Prepared Portfolio 2040

Prepared Portfolio 2045

Prepared Portfolio 2050

Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

International Bond Portfolio

Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio

Low Duration Bond Portfolio

Managed Income Portfolio

Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Strategic Portfolio I

Conservative Prepared Portfolio

Moderate Prepared Portfolio

Growth Prepared Portfolio

Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Series, Inc.

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund*

BlackRock Focus Value Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock Florida Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Fund, Inc.

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

 


*   If you are a shareholder of a feeder Fund, you will be asked to vote in connection with matters applicable to your feeder Fund’s respective master Fund (noted in Appendix A).

 

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BlackRock California Insured Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Focus Twenty Fund, Inc.*

BlackRock World Income Fund, Inc.

BlackRock International Value Trust

BlackRock International Value Fund

FDP Series, Inc.

Franklin Templeton Total Return FDP Fund

Marsico Growth FDP Fund

MFS Research International FDP Fund

Van Kampen Value FDP Fund

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund*

The GNMA Fund Investment Accumulation Program, Inc.

BlackRock Principal Protected Trust

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Principal Protected Fund

BlackRock Basic Value Principal Protected Fund

BlackRock Core Principal Protected Fund

Master Commodity Strategies LLC

Master Bond LLC

Master Bond Portfolio

 

Your Board recommends that you vote “FOR” this proposal.

 

Proposal 1(b):

 

It is proposed that shareholders of the Funds identified in the table below (the Group B Funds) vote for the election of Nominees of the Group B Funds (Board B).

 

Funds1 to Elect Nominees of the Group B Funds (Board B)

BlackRock FundsSM

Asset Allocation Portfolio

All-Cap Global Resources Portfolio

Aurora Portfolio

Investment Trust

Exchange Portfolio

Global Opportunities Portfolio

Global Resources Portfolio

Global Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio

Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

International Opportunities Portfolio

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio

Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio

Small Cap Value Equity Portfolio

Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

U.S. Opportunities Portfolio

Index Equity Portfolio*

Money Market Portfolio

Municipal Money Market Portfolio

U.S. Treasury Money Market Portfolio

North Carolina Municipal Money Market Portfolio

New Jersey Municipal Money Market Portfolio

Ohio Municipal Money Market Portfolio

Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Portfolio

Virginia Municipal Money Market Portfolio

Merrill Lynch U.S.A. Government Reserves

Quantitative Master Series LLC

Master Enhanced Small Cap Series

Master Core Bond Enhanced Index Series

Master Enhanced International Series

Master Enhanced S&P 500 Series

Master Extended Market Index Series

Master International Index Series

Master Mid Cap Index Series

Master S&P 500 Index Series

Master Small Cap Index Series

BlackRock Developing Capital Markets Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc.

Master Government Securities LLC

 


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For certain Registrants that are comprised of multiple series, the series are indicated in the list by an entry below the Registrant’s name.

*   If you are a shareholder of a feeder Fund, you will be asked to vote in connection with matters applicable to your feeder Fund’s respective master Fund (noted in Appendix A).

 

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Master Money LLC

Master Treasury LLC

Master Tax-Exempt LLC

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Portfolio

Merrill Lynch Institutional Portfolio

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Portfolio

Merrill Lynch Funds For Institutions Series

Merrill Lynch Government Fund

Merrill Lynch Treasury Fund

Merrill Lynch Institutional Fund*

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Fund*

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund*

Merrill Lynch U.S. Treasury Money Fund

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.*

BlackRock International Index Fund*

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund*

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund*

Merrill Lynch Ready Assets Trust

BlackRock Healthcare Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Global Technology Fund, Inc.

CMA Money Fund*

CMA Government Securities Fund*

CMA Tax-Exempt Fund*

CMA Treasury Fund*

WCMA Government Securities Fund*

WCMA Money Fund*

WCMA Tax-Exempt Fund*

WCMA Treasury Fund*

CMA Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

CMA Arizona Municipal Money Fund

CMA California Municipal Money Fund

CMA Connecticut Municipal Money Fund

CMA Florida Municipal Money Fund

CMA Massachusetts Municipal Money Fund

CMA Michigan Municipal Money Fund

CMA New Jersey Municipal Money Fund

CMA New York Municipal Money Fund

CMA North Carolina Municipal Money Fund

CMA Ohio Municipal Money Fund

CMA Pennsylvania Municipal Money Fund

BlackRock Series, Inc.

BlackRock International Fund*

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II*

BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund, Inc.*

BlackRock Financial Institution Series Trust

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

Merrill Lynch Retirement Series Trust

Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves Money Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.*

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund*

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund*

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund*

Global Financial Services Master LLC

Master Large Cap Series LLC

Master Large Cap Core Portfolio

Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio

Master Large Cap Value Portfolio

BlackRock Master LLC

BlackRock Master Small Cap Growth Portfolio

BlackRock Master International Portfolio

 

Reasons for Board Realignment and Consolidation

 

On September 29, 2006, BlackRock consummated a transaction (the “Transaction”) with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. whereby Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.’s investment management business, including Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. and certain affiliates (“MLIM”), combined with that of BlackRock to create a new independent company that is one of the world’s largest asset management firms with approximately $1.154 trillion in assets under management as of March 31, 2007. Following the Transaction, BlackRock, in consultation with the Board of each of the funds in the Fund complex, undertook a review of the investment advisory operations it had acquired and the operations of the funds formerly advised by MLIM with the goal of moving the funds to a more cohesive and rational operating platform. BlackRock and the Boards each discussed certain proposals designed to achieve this goal. Specifically, the Boards discussed with BlackRock the possibility of consolidating the Boards. Discussions were held with each of the seven Boards and ideas for consolidation were considered, including the appropriate number of Boards, the

 


*   If you are a shareholder of a feeder Fund, you will be asked to vote in connection with matters applicable to your feeder Fund’s respective master Fund (noted in Appendix A).

 

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appropriate number of Board Members and which Board would be best suited to oversee specific types of funds (open-end equity, open-end fixed-income, open-end money market funds and closed-end funds). These meetings were facilitated by outside counsel and were held among the Board Members who are not “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Board Members”), as well as with management personnel from BlackRock. Over the course of several months and numerous such meetings, consensus was reached on the appropriate structure for the New Boards, the number of New Boards, and the composition of those New Boards, as well as the funds each New Board would oversee, and these results were proposed for consideration at each Board’s next in person meeting.

 

Among BlackRock and the Boards’ proposals was a recommendation that the number of Boards overseeing the Funds be reduced by the election of a single New Board (Board A) intended to oversee the Group A Funds, a second New Board (Board B) intended to oversee the Group B Funds and a third New Board intended to oversee all closed-end funds. The proposals would result in a Fund complex overseen by three distinct New Boards. BlackRock, in consultation with the Boards, also proposed that the number of Board Members who are “interested persons” of the Funds as defined in the 1940 Act consist of three (3) members of Board A and two (2) members of Board B and of the New Board overseeing the closed-end funds in the Fund complex.

 

At meetings held during May 2007, each Board determined that realigning the Boards into a smaller number of Boards may provide benefits to shareholders of the funds in the Fund complex. Each Board has reviewed the qualifications and backgrounds of the Nominees and believes that they are experienced in overseeing investment companies and are familiar with the Fund complex and with BlackRock Advisors. In addition, the Board Members had the opportunity to meet their counterparts on other Boards in the Fund complex. The Board Members and BlackRock believe that: (i) a single New Board overseeing funds of a specific type may enhance that New Board’s efficiency by enabling Board Members to focus their attention on issues common to many of the funds overseen by the New Boards and to act to resolve these issues in a shorter time frame; (ii) realigning the Boards into three New Boards may reduce certain fund expenses, such as costs associated with holding Board meetings, committee meetings and, to the extent necessary, shareholder meetings; (iii) reducing the administrative costs and burden on fund management that are inherent in reporting to seven Boards may allow fund management to devote more time and resources to providing other services to the funds in the Fund complex, including to facilitate management’s high level planning and strategic initiatives for the entire Fund complex; (iv) having fewer Boards will facilitate more effective communication between fund management and the New Boards; (v) a smaller number of Boards may result in more efficient and effective presentations at New Board meetings; and (vi) a smaller number of Boards may benefit the funds and their shareholders by enhancing the effectiveness of New Board oversight of the funds, their management and their other service providers and may facilitate more uniform oversight of the funds in the Fund complex. The Funds do not expect to realize immediate savings on director compensation in the aggregate across all of the New Boards because the total number of Independent Board Members will not materially change. Board Member compensation costs might increase in the short run because of the larger size of the New Boards, but any such increase is not expected to be material to any Fund. There could be future savings, however, if (as is anticipated) normal retirements reduce Board size. Independent Board Member compensation has not yet been established by the New Boards.

 

The Boards also reviewed the efficiencies sought to be gained through Board consolidation, focusing on, among other things, the significant reduction in the volume of Board materials required to be prepared by BlackRock Advisors and the funds’ other service providers for each of the seven quarterly Board meetings. Additionally, the Boards focused on ensuring that portfolio management time dedicated to keeping the multiple Boards up to date on performance and

 

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portfolio management issues across the seven Boards could be efficiently managed. The Board noted, as an example, that many senior portfolio managers currently attend many Board meetings each quarter and that if the Board consolidation were approved, such portfolio managers would only have to attend at most three Board meetings each quarter. The Boards also considered the benefits from a compliance perspective. In particular, the Boards considered that the seven Board structure resulted in the creation of four separate sets of compliance policies and procedures and compliance manuals, and that while these compliance materials are broadly consistent across the Fund complex, consolidating the Boards into the New Board structure would promote the adoption of uniform compliance policies and procedures for the appropriate funds overseen by each New Board. The Boards and BlackRock concluded that the Board consolidation would result in efficiencies in terms of compliance monitoring and oversight and would streamline New Board reporting and monitoring of fund compliance.

 

These individual Board meetings were held during May 2007, and the proposals described in this Proxy Statement were considered and approved unanimously by those Board Members present at the May meetings. You are being asked to elect the Nominees of your Fund’s New Board. Each Nominee has consented to serve on the New Board to which he or she has been nominated if elected by shareholders. If, however, before the election, any Nominee refuses or is unable to serve, proxies may be voted for a replacement Nominee, if any, designated by the current Board Members.

 

The nominations of the Nominees listed below have been approved by the Board Members. Information about the Nominees of your Fund’s New Board is set forth in the sections below. Each Existing Board has determined that the number of Board Members shall be fixed at fifteen (15) for the Group A Funds and thirteen (13) for the Group B Funds.

 

Nominees—Board A

 

The Nominees for Board A, including their ages, their current position(s) with the Funds and length of time served, their principal occupations during at least the past five years, the number of funds in the Fund complex the Nominees oversee and would oversee, and any public company board memberships they hold are set forth below. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each Nominee is P.O. Box 9095, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-9095. Each Nominee was nominated by the nominating committee of the Existing Board of each respective Fund. The Nominees also considered candidates for Chairman and Vice Chairman of Board A, and Robert M. Hernandez was selected to serve as Chairman and Fred G. Weiss was selected to serve as Vice Chairman of Board A.

 

Richard S. Davis, Laurence D. Fink and Henry Gabbay are “interested persons” of all of the funds in the Fund complex as defined in the 1940 Act by virtue of their positions with BlackRock and its affiliates described in the table below.

 

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Name and Age

 

Current
Position(s)
with Funds

  Length
of Time
Served*
 

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

  Number of Funds in
Fund Complex
 

Other Board
Memberships
Held

        Currently
Overseen
  To Be
Overseen
 

Independent Nominees:

         

James H. Bodurtha

Age: 63

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
1995
  Director, The China Business Group, Inc., since 1996 and Executive Vice President thereof from 1996 to 2003; Chairman of the Board, Berkshire Holding Corporation since 1980; Partner, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey from 1980 to 1993.   37 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
57 portfolios
  38 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
100 portfolios
  None.

Bruce R. Bond

Age: 61

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
2005
  Retired; Trustee and member of the Governance Committee, State Street Research mutual funds (“SSR Funds”) (1997-2005).   3 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
63 portfolios
  38 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
100 portfolios
  Director, Avaya, Inc. (information technology).

Donald W. Burton

Age: 63

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
2002
  Managing General Partner of The Burton Partnership, Limited Partnership (an investment partnership) since 1979; Managing General Partner of The South Atlantic Venture Funds since 1983; Member of the Investment Advisory Council of the Florida State Board of Administration since 2001.   21 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
32 portfolios
  38 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
100 portfolios
  Director, Knology, Inc. (telecommunications); Director, Symbion, Inc. (health care); Director, Capital Southwest (financial).

Stuart E. Eizenstat

Age: 64

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
2001
  Partner and Head of International Practice, Covington & Burling (law firm) (2001-Present); Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (1999-2001); Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs (1997-1999); Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade (1996-1997); U.S. Ambassador to the European Union (1993-1996).   3 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
63 portfolios
  38 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
100 portfolios
  Director, UPS Corporation; Advisory Board member, The Coca-Cola Company; Advisory Board member, Group Menatep (energy); Advisory Board member, BT Americas (information technology).

Kenneth A. Froot

Age: 49

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
2005
  Professor, Harvard University since 1992; Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1986 to 1992.   37 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
57 portfolios
  38 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
100 portfolios
  None.

 

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Name and Age

 

Current
Position(s)
with Funds

  Length
of Time
Served*
 

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

  Number of Funds in
Fund Complex
 

Other Board
Memberships
Held

        Currently
Overseen
  To Be
Overseen
 

Robert M. Hernandez

Age: 62

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
1996
  Retired; Director (1991-2001), Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer (1994-2001), Executive Vice President-Accounting and Finance and Chief Financial Officer (1991-1994), USX Corporation (a diversified company principally engaged in energy and steel businesses).   3 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
63 portfolios
  38 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
100 portfolios
  Lead Director, ACE Limited (insurance company); Director and Chairman of the Board, RTI International Metals, Inc.; Director, Eastman Chemical Company.

John F. O’Brien

Age: 64

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
2005
  Director of Amersco since 2006; President and Chief Executive Officer of Allmerica Financial Corporation (financial services holding company) from 1995 to 2002 and Director from 1995 to 2003; President of Allmerica Investment Management Co., Inc. (investment adviser) from 1989 to 2002, Director from 1989 to 2002 and Chairman of the Board from 1989 to 1990; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company from 1989 to 2002; and Director of various other Allmerica Financial companies until 2002; Director and member of the Audit Committee and the Governance and Nominating Committee from 1989 to 2006 of ABIOMED (medical device) manufacturer; Director and member of the Audit Committee and the Governance and Nominating Committee of Cabot Corporation since 1990; Director and member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee of LKQ Corporation since 2003; Lead Director of TJX Companies, Inc. since 2001 and member of the Compensation Committee; Trustee of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute since 2003.   21 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
32 portfolios
  38 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
100 portfolios
  Director, Cabot Corporation (chemicals); LKQ Corporation (auto parts manufacturing); Director, TJX Companies, Inc. (retailer).

 

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Name and Age

 

Current
Position(s)
with Funds

  Length
of Time
Served*
 

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

  Number of Funds in
Fund Complex
 

Other Board
Memberships
Held

        Currently
Overseen
  To Be
Overseen
 

Roberta Cooper Ramo

Age: 64

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
1999
  Shareholder, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A. since 1993. President, American Bar Association from 1995 to 1996 and Member of the Board of Governors thereof from 1994 to 1997; Shareholder, Poole, Kelly & Ramo, Attorneys at Law, P.C. from 1977 to 1993; Director of ECMC Group (service provider to students, schools and lenders) since 2001; Director, United New Mexico Bank (now Wells Fargo) from 1983 to 1988; Director, First National Bank of New Mexico (now Wells Fargo) from 1975 to 1976; Vice President, American Law Institute since 2004.   37 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
57 portfolios
  38 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
100 portfolios
  None.

Jean Margo Reid

Age: 61

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
2004
  Self-employed consultant since 2001; Counsel of Alliance Capital Management (investment adviser) in 2000; General Counsel, Director and Secretary of Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc. (investment adviser/broker-dealer) from 1997 to 2000; Secretary, Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc. from 1994 to 2000; Director and Secretary of SCB, Inc. since 1998; Director and Secretary of SCB Partners, Inc. since 2000; and Director of Covenant House from 2001 to 2004.   46 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
48 portfolios
  38 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
100 portfolios
  None.

David H. Walsh

Age: 65

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
2003
  Director, Ruckleshaus Institute and Haub School of Natural Resources of the University of Wyoming since 2006; Consultant with Putnam Investments from 1993 to 2003, and employed in various capacities from 1973 to 1992; Director, Massachusetts Audubon Society from 1990 to 1997; Director, The National Audubon Society from 1998 to 2005; Director, The American Museum of Fly Fishing since 1997.   21 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
32 portfolios
  38 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
100 portfolios
  None.

 

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Name and Age

 

Current
Position(s)
with Funds

  Length
of Time
Served*
 

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

  Number of Funds in
Fund Complex
 

Other Board
Memberships
Held

        Currently
Overseen
  To Be
Overseen
 

Fred G. Weiss

Age: 65

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
1998
  Managing Director of FGW Associates since 1997; Vice President, Planning, Investment and Development of Warner Lambert Co. from 1979 to 1997; Director of Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research since 2000; Director of BTG International PLC (a global technology commercialization company) since 2001.   21 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
32 portfolios
  38 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
100 portfolios
  Director, Watson Pharmaceutical, Inc. (pharmaceutical company).

Richard R. West

Age: 69

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
1978
  Professor of Finance from 1984 to 1995, Dean from 1984 to 1993 and since 1995 Dean Emeritus of New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business Administration.   46 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
48 portfolios
  38 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
100 portfolios
  Director, Bowne & Co., Inc. (financial printer); Director, Vornado Realty Trust (real estate company); Director, Alexander’s, Inc. (real estate company).

Interested Nominees:

         

Richard S. Davis

BlackRock, Inc.

40 E. 52nd Street

New York, NY 10022

Age: 60

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
2005
  Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2005); Chief Executive Officer, State Street Research & Management Company (2000-2005); Chairman of the Board of Trustees, SSR Funds (2000-2005); Senior Vice President, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (1999-2000); Chairman, SSR Realty (2000-2004).   3 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
63 portfolios
  184 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
171 portfolios
  None.

Laurence D. Fink

BlackRock, Inc.

40 E. 52nd Street

New York, NY 10022

Age: 60

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
2000
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock, Inc. since its formation in 1998 and of BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities since 1988; Chairman of the Executive and Management Committees; formerly, Managing Director of the First Boston Corporation, Member of its Management Committee, Co-head of its Taxable Fixed Income Division and Head of its Mortgage and Real Estate Products Group; Chairman of the Board of several of BlackRock’s alternative   3 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
63 portfolios
  38 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
100 portfolios
  Director, BlackRock, Inc.

 

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Name and Age

 

Current
Position(s)
with Funds

  Length
of Time
Served*
 

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

  Number of Funds in
Fund Complex
 

Other Board
Memberships
Held

        Currently
Overseen
  To Be
Overseen
 
      investment vehicles; Director of several of BlackRock’s offshore funds; Member of the Board of Trustees of New York University, Chair of the Financial Affairs Committee and a member of the Executive Committee, the Ad Hoc Committee on Board Governance, and the Committee on Trustees; Co-Chairman of the NYU Hospitals Center Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Development/Trustee Stewardship Committee and Chairman of the Finance Committee; Trustee of The Boys’ Club of New York.      

Henry Gabbay

BlackRock, Inc.

40 E. 52nd Street

New York, NY 10022

Age: 59

  N/A   N/A   Consultant, BlackRock (since July 2007); Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (1989–June 2007); Chief Administrative Officer, BlackRock Advisors, LLC (1998-2007); President of BlackRock FundsSM and BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares (2005-2007); Treasurer of certain closed-end funds in the Fund complex (1989-2006).   None.   184 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
171 portfolios
  None.

*   Indicates the earliest year in which Nominee became a Board Member for a fund in the Fund complex.

 

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Joe Grills is expected to serve on the advisory board of each Group A Fund; however, Mr. Grills is not a Nominee and shareholders are not being asked to elect him to the New Board. It is anticipated that Mr. Grills will serve on each Group A Fund’s advisory board through December 31, 2007.

 

Name and Age

  

Current
Position(s)
with Funds

   Length
of Time
Served*
  

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

   Number of Funds in
Fund Complex
  

Other Board
Memberships
Held

            Currently
Overseen
   To Be
Overseen
  

Advisory Board Member:

              

Joe Grills

Age: 72

   Board Member of certain Funds    Since
1993
   Member of the Committee of Investment of Employee Benefit Assets of the Association of Financial Professionals (“CIEBA”) since 1986; Member of CIEBA’s Executive Committee since 1988 and its Chairman from 1991 to 1992; Assistant Treasurer of International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”) and Chief Investment Officer of IBM Retirement Funds from 1986 to 1993; Member of the Investment Advisory Committee of the State of New York Common Retirement Fund from 1989 to 2006; Member of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute from 1997 to 2000; Director, Duke University Management Company from 1992 to 2004, Vice Chairman thereof from 1998 to 2004, and Director Emeritus since 2004; Director, LaSalle Street Fund from 1995 to 2001; Director, Kimco Realty Corporation since 1997; Member of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Virginia Retirement System since 1998, Vice Chairman thereof from 2002 to 2005, and Chairman thereof since 2005; Director, Montpelier Foundation since 1998, its Vice Chairman from 2000 to 2006, and Chairman, thereof, since 2006; Member of the Investment Committee of the Woodberry Forest School since 2000; Member of the Investment Committee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation since 2000.    37 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
57 portfolios
   38 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
100 portfolios
   Director, Kimco Realty Corporation.

*   Indicates the earliest year in which Advisory Board Member became a Board Member for a fund in the Fund complex.

 

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Nominees—Board B

 

The Nominees for Board B, including their ages, their principal occupations during at least the past five years, their current position(s) with the Funds and length of time served, the number of funds in the Fund complex the Nominees oversee and would oversee, and any public company board memberships they hold are set forth below. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each Nominee is P.O. Box 9095, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-9095. Each Nominee was nominated by the nominating committee of the Existing Board of each respective Fund. The Nominees also considered candidates for Chairman of Board B, and Rodney D. Johnson and Ronald W. Forbes were each selected to serve as Co-Chairs of Board B.

 

Richard S. Davis and Henry Gabbay are “interested persons” of all of the funds in the Fund complex as defined in the 1940 Act by virtue of their positions with BlackRock and its affiliates described in the table below.

 

Name and Age

 

Current
Position(s)
with Funds

  Length
of Time
Served*
 

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

  Number of Funds in
Fund Complex
 

Other Board
Memberships
Held

        Currently
Overseen
  To Be
Overseen
 

Independent Nominees:

         

David O. Beim

Age: 67

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
1998
  Professor of Finance and Economics at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business since 1991; Chairman of Outward Bound USA from 1997 to 2001; Chairman of Wave Hill, Inc. from 1990 to 2006; Trustee of Phillips Exeter Academy from 2002 to present.   17 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
24 portfolios
  34 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
71 portfolios
  None.

Ronald W. Forbes

Age: 66

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
1977
  Professor Emeritus of Finance, School of Business, State University of New York at Albany since 2000 and Professor thereof from 1989 to 2000; International Consultant, Urban Institute, Washington, D.C. from 1995 to 1999.   46 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
48 portfolios
  34 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
71 portfolios
  None.

Dr. Matina Horner

Age: 67

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
2004
  Retired; Executive Vice President of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) (1989-2003).   3 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
63 portfolios
  34 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
71 portfolios
  Member and Former Chair of the Board of the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions; Member and Former Chair of the Board of the Greenwall Foundation; Trustee, Century Foundation (formerly The Twentieth Century Fund); Director and Chair of the Audit Committee, N STAR (formerly

 

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Name and Age

 

Current
Position(s)
with Funds

  Length
of Time
Served*
 

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

  Number of Funds in
Fund Complex
 

Other Board
Memberships
Held

        Currently
Overseen
  To Be
Overseen
 
            called Boston Edison) (electric and gas); Director, The Neiman Marcus Group; Honorary Trustee, Massachusetts General Hospital Corporation.

Rodney D. Johnson

Age: 65

  N/A   N/A   President, Fairmount Capital Advisors, Inc.; Director, Fox Chase Cancer Center; Member of the Archdiocesan Investment Committee of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.   1 registered
investment
company
consisting of
10 portfolios
  34 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
71 portfolios
  None.

Herbert I. London

Age: 68

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
1987
  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 since 1997 and Trustee thereof since 1980; Dean, Gallatin Division of New York University from 1976 to 1993; Distinguished Fellow, Herman Kahn Chair, Hudson Institute from 1984 to 1985; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vigilant Research, Inc. since 2006; Member of the Board of Directors for Grantham University since 2006; Director of AIMS since 2006; Director of Reflex Security since 2006; Director of InnoCentive, Inc. since 2006; Director of Cerego, LLC since 2005; Director, Damon Corporation from 1991 to 1995; Overseer, Center for Naval Analyses from 1983 to 1993.   37 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
57 portfolios
  34 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
71 portfolios
  None.

 

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Name and Age

 

Current
Position(s)
with Funds

  Length
of Time
Served*
 

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

  Number of Funds in
Fund Complex
 

Other Board
Memberships
Held

        Currently
Overseen
  To Be
Overseen
 

Cynthia A. Montgomery

Age: 54

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
1993
  Professor, Harvard Business School since 1989; Associate Professor, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University from 1985 to 1989; Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Michigan from 1979 to 1985; Director, Harvard Business School Publishing since 2005; Director, McLean Hospital since 2005.   46 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
48 portfolios
  34 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
71 portfolios
  Director, Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. (manufacturing).

Joseph P. Platt, Jr.

Age: 59

  N/A   N/A   Partner, Amarna Corporation, LLC (private investment company); Chairman of the Board, Restaurant Insurance Holding; Director, Jones & Brown (Canadian insurance broker); Director, Greenlight Re (reinsurance company); Partner, Amarna Financial (private investment company); Former Director and Executive Vice President, Johnson and Higgins.   1 registered
investment
company
consisting of
10 portfolios
  34 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
71 portfolios
  None.

Robert C. Robb, Jr.

Age: 61

  N/A   N/A   Partner, Lewis, Eckert, Robb & Company (management and financial consulting firm); former Trustee, EQK Realty Investors; former Director, Tamaqua Cable Products Company; former Director, Brynwood Partners; former Director, PNC Bank; former Director, Brinks, Inc.   1 registered
investment
company
consisting of
10 portfolios
  34 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
71 portfolios
  None.

Toby Rosenblatt

Age: 68

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
2005
  President (since 1999) and Vice President - General Partner (since 1990), Founders Investments Ltd. (private investments); Director, Forward Management, LLC (since 2007); Director, ReFlow Management, LLC (since 2007); Trustee, SSR Funds (1990-2005); Trustee, Metropolitan Series Funds, Inc. (2001-2005).   3 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
63 portfolios
  34 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
71 portfolios
  Director, A.P. Pharma, Inc.; Trustee, The James Irvine Foundation (since 1997).

 

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Name and Age

 

Current
Position(s)
with Funds

  Length
of Time
Served*
 

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

  Number of Funds in
Fund Complex
 

Other Board
Memberships
Held

        Currently
Overseen
  To Be
Overseen
 

Kenneth L. Urish

Age: 56

  N/A   N/A   Managing Partner, Urish Popeck & Co. LLC (certified public accountants and consultants); External Advisory Board, The Pennsylvania State University Accounting Department; Trustee, The Holy Family Foundation; AlphaSource Procurement Systems, LP.; President and Trustee, Pittsburgh Catholic Publishing Associates.   1 registered
investment
company
consisting
of 10
portfolios
  34 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
71 portfolios
  Director, Inter-Tel (Delaware), Incorporated (business communications).

Frederick W. Winter

Age: 62

  N/A   N/A   Professor and Dean Emeritus (2005-present) and Dean (1997-2005), Joseph M. Katz School of Business – University of Pittsburgh.   1 registered
investment
company
consisting
of 10
portfolios
  34 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
71 portfolios
  Director, Alkon Corporation (1992-present); Director, Indotronix International (2004-present); Director, Tippman Sports (2005- present).

Interested Nominees:

         

Richard S. Davis

BlackRock, Inc.

40 E. 52nd Street

New York, NY 10022

Age: 60

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
2005
  Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2005); Chief Executive Officer, State Street Research & Management Company (2000–2005); Chairman of the Board of Trustees, State Street Research mutual funds (“SSR Funds”) (2000–2005); Senior Vice President, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (1999–2000); Chairman, SSR Realty (2000–2004).   3 registered
investment
companies
consisting
of 63
portfolios
  184 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
171 portfolios
  None.

Henry Gabbay

BlackRock, Inc.

40 E. 52nd Street

New York, NY 10022

Age: 59

  N/A   N/A   Consultant, BlackRock (since July 2007); Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (1989-June 2007); Chief Administrative Officer, BlackRock Advisors, LLC (1998-2007); President of BlackRock FundsSM and BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares (2005-2007); Treasurer of certain closed-end funds in the Fund complex (1989–2006).   None   184 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
171 portfolios
  None.

*   Indicates the earliest year in which Nominee became a Board Member for a fund in the Fund complex.

 

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David R. Wilmerding, Jr. is expected to serve on the advisory board of each Group B Fund; however, Mr. Wilmerding is not a Nominee and shareholders are not being asked to elect him to the New Board. It is anticipated that Mr. Wilmerding will serve on each Group B Fund’s advisory board through December 31, 2007.

 

Name and Age

 

Current
Position(s)
with Funds

  Length
of Time
Served*
 

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years

  Number of Funds in
Fund Complex
 

Other Board
Memberships
Held

        Overseen   To Be
Overseen
 

Advisory Board Member:

         

David R. Wilmerding, Jr.

Age: 72

  Board Member of certain Funds   Since
1996
  Retired; Chairman, Wilmerding & Associates, Inc. (investment advisers) (until 2005); Chairman, Coho Partners, Ltd. (investment advisers) (2003-2005).   3 registered
investment
companies
consisting
of 63
portfolios
  34 registered
investment
companies
consisting of
71 portfolios
  Director, Beaver Management Corporation (land management corporation); Managing General Partner, Chestnut Street Exchange Fund (investment company), Chairman since 2006; Director, Peoples First, Inc. (bank holding Company) (2001-2004).

*   Indicates the earliest year in which Advisory Board Member became a Board Member for a fund in the Fund complex.

 

General Information Regarding the Boards

 

Compensation: Information relating to compensation paid to the Independent Board Members of the Existing Boards for each Fund’s most recent fiscal year is set forth in Appendix C. No compensation information is shown for Board Members whose term of office will not continue, for certain Funds identified in Appendix C, after November 1, 2007.

 

Equity Securities Owned by the Nominees: Information relating to the amount of equity securities owned by the Nominees in the Funds that they are nominated to oversee, as well as other funds in the Fund complex, as of March 31, 2007 is set forth in Appendix D.

 

Attendance of Board Members at Shareholders’ Meetings: No Registrant has a policy with regard to attendance of Board Members at shareholders’ meetings.

 

Existing Board Meetings: Information relating to the number of times that the Existing Boards on which the Board Members served met during the most recent fiscal year is set forth in Appendix E.

 

Standing Committees of the Existing Boards: Information relating to the various standing committees of the Existing Boards is set forth in Appendix F.

 

Officers of the Funds

 

Information about the officers of each Fund, including their ages and their principal occupations during the past five years, is set forth in Appendix H.

 

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Indemnification of Board Members and Officers

 

The governing documents of each Registrant generally provide that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Registrant will indemnify its Board Members and officers against liabilities and expenses incurred in connection with litigation in which they may be involved because of their offices with the Registrant, unless, as to liability to the Registrant or its investors, it is finally adjudicated that they engaged in willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in their offices. The Registrants organized under Massachusetts law generally prohibit indemnification where it is finally adjudicated that those seeking indemnification did not act in good faith in the reasonable belief that their actions were in the best interests of the Massachusetts Trust. For Registrants incorporated under Maryland law, indemnification is not permitted in the case of actions or omissions committed in bad faith or as a result of active and deliberate dishonesty, which are material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding, or with respect to which an improper personal benefit in money, property or services was received or, in the case of a criminal proceeding, committed with reasonable cause to believe that the action or omission was unlawful. Indemnification provisions contained in a Registrant’s governing documents are subject to any limitations imposed by applicable law.

 

The funds in the Fund complex have also entered into a separate indemnification agreement with the Board Members of each Board (the “Indemnification Agreement”). The Indemnification Agreement (i) extends the indemnification provisions contained in a fund’s governing documents to Board Members who leave that fund’s Board and serve on an advisory board of a different fund in the Fund complex; (ii) sets in place the terms of the indemnification provisions of a fund’s governing documents once a Board Member retires from a Board and (iii) in the case of Board Members who leave a Board of a fund in connection with the Board consolidation contemplated by this Joint Proxy Statement, clarifies that that fund continues to indemnify the Board Member for claims arising out of his or her past service to that fund.

 

Your Existing Board recommends that you vote “FOR” the election of each of the Nominees to Board A or Board B, as applicable.

 

PROPOSAL 2—TO CHANGE THE INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

OF EACH OF BLACKROCK BOND FUND AND MASTER BOND PORTFOLIO

 

The prospectus of BlackRock Bond Fund (“Bond Fund”), a series of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc., states that the primary objective of Bond Fund is to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income as is consistent with the investment policies of Bond Fund. As a secondary objective, Bond Fund seeks capital appreciation when consistent with its primary objective.

 

Bond Fund is organized in a “master/feeder” structure and is a feeder fund that invests all of its assets in the Master Bond Portfolio, a series of Master Bond LLC, that has the same investment objective and strategies as Bond Fund.

 

The Existing Board of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. and the Existing Board of Master Bond LLC are proposing that Bond Fund and Master Bond Portfolio each amend its investment objective from the objective as stated above to the following: to realize a total return that exceeds that of the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index. The Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index is currently the benchmark index of Bond Fund and Master Bond Portfolio and is a widely recognized unmanaged market-weighted index, comprised of investment-grade corporate bonds rated BBB or better, mortgages and U.S. Treasury and Government agency issues with at least one year to maturity. The investment objective of each of Bond Fund and Master Bond Portfolio will remain a

 

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fundamental policy that may be changed only by shareholder vote. If the amended investment objective is approved by shareholders, Bond Fund will change its name from “BlackRock Bond Fund” to “BlackRock Total Return Fund.”

 

The investment objective of Total Return is to realize a total return that exceeds that of the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index. The investment objective of Master Bond Portfolio and Bond Fund is to seek, as a primary objective, to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income as is consistent with the investment policies and, as a secondary objective, to seek capital appreciation when consistent with its primary objective. The principal risks of investing in Bond Fund and Master Bond Portfolio will not be changed in any material respect by this change in investment objective. The change in investment objective, however, may provide the portfolio management team with greater flexibility in managing the portfolio.

 

Shareholders are being asked to approve a change in the investment objective of Bond Fund and Master Bond Portfolio in connection with a proposed tax-free reorganization in which Bond Fund will acquire all of the assets of BlackRock Total Return Portfolio (“Total Return”), a portfolio of BlackRock Funds II, in exchange for shares of common stock of Bond Fund and the assumption by Bond Fund of certain stated liabilities of Total Return (the “Reorganization”). As is currently the case for Bond Fund, the combined fund will invest all of its assets in the Master Bond Portfolio as part of a feeder fund in a master/feeder structure. After completion of the Reorganization, the Master Bond Portfolio is expected to be managed by the portfolio management team that includes members that have managed Total Return during its entire operating history and in the same manner as Total Return is currently managed. The portfolio management team has also managed Master Bond Portfolio since October 2006. Shareholders of Total Return are being asked to consider and approve the proposed Reorganization. Shareholders of Bond Fund and Master Bond Portfolio are not required, and are not being asked, to vote on the Reorganization. If shareholders do not approve this change in investment objective, the Reorganization will not be consummated as contemplated and the Funds will continue to be managed separately and in accordance with their stated investment objective and policies.

 

If the proposed change in the investment objective of Bond Fund and Master Bond Portfolio is approved by shareholders at the Meeting, the prospectus and statement of additional information of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. and Master Bond LLC will be revised, as appropriate, to reflect this change to the fundamental investment objective.

 

The shareholders of Bond Fund will also vote on the change in the investment objective of Master Bond Portfolio.

 

The Existing Board of BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. and the Existing Board of Master Bond LLC recommend that the shareholders of Bond Fund and Master Bond Portfolio vote FOR the proposed change in the fundamental investment objective.

 

VOTE REQUIRED AND MANNER OF VOTING PROXIES

 

A quorum of shareholders is required to take action at each Meeting. The quorum requirement for each Fund is set forth in Appendix B. For all Funds that are organized as a series of a Registrant, a quorum of the shareholders of a Registrant as a whole is required in order for that Registrant to take any action at the Meeting with respect to Proposal 1 as it applies to the particular Registrant, and a quorum of the Bond Fund and Master Bond Portfolio, respectively, is required to take any action at the Meeting with respect to Proposal 2.

 

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The shareholders of each Fund organized as a feeder fund in a master/feeder structure (identified in Appendix A) in which such Fund invests all or substantially all of its assets in a corresponding master Fund or series of a corresponding master Fund will also vote on Proposal 1 with respect to the election of the Nominees to the Board of their corresponding master Fund. The shareholders of Bond Fund will also vote on Proposal 2 with respect to the change in the investment objective of Master Bond Portfolio.

 

Votes cast by proxy or in person at each Meeting will be tabulated by the inspectors of election appointed for that Meeting. The inspectors of election, who may be employees of BlackRock, will determine whether or not a quorum is present at the Meeting. The inspectors of election will treat abstentions and “broker non-votes” (i.e., shares held by brokers or nominees, typically in “street name,” as to which proxies have been returned but (a) instructions have not been received from the beneficial owners or persons entitled to vote and (b) the broker or nominee does not have discretionary voting power on a particular matter) as present for purposes of determining a quorum.

 

If you hold your shares directly (not through a broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution, or variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policy) and if you return a properly executed proxy card that does not specify how you wish to vote on a proposal, your shares will be voted “FOR” the Nominees in Proposal 1.

 

Broker-dealer firms holding shares of a Fund in “street name” for the benefit of their customers and clients will request the instructions of such customers and clients on how to vote their shares on Proposal 1 and Proposal 2 before the Meetings. The Funds understand that such broker-dealer firms may, without instructions from their customers and clients, grant authority to the proxies designated to vote on the election of Nominees in Proposal 1 if no instructions have been received prior to the date specified in the broker-dealer firm’s request for voting instructions. Broker-dealer firms will not be permitted voting authority with respect to which no instructions have been received in connection with the change in investment objectives in Proposal 2. A properly executed proxy card or other authorization by a beneficial owner of Fund shares that does not specify how the beneficial owner’s shares should be voted on Proposal 1 or Proposal 2 may be deemed an instruction to vote such shares in favor of the proposal. Beneficial owners who do not return a proxy card may have their shares voted by broker-dealer firms in favor of Proposal 1.

 

If you hold shares of a Fund through a bank or other financial institution or intermediary (called a service agent) that has entered into a service agreement with the Fund or a distributor of the Fund, the service agent may be the record holder of your shares. At the Meetings, a service agent will vote shares for which it receives instructions from its customers in accordance with those instructions. A properly executed proxy card or other authorization by a shareholder that does not specify how the shareholder’s shares should be voted on a proposal may be deemed to authorize a service provider to vote such shares in favor of the proposal. Depending on its policies, applicable law or contractual or other restrictions, a service agent may be permitted to vote shares with respect to which it has not received specific voting instructions from its customers. In those cases, the service agent may, but may not be required to, vote such shares in the same proportion as those shares for which the service agent has received voting instructions. This practice is commonly referred to as “echo voting.”

 

Shares of certain Group A Funds are offered to variable annuity and variable life insurance separate accounts established by insurance companies to fund variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies. Shares of such Funds are held by the variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance products offered by the separate accounts of participating life insurance

 

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companies. However, in accordance with current law and interpretations thereof, participating insurance companies will vote shares held in the separate accounts in a manner consistent with voting instructions timely received from the holders of variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies. A signed proxy card or other authorization by a holder that does not specify how the holder’s shares should be voted on the proposal may be deemed an instruction to vote such shares in favor of the applicable proposal. Those persons who have a voting interest as of the close of business on June 25, 2007 will be entitled to submit instructions to their participating insurance company. Each participating insurance company will vote such Fund shares held in separate accounts for which no timely instructions are received from the holders of variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies, as well as shares it owns, in the same proportion as those shares for which such insurance company receives voting instructions. For purposes of this Joint Proxy Statement, the term “shareholder” (when used to refer to the beneficial holder of ownership interests in a Fund) also includes holders of variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies.

 

If you beneficially own shares that are held in “street name” through a broker-dealer or that are held of record by a service agent, or if you hold shares through a variable annuity contract or a variable life insurance policy, and if you do not give specific voting instructions for your shares, they may not be voted at all or, as described above, they may be voted in a manner that you may not intend. Therefore, you are strongly encouraged to give your broker-dealer, service agent or participating insurance company specific instructions as to how you want your shares to be voted.

 

Proposal 1(a) and 1(b):

 

   

The vote requirement for each Fund to elect Nominees is set forth in Appendix B.

 

   

The votes of each Fund that are series of the same Registrant will be counted together with respect to the election of the Nominees to the New Board of that Registrant and the shareholders of each Fund will vote together as a single class with the shareholders of all other Funds that are series of the same Registrant.

 

   

The shareholders of each feeder Fund (identified in Appendix A) will also vote on Proposal 1 with respect to the election of the Nominees to the New Board of their corresponding master Fund or series of the corresponding master Fund.

 

Proposal 2:

 

   

Approval by each of Bond Fund and Master Bond Portfolio will require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, as defined under the 1940 Act. The 1940 Act defines such vote as the lesser of (i) 67% or more of the total number of shares of all classes of a fund present or represented by proxy at the Meeting, voting together as a single class, if holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of all classes, taken as a single class, are present or represented by proxy at the Meeting; or (ii) more than 50% of the total number of outstanding shares of all classes of such fund, voting together as a single class.

 

   

The shareholders of Bond Fund will also vote on Proposal 2 with respect to the approval to change the investment objective of its corresponding master Fund, Master Bond Portfolio.

 

Approval of the proposals will occur only if a sufficient number of votes at the Meeting are cast “FOR” the proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be counted as votes cast and therefore, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as a vote against Proposal 1 for Funds (identified in Appendix B) which require a majority of the outstanding shares present, in person or by proxy and a vote against Proposal 2. However, abstentions and broker non-votes will not have an effect on Proposal 1 for Funds that require a plurality or majority of votes cast.

 

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INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMS

 

The Board Members, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, of each Fund have selected Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”) as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Funds. D&T, in accordance with Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 (ISB No. 1), has confirmed to each applicable Audit Committee that it is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to each Fund.

 

Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”) served as the independent registered public accounting firm of certain Funds* for fiscal years prior to June 30, 2006. Each affected Fund’s Audit Committee approved the engagement of D&T as the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, as well as for the current fiscal year. A majority of the Fund’s Board Members, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, approved the appointment of D&T.

 

The reports of E&Y on each applicable Fund’s financial statements for each of the last two fiscal years audited by E&Y contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. There have been no disagreements with E&Y during such fiscal years and any subsequent interim period on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of E&Y, would have caused them to make reference thereto in their reports on the financial statements for such years.

 

No representatives of D&T or E&Y will be present at the Meetings.

 

Appendix I sets forth for each Fund, for each applicable Fund’s two most recent fiscal years, the fees billed by that Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm for all audit and non-audit services provided directly to the Fund. The fee information in Appendix I is presented under the following captions:

 

(a) Audit Fees—fees related to the audit and review of the financial statements included in annual reports and registration statements, and other services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements, including out-of-pocket expenses.

 

(b) Audit-Related Fees—fees related to assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of financial statements, but not reported under “Audit Fees,” including accounting consultations, agreed-upon procedure reports, attestation reports, comfort letters, out-of-pocket expenses and internal control reviews not required by regulators.

 

(c) Tax Fees—fees associated with tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning, including services relating to the filing or amendment of federal, state or local income tax returns, regulated investment company qualification reviews, tax distribution and analysis reviews and miscellaneous tax advice.

 

(d) All Other Fees—fees for products and services provided to the Fund other than those reported under “Audit Fees,” “Audit-Related Fees” and “Tax Fees.”

 


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The charter of each Audit Committee requires that the Audit Committee approve (a) all audit and permissible non-audit services to be provided to each Fund and (b) all permissible non-audit services to be provided by the Fund’s independent auditors to the investment adviser and any service providers controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“Affiliated Service Providers”) if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. The Audit Committee has implemented policies and procedures by which such services may be approved other than by the full Committee. See Appendix I to this Joint Proxy Statement for information about the fees paid by the Funds, their investment advisers, and Affiliated Service Providers to each Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm.

 

The Audit Committee of each Fund has adopted policies and procedures with regard to the pre-approval of services. Audit, audit-related and tax compliance services provided to a Fund on an annual basis require specific pre-approval by the Fund’s Audit Committee. As noted above, the Audit Committee also must approve other non-audit services provided to a Fund and those non-audit services provided to the Fund’s Affiliated Service Providers that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. Certain of these non-audit services that the Audit Committee believes are (a) consistent with the Commission’s auditor independence rules and (b) routine and recurring services that will not impair the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm may be approved by the Audit Committee without consideration on a specific case-by-case basis (“general pre-approval”). However, for certain Funds such services will only be deemed pre-approved provided that any individual project does not exceed $5,000 attributable to the Fund or $50,000 for the project as a whole. Any proposed services exceeding the pre-approved cost levels for those Funds will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee of those Funds, as will any other services not subject to general pre-approval (e.g., unanticipated but permissible services). The Audit Committee is informed of each service approved subject to general pre-approval at the next regularly scheduled in-person board meeting.

 

For each Fund’s two most recent fiscal years, there were no services rendered by D&T or E&Y to the Funds for which the pre-approval requirement was waived.

 

Each Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered by D&T or E&Y to BlackRock Advisors and Affiliated Service Providers that were not pre-approved (not requiring pre-approval) is compatible with maintaining such auditor’s independence. All services provided by D&T or E&Y to each Fund, BlackRock Advisors or Affiliated Service Providers that were required to be pre-approved were pre-approved as required.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

5% Share Ownership

 

As of June 8, 2007, to the best of the Funds’ knowledge, the persons listed in Appendix J owned beneficially or of record the amounts indicated.

 

Submission of Shareholder Proposals

 

The open-end Funds do not hold annual meetings of shareholders. A shareholder proposal intended to be included in a proxy statement for a future meeting of shareholders of a Fund must be received at the offices of the Fund, 40 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10022-5911, a reasonable time before the Fund begins to print and mail its proxy materials. Timely submission of a proposal does not guarantee that such proposal will be included in a proxy statement. The

 

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persons named as proxies in future proxy materials of a Fund may exercise discretionary authority with respect to any shareholder proposal presented at any subsequent shareholder meeting if written notice of such proposal has not been received by that Fund a reasonable period of time before the Board Members’ solicitation relating to such meeting is made.

 

Shareholder Communications

 

Shareholders who want to communicate with the Board or any individual Board Member should write their Fund to the attention of the Secretary, 40 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10022-5911. The letter should indicate that you are a Fund shareholder. If the communication is intended for a specific Board Member and so indicates, it will be sent only to that Board Member. If a communication does not indicate a specific Board Member, it will be sent to the chair of the nominating and governance committee and the outside counsel to the Independent Board Members for further distribution as deemed appropriate by such persons.

 

Additionally, shareholders with complaints or concerns regarding accounting matters may address letters to the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”), 40 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10022-5911. Shareholders who are uncomfortable submitting complaints to the CCO may address letters directly to the Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board that oversees the Fund. Such letters may be submitted on an anonymous basis.

 

Expense of Proxy Solicitation

 

The cost of preparing, printing and mailing the enclosed proxy, accompanying notice and this Joint Proxy Statement and costs in connection with the solicitation of proxies will be shared equally between BlackRock and the Funds. Additional out-of-pocket costs, such as legal expenses and auditor fees, incurred in connection with the preparation of this Joint Proxy Statement, also will be shared equally between BlackRock and the Funds. Costs that are borne by the Funds collectively will be allocated among the Funds on the basis of a combination of their respective net assets and number of shareholder accounts, except when direct costs can be reasonably attributed to one or more specific Funds.

 

Solicitation may be made by letter or telephone by officers or employees of BlackRock Advisors, or by dealers and their representatives. Brokerage houses, banks and other fiduciaries may be requested to forward proxy solicitation material to their principals to obtain authorization for the execution of proxies. The Funds and BlackRock will reimburse brokerage firms, custodians, banks and fiduciaries for their expenses in forwarding this Joint Proxy Statement and proxy materials to the beneficial owners of each Fund’s shares. The Funds and BlackRock have retained Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, New York 11717, a proxy solicitation firm, to assist in the solicitation of proxies. It is anticipated that Broadridge will be paid approximately $4,749,062 for such solicitation services (including reimbursements of out-of-pocket expenses), to be shared equally by BlackRock and the Funds. Broadridge may solicit proxies personally and by telephone. Each Fund’s portion of the foregoing expenses is not subject to any cap or voluntary agreement to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses that may otherwise apply to that Fund.

 

Fiscal Year

 

The fiscal year end of each Fund is as set forth in Appendix I.

 

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Privacy Principles of the Funds

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

General

 

Management does not intend to present and does not have reason to believe that any other items of business will be presented at the Meetings. However, if other matters are properly presented to the Meetings for a vote, the proxies will be voted by the persons acting under the proxies upon such matters in accordance with their judgment of the best interests of the Fund.

 

A list of shareholders entitled to be present and to vote at the Meeting will be available at the offices of the Funds, 40 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10022-5911, for inspection by any shareholder during regular business hours beginning ten days prior to the date of the Meeting.

 

Failure of a quorum to be present at any Meeting will necessitate adjournment. The persons named in the enclosed proxy may also move for an adjournment of any Meeting to permit further solicitation of proxies with respect to the proposals if they determine that adjournment and further solicitation are reasonable and in the best interests of shareholders. Any such adjournment will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of the Fund present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the time of the Meeting to be adjourned. Any adjourned Meeting or Meetings may be held without the necessity of another notice. The persons named as proxies will vote in favor of any such adjournment if they believe the adjournment and additional proxy solicitation are reasonable and in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders. For purposes of determining the presence of a quorum, abstentions and broker non-votes will be treated as shares that are present at the Meeting.

 

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Please vote promptly by signing and dating each enclosed proxy card, and if received by mail, returning it in the accompanying postage-paid return envelope OR by following the enclosed instructions to provide voting instructions by telephone or over the Internet.

 

By order of the Boards of Directors/Trustees,

 

Brian P. Kindelan

Secretary of certain Funds

and

Alice A. Pellegrino

Secretary of certain Funds

 

July 2, 2007

 

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Appendix A

 

CORPORATIONS, TRUSTS, LLCS AND SERIES

 

Registrant (Term may be
used in this Joint Proxy
Statement)

 

Form of Organization

 

Series

 

Term may be used in this
Joint Proxy Statement

 

Date of
Shareholders’
Meeting

BlackRock Funds II

  Massachusetts Business Trust   Total Return Portfolio   Total Return   September 7, 2007
    Total Return Portfolio II   Total Return II   September 7, 2007
    Delaware Municipal Bond Portfolio   DE Municipal   September 7, 2007
    Enhanced Income Portfolio   Enhanced Income   September 7, 2007
    AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio   AMT-Free Portfolio   September 7, 2007
    GNMA Portfolio   GNMA Portfolio   September 7, 2007
    Government Income Portfolio   Gov’t Income Portfolio   September 7, 2007
    High Yield Bond Portfolio   High Yield Bond Portfolio   September 7, 2007
    Intermediate Bond Portfolio II   Intermediate Bond II   September 7, 2007
    Prepared Portfolio 2010   PP2010   September 7, 2007
    Prepared Portfolio 2015   PP2015   September 7, 2007
    Prepared Portfolio 2020   PP2020   September 7, 2007
    Prepared Portfolio 2025   PP2025   September 7, 2007
    Prepared Portfolio 2030   PP2030   September 7, 2007
    Prepared Portfolio 2035   PP2035   September 7, 2007
    Prepared Portfolio 2040   PP2040   September 7, 2007
    Prepared Portfolio 2045   PP2045   September 7, 2007
    Prepared Portfolio 2050   PP2050   September 7, 2007
    Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio   Intermediate Gov’t Bond   September 7, 2007
    International Bond Portfolio   Int’l Bond Portfolio   September 7, 2007
    Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio   Inflation Protected   September 7, 2007
    Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio   KY Municipal   September 7, 2007
    Low Duration Bond Portfolio   Low Duration Portfolio   September 7, 2007
    Managed Income Portfolio   Managed Income   September 7, 2007
    Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio   OH Municipal   September 7, 2007
    BlackRock Strategic Portfolio I   Strategic Portfolio I   September 7, 2007
    Conservative Prepared Portfolio   Conservative Prepared   September 7, 2007
    Moderate Prepared Portfolio   Moderate Prepared   September 7, 2007
    Growth Prepared Portfolio   Growth Prepared   September 7, 2007
    Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio   Aggressive Growth Prepared   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares (BATS)

  Delaware Statutory Trust  

Series C Portfolio

Series M Portfolio

Series S Portfolio

 

BATS—C

BATS—M

BATS—S

 

September 7, 2007

September 7, 2007

September 7, 2007

BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. (BR Variable Series Funds)

  Maryland Corporation  

BlackRock Balanced Capital V.I. Fund

BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund

 

Balanced Capital V.I.

Basic Value V.I.

 

August 23, 2007

August 23, 2007

    BlackRock Bond V.I. Fund   Bond V.I.   August 23, 2007
    BlackRock Fundamental Growth V.I. Fund   Fundamental Growth V.I.   August 23, 2007
    BlackRock Global Growth V.I. Fund   Global Growth V.I.   August 23, 2007

 

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Registrant (Term may be
used in this Joint Proxy
Statement)

 

Form of Organization

 

Series

 

Term may be used in this
Joint Proxy Statement

 

Date of
Shareholders’
Meeting

    BlackRock S&P 500 Index V.I. Fund   S&P 500 Index V.I.   August 23, 2007
    BlackRock Large Cap Core V.I. Fund   Large Cap Core V.I.   August 23, 2007
    BlackRock Large Cap Growth V.I. Fund   Large Cap Growth V.I.   August 23, 2007
    BlackRock Large Cap Value V.I. Fund   Large Cap Value V.I.   August 23, 2007
    BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund   Global Allocation V.I.   August 23, 2007
    BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications V.I. Fund   Utilities & Telecoms V.I.   August 23, 2007
    BlackRock Value Opportunities V.I. Fund   Value Opportunities V.I.   August 23, 2007
    BlackRock International Value V.I. Fund   Int’l Value V.I.   August 23, 2007
    BlackRock Government Income V.I. Fund   Gov’t Income V.I.   August 23, 2007
    BlackRock High Income V.I. Fund   High Income V.I.   August 23, 2007
    BlackRock Money Market V.I. Fund   Money Market V.I.   August 23, 2007

BlackRock Series Fund, Inc. (BR Series Fund)

  Maryland Corporation  

BlackRock Balanced Capital Portfolio

BlackRock Bond Portfolio

 

Balanced Capital Portfolio

Bond Portfolio

  August 23, 2007
    BlackRock Fundamental Growth Portfolio   Fundamental Growth Portfolio   August 23, 2007
    BlackRock Global Allocation Portfolio   Global Allocation Portfolio   August 23, 2007
    BlackRock Government Income Portfolio   Gov’t Income Portfolio   August 23, 2007
    BlackRock High Income Portfolio   High Income Portfolio   August 23, 2007
    BlackRock Money Market Portfolio   Money Market Portfolio   August 23, 2007
    BlackRock Large Cap Core Portfolio   Large Cap Core Portfolio   August 23, 2007

Master Value Opportunities LLC

  Delaware Limited Liability Company     Master Value Opportunities   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund, Inc.

  Maryland Corporation     Value Opportunities   September 7, 2007

Master Basic Value LLC

  Delaware Limited Liability Company     Master Basic Value   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

  Maryland Corporation     Basic Value   September 7, 2007

Master Focus Twenty LLC

  Delaware Limited Liability Company     Master Focus Twenty   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Focus Twenty Fund, Inc.

  Maryland Corporation     Focus Twenty   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

  Massachusetts Business Trust     Natural Resources   August 23, 2007

BlackRock Global Growth Fund, Inc.

  Maryland Corporation     Global Growth   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

  Maryland Corporation     Balanced Capital Fund   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc.

  Maryland Corporation     Global SmallCap   September 7, 2007

Master Bond LLC (Master Bond)

  Delaware Limited Liability Company   Master Bond Portfolio   Master Bond   September 7, 2007

 

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Registrant (Term may be
used in this Joint Proxy
Statement)

 

Form of Organization

 

Series

 

Term may be used in this
Joint Proxy Statement

 

Date of
Shareholders’
Meeting

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc. (BR Bond Fund)

  Maryland Corporation  

BlackRock Bond Fund

BlackRock High Income Fund

 

Bond Fund

High Income Fund

 

September 7, 2007

September 7, 2007

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (BR Municipal Bond)

  Maryland Corporation  

BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

 

Municipal Insured

National Municipal

 

September 7, 2007

September 7, 2007

    BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund   Short-Term Municipal   September 7, 2007
    BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund   High Yield Municipal   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

  Massachusetts Business Trust     Equity Dividend   August 23, 2007

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

  Maryland Corporation     Global Allocation Fund   September 7, 2007

BlackRock EuroFund

  Massachusetts Business Trust     Euro Fund   August 23, 2007

BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund

  Delaware Statutory Trust     Global Dynamic Equity   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc.

  Maryland Corporation     Utilities & Telecoms Fund   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series, Inc. (BR Mid Cap Value Opportunities)

  Maryland Corporation   BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund   Mid Cap Value Opportunities   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust (BR Municipal Series)

  Massachusetts Business Trust   BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund   Intermediate Municipal   August 23, 2007

Managed Account Series (MAS)

  Delaware Statutory Trust  

High Income Portfolio

US Mortgage Portfolio

 

MAS High Income

MAS US Mortgage

 

September 7, 2007

September 7, 2007

    Global SmallCap Portfolio   MAS Global SmallCap   September 7, 2007
    Mid Cap Value Opportunities Portfolio   MAS Mid Cap Value   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Focus Value Fund, Inc.

  Maryland Corporation     Focus Value   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Fund, Inc.

  Maryland Corporation     Fundamental Growth Fund   September 7, 2007

BlackRock World Income Fund, Inc.

  Maryland Corporation     World Income   September 7, 2007

The GNMA Fund Investment Accumulation Program, Inc.

  Maryland Corporation     GNMA IAP   August 23, 2007

Master Commodity Strategies LLC

  Delaware Limited Liability Company     Master Commodity Strategies   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

  Delaware Statutory Trust     Commodity Strategies   September 7, 2007

Short-Term Bond Master LLC (Short-Term Master)

  Delaware Limited Liability Company   Short-Term Bond Master Portfolio   Short-Term Bond Master   September 7, 2007

 

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Registrant (Term may be
used in this Joint Proxy
Statement)

 

Form of Organization

 

Series

 

Term may be used in this
Joint Proxy Statement

 

Date of
Shareholders’
Meeting

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Series, Inc. (BR Short-Term Bond)

  Maryland Corporation   BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund   Short-Term Bond   September 7, 2007

FDP Series, Inc. (FDP Series)

  Maryland Corporation  

Franklin Templeton Total Return FDP Fund

Marsico Growth FDP Fund

 

Total Return FDP

Growth FDP

 

September 7, 2007

September 7, 2007

    MFS Research International FDP Fund   Research Int’l FDP   September 7, 2007
    Van Kampen Value FDP Fund   Value FDP   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Principal Protected Trust (BR PPT)

  Delaware Statutory Trust  

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Principal
Protected Fund

BlackRock Basic Value Principal Protected Fund

 

Fundamental Growth PPF

Basic Value PPF

 

September 7, 2007

September 7, 2007

    BlackRock Core Principal Protected Fund   Core PPF   September 7, 2007

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust (BR CA Municipal)

  Massachusetts Business Trust   BlackRock California Insured Municipal Bond Fund   CA Insured   August 23, 2007

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust (BR Multi-State)

  Massachusetts Business Trust  

BlackRock Florida Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

 

FL Municipal

NJ Municipal

 

August 23, 2007

August 23, 2007

    BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund   PA Municipal   August 23, 2007
    BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund   NY Municipal   August 23, 2007

BlackRock International Value Trust (BR Int’t Value)

  Massachusetts Business Trust   BlackRock International Value Fund   Int’l Value   August 23, 2007

BlackRock FundsSM

  Massachusetts Business Trust  

Asset Allocation Portfolio

All-Cap Global Resources Portfolio

 

Asset Allocation

All-Cap Global Resources

 

September 7, 2007

September 7, 2007

    Aurora Portfolio   Aurora   September 7, 2007
    Investment Trust   Investment Trust   September 7, 2007
    Exchange Portfolio   Exchange Portfolio   September 7, 2007
    Global Opportunities Portfolio   Global Opportunities Portfolio   September 7, 2007
    Global Resources Portfolio   Global Resources Portfolio   September 7, 2007
    Global Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio   Science & Tech Opportunities   September 7, 2007
    Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio   Health Sciences Opportunities   September 7, 2007
    International Opportunities Portfolio   Int’l Opportunities Portfolio   September 7, 2007
    Capital Appreciation Portfolio   Capital Appreciation Portfolio   September 7, 2007
    Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio   Mid-Cap Growth Equity   September 7, 2007
    Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio   Mid-Cap Value Equity   September 7, 2007
    Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio   Small Cap Growth Equity   September 7, 2007
    Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio   Small Cap Core Equity   September 7, 2007
    Small Cap Value Equity Portfolio   Small Cap Value Equity   September 7, 2007
    Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio   Small/Mid-Cap Growth   September 7, 2007
    U.S. Opportunities Portfolio   US Opportunities   September 7, 2007
    Index Equity Portfolio   Index Equity   September 7, 2007
    Money Market Portfolio   Money Market   September 7, 2007
    Municipal Money Market Portfolio   Municipal Money Market   September 7, 2007
    U.S. Treasury Money Market Portfolio   Treasury Money Market   September 7, 2007

 

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Registrant (Term may be
used in this Joint Proxy
Statement)

 

Form of Organization

 

Series

 

Term may be used in this
Joint Proxy Statement

 

Date of
Shareholders’
Meeting

    North Carolina Municipal Money Market Portfolio   NC Money Market   September 7, 2007
    New Jersey Municipal Money Market Portfolio   NJ Money Market   September 7, 2007
    Ohio Municipal Money Market Portfolio   OH Money Market   September 7, 2007
    Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Portfolio   PA Money Market   September 7, 2007
    Virginia Municipal Money Market Portfolio   VA Money Market   September 7, 2007

Quantitative Master Series LLC (QMS LLC)

  Delaware Limited Liability Company  

Master Enhanced Small Cap Series

Master Core Bond Enhanced Index Series

 

Master Enhanced Small Cap

Master Core Bond Enhanced

 

September 7, 2007

September 7, 2007

    Master Enhanced International Series   Master Enhanced Int’l   September 7, 2007
    Master Enhanced S&P 500 Series   Master Enhanced S&P 500   September 7, 2007
    Master Extended Market Index Series   Master Extended Market Index   September 7, 2007
    Master International Index Series   Master Int’l Index   September 7, 2007
    Master Mid Cap Index Series   Master Mid Cap Index   September 7, 2007
    Master S&P 500 Index Series   Master S&P 500 Index   September 7, 2007
    Master Small Cap Index Series   Master Small Cap Index   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. (BR Index)

  Maryland Corporation  

BlackRock International Index Fund

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

 

Int’l Index

S&P 500 Index

 

September 7, 2007

September 7, 2007

    BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund   Small Cap Index   September 7, 2007

Merrill Lynch U.S.A Government Reserves

  Massachusetts Business Trust     ML USA Gov’t Reserves   August 23, 2007

Merrill Lynch U.S. Treasury Money Fund

  Massachusetts Business Trust     ML Treasury Money Fund   August 23, 2007

Merrill Lynch Ready Assets Trust

  Massachusetts Business Trust     ML Ready Assets   August 23, 2007

BlackRock Healthcare Fund, Inc.

  Maryland Corporation     Healthcare Fund   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Global Technology Fund, Inc.

  Maryland Corporation     Global Technology Fund   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Developing Capital Markets Fund, Inc.

  Maryland Corporation     Developing Capital Markets   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

  Maryland Corporation     Latin America Fund   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc.

  Maryland Corporation     Pacific Fund   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust (BR Financial Institutions)

  Massachusetts Business Trust   BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund   Summit Cash Reserves   August 23, 2007

Master Money LLC

  Delaware Limited Liability Company     Master Money   September 7, 2007

Master Government Securities LLC

  Delaware Limited Liability Company     Master Gov’t Securities   September 7, 2007

 

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Registrant (Term may be
used in this Joint Proxy
Statement)

 

Form of Organization

 

Series

 

Term may be used in this
Joint Proxy Statement

 

Date of
Shareholders’
Meeting

    Global Resources Portfolio   Global Resources Portfolio   September 7, 2007

Master Tax-Exempt LLC

  Delaware Limited Liability Company     Master Tax-Exempt   September 7, 2007

Master Treasury LLC

  Delaware Limited Liability Company     Master Treasury   September 7, 2007

CMA Money Fund

  Massachusetts Business Trust     CMA Money Fund   August 23, 2007

CMA Government Securities Fund

  Massachusetts Business Trust     CMA Gov’t Securities   August 23, 2007

CMA Tax-Exempt Fund

  Massachusetts Business Trust     CMA Tax-Exempt   August 23, 2007

CMA Treasury Fund

  Massachusetts Business Trust     CMA Treasury   August 23, 2007

WCMA Money Fund

  Massachusetts Business Trust     WCMA Money Fund   August 23, 2007

WCMA Government Securities Fund

  Massachusetts Business Trust     WCMA Gov’t Securities   August 23, 2007

WCMA Tax-Exempt Fund

  Massachusetts Business Trust     WCMA Tax-Exempt   August 23, 2007

WCMA Treasury Fund

  Massachusetts Business Trust     WCMA Treasury   August 23, 2007

Global Financial Services Master LLC

  Delaware Limited Liability Company     Global Financial Services Master   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund, Inc.

  Maryland Corporation     Global Financial Services   September 7, 2007

Merrill Lynch Retirement Series Trust (ML Retirement Series)

  Massachusetts Business Trust   Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves Money Fund   ML Retirement Reserves   August 23, 2007

Master Large Cap Series LLC (Master Large Cap)

  Delaware Limited Liability Company  

Master Large Cap Core Portfolio

Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio

 

Master Large Cap Core

Master Large Cap Growth

 

September 7, 2007

September 7, 2007

    Master Large Cap Value Portfolio   Master Large Cap Value   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.
(BR Large Cap)

  Maryland Corporation  

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

 

Large Cap Core

Large Cap Growth

 

September 7, 2007

September 7, 2007

    BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund   Large Cap Value   September 7, 2007

BlackRock Master LLC
(BR Master)

  Delaware Limited Liability Company  

BlackRock Master Small Cap Growth Portfolio

BlackRock Master International Portfolio

 

Master Small Cap Growth

Master Int’l

 

September 7, 2007

September 7, 2007

BlackRock Series, Inc.
(BR Series)

  Maryland Corporation  

BlackRock International Fund

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II

 

Int’l Fund

Small Cap Growth II

 

September 7, 2007

September 7, 2007

Master Institutional
Money Market LLC (Master Institutional)

  Delaware Limited Liability Company  

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Portfolio

Merrill Lynch Institutional Portfolio

 

ML Premier Institutional

ML Institutional

 

September 7, 2007

September 7, 2007

    Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Portfolio   ML Institutional Tax-Exempt   September 7, 2007

Merrill Lynch Funds For Institutions Series
(ML Institutions Series)

  Massachusetts Business Trust  

Merrill Lynch Government Fund

Merrill Lynch Treasury Fund

 

ML Gov’t

ML Treasury

 

September 7, 2007

September 7, 2007

    Merrill Lynch Institutional Fund   ML Institutional Fund   September 7, 2007
    Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Fund   ML Premier Institutional Fund   September 7, 2007
    Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund   ML Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund   September 7, 2007

 

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Registrant (Term may be
used in this Joint Proxy
Statement)

 

Form of Organization

 

Series

 

Term may be used in this
Joint Proxy Statement

 

Date of
Shareholders’
Meeting

CMA Multi-State Municipal Series Trust (CMA Multi-State)

  Massachusetts Business Trust   CMA Arizona Municipal Money Fund   CMA AZ Municipal   August 23, 2007
    CMA California Municipal Money Fund   CMA CA Municipal   August 23, 2007
    CMA Connecticut Municipal Money Fund   CMA CT Municipal   August 23, 2007
    CMA Massachusetts Municipal Money Fund   CMA MA Municipal   August 23, 2007
    CMA Michigan Municipal Money Fund   CMA MI Municipal   August 23, 2007
    CMA New Jersey Municipal Money Fund   CMA NJ Municipal   August 23, 2007
    CMA New York Municipal Money Fund   CMA NY Municipal   August 23, 2007
    CMA North Carolina Municipal Money Fund   CMA NC Municipal   August 23, 2007
    CMA Ohio Municipal Money Fund   CMA OH Municipal   August 23, 2007
    CMA Pennsylvania Municipal Money Fund   CMA PA Municipal   August 23, 2007
    CMA Florida Municipal Money Fund   CMA FL Municipal   August 23, 2007

 

 

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Master/Feeder Funds

 

Master Funds

 

Feeder Funds

Master Basic Value LLC

 

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

Master Value Opportunities LLC

 

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund, Inc.

Quantitative Master Series LLC

 

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

Master S&P 500 Index Series

 

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

Master International Index Series

 

BlackRock International Index Fund

Master Core Bond Enhanced Index Series

 

Master Enhanced Small Cap Series

 

Master Enhanced International Series

 

Master Enhanced S&P 500 Series

 

Master Extended Market Index Series

 

Master Mid Cap Index Series

 

Quantitative Master Series LLC

 

BlackRock FundsSM

Master S&P 500 Index Series

 

Index Equity Portfolio

Master Money LLC

 

CMA Money Fund

 

WCMA Money Fund

Master Government Securities LLC

 

CMA Government Securities Fund

 

WCMA Government Securities Fund

Master Tax-Exempt LLC

 

CMA Tax-Exempt Fund

 

WCMA Tax-Exempt Fund

Master Treasury LLC

 

CMA Treasury Fund

 

WCMA Treasury Fund

Global Financial Services Master LLC

 

BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund, Inc.

Master Bond LLC

 

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

Master Bond Portfolio

 

BlackRock Bond Fund

Master Focus Twenty LLC

 

BlackRock Focus Twenty Fund, Inc.

Master Large Cap Series LLC

 

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio

 

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

Master Large Cap Value Portfolio

 

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund

Master Large Cap Core Portfolio

 

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund

Short-Term Bond Master LLC

 

Short-Term Bond Series, Inc.

Short-Term Bond Master Portfolio

 

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund

BlackRock Master LLC

 

BlackRock Series, Inc.

BlackRock Master International Portfolio

 

BlackRock International Fund

BlackRock Master Small Cap Growth Portfolio

 

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II

Master Commodity Strategies LLC

 

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

 

Merrill Lynch Funds For Institutions Series

Merrill Lynch Institutional Portfolio

 

Merrill Lynch Institutional Fund

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Portfolio

 

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Fund

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Portfolio

 

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund

 

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Fund Information

 

The following table lists, with respect to each Fund, the total number of shares outstanding and the net assets of the Fund on June 25, 2007, the record date for voting at the Meeting. The table also lists the quorum requirements for each Fund and the vote required for Proposal 1 for each Fund. (Vote requirements for Proposal 2 are listed under the heading “Vote Required and Manner of Voting Proxies,” which begins on page 28 of the Joint Proxy Statement.)

 

Fund(*)

 

Total

Shares

Outstanding

 

Net

Assets ($)

 

Quorum

Requirement

 

Vote

Required

to Approve

Proposal 1†

BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares

  98,163,901     Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy   Plurality of votes cast

Series C Portfolio

  46,346,177   446,146,717    

Series M Portfolio

  47,983,497   458,805,243    

Series S Portfolio

  3,834,227   37,394,225    

Master Value Opportunities LLC**

    2,700,554,806   1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy   Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund, Inc.

  109,275,832   2,698,094,871   Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy   Plurality of votes cast

Master Basic Value LLC**

    8,590,862,951   1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy   Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

  256,727,490   8,587,417,680   Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy   Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust**

  7,336,268   450,477,405   1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy   Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

BlackRock Global Growth Fund, Inc.

  41,160,315   667,481,837   1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy   Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

  83,984,724   2,413,744,953   Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy   Plurality of votes cast

 

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Fund(*)

  

Total

Shares

Outstanding

  

Net

Assets ($)

  

Quorum

Requirement

  

Vote

Required

to Approve

Proposal 1†

BlackRock Series Fund, Inc.

         Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock Balanced Capital Portfolio

   51,435,660    860,489,361      

BlackRock Bond Portfolio

   10,080,462    112,246,921      

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Portfolio

   8,737,413    219,582,599      

BlackRock Global Allocation Portfolio

   17,365,742    318,264,092      

BlackRock Government Income Portfolio

   14,417,263    155,830,815      

BlackRock High Income Portfolio

   10,020,017    57,756,713      

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

   313,697,258    313,739,762      

BlackRock Large Cap Core Portfolio

   12,132,957    323,888,951      

BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc.

   50,767,076    1,418,259,777    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

Master Bond LLC**

         1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

Master Bond Portfolio

      3,313,456,592      

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

         Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock Bond Fund

   222,813,450    2,502,548,096      

BlackRock High Income Fund

   278,696,864    1,466,815,470      

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

         Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund

   114,748,421    877,470,241      

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

   153,895,065    1,599,239,406      

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

   27,789,167    274,573,026      

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

   6,998,912    69,646,427      

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund**

   71,449,592    1,423,773,839    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

 

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Fund(*)

  

Total

Shares

Outstanding

  

Net

Assets ($)

  

Quorum

Requirement

  

Vote

Required

to Approve

Proposal 1†

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

   1,033,830,370    19,739,481,859    Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock EuroFund**

   43,874,529    1,027,374,839    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust**

         1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund

   18,701,121    188,088,246   

  

BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund

   91,193,577    1,226,548,252    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc.

       
10,416,454
       
170,400,751
       
Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy
       
Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series, Inc.

        

Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy

  

Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund

   24,569,138    474,765,282      

Managed Account Series

         1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

High Income Portfolio

   9,849,099    99,361,946      

US Mortgage Portfolio

   13,014,892    126,507,648      

Global SmallCap Portfolio

   10,218,372    140,227,334      

Mid Cap Value Opportunities Portfolio

   10,977,363    134,594,874      

Short-Term Bond Master LLC**

         1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

Short-Term Bond Master Portfolio

      674,008,559      

 

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Fund(*)

  

Total

Shares

Outstanding

  

Net

Assets ($)

  

Quorum

Requirement

  

Vote

Required

to Approve

Proposal 1†

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Series, Inc.

         1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund

   67,484,717    671,621,567      

BlackRock Focus Value Fund, Inc.

   22,928,685    364,973,732    Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust**

        

1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy

  

Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

BlackRock Florida Municipal Bond Fund

   10,800,156    110,195,121      

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

   27,532,974    289,781,315      

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

   52,250,520    579,241,715      

BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund

   25,742,860    279,999,193      

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Fund, Inc.

   222,758,950    4,506,098,865    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust**

        

1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy

  

Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

BlackRock California Insured Municipal Bond Fund

   34,737,433    391,976,228      

Master Focus Twenty LLC**

      73,650,893    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

BlackRock Focus Twenty Fund, Inc.

   34,127,941    73,523,497    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

 

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Fund(*)

  

Total

Shares

Outstanding

  

Net

Assets ($)

  

Quorum

Requirement

  

Vote

Required

to Approve

Proposal 1†

BlackRock Variable Series Fund, Inc.

         Majority of shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock Balanced Capital V.I. Fund

   4,459,254    64,775,791      

BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund

   60,931,890    1,045,278,212      

BlackRock Bond V.I. Fund

   32,821,711    381,225,000      

BlackRock Fundamental Growth V.I. Fund

   12,148,201    106,208,291      

BlackRock Global Growth V.I. Fund

   5,618,584    87,059,244      

BlackRock S&P 500 Index V.I. Fund

   16,081,016    307,210,656      

BlackRock Large Cap Core V.I. Fund

   15,474,046    528,285,767      

BlackRock Large Cap Growth V.I. Fund

   17,551,830    220,739,517      

BlackRock Large Cap Value V.I. Fund

   14,614,625    238,651,466      

BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund

   57,211,739    893,807,697      

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications V.I. Fund

   4,437,275    57,817,446      

BlackRock Value Opportunities V.I. Fund

   21,591,261    458,465,050      

BlackRock International Value V.I. Fund

   22,263,316    410,510,141      

BlackRock Government Income V.I. Fund

   23,968,924    240,851,116      

BlackRock High Income V.I. Fund

   26,193,626    200,619,008      

BlackRock Money Market V.I. Fund

   246,828,184    246,857,354      

BlackRock World Income Fund, Inc.

   26,295,991    158,708,950    Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock International Value Trust

         1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock International Value Fund

   62,299,041    2,112,152,018      

FDP Series, Inc.

         1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

Franklin Templeton Total Return FDP Fund

   18,153,994    177,325,912      

Marsico Growth FDP Fund

   12,350,695    148,902,181      

MFS Research International FDP Fund

   12,210,071    176,772,007      

Van Kampen Value FDP Fund

   12,250,848    147,973,276      

 

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Fund(*)

  

Total

Shares

Outstanding

  

Net

Assets ($)

  

Quorum

Requirement

  

Vote

Required

to Approve

Proposal 1†

BlackRock Principal Protected Trust

         1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Principal Protected Fund

   8,421,122    85,669,948      

BlackRock Basic Value Principal Protected Fund

   13,495,665    172,193,239      

BlackRock Core Principal Protected Fund

   13,676,265    170,445,568      

Master Commodity Strategies LLC

      61,013,767    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

   6,183,676    53,760,499    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

The GNMA Fund Investment Accumulation Program, Inc.

       
5,731,780
       
114,293,993
       
1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy
       
Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock Funds II

         Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

Total Return Portfolio

   52,836,445    522,787,318      

Delaware Municipal Bond Portfolio

   6,155,393    58,603,258      

Enhanced Income Portfolio

   4,151,719    40,656,614      

AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio

   32,544,553    347,486,456      

GNMA Portfolio

   18,941,739    176,708,761      

Government Income Portfolio

   177,943,794    1,838,250,174      

High Yield Bond Portfolio

   218,700,898    1,795,413,162      

Intermediate Bond Portfolio II

   102,932,473    941,528,343      

Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

   49,111,912    494,035,274      

International Bond Portfolio

   51,669,085    555,887,463      

Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

   9,114,502    88,243,006      

Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio

   13,198,126    121,480,084      

Low Duration Bond Portfolio

   112,129,042    1,102,587,939      

Managed Income Portfolio

   76,557,815    749,813,707      

Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio

   10,329,315    105,659,871      

 

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Fund(*)

  

Total

Shares

Outstanding

  

Net

Assets ($)

  

Quorum

Requirement

  

Vote

Required

to Approve

Proposal 1†

BlackRock Strategic Portfolio I

   6,628,538    52,410,064      

Total Return Portfolio II

   344,385,603    3,200,664,772      

Conservative Prepared Portfolio

   809,560    8,584,176      

Moderate Prepared Portfolio

   2,454,471    26,206,782      

Growth Prepared Portfolio

   2,926,640    31,799,911      

Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio

   1,187,848    13,311,550      

Prepared Portfolio 2010

   6,000    60,815      

Prepared Portfolio 2015

   6,000    60,892      

Prepared Portfolio 2020

   6,000    61,119      

Prepared Portfolio 2025

   6,000    61,362      

Prepared Portfolio 2030

   6,000    61,557      

Prepared Portfolio 2035

   6,359    65,521      

Prepared Portfolio 2040

   6,000    61,928      

Prepared Portfolio 2045

   6,000    61,928      

Prepared Portfolio 2050

   6,000    61,928      

Merrill Lynch U.S.A. Government Reserves**

   120,325,752    120,987,680    Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

Merrill Lynch U.S. Treasury Money Fund**

   56,991,758    57,086,858    Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

         1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock International Index Fund

   23,329,927    384,617,316      

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

   151,723,560    2,805,080,899      

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

   8,302,392    135,605,043      

Quantitative Master Series LLC**

         1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

Master Enhanced Small Cap Series

      271,396,789      

Master Core Bond Enhanced Index Series

      381,364,277      

Master Enhanced International Series

      186,423,733      

Master Enhanced S&P 500 Series

      683,668,330      

Master Extended Market Index Series

      382,769,464      

 

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Fund(*)

  

Total

Shares

Outstanding

  

Net

Assets ($)

  

Quorum

Requirement

  

Vote

Required

to Approve

Proposal 1†

Master International Index Series

      1,272,858,791      

Master Mid Cap Index Series

      150,357,355      

Master S&P 500 Index Series

      3,988,691,991      

Master Small Cap Index Series

      699,252,441      

Merrill Lynch Ready Assets Trust**

   4,706,715,155    4,690,384,769    Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

BlackRock Healthcare Fund, Inc.

   76,556,462    435,530,693    Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock Global Technology Fund, Inc.

   25,293,754    210,370,991    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

Master Government Securities LLC**

      954,769,806    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

Master Money LLC**

      18,254,825,609    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

Master Treasury LLC**

      931,827,764    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

Master Tax-Exempt LLC**

      10,112,285,879    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

CMA Money Fund**

   10,606,032,708    10,475,059,509    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

CMA Government Securities Fund**

   469,219,896    487,424,514    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

CMA Tax-Exempt Fund**

   9,237,340,256    9,243,515,875    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

 

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Fund(*)

  

Total

Shares

Outstanding

  

Net

Assets ($)

  

Quorum

Requirement

  

Vote

Required

to Approve

Proposal 1†

CMA Treasury Fund**

   456,090,721    455,811,115    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

WCMA Government Securities Fund

   466,006,412    467,227,289    30% of the shares entitled to vote, in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

WCMA Money Fund

   7,837,168,538    7,774,658,203    30% of the shares entitled to vote, in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

WCMA Tax-Exempt Fund

   868,780,670    866,626,894    30% of the shares entitled to vote, in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

WCMA Treasury Fund

   461,733,651    475,842,155    30% of the shares entitled to vote, in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

CMA Multi-State Municipal Series Trust**

         1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

CMA Arizona Municipal Money Fund

   169,585,756    175,693,966      

CMA California Municipal Money Fund

   2,997,304,555    3,020,751,178      

CMA Connecticut Municipal Money Fund

   561,745,776    559,882,581      

CMA Massachusetts Municipal Money Fund

   422,350,231    434,989,408      

CMA Michigan Municipal Money Fund

   276,871,499    278,781,640      

CMA New Jersey Municipal Money Fund

   1,339,539,949    1,314,494,949      

CMA New York Municipal Money Fund

   2,866,954,508    2,890,595,059      

CMA North Carolina Municipal Money Fund

   204,680,301    202,089,134      

CMA Ohio Municipal Money Fund

   353,740,370    353,569,880      

CMA Pennsylvania Municipal Money Fund

   535,850,762    540,653,397      

CMA Florida Municipal Money Fund

   318,372,371    317,432,127      

BlackRock Developing Capital Markets Fund, Inc.

   10,467,579    282,668,549   

Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy

  

Plurality of votes cast

 

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Fund(*)

  

Total

Shares

Outstanding

  

Net

Assets ($)

  

Quorum

Requirement

  

Vote

Required

to Approve

Proposal 1†

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc

   7,988,536    530,853,296    Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc.

   34,968,450    1,063,104,869    Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

Global Financial Services Master LLC**

      95,455,873    1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund, Inc.

   5,694,885    95,348,577   

1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy

  

Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust**

        

Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy

  

Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

   59,356,659    59,378,888      

Master Large Cap Series LLC**

         1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

Master Large Cap Core Portfolio

      4,410,119,152      

Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio

      1,072,660,638      

Master Large Cap Value Portfolio

      5,153,966,634      

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

         1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund

   287,633,109    4,254,443,652      

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

   89,805,605    1,028,961,912      

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund

   249,085,573    5,070,464,636      

Merrill Lynch Retirement Series Trust**

         Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves Money Fund

   4,241,969,433    4,147,065,176      

 

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Fund(*)

  

Total

Shares

Outstanding

  

Net

Assets ($)

  

Quorum

Requirement

  

Vote

Required

to Approve

Proposal 1†

Master Institutional Money Market LLC**

         1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Portfolio

      21,246,405,612      

Merrill Lynch Institutional Portfolio

      21,379,685,452      

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Portfolio

      16,165,296,611      

Merrill Lynch Funds For Institutions Series**

        

1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy

  

Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

Merrill Lynch Government Fund

   3,009,237,512    3,009,237,512      

Merrill Lynch Treasury Fund

   1,489,231,952    1,489,300,863      

Merrill Lynch Institutional Fund

   21,308,219,692    21,308,209,925      

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Fund

   21,176,521,753    21,173,198,214      

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund

   16,126,927,628    16,127,439,294      

BlackRock Master LLC**

         1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Majority of the shares present at the Meeting

BlackRock Master Small Cap Growth Portfolio

      546,991,864      

BlackRock Master International Portfolio

      123,990,339      

BlackRock Series, Inc.

         1/3 of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

BlackRock International Fund

   9,130,446    123,879,356      

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II

   34,297,119    546,530,944      

BlackRock FundsSM

         Majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy    Plurality of votes cast

Asset Allocation Portfolio

   47,395,823    785,651,498      

All-Cap Global Resources Portfolio

   62,048,610    1,104,020,132      

Aurora Portfolio

   59,032,914    1,647,862,404      

 

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Fund(*)

  

Total

Shares

Outstanding

  

Net

Assets ($)

  

Quorum

Requirement

  

Vote

Required

to Approve

Proposal 1†

Investment Trust

   75,209,218    1,165,736,271      

Exchange Portfolio

   468,316    305,412,793      

Global Opportunities Portfolio

   7,445,938    92,499,094      

Global Resources Portfolio

   16,966,792    978,795,074      

Global Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio

   4,262,227    33,314,418      

Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

   45,525,324    1,228,746,600      

International Opportunities Portfolio

   32,189,214    1,484,736,299      

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

   15,458,211    248,616,318      

Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

   34,233,449    403,950,575      

Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio

   82,361,805    1,170,960,615      

Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

   36,345,360    823,681,820      

Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio

   4,763,774    99,996,568      

Small Cap Value Equity Portfolio

   6,619,177    77,764,855      

Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

   17,313,748    286,958,253      

U.S. Opportunities Portfolio

   13,607,106    464,389,669      

Index Equity Portfolio

   37,380,305    1,070,479,774      

Money Market Portfolio

   1,542,173,688    1,542,401,281      

Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   322,317,710    322,331,512      

U.S. Treasury Money Market Portfolio

   389,048,666    388,967,856      

North Carolina Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   74,397,381    74,391,406      

New Jersey Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   158,720,476    158,716,130      

Ohio Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   155,006,470    155,007,977      

Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   622,359,510    622,362,196      

Virginia Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   76,310,561    76,310,471      

*   For certain Registrants that contain multiple series, the series are indicated in the table by an entry below the Registrant’s name.
**   Denotes Funds in which abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted for purposes of determining a quorum, but will not be counted as votes cast and will have the same effect as a vote against Proposal 1.
  The quorum requirement for a series of any Registrant is the same as that listed for that Registrant. However, when applying such quorum requirement to a Registrant, the quorum requirement applies to all shareholders of the Registrant as a whole. The approval of the shareholders of all relevant Funds that are series of the applicable Registrant voting together is required.

 

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Appendix C

 

Compensation of the Board Members

 

Board 1

 

Donald W. Burton, Robert C. Doll, Jr., John F. O’Brien, David H. Walsh and Fred G. Weiss currently comprise Board 1. Board 1 currently oversees the following Funds:

 

Registrant

  

Series

Master Basic Value LLC

  

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

  

Master Value Opportunities LLC

  

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund, Inc.

  

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

  

BlackRock Global Growth Fund, Inc.

  

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

  

Merrill Lynch Ready Assets Trust

  

BlackRock Series Fund, Inc.

   BlackRock Balanced Capital Portfolio
   BlackRock Large Cap Core Portfolio
   BlackRock Bond Portfolio
   BlackRock Global Allocation Portfolio
   BlackRock Fundamental Growth Portfolio
   BlackRock High Income Portfolio
   BlackRock Government Income Portfolio
   BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

Merrill Lynch U.S.A. Government Reserves

  

Merrill Lynch U.S. Treasury Money Fund

  

Quantitative Master Series LLC

   Master Core Bond Enhanced Index Series
   Master Enhanced S&P 500 Series
   Master Enhanced International Series
   Master Extended Market Index Series
   Master Enhanced Small Cap Series
   Master International Index Series
   Master S&P 500 Index Series
   Master Small Cap Index Series
   Master Mid Cap Index Series

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

   BlackRock International Index Fund
   BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund
   BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

 

The Board Members who are not “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, receive a fee for each meeting of the Board and each committee meeting attended and are reimbursed for all out-of-pocket expenses relating to attendance at such meetings. The Funds do not provide compensation to any Board Member that is an “interested person,” as defined in the 1940 Act. Information regarding compensation paid to the non-interested Board Members of Board 1 for each Fund’s most recent fiscal year is set forth below. No compensation information is shown for certain Funds identified in the table below for Board Members whose term of office will not continue, with respect to those Funds, after the Meeting to which this Joint Proxy Statement relates.

 

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Master Basic Value, Basic Value, Balanced Capital Fund, Master Value Opportunities, Value Opportunities and QMS LLC pay each Independent Board Member a combined fee for service on the Board and the Audit Committee of $10,000 per year plus $1,000 per in-person Board meeting attended and $1,000 per in-person Audit Committee meeting attended. Global Growth and Natural Resources pays each Independent Board Member a combined fee for service on the Board and the Audit Committee of $6,000 per year. Global Growth pays $1,000 per in-person Board meeting attended and $1,000 per in-person Audit Committee meeting attended and Natural Resources pays $500 per in-person Board meeting attended and $500 per in-person Audit Committee meeting attended. US Treasury Money and USA Government Reserves pays each Independent Board Member a combined fee for service on the Board and the Audit Committee of $4,000 per year plus $375 per in-person Board meeting attended and $375 per in-person Audit Committee meeting attended. Ready Assets Trust pays each Independent Board Member a combined fee for service on the Board and the Audit Committee of $9,000 per year plus $1,000 per in-person Board meeting attended and $1,000 per in-person Audit Committee meeting attended. Series Fund, Inc. pays each Independent Board Member a combined fee for service on the Board and the Audit Committee of $19,000 per year plus $1,000 per in-person Board meeting attended and $1,000 per in-person Audit Committee meeting attended. The Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an additional fee of $3,575 per Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2006 all Funds supervised by Board 1 reimbursed Board Member expenses in an aggregate amount of $21,896.

 

Compensation Table ($)

 

Fund(1) (2)    Donald W.
Burton
  John F.
O’Brien
  David H.
Walsh
  Fred G.
Weiss

Master Basic Value LLC

   $ 10,800   $ 10,800   $ 10,800   $ 12,000

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

   $ 7,200   $ 7,200   $ 7,200   $ 8,000

Master Value Opportunities LLC

   $ 10,800   $ 10,800   $ 10,800   $ 12,000

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund, Inc.

   $ 7,200   $ 7,200   $ 7,200   $ 8,000

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

   $ 18,000   $ 18,000   $ 18,000   $ 20,000

BlackRock Global Growth Fund, Inc.

   $ 14,000   $ 14,000   $ 14,000   $ 16,000

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

   $ 10,000   $ 10,000   $ 10,000   $ 12,000

Merrill Lynch Ready Assets Trust

     N/A     N/A     N/A     N/A

BlackRock Series Fund, Inc.

                

BlackRock Balanced Capital Portfolio

   $ 9,536   $ 9,536   $ 9,536   $ 10,244

BlackRock Large Cap Core Portfolio

   $ 3,465   $ 3,465   $ 3,465   $ 3,720

BlackRock Bond Portfolio

   $ 1,364   $ 1,364   $ 1,364   $ 1,466

BlackRock Global Allocation Portfolio

   $ 2,979   $ 2,979   $ 2,979   $ 3,193

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Portfolio

   $ 2,887   $ 2,887   $ 2,887   $ 3,104

BlackRock High Income Portfolio

   $ 645   $ 645   $ 645   $ 693

BlackRock Government Income Portfolio

   $ 2,027   $ 2,027   $ 2,027   $ 2,179

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

   $ 3,452   $ 3,452   $ 3,452   $ 3,709

Merrill Lynch U.S.A. Government Reserves

     N/A     N/A     N/A     N/A

Merrill Lynch U.S. Treasury Money Fund

     N/A     N/A     N/A     N/A

Quantitative Master Series LLC

     N/A     N/A     N/A     N/A

Master Core Bond Enhanced Index Series

     N/A     N/A     N/A     N/A

Master Enhanced S&P 500 Series

     N/A     N/A     N/A     N/A

 

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Fund(1) (2)    Donald W.
Burton
  John F.
O’Brien
  David H.
Walsh
  Fred G.
Weiss

Master Enhanced International Series

     N/A     N/A     N/A     N/A

Master Extended Market Index Series

     N/A     N/A     N/A     N/A

Master Enhanced Small Cap Series

     N/A     N/A     N/A     N/A

Master International Index Series

     N/A     N/A     N/A     N/A

Master S&P 500 Index Series

     N/A     N/A     N/A     N/A

Master Small Cap Index Series

     N/A     N/A     N/A     N/A

Master Mid Cap Index Series

     N/A     N/A     N/A     N/A

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

     N/A     N/A     N/A     N/A

BlackRock International Index Fund

     N/A     N/A     N/A     N/A

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

     N/A     N/A     N/A     N/A

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

     N/A     N/A     N/A     N/A

Total Compensation from Fund Complex(3)

   $ 203,250   $ 206,250   $ 203,250   $ 234,250
            
Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Board Member      32     32     32     32

(1)   Information for the Fund’s most recent fiscal year.
(2)   The term “N/A” when used in this Appendix C refers to the fact that no compensation information is shown for Board Members of the indicated Funds whose term of office with respect to that Fund will not continue after the Meeting to which this Joint Proxy Statement relates.
(3)   Total Compensation from Fund Complex is as of the calendar year ended December 31, 2006.

 

None of the Funds currently provides any pension or retirement benefits to Board Members of Board 1 or officers of the Funds.

 

As of May 31, 2007, all Board Members of Board 1 and officers as a group owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of each Fund.

 

Board 2

 

Robert C. Doll, Jr., Ronald W. Forbes, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Jean Margo Reid, Roscoe S. Suddarth and Richard R. West currently comprise Board 2. Board 2 currently oversees the following Funds:

 

Registrant

  

Series

Master Money LLC

  

CMA Money Fund

  

WCMA Money Fund

  

Master Government Securities LLC

  

CMA Government Securities Fund

  

WCMA Government Securities Fund

  

Master Tax-Exempt LLC

  

CMA Tax-Exempt Fund

  

WCMA Tax-Exempt Fund

  

Master Treasury LLC

  

CMA Treasury Fund

  

 

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Registrant

  

Series

WCMA Treasury Fund

  

CMA Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

   CMA Arizona Municipal Money Fund
   CMA California Municipal Money Fund
   CMA Connecticut Municipal Money Fund
   CMA Florida Municipal Money Fund
   CMA Massachusetts Municipal Money Fund
   CMA Michigan Municipal Money Fund
   CMA New Jersey Municipal Money Fund
   CMA New York Municipal Money Fund
   CMA North Carolina Municipal Money Fund
   CMA Ohio Municipal Money Fund
   CMA Pennsylvania Municipal Money Fund

Global Financial Services Master LLC

  

BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund, Inc.

  

Master Bond LLC

   Master Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

   BlackRock Bond Fund
   BlackRock High Income Fund

BlackRock Developing Capital Markets Fund, Inc.

  

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

  

BlackRock EuroFund

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

  

BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund

  

BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc.

  

BlackRock Global Technology Fund, Inc.

  

BlackRock Healthcare Fund, Inc.

  

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

  

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

   BlackRock National Municipal Fund
   BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund
   BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund
   BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

   BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund

BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc.

  

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc.

  

 

The Board Members who are not “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, receive a fee for each meeting of the Board and each committee meeting attended and are reimbursed for all out-of-pocket expenses relating to attendance at such meetings. The Funds do not provide compensation to any Board Member that is an “interested person,” as defined in the 1940 Act. Information regarding compensation paid to the non-interested Board Members of Board 2 for each Fund’s most recent fiscal year is set forth below. No compensation information is shown for certain Funds identified in the table below for Board Members whose term of office will not continue, with respect to those Funds, after the Meeting to which this Joint Proxy Statement relates.

 

Master Global Financial Services, Utilities & Telecoms Fund, Equity Dividend, Developing Capital Markets, EuroFund, Global Dynamic Equity, Global SmallCap, Global Technology Fund, Healthcare Fund, Latin America Fund and Pacific Fund pays each Independent Board Member a combined fee for service on the Board and the Audit Committee of $3,000 per year plus $500 per in-person Board meeting attended and $500 per in-person Audit Committee meeting attended.

 

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Master Tax-Exempt, Master Bond, High Income and Municipal Bond Fund pay each Independent Board Member a combined fee for service on the Board and the Audit Committee of $7,000 per year plus $250 per in-person Board meeting attended and $250 per in-person Audit Committee meeting attended. Master Government Securities and Master Treasury pay each Independent Board Member a combined fee for service on the Board and the Audit Committee of $4,400 per year plus $200 per in-person Board meeting attended and $200 per in-person Audit Committee meeting attended. Master Money pays each Independent Board Member a combined fee for service on the Board and the Audit Committee of $8,000 per year plus $500 per in-person Board meeting attended and $500 per in-person Audit Committee meeting attended. CMA Multi-States Municipal Series pay each Independent Board Member a combined fee for service on the Board and the Audit Committee of $10,000 per year plus $500 per in-person Board meeting attended and $500 per in-person Audit Committee meeting attended. Intermediate Municipal pays each Independent Board Member a combined fee for service on the Board and the Audit Committee of $2,800 per year plus $150 per in-person Board meeting attended and $150 per in-person Audit Committee meeting attended. Global Allocation Fund pays each Independent Board Member a combined fee for service on the Board and the Audit Committee of $7,000 per year plus $625 per in-person Board meeting attended and $625 per in-person Audit Committee meeting attended. The Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an additional fee of $2,206 per Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2006 all Funds supervised by Board 2 reimbursed Board Member expenses in an aggregate amount of $21,462.

 

Compensation Table ($)

 

Fund(1) (2)   Ronald W.
Forbes
  Cynthia A.
Montgomery
  Jean Margo
Reid
  Richard R.
West

Master Money LLC

  $ 14,113   $ 12,000   N/A   N/A

CMA Money Fund

          N/A   N/A

WCMA Money Fund

          N/A   N/A

Master Government Securities LLC

  $ 8,113   $ 6,000   N/A   N/A

CMA Government Securities Fund

          N/A   N/A

WCMA Government Securities Fund

          N/A   N/A

Master Tax-Exempt LLC

  $ 11,113   $ 9,000   N/A   N/A

CMA Tax-Exempt Fund

          N/A   N/A

WCMA Tax-Exempt Fund

          N/A   N/A

Master Treasury LLC

  $ 8,113   $ 6,000   N/A   N/A

CMA Treasury Fund

          N/A   N/A

WCMA Treasury Fund

          N/A   N/A

CMA Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

          N/A   N/A

CMA Arizona Municipal Money Fund

  $ 314   $ 261   N/A   N/A

CMA California Municipal Money Fund

  $ 4,738   $ 4,142   N/A   N/A

CMA Connecticut Municipal Money Fund

  $ 891   $ 774   N/A   N/A

CMA Florida Municipal Money Fund

  $ 767   $ 682   N/A   N/A

CMA Massachusetts Municipal Money Fund

  $ 645   $ 554   N/A   N/A

CMA Michigan Municipal Money Fund

  $ 495   $ 432   N/A   N/A

CMA New Jersey Municipal Money Fund

  $ 2,000   $ 1,727   N/A   N/A

 

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Fund(1) (2)   Ronald W.
Forbes
  Cynthia A.
Montgomery
  Jean Margo
Reid
  Richard R.
West

CMA New York Municipal Money Fund

  $ 4,438   $ 3,851     N/A     N/A

CMA North Carolina Municipal Money Fund

  $ 357   $ 311     N/A     N/A

CMA Ohio Municipal Money Fund

  $ 586   $ 509     N/A     N/A

CMA Pennsylvania Municipal Money Fund

  $ 867   $ 757     N/A     N/A

Global Financial Services Master LLC

  $ 8,910   $ 7,000     N/A     N/A

BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund, Inc.

            N/A     N/A

Master Bond LLC

    N/A     N/A        

Master Bond Portfolio

    N/A     N/A   $ 5,389   $ 5,389

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

    N/A     N/A        

BlackRock Bond Fund

    N/A     N/A        

BlackRock High Income Fund

    N/A     N/A   $ 2,781   $ 2,781

BlackRock Developing Capital Markets Fund, Inc.

  $ 9,144   $ 7,000     N/A     N/A

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

    N/A     N/A   $ 7,000   $ 7,000

BlackRock EuroFund

    N/A     N/A   $ 7,000   $ 7,000

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

    N/A     N/A   $ 9,000   $ 9,000

BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund

    N/A     N/A   $ 7,000   $ 7,000

BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc.

    N/A     N/A   $ 7,000   $ 7,000

BlackRock Global Technology Fund, Inc.

  $ 8,582   $ 7,000     N/A     N/A

BlackRock Healthcare Fund, Inc.

  $ 8,582   $ 7,000     N/A     N/A

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

  $ 9,098   $ 7,000     N/A     N/A

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

    N/A     N/A        

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

    N/A     N/A   $ 4,771   $ 4,771

BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund

    N/A     N/A   $ 3,101   $ 3,101

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

    N/A     N/A   $ 1,092   $ 1,092

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

    N/A     N/A   $ 36   $ 36

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

    N/A     N/A        

BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund

    N/A     N/A   $ 4,000   $ 4,000

BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc.

  $ 9.098   $ 7,000     N/A     N/A

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc.

    N/A     N/A   $ 7,000   $ 7,000

Total Compensation from Fund Complex(3)

  $ 337,350   $ 259,350   $ 262,350   $ 259,350
           

Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Board Member

    48     48     48     48

(1)   Information is for the Fund’s most recent fiscal year.
(2)   The term “N/A” when used in this Appendix C refers to the fact that no compensation information is shown for Board Members of the indicated Funds whose term of office with respect to that Fund will not continue after the Meeting to which this Joint Proxy Statement relates.
(3)   Total Compensation from Fund Complex is as of the calendar year ended December 31, 2006.

 

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None of the Funds currently provides any pension or retirement benefits to Board Members of Board 2 or officers of the Funds.

 

As of May 31, 2007, all Board Members of Board 2 and officers as a group owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of each Fund.

 

Board 3

 

James H. Bodurtha, Robert C. Doll, Jr., Kenneth A. Froot, Joe Grills, Herbert I. London, Roberta Cooper Ramo and Robert S. Salomon, Jr. currently comprise Board 3. Board 3 currently oversees the following Funds:

 

Registrant

  

Series

BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust

   BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

Master Focus Twenty LLC

  

BlackRock Focus Twenty Fund, Inc.

  

Master Large Cap Series LLC

   Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio
   Master Large Cap Value Portfolio
   Master Large Cap Core Portfolio

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

   BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund
   BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund
   BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

  

BlackRock California Insured Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Focus Value Fund, Inc.

  

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Fund, Inc.

  

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

   BlackRock Florida Municipal Bond Fund
   BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund
   BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund
   BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

Merrill Lynch Retirement Series Trust

  

Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves Money Fund

BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.

   BlackRock Balanced Capital V.I. Fund
   BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund
   BlackRock Bond V.I. Fund
   BlackRock Money Market V.I. Fund
   BlackRock Fundamental Growth V.I. Fund
   BlackRock Global Growth V.I. Fund
   BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund
   BlackRock Government Income V.I. Fund
   BlackRock High Income V.I. Fund
   BlackRock S&P 500 Index V.I. Fund
   BlackRock Large Cap Core V.I. Fund
   BlackRock Large Cap Growth V.I. Fund
   BlackRock Large Cap Value V.I. Fund
   BlackRock Value Opportunities V.I. Fund
  

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications V.I. Fund

   BlackRock International Value V.I. Fund

BlackRock World Income Fund, Inc.

  

 

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Registrant

  

Series

Managed Account Series

   Mid Cap Value Opportunities Portfolio
   High Income Portfolio
   US Mortgage Portfolio
   Global SmallCap Portfolio

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series, Inc.

   BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund

Short-Term Bond Master LLC

   Short-Term Bond Master Portfolio

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Series, Inc.

   BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund

BlackRock International Value Trust

   BlackRock International Value Fund

 

The Board Members who are not “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, receive a fee for each meeting of the Board and each committee meeting attended and are reimbursed for all out-of-pocket expenses relating to attendance at such meetings. The Funds do not provide compensation to any Board Member that is an “interested person,” as defined in the 1940 Act. Information regarding compensation paid to the non-interested Board Members of Board 3 for each Fund’s most recent fiscal year is set forth below. No compensation information is shown for certain Funds identified in the table below for Board Members whose term of office will not continue, with respect to those Funds, after the Meeting to which this Joint Proxy Statement relates, and no information is shown at all for Robert S. Salomon, Jr. and Joe Grills, whose terms of office will not continue after the Meeting for any of the Funds.

 

Each Independent Board Member receives an annual retainer of $150,000 for his or her services to the Funds. The portion of the annual retainer allocated to each Fund is determined quarterly based on the relative net assets of each Fund. In addition, each Independent Board Member receives a fee for each in-person Board meeting attended and each in-person Audit Committee meeting attended. The annual per-meeting fees paid to each Independent Board Member aggregate $100,000 for all Funds in the Fund complex for which that Independent Board Member serves and are allocated equally among those Funds. Each Co-Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an additional annual retainer in the amount of $50,000, which is paid quarterly and allocated to each Fund in the Fund complex for which such Co-Chairman provides services, based on the relative net assets of each such Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2006, all Funds supervised by Board 3 reimbursed Board Member expenses in an aggregate amount of $21,239.

 

Compensation Table ($)

 

Fund(1) (2)   James H.
Bodurtha
  Kenneth A.
Froot
  Herbert I.
London
  Roberta Cooper
Ramo

BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust

    N/A     N/A         N/A

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

    N/A     N/A   $ 2,421     N/A

Master Focus Twenty LLC

  $ 2,178   $ 2,061     N/A   $ 2,061

BlackRock Focus Twenty Fund, Inc.

            N/A    

Master Large Cap Series LLC

    N/A     N/A         N/A

Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio

    N/A     N/A   $ 4,226     N/A

Master Large Cap Value Portfolio

    N/A     N/A   $ 11,733     N/A

Master Large Cap Core Portfolio

    N/A     N/A   $ 15,016     N/A

 

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Fund(1) (2)   James H.
Bodurtha
  Kenneth A.
Froot
  Herbert I.
London
   Roberta Cooper
Ramo

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

    N/A     N/A          N/A

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund

    N/A     N/A          N/A

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund

    N/A     N/A          N/A

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

    N/A     N/A          N/A

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

            N/A     

BlackRock California Insured Municipal Bond Fund

  $ 3,891   $ 3,333     N/A    $ 3,333

BlackRock Focus Value Fund, Inc.

  $ 3,500   $ 3,043     N/A    $ 3,043

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Fund, Inc.

  $ 28,052   $ 21,252     N/A    $ 21,252

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

            N/A     

BlackRock Florida Municipal Bond Fund

  $ 2,362   $ 2,192     N/A    $ 2,192

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

  $ 2,238   $ 2,101     N/A    $ 2,101

BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund

  $ 2,880   $ 2,578     N/A    $ 2,578

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

  $ 2,069   $ 1,972     N/A    $ 1,972

Merrill Lynch Retirement Series Trust

    N/A     N/A          N/A

Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves Money Fund

    N/A     N/A   $ 16,641      N/A

BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.

            N/A     

BlackRock Balanced Capital V.I. Fund

  $ 706   $ 614     N/A    $ 614

BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund

  $ 10,399   $ 9,053     N/A    $ 9,053

BlackRock Bond V.I. Fund

  $ 4,842   $ 4,197     N/A    $ 4,197

BlackRock Money Market V.I. Fund

  $ 2,771   $ 2,411     N/A    $ 2,411

BlackRock Fundamental Growth V.I. Fund

  $ 1,615   $ 1,405     N/A    $ 1,405

BlackRock Global Growth V.I. Fund

  $ 713   $ 623     N/A    $ 623

BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund

  $ 7,448   $ 6,495     N/A    $ 6,495

BlackRock Government Income V.I. Fund

  $ 2,989   $ 2,611     N/A    $ 2,611

BlackRock High Income V.I. Fund

  $ 2,354   $ 2,046     N/A    $ 2,046

BlackRock S&P 500 Index V.I. Fund

  $ 3,412   $ 2,958     N/A    $ 2,958

BlackRock Large Cap Core V.I. Fund

  $ 5,430   $ 4,729     N/A    $ 4,729

BlackRock Large Cap Growth V.I. Fund

  $ 2,084   $ 1,815     N/A    $ 1,815

BlackRock Large Cap Value V.I. Fund

  $ 2,340   $ 2,037     N/A    $ 2,037

BlackRock Value Opportunities V.I. Fund

  $ 5,229   $ 4,554     N/A    $ 4,554

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications V.I. Fund

  $ 523   $ 455     N/A    $ 455

BlackRock International Value V.I. Fund

  $ 3,890   $ 3,395     N/A    $ 3,395

BlackRock World Income Fund, Inc.

  $ 2,614   $ 2,388     N/A    $ 2,388

 

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Fund(1) (2)   James H.
Bodurtha
  Kenneth A.
Froot
  Herbert I.
London
   Roberta Cooper
Ramo

Managed Account Series

            N/A     

Mid Cap Value Opportunities Portfolio

  $ 2,219   $ 2,096     N/A    $ 2,096

High Income Portfolio

  $ 2,168   $ 2,057     N/A    $ 2,057

US Mortgage Portfolio

  $ 2,247   $ 2,117     N/A    $ 2,117

Global SmallCap Portfolio

  $ 2,239   $ 2,110     N/A    $ 2,110

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series, Inc.

            N/A     

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund

  $ 4,008   $ 3,433     N/A    $ 3,433

Short-Term Bond Master LLC

            N/A     

Short Term Bond Master Portfolio

  $ 5,211   $ 4,343     N/A    $ 4,343

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Series, Inc.

            N/A     

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund

            N/A     

BlackRock International Value Trust

            N/A     

BlackRock International Value Fund

  $ 10,920   $ 8,625     N/A    $ 8,625

Total Compensation from Fund Complex(3)

  $ 312,000   $ 259,000   $ 262,000    $ 256,000
            

Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Board Member

    57     57     57      57

(1)   Information is for the Fund’s most recent fiscal year.
(2)   The term “N/A” when used in this Appendix C refers to the fact that no compensation information is shown for Board Members of the indicated Funds whose term of office with respect to that Fund will not continue after the Meeting to which this Joint Proxy Statement relates.
(3)   Total Compensation from Fund Complex is as of the calendar year ended December 31, 2006.

 

None of the Funds currently provides any pension or retirement benefits to the Board Members of Board 3 or officers of the Funds.

 

As of May 31, 2007, all Board Members of Board 3 and officers as a group owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of each Fund.

 

Board 4

 

David O. Beim, Robert C. Doll, Jr., James T. Flynn, W. Carl Kester and Karen P. Robards currently comprise Board 4. Board 4 currently oversees the following Funds:

 

Registrant

  

Series

FDP Series, Inc.

  

Marsico Growth FDP Fund

  

MFS Research International FDP Fund

  

Franklin Templeton Total Return FDP Fund

  

Van Kampen Value FDP Fund

Master Commodity Strategies LLC

  

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

  

The GNMA Fund Investment Accumulation Program, Inc.

  

 

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Registrant

  

Series

BlackRock Master LLC

  

BlackRock Master Small Cap Growth Portfolio

  

BlackRock Master International Portfolio

BlackRock Series, Inc.

  

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II

  

BlackRock International Fund

BlackRock Principal Protected Trust

  

BlackRock Basic Value Principal Protected Fund

  

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Principal Protected Fund

  

BlackRock Core Principal Protected Fund

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

  

Merrill Lynch Institutional Portfolio

  

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Portfolio

  

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Portfolio

Merrill Lynch Funds For Institutions Series

  

Merrill Lynch Institutional Fund

  

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Fund

  

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund

  

Merrill Lynch Government Fund

  

Merrill Lynch Treasury Fund

 

The Board Members who are not “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, receive a fee for each meeting of the Board and each committee meeting attended and are reimbursed for all out-of-pocket expenses relating to attendance at such meetings. The Funds do not provide compensation to any Board Member that is an “interested person,” as defined in the 1940 Act. Information regarding compensation paid to the non-interested Board Members of Board 4 for each Fund’s most recent fiscal year is set forth below. No compensation information is shown for Board Members whose term of office will not continue after the Meeting to which this Joint Proxy Statement relates. Since only David O. Beim’s term of office, for certain Funds identified in the table below, will continue after the Meeting, no information is shown for James T. Flynn, W. Carl Kester and Karen P. Robards, whose term of office will not continue after the Meeting for any of the Funds. Mr. Beim is not an “interested person,” as defined in the 1940 Act.

 

Each Independent Board Member receives an aggregate annual retainer of $112,000 for his or her services to all funds in the Fund complex overseen by Board 4; in addition GNMA IAP pays $750 per year. The portion of the annual retainer allocated to each applicable fund is determined quarterly based, in general, on the relative net assets of each such fund; however, GNMA IAP pays $187.50 per quarter. In addition, each Independent Board Member receives a fee per in-person Board meeting attended and per in-person Audit Committee meeting attended. The aggregate annual per meeting fees paid to each Independent Board Member totals $48,000 for all funds for which that Independent Board Member serves. The Chair of the Board receives an additional annual retainer in the amount of $40,000 and the Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an additional annual retainer in the amount of $10,000, each of which is paid quarterly and allocated to each fund in the Fund complex for which such Chairman provides services based on the relative net assets of the fund. GNMA IAP is not allocated any part of this retainer. For the year ended December 31, 2006 all Funds supervised by Board 4 reimbursed Board Member expenses in an aggregate amount of $9,902.

 

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Compensation Table ($)

 

Fund(1) (2)    David O. Beim

FDP Series, Inc.

     N/A

Marsico Growth FDP Fund

     N/A

MFS Research International FDP Fund

     N/A

Franklin Templeton Total Return FDP Fund

     N/A

Van Kampen Value FDP Fund

     N/A

Master Commodity Strategies LLC

     N/A

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

     N/A

The GNMA Fund Investment Accumulation Program, Inc.

     N/A

BlackRock Master LLC

    

BlackRock Master Small Cap Growth Portfolio

   $ 9,318

BlackRock Master International Portfolio

   $ 3,534

BlackRock Series, Inc.

    

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II

    

BlackRock International Fund

    

BlackRock Principal Protected Trust

     N/A

BlackRock Basic Value Principal Protected Fund

     N/A

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Principal Protected Fund

     N/A

BlackRock Core Principal Protected Fund

     N/A

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

    

Merrill Lynch Institutional Portfolio

    

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Portfolio

    

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Portfolio

    

Merrill Lynch Funds for Institutions Series

    

Merrill Lynch Institutional Fund

   $ 15,823

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Fund

   $ 17,013

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund

   $ 14,839

Merrill Lynch Government Fund

   $ 4,156

Merrill Lynch Treasury Fund

   $ 3,169

Total Compensation from Fund Complex(3)

   $ 186,083
      

Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Board Member

     24

(1)   Information is for the Fund’s most recent fiscal year.
(2)   The term “N/A” when used in this Appendix C refers to the fact that no compensation information is shown for Board Members of the indicated Funds whose term of office with respect to that Fund will not continue after the Meeting to which this Joint Proxy Statement relates.
(3)   Total Compensation from Fund Complex is as of the calendar year ended December 31, 2006.

 

None of the Funds provide any pension or retirement benefits to Board Members of Board 4 or officers of the Fund.

 

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As of May 31, 2007, all Board Members of Board 4 and officers as a group owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of each Fund.

 

Board 5

 

Bruce R. Bond, Richard S. Davis, Stuart E. Eizenstat, Laurence D. Fink, Robert M. Hernandez, Dr. Matina Horner, Toby Rosenblatt and David R. Wilmerding, Jr. currently comprise Board 5. Board 5 currently oversees the following Funds:

 

Trust/Corporation

  

Series

BlackRock FundsSM

   Asset Allocation Portfolio
   All-Cap Global Resources Portfolio
   Aurora Portfolio
   Investment Trust
   Exchange Portfolio
   Global Opportunities Portfolio
   Global Resources Portfolio
  

Global Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio

   Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio
   International Opportunities Portfolio
   Capital Appreciation Portfolio
   Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio
   Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio
   Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio
   Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio
   Small Cap Value Equity Portfolio
   Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio
   U.S. Opportunities Portfolio
   Index Equity Portfolio
   Money Market Portfolio
   Municipal Money Market Portfolio
   U.S. Treasury Money Market Portfolio
  

North Carolina Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   New Jersey Municipal Money Market Portfolio
   Ohio Municipal Money Market Portfolio
  

Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   Virginia Municipal Money Market Portfolio

BlackRock Funds II

   Total Return Portfolio
   Delaware Municipal Bond Portfolio
   Enhanced Income Portfolio
   AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio
   GNMA Portfolio
   Government Income Portfolio
   High Yield Bond Portfolio
   Intermediate Bond Portfolio II
   Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio
   International Bond Portfolio
   Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio
   Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio

 

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Trust/Corporation

  

Series

   Low Duration Bond Portfolio
   Managed Income Portfolio
   Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio
   BlackRock Strategic Portfolio I
   Total Return Portfolio II
   Conservative Prepared Portfolio
   Moderate Prepared Portfolio
   Growth Prepared Portfolio
   Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio
   Prepared Portfolio 2010
   Prepared Portfolio 2015
   Prepared Portfolio 2020
   Prepared Portfolio 2025
   Prepared Portfolio 2030
   Prepared Portfolio 2035
   Prepared Portfolio 2040
   Prepared Portfolio 2045
   Prepared Portfolio 2050

BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares

   Series C Portfolio
   Series M Portfolio
   Series S Portfolio

 

The Board Members who are not “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, receive a fee for each meeting of the Board and each committee meeting attended and are reimbursed for all out-of-pocket expenses relating to attendance at such meetings. The Funds do not provide compensation to any Board Member that is an “interested person,” as defined in the 1940 Act. Information regarding compensation paid to the non-interested Board Members of Board 5 for each Fund’s most recent fiscal year is set forth below. No compensation information is shown for certain Funds identified in the table below for Board Members whose term of office will not continue, with respect to those Funds, after the Meeting to which this Joint Proxy Statement relates.

 

The Independent Board Members currently receive from the Funds in the Fund complex for which they oversee the following: (i) an annual retainer payment of $130,000; (ii) $10,000 for participating, either by telephone or in-person, in each Board meeting; (iii) $2,500 for participating, either by telephone or in person, in each Committee meeting; and (iv) an additional annual payment of $50,000 for the Chairman of the Board, $5,000 for the Vice Chairman of the Board, $15,000 for the Audit Committee Chairman and $5,000 for each of the Chairpersons of the Boards’ other committees. The Independent Board Members currently are reimbursed for any expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board of or any committee thereof. During the Fund’s most recent fiscal year all Funds supervised by Board 5 reimbursed Board Member expenses in an aggregate amount of $64,350.

 

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Compensation Table ($)

 

Fund(1) (2)   Bruce R.
Bond
  Stuart E.
Eizenstat
  Robert M.
Hernandez
  Dr. Matina
Horner
  Toby
Rosenblatt

BlackRock FundsSM

           

Asset Allocation Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 4,200   $ 3,923

All-Cap Global Resources Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 2,527   $ 2,321

Aurora Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 13,173   $ 12,338

Investment Trust

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 6,948   $ 6,501

Exchange Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 1,574   $ 1,470

Global Opportunities Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 79   $ 71

Global Resources Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 6,362   $ 5,941

Global Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 155   $ 144

Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 3,071   $ 2,841

International Opportunities Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 5,258   $ 4,885

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 1,470   $ 1,375

Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 2,399   $ 2,243

Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 4,270   $ 3,986

Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 3,350   $ 3,126

Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 360   $ 334

Small Cap Value Equity Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 625   $ 585

Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 1,558   $ 1,456

U.S. Opportunities Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 625   $ 580

Index Equity Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 6,789   $ 6,355

Money Market Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 8,147   $ 7,608

Municipal Money Market Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 1,698   $ 1,584

U.S. Treasury Money Market Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 2,502   $ 2,335

North Carolina Municipal Money Market Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 347   $ 323

New Jersey Municipal Money Market Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 901   $ 839

Ohio Municipal Money Market Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 822   $ 767

Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 3,018   $ 2,813

Virginia Municipal Money Market Portfolio

    N/A     N/A     N/A   $ 211   $ 196

BlackRock Funds II

           

Total Return Portfolio

  $ 1,802   $ 1,797   $ 1,925     N/A     N/A

Delaware Municipal Bond Portfolio

  $ 383   $ 383   $ 409     N/A     N/A

Enhanced Income Portfolio

  $ 291   $ 291   $ 311     N/A     N/A

AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio

  $ 2,035   $ 2,034   $ 2,176     N/A     N/A

GNMA Portfolio

  $ 984   $ 984   $ 1,052     N/A     N/A

Government Income Portfolio

  $ 3,036   $ 3,027   $ 3,244     N/A     N/A

 

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Fund(1) (2)   Bruce R.
Bond
  Stuart E.
Eizenstat
  Robert M.
Hernandez
  Dr. Matina
Horner
  Toby
Rosenblatt

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  $ 4,962   $ 4,945   $ 5,293     N/A     N/A

Intermediate Bond Portfolio II

  $ 4,596   $ 4,591   $ 4,912     N/A     N/A

Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

  $ 3,198   $ 3,198   $ 3,419     N/A     N/A

International Bond Portfolio

  $ 3,565   $ 3,570   $ 3,803     N/A     N/A

Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

  $ 235   $ 234   $ 251     N/A     N/A

Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio

  $ 392   $ 392   $ 419     N/A     N/A

Low Duration Bond Portfolio

  $ 7,472   $ 7,469   $ 7,985     N/A     N/A

Managed Income Portfolio

  $ 3,646   $ 3,642   $ 3,897     N/A     N/A

Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio

  $ 646   $ 646   $ 691     N/A     N/A

BlackRock Strategic Portfolio I

  $ 382   $ 381   $ 407     N/A     N/A

Total Return Portfolio II

  $ 13,954   $ 13,931   $ 14,913     N/A     N/A

Conservative Prepared Portfolio

  $ 0   $ 0   $ 0     N/A     N/A

Moderate Prepared Portfolio

  $ 0   $ 0   $ 0     N/A     N/A

Growth Prepared Portfolio

  $ 0   $ 0   $ 0     N/A     N/A

Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio

  $ 0   $ 0   $ 0     N/A     N/A

Prepared Portfolio 2010

  $ 0   $ 0   $ 0     N/A     N/A

Prepared Portfolio 2015

  $ 0   $ 0   $ 0     N/A     N/A

Prepared Portfolio 2020

  $ 0   $ 0   $ 0     N/A     N/A

Prepared Portfolio 2025

  $ 0   $ 0   $ 0     N/A     N/A

Prepared Portfolio 2030

  $ 0   $ 0   $ 0     N/A     N/A

Prepared Portfolio 2035

  $ 0   $ 0   $ 0     N/A     N/A

Prepared Portfolio 2040

  $ 0   $ 0   $ 0     N/A     N/A

Prepared Portfolio 2045

  $ 0   $ 0   $ 0     N/A     N/A

Prepared Portfolio 2050

  $ 0   $ 0   $ 0     N/A     N/A

BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares

           

Series C Portfolio

  $ 53   $ 53   $ 57     N/A     N/A

Series M Portfolio

  $ 27   $ 27   $ 29     N/A     N/A

Series S Portfolio

  $ 57   $ 56   $ 60     N/A     N/A

Total Compensation from Fund Complex

  $ 51,716   $ 51,650   $ 55,251   $ 82,439   $ 76,942
             

Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Board Member

    60     60     60     60     60

(1)   Information is for the Fund’s most recent fiscal year.
(2)   The term “N/A” when used in this Appendix C refers to the fact that no compensation information is shown for Board Members of the indicated Funds whose term of office with respect to that Fund will not continue after the Meeting to which this Joint Proxy Statement relates.

 

None of the Funds currently provides any pension or retirement benefits to the Board Members of Board 5 or officers of the Funds.

 

As of May 31, 2007, all Board Members of Board 5 and officers as a group owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of each Fund.

 

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Appendix D

 

Equity Securities Owned by Nominees

 

The following table shows the amount of equity securities owned by the Nominees in Funds that they are nominated to oversee as of March 31, 2007 except as otherwise indicated.

 

Name of Nominee

 

Fund Name

  Number of Shares
Owned
 

Aggregate Dollar
Range of Equity
Securities in
Each Fund

  Aggregate Dollar Range
of Equity Securities in
All Funds Overseen
or To Be Overseen
by the Nominee
in Fund Complex

Board A

               

Interested Nominees:

       

Richard S. Davis

  High Yield Bond Portfolio   55,945   Over $100,000   Over $100,000

Laurence D. Fink(1)

  None   None   None   Over $100,000

Henry Gabbay(2)

  Global Allocation Fund   5,064   $50,001 – $100,000   Over $100,000

Independent Nominees:

       

James H. Bodurtha

  Global Allocation Fund   5,139   $50,001 – $100,000   Over $100,000
 

Focus Twenty

  5,705   $10,001 – $50,000  
 

Value Opportunities

  1,865   $10,001 – $50,000  

Bruce R. Bond

  None   None   None   Over $100,000

Donald W. Burton

  None   None   None   None

Stuart E. Eizenstat

  Low Duration Portfolio   273   $1 – $10,000   $1 – $10,000

Kenneth A. Froot

  None   None   None   None

Robert M. Hernandez

  None   None   None   Over $100,000

John F. O’Brien

  None   None   None   None

Roberta Cooper Ramo(3)

  Focus Value   764   $10,001 – $50,000   Over $100,000
 

Fundamental Growth Fund

  1,114   $10,001 – $50,000  
 

World Income

  2,153   $10,001 – $50,000  
 

Low Duration Portfolio

  609   $1 – $10,000  

Jean Margo Reid

  Equity Dividend   3,950   $50,001 – $100,000   Over $100,000
 

National Municipal

  5,017   $50,001 – $100,000  

David H. Walsh

  None   None   None   Over $100,000

Fred G. Weiss

  Basic Value   8,638   Over $100,000   Over $100,000
 

Global Allocation Fund

  8,562   Over $100,000  
 

Global Growth

  15,088   Over $100,000  
 

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  5   $1 – $10,000  
 

Value Opportunities

  5,188   Over $100,000  

Richard R. West

  Global Allocation   11,738   Over $100,000   Over $100,000

Board B

       

Interested Nominees:

       

Richard S. Davis

  Asset Allocation   29,657   Over $100,000   Over $100,000
 

All-Cap Global Resources

  23,677   Over $100,000  
 

Health Sciences Opportunities

  17,671   Over $100,000  
 

Capital Appreciation

  55,693   Over $100,000  
 

Small/Mid-Cap Growth

  29,441   Over $100,000  
 

Large Cap Core

  859   $1 – $10,000  
 

Large Cap Value

  38,054   Over $100,000  
 

Int’l Opportunities Portfolio

  478   $10,001 – $50,000  
 

US Opportunities

  546   $10,001 – $50,000  
 

Investment Trust

  597   $1 – $10,000  

Henry Gabbay(2)

  Index Equity   513   $50,001 – $100,000   Over $100,000
 

Large Cap Core

  1,267   $10,001 – $50,000  

 

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Name of Nominee

 

Fund Name

  Number of Shares
Owned
 

Aggregate Dollar
Range of Equity
Securities in
Each Fund

  Aggregate Dollar Range
of Equity Securities in
All Funds Overseen
or To Be Overseen
by the Nominee
in Fund Complex

Board B

               

Independent Nominees:

       

David O. Beim

  None   None   None   Over $100,000

Ronald W. Forbes

  S&P 500 Index   1,653   $10,001 – $50,000   Over $100,000
 

Developing Capital Markets

  357   $1 – $10,000  
 

Global Financial Services

  763   $10,001 – $50,000  
 

Healthcare Fund

  4,973   $10,001 – $50,000  
 

Latin America Fund

  289   $10,001 – $50,000  
 

Large Cap Value

  500   $10,001 – $50,000  
 

Pacific Fund

  663   $10,001 – $50,000  
 

CMA NY Municipal

  168,355   Over $100,000  

Dr. Matina Horner

  None   None   None   None

Rodney D. Johnson

  None   None   None   None

Herbert I. London(4)

  None   None   None   Over $100,000

Cynthia A. Montgomery

  CMA MA Municipal   293,055   Over $100,000   Over $100,000

Joseph P. Platt, Jr.

  None   None   None   None

Robert C. Robb, Jr.

  None   None   None   None

Toby Rosenblatt

  Investment Trust   538,897   Over $100,000   Over $100,000

Kenneth L. Urish

  None   None   None   None

Frederick W. Winter

  None   None   None   None

(1)   Information is as of June 22, 2007.
(2)   Information is as of June 26, 2007.
(3)   Information is as of June 2, 2007.
(4)   Information is as of May 31, 2007.

 

As of May 31, 2007, all Nominees and officers as a group owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of each Fund for which they are nominated to oversee.

 

None of the independent Nominees or their family members had any interest in BlackRock or any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with BlackRock as of May 31, 2007.

 

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Appendix E

 

Meetings of the Existing Boards

 

During the most recent full fiscal year for each Fund as grouped in the table below, the Boards met the following number of times:

 

Board 1
Fund   Fiscal Year
End
  Number of
Board
Meetings

Master Value Opportunities, Value Opportunities

  March 31   11

Master Basic Value, Basic Value

  June 30   7

Natural Resources

  July 31   11

Global Growth, ML USA Gov’t Reserves

  August 31   11

Balanced Capital Fund

  September 30   14

ML US Treasury Money Fund

  November 30   13
ML Ready Assets, Bond Portfolio, Fundamental Growth Portfolio, High Income Portfolio, Gov’t Income Portfolio, Money Market Portfolio, Master Core Bond Enhanced, Master Enhanced Int’l, Master Extended Market Index, Master Enhanced Small Cap, Master Int’l Index, Master Small Cap Index, Master Mid Cap Index, Int’l Index, S&P 500 Index, Small Cap Index   December 31   13
Balanced Capital Portfolio, Large Cap Core Portfolio, Global Allocation Portfolio, Master Enhanced S&P 500, Master S&P 500 Index   December 31   14

 

Board 2
Fund   Fiscal Year
End
  Number of
Board
Meetings
Master Money, Master Gov’t Securities, Master Tax-Exempt, Master Treasury, CMA Money Fund, WCMA Money Fund, CMA Gov’t Securities, WCMA Gov’t Securities, CMA Tax-Exempt, WCMA Tax-Exempt, CMA Treasury, WCMA Treasury, CMA AZ Municipal, CMA CA Municipal, CMA CT Municipal, CMA FL Municipal, CMA MA Municipal, CMA MI Municipal, CMA NJ Municipal, CMA NY Municipal, CMA NC Municipal, CMA OH Municipal, CMA PA Municipal, Global Technology Fund   March 31   11
Healthcare Fund   April 30   8
Developing Capital Markets, Global SmallCap   June 30   7
Short-Term Municipal, High Yield Municipal, National Municipal, Municipal Insured   June 30   8
Equity Dividend   July 31   11
Bond Fund, High Income Fund, Global Financial Services Master, Master Bond, Global Financial Services   September 30   12
Global Allocation Fund   October 31   14
EuroFund, Global Dynamic Equity, Intermediate Municipal   October 31   12
Latin America Fund   November 30   13
Utilities & Telecoms Fund   November 30   14
Pacific Fund   December 31   13

 

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Board 3
Fund   Fiscal Year
End
  Number of
Board
Meetings

Mid Cap Value Opportunities

  January 31   11

MAS Mid Cap Value, MAS High Income, MAS US Mortgage, MAS Global SmallCap

  April 30   7

Summit Cash Reserves

  May 31   7

Int’l Value, Short-Term Bond, Master Short-Term Bond

  June 30   6

Focus Value

  July 31   11

FL Municipal, NJ Municipal, PA Municipal

  July 31   10

CA Insured, Fundamental Growth Fund

  August 31   10

NY Municipal

  September 30   11
Master Large Cap Growth, Master Large Cap Value, Master Large Cap Core, Large Cap Value, Large Cap Core, Large Cap Growth, ML Retirement Reserves   October 31   11

Master Focus Twenty, Focus Twenty

  November 30   12
Balanced Capital V.I., Basic Value V.I., Bond V.I., Money Market V.I., Fundamental Growth V.I., Global Growth V.I., Gov’t Income V.I., High Income V.I., S&P 500 Index V.I., Large Cap Core V.I., Large Cap Growth V.I., Large Cap Value V.I., Value Opportunities V.I., Utilities & Telecoms V.I., World Income, Int’l Value V.I., Global Allocation V.I.   December 31   14

 

Board 4
Fund   Fiscal Year
End
  Number of
Board
Meetings
ML Institutional Fund, ML Premier Institutional Fund, ML Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund, ML Gov’t, ML Treasury, ML Institutional, ML Premier Institutional, ML Institutional Tax-Exempt   April 30   6
Growth FDP, Research Int’l FDP, Total Return FDP, Value FDP, Master Small Cap Growth, Master Int’l Small Cap Growth II, Int’l Fund   May 31   4
Basic Value PPF   June 30   4
Fundamental Growth PPF   August 31   10
Core PPF, GNMA IAP   October 31   10
Master Commodity Strategies; Commodity Strategies   November 30   10

 

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Board 5
Fund*   Fiscal Year
End
  Number of
Board
Meetings
Asset Allocation, All-Cap Global Resources, Aurora, Investment Trust, Exchange Portfolio, Global Opportunities Portfolio, Global Resources Portfolio, Science & Tech Opportunities, Health Sciences Opportunities, Int’l Opportunities Portfolio, Capital Appreciation Portfolio, Mid-Cap Growth Equity, Mid-Cap Value Equity, Small Cap Growth Equity, Small Cap Core Equity, Small Cap Value Equity, Small/Mid-Cap Growth, US Opportunities, Index Equity, Money Market, Municipal Money Market, Treasury Money Market, NC Money Market, NJ Money Market, OH Money Market, PA Money Market, VA Money Market, Total Return, DE Municipal, Enhanced Income, AMT-Free Portfolio, GNMA Portfolio, Gov’t Income, High Yield Bond Portfolio, Intermediate Bond II, Intermediate Gov’t Bond, Int’l Bond Portfolio, Inflation Protected, KY Municipal, Low Duration Portfolio, Managed Income, OH Municipal, Strategic Portfolio I, Total Return II, BATS—C, BATS—M, BATS—S   September 30   8

*   Annual meeting information and Board Members’ attendance for Conservative Prepared, Moderate Prepared, Growth Prepared, Aggressive Growth Prepared, PP2010, PP2015, PP2020, PP2025, PP2030, PP2035, PP2040, PP2045, PP2050 has not been provided because such Funds have not been in operation for a full fiscal year.

 

Each incumbent Board Member attended more than 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of each Board and of each committee of each Board on which the Board Member served.

 

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Appendix F

 

Standing Committees of the Existing Boards

 

The business and affairs of each Registrant are managed by or under the direction of its Board.

 

Audit Committee.    Each Board has a standing Audit Committee comprised of all Board Members (except, in the case of Board 5, comprised of Messrs. Bond, Hernandez and Wilmerding) who are not “interested persons,” within the meaning of the 1940 Act, of the Registrant. The primary purposes of each Board’s Audit Committee are to assist the Board in fulfilling its responsibility for oversight of the integrity of the accounting, auditing and financial reporting practices of the Registrant, the qualifications and independence of the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm, and the Registrant’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. The Audit Committee reviews the scope of the Registrant’s audit, accounting and financial reporting policies and practices and internal controls. The Audit Committee approves, and recommends to the Independent Board Members for their ratification, the selection, appointment, retention or termination of the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee also approves all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm to its manager or adviser and any affiliated service providers if the engagement relates directly to the Registrant’s operations and financial reporting of the Registrant.

 

Governance and Nominating Committee or Nominating Committee.    Board 5 has a standing Governance and Nominating Committee, and Board 1, 2, 3 and 4 each has a Nominating Committee. All Board Members who are not “interested persons,” within the meaning of the 1940 Act, are members of the Governance and Nominating Committee or Nominating Committee, except, in the case of Board 5, Dr. Horner and Messrs. Eizenstat, Bond and Hernandez are members of the Governance and Nominating Committee.

 

Each Governance and Nominating Committee or Nominating Committee is responsible for, among other things, recommending candidates to fill vacancies on the Board. The Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board 5 Funds also is responsible for, among other things, the scheduling and organization of Board meetings, evaluating the structure and composition of the board and determining compensation of the Board 5 Funds’ Independent Board Members.

 

Each Governance or Nominating Committee, and each Audit Committee, met the following number of times for each Fund’s most recent fiscal year:

 

Board 1
Fund   Fiscal
Year End
  Number of
Nominating
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Audit
Committee
Meetings

Master Value Opportunities, Value Opportunities

  March 31   0   4

Master Basic Value, Basic Value

  June 30   1   4

Natural Resources

  July 31   0   4

Global Growth, ML USA Gov’t Reserves

  August 31   0   4

Balanced Capital Fund

  September 30   0   4

ML US Treasury Money Fund

  November 30   0   4

 

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Board 1
Fund   Fiscal
Year End
  Number of
Nominating
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Audit
Committee
Meetings
ML Ready Assets, Balanced Capital Portfolio, Large Cap Core Portfolio, Bond Portfolio, Global Allocation Portfolio, Fundamental Growth Portfolio, High Income Portfolio, Gov’t Income Portfolio, Money Market Portfolio, Master Core Bond Enhanced, Master Enhanced S&P 500, Master Enhanced Int’l, Master Extended Market Index, Master Enhanced Small Cap, Master Int’l Index, Master S&P 500 Index, Master Small Cap Index, Master Mid Cap Index, Int’l Index, S&P 500 Index, Small Cap Index   December 31   0   4

 

Board 2
Fund  

Fiscal

Year End

  Number of
Nominating
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Audit
Committee
Meetings
Master Money, Master Gov’t Securities, Master Tax-Exempt, Master Treasury, CMA Money Fund, WCMA Money Fund, CMA Gov’t Securities, WCMA Gov’t Securities, CMA Tax-Exempt, WCMA Tax-Exempt, CMA Treasury, WCMA Treasury, CMA AZ Municipal, CMA CA Municipal, CMA CT Municipal, CMA FL Municipal, CMA MA Municipal, CMA MI Municipal, CMA NJ Municipal, CMA NY Municipal, CMA NC Municipal, CMA OH Municipal, CMA PA Municipal, Global Technology Fund   March 31   0   4
Healthcare Fund   April 30   0   4
Developing Capital Markets, Global SmallCap, Short-Term Municipal, High Yield Municipal, National Municipal, Municipal Insured   June 30   1   4
Equity Dividend   July 31   0   4
Bond Fund, High Income Fund, Global Financial Services Master, Master Bond, Global Financial Services   September 30   0   4
EuroFund, Global Allocation Fund, Global Dynamic Equity, Intermediate Municipal   October 31   0   4
Latin America Fund, Utilities & Telecoms Fund   November 30   0   4
Pacific Fund   December 31   0   4

 

Board 3
Fund  

Fiscal

Year End

  Number of
Nominating
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Audit
Committee
Meetings
Mid Cap Value Opportunities   January 31   0   4
MAS Mid Cap Value, MAS High Income, MAS US Mortgage, MAS Global SmallCap   April 30   0   4
Summit Cash Reserves   May 31   1   4
Int’l Value, Short-Term Bond, Master Short-Term Bond   June 30   1   4

 

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Board 3
Fund  

Fiscal

Year End

  Number of
Nominating
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Audit
Committee
Meetings
Focus Value, FL Municipal, NJ Municipal, PA Municipal   July 31   0   4
CA Insured, Fundamental Growth Fund   August 31   0   4
NY Municipal   September 30   0   4
Master Large Cap Growth, Master Large Cap Value, Master Large Cap Core, Large Cap Value, Large Cap Core, Large Cap Growth, ML Retirement Reserves   October 31   0   4
Master Focus Twenty, Focus Twenty   November 30   0   4
Balanced Capital V.I., Basic Value V.I., Bond V.I., Money Market V.I., Fundamental Growth V.I., Global Growth V.I., Gov’t Income V.I., High Income V.I., S&P 500 Index V.I., Large Cap Core V.I., Large Cap Growth V.I., Large Cap Value V.I., Value Opportunities V.I., Utilities & Telecoms V.I., World Income, Int’l Value V.I., Global Allocation V.I.   December 31   0   4

 

Board 4
Fund   Fiscal
Year End
  Number of
Nominating
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Audit
Committee
Meetings
ML Institutional Fund, ML Premier Institutional Fund, ML Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund, ML Gov’t, ML Treasury, ML Institutional, ML Premier Institutional, ML Institutional Tax-Exempt   April 30   0   4
Growth FDP, Research Int’l FDP, Total Return FDP, Value FDP, Master Small Cap Growth, Master Int’l Small Cap Growth II, Int’l Fund   May 31   1   4

Basic Value PPF

  June 30   1   4

Fundamental Growth PPF

  August 31   0   4

Core PPF, GNMA IAP

  October 31   0   4

Master Commodity Strategies; Commodity Strategies

  November 30   0   4

 

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Board 5
Fund*   Fiscal
Year End
  Number of
Governance
Committee
Meetings
  Number of
Audit
Committee
Meetings
Asset Allocation, All-Cap Global Resources, Aurora, Investment Trust, Exchange Portfolio, Global Resources Portfolio, Science & Tech Opportunities, Health Sciences Opportunities, Int’l Opportunities Portfolio, Capital Appreciation Portfolio, Mid-Cap Growth Equity, Mid-Cap Value Equity, Small Cap Growth Equity, Small Cap Core Equity, Small Cap Value Equity, Small/Mid-Cap Growth, US Opportunities, Index Equity, Money Market, Municipal Money Market, Treasury Money Market, NC Money Market, NJ Money Market, OH Money Market, PA Money Market, VA Money Market, Total Return, DE Municipal, Enhanced Income, AMT-Free Portfolio, GNMA Portfolio, Gov’t Income, High Yield Bond Portfolio, Intermediate Bond II, Intermediate Gov’t Bond, Int’l Bond Portfolio, Inflation Protected, KY Municipal, Low Duration Portfolio, Managed Income, OH Municipal, Strategic Portfolio I, Total Return II, BATS—C, BATS—M, BATS—S   September 30   5   4
Global Opportunities Portfolio   September 30   4   3

*   Meeting information and Board Members’ attendance for Conservative Prepared, Moderate Prepared, Growth Prepared, Aggressive Growth Prepared, PP2010, PP2015, PP2020, PP2025, PP2030, PP2035, PP2040, PP2045, and PP2050 has not been provided because such Funds have not been in operation for a full fiscal year.

 

Each Governance and Nominating Committee or Nominating Committee may consider nominees recommended by a shareholder. Shareholders who wish to recommend a nominee should send recommendations to the Registrant’s Secretary that include all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for the election of Board Members. A copy of the Charter of the Governance and Nominating Committee or Nominating Committee for each Registrant is included in Appendix G.

 

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Board 5 has three additional standing committees, as follows:

 

Compliance Committee.    The members of the Compliance Committee are Dr. Horner and Messrs. Eizenstat and Rosenblatt. The Committee is responsible for monitoring compliance issues regarding each Fund that it oversees. The Committee met the following times during each Board 5 Fund’s most recent fiscal year:

 

Board 5
Fund*  

Fiscal

Year End

  Number of
Compliance
Committee
Meetings
Asset Allocation, All-Cap Global Resources, Aurora, Investment Trust, Exchange Portfolio, Global Opportunities Portfolio, Global Resources Portfolio, Science & Tech Opportunities, Health Sciences Opportunities, Int’l Opportunities Portfolio, Capital Appreciation Portfolio, Mid-Cap Growth Equity, Mid-Cap Value Equity, Small Cap Growth Equity, Small Cap Core Equity, Small Cap Value Equity, Small/Mid-Cap Growth, US Opportunities, Index Equity, Money Market, Municipal Money Market, Treasury Money Market, NC Money Market, NJ Money Market, OH Money Market, PA Money Market, VA Money Market, Total Return, DE Municipal, Enhanced Income, AMT-Free Portfolio, GNMA Portfolio, Gov’t Income, High Yield Bond Portfolio, Intermediate Bond II, Intermediate Gov’t Bond, Int’l Bond Portfolio, Inflation Protected, KY Municipal, Low Duration Portfolio, Managed Income, OH Municipal, Strategic Portfolio I, Total Return II, BATS—C, BATS—M, BATS—S   September 30   3

*   Meeting information and Board Members’ attendance for Conservative Prepared, Moderate Prepared, Growth Prepared, Aggressive Growth Prepared, PP2010, PP2015, PP2020, PP2025, PP2030, PP2035, PP2040, PP2045, and PP2050 has not been provided because such Funds have not been in operation for a full fiscal year.

 

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Valuation and Pricing Committee.    The members of the Valuation and Pricing Committee are Messrs. Bond, Davis, Eizenstat, Fink, Hernandez, Rosenblatt, Wilmerding and Dr. Horner. The Committee is responsible for valuation issues regarding the portfolio securities of each Fund that it oversees. The Committee met the following times during each Board 5 Fund’s most recent fiscal year:

 

Board 5
Fund*   Fiscal
Year End
  Number of
Valuation
and
Pricing
Committee
Meetings
Asset Allocation, All-Cap Global Resources, Aurora, Investment Trust, Exchange Portfolio, Global Resources Portfolio, Science & Tech Opportunities, Health Sciences Opportunities, Int’l Opportunities Portfolio, Capital Appreciation Portfolio, Mid-Cap Growth Equity, Mid-Cap Value Equity, Small Cap Growth Equity, Small Cap Core Equity, Small Cap Value Equity, Small/Mid-Cap Growth, US Opportunities, Index Equity, Money Market, Municipal Money Market, Treasury Money Market, NC Money Market, NJ Money Market, OH Money Market, PA Money Market, VA Money Market, Total Return, DE Municipal, Enhanced Income, AMT-Free Portfolio, GNMA Portfolio, Gov’t Income, High Yield Bond Portfolio, Intermediate Bond II, Intermediate Gov’t Bond, Int’l Bond Portfolio, Inflation Protected, KY Municipal, Low Duration Portfolio, Managed Income, OH Municipal, Strategic Portfolio I, Total Return II, BATS—C, BATS—M, BATS—S   September 30   4
Global Opportunities Portfolio   September 30   3

*   Meeting information and Board Members’ attendance for Conservative Prepared, Moderate Prepared, Growth Prepared, Aggressive Growth Prepared, PP2010, PP2015, PP2020, PP2025, PP2030, PP2035, PP2040, PP2045, and PP2050 has not been provided because such Funds have not been in operation for a full fiscal year.

 

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Performance Review Committee.     The members of the Performance Review Committee are Messrs. Bond, Eizenstat, Rosenblatt and Wilmerding. The Committee is responsible for reviewing the performance of the Funds that it oversees. The Committee met the following times during each Board 5 Fund’s most recent fiscal year:

 

Board 5
Fund*   Fiscal
Year End
  Number of
Performance
Review
Committee
Meetings
Asset Allocation, All-Cap Global Resources, Aurora, Investment Trust, Exchange Portfolio, Global Opportunities Portfolio, Global Resources Portfolio, Science & Tech Opportunities, Health Sciences Opportunities, Int’l Opportunities Portfolio, Capital Appreciation Portfolio, Mid-Cap Growth Equity, Mid-Cap Value Equity, Small Cap Growth Equity, Small Cap Core Equity, Small Cap Value Equity, Small/Mid-Cap Growth, US Opportunities, Index Equity, Money Market, Municipal Money Market, Treasury Money Market, NC Money Market, NJ Money Market, OH Money Market, PA Money Market, VA Money Market, Total Return, DE Municipal, Enhanced Income, AMT-Free Portfolio, GNMA Portfolio, Gov’t Income, High Yield Bond Portfolio, Intermediate Bond II, Intermediate Gov’t Bond, Int’l Bond Portfolio, Inflation Protected, KY Municipal, Low Duration Portfolio, Managed Income, OH Municipal, Strategic Portfolio I, Total Return II, Conservative Prepared, Moderate Prepared, Growth Prepared, Aggressive Growth Prepared, BATS—C, BATS—M, BATS—S   September
30
  0

*   Meeting information and Board Members’ attendance for Conservative Prepared, Moderate Prepared, Growth Prepared, Aggressive Growth Prepared, PP2010, PP2015, PP2020, PP2025, PP2030, PP2035, PP2040, PP2045, and PP2050 has not been provided because such Funds have not been in operation for a full fiscal year.

 

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Appendix G

 

Governance and Nominating Committee or Nominating Committee

 

Nominating Committee Charter

(Boards 1, 2, 3 and 4)

 

I. Organization

 

The Nominating Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors/Trustees for the registered investment companies (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) listed on Exhibit A attached hereto shall be composed solely of Directors/Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Fund as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and who are “independent” as defined in the New York Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange (each, an “Exchange”) listing standards (if applicable) (“Independent Directors”). The Board of Directors/Trustees of the Fund (the “Board”) shall appoint the members of the Committee (which may or may not be all of the Independent Directors) and shall designate the Chairman of the Committee. The Committee shall have authority to retain outside counsel and other advisors the Committee deems appropriate and shall have the sole authority to approve the compensation and other terms of their retention.

 

II. Responsibilities

 

The Committee shall identify individuals qualified to serve as Independent Directors of the Fund and shall recommend its nominees for consideration by the full Board.

 

III. Identification And Evaluation Of Potential Nominees

 

In identifying and evaluating a person as a potential nominee to serve as an Independent Director of the Fund, the Committee should consider among other factors it may deem relevant:

 

   

the contribution which the person can make to the Board, with consideration being given to the person’s business and professional experience, education and such other factors as the Committee may consider relevant;

 

   

the character and integrity of the person;

 

   

whether or not the person is an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act and whether the person is otherwise qualified under applicable laws and regulations to serve as a Director or Independent Director of the Fund;

 

   

whether or not the person has any relationships that might impair his or her independence, such as any business, charitable, financial or family relationships with Fund management, the investment adviser or manager of the Fund, Fund service providers or their affiliates;

 

   

whether or not the person is financially literate pursuant to the applicable Exchange’s audit committee membership standards;

 

   

whether or not the person serves on boards of, or is otherwise affiliated with, competing financial service organizations or their related investment company complexes;

 

   

whether or not the person is willing to serve, and willing and able to commit the time necessary for the performance of the duties of a Director of the Fund;

 

   

whether or not the selection and nomination of the person would be consistent with the requirements of the Fund’s retirement policy.

 

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While the Committee is solely responsible for the selection and nomination of the Fund’s Independent Directors, the Committee may consider nominations for the office of Director made by Fund stockholders or by management in the same manner as it deems appropriate. Stockholders who wish to recommend a nominee should send nominations to the Secretary of the Fund which include biographical information and set forth the qualifications of the proposed nominee. The Secretary of the Fund will forward all nominations received to the Committee.

 

IV. Quorum

 

A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members of the Committee present at any meeting at which there is quorum shall be the act of the Committee.

 

V. Nomination Of Directors

 

After a determination by the Committee that a person should be nominated as an Independent Director of the Fund, the Committee shall present its recommendation to the full Board for its consideration and, where appropriate, to the Independent Directors.

 

V. Meetings

 

The Committee may meet either on its own or in conjunction with meetings of the Board. Meetings of the Committee may be held in person, video conference or by conference telephone. The Committee may take action by unanimous written consent in lieu of a meeting.

 

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Governance and Nominating Committee Charter

(Board 5)

 

GOVERNANCE AND NOMINATING COMMITTEE CHARTER

OF THE

BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF BLACKROCK FUNDSSM, BLACKROCK FUNDS II AND

BLACKROCK BOND ALLOCATION TARGET SHARES

 

I. Purpose of the Governance and Nominating Committee

 

The purpose of the Governance and Nominating Committee (the “Committee”) of the Boards of Trustees (the “Board”) of BlackRock FundsSM, BlackRock Funds II and BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares (together, the “Funds”) is to provide assistance to the Board in fulfilling its responsibility with respect to oversight of the appropriate and effective governance of the Funds, including, but not limited to, advising the Board on the structure, composition and procedures of the Board’s committees, the size of the Board, the appropriate ratio of Trustees who are “interested persons” (as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the “1940 Act”) versus those Trustees who are not “interested persons” (the “Independent Trustees”) and the compensation of the Independent Trustees.

 

The purpose of the Committee is also to provide assistance to the Board in selecting and nominating candidates for election to the Board, including, but not limited to, identifying candidates for any vacancies that exist from time to time, conducting diligence on such candidates as the Committee may deem appropriate (which may include, but is not necessarily limited to, examination of credentials, personal interviews, and inquiry of persons acquainted with the candidate) and making appropriate recommendations to the Board (in the case of candidates who are “interested persons”) or to the Independent Trustees (in the case of candidates who are not “interested persons”) for the election, or nomination for election, by Fund shareholders of a new Trustee.

 

II. Composition and Qualifications

 

The Committee will be comprised of not less than two members of the Board. No member of the Committee may be an “interested person” of the Funds as that term is defined in the 1940 Act. The members of the Committee will be appointed by the Board, and may be removed, with or without cause, by the Board.

 

III. Chairperson

 

The Board will designate one of the members of the Committee to be the Chairperson of the Committee. The Chairperson will chair all regular sessions of the Committee and set the agendas for each Committee meeting.

 

IV. Authority

 

The Committee will have the authority to carry out its duties and responsibilities as set forth in this Charter, to request appropriate officers of the Funds to provide or arrange to provide such information, data and services as the Committee may request and to institute any special investigations or inquiries as it deems necessary. The Committee will have the authority to hire or engage, at the Funds’ expense, special counsel and other experts and consultants whose assistance the Committee considers necessary to carry out any of its responsibilities under this Charter.

 

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VI. Meetings and Procedures of the Committee

 

Unless the Committee otherwise determines, the Committee will meet on a regular basis, but in all cases, no less frequently than quarterly, and will call any special meetings as the circumstances may require. A majority of the members of the Committee present in person or by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other will constitute a quorum. The Committee may also take action by written consent, if the number of members required for approval of such action at a meeting of the members consent to the action in writing and the written consents are filed with the records of meetings of the Committee, unless otherwise required by applicable law.

 

The Committee will have the right to excuse any Committee member from a meeting or portion thereof to permit the remaining members of the Committee to discuss or act on any matter for which, in the Committee’s opinion, the excused member’s participation is not appropriate, and such excused member’s absence in this circumstance will not be deemed an absence for the purposes of determining a quorum.

 

The Committee will cause to be maintained minutes of each of its meetings which it has approved and any records relating to those meetings and will provide copies of such minutes to the Board and the Funds.

 

V. Duties and Responsibilities of the Committee

 

The following are the general duties and responsibilities of the Committee and are set forth only for their guidance.

 

A. Corporate Governance and Other Related Responsibilities

 

The Committee’s corporate governance duties and responsibilities include the following.

 

1. The Committee will, on a periodic basis, evaluate the compensation and Fund shareholding guidelines of the Trustees and make any recommendations to the full Board that the Committee deems appropriate.

 

2. The Committee will, on an annual basis, evaluate its own performance and responsibilities under this Charter on the basis of all matters that it considers relevant and will make any recommendations to the full Board that the Committee deems appropriate.

 

3. The Committee will, on an annual basis (or more frequently if appropriate), evaluate the qualification of each Trustee who is a member of the Audit Committee as being (i) “independent” as defined by the rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, (ii) “financially literate”, as such qualification is interpreted by the Board in its business judgment and (iii) an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the 1940 Act.

 

4. The Committee will serve in an advisory capacity to the Board and the Chairman of the Board in matters relating to the organizational and governance structure and conduct of the Board.

 

5. The Committee will, on an annual basis, assist and oversee a self-assessment of the Board as a whole to determine whether the Board is functioning effectively. The Committee will establish procedures to allow it to exercise this oversight function. The Committee will report to the full Board on the results of its evaluation, including any recommended actions to improve the performance of the Board.

 

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6. The Committee will review and recommend to the Board the allocation of compliance responsibilities among the various committees of the Board.

 

7. The Committee will, on an annual basis, review the adequacy of this Charter and recommend to the full Board any changes that the Committee deems appropriate.

 

B. Identification and Evaluation of Potential Nominees

 

The duties and responsibilities of the Committee also include establishing criteria for identifying and evaluating a person as a potential nominee to serve as a Trustee or Independent Trustee of the Funds. Such criteria will include, at a minimum, (i) to the extent required, compliance with the independence and other applicable requirements of the 1940 Act, all other applicable laws, rules, regulations and listing standards and the criteria, policies and principles set forth in this Charter and (ii) other factors that the Committee may deem relevant to the position, which may include, but will not be limited to, the following:

 

   

the contribution that the person can make to the Board, with consideration being given to the person’s business and professional experience, education and such other factors as the Committee may consider relevant;

 

   

the character and integrity of the person;

 

   

whether the person is otherwise qualified under applicable laws and regulations to serve as a Trustee or Independent Trustee of the Funds;

 

   

whether or not the person has any relationships that might impair his or her independence, such as any business, charitable, financial or family relationships with Fund management, the Funds’ investment adviser, manager or subadviser, any Fund service provider or any of their respective affiliates;

 

   

whether or not the person is “financially literate”, as such qualification is interpreted by the Board in its business judgment;

 

   

whether or not the person serves on the boards of, or is otherwise affiliated with, competing financial service organizations or their related investment company complexes; and

 

   

whether or not the person is willing to serve, and willing and able to commit the time necessary for the performance of the duties of a Trustee.

 

In addition to all of the above, the Committee will have such other duties, responsibilities and authorities as the Board from time to time may delegate.

 

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Appendix H

 

Officers of the Funds

 

The officers of each Fund, their ages and their principal occupations during the past five years (their titles may have varied during that period) are shown in the tables below. The address of each officer is BlackRock, Inc., 40 E. 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022.

 

Officers receive no compensation from the Funds, although they may be reimbursed for reasonable travel expenses for attending meetings of the Boards.

 

Each officer is an “interested person” of the Funds, as defined in the 1940 Act, by virtue of that individual’s position with BlackRock or its affiliates described in the table below.

 

Information Pertaining to the Officers

 

Name and
Age

  

Current Position(s) with Registrants

   Length of
Time Served*
  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Anne Ackerley

Age: 45

   Vice President of BATS, BlackRock FundsSM and BlackRock Funds II    Since 2000   

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2000); First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (Mergers and Acquisition Group) at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (1997-2000); First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (Public Finance Group) at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (1995-1997); First Vice President (Emerging Markets Fixed Income Research) at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (before 1995).

Neal J. Andrews

Age: 41

   Chief Financial Officer of BlackRock Funds II and Assistant Treasurer of all other Registrants    Since 2006    Managing Director of Administration and Operations Group, BlackRock, Inc. (since August 2006); Senior Vice President and Line of Business Head, Fund Accounting and Administration, PFPC Inc. (1992-2006).

Edward Baer

Age: 38

   Assistant Secretary of BATS, BlackRock FundsSM and BlackRock Funds II    Since 2005    Managing Director and Senior Counsel, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2007); Director and Senior Counsel, BlackRock, Inc. (2004-2007); Associate, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (law firm) (2000-2004); Associate, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP (law firm) (1995-2000).

Bartholomew Battista

Age: 48

   Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer of BATS, BlackRock FundsSM and BlackRock Funds II    Since 2004    Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2004); Managing Director (since 2003), and Director (1998-2002) of BlackRock, Inc.; Compliance Officer at Moore Capital Management (1995-1998).

 

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Name and
Age

  

Current Position(s) with Registrants

   Length of
Time Served*
  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Donald C. Burke

Age: 47

   President of BlackRock Funds II; Vice President and Treasurer of all other Registrants    Since 1993    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Managing Director of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and Fund Asset Management (“FAM”) (2006); First Vice President of MLIM and FAM (1997-2005) and Treasurer thereof (1999-2006); Vice President of MLIM and FAM (1990-1997).

Karen Clark

Age: 42

   Chief Compliance Officer of all Registrants except BlackRock FundsSM, BlackRock Funds II and BATS    Since 2007    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. and Chief Compliance Officer of certain BlackRock-advised funds since 2007; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2005 to 2007; Principal and Senior Compliance Officer, State Street Global Advisors, from 2001 to 2005; Principal Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP from 1998 to 2001; and Branch Chief, Division of Investment Management and Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, from 1993 to 1998.

Robert C. Doll, Jr.

Age: 52

   President & Board Member of all Registrants except BlackRock FundsSM, BlackRock Funds II and BATS    Since 2005    Vice Chairman and Director of BlackRock, Inc., Global Chief Investment Officer for Equities, Chairman of the BlackRock Retail Operating Committee, and member of the BlackRock Executive Committee since 2006; President of the Funds advised by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and its affiliates (“MLIM/FAM-advised funds”) from 2005 to 2006 and Chief Investment Officer thereof from 2001 to 2006; President of MLIM and Fund Asset Management, L.P. (“FAM”) from 2001 to 2006; Co-Head (Americas Region) thereof from 2000 to 2001 and Senior Vice President from 1999 to 2001; President and Director of Princeton Services, Inc. (“Princeton Services”) and President of Princeton Administrators, L.P. (“Princeton Administrators”) from 2001 to 2006; Chief Investment Officer of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. in 1999 and Executive Vice President thereof from 1991 to 1999.

 

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Name and
Age

  

Current Position(s) with Registrants

   Length of Time
Served*
  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Jay Fife

Age: 37

   Assistant Treasurer of all Registrants    Since 2005    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2007); Director of BlackRock, Inc. (2006); Assistant Treasurer of the MLIM/FAM-advised funds (2005-2006); Director of MLIM Fund Services Group (2001-2006).

Spencer Fleming

Age: 38

   Assistant Treasurer of all Registrants    Since 2006    Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2007); Vice President of BlackRock Portfolio Compliance Group (since 2004); Associate in BlackRock Administrative Group (2001-2004); Assistant Vice President, Accounting Supervisor, Delaware Investments (1992-2001).

Brian P. Kindelan

Age: 48

   Secretary of BATS and BlackRock FundsSM and Assistant Secretary of BlackRock Funds II    Since 1997    Managing Director and Senior Counsel (since January 2005), Director and Senior Counsel (2001-2004) and Vice President and Senior Counsel (1998-2000), BlackRock Advisors, Inc.; Senior Counsel, PNC Bank Corp. (May 1995-April 1998).

Robert Mahar

Age: 62

   Assistant Treasurer of all Registrants    Since 2006    Director, BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director and Divisional Compliance Officer for Equities (2002-2006), Director, Portfolio Administration (1999-2001) and Vice President (1996-1999), MLIM; Member of Investment Management Team for Merrill Lynch Pacific Fund, Merrill Lynch Growth Fund and Merrill Lynch Global Value Fund (1996-1999).

Denis R. Molleur

Age: 49

   Assistant Secretary of all Registrants except BlackRock FundsSM, BlackRock Funds II and BATS.    Since 2006    Managing Director and Senior Counsel of BlackRock, Inc. (10/06-present); First Vice President and General Counsel of MLIM (5/06-9/06); First Vice President and Senior Counsel of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (4/04-5/06); Vice President and Senior Counsel of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (4/92-4/04).

 

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Name and
Age

  

Current Position(s) with Registrants

   Length of Time
Served*
  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Alice A. Pellegrino

Age: 47

   Secretary of all Registrants except BlackRock FundsSM, BlackRock Funds II and BATS    Since 2004    Director of BlackRock, Inc. (since 2006); Director (Legal Advisory) of MLIM (2002 to 2006); Vice President of MLIM (1999 to 2002); Attorney associated with MLIM (1997-1999); Secretary of MLIM, FAM, FAM Distributors, Inc. and Princeton Services (2004-2006).

Howard Surloff

Age: 41

   Secretary of BlackRock Funds II and Assistant Secretary of all other Registrants    Since 2006    General Counsel of U.S. Funds at BlackRock, Inc. (since June 2006); General Counsel (U.S.), Goldman Sachs Asset Management (1993-2006).

Vincent Tritto

Age: 45

   Assistant Secretary of BATS, BlackRock FundsSM and BlackRock Funds II    Since 2003    Managing Director and Assistant Secretary (since January 2005) and Director and Senior Counsel (2002-2004) of BlackRock, Inc. Executive Director (2000-2002) and Vice President (1998-2000), Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Morgan Stanley Asset Management Inc. and officer of various Morgan Stanley-sponsored investment vehicles: Counsel (1998); Associate (1988-1997), Rogers & Wells LLP, New York, NY.

*   Indicates the earliest year in which officer became an officer for a fund in the Fund complex.

 

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Appendix I

 

Audit Fees, Audit Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees to Independent Registered Public Accountants

 

Audit Fees and Audit Related Fees

 

           Audit Fees    Audit Related Fees

Fund

   Fiscal Year
End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares

              

Series C Portfolio

   9/30    29,000    29,700    4,300   

Series M Portfolio

   9/30    29,000    28,600    4,100   

Series S Portfolio

   9/30    29,000    29,700    4,300   

Master Value Opportunities LLC

   3/31    41,100    41,100      

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund, Inc.

   3/31    6,600    6,600      

Master Basic Value LLC

   6/30    43,500    43,000      

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

   6/30    6,600    6,500      

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

   7/31    29,000    28,000      

BlackRock Global Growth Fund, Inc.**

   8/31    37,800    40,000      

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

   9/30    37,500    37,000      

BlackRock Series Fund, Inc.

              

BlackRock Balanced Capital Portfolio

   12/31    25,500    24,000      

BlackRock Bond Portfolio

   12/31    24,200    23,000      

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Portfolio

   12/31    23,300    23,000      

BlackRock Global Allocation Portfolio

   12/31    33,600    32,000      

BlackRock Government Income Portfolio

   12/31    23,100    22,000      

BlackRock High Income Portfolio

   12/31    24,150    23,000      

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

   12/31    22,400    22,000      

BlackRock Large Cap Core Portfolio

   12/31    23,300    23,000      

BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc.

   6/30    37,000    36,000      

Master Bond LLC

              

Master Bond Portfolio

   9/30    45,500    43,000      

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

              

BlackRock Bond Fund

   9/30    6,600    6,500      

BlackRock High Income Fund

   9/30    41,200    39,000      

 

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   Fiscal Year
End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

              

BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund

   6/30    31,600    31,000      

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

   6/30    31,600    31,000       10,500

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

   6/30    27,500    27,000    15,400   

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund*

   6/30            

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

   7/31    29,000    28,500    15,400   

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

   10/31    76,500    73,000    7,700   

BlackRock EuroFund

   10/31    34,500    34,000    11,800   

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

              

BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund

   10/31    26,500    26,000      

BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund

   10/31    28,000         

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc.

   11/30    31,500    31,000      

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series, Inc.

              

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund

   1/31    29,000    29,000      

Managed Account Series

              

High Income Portfolio

   4/30    25,000    25,000      

US Mortgage Portfolio

   4/30    25,000    25,000      

Global SmallCap Portfolio

   4/30    28,000    25,000      

Mid Cap Value Opportunities Portfolio

   4/30    28,500         

Short-Term Bond Master LLC

              

Short-Term Bond Master Portfolio**

   6/30    41,000    38,000      

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Series, Inc.

              

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund**

   6/30            

BlackRock Focus Value Fund, Inc.

   7/31    39,500    39,000      

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

              

BlackRock Florida Municipal Bond Fund

   7/31    26,500    26,000      

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

   7/31    26,500    26,000    15,400   

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

   7/31    25,500    25,000    15,400   

BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund

   9/30    28,000    27,500      

 

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   Fiscal Year
End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Fund, Inc.**

   8/31    40,500    43,000      

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

              

BlackRock California Insured Municipal Bond Fund

   8/31    28,500    28,000      

Master Focus Twenty LLC

   11/30    26,400    26,000      

BlackRock Focus Twenty Fund, Inc.

   11/30    6,600    6,500      

BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.

              

BlackRock Balanced Capital V.I. Fund

   12/31    22,000    21,000      

BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund

   12/31    37,500    37,000      

BlackRock Bond V.I. Fund

   12/31    28,400    27,000      

BlackRock Fundamental Growth V.I. Fund

   12/31    22,800    22,500      

BlackRock Global Growth V.I. Fund

   12/31    26,000    26,000      

BlackRock S&P 500 Index V.I. Fund

   12/31    30,400    30,000      

BlackRock Large Cap Core V.I. Fund

   12/31    30,500    30,000      

BlackRock Large Cap Growth V.I. Fund

   12/31    22,500    22,000      

BlackRock Large Cap Value V.I. Fund

   12/31    22,500    22,000      

BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund

   12/31    37,800    36,000      

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications V.I. Fund

   12/31    21,300    21,000      

BlackRock Value Opportunities V.I. Fund

   12/31    28,400    28,000      

BlackRock International Value V.I. Fund

   12/31    28,300    28,000      

BlackRock Government Income V.I. Fund

   12/31    26,400    25,000      

BlackRock High Income V.I. Fund

   12/31    31,000    30,000      

BlackRock Money Market V.I. Fund

   12/31    23,400    23,000      

BlackRock World Income Fund, Inc.

   12/31    39,000    37,000      

BlackRock International Value Trust

              

BlackRock International Value Fund**

   6/30    36,500    34,000      

FDP Series, Inc.

              

Franklin Templeton Total Return FDP Fund**

   5/31    31,000         

 

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Fund

   Fiscal Year
End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

Marsico Growth FDP Fund**

   5/31    31,000         

MFS Research International FDP Fund**

   5/31    31,000         

Van Kampen Value FDP Fund**

   5/31    31,000         

BlackRock Principal Protected Trust

              

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Principal Protected Fund**

   8/31    26,900    28,000      

BlackRock Basic Value Principal Protected Fund

   6/30    27,400    27,000      

BlackRock Core Principal Protected Fund

   10/31    26,900    26,500      

Master Commodity Strategies LLC**

   11/30    31,000    31,100      

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund**

   11/30    6,600    6,500      

The GNMA Fund Investment Accumulation Program, Inc.

   12/31    27,500    27,000      

BlackRock Funds II

              

Total Return Portfolio

   9/30    20,400    20,500    10,600    3,400

Delaware Municipal Bond Portfolio

   9/30    12,400    12,000    5,400    3,100

Enhanced Income Portfolio

   9/30    19,700    18,800    8,400    3,100

AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio

   9/30    16,100    16,900    7,000    3,400

GNMA Portfolio

   9/30    24,200    23,700    14,300    3,200

Government Income Portfolio

   9/30    18,700    19,800    9,300    3,600

High Yield Bond Portfolio

   9/30    19,900    21,900    10,400    3,900

Intermediate Bond Portfolio II

   9/30    21,500    23,800    10,800    3,900

Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

   9/30    18,600    20,400    8,300    3,700

International Bond Portfolio

   9/30    18,800    20,800    9,300    3,800

Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

   9/30    19,700    18,800    6,100    3,000

Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio

   9/30    13,500    13,000    5,600    3,100

Low Duration Bond Portfolio

   9/30    22,000    27,500    9,900    4,600

Managed Income Portfolio

   9/30    25,300    26,800    12,900    3,800

Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio

   9/30    13,500    13,300    5,600    3,100

BlackRock Strategic Portfolio I

   9/30    13,500    12,900    4,600    3,100

Total Return Portfolio II

   9/30    29,400    38,600    15,100    5,900

Conservative Prepared Portfolio*

   9/30            

Moderate Prepared Portfolio*

   9/30            

Growth Prepared Portfolio*

   9/30            

Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio*

   9/30            

Prepared Portfolio 2010*

   10/31            

Prepared Portfolio 2015*

   10/31            

Prepared Portfolio 2020*

   10/31            

 

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Fund

   Fiscal Year
End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

Prepared Portfolio 2025*

   10/31            

Prepared Portfolio 2030*

   10/31            

Prepared Portfolio 2035*

   10/31            

Prepared Portfolio 2040*

   10/31            

Prepared Portfolio 2045*

   10/31            

Prepared Portfolio 2050*

   10/31            

Merrill Lynch U.S.A. Government Reserves

   8/31    26,500    26,000      

Merrill Lynch U.S. Treasury Money Fund

   11/30    23,500    23,000      

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

              

BlackRock International Index Fund

   12/31    6,500    6,500      

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

   12/31    6,500    6,500      

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

   12/31    6,500    6,500      

Quantitative Master Series LLC

              

Master Enhanced Small Cap Series

   12/31    32,700    32,000      

Master Core Bond Enhanced Index Series

   12/31    42,900    42,500      

Master Enhanced International Series

   12/31    45,300    45,000      

Master Enhanced S&P 500 Series

   12/31    33,400    33,000      

Master Extended Market Index Series

   12/31    45,500    45,000      

Master International Index Series

   12/31    37,700    37,700      

Master Mid Cap Index Series

   12/31    27,300    27,000      

Master S&P 500 Index Series

   12/31    35,500    35,500    24,000    21,600

Master Small Cap Index Series

   12/31    43,400    43,000    24,000    21,600

Merrill Lynch Ready Assets Trust

   12/31    36,500    36,000      

BlackRock Healthcare Fund, Inc.

   4/30    36,500    36,500      

BlackRock Global Technology Fund, Inc.

   3/31    38,500    38,500      

Master Government Securities LLC

   3/31    28,500    28,500      

Master Money LLC

   3/31    41,600    41,600      

Master Treasury LLC

   3/31    28,500    28,500      

Master Tax-Exempt LLC

   3/31    35,500    35,500      

CMA Money Fund

   3/31    6,600    6,600      

CMA Government Securities Fund

   3/31    6,600    6,600      

CMA Tax-Exempt Fund

   3/31    6,600    6,600      

CMA Treasury Fund

   3/31    6,600    6,600      

WCMA Government Securities Fund

   3/31    6,600    6,600      

WCMA Money Fund

   3/31    6,600    6,600      

WCMA Tax-Exempt Fund

   3/31    6,600    6,600      

 

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Fund

   Fiscal Year
End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

WCMA Treasury Fund

   3/31    6,600    6,600      

CMA Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

              

CMA Arizona Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    26,800    26,800      

CMA California Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    30,000    30,000      

CMA Connecticut Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    27,800    27,800      

CMA Massachusetts Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    27,800    27,800      

CMA Michigan Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    27,800    27,800      

CMA New Jersey Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    30,000    30,000      

CMA New York Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    30,000    30,000      

CMA North Carolina Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    26,800    26,800      

CMA Ohio Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    27,800    27,800      

CMA Pennsylvania Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    27,800    27,800      

CMA Florida Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    27,300    27,300       4,000

BlackRock Developing Capital Markets Fund, Inc.

   6/30    37,700    37,000       13,700

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

   11/30    35,700    35,000      

BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc.

   12/31    37,800    37,000      

Global Financial Services Master LLC

   9/30    27,400    27,000      

BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund, Inc.

   9/30    6,600    6,500      

BlackRock Financial Institution Series Trust

              

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

   5/31    26,500    26,300      

Master Large Cap Series LLC

              

Master Large Cap Core Portfolio

   10/31    36,000    35,000    10,400   

Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio

   10/31    33,500    32,500    7,700   

Master Large Cap Value Portfolio

   10/31    33,500    32,500    10,200   

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

              

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund

   10/31    6,600    6,500      

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

   10/31    6,600    6,500      

 

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   Fiscal Year
End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund

   10/31    6,600    6,500      

Merrill Lynch Retirement Series Trust

              

Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves Money Fund

   10/31    35,000    34,500      

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

              

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Portfolio

   4/30    63,600    63,600      

Merrill Lynch Institutional Portfolio

   4/30    38,500    38,500      

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Portfolio

   4/30    37,400    37,400      

Merrill Lynch Funds For Institutions Series

              

Merrill Lynch Government Fund

   4/30    34,900    34,900      

Merrill Lynch Treasury Fund

   4/30    26,700    26,700      

Merrill Lynch Institutional Fund

   4/30    7,600    7,600      

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Fund

   4/30    7,600    7,600      

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund

   4/30    7,600    7,600      

BlackRock Master LLC

              

BlackRock Master Small Cap Growth Portfolio

   5/31    32,500    32,000      

BlackRock Master International Portfolio

   5/31    32,000    32,000      

BlackRock Series, Inc.

              

BlackRock International Fund

   5/31    6,600    6,500      

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II

   5/31    6,600    6,500      

BlackRock FundsSM

              

Asset Allocation Portfolio

   9/30    54,200    54,700    33,700    25,800

All-Cap Global Resources Portfolio

   9/30    16,500    15,600    7,800    3,200

Aurora Portfolio

   9/30    19,300    29,500    7,800    5,800

Investment Trust

   9/30    17,700    22,600    8,100    4,400

Exchange Portfolio

   9/30    12,800    15,600    5,500    3,300

Global Opportunities Portfolio

   9/30    16,900       10,000   

Global Resources Portfolio

   9/30    21,100    20,000    9,700    4,200

Global Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio

   9/30    17,100    16,200    10,000    3,000

Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

   9/30    15,000    16,000    7,600    3,400

International Opportunities Portfolio

   9/30    19,300    20,800    12,400    3,800

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

   9/30    12,800    15,200    7,300    3,300

 

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Fund

   Fiscal Year
End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

   9/30    14,100    15,200    6,300    3,500

Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio

   9/30    15,000    17,100    6,400    3,800

Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

   9/30    16,700    18,100    6,700    3,600

Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio

   9/30    13,500    12,800    6,100    3,100

Small Cap Value Equity Portfolio

   9/30    13,500    13,200    6,100    3,100

Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

   9/30    13,900    14,300    6,200    3,300

U.S. Opportunities Portfolio

   9/30    15,800    15,100    7,000    3,100

Index Equity Portfolio

   9/30    13,300    18,500    200    1,000

Money Market Portfolio

   9/30    15,900    21,200    6,500    4,600

Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   9/30    15,600    15,800    7,000    3,300

U.S. Treasury Money Market Portfolio

   9/30    11,600    12,700    5,800    3,500

North Carolina Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   9/30    12,900    12,400    5,500    3,100

New Jersey Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   9/30    13,200    13,000    6,100    3,200

Ohio Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   9/30    13,100    12,900    6,100    3,200

Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   9/30    16,000    17,200    7,000    3,600

Virginia Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   9/30    10,800    10,200    5,200    3,000

*   Funds have not yet completed their initial fiscal year period.
**   Denotes that E&Y was the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm through June 30, 2006.

 

Tax Fees and All Other Fees

 

          Tax Fees    All Other Fees

Fund

   Fiscal
Year End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares

              

Series C Portfolio

   9/30    3,600       3,500   

Series M Portfolio

   9/30    3,600       2,500   

Series S Portfolio

   9/30    3,600       4,000   

Master Value Opportunities LLC

   3/31            

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund, Inc.

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

Master Basic Value LLC

   6/30    9,200    8,700      

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

   6/30    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

   7/31    6,000    5,700      

 

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          Tax Fees   All Other Fees

Fund

   Fiscal
Year End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
  Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

BlackRock Global Growth Fund, Inc.

   8/31    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

   9/30    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock Series Fund, Inc.

             

BlackRock Balanced Capital Portfolio

   12/31    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock Bond Portfolio

   12/31    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Portfolio

   12/31    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock Global Allocation Portfolio

   12/31    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock Government Income Portfolio

   12/31    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock High Income Portfolio

   12/31    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

   12/31    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock Large Cap Core Portfolio

   12/31    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc.

   6/30    6,000    5,700     

Master Bond LLC

             

Master Bond Portfolio

   9/30    9,200    8,700     

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

             

BlackRock Bond Fund

   9/30    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock High Income Fund

   9/30    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

             

BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund

   6/30    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

   6/30    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

   6/30    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund*

   6/30           

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

   7/31    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

   10/31    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock EuroFund

   10/31    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

             

BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund

   10/31    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund

   10/31    6,000        

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc.

   11/30    6,000    5,700     

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series, Inc.

             

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund

   1/31    6,100    6,000     

 

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Fund

   Fiscal
Year End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

Managed Account Series

              

High Income Portfolio

   4/30    6,100    6,000      

US Mortgage Portfolio

   4/30    6,100    6,000      

Global SmallCap Portfolio

   4/30    6,100    6,000      

Mid Cap Value Opportunities Portfolio

   4/30    6,100    6,000      

Short-Term Bond Master LLC

              

Short-Term Bond Master Portfolio

   6/30    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Series, Inc.

              

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund

   6/30            

BlackRock Focus Value Fund, Inc.

   7/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

              

BlackRock Florida Municipal Bond Fund

   7/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

   7/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

   7/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund

   9/30    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Fund, Inc.

   8/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

              

BlackRock California Insured Municipal Bond Fund

   8/31    6,000    5,700      

Master Focus Twenty LLC

   11/30            

BlackRock Focus Twenty Fund, Inc.

   11/30    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.

              

BlackRock Balanced Capital V.I. Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Bond V.I. Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Fundamental Growth V.I. Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Global Growth V.I. Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock S&P 500 Index V.I. Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Large Cap Core V.I. Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Large Cap Growth V.I. Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Large Cap Value V.I. Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

 

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          Tax Fees    All Other Fees

Fund

   Fiscal
Year End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications V.I. Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Value Opportunities V.I. Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock International Value V.I. Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Government Income V.I. Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock High Income V.I. Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Money Market V.I. Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock World Income Fund, Inc.

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock International Value Trust

              

BlackRock International Value Fund

   6/30    6,000    5,700      

FDP Series, Inc.

              

Franklin Templeton Total Return FDP Fund

   5/31    6,000         

Marsico Growth FDP Fund

   5/31    6,000         

MFS Research International FDP Fund

   5/31    6,000         

Van Kampen Value FDP Fund

   5/31    6,000         

BlackRock Principal Protected Trust

              

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Principal Protected Fund

   6/30    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Basic Value Principal Protected Fund

   6/30    6,000    6,300      

BlackRock Core Principal Protected Fund

   10/31    6,000    5,700      

Master Commodity Strategies LLC

   11/30    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

   11/30    6,000    5,700      

The GNMA Fund Investment Accumulation Program, Inc.

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Funds II

              

Total Return Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    3,800    1,500    900

Delaware Municipal Bond Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    3,600    300    200

Enhanced Income Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    3,600    200    100

AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    3,900    1,500    1,000

GNMA Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    3,700    700    500

Government Income Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    4,000    3,400    1,100

High Yield Bond Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    4,300    4,300    2,100

Intermediate Bond Portfolio II

   9/30    4,100    4,300    3,500    2,100

 

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Fund

   Fiscal
Year End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    4,100    2,300    1,700

International Bond Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    4,100    2,500    1,900

Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    3,500    200    100

Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    3,600    300    200

Low Duration Bond Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    4,900    5,500    4,000

Managed Income Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    4,200    2,800    1,700

Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    3,600    500    300

BlackRock Strategic Portfolio I

   9/30    4,100    3,600    300    200

Total Return Portfolio II

   9/30    4,100    6,100    10,900    6,000

Conservative Prepared Portfolio*

   9/30            

Moderate Prepared Portfolio*

   9/30            

Growth Prepared Portfolio*

   9/30            

Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio*

   9/30            

Prepared Portfolio 2010*

   10/31            

Prepared Portfolio 2015*

   10/31            

Prepared Portfolio 2020*

   10/31            

Prepared Portfolio 2025*

   10/31            

Prepared Portfolio 2030*

   10/31            

Prepared Portfolio 2035*

   10/31            

Prepared Portfolio 2040*

   10/31            

Prepared Portfolio 2045*

   10/31            

Prepared Portfolio 2050*

   10/31            

Merrill Lynch U.S.A. Government Reserves

   8/31    6,000    5,700      

Merrill Lynch U.S. Treasury Money Fund

   11/30    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

              

BlackRock International Index Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

Quantitative Master Series LLC

              

Master Enhanced Small Cap Series

   12/31    5,800    5,500      

Master Core Bond Enhanced Index Series

   12/31    22,700    22,700      

Master Enhanced International Series

   12/31    9,200    9,200      

Master Enhanced S&P 500 Series

   12/31    9,200    8,700      

Master Extended Market Index Series

   12/31    9,200    8,700      

Master International Index Series

   12/31    17,000    16,200      

Master Mid Cap Index Series

   12/31    9,200    8,700      

Master S&P 500 Index Series

   12/31    17,000    16,200      

Master Small Cap Index Series

   12/31    17,000    16,200      

 

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Fund

   Fiscal
Year End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

Merrill Lynch Ready Assets Trust

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Healthcare Fund, Inc.

   4/30    6,100    6,000      

BlackRock Global Technology Fund, Inc.

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

Master Government Securities LLC

   3/31    9,200    9,200      

Master Money LLC

   3/31    9,200    9,200      

Master Treasury LLC

   3/31    9,200    9,200      

Master Tax-Exempt LLC

   3/31    6,800    6,800      

CMA Money Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

CMA Government Securities Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

CMA Tax-Exempt Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

CMA Treasury Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

WCMA Government Securities Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

WCMA Money Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

WCMA Tax-Exempt Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

WCMA Treasury Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

CMA Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

              

CMA Arizona Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

CMA California Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

CMA Connecticut Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

CMA Massachusetts Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

CMA Michigan Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

CMA New Jersey Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

CMA New York Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

CMA North Carolina Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

CMA Ohio Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

CMA Pennsylvania Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

CMA Florida Municipal Money Fund

   3/31    6,100    6,000      

BlackRock Developing Capital Markets Fund, Inc.

   6/30    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

   11/30    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc.

   12/31    6,000    5,700      

Global Financial Services Master LLC

   9/30            

BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund, Inc.

   9/30    6,000    5,700      

 

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          Tax Fees    All Other Fees

Fund

   Fiscal
Year End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

BlackRock Financial Institution Series Trust

              

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

   5/31    6,000    5,700      

Master Large Cap Series LLC

              

Master Large Cap Core Portfolio

   10/31    9,200    8,700      

Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio

   10/31            

Master Large Cap Value Portfolio

   10/31            

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

              

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund

   10/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

   10/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund

   10/31    6,000    5,700      

Merrill Lynch Retirement Series Trust

              

Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves Money Fund

   10/31    6,000    5,700      

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

              

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Portfolio

   4/30    6,600    6,600      

Merrill Lynch Institutional Portfolio

   4/30    5,500    5,500      

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Portfolio

   4/30    5,500    5,500      

Merrill Lynch Funds For Institutions Series

   4/30            

Merrill Lynch Government Fund

   4/30    6,100    4,800      

Merrill Lynch Treasury Fund

   4/30    6,100    4,800      

Merrill Lynch Institutional Fund

   4/30    6,100    4,800      

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Fund

   4/30    6,100    4,800      

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund

   4/30    6,100    4,800      

BlackRock Master LLC

              

BlackRock Master Small Cap Growth Portfolio

   5/31            

BlackRock Master International Portfolio

   5/31            

BlackRock Series, Inc.

              

BlackRock International Fund

   5/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II

   5/31    6,000    5,700      

BlackRock FundsSM

              

Asset Allocation Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    4,200    3,100    1,800

All-Cap Global Resources Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    300    2,400    100

Aurora Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    5,900    9,100    6,900

 

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          Tax Fees    All Other Fees

Fund

   Fiscal
Year End
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

Investment Trust

   9/30    4,100    4,800    5,000    3,300

Exchange Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    1,300    1,200    700

Global Opportunities Portfolio

   9/30    4,100       100   

Global Resources Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    7,100    4,600    2,200

Global Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    3,500    1,900    2,300

Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    4,000    3,000    300

International Opportunities Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    4,300    8,500    9,700

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    3,800    1,100    700

Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    3,900    1,800    1,000

Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    4,200    3,300    1,600

Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    4,100    2,700    1,200

Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    3,600    300    100

Small Cap Value Equity Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    3,600    400    300

Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    3,800    1,200    700

U.S. Opportunities Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    3,600    600    200

Index Equity Portfolio

   9/30    4,100    2,300    4,800    3,100

Money Market Portfolio

   9/30    3,600    4,900    6,100    3,500

Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   9/30    3,600    3,800    1,300    700

U.S. Treasury Money Market Portfolio

   9/30    3,600    3,900    1,800    900

North Carolina Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   9/30    3,600    3,600    300    100

New Jersey Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   9/30    3,600    3,700    700    300

Ohio Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   9/30    3,600    3,600    600    400

Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   9/30    3,600    4,000    2,200    1,200

Virginia Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   9/30    3,600    3,500    200   

*   Funds have not completed their initial fiscal year or period.

 

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Fees for non-audit services provided to the Fund’s Affiliated Service Providers for which pre-approval by the Audit Committee was required:

 

     Audit-Related Fees ($)    Tax Fees ($)    All Other Fees ($)

Fund

   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares

                 

Series C Portfolio

                 

Series M Portfolio

                 

Series S Portfolio

                 

Master Value Opportunities LLC

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund, Inc.

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Master Basic Value LLC

   1,227,000    945,000            

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

   1,227,000    945,000            

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

   1,409,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Global Growth Fund, Inc.

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Series Fund, Inc.

                 

BlackRock Balanced Capital Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Bond Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Global Allocation Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Government Income Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock High Income Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Large Cap Core Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc.

   1,227,000    945,000            

Master Bond LLC

                 

Master Bond Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

                 

BlackRock Bond Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock High Income Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

 

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     Audit-Related Fees ($)    Tax Fees ($)    All Other Fees ($)

Fund

   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

                 

BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund

   1,227,000    945,000            

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

   1,227,000    945,000            

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

   1,227,000    945,000            

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

   1,227,000    945,000            

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

   1,409,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock EuroFund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

                 

BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc.

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series, Inc.

                 

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Managed Account Series

                 

High Income Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

US Mortgage Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Global SmallCap Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Mid Cap Value Opportunities Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Short-Term Bond Master LLC

                 

Short-Term Bond Master Portfolio

   1,227,000    945,000            

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Series, Inc.

                 

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund

   1,227,000    945,000            

 

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     Audit-Related Fees ($)    Tax Fees ($)    All Other Fees ($)

Fund

   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

BlackRock Focus Value Fund, Inc.

   1,409,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

                 

BlackRock Florida Municipal Bond Fund

   1,409,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

   1,409,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

   1,409,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Fund, Inc.

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

                 

BlackRock California Insured Municipal Bond Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Master Focus Twenty LLC

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Focus Twenty Fund, Inc.

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.

                 

BlackRock Balanced Capital V.I. Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Bond V.I. Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Fundamental Growth V.I. Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Global Growth V.I. Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock S&P 500 Index V.I. Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Large Cap Core V.I. Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Large Cap Growth V.I. Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Large Cap Value V.I. Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

 

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     Audit-Related Fees ($)    Tax Fees ($)    All Other Fees ($)

Fund

   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications V.I. Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Value Opportunities V.I. Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock International Value V.I. Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Government Income V.I. Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock High Income V.I. Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Money Market V.I. Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock World Income Fund, Inc.

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock International Value Trust

                 

BlackRock International Value Fund

   1,227,000    945,000            

FDP Series, Inc.

                 

Franklin Templeton Total Return FDP Fund

   1,227,000               

Marsico Growth FDP Fund

   1,227,000               

MFS Research International FDP Fund

   1,227,000               

Van Kampen Value FDP Fund

   1,227,000               

BlackRock Principal Protected Trust

                 

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Principal Protected Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Basic Value Principal Protected Fund

   1,227,000    945,000            

BlackRock Core Principal Protected Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Master Commodity Strategies LLC

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

 

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     Audit-Related Fees ($)    Tax Fees ($)    All Other Fees ($)

Fund

   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

The GNMA Fund Investment Accumulation Program, Inc.

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Funds II

                 

Total Return Portfolio

                 

Delaware Municipal Bond Portfolio

                 

Enhanced Income Portfolio

                 

AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio

                 

GNMA Portfolio

                 

Government Income Portfolio

                 

High Yield Bond Portfolio

                 

Intermediate Bond Portfolio II

                 

Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

                 

International Bond Portfolio

                 

Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

                 

Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio

                 

Low Duration Bond Portfolio

                 

Managed Income Portfolio

                 

Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio

                 

BlackRock Strategic Portfolio I

                 

Total Return Portfolio II

                 

Conservative Prepared Portfolio*

                 

Moderate Prepared Portfolio*

                 

Growth Prepared Portfolio*

                 

 

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     Audit-Related Fees ($)    Tax Fees ($)    All Other Fees ($)

Fund

   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio*

                 

Prepared Portfolio 2010*

                 

Prepared Portfolio 2015*

                 

Prepared Portfolio 2020*

                 

Prepared Portfolio 2025*

                 

Prepared Portfolio 2030*

                 

Prepared Portfolio 2035*

                 

Prepared Portfolio 2040*

                 

Prepared Portfolio 2045*

                 

Prepared Portfolio 2050*

                 

Merrill Lynch U.S.A. Government Reserves

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Merrill Lynch U.S. Treasury Money Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

                 

BlackRock International Index Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Quantitative Master Series LLC

                 

Master Enhanced Small Cap Series

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Master Core Bond Enhanced Index Series

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Master Enhanced International Series

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Master Enhanced S&P 500 Series

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Master Extended Market Index Series

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Master International Index Series

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

 

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     Audit-Related Fees ($)    Tax Fees ($)    All Other Fees ($)

Fund

   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

Master Mid Cap Index Series

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Master S&P 500 Index Series

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Master Small Cap Index Series

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Merrill Lynch Ready Assets Trust

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Healthcare Fund, Inc.

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Global Technology Fund, Inc.

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Master Government Securities LLC

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Master Money LLC

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Master Treasury LLC

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Master Tax-Exempt LLC

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

CMA Money Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

CMA Government Securities Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

CMA Tax-Exempt Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

CMA Treasury Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

WCMA Government Securities Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

WCMA Money Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

WCMA Tax-Exempt Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

WCMA Treasury Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

CMA Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

                 

CMA Arizona Municipal Money Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

CMA California Municipal Money Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

CMA Connecticut Municipal Money Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

CMA Massachusetts Municipal Money Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

CMA Michigan Municipal Money Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

CMA New Jersey Municipal Money Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

CMA New York Municipal Money Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

 

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     Audit-Related Fees ($)    Tax Fees ($)    All Other Fees ($)

Fund

   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

CMA North Carolina Municipal Money Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

CMA Ohio Municipal Money Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

CMA Pennsylvania Municipal Money Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

CMA Florida Municipal Money Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Developing Capital Markets Fund, Inc.

   1,227,000    945,000            

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc.

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Global Financial Services Master LLC

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund, Inc.

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Financial Institution Series Trust

                 

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

   1,227,000    945,000            

Master Large Cap Series LLC

                 

Master Large Cap Core Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Master Large Cap Value Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

                 

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Merrill Lynch Retirement Series Trust

                 

Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves Money Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

 

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     Audit-Related Fees ($)    Tax Fees ($)    All Other Fees ($)

Fund

   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
   Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
   Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

                 

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Merrill Lynch Institutional Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Portfolio

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Merrill Lynch Funds For Institutions Series

                 

Merrill Lynch Government Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Merrill Lynch Treasury Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Merrill Lynch Institutional Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund

   1,739,500    1,227,000            

BlackRock Master LLC

                 

BlackRock Master Small Cap Growth Portfolio

   1,227,000    945,000            

BlackRock Master International Portfolio

   1,227,000    945,000            

BlackRock Series, Inc.

                 

BlackRock International Fund

   1,227,000    945,000            

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II

   1,227,000    945,000            

BlackRock FundsSM

                 

Asset Allocation Portfolio

                 

All-Cap Global Resources Portfolio

                 

Aurora Portfolio

                 

Investment Trust

                 

Exchange Portfolio

                 

Global Opportunities Portfolio

                 

 

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    Audit-Related Fees ($)   Tax Fees ($)   All Other Fees ($)

Fund

  Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
  Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
  Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
  Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)
  Most Recent
Fiscal Year
($)
  Fiscal Year
Prior to
Most
Recent
Fiscal Year
End ($)

Global Resources Portfolio

           

Global Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio

           

Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

           

International Opportunities Portfolio

           

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

           

Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

           

Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio

           

Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

           

Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio

           

Small Cap Value Equity Portfolio

           

Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

           

U.S. Opportunities Portfolio

           

Index Equity Portfolio

           

Money Market Portfolio

           

Municipal Money Market Portfolio

           

U.S. Treasury Money Market Portfolio

           

North Carolina Municipal Money Market Portfolio

           

New Jersey Municipal Money Market Portfolio

           

Ohio Municipal Money Market Portfolio

           

Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Portfolio

           

Virginia Municipal Money Market Portfolio

           

*   Funds have not completed their initial fiscal year or period.

 

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Aggregate non-audit fees for services provided to the Fund, its investment adviser, and its Affiliated Service Providers, regardless of whether pre-approval was required:

 

     Aggregate Non-Audit Fees ($)

Fund

   Most Recent Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal Year Prior to
Most Recent Fiscal
Year End ($)

BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares

     

Series C Portfolio

   1,324,269    1,350,150

Series M Portfolio

   1,323,069    1,350,150

Series S Portfolio

   1,324,769    1,350,150

Master Value Opportunities LLC

   3,016,200    3,754,550

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund, Inc.

   3,022,300    3,760,550

Master Basic Value LLC

   2,919,000    8,190,005

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

   2,915,800    8,187,605

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

   2,192,750    7,932,366

BlackRock Global Growth Fund, Inc.

   3,104,500    7,382,727

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

   3,056,250    6,834,688

BlackRock Series Fund, Inc.

   3,198,126    5,691,886

BlackRock Balanced Capital Portfolio

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Bond Portfolio

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Portfolio

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Global Allocation Portfolio

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Government Income Portfolio

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock High Income Portfolio

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Large Cap Core Portfolio

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc.

   2,915,800    8,187,605

Master Bond LLC

     

Master Bond Portfolio

   3,059,450    6,837,688

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.

     

BlackRock Bond Fund

   3,056,250    6,835,003

BlackRock High Income Fund

   3,056,250    6,834,688

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.

     

BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund

   2,915,800    8,187,005

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

   2,915,800    8,197,505

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

   2,931,200    8,187,005

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund*

     

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

   2,208,150    7,932,366

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

   3,228,137    6,284,574

BlackRock EuroFund

   3,222,583    6,283,449

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust

     

BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund

   3,210,783    6,283,449

BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund

   3,214,851    6,277,749

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc.

   3,144,117    5,743,810

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series, Inc.

   3,053,033    5,477,788

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund

   3,059,133    5,483,788

Managed Account Series

     

High Income Portfolio

   3,003,733   

US Mortgage Portfolio

   3,003,733   

Global SmallCap Portfolio

   3,003,733   

Mid Cap Value Opportunities Portfolio

   3,003,733   

 

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     Aggregate Non-Audit Fees ($)

Fund

   Most Recent Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal Year Prior to
Most Recent Fiscal
Year End ($)

Short-Term Bond Master LLC

     

Short-Term Bond Master Portfolio

   2,915,800    8,187,005

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Series, Inc.

     

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund

   2,909,800    8,181,305

BlackRock Focus Value Fund, Inc.

   2,192,750    7,932,366

BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

     

BlackRock Florida Municipal Bond Fund

   2,192,750    7,932,366

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

   2,208,150    7,932,366

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

   2,208,150    7,932,366

BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund

   3,056,250    6,834,388

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Fund, Inc.

   3,105,061    7,382,727

BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

     

BlackRock California Insured Municipal Bond Fund

   3,104,500    7,384,327

Master Focus Twenty LLC

   3,138,117    5,738,110

BlackRock Focus Twenty Fund, Inc.

   3,144,117    5,743,810

BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.

   3,214,742    5,708,811

BlackRock Balanced Capital V.I. Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Bond V.I. Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Fundamental Growth V.I. Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Global Growth V.I. Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock S&P 500 Index V.I. Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Large Cap Core V.I. Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Large Cap Growth V.I. Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Large Cap Value V.I. Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications V.I. Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Value Opportunities V.I. Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock International Value V.I. Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Government Income V.I. Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock High Income V.I. Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Money Market V.I. Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock World Income Fund, Inc.

   3,077,450    5,583,936

BlackRock International Value Trust

     

BlackRock International Value Fund

   2,915,800    8,187,005

FDP Series, Inc.

     

Franklin Templeton Total Return FDP Fund

   3,130,717   

Marsico Growth FDP Fund

   3,130,717   

MFS Research International FDP Fund

   3,130,717   

Van Kampen Value FDP Fund

   3,130,717   

BlackRock Principal Protected Trust

     

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Principal Protected Fund

   3,105,454    7,382,727

BlackRock Basic Value Principal Protected Fund

   2,915,800    8,187,605

BlackRock Core Principal Protected Fund

   3,210,783    6,283,449

Master Commodity Strategies LLC

   3,147,317    5,743,810

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund

   3,144,117    5,743,810

The GNMA Fund Investment Accumulation Program, Inc.

   3,077,450    5,583,471

 

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     Aggregate Non-Audit Fees ($)

Fund

   Most Recent Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal Year Prior to
Most Recent Fiscal
Year End ($)

BlackRock Funds II

     

Total Return Portfolio

   1,329,069    1,358,250

Delaware Municipal Bond Portfolio

   1,322,669    1,357,050

Enhanced Income Portfolio

   1,325,569    1,356,950

AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio

   1,325,469    1,358,450

GNMA Portfolio

   1,331,969    1,357,550

Government Income Portfolio

   1,329,669    1,358,850

High Yield Bond Portfolio

   1,331,669    1,360,450

Intermediate Bond Portfolio II

   1,331,269    1,360,450

Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

   1,327,569    1,359,650

International Bond Portfolio

   1,328,769    1,359,950

Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

   1,323,269    1,356,750

Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio

   1,322,869    1,357,050

Low Duration Bond Portfolio

   1,332,369    1,363,650

Managed Income Portfolio

   1,332,669    1,359,850

Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio

   1,323,069    1,357,150

BlackRock Strategic Portfolio I

   1,321,869    1,357,050

Total Return Portfolio II

   1,342,969    1,368,150

Conservative Prepared Portfolio*

     

Moderate Prepared Portfolio*

     

Growth Prepared Portfolio*

     

Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio*

     

Prepared Portfolio 2010*

     

Prepared Portfolio 2015*

     

Prepared Portfolio 2020*

     

Prepared Portfolio 2025*

     

Prepared Portfolio 2030*

     

Prepared Portfolio 2035*

     

Prepared Portfolio 2040*

     

Prepared Portfolio 2045*

     

Prepared Portfolio 2050*

     

Merrill Lynch U.S.A. Government Reserves

   3,104,500    7,384,027

Merrill Lynch U.S. Treasury Money Fund

   3,144,117    5,743,810

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

     

BlackRock International Index Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

   3,077,450    5,583,471

Quantitative Master Series LLC

     

Master Enhanced Small Cap Series

   3,077,250    5,583,271

Master Core Bond Enhanced Index Series

   3,077,250    5,586,471

Master Enhanced International Series

   3,080,550    5,586,471

Master Enhanced S&P 500 Series

   3,080,650    5,586,471

Master Extended Market Index Series

   3,080,650    5,586,471

Master International Index Series

   3,088,450    5,593,971

Master Mid Cap Index Series

   3,080,650    5,586,471

Master S&P 500 Index Series

   3,112,450    5,615,571

Master Small Cap Index Series

   3,112,450    5,615,571

Merrill Lynch Ready Assets Trust

   3,077,450    5,583,471

 

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     Aggregate Non-Audit Fees ($)

Fund

   Most Recent Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal Year Prior to
Most Recent Fiscal
Year End ($)

BlackRock Healthcare Fund, Inc.

   3,003,733    3,445,333

BlackRock Global Technology Fund, Inc.

   3,022,300    3,760,550

Master Government Securities LLC

   3,025,400    3,763,750

Master Money LLC

   3,025,400    3,763,750

Master Treasury LLC

   3,025,400    3,763,750

Master Tax-Exempt LLC

   3,023,000    3,761,350

CMA Money Fund

   3,022,300    3,760,550

CMA Government Securities Fund

   3,022,300    3,760,550

CMA Tax-Exempt Fund

   3,022,300    3,760,550

CMA Treasury Fund

   3,022,300    3,760,550

WCMA Government Securities Fund

   3,022,300    3,760,550

WCMA Money Fund

   3,022,300    3,760,550

WCMA Tax-Exempt Fund

   3,022,300    3,760,550

WCMA Treasury Fund

   3,022,300    3,760,550

CMA Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

     

CMA Arizona Municipal Money Fund

   3,022,300    3,760,550

CMA California Municipal Money Fund

   3,022,300    3,760,550

CMA Connecticut Municipal Money Fund

   3,022,300    3,760,550

CMA Massachusetts Municipal Money Fund

   3,022,300    3,760,550

CMA Michigan Municipal Money Fund

   3,022,300    3,760,550

CMA New Jersey Municipal Money Fund

   3,022,300    3,760,550

CMA New York Municipal Money Fund

   3,022,300    3,760,550

CMA North Carolina Municipal Money Fund

   3,022,300    3,760,550

CMA Ohio Municipal Money Fund

   3,022,300    3,760,550

CMA Pennsylvania Municipal Money Fund

   3,022,300    3,760,550

CMA Florida Municipal Money Fund

   3,022,300    3,764,550

BlackRock Developing Capital Markets Fund, Inc.

   2,915,800    8,200,705

BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

   3,144,117    5,745,510

BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc.

   3,080,031    5,584,196

Global Financial Services Master LLC

   3,051,837    6,828,988

BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund, Inc.

   3,056,250    6,833,588

BlackRock Financial Institution Series Trust

     

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

   3,130,717    9,036,643

Master Large Cap Series LLC

     

Master Large Cap Core Portfolio

   3,224,383    6,286,449

Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio

   3,212,483    6,277,749

Master Large Cap Value Portfolio

   3,214,983    6,277,749

BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

     

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund

   3,210,783    6,283,449

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

   3,210,783    6,283,449

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund

   3,210,783    6,283,449

Merrill Lynch Retirement Series Trust

     

Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves Money Fund

   3,210,783    6,283,449

Master Institutional Money Market LLC

     

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Portfolio

   3,003,233    3,440,733

Merrill Lynch Institutional Portfolio

   3,003,233    3,440,733

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Portfolio

   3,003,233    3,440,733

 

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     Aggregate Non-Audit Fees ($)

Fund

   Most Recent Fiscal
Year ($)
   Fiscal Year Prior to
Most Recent Fiscal
Year End ($)

Merrill Lynch Funds For Institutions Series

     

Merrill Lynch Government Fund

   3,002,533    3,443,883

Merrill Lynch Treasury Fund

   3,002,533    3,443,883

Merrill Lynch Institutional Fund

   3,002,533    3,443,883

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Fund

   3,002,533    3,443,883

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund

   3,002,533    3,443,883

BlackRock Master LLC

     

BlackRock Master Small Cap Growth Portfolio

   3,124,717    9,030,943

BlackRock Master International Portfolio

   3,124,717    9,030,943

BlackRock Series, Inc.

     

BlackRock International Fund

   3,130,717    9,036,643

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II

   3,130,717    9,036,643

BlackRock FundsSM

     

Asset Allocation Portfolio

   1,353,769    1,381,950

All-Cap Global Resources Portfolio

   1,327,169    1,353,750

Aurora Portfolio

   1,333,869    1,368,750

Investment Trust

   1,330,069    1,362,650

Exchange Portfolio

   1,323,669    1,355,450

Global Opportunities Portfolio

   1,327,069   

Global Resources Portfolio

   1,331,269    1,363,650

Global Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio

   1,328,869    1,358,950

Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

   1,327,569    1,357,850

International Opportunities Portfolio

   1,337,869    1,367,950

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

   1,325,369    1,357,950

Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

   1,325,069    1,358,550

Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio

   1,326,669    1,359,750

Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

   1,326,369    1,359,050

Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio

   1,323,369    1,356,950

Small Cap Value Equity Portfolio

   1,323,469    1,357,150

Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

   1,324,369    1,357,950

U.S. Opportunities Portfolio

   1,324,569    1,357,050

Index Equity Portfolio

   1,321,969    1,356,550

Money Market Portfolio

   1,329,069    1,363,150

Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   1,324,769    1,357,950

U.S. Treasury Money Market Portfolio

   1,324,069    1,358,450

North Carolina Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   1,322,269    1,356,950

New Jersey Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   1,323,269    1,357,350

Ohio Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   1,323,169    1,357,350

Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   1,325,669    1,358,950

Virginia Municipal Money Market Portfolio

   1,321,869    1,356,650

*   Funds have not completed their initial fiscal year or period.

 

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Appendix J

 

5% Share Ownership

 

As of June 8, 2007, to the best knowledge of each Fund, the following persons beneficially owned or owned of record 5% or more of the outstanding shares of any class of securities of the Funds indicated:

 

FUND

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Aggressive Growth Prepared

  98.67   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Aggressive Growth Prepared

  99.74   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Aggressive Growth Prepared

  99.50   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Aggressive Growth Prepared

  56.57   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

All-Cap Global Resources

  7.96   Investor A   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

All-Cap Global Resources

  7.70   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

All-Cap Global Resources

  11.44   Investor B   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

All-Cap Global Resources

  14.40   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

All-Cap Global Resources

  17.68   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

All-Cap Global Resources

  24.64   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

All-Cap Global Resources

  6.07   Institutional   Lombard Odier Darier
Hentsche & CIE
  11 Rue De La Corraterie
1211 Geneve 11 Switzerland

All-Cap Global Resources

  5.59   Institutional   **Pomona College   550 N College Ave
Claremont, CA 91711

 

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FUND

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

All-Cap Global Resources

  12.37   Institutional   **Children’s Medical Center Corp   1295 Boyston Street
STE 300 Boston,
MA 02215-0000

All-Cap Global Resources

  5.56   Institutional   **The Bank of New York
FBO University of Arkansas Foundation
  One Wall Street
New York, NY 10286

All-Cap Global Resources

  11.44   Institutional   Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation   2365 Carillon Pt
Kirkland, WA 98033-7353

All-Cap Global Resources

  7.30   Institutional   **MAC & Co   525 William Penn Place
PO Box 3198 Pittsburgh,
PA 15230-3198

All-Cap Global Resources

  9.50   Institutional   Conrad H Hilton Foundation   100 W Liberty Street
STE 840 Reno,
NV 89501-1988

All-Cap Global Resources

  6.13   Service
Class
  **NFS LLC FEBO
FMT CO Cust IRA
FBO Douglas Soliz
  15041 White Ave
Allen Park, MI 48101

AMT-Free Portfolio

  99.98   BlackRock
Class
  **Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

AMT-Free Portfolio

  10.17   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

AMT-Free Portfolio

  24.99   Investor A   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

AMT-Free Portfolio

  12.06   Investor B   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

AMT-Free Portfolio

  7.46   Investor B   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

AMT-Free Portfolio

  33.01   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

AMT-Free Portfolio

  6.00   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

AMT-Free Portfolio

  12.04   Investor C   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

 

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FUND

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

AMT-Free Portfolio

  37.41   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

AMT-Free Portfolio

  30.94   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

AMT-Free Portfolio

  97.40   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

AMT-Free Portfolio

  8.80   Service
Class
  Gloria Becker and Alvin Becker JTWROS   325 Mansfield Boca Raton, FL 33434-0000

AMT-Free Portfolio

  6.93   Service
Class
  **PFPC
FBO Hilliard Lyons/Capital
  760 Moore Road
King of Prussia, PA 19406

AMT-Free Portfolio

  12.09   Service
Class
  William N Barlow and Dixie A Barlow   396 Anderson Ave
Phoenixville, PA 19460-4439

AMT-Free Portfolio

  6.53   Service
Class
  Elizabeth M Notte   15 Philip Mill Drive Middletown, NJ 07748

AMT-Free Portfolio

  15.63   Service
Class
  **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

AMT-Free Portfolio

  13.12   Service
Class
  **Saxon and Co
  PO Box 7780-1888
Philadelphia, PA 19182

AMT-Free Portfolio

  8.86   Service
Class
  Vijay Akkapeddi
Cust Rahul K Gudi
  9 Private Lovett Ct
Blauvelt, NY 10913-1247

AMT-Free Portfolio

  6.70   Service
Class
  Edward Groh JR   187 King Ave Yonkers, NY 10704-3507

Asset Allocation

  5.88   Investor A   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Asset Allocation

  9.99   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Asset Allocation

  5.50   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Asset Allocation

  9.66   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

 

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FUND

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Asset Allocation

  41.68   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Asset Allocation

  11.17   Institutional   **FIIOC
FBO Waukesha State Bank
  100 Magellan Way (KW1C)
Covington, KY 41015-0000

Asset Allocation

  10.72   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Asset Allocation

  34.79   Institutional   **J.P. Morgan Chase as Directed Trust
FBO Metlife Retirement Plans
  8515 E Orchard Road
2T2 Greenwood Village,
CO 80111

Asset Allocation

  18.44   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Asset Allocation

  5.47   Service   **Post & Co
c/o The Bank of New York
Mutual Fund Reorg Department
  PO Box 1066
Wall Street Station
New York, NY 10286

Asset Allocation

  79.37   Service   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Aurora

  5.34   Investor A   **Lincoln National Life Insurance Company   1300 S Clinton Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46802-3506

Aurora

  17.53   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor Jacksonville,
FL 32246-6484

Aurora

  14.64   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Aurora

  39.36   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Aurora

  8.03   Class R   **MG Trust Company as Agent for Frontier Trust Co as Trustee
LPA GROUP 401K PLAN
  PO Box 10699
Fargo, ND 58106

Aurora

  53.77   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Aurora

  8.07   Institutional   **MUGGS & Co
C/O US Bank
  PO Box 1787
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1787

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Aurora

  18.40   Institutional   **NFS LLC
FIIOC as Agent for Qualified Employee Benefit Plans (401K) FINOPS-IC Funds
  100 Magellan Way (KW1C)
Covington, KY 41015-0000

Balanced Capital Fund

  92.15   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Balanced Capital Fund

  93.74   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Balanced Capital Fund

  93.97   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Balanced Capital Fund

  98.72   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Balanced Capital Fund

  90.05   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Basic Value PPF

  95.22   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Basic Value PPF

  90.03   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Basic Value PPF

  95.31   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Basic Value PPF

  95.89   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Basic Value

  93.72   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Basic Value

  95.38   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Basic Value

  96.52   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Basic Value

  88.49   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Basic Value

  92.95   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Bond Fund

  97.56   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Bond Fund

  98.64   Investor A1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Bond Fund

  96.66   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Bond Fund

  97.34   Investor B1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Bond Fund

  99.34   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Bond Fund

  98.23   Investor C1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Bond Fund

  98.96   Investor C2   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Bond Fund

  98.80   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Bond Fund

  95.26   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CA Insured

  5.97   Investor C   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

CA Insured

  85.09   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CA Insured

  5.44   Investor C   **First Clearing, LLC Ripper Family Trust George Ripper Nora Ripper Co-TTEES UA   405 Evelyn Place
Beverly Hills,
CA 90210-1835

CA Insured

  87.85   Investor A1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

CA Insured

  89.66   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CA Insured

  95.41   Investor C1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CA Insured

  94.13   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CA Insured

  5.23   Investor A   **Bear Stearns Securities Corp.
FBO 720-03500-10
  1 Metrotech Center
North Brooklyn,
NY 11201-3859

CA Insured

  45.41   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CA Insured

  6.17   Investor A   **Pershing LLC   P. O. Box 2052
Jersey City, NJ 07303-9998

CA Insured

  13.61   Investor A   **Pershing LLC   P. O. Box 2052
Jersey City, NJ 07303-9998

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

  5.86   Investor A   **Lincoln National Life Insurance Company   1300 S Clinton Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46802-3506

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

  7.69   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

  11.34   Investor A   **SSB/NYLIM Supplemental Income Plan Boston Financial Data Services DSC/NSCC
4
th Floor -Test Account
  66 Brooks Drive
Braintree, MA 02184

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

  12.07   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

  38.34   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

  5.55   Institutional   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.  

333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor

New York, NY 10001

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

  6.85   Institutional   Milton N Weinstein Trust
U/W ITEM VII DTD 9/17/99
  3475 Lenox Road
NE STE 950 Atlanta,
GA 30326-3220

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Commodity Strategies

  90.44   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor

Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Commodity Strategies

  94.93   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor

Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Commodity Strategies

  98.46   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor

Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Commodity Strategies

  96.89   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive

3rd Floor

Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Conservative Prepared

  99.04   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor

Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Conservative Prepared

  99.05   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor

Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Conservative Prepared

  87.08   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive

3rd Floor

Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Conservative Prepared

  70.49   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Core PPF

  98.07   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Core PPF

  91.27   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Core PPF

  96.28   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Core PPF

  96.43   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

DE Municipal

  8.17   Investor A   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

DE Municipal

  13.18   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

DE Municipal

  40.60   Investor A   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

DE Municipal

  7.92   Investor A   **First Clearing, LLC WBNA Collateral Acct FBO Cynthia Y Jones   20448 Cedar Beach Road Milford, DE 19963-4260

DE Municipal

  10.29   Investor B   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

DE Municipal

  61.91   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

DE Municipal

  63.56   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor

Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

DE Municipal

  5.01   Investor C   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

DE Municipal

  90.91   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Developing Capital Markets

  88.29   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Developing Capital Markets

  87.26   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Developing Capital Markets

  94.09   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Developing Capital Markets

  91.23   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Enhanced Income

  7.56   BlackRock
Class
  **Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

Enhanced Income

  20.11   BlackRock
Class
  **Bank of New York Wendel & CO Mutual Fund Reorg Department   2 Hanson Place
6
th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Enhanced Income

  72.33   BlackRock
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Enhanced Income

  5.03   Investor A   **Ameritrade Inc FBO   PO Box 2226 Omaha,
NE 68103-2226

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Enhanced Income

  36.65   Investor A   **Ameritrade Inc FBO   PO Box 2226
Omaha, NE 68103-2226

Enhanced Income

  44.43   Investor A   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Enhanced Income

  99.93   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Enhanced Income

  49.38   Service
Class
  **NFS LLC FEBO
NFS/FMTC Rollover IRA FBO Gregory A Freeman
  17802 Hickory
Moss Place
Tampa, FL 33647

Enhanced Income

  48.57   Service
Class
  **NFS LLC FEBO
Dr William A Eakin
Joyce B Eakin JTWROS Bruce D Eakin
  111 Asbury Drive Chattanooga, TN 37411

Equity Dividend

  67.78   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Equity Dividend

  7.06   Investor A   **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

Equity Dividend

  85.52   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Equity Dividend

  91.58   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Equity Dividend

  87.80   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Equity Dividend

  96.72   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Equity Dividend

  68.02   Service
Class
  **Prudential Investment Mgts Service
FBO Mutual Fund Clients
  100 Mulberry Street
3 Gateway Center
Floor 11
Mail Stop NJ 05-11-20
Newark, NJ 07102

Equity Dividend

  20.87   Service
Class
  **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Euro Fund

  83.28   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Euro Fund

  90.80   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Euro Fund

  91.05   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Euro Fund

  85.10   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Euro Fund

  12.81   Class R   **Hartford Life Ins Co Separate   PO Box 2999
Hartford, CT 06104

Euro Fund

  77.42   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Exchange Portfolio

  8.02   BlackRock
Class
  **National City Bank
T/U/A Ruth Lilly
  PO Box 94984
Cleveland, OH 44101-4984

Exchange Portfolio

  7.71   BlackRock
Class
  **National City Bank TR O/THE G
Garretson Wade Charitable
  PO Box 94984
Cleveland, OH 44101-4984

Total Return FDP

  100.00   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Total Return FDP

  100.00   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor

Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Total Return FDP

  99.96   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Total Return FDP

  100.00   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

FL Municipal

  89.84   Investor A1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive

3rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

FL Municipal

  89.23   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

FL Municipal

  96.54   Investor C1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

FL Municipal

  89.01   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

FL Municipal

  94.58   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

FL Municipal

  5.70   Investor C   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

FL Municipal

  79.49   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

FL Municipal

  8.16   Investor C   **First Clearing, LLC Danny Norton   4096 Barber Brothers Circle
Macclenny, FL 32063-9628

Focus Twenty

  92.54   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Focus Twenty

  88.33   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Focus Twenty

  89.69   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Focus Twenty

  91.00   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Focus Twenty

  7.13   Institutional   **FTC & CO Datalynx   PO Box 173736
Denver, CO 80217-3736

Focus Value

  91.43   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Focus Value

  88.50   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Focus Value

  93.68   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Focus Value

  99.72   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Focus Value

  78.98   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Fundamental Growth Fund

  93.57   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Fundamental Growth Fund

  96.68   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Fundamental Growth Fund

  96.99   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Fundamental Growth Fund

  97.93   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Fundamental Growth Fund

  98.67   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Fundamental Growth PPF

  95.55   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Fundamental Growth PPF

  89.70   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Fundamental Growth PPF

  95.40   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Fundamental Growth PPF

  96.48   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Allocation Fund

  88.16   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Allocation Fund

  93.33   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Allocation Fund

  93.06   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Allocation Fund

  89.76   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Allocation Fund

  6.92   Class R   **Hartford Life Ins Co Separate   PO Box 2999
Hartford, CT 06104

Global Allocation Fund

  88.85   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Global Dynamic Equity

  92.19   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Dynamic Equity

  94.07   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Dynamic Equity

  96.57   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Dynamic Equity

  99.09   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Dynamic Equity

  95.35   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Financial Services

  67.13   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Financial Services

  6.27   Investor A   **Hartford Life Ins Co Separate   PO Box 2999
Hartford, CT 06104

Global Financial Services

  88.13   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Financial Services

  87.36   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Financial Services

  58.74   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Financial Services

  34.72   Class R   **Hartford Life Ins Co Separate   PO Box 2999
Hartford, CT 06104

Global Financial Services

  94.17   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Growth

  90.22   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Growth

  91.99   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Growth

  91.25   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Global Growth

  100.00   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Growth

  95.80   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Opportunities Portfolio

  5.36   Investor A   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Global Opportunities Portfolio

  8.70   Investor A   **Raymond James & Assoc Inc
FBO Decatur Memoria
  880 Carillon Pkwy
ST Petersburg, FL 33716

Global Opportunities Portfolio

  6.96   Investor A   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville,
KY 40232-2760

Global Opportunities Portfolio

  9.04   Investor B   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Global Opportunities Portfolio

  25.73   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Opportunities Portfolio

  13.74   Investor C   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Global Opportunities Portfolio

  28.24   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Opportunities Portfolio

  55.57   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor

Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Opportunities Portfolio

  6.21   Institutional   **Gerlach & Co LLC
FBO DCP Global LP
  3800 Citibank Center
B3-12 Tampa, FL 33610

Global Resources Portfolio

  27.13   Investor A   **Lincoln National Life Insurance Company   1300 S Clinton Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46802-3506

Global Resources Portfolio

  9.31   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive

3rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Resources Portfolio

  16.72   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Resources Portfolio

  8.41   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Global Resources Portfolio

  31.74   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Resources Portfolio

  8.04   Institutional   John J Sie and Anna
M Sie JTWROS
  3300 E 1st Ave Ste
390 Denver, CO 80206-5806

Global Resources Portfolio

  47.88   Institutional   **J.P. Morgan Chase as Directed Trust
FBO Metlife Retirement Plans
  8515 E Orchard Road
2T2 Greenwood Village,
CO 80111

Global Resources Portfolio

  6.33   Institutional   **Lauer & Co   PO Box 58997
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Science & Tech Opportunities

  16.34   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Science & Tech Opportunities

  24.08   Investor A   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Science & Tech Opportunities

  5.82   Investor B   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Science & Tech Opportunities

  15.86   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Science & Tech Opportunities

  34.45   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Science & Tech Opportunities

  7.81   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Science & Tech Opportunities

  18.42   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Science & Tech Opportunities

  6.00   Institutional   **Wells Fargo Bank NA FBO Bloom, Robert Pension Plan  

PO Box 1533

Minneapolis, MN 55480

Science & Tech Opportunities

  5.54   Institutional   **Wells Fargo Bank NA FBO Otteson, William B IRA   PO Box 1533
Minneapolis, MN 55480

Science & Tech Opportunities

  40.19   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Science & Tech Opportunities

  8.92   Service
Class
  **E Trade Clearing LLC IRA Custodian   PO Box 989030
West Sacramento,
CA 95798-9030

Science & Tech Opportunities

  9.60   Service
Class
  **Pershing LLC   P.O. Box 2052
Jersey City, NJ 07303-9998

Science & Tech Opportunities

  8.24   Service
Class
  **Pershing LLC   P.O. Box 2052
Jersey City, NJ 07303-9998

Science & Tech Opportunities

  10.62   Service
Class
  **Pershing LLC   P.O. Box 2052
Jersey City, NJ 07303-9998

Science & Tech Opportunities

  35.21   Service
Class
  **Ameritrade Inc
  PO Box 2226
Omaha, NE 68103-2226

Science & Tech Opportunities

  11.89   Service
Class
  **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Science & Tech Opportunities

  10.83   Service
Class
  **E Trade Clearing LLC   PO Box 989030
West Sacramento,
CA 95798-9030

Global SmallCap

  94.26   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global SmallCap

  93.90   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global SmallCap

  96.97   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global SmallCap

  92.06   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global SmallCap

  5.84   Class R   **Hartford Life Ins Co Separate   PO Box 2999
Hartford, CT 06104

Global SmallCap

  93.20   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Technology Fund

  88.10   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Technology Fund

  89.25   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Global Technology Fund

  90.96   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Technology Fund

  91.59   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Technology Fund

  8.24   Class R   **MG Trust Company Cust FBO Summit Software 401k Plan   700 17th Street Suite 300 Denver, CO 80202

Global Technology Fund

  87.17   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

GNMA Portfolio

  97.34   BlackRock
Class
 

**NFS LLC FEBO

The Northern Trust Company

  PO Box 92956
Chicago, IL 60675-2956

GNMA Portfolio

  7.95   Investor A   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

GNMA Portfolio

  7.13   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

GNMA Portfolio

  11.82   Investor A   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760 Louisville,
KY 40232-2760

GNMA Portfolio

  10.03   Investor A   **Nationwide Bank Trust   PO Box 182029
Columbus, OH 43218-2029

GNMA Portfolio

  9.26   Investor A   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 PHILADELPHIA PA 19182

GNMA Portfolio

  8.91   Investor A   **NFS LLC FEBO Seligman Friedmand and Co PC TT
c/o Trans Tech Keith Garrison
  461 Harrisport Court Middletown, PA 17057

GNMA Portfolio

  6.62   Investor B   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

GNMA Portfolio

  8.77   Investor B   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

GNMA Portfolio

  22.45   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

GNMA Portfolio

  11.17   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

GNMA Portfolio

  5.46   Investor C   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

GNMA Portfolio

  5.31   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

GNMA Portfolio

  61.56   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

GNMA Portfolio

  95.62   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

GNMA Portfolio

  90.53   Service
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  99.94   BlackRock
Class
 

Louis V Gerstner JR Foundation Inc

IBM Corporation
Louis V Gerstner JR Chairman

  New Orchard Road
Armonk, NY 10504

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  73.94   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  6.33   Investor B   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  7.96   Investor B   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  27.92   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  7.07   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville,
KY 40232-2760

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  95.94   Investor B1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  5.87   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  46.14   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  97.52   Investor C1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  98.92   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  99.20   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  11.42   Service Class  

**NFS LLC FEBO

Kristin M Fries

  177 Sunburst Circle
East Amherst, NY 14051

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  12.81   Service Class  

**NFS LLC FEBO

John J Thompson

  326 Cadman Drive Williamsville, NY 14221

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  7.52   Service Class  

**NFS LLC FEBO

Anh N Allder

  7611 Fisher Drive
Falls Church, VA 22043

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  18.38   Service Class  

**NFS LLC FEBO FMT Co Cust IRA Rollover

FBO Allen R Coffin

  6101 Virgo Court
Burke, VA 22015

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  6.52   Service Class  

**NFS LLC FEBO

FMT Co Cust IRA Rollover

FBO Anh N Allder

  7611 Fisher Drive
Falls Church, VA 22043

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  5.15   Service Class  

**NFS LLC FEBO

FMT Co

Cust IRA Rollover
FBO M Suzzanne Barry

  720 Jackson Street Herndon, VA 20170

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  6.50   Service Class  

**NFS LLC FEBO

FMT Co Cust IRA Rollover
FBO Robert S Templeton

  52 Spring Road
Laurens, SC 29360

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  5.98   Service Class  

**NFS LLC FEBO Robert L Dellett

Karen L Dellett

  125 Maryanne Ave SW Leesburg, VA 20175

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  7.99   Service Class  

**NFS LLC FEBO

Robert S Templeton Miriam H Templeton

  52 Spring Road
Laurens, SC 29360

Growth Prepared

  98.37   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Growth Prepared

  99.88   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Growth Prepared

  99.74   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Growth Prepared

  56.81   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Health Sciences Opportunities

  5.38   Investor A   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Health Sciences Opportunities

  16.26   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Health Sciences Opportunities

  13.75   Investor A   **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

Health Sciences Opportunities

  9.33   Investor B   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Health Sciences Opportunities

  19.90   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Health Sciences Opportunities

  5.07   Investor C   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Health Sciences Opportunities

  10.01   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Health Sciences Opportunities

  50.74   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Health Sciences Opportunities

  61.65   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Health Sciences Opportunities

  12.74   Institutional   **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

Health Sciences Opportunities

  60.75   Service
Class
  **Prudential Investment Management   100 Mulberry Street 3 Gateway Center Floor 11 Mail Stop NJ 05-11-20 Newark, NJ 07102

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Healthcare Fund

  88.97   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Healthcare Fund

  93.00   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Healthcare Fund

  94.01   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Healthcare Fund

  99.35   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Healthcare Fund

  81.47   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

High Income Fund

  91.78   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

High Income Fund

  90.61   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

High Income Fund

  96.76   Investor C1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

High Income Fund

  87.19   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

High Income Fund

  99.00   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  89.76   B1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  93.86   Investor C1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive

3rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  99.63   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  11.57   BlackRock
Class
  ** Savings Plans for Employees & Partners of Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP   300 Madison Ave
New York, NY 10017-6232

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  16.62   BlackRock
Class
  **KPMG Retirement Plan
c/o Bank of New York Trustee
  One Wall Street
New York, NY 10086

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  9.44   BlackRock
Class
  **Bank of New York Wendel & Co.   2 Hanson Place
6
th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11217

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  13.71   BlackRock
Class
  **UNUM Provident Corporation   1 Fountain Square
6N Chattanooga, TN 37402

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  5.69   BlackRock
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 PHILADELPHIA PA 19182

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  7.09   BlackRock
Class
  **Retirement Benefit Accumulation Plan for Employees of Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP   1 Wall Street
12
th Floor North
New York, NY 10286-0000

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  8.88   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  11.62   Investor B   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  16.57   Investor B   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  15.33   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  9.91   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  8.82   Investor C   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  11.99   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  43.35   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  9.16   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  6.15   Institutional   **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  53.16   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  48.08   Service
Class
  **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

High Yield Bond Portfolio

  32.75   Service
Class
  **Mercantile Safe Dep & Tr Co   1100 Abernathy Road
500 Northpark Suite 400
Atlanta, GA 30328

High Yield Municipal

  99.05   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

High Yield Municipal

  99.81   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

High Yield Municipal

  99.26   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Index Equity

  7.04   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Index Equity

  23.64   Investor A   **Reliance Trust Company, Trustee
FBO MetLife NAV Plans
  8515 E Orchard Rd 2T2 Greenwood Village
CO 80111

Index Equity

  6.12   Investor A   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Index Equity

  37.65   Investor A   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Index Equity

  8.22   Investor B   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Index Equity

  8.54   Investor B   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Index Equity

  36.10   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Index Equity

  12.05   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Index Equity

  20.48   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Index Equity

  52.04   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Index Equity

  5.51   Institutional   **Equitable Resources Ins Co Ltd
c/o Equitable Resources Marsh Mgmt Svcs Cayman Ltd
  1st Caribbean House
3
rd Floor Shedden Road
PO Box 1051
Grand Cayman 37 00000

Index Equity

  86.60   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Index Equity

  6.92   Service
Class
  **Horace Mann Life Insurance Group
Annuity Separate Account
  1 Horace Mann Plaza
Springfield, IL 62715

Index Equity

  44.60   Service
Class
  **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Index Equity

  11.72   Service
Class
 

**NFS LLC

First Charter Back Trustee

Concord Telephone Company Employees’ Savings Plans Plus

 

10200 David Taylor

Drive
Charlotte, NC 28262-2373

Index Equity

  28.21   Service
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Inflation Protected

  99.83   BlackRock
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Inflation Protected

  59.04   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Inflation Protected

  22.21   Investor A   Lyons Township School
Robert G Healy Treasurer
  930 Barnsdale Road
LA Grange Park,
IL 60526-1604

Inflation Protected

  82.87   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Inflation Protected

  94.31   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Inflation Protected

  24.91   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Inflation Protected

  74.74   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Inflation Protected

  17.45   Service
Class
 

**Wells Fargo Bank NA FBO

Saturno Foundation

  PO Box 1533
Minneapolis, MN 55480

Inflation Protected

  13.11   Service
Class
 

**Wells Fargo Bank NA FBO

Saturno Bros. Itl Orp Fdn

  PO Box 1533
Minneapolis, MN 55480

Inflation Protected

  5.47   Service
Class
 

**Wells Fargo Bank NA

FBO
Victor Saturno Irrev TUA

  PO Box 1533
Minneapolis, MN 55480

Inflation Protected

  13.19   Service
Class
 

**Wells Fargo Bank NA FBO

Weston Havens Foundation-SP-MUT-ALL

  PO Box 1533
Minneapolis, MN 55480

Inflation Protected

  13.16   Service
Class
 

**Wells Fargo Bank NA FBO

Eastern Global Inv Tr, LLC NRA - IM

  PO Box 1533
Minneapolis, MN 55480

Inflation Protected

  13.16   Service
Class
 

**Wells Fargo Bank NA FBO

Schoenberg, Matthew

Tr - (STAM) IMA

  PO Box 1533
Minneapolis MN 55480

Inflation Protected

  13.02   Service
Class
 

**Wells Fargo Bank NA FBO

WATTIS, GARY L.-SP-MUT-ALL

  PO Box 1533
Minneapolis MN 55480

Intermediate Bond II

  17.17   BlackRock
Class
  **The Bank of New York FBO UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION   One Wall Street
New York, NY 10286

Intermediate Bond II

  31.33   BlackRock
Class
  **KPMG Retirement Plan Master Trust
c/o Bank of New York Trustee
  One Wall Street
New York, NY 10086

Intermediate Bond II

  11.33   BlackRock
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Intermediate Bond II

  9.16   BlackRock
Class
 

**CitiBank NA TTEE

NYU Hospital Center Retirement Plan

  111 Wall Street
14
th Floor
New York, NY 10005

Intermediate Bond II

  13.18   Investor A  

**STATE STREET BANK & TRUST CO

FBO ADP/MSDW ALLIANCE

  105 ROSEMONT AVENUE WESTWOOD MA 02090

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Intermediate Bond II

  6.71   Investor A   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Intermediate Bond II

  19.15   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Intermediate Bond II

  6.23   Investor A   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account  

PO Box 32760
Louisville,

KY 40232-2760

Intermediate Bond II

  13.20   Investor A   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Intermediate Bond II

  12.95   Investor B   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Intermediate Bond II

  10.75   Investor B   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Intermediate Bond II

  37.47   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Intermediate Bond II

  10.43   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account  

PO Box 32760
Louisville,

KY 40232-2760

Intermediate Bond II

  12.76   Investor C   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Intermediate Bond II

  10.29   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Intermediate Bond II

  53.08   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Intermediate Bond II

  26.51   Institutional   **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

Intermediate Bond II

  65.09   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Intermediate Bond II

  81.77   Service
Class
  **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Intermediate Bond II

  16.38   Service
Class
  **Wells Fargo Funds Management LLC Exclusive Benefit of its Customers Wells Fargo Advisor Program   100 Heritage Reserve Menomonee Falls, WI 53051

Intermediate Gov’t Bond

  26.22   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Intermediate Gov’t Bond

  5.36   Investor A   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Intermediate Gov’t Bond

  7.58   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Intermediate Gov’t Bond

  5.05   Investor C   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Intermediate Gov’t Bond

  7.22   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Intermediate Gov’t Bond

  42.56   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Intermediate Gov’t Bond

  5.86   Service
Class
  **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

Intermediate Gov’t Bond

  9.42   Service
Class
  **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Intermediate Gov’t Bond

  38.45   Service
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Intermediate Gov’t Bond

  22.24   Service
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Intermediate Gov’t Bond

  11.49   Institutional   **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

Intermediate Gov’t Bond

  73.96   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Intermediate Municipal

  95.65   Investor A1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Intermediate Municipal

  95.38   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Intermediate Municipal

  99.35   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Intermediate Municipal

  60.55   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Intermediate Municipal

  37.25   Investor A   **First Clearing, LLC SHAUN MICHEEL & STEPHANIE MICHEEL JT TEN   3100 KENNEY DR GERMANTOWN
TN 38139-8041

Intermediate Municipal

  100.00   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Fund

  93.90   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Fund

  98.14   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Fund

  90.65   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Fund

  90.97   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Bond Portfolio

  6.25   BlackRock
Class
  **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

Int’l Bond Portfolio

  25.23   BlackRock
Class
  **KNOTFLOAT & CO   1200 CROWN COLONY DR QUINCY MA 02169-0000

Int’l Bond Portfolio

  9.57   Investor A   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.  

333 West 34th Street -

3rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Int’l Bond Portfolio

  6.23   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Bond Portfolio

  9.94   Investor B   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Int’l Bond Portfolio

  14.58   Investor B   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Int’l Bond Portfolio

  13.38   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor

Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Bond Portfolio

  6.98   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Int’l Bond Portfolio

  14.95   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor New York,
NY 10001

Int’l Bond Portfolio

  38.69   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive

3rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Bond Portfolio

  10.21   Institutional   **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

Int’l Bond Portfolio

  42.31   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Int’l Bond Portfolio

  29.79   Service
Class
 

**Prudential Investment Mgts Service

FBO Mutual Fund Clients

  100 Mulberry Street
3 Gateway Center
Floor 11
Mail Stop NJ 05-11-20 Newark, NJ 07102

Int’l Bond Portfolio

  18.42   Service
Class
  **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

Int’l Bond Portfolio

  6.62   Service
Class
  **NABANK & CO   PO Box 2180
TULSA, OK 74101

Int’l Index

  97.46   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Index

  29.65   Institutional   **Mercer Trust Company TTEE FBO QUEBECOR WORLD (USA) INC. 401K PLAN   INVESTORS WAY MS N-4-L NORWOOD, MA 02062

Int’l Index

  62.20   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive

3rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Opportunities

  5.21   Investor A   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Int’l Opportunities

  5.76   Investor A   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Int’l Opportunities

  9.34   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Opportunities

  6.94   Investor A   **Nationwide Bank Trust C/O IPO PORTFOLIO ACCOUNTING  

PO Box 182029

COLUMBUS OH 43218-2029

Int’l Opportunities

  8.68   Investor B   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Int’l Opportunities

  10.68   Investor B   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Int’l Opportunities

  18.94   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Opportunities

  7.16   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Int’l Opportunities

  8.49   Investor C   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Int’l Opportunities

  14.54   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Int’l Opportunities

  36.44   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Opportunities

  6.12   Institutional  

**Prudential Investment Mgts Service

FBO Mutual Fund Clients

  100 Mulberry Street
3 Gateway Center
Floor 11
Mail Stop NJ 05-11-20 Newark, NJ 07102

Int’l Opportunities

  17.07   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Opportunities

  5.24   Institutional   **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

Int’l Opportunities

  6.82   Institutional   **KPMG PEAT MARWICK RETIREMENT PLANS MASTER TRUST
c/o Bank of New York Trustee
ATTN SHABAT ZAIDI
  ONE WALL STREET
New York, NY 10286

Int’l Opportunities

  23.26   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Int’l Value

  93.53   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Value

  97.64   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Value

  98.45   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Value

  97.11   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Value

  6.71   Institutional   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Int’l Value

  53.59   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive

3rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Int’l Value

  5.26   Institutional   **WACHOVIA BANK FBO VARIOUS RETIREMENT PLANS   1525 WEST WT HARRIS BLVD CHARLOTTE NC 28288

Int’l Value

  6.06   Institutional   **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

Int’l Value

  7.89   Institutional   **FIDELITY MGMT TRUST CO TTEE NOVARTIS CORP INV SAVINGS PLAN MASTER TRUST   82 DEVONSHIRE ST Z1M BOSTON MA 02109

International Opportunities

  22.03   Service
Class
 

**Prudential Investment Mgts Service

FBO Mutual Fund Clients

  100 Mulberry Street
3 Gateway Center
Floor 11
Mail Stop NJ 05-11-20 Newark, NJ 07102

International Opportunities

  29.13   Service
Class
  **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

International Opportunities

  16.61   Service
Class
 

**NFS LLC USB FBO

FUND*X UPGRADER FUND

  PO Box 1787
MILWAUKEE, OH 53201

Investment Trust

  29.79   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Investment Trust

  6.15   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Investment Trust

  89.94   Service
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Investment Trust

  6.01   Service
Class
  **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville,
KY 40232-2760

KY Municipal

  6.83   Investor A   **UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. FBO RICHARD E. CHAPMAN   11200 BODLEY DRIVE LOUISVILLE KY 40223-1386

KY Municipal

  48.54   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

KY Municipal

  5.70   Investor A   **LPL Financial Services   9785 TOWNE CENTRE DRIVE SAN DIEGO
CA 92121-1968

KY Municipal

  5.39   Investor A   **LPL Financial Services   9785 TOWNE CENTRE DRIVE SAN DIEGO
CA 92121-1968

KY Municipal

  5.36   Investor A   **LPL Financial Services   9785 TOWNE CENTRE DRIVE SAN DIEGO
CA 92121-1968

KY Municipal

  17.69   Investor A   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville,
KY 40232-2760

KY Municipal

  5.37   Investor B  

**NFS LLC FEBO #

ALAN E SHADBURNE

  10716 SHELBYVILLE ROAD LOUISVILLE KY 40243

KY Municipal

  7.04   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

KY Municipal

  82.40   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

KY Municipal

  83.42   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

KY Municipal

  15.31   Investor C   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

KY Municipal

  7.32   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

KY Municipal

  85.06   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

KY Municipal

  70.55   Service
Class
  **PFPC FBO Hilliard Lyons/Capital   760 Moore Road
King of Prussia,
PA 19406

KY Municipal

  29.45   Service
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Large Cap Core

  85.47   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Core

  93.68   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Core

  97.33   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Core

  84.76   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Core

  11.37   Class R   **Hartford Life Ins Co Separate ACCOUNT   PO Box 2999
Hartford, CT 06104

Large Cap Core

  88.01   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Growth

  77.51   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Growth

  5.32   Investor A   **NATIONWIDE BANK TRUST
C/O IPO PORTFOLIO ACCOUNTING
  PO Box 182029
COLUMBUS OH 43218-2029

Large Cap Growth

  88.95   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Growth

  96.82   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Growth

  96.42   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Growth

  88.34   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Large Cap Growth

  72.08   Service
Class
  **PFPC FBO Hilliard Lyons/Capital   760 Moore Road
King of Prussia,
PA 19406

Large Cap Growth

  6.53   Service
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Large Cap Value

  28.05   Investor A   **Prudential Investment Mgts Service
FBO Mutual Fund Clients
  100 Mulberry Street
3 Gateway Center
Floor 11
Mail Stop NJ 05-11-20
Newark, NJ 07102

Large Cap Value

  27.29   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Value

  7.67   Investor A   **JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (USA) RPS SEG FUNDS & ACCOUNTING, ET-7   601 CONGRESS ST
BOSTON
MA 02210-2805

Large Cap Value

  82.70   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Value

  93.93   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Value

  91.04   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Value

  69.76   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Value

  9.38   Institutional   **ING LIFE INSURANCE & ANNUITY   151 FARMINGTON AVE Hartford, CT 06156

Large Cap Value

  5.64   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia,
PA 19182

Large Cap Value

  15.91   Service
Class
  **PFPC FBO Hilliard Lyons/Capital   760 Moore Road
King of Prussia,
PA 19406

Large Cap Value

  6.64   Service
Class
  **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville,
KY 40232-2760

Large Cap Value

  5.09   Service
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Latin America Fund

  66.13   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Latin America Fund

  60.00   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Latin America Fund

  69.35   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Latin America Fund

  91.95   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Low Duration Portfolio

  91.95   Investor B1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Low Duration Portfolio

  93.50   Investor B2   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Low Duration Portfolio

  6.87   BlackRock
Class
  **MASON TENDERS DISTRICT COUNCIL ANNUITY FUND   520 EIGHTH AVE STE
600 New York, NY 10018

Low Duration Portfolio

  5.84   BlackRock
Class
  **MASON TENDERS DISTRICT COUNCIL WELFARE FUND   520 EIGHTH AVE STE
600 New York, NY 10018

Low Duration Portfolio

  9.51   BlackRock
Class
  **The Metropolitan Museum of Art   1000 Fifth Ave
New York, NY 10028

Low Duration Portfolio

  6.56   BlackRock
Class
  **New York State Nurses Association Benefits Fund   P O Box 12430
Albany, NY 12212

Low Duration Portfolio

  7.24   BlackRock
Class
  **Northern Trust Company
  PO Box 92956
Chicago, IL 60675-2956

Low Duration Portfolio

  6.98   BlackRock
Class
  **CAPINCO C/O US BANK   PO Box 1787
MILWAUKEE WI 53201-1787

Low Duration Portfolio

  11.06   BlackRock
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Low Duration Portfolio

  5.74   Investor A   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Low Duration Portfolio

  12.49   Investor A   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Low Duration Portfolio

  22.16   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Low Duration Portfolio

  5.17   Investor A   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 PHILADELPHIA PA 19182

Low Duration Portfolio

  16.85   Investor B   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Low Duration Portfolio

  9.12   Investor B   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Low Duration Portfolio

  34.05   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Low Duration Portfolio

  11.62   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Low Duration Portfolio

  9.14   Investor C   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Low Duration Portfolio

  8.44   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Low Duration Portfolio

  55.93   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Low Duration Portfolio

  97.40   Investor C1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Low Duration Portfolio

  97.26   Investor C2   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Low Duration Portfolio

  14.82   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Low Duration Portfolio

  67.38   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888
Philadelphia, PA 19182

Low Duration Portfolio

  90.18   Service
Class
  **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Low Duration Portfolio

  6.09   Service
Class
  **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Low Duration Portfolio

  96.82   Investor A1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Managed Income

  5.68   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Managed Income

  27.33   Investor A   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Managed Income

  41.17   Investor A   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888
Philadelphia, PA 19182

Managed Income

  35.09   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Managed Income

  39.40   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Managed Income

  9.28   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Managed Income

  71.78   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Managed Income

  96.90   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Managed Income

  6.89   Service
Class
  **MARIL & CO FBO 6K
C/O M&I TRUST CO, NA ATTN MUTUAL FUNDS
  11270 WEST PARK
PLACE SUITE
400 - PPW-08-WM
MILWAUKEE WI 53224

Managed Income

  91.27   Service
Class
  **PFPC
FBO Hilliard Lyons/Capital
  760 Moore Road
King of Prussia, PA 19406

Growth FDP

  100.00   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Growth FDP

  99.90   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Growth FDP

  99.96   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Growth FDP

  100.00   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Research Int’l FDP

  100.00   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Research Int’l FDP

  100.00   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Research Int’l FDP

  99.96   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Research Int’l FDP

  100.00   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Mid-Cap Growth Equity

  5.72   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Mid-Cap Growth Equity

  8.25   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Mid-Cap Growth Equity

  12.07   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Mid-Cap Growth Equity

  11.20   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Mid-Cap Growth Equity

  37.37   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Mid-Cap Growth Equity

  26.35   Institutional   **J.P. Morgan Chase as Directed Trust FBO Metlife Retirement Plans   8515 E Orchard Road
2T2 Greenwood Village,
CO 80111

Mid-Cap Growth Equity

  20.50   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888
Philadelphia, PA 19182

Mid-Cap Growth Equity

  34.95   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888
PHILADELPHIA PA 19182

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Mid-Cap Growth Equity

  69.96   Service
Class
  **PFPC
FBO Hilliard Lyons/Capital
  760 Moore Road
King of Prussia,
PA 19406

Mid-Cap Growth Equity

  11.95   Service
Class
  **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville,
KY 40232-2760

Mid-Cap Growth Equity

  11.34   Service
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888
Philadelphia, PA 19182

Mid-Cap Value Equity

  14.98   Investor A   **Lincoln National Life Insurance Company   1300 S Clinton Street
Fort Wayne,
IN 46802-3506

Mid-Cap Value Equity

  6.58   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Mid-Cap Value Equity

  10.92   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Mid-Cap Value Equity

  7.61   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Mid-Cap Value Equity

  44.47   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Mid-Cap Value Equity

  18.48   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Mid-Cap Value Equity

  14.35   Institutional   **J.P. Morgan Chase as Directed Trust FBO Metlife Retirement Plans   8515 E Orchard Road
2T2 Greenwood Village,
CO 80111

Mid-Cap Value Equity

  5.61   Institutional   **Fidelity Investments Institutional OP CO INC FIIOC AS Agent for certain Employee Benefit Plans   100 Magellan Way (KW1C)
Covington,
KY 41015-0000

Mid-Cap Value Equity

  14.33   Institutional   **NFS LLC
USB FBO FUND*X UPGRADER FUND
  PO Box 1787
MILWAUKEE OH 53201

Mid-Cap Value Equity

  5.66   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Mid-Cap Value Equity

  5.53   Institutional   **NFS LLC FEBO
State Street Bank & Trust
Trust Operations
  1333 8th ST S
Moorehead, MN 56560-3604

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Mid-Cap Value Equity

  10.00   Service
Class
  **Prudential Investment Mgts Service
FBO Mutual Fund Clients
  100 Mulberry Street
3 Gateway Center Floor 11
Mail Stop NJ 05-11-20 Newark, NJ 07102

Mid-Cap Value Equity

  12.57   Service
Class
  **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

Mid-Cap Value Equity

  9.09   Service
Class
  **PFPC
FBO Hilliard Lyons/Capital
  760 Moore Road
King of Prussia, PA 19406

Mid-Cap Value Equity

  55.20   Service
Class
  **UBS-FTC FBO: NAUGATUCK SAVINGS BK
UBS FIDUCIARY TRUST
  1200 Harbor Blvd
6
th Floor Weehawken,
NJ 07086

Mid Cap Value Opportunities

  80.51   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Mid Cap Value Opportunities

  92.56   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Mid Cap Value Opportunities

  95.79   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Mid Cap Value Opportunities

  94.17   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Mid Cap Value Opportunities

  96.16   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Moderate Prepared

  99.22   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Moderate Prepared

  98.57   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Moderate Prepared

  98.96   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Moderate Prepared

  81.58   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Municipal Insured

  87.67   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Municipal Insured

  95.98   Investor C1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Municipal Insured

  70.98   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Municipal Insured

  88.80   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Municipal Insured

  95.90   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

National Municipal

  82.80   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

National Municipal

  90.90   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

National Municipal

  62.68   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

National Municipal

  92.07   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

National Municipal

  95.15   Investor C1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Natural Resources

  66.05   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Natural Resources

  18.14   Investor A   **Hartford Life Ins Co Separate   PO Box 2999 Hartford,
CT 06104

Natural Resources

  90.31   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Natural Resources

  93.52   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Natural Resources

  95.88   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

NJ Municipal

  88.12   Investor A1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

NJ Municipal

  6.39   Investor B   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor New York,
NY 10001

NJ Municipal

  13.38   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

NJ Municipal

  45.49   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville,
KY 40232-2760

NJ Municipal

  90.14   Investor B1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

NJ Municipal

  94.77   Investor C1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

NJ Municipal

  21.84   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

NJ Municipal

  76.27   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

NJ Municipal

  47.96   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

NJ Municipal

  6.08   Investor A   VALERIE F BENNETT   124 COLT LN
GLADSTONE NJ 07934-2027

NJ Municipal

  9.60   Investor A   **Pershing LLC   P. O. Box 2052
JERSEY CITY,
NJ 07303-9998

NJ Municipal

  14.62   Investor A   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

NJ Municipal

  83.76   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

NJ Municipal

  6.35   Investor C   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

NJ Municipal

  5.34   Service
Class
  **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

NJ Municipal

  23.45   Service
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

NY Municipal

  86.09   InvestorA1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

NY Municipal

  90.23   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

NY Municipal

  95.77   Investor C1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

NY Municipal

  90.62   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

NY Municipal

  10.93   Investor A   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.  

333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor

New York, NY 10001

NY Municipal

  36.55   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

NY Municipal

  8.25   Investor A   Lynne R Quinn Living Paul F Quinn TTEE Trust UAD 1/23/04   99 SUNSET HILL RD
PLEASANT VLY
NY 12569-5027

NY Municipal

  15.46   Investor A  

**First Clearing, LLC

Vickram Bedi

  165 Main Street Mount Kisco, NY 10549

NY Municipal

  71.35   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

NY Municipal

  9.06   Investor C   **UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. FBO FLORENCE P. SHIENTAG   737 PARK AVE
APT 6E
New York, NY 10021-4256

NY Municipal

  8.45   Investor C   **First Clearing, LLC THEODORA GRACE FRISCIA   1186 Mason Ave
Staten Island,
NY 10306-5115

OH Municipal

  7.89   Investor A   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

OH Municipal

  18.64   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

OH Municipal

  5.30   Investor A  

**UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. FBO CATHERINE BITSOFF, TRUSTEE

CATHERINE BITSOFF TRUST

  7211 PICKWAY CINCINNATI OH 45233-4246

OH Municipal

  5.41   Investor A   **Pershing LLC   P. O. Box 2052 JERSEY CITY, NJ 07303-2052

OH Municipal

  14.44   Investor A   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville,
KY 40232-2760

OH Municipal

  60.56   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

OH Municipal

  81.24   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

OH Municipal

  5.37   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

OH Municipal

  89.91   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

OH Municipal

  98.37   Service
Class
 

**PFPC

FBO Hilliard Lyons/Capital

  760 Moore Road
King of Prussia, PA 19406

Pacific Fund

  81.92   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Pacific Fund

  93.07   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive

3rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Pacific Fund

  95.51   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith  

4800 E Deer Lake Drive

3rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Pacific Fund

  79.16   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Pacific Fund

  19.57   Class R   **Hartford Life Ins Co Separate   PO Box 2999
Hartford, CT 06104

Pacific Fund

  89.84   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

PA Municipal

  83.92   Investor A1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

PA Municipal

  6.68   Investor B   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

PA Municipal

  73.38   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

PA Municipal

  87.69   Investor B1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

PA Municipal

  96.93   Investor C1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

PA Municipal

  92.57   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

PA Municipal

  37.32   Service
Class
  **PFPC
FBO Hilliard Lyons/Capital
  760 Moore Road
King of Prussia, PA 19406

PA Municipal

  50.17   Service
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

PA Municipal

  7.90   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

PA Municipal

  62.43   Investor A   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

PA Municipal

  54.51   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

PA Municipal

  7.41   Investor C   **A G Edwards & Sons Inc
FBO Diane S Kedash
  One North Jefferson
St Louis, MO 63103-2287

PA Municipal

  5.36   Investor C   **Pershing LLC   P. O. Box 2052
JERSEY CITY,
NJ 07303-9998

PA Municipal

  12.49   Investor C   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

S&P 500 Index

  95.11   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

S&P 500 Index Fund

  97.63   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Short-Term Bond

  98.30   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Short-Term Bond

  93.89   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Short-Term Bond

  97.58   Investor C1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Short-Term Bond

  99.69   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Short-Term Bond

  84.20   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Short-Term Bond

  7.83   Institutional   **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

Short-Term Bond

  99.20   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Short-Term Municipal

  85.05   Investor A1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Short-Term Municipal

  9.93   Investor A1   **NFS LLC FEBO
Internet Resource Management
  PO Box 1329
Fort Mill, SC 29716

Short-Term Municipal

  91.82   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Short-Term Municipal

  83.25   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Short-Term Municipal

  100.00   BlackRock
Class
  **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.   101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

Short-Term Municipal

  96.74   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Short-Term Municipal

  99.83   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Small Cap Core Equity

  45.95   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small Cap Core Equity

  5.51   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small Cap Core Equity

  34.28   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small Cap Core Equity

  22.82   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small Cap Core Equity

  11.74   Institutional   **Mercer Trust Company TTEE
FBO ARCH COAL EMPLOYEE THRIFT PLAN
  ONE INVESTORS WAY Norwood, MA 02062-0000

Small Cap Core Equity

  11.94   Institutional  

**Mercer Trust Company TTEE

FBO Magnum Coal Company 401(k) Plan

  One Investors Way MS
N-1-D Norwood, MA 02062

Small Cap Core Equity

  34.75   Service
Class
  **NFS LLC FEBO
NATC & CO
  10881 Lowell Ave Ste 100
Overland Park,
KS 66210-1666

Small Cap Core Equity

  20.74   Service
Class
 

**NFS LLC FEBO

NATC & CO

  10881 Lowell Ave Ste 100 Overland Park,
KS 66210-1666

Small Cap Core Equity

  6.08   Service
Class
  **NFS LLC FEBO
NFS/FMTC IRA
FBO DELBERT F BUNCH
  2820 Lakecrest Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89128

Small Cap Growth Equity

  6.87   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small Cap Growth Equity

  10.32   Investor A   **NFS LLC FEBO
BONY Cust for PAS Small Cap FOF
Anthony Cirelli
  90 Washington Street
11
th Floor
New York, NY 10286

Small Cap Growth Equity

  14.43   Investor A  

**RBC Dain Rauscher

FBO Fairview Health Services

  400 Stinson Blvd Minneapolis,
MN 55413-0000

Small Cap Growth Equity

  6.71   Investor A   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Small Cap Growth Equity

  11.04   Investor A   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Small Cap Growth Equity

  29.01   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small Cap Growth Equity

  22.75   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Small Cap Growth Equity

  14.53   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Small Cap Growth Equity

  33.44   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small Cap Growth Equity

  38.17   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small Cap Growth Equity

  16.18   Institutional  

**KPMG Peat Marwick Retirement Plans Master Trust
c/o Bank of New York Trustee

ATTN SHABAT ZAIDI

  One Wall Street
New York, NY 10286

Small Cap Growth Equity

  10.05   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888
Philadelphia, PA 19182

Small Cap Growth Equity

  7.88   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888
Philadelphia, PA 19182

Small Cap Growth Equity

  48.30   Service
Class
 

**The Vanguard Group

ATTN OUTSIDE
FUNDS K 14

  100 Vanguard Blvd
Malvern, PA 19355

Small Cap Growth Equity

  40.12   Service
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Small Cap Growth II

  92.74   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small Cap Growth II

  95.29   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small Cap Growth II

  97.04   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small Cap Growth II

  86.49   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Small Cap Growth II

  8.19   Class R   **Hartford Life Ins Co Separate   PO Box 2999
Hartford, CT 06104

Small Cap Growth II

  98.31   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small Cap Index

  88.46   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small Cap Index

  91.14   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small Cap Value Equity

  9.14   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small Cap Value Equity

  34.38   Investor A   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Small Cap Value Equity

  21.03   Investor A   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Small Cap Value Equity

  5.12   Investor B   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Small Cap Value Equity

  21.31   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small Cap Value Equity

  19.52   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville, KY 40232-2760

Small Cap Value Equity

  6.00   Investor C   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Small Cap Value Equity

  10.88   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

Small Cap Value Equity

  52.74   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small Cap Value Equity

  10.48   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Small Cap Value Equity

  71.75   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Small Cap Value Equity

  5.29   Institutional  

**Charles Schwab & Co Inc.

For the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Special Custody Accounts

  101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

Small Cap Value Equity

  30.61   Service
Class
 

**Prudential Investment Mgts Service

FBO Mutual Fund Clients

  100 Mulberry Street
3 Gateway Center Floor
11 Mail Stop NJ 05-11-20 Newark, NJ 07102

Small Cap Value Equity

  9.58   Service
Class
  **PFPC
FBO Hilliard Lyons/Capital
  760 Moore Road
King of Prussia, PA 19406

Small Cap Value Equity

  46.66   Service
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888
Philadelphia, PA 19182

Small Cap Value Equity

  24.77   BlackRock
Class
  **NFS LLC FEBO
The Northern Trust Company
  PO Box 92956
Chicago, IL 60675-2956

Small Cap Value Equity

  28.78   BlackRock
Class
 

**NFS LLC FEBO

The Northern Trust Company

  PO Box 92956
Chicago, IL 60675-2956

Small Cap Value Equity

  44.60   BlackRock
Class
 

**NFS LLC FEBO

The Northern Trust Company

  PO Box 92956
Chicago, IL 60675-2956

Small/Mid-Cap Growth

  7.75   Investor A   **Lincoln National Life Insurance Company   1300 S Clinton Street Fort Wayne, IN 46802-3506

Small/Mid-Cap Growth

  12.42   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small/Mid-Cap Growth

  8.61   Investor A  

**Reliance Trust Company, Trustee

FBO MetLife NAV Plans

 

8515 E Orchard Rd
2T2 Greenwood Village

CO 80111

Small/Mid-Cap Growth

  6.14   Investor A  

**Investors Bank & Trust Co TTE

Various Retirement Plans Cust FBO
Diversified Investment Advisors Inc

  4 Manhattanville Road Purchase, NY 10577-2139

Small/Mid-Cap Growth

  16.44   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small/Mid-Cap Growth

  20.18   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Small/Mid-Cap Growth

  35.16   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small/Mid-Cap Growth

  5.64   Institutional   **T Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services   4515 Painters Mill Road
Owings Mills
MD 21117-4903

Small/Mid-Cap Growth

  52.68   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small/Mid-Cap Growth

  14.52   Institutional   **J.P. Morgan Chase as Directed Trust FBO Metlife Retirement Plans   8515 E Orchard Road
2T2 Greenwood Village,
CO 80111

Small/Mid-Cap Growth

  6.05   Institutional   **NFS LLC FEBO Old Natl Trust Co DBA OLTRUST Trustee FBO Clinets   PO Box 966
Evansville, IN 47706-0966

Small/Mid-Cap Growth

  9.81   Institutional   **US Bank NA TTEES Lindquist & Vennum PSP Trust US BANCORP-Mutual Funds Department   PO Box 1787
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1787

Small/Mid-Cap Growth

  52.93   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Small/Mid-Cap Growth

  39.23   Class R   **MG Trust Company Cust. FBO ECONET INC   700 17th Street
Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202

Strategic Portfolio I

  9.14     **Federated Dept Stores (FDS)
c/o BlackRock Financial Mgmt
  40 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10022

Strategic Portfolio I

  7.09     **Blue Cross of Idaho Health Service Inc (BCI)   3000 E Pine Ave
Meridian, ID 83642

Strategic Portfolio I

  33.22     **Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS)   1400 West Third
Little Rock, AR 72201

Summit Cash Reserves

  96.43   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Summit Cash Reserves

  91.65   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Summit Cash Reserves

  99.78   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Summit Cash Reserves

  12.14   Institutional   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor New York,
NY 10001

Summit Cash Reserves

  86.11   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Total Return II

  5.46   BlackRock
Class
 

**NAP & CO

Partnership

  7650 Magna Drive
Belleville, IL 62223-3366

Total Return II

  5.49   BlackRock
Class
 

**Northern Trust Company

FBO USAA Savings & Investment Plan Div

  PO Box 92994
Chicago, IL 60675-0000

Total Return II

  13.69   BlackRock
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888
Philadelphia, PA 19182

Total Return II

  5.14   BlackRock
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888
Philadelphia, PA 19182

Total Return II

  11.43   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Total Return II

  11.41   Investor A  

**Reliance Trust Company, Trustee

FBO MetLife NAV Plans

 

8515 E Orchard Rd 2T2 Greenwood Village,

CO 80111

Total Return II

  8.85   Investor A   **UBS Financial Services Inc. FBO Adventist Healthcare, Inc. Intermediate Segment Account   1801 Research Blvd Suite 400 Rockville,
MD 20850-3184

Total Return II

  5.96   Investor A   **Metlife Asset Allocation Portfolio   2 Montgomery Street
Jersey City,
NJ 07302-3802

Total Return II

  10.00   Investor A   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Total Return II

  5.34   Investor B   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Total Return II

  6.89   Investor B   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Total Return II

  52.10   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Total Return II

  9.08   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account  

PO Box 32760
Louisville,

KY 40232-2760

Total Return II

  84.04   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Total Return II

  32.25   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Total Return II

  5.44   Institutional  

**Fidelity Investments

Institutional OP CO INC FIIOC AS Agent for Certain Employee Benefit Plans

 

100 Magellan Way (KW1C)
Covington,

KY 41015-0000

Total Return II

  50.94   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888
Philadelphia, PA 19182

Total Return II

  13.66   Service
Class
  **Charles Schwab & Co Inc.  

101 Montgomery Street

San Francisco,
CA 94104-4122

Total Return II

  6.08   Service
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888
Philadelphia, PA 19182

Total Return II

  32.62   Service
Class
  **Saxon and Co FBO
20-01-302-9912426
  PO Box 7780-1888
Philadelphia, PA 19182

Total Return II

  6.94   Service
Class
 

**TAYNIK & CO

c/o Investors Bank & Trust

  PO Box 9130 FPG90
Boston, MA 02117-9130

Total Return II

  20.33   Service
Class
  **Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins Co   1295 State Street N255 Springfield, MA 01111

Total Return

  9.45   BlackRock
Class
  **Custodial Trust Company   101 Carnegie Center Princeton, NJ 08540

Total Return

  7.38   BlackRock
Class
  **ILGWU Death Benefit Fund   730 Broadway
New York, NY 10003-9502

Total Return

  5.65   BlackRock
Class
  **Northern Trust Company FBO New Haven Cerf  

PO Box 92956

Chicago, IL 60675-0000

Total Return

  10.13   BlackRock
Class
 

**Sheldon and Co

c/o National City

 

PO Box 94984

Cleveland, OH 44101-0498

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Total Return

  7.74   BlackRock
Class
 

**MAC and Co

Mutual Fund Operations

  P O Box 3198
525 William Penn Place Pittsburgh, PA 15230

Total Return

  7.34   BlackRock
Class
  **Bank of New York Mutual Fund Reorg Department   2 Hanson Place
6
th Floor Brooklyn,
NY 11217

Total Return

  10.38   BlackRock
Class
  **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Total Return

  10.48   BlackRock
Class
  **Northern Trust Company Trust   PO Box 92956
Chicago, IL 60675-2956

Total Return

  5.05   Investor A  

**NFS LLC FEBO

Mary C Muller

  2221 Monica Place
Sarasota, FL 34235

Total Return

  53.35   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Total Return

  6.33   Investor A   **Pershing LLC   P. O. Box 2052
Jersey City, NJ 07303-9998

Total Return

  5.63   Investor B   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

Total Return

  59.75   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Total Return

  9.56   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville,
KY 40232-2760

Total Return

  91.42   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Total Return

  30.74   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Total Return

  64.82   Institutional   **Saxon and Co   PO Box 7780-1888 Philadelphia, PA 19182

Total Return

  37.39   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

U.S. Opportunities

  10.19   Investor A   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor New York,
NY 10001

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

U.S. Opportunities

  6.32   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

U.S. Opportunities

  5.47   Investor A   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville,
KY 40232-2760

U.S. Opportunities

  6.21   Investor B   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

U.S. Opportunities

  12.03   Investor B   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

U.S. Opportunities

  17.28   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

U.S. Opportunities

  13.79   Investor B   **Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Omnibus Account   PO Box 32760
Louisville,
KY 40232-2760

U.S. Opportunities

  9.44   Investor C   **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

U.S. Opportunities

  16.39   Investor C   **CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.   333 West 34th Street -
3
rd Floor
New York, NY 10001

U.S. Opportunities

  36.68   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

U.S. Opportunities

  50.46   Institutional   Prudential Investment Mgts Service FBO Mutual Fund Clients   100 Mulberry Street
3 Gateway Center
Floor 11
Mail Stop NJ 05-11-20
Newark, NJ 07102

U.S. Opportunities

  15.75   Institutional  

**NFS LLC FEBO

First Midwest Bank DBA UNATCO

  2801 W Jefferson Street
Joliet, IL 60435-5299

U.S. Opportunities

  13.48   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

U.S. Opportunities

  84.16   Service
Class
  **Dean Witter Reynolds   3 Harborside Plaza
6
th Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Utilities & Telecoms Fund

  88.93   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Utilities & Telecoms Fund

  45.71   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Utilities & Telecoms Fund

  93.25   Investor B1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Utilities & Telecoms Fund

  95.98   Investor C1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Utilities & Telecoms Fund

  94.80   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Utilities & Telecoms Fund

  80.29   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Value Opportunities Fund Inc.

  89.75   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Value Opportunities Fund Inc.

  96.48   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Value Opportunities Fund Inc.

  96.12   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Value Opportunities Fund Inc.

  91.12   Class R   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Value Opportunities Fund Inc.

  8.44   Class R   **Hartford Life Ins Co Separate Account   PO Box 2999
Hartford, CT 06104

Value Opportunities Fund Inc.

  83.56   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Value Opportunities Fund Inc.

  9.16   Institutional  

**State Street Bank & Trust Co Trust

FBO Pinnacle West Capital Corporation Savings Plan

  105 Rosemont Road
Westwood, MA 02090

Value FDP

  100.00   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Value FDP

  100.00   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Value FDP

  99.97   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Value FDP

  99.95   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

World Income

  89.36   Investor A   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

World Income

  92.15   Investor B   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

World Income

  90.78   Investor C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

World Income

  98.85   Investor C1   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

World Income

  82.30   Institutional   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

BATS - C

  94.96   Series C   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 Deer Lake Drive E
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

BATS - M

  95.12   Series M   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 Deer Lake Drive E
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

BATS - S

  58.76   Series S   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 Deer Lake Drive E Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

BATS - S

  7.23   Series S   **UBS Financial Services Inc. FBO ON LOK Senior Health Services  

1333 Bush Street San Francisco,

CA 94109-5611

Balanced Capital V.I.

  99.29   CLASS I   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Basic Value V.I.

  88.81   CLASS I   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Basic Value V.I.

  6.67   CLASS I   **PFL Endeavor Var Annuity Acct   4333 Edgewood Road NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52499

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Basic Value V.I.

  78.89   CLASS II   **Manufacturers Life Insurance of North America   601 Congress St
Location 10-194
Boston, MA 02210-2805

Basic Value V.I.

  21.11   CLASS II   **Manufacturers Life Insurance of North America   601 Congress St
Location 10-194
Boston, MA 02210-2805

Basic Value V.I.

  70.92   CLASS III   **GE Life & Annuity Assurance Co   6610 West Broad Street Richmond, VA 23230-1702

Basic Value V.I.

  21.29   CLASS III   **Pacific Select Exec Separate Account of Pacific Life   700 Newport Center Drive Newport Beach,
CA 92660-6307

Bond V.I.

  99.46   CLASS I   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Fundamental Growth V.I.

  91.73   CLASS I   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Fundamental Growth V.I.

  8.27   CLASS I   **AIG Life Insurance Company   One Alica Plaza PO Box 667 Wilmington, DE 19889

Global Allocation V.I.

  96.66   CLASS I   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Allocation V.I.

  89.01   CLASS II   **Manufacturers Life Insurance of North America   601 Congress St
Location 10-194
Boston, MA 02210-2805

Global Allocation V.I.

  10.73   CLASS II   **Manufacturers Life Insurance of North America   601 Congress St
Location 10-194
Boston, MA 02210-2805

Global Allocation V.I.

  86.37   CLASS III   **GE Life & Annuity Assurance Co   6610 West Broad Street Richmond,
VA 23230-1702

Global Allocation V.I.

  8.34   CLASS III   **GE Capital Life Assurance Company of New York   6610 West Broad Street Richmond, VA 23230-1702

Global Growth V.I.

  94.95   CLASS I   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Gov’t Income V.I.

  99.99   CLASS I   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

High Income V.I.

  92.54   CLASS I   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

High Income V.I.

  6.21   CLASS I   **PFL Endeavor Var Annuity Acct   4333 Edgewood Road NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52499

Int’l Value V.I.

  98.92   CLASS I   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Core V.I.

  99.48   CLASS I   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Core V.I.

  96.89   CLASS II   **Nationwide Insurance Company   P. O. Box 182029
Columbus, OH 43218-2029

Large Cap Growth V.I.

  95.87   CLASS I   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Growth V.I.

  95.86   CLASS III   **GE Life & Annuity Assurance Co   6610 West Broad Street Richmond, VA 23230-1702

Large Cap Value V.I.

  99.80   CLASS I   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Value V.I.

  92.56   CLASS II   **Nationwide Insurance Company   P. O. Box 182029
Columbus, OH 43218-2029

Money Market V.I.

  95.79   CLASS I   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

S&P 500 Index V.I.

  100.00   CLASS I   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

S&P 500 Index V.I.

  99.22   CLASS II   **Nationwide Insurance Company   P. O. Box 182029
Columbus, OH 43218-2029

Utilities & Telecoms V.I.

  98.81   CLASS I   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Value Opportunities V.I.

  80.39   CLASS II   **Manufacturers Life Insurance of North America   601 Congress St
Location 10-194
Boston, MA 02210-2805

Value Opportunities V.I.

  19.61   CLASS II   **Manufacturers Life Insurance of North America   601 Congress St
Location 10-194
Boston, MA 02210-2805

Value Opportunities V.I.

  93.37   CLASS III   **GE Life & Annuity Assurance Co   6610 West Broad Street Richmond,
VA 23230-1702

Value Opportunities V.I.

  6.63   CLASS III   **GE Capital Life Assurance Company of New York   6610 West Broad Street Richmond,
VA 23230-1702

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

Value Opportunities V.I.

  92.02   CLASS I   **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Balanced Capital Portfolio

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Bond Portfolio

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Fundamental Growth Portfolio

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Global Allocation Portfolio

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Gov’t Income Portfolio

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

High Income Portfolio

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Large Cap Core Portfolio

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

Money Market Portfolio

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

MAS High Income

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

MAS US Mortgage

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

MAS Global SmallCap

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

MAS Mid Cap Value

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

GNMA IAP

  32.30     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

CMA AZ Municipal

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CMA CA Municipal

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CMA CT Municipal

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CMA FL Municipal

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CMA Gov’t Securities

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CMA MA Municipal

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CMA MI Municipal

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CMA Money Fund

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CMA NC Municipal

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CMA NJ Municipal

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CMA NY Municipal

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CMA OH Municipal

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CMA PA Municipal

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

CMA Tax-Exempt

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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Fund

  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

CMA Treasury

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

ML Ready Assets

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

ML Retirement Reserves

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

ML USA Gov’t Reserves

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

WCMA Gov’t Securities

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

WCMA Money Fund

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

WCMA Tax-Exempt

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

WCMA Treasury

  100.00     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith   4800 E Deer Lake Drive
3
rd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

ML Institutional Fund

  68.32     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc.
For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers
  4800 Deer Lake Drive E
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

ML Institutional Tax-Exempt

  73.55     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc.
For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers
  4800 Deer Lake Drive E
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

ML Premier Institutional Fund

  20.57     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc.
For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers
  4800 Deer Lake Drive E
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

ML Premier Institutional Fund

  6.94     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Trade House Account Class A   4800 Deer Lake Drive E Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

ML Treasury Fund

  44.63     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc.
For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers
  4800 Deer Lake Drive E Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

 

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  % of
Class
  Class  

Name

 

Address

ML Treasury Fund

  12.45     **The Trust for Certain Creditor
CFC Trust
  805 Broadway Street Ste 205 Vancouver, WA 98660-3304

ML Gov’t Fund

  18.45     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc.
For the Sole Benefit of Its Customers
  4800 Deer Lake Drive E
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

ML Gov’t Fund

  12.58     **Government Employees Insurance
Att: Plaza Investment Managers
  Geico Plaza
Washington, DC 20076-0001

ML Gov’t Fund

  9.13     **Fremont Investment & Loan   2727 E Imperial Hwy
Brea, CA 92821-6713

ML Gov’t Fund

  8.24     **Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith
Trade House Account Class A
  4800 Deer Lake Drive E
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

ML Gov’t Fund

  5.50     Stater Brothers   21700 Barton Road
Colton, CA 92324-4403

**   Indicates record holders that do not beneficially hold the shares.

 

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BLACKROCK-ADVISED FUNDS

100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY

    

VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com

 

Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19809

    

 

ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS

 

If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by Blackrock Funds in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access shareholder communications electronically in future years.

    

 

VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903

 

Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.

    

 

VOTE BY MAIL

 

Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Blackrock Funds, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

 

TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:        BKROC1    KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS
        DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY

THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.

 

 

BLACKROCK FUNDS

                                     
     
    The Board Members responsible for your fund recommends that you vote “For” the proposals.                         
   
    Vote On Directors    For
All
  

Withhold

All

  

For All

Except

   To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All Except” and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below.        
   
   

1.      Election of Board A Nominees.

                     
   
   

01)   James H. Bodurtha

 

09)   Robert M. Hernandez

   ¨    ¨    ¨   

 

       
   

02)   Bruce R. Bond

 

10)   John F. O’Brien

                     
   

03)   Donald W. Burton

 

11)   Roberta Cooper Ramo

                     
   

04)   Richard S. Davis

 

12)   Jean Margo Reid

                     
   

05)   Stuart E. Eizenstat

 

13)   David H. Walsh

                     
   

06)   Laurence D. Fink

 

14)   Fred G. Weiss

                     
   

07)   Kenneth A. Froot

 

15)   Richard R. West

                     
   

08)   Henry Gabbay

                       
   
   

2.      Not applicable

       
   
   

3.      To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof.

       
   
    Please sign exactly as name appears hereon. When shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney or as executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by president or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.        
   
   

Sign, Date and Return the Proxy Card Promptly, if Received by Mail, Using the Enclosed Envelope.

 

       
           
                                    
    Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX]   Date          Signature (Joint Owners)   Date        
                           
                                           


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BLACKROCKFUNDS

 

P.O. Box 9011

Princeton, New Jersey 08543-9011

 

PROXY

 

This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors/Trustees

 

The undersigned hereby appoints Donald C. Burke, Howard B. Surloff and Brian P. Kindelan as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes each of them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse hereof, all the shares of the above-named Fund (the “Fund”), held of record by the undersigned on June 25, 2007 at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Fund to be held at the offices of BlackRock, Inc., Park Avenue, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10022 on Thursday, August 23, 2007 or Friday, September 7, 2007, or any adjournment or postponement thereof, with all of the powers the undersigned would possess if then and there personally present and especially (but without limiting the general authorization and power hereby given) to vote as indicated on the proposal, as more fully described in the proxy statement for the meeting.

 

This proxy when properly executed will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned shareholder. If no direction is made, this proxy will be voted FOR the proposals.

 

By signing and dating the reverse side of this card, you authorize the proxies to vote the proposals as marked, or if not marked, to vote “FOR” the proposals, and to use their discretion to vote for any other matter as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. If you do not intend to personally attend the meeting, please complete and return this card at once, if received by mail, in the enclosed envelope.

 

(Continued and to be signed on the reverse side)

 


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BLACKROCK-ADVISED FUNDS

100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY

    

VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxvvote.com

 

Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19809     

 

ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS

 

If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by Blackrock Funds in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access shareholder communications electronically in future years.

    

 

VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903

 

Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.

    

 

VOTE BY MAIL

 

Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Blackrock Funds, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

 

TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:        BKROC3    KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS
        DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY

THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.

 

BLACKROCK FUNDS

                           
     
    The Board Members responsible for your fund recommends that you vote “For” each of the proposals.                 
   
    Vote On Directors   For
All
 

Withhold

All

  For All Except   To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All Except” and write the numbers) of the nominee(s) on the line below.      
   
   

1.      Election of Board A Nominees.

             
   
   

01)   James H. Bodurtha

 

09)   Robert M. Hernandez

  ¨   ¨   ¨  

 

     
   

02)   Bruce R. Bond

 

10)   John F. O’Brien

                     
   

03)   Donald W. Burton

 

11)   Roberta Cooper Ramo

                     
   

04)   Richard S. Davis

 

12)   Jean Margo Reid

                     
   

05)   Stuart E. Eizenstat

 

13)   David H. Walsh

                     
   

06)   Laurence D. Fink

 

14)   Fred G. Weiss

                     
   

07)   Kenneth A. Froot

 

15)   Richard R. West

                     
   

08)   Henry Gabbay

                       
   
    Vote On Proposal             For      Against    abstain    
   
   

2.      To approve a change in the investment objective.

  ¨     ¨   ¨    
   
   

3.      To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any adjournments

         or postponements thereof.

     
   
    Please sign exactly as name appears hereon. When shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney or as executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by president or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.      
   
   

Sign, Date and Return the Proxy Card Promptly, if Received by Mail, Using the Enclosed Envelope.

 

       
             
                                  
    Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX]   Date       Signature (Joint Owners)     Date    
                           
                                                 


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BLACKROCK-ADVISED FUNDS

100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY

    

VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com

 

Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19809     

 

ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS

 

If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by Blackrock Funds in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access shareholder communications electronically in future years.

    

 

VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903

 

Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.

    

 

VOTE BY MAIL

 

Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Blackrock Funds, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

 

TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:        BKROC4    KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS
        DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY

THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.

 

 

BLACKROCK FUNDS

                                    
     
    The Board Members responsible for your fund recommends that you vote “For” the proposal.                        
   
    Vote On Directors    For
All
  

Withhold

All

   For All Except   To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All Except” and write the numbers) of the nominee(s) on the line below.        
   
   

1.      Election of Board B Nominees.

                    
   
   

01)   David O. Beim

 

08)   Cynthia A. Montgomery

   ¨    ¨    ¨  

 

    
   

02)   Richard S. Davis

 

09)   Joseph P. Platt, Jr.

                    
   

03)   Ronald W. Forbes

 

10)   Robert C. Robb, Jr.

                    
   

04)   Henry Gabbay

 

11)   Toby Rosenblatt

                    
   

05)   Dr. Matina Horner

 

12)   Kenneth L. Urish

                    
   

06)   Rodney D. Johnson

 

13)   Frederick W. Winter

                    
   

07)   Herbert I. London

                      
   
   

2.      Not applicable

       
   
   

3.      In the discretion of such proxies, upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

       
   
    Please sign exactly as name appears hereon. When shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney or as executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by president or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.        
   
   

Sign, Date and Return the Proxy Card Promptly, if Received by Mail, Using the Enclosed Envelope.

 

       
           
                                    
    Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX]   Date          Signature (Joint Owners)   Date