EX-99.77O 4 c26445_ex99-77o.txt EXHIBIT 99.77O FORM 10f-3 BLACKROCK FUNDS (THE "TRUST") RECORD OF SECURITIES PURCHASED UNDER THE TRUST'S RULE 10f-3 PROCEDURES 1. Name of Purchasing Portfolio: BlackRock Core Bond Trust 2. Issuer: Verizon Global (rate--6.125%, due 6/15/07) 3. Date of Purchase: 6/18/02 4. Underwriter from whom purchased: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. 5. Name of Affiliated Underwriter (as defined in the Trust's procedures) managing or participating in syndicate (ATTACH LIST OF ALL MEMBERS OF SYNDICATE): PNC Capital Markets 6. Aggregate principal amount of purchase (out of total offering): $400,000 (total offering: $1,000 million) 7. Aggregate principal amount of purchase by funds advised by BlackRock (out of total offering): $39.9 million 8. Purchase price (net of fees and expenses): 99.786 9. Date offering commenced: 6/18/02 10. Offering price at end of first day on which any sales were made: 100.475 1 11. Have the following conditions been satisfied: YES NO --- --- a. The securities are part of an issue registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which is being offered to the public, OR are Eligible Municipal Securities, OR are securities sold in an Eligible Foreign Offering OR are securities sold in an Eligible Rule 144A Offering. _X_ ___ b. The securities were purchased prior to the end of the first day on which any sales were made, at a price that was not more than the price paid by each other purchaser of securities in that offering or in any concurrent offering of the securities (except, in the case of an Eligible Foreign Offering, for any rights to purchase required by laws to be granted to existing security holders of the Issuer) OR, if a rights offering, the securities were purchased on or before the fourth day preceding the day on which the rights offering terminated. _X_ ___ c. The underwriting was a firm commitment underwriting. _X_ ___ d. The commission, spread or profit was reasonable and fair in relation to that being received by others for underwriting similar securities during the same period. _X_ ___ e. In respect of any securities other than Eligible Municipal Securities, the issuer of such securities has been in continuous operation for not less than three years (including the operations of predecessors). _X_ ___ Approved: Dennis Schaney Date: July 23, 2002 ----------------------------------- --------------------------- 2 FORM 10f-3 BLACKROCK FUNDS (THE "TRUST") RECORD OF SECURITIES PURCHASED UNDER THE TRUST'S RULE 10f-3 PROCEDURES 1. Name of Purchasing Portfolio: BlackRock Core Bond Trust 2. Issuer: Verizon Global (rate--7.75%, due 6/15/32) 3. Date of Purchase: 6/18/02 4. Underwriter from whom purchased: Salomon Smith Barney Inc. 5. Name of Affiliated Underwriter (as defined in the Trust's procedures) managing or participating in syndicate (ATTACH LIST OF ALL MEMBERS OF SYNDICATE): PNC Capital Markets 6. Aggregate principal amount of purchase (out of total offering): $400,000 (total offering: $400 million) 7. Aggregate principal amount of purchase by funds advised by BlackRock (out of total offering): $34.6 million 8. Purchase price (net of fees and expenses): 98.742 9. Date offering commenced: 6/18/02 10. Offering price at end of first day on which any sales were made: 103.68 3 11. Have the following conditions been satisfied: YES NO --- --- a. The securities are part of an issue registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which is being offered to the public, OR are Eligible Municipal Securities, OR are securities sold in an Eligible Foreign Offering OR are securities sold in an Eligible Rule 144A Offering. _X_ ___ b. The securities were purchased prior to the end of the first day on which any sales were made, at a price that was not more than the price paid by each other purchaser of securities in that offering or in any concurrent offering of the securities (except, in the case of an Eligible Foreign Offering, for any rights to purchase required by laws to be granted to existing security holders of the Issuer) OR, if a rights offering, the securities were purchased on or before the fourth day preceding the day on which the rights offering terminated. _X_ ___ c. The underwriting was a firm commitment underwriting. _X_ ___ d. The commission, spread or profit was reasonable and fair in relation to that being received by others for underwriting similar securities during the same period. _X_ ___ e. In respect of any securities other than Eligible Municipal Securities, the issuer of such securities has been in continuous operation for not less than three years (including the operations of predecessors). _X_ ___ Approved: Dennis Schaney Date: July 23, 2002 ----------------------------------- --------------------------- 4