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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES

  Investment Company Act file number 811-02739
811-10179

Name of Fund: BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. and Master Basic Value LLC

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: Donald C. Burke, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Basic
Value Fund, Inc. and Master Basic Value LLC, 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, NJ,
08536. Mailing address: P.O. Box 9011, Princeton, NJ, 08543-9011

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

Date of fiscal year end: 06/30/2008

Date of reporting period: 07/01/2007 – 06/30/2008

Item 1 – Report to Stockholders



EQUITIES FIXED INCOME REAL ESTATE LIQUIDITY ALTERNATIVES BLACKROCK SOLUTIONS

BlackRock Basic Value

Fund, Inc.

ANNUAL REPORT | JUNE 30, 2008

NOT FDIC INSURED
MAY LOSE VALUE
NO BANK GUARANTEE


Table of Contents     

 
 
    Page 

 
 
A Letter to Shareholders    3 
Annual Report:     
Fund Summary    4 
About Fund Performance    6 
Disclosure of Expenses    6 
Fund Financial Statements:     
     Statement of Assets and Liabilities    7 
     Statement of Operations    8 
     Statements of Changes in Net Assets    9 
Fund Financial Highlights    10 
Fund Notes to Financial Statements    13 
Report of Independent Public Accounting Firm    17 
Important Tax Information (Unaudited)    17 
Master LLC Portfolio Summary    18 
Master LLC Financial Statements:     
     Schedule of Investments    19 
     Statement of Assets and Liabilities    21 
     Statement of Operations    22 
     Statements of Changes in Net Assets    23 
Master LLC Financial Highlights    23 
Master LLC Notes to Financial Statements    24 
Report of Independent Public Accounting Firm    27 
Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement and Subadvisory Agrement    28 
Officers and Directors    32 
Additional Information    36 
Mutual Fund Family    38 

2 BLACKROCK BASIC VALUE FUND, INC.

JUNE 30, 2008


A Letter to Shareholders

Dear Shareholder

Throughout the past year, investors were overwhelmed by lingering credit and financial market troubles, surging oil

prices and more recently, renewed inflation concerns. Healthy nonfinancial corporate profits and robust exporting

activity remained among the few bright spots, helping the economy to grow at a modest, but still positive, pace.

The Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”) has been aggressive in its attempts to stoke economic growth and ease

financial market instability. In addition to slashing the target federal funds rate 325 basis points (3.25%) between

September 2007 and April 2008, the central bank introduced the new Term Securities Lending Facility, granted broker-

dealers access to the discount window and used its own balance sheet to help negotiate the sale of Bear Stearns.

As widely anticipated, the end of the period saw a pause in Fed action, as the central bank held the target rate steady

at 2.0% amid rising inflationary pressures.

As the Fed’s bold response to the financial crisis helped ease credit turmoil and investor anxiety, U.S. equity markets

sank sharply over the last six months, notwithstanding a brief rally in the spring. International markets were not immune

to the tumult, with most regions also registering declines.

Treasury securities also traded in a volatile fashion, but generally rallied (yields fell as prices correspondingly rose), with

investors continuing to seek safety as part of a broader flight to quality. The yield on 10-year Treasury issues, which fell

to 3.34% in March 2008, climbed up to the 4.20% range in mid-June as investors temporarily shifted out of Treasury

issues in favor of riskier assets (such as stocks and other high-quality fixed income sectors), then reversed course and

declined to 3.99% by period-end when credit fears re-emerged.

Tax-exempt issues eked out gains for the reporting period, but underperformed their taxable counterparts, as the group

continued to be pressured by problems among municipal bond insurers and the breakdown in the market for auction

rate securities.

The major benchmark indexes generated results that largely reflected heightened investor risk aversion:

Total Returns as of June 30, 2008    6-month    12-month 

 
 
U.S. equities (S&P 500 Index)    (11.91)%    (13.12)% 

 
 
Small cap U.S. equities (Russell 2000 Index)    (9.37)%    (16.19)% 

 
 
International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)    (10.96)%    (10.61)% 

 
 
Fixed income (Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index)    1.13%    7.12% 

 
 
Tax-exempt fixed income (Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index)    0.02%    3.23% 

 
 
High yield bonds (Lehman Brothers U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)    (1.08)%    (1.74)% 

 
 

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

As you navigate today’s volatile markets, we encourage you to review your investment goals with your financial profes-

sional and to make portfolio changes, as needed. For more up-to-date commentary on the economy and financial

markets, we invite you to visit www.blackrock.com/funds. As always, we thank you for entrusting BlackRock with your

investment assets, and we look forward to continuing to serve you in the months and years ahead.


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  Fund Summary as of June 30, 2008 BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?
The Fund, through its investment in Master Basic Value LLC, achieved
returns for the 12-month period that outpaced the benchmark S&P 500
Citigroup Value Index, but lagged the broad-market S&P 500 Index.

What factors influenced performance?
Favorable stock selection in the consumer discretionary, industrials and
health care sectors enhanced Fund performance for the annual period.
From a sector allocation perspective, the Fund benefited from an under-
weight in financials (particularly commercial banks, mortgages and real
estate development) and consumer discretionary (namely multi-line
retail). An overweight in energy also aided comparative results. Individual
holdings that had the greatest positive impact on relative returns includ-
ed Halliburton Co., BJ Services Co., International Business Machines
Corp. and Peabody Energy Corp.

Detracting from Fund performance was stock selection within both
the telecommunication services sector, where Qwest Communications
International Inc. underperformed, and the materials sector.

In information technology (IT), the benefits reaped from overweighting the
sector were not enough to offset the negative impact of stock selection,
most notably in the semiconductor, IT services, communications equip-
ment and computers & peripherals subsectors. Similarly, positive per-
formance resulting from an overweight in consumer staples (especially
food products and household durables), was partially offset by poor stock
selection in the sector. Individual holdings that negatively impacted per-
formance were Alcatel SA, Micron Technology, Inc. and Unisys Corp.

Describe recent portfolio activity.
We increased the portfolio’s exposure to IT, financials and health care.
We added to existing holdings within these sectors and initiated posi-
tions in Analog Devices, Inc., Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., MetLife,
Inc., Prudential Financial, Inc., Sallie Mae (SLM Corp.) and Cardinal
Health, Inc.

We trimmed exposure to industrials during the reporting period.
Additionally, the Master LLC sold GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Comcast Corp.,
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp. and XL Capital Ltd.

Describe portfolio positioning at period-end.
As of June 30, 2008, the portfolio was overweight in IT, energy and
health care, and was underweight in financials, utilities, industrials,
consumer discretionary and telecommunication services. The portfolio
was neutral in consumer staples and materials.

The economy should continue with a slower rate of growth as earnings
decelerate and credit worsens. The big question is whether the rest
of the globe will follow the U.S. into recession. Industries such as
autos, financials, housing and retail, among others, show signs of
recession. However, other industries outside of these areas continue
to show strength.

Large-capitalization companies that export to faster-growing areas
of the world continue to have great appeal. Nevertheless, for the first
time since 2003, we are employing a barbell approach, slowly increas-
ing our holdings in lower-quality, early-cycle cyclical areas (semicon-
ductors, among others) that have been negatively impacted. Adding
to financials for the first time in years is also part and parcel of early-
cycle additions. We believe many of these names have begun to
discount dire economic conditions.

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

  Expense Example

        Actual            Hypothetical2     
   
 
 
 
 
 
    Beginning    Ending        Beginning         Ending     
    Account Value    Account Value    Expenses Paid    Account Value    Account Value    Expenses Paid 
    January 1, 2008    June 30, 2008    During the Period1    January 1, 2008    June 30, 2008    During the Period1 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Institutional    $1,000    $875.90    $2.57    $1,000    $1,022.17    $2.77 
Investor A    $1,000    $874.90    $3.92    $1,000    $1,020.72    $4.22 
Investor B    $1,000    $871.20    $7.82    $1,000    $1,016.55    $8.42 
Investor C    $1,000    $871.30    $7.68    $1,000    $1,016.70    $8.27 
Class R    $1,000    $873.10    $5.68    $1,000    $1,018.83    $6.12 

 
 
 
 
 
 

  1 For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class (0.55% for Institutional, 0.84% for Investor A, 1.68% for Investor B, 1.65% for
Investor C and 1.22% for Class R), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Because the
Fund is a feeder fund, the expense table example reflects the expenses of both the feeder fund and the master portfolio in which it invests.
2 Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by pro-rating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 366.
See “Disclosure of Expenses” on page 6 for further information on how expenses were calculated.

4 BLACKROCK BASIC VALUE FUND, INC. JUNE 30, 2008


  Total Return Based on a $10,000 Investment

1 Assuming maximum sales charge, if any, transaction costs and other operating expenses, including advisory fees.
2 The Fund invests all of its assets in Master Basic Value LLC. Master Basic Value LLC invests in securities, primarily equities, that management
of the Fund believes are undervalued and therefore represent basic investment value.
3 This unmanaged Index covers 500 industrial, utility, transportation and financial companies of the U.S. markets (mostly NYSE issues)
representing about 75% of NYSE market capitalization and 30% of NYSE issues. S&P 500 is a registered trademark of the McGraw-
Hill Companies.
4 This unmanaged Index is designed to provide a comprehensive measure of large-cap U.S. equity “value” performance. It is an unmanaged
float adjusted market capitalization weighted index comprised of stocks representing approximately half the market capitalization of the
S&P 500 Index that have been indentified as being on the value end of the growth-value spectrum.
Past performance is not indicative of future results.

  Performance Summary for the Year Ended June 30, 2008

                Average Annual Total Returns1         
       
 
 
 
 
                       1 Year                               5 Years        10 Years 
       
 
 
 
 
       6-Month    w/o sales    w/sales    w/o sales    w/sales    w/o sales    w/sales 
    Total Returns    charge    charge    charge    charge    charge    charge 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Institutional       (12.41)%    (17.84)%                     8.42%           4.59%     
Investor A       (12.51)    (18.08)    (22.38)%                 8.14    6.98%    4.32    3.76% 
Investor B       (12.88)    (18.76)    (22.20)                 7.29    6.99    3.68    3.68 
Investor C       (12.87)    (18.71)    (19.48)                 7.30    7.30    3.51    3.51 
Class R       (12.69)    (18.37)                     7.84        4.09     
S&P 500 Index       (11.91)    (13.12)                     7.58        2.88     
S&P 500 Citigroup Value Index       (16.04)    (20.25)                     8.76        3.59     

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

  1 Assuming maximum sales charges. See “About Fund Performance” on page 6 for a detailed description of share classes, including any related sales charges and fees.
Past performance is not indicative of future results.

BLACKROCK BASIC VALUE FUND, INC. JUNE 30, 2008 5


About Fund Performance

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

Investor A Shares incur a maximum initial sales charge (front-end load)
of 5.25% and a service fee of 0.25% per year (but no distribution fee).

Investor B Shares are subject to a maximum contingent deferred sales
charge of 4.50% declining to 0% after six years. In addition, Investor B
Shares are subject to a distribution fee of 0.75% per year and a service
fee of 0.25% per year. These shares automatically convert to Investor A
Shares after approximately eight years. (There is no initial sales charge
for automatic share conversions.) All returns for periods greater than
eight years reflect this conversion.

Investor C Shares are subject to a distribution fee of 0.75% and a service
fee of 0.25% per year. In addition, Investor C Shares are subject to a 1%
contingent deferred sales charge if redeemed within one year of purchase.

Class R Shares do not incur a maximum initial sales charge (front-end
load) or deferred sales charge. These shares are subject to a distribution
fee of 0.25% per year and a service fee of 0.25% per year. Class R
Shares are available only to certain retirement plans. Prior to inception,
Class R Share performance results are those of Institutional Shares
(which have no distribution or service fees) restated to reflect Class R
Share fees.

Disclosure of Expenses

Shareholders of this Fund may incur the following charges: (a) expenses
related to transactions, including sales charges, redemption fees and
exchange fees; and (b) operating expenses including advisory fees, distri-
bution fees including 12b-1 fees, and other Fund expenses. The expense
example on page 4 (which is based on a hypothetical investment of
$1,000 invested on January 1, 2008 and held through June 30, 2008)
is intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on
an investment in the Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar
costs of investing in other mutual funds.

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

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

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

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

6 BLACKROCK BASIC VALUE FUND, INC.

JUNE 30, 2008


Statement of Assets and Liabilities    BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. 
 
June 30, 2008     

 
     Assets     

 
Investment at value — Master Basic Value LLC (the “Master LLC”) (Cost — $4,708,373,918)    $5,844,491,741 
Receivable from Master LLC    7,099,917 
Capital shares sold receivable    5,796,231 
Prepaid expenses    34,283 
   
Total assets    5,857,422,172 

 
 
     Liabilities     

 
Capital shares redeemed payable    12,896,148 
Other affiliates payable    1,829,497 
Distribution fees payable    1,367,612 
Other accrued expenses payable    120,293 
Officer payable    4,652 
   
Total liabilities    16,218,202 

 
 
     Net Assets     

 
Net assets    $5,841,203,970 

 
 
     Net Assets Consist of     

 
Institutional Shares, $0.10 par value, 400,000,000 shares authorized    $ 10,419,381 
Investor A Shares, $0.10 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized    7,810,100 
Investor B Shares, $0.10 par value, 400,000,000 shares authorized    1,540,707 
Investor C Shares, $0.10 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized    2,772,756 
Class R Shares, $0.10 par value, 400,000,000 shares authorized    110,556 
Paid-in capital in excess of par    4,597,742,344 
Undistributed net investment income    54,674,457 
Accumulated net realized gain allocated from the Master LLC    30,015,846 
Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation allocated from the Master LLC    1,136,117,823 
   
Net assets    $5,841,203,970 

 
 
     Net Asset Value     

 
Institutional — Based on net assets of $2,721,795,021 and 104,193,811 shares outstanding    $ 26.12 
   
Investor A — Based on net assets of $2,026,094,862 and 78,100,998 shares outstanding    $ 25.94 
   
Investor B — Based on net assets of $389,811,572 and 15,407,070 shares outstanding    $ 25.30 
   
Investor C — Based on net assets of $675,653,731 and 27,727,558 shares outstanding    $ 24.37 
   
Class R — Based on net assets of $27,848,784 and 1,105,560 shares outstanding    $ 25.19 
   

See Notes to Financial Statements.

BLACKROCK BASIC VALUE FUND, INC.

JUNE 30, 2008

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Statement of Operations    BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. 
 
Year Ended June 30, 2008     

 
 
Investment Income     

 
 
Net investment income allocated from the Master LLC:     
   Dividends    $ 160,365,187 
   Interest from affiliates    5,965,409 
   Securities lending    2,686,547 
   Expenses    (31,563,551) 
   
Total income    137,453,592 

 
 
 
     Expenses     

 
 
Service — Investor A    6,094,693 
Service and distribution — Investor B    5,527,657 
Service and distribution — Investor C    8,090,426 
Service and distribution — Class R    171,509 
Transfer agent — Institutional    3,378,380 
Transfer agent — Investor A    3,329,401 
Transfer agent — Investor B    1,274,939 
Transfer agent — Investor C    1,530,210 
Transfer agent — Class R    82,918 
Printing    393,228 
Professional    155,636 
Registration    103,182 
Officer and Directors    23,369 
Miscellaneous    33,013 
   
Total expenses    30,188,561 
   
Net investment income    107,265,031 

 
 
 
     Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Allocated from the Master LLC     

 
 
Net realized gain on investments and options written    521,979,113 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments    (2,043,639,498) 
   
Total realized and unrealized loss    (1,521,660,385) 
   
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations    $(1,414,395,354) 
   

See Notes to Financial Statements.

8 BLACKROCK BASIC VALUE FUND, INC.

JUNE 30, 2008


Statements of Changes in Net Assets    BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. 
 
    Year Ended 
    June 30, 
   
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:    2008    2007 

 
 
 
     Operations         

 
 
 
Net investment income    $ 107,265,031    $ 108,468,628 
Net realized gain    521,979,113    679,387,077 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation    (2,043,639,498)    999,166,510 
   
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations    (1,414,395,354)    1,787,022,215 

 
 
 
     Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders From         

 
 
 
Net investment income:         
   Institutional    (32,835,680)    (90,891,682) 
   Investor A    (18,429,627)    (50,933,522) 
   Investor B    (1,294,782)    (6,050,839) 
   Investor C    (2,876,816)    (8,445,877) 
   Class R    (201,332)    (541,265) 
Net realized gain:         
   Institutional    (210,850,845)    (626,220,024) 
   Investor A    (145,029,284)    (414,731,739) 
   Investor B    (33,941,670)    (133,673,033) 
   Investor C    (50,862,726)    (143,384,675) 
   Class R    (2,085,725)    (5,296,869) 
   
 
Decrease in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions to shareholders    (498,408,487)    (1,480,169,525) 

 
 
 
     Capital Share Transactions         

 
 
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions    (752,444,648)    626,685,603 

 
 
 
     Net Assets         

 
 
 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets    (2,665,248,489)    933,538,293 
Beginning of year    8,506,452,459    7,572,914,166 
   
 
End of year    $5,841,203,970    $8,506,452,459 
   
 
End of year undistributed net investment income    $ 54,674,457    $ 3,047,663 
   
 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

BLACKROCK BASIC VALUE FUND, INC.

JUNE 30, 2008

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Financial Highlights                                        BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. 
 
                    Institutional                            Investor A             
                Year Ended June 30,                    Year Ended June 30,         
        2008        2007    2006        2005    2004    2008        2007    2006        2005    2004 
     Per Share Operating Performance                                                     

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net asset value, beginning                                                             
   of year    $ 33.96    $ 32.87    $ 31.19    $ 31.89    $ 25.83    $ 33.78    $ 32.69    $ 31.03    $ 31.74    $ 25.72 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income1        0.54        0.55    0.48        0.46    0.40    0.45        0.46    0.40        0.38    0.33 
Net realized and unrealized                                                             
gain (loss)        (6.28)        6.98    3.18        0.64    6.06    (6.24)        6.95    3.16        0.63    6.02 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net increase (decrease) from                                                             
   investment operations        (5.74)        7.53    3.66        1.10    6.46    (5.79)        7.41    3.56        1.01    6.35 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dividends and distributions                                                             
from:                                                             
   Net investment income        (0.28)        (0.80)    (0.47)        (0.43)    (0.40)    (0.23)        (0.68)    (0.39)        (0.35)    (0.33) 
   Net realized gain        (1.82)        (5.64)    (1.51)        (1.37)        (1.82)        (5.64)    (1.51)        (1.37)     
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total dividends and                                                             
   distributions        (2.10)        (6.44)    (1.98)        (1.80)    (0.40)    (2.05)        (6.32)    (1.90)        (1.72)    (0.33) 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net asset value,                                                             
   end of year    $ 26.12    $ 33.96    $ 32.87    $ 31.19    $ 31.89    $ 25.94    $ 33.78    $ 32.69    $ 31.03    $ 31.74 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Total Investment Return2                                                             

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Based on net asset value        (17.84)%    25.11%    12.18%3        3.77%    25.23%    (18.08)%    24.81%    11.89%3        3.49%    24.90% 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Ratios to Average Net Assets4                                                         

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total expenses        0.53%        0.54%    0.57%        0.57%    0.56%    0.82%        0.80%    0.82%        0.82%    0.81% 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income        1.76%        1.63%    1.52%        1.49%    1.36%    1.48%        1.37%    1.28%        1.24%    1.11% 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Supplemental Data                                                             

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets,                                                             
   end of year (000)    $2,721,795    $4,071,437    $3,655,602    $3,992,702    $4,220,353    $2,026,095    $2,759,567    $2,266,626    $2,242,881    $2,223,869 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Portfolio turnover of the                                                             
   Master LLC        45%        31%    42%        45%    33%    45%        31%    42%        45%    33% 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1      Based on average shares outstanding.
 
2      Total investment returns exclude the effects of any sales charges.
 
3      A portion of total investment return consists of payments by the previous investment advisor to the Master LLC for compensation as a result of a securities class action entitlement recovery and as a result of a corporate action, which increased the return by 0.10%. Excluding these items, the total return would have been 12.08% for Institutional Shares and 11.79% for Investor A Shares.
 
4      Includes the Fund’s share of the Master LLC’s allocated expenses and/or net investment income.
 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

10 BLACKROCK BASIC VALUE FUND, INC.

JUNE 30, 2008


Financial Highlights (continued)                            BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. 
 
                    Investor B                        Investor C             
                Year Ended June 30,                Year Ended June 30,         
        2008        2007        2006        2005    2004    2008     2007    2006        2005    2004 
     Per Share Operating Performance                                                     
 
Net asset value, beginning                                                             
   of year    $ 33.10    $ 32.00    $ 30.39    $ 31.08    $ 25.19    $ 31.97   $  31.15    $ 29.66    $ 30.42    $ 24.68 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income1        0.19        0.19        0.15        0.14    0.10    0.19    0.19    0.15        0.14    0.09 
Net realized and unrealized                                                             
   gain (loss)        (6.10)        6.80        3.09        0.62    5.92    (5.87)    6.60    3.01        0.61    5.79 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net increase (decrease) from                                                             
   investment operations        (5.91)        6.99        3.24        0.76    6.02    (5.68)    6.79    3.16        0.75    5.88 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dividends and distributions                                                             
from:                                                             
   Net investment income        (0.07)        (0.25)        (0.12)        (0.08)    (0.13)    (0.10)    (0.33)    (0.16)        (0.14)    (0.14) 
   Net realized gain        (1.82)        (5.64)        (1.51)        (1.37)        (1.82)    (5.64)    (1.51)        (1.37)     
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total dividends and                                                             
   distributions        (1.89)        (5.89)        (1.63)        (1.45)    (0.13)    (1.92)    (5.97)    (1.67)        (1.51)    (0.14) 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net asset value,                                                             
   end of year    $ 25.30    $ 33.10    $ 32.00    $ 30.39    $ 31.08    $ 24.37    $ 31.97    $ 31.15    $ 29.66    $ 30.42 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Total Investment Return2                                                             

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Based on net asset value        (18.76)%    23.82%        11.01%3        2.72%    23.95%    (18.71)%    23.83%    11.02%3        2.70%    23.93% 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Ratios to Average Net Assets4                                                         

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total expenses        1.66%        1.59%        1.59%        1.59%    1.58%    1.62%    1.58%    1.59%        1.59%    1.59% 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income        0.62%        0.59%        0.50%        0.47%    0.35%    0.68%    0.59%    0.50%        0.46%    0.33% 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Supplemental Data                                                             

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets,                                                             
   end of year (000)    $ 389,812    $ 729,334    $ 860,121    $ 1,212,392    $ 1,594,286    $ 675,654    $ 906,972    $ 763,451    $ 743,882    $ 679,667 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Portfolio turnover of the                                                             
   Master LLC        45%        31%        42%        45%    33%    45%    31%    42%        45%    33% 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1      Based on average shares outstanding.
 
2      Total investment returns exclude the effects of sales charges.
 
3      A portion of total investment return consists of payments by the previous investment advisor to the Master LLC for compensation as a result of a securities class action entitlement recovery and as a result of a corporate action, which increased the return by 0.10%. Excluding these items, the total return would have been 10.91% for Investor B Shares and 10.92% for Investor C Shares.
 
4      Includes the Fund’s share of the Master LLC’s allocated expenses and/or net investment income.
 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

BLACKROCK BASIC VALUE FUND, INC.

JUNE 30, 2008

11


Financial Highlights (concluded)                BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. 
 
                Class R             
            Year Ended June 30,         
    2008        2007    2006        2005    2004 
     Per Share Operating Performance                             
Net asset value, beginning of year    $ 32.92    $ 31.98    $ 30.41    $ 31.17    $ 25.36 
   
 
 
 
 
Net investment income1    0.33        0.35    0.32        0.30    0.25 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)    (6.06)        6.79    3.08        0.63    5.93 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations    (5.73)        7.14    3.40        0.93    6.18 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dividends and distributions from:                             
Net investment income    (0.18)        (0.56)    (0.32)        (0.32)    (0.37) 
Net realized gain    (1.82)        (5.64)    (1.51)        (1.37)     
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total dividends and distributions    (2.00)        (6.20)    (1.83)        (1.69)    (0.37) 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net asset value, end of year    $ 25.19    $ 32.92    $ 31.98    $ 30.41    $ 31.17 

 
 
 
 
 
 
     Total Investment Return                             

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Based on net asset value    (18.37)%    24.46%    11.59%2        3.28%    24.58% 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Ratios to Average Net Assets3                             

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total expenses    1.18%        1.09%    1.07%        1.07%    1.07% 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income    1.12%        1.08%    1.02%        0.98%    0.80% 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Supplemental Data                             

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets, end of year (000)    $ 27,849    $ 39,143    $ 27,114    $ 24,817    $ 13,821 
   
 
 
 
 
Portfolio turnover of the Master LLC    45%        31%    42%        45%    33% 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 

1      Based on average shares outstanding.
 
2      A portion of total investment return consists of payments by the previous investment advisor to the Master LLC for compensation as a result of a securities class action entitlement recovery and as a result of a corporate action, which increased the return by 0.10%. Excluding these items, the total return would have been 11.49% for Class R Shares.
 
3      Includes the Fund’s share of the Master LLC’s allocated expenses and/or net investment income.
 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

12 BLACKROCK BASIC VALUE FUND, INC.

JUNE 30, 2008


Notes to Financial Statements BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

1. Significant Accounting Policies:

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) is registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a
diversified, open-end management investment company. The Fund seeks
to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its assets in Master
Basic Value LLC (the “Master LLC”), which has the same investment
objective and strategies as the Fund. The value of the Fund’s investment
in the Master LLC reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net
assets of the Master LLC. The performance of the Fund is directly affect-
ed by the performance of the Master LLC. The financial statements of
the Master LLC, including the Schedule of Investments, are included
elsewhere in this report and should be read in conjunction with the
Fund’s financial statements. The Fund’s financial statements are pre-
pared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America, which may require the use of management
accruals and estimates. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The percentage of the Master LLC owned by the Fund at June 30, 2008
was 99.9% . The Fund offers multiple classes of shares. Institutional
Shares are sold without a sales charge and only to certain eligible
investors. Investor A Shares are generally sold with a front-end sales
charge. Investor B and Investor C Shares may be subject to a contin-
gent deferred sales charge. Class R Shares are available only to certain
retirement plans. All classes of shares have identical voting, dividend,
liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except
that Investor A, Investor B, Investor C and Class R Shares bear certain
expenses related to the shareholder servicing of such shares, and
Investor B, Investor C and Class R Shares also bear certain expenses
related to the distribution of such shares. Each class has exclusive vot-
ing rights with respect to matters relating to its shareholder servicing
and distribution expenditures (except that Investor B shareholders may
vote on material changes to the Investor A distribution plan).

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

Valuation of Investments: The Fund records its investment in the Master
LLC at fair value. Valuation of securities held by the Master LLC is dis-
cussed in Note 1 of the Master LLC’s Notes to Financial Statements,
which are included elsewhere in this report.

Investment Transactions and Net Investment Income: Investment trans-
actions in the Master LLC are accounted for on a trade date basis. The
Fund records daily its proportionate share of the Master LLC’s income,
expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses. In addition, the
Fund accrues its own expenses. Income and realized and unrealized
gains and losses are allocated daily to each class based on its relative
net asset.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders: Dividends and distribu-
tions paid by the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates.

Income Taxes: It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of
the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment compa-
nies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its share-
holders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

Effective December 31, 2007, the Fund implemented Financial
Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an interpretation of FASB Statement
No. 109” (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 prescribes the minimum recognition thresh-
old a tax position must meet in connection with accounting for uncer-
tainties in income tax positions taken or expected to be taken by an
entity, including investment companies, before being measured and
recognized in the financial statements. The administrator has evaluated
the application of FIN 48 to the Fund and has determined that the
adoption of FIN 48 does not have a material impact on the Fund’s
financial statements. The Fund files U.S. federal and various state and
local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination.
The statute of limitations on the Fund’s U.S. federal tax returns remains
open for the years ended June 30, 2005 through June 30, 2007. The
statute of limitations on the Fund’s state and local tax returns may
remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements: In September 2006, Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”
(“FAS 157”), was issued and is in effect for fiscal years beginning after
November 15, 2007. FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a frame-
work for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value
measurements. The impact on the Fund’s financial disclosures, if any, is
currently being assessed.

In addition, in February 2007, Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and
Financial Liabilities” (“FAS 159”) was issued and is in effect for fiscal
years beginning after November 15, 2007. FAS 159 permits entities to
choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items
at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value.
FAS 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements
designed to facilitate comparisons between entities that choose different
measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. The
impact on the Fund’s financial statement disclosures, if any, is currently
being assessed.

In March 2008, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161,
“Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities — an
amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” (“FAS 161”) was issued and is
effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. FAS 161 is

BLACKROCK BASIC VALUE FUND, INC.

JUNE 30, 2008

13


Notes to Financial Statements (continued) BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

intended to improve financial reporting for derivative instruments by
requiring enhanced disclosure that enables investors to understand how
and why an entity uses derivatives, how derivatives are accounted for,
and how derivative instruments affect an entity’s results of operations
and financial position. The impact of the Fund’s financial statement dis-
closures, if any, is currently being assessed.

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

2. Transactions with Affiliates:

The Fund has entered into an Administration Agreement with BlackRock
Advisors, LLC (the “Administrator”), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary
of BlackRock, Inc., to provide administrative services (other than invest-
ment advice and related portfolio activities). Currently the Fund pays the
Administrator no fees pursuant to this agreement. Merrill Lynch & Co.,
Inc. (“Merrill Lynch”) and The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”)
are the principal owners of BlackRock, Inc.

The Fund has also entered into separate Distribution Agreements and
Distribution Plans with FAM Distributors, Inc. (“FAMD”) and BlackRock
Distributors, Inc. and its affiliates (“BDI”) (collectively, the “Distributor”).
FAMD is a wholly owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch Group, Inc., and BDI
is an affiliate of BlackRock, Inc.

Pursuant to the Distribution Plans adopted by the Fund in accordance
with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund pays the Distributor serv-
ice and distribution fees. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly at
annual rates based upon the average daily net assets of the shares of
the Fund as follows:

    Service    Distribution 
    Fee    Fee 

 
 
Investor A    0.25%     
Investor B    0.25%    0.75% 
Investor C    0.25%    0.75% 
Class R    0.25%    0.25% 

 
 

Pursuant to sub-agreements with the Distributor, broker-dealers,
including Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
(“MLPF&S”) a wholly owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch, and the
Distributor provide shareholder servicing and distribution services to
the Fund. The ongoing service fee and/or distribution fee compensates
the Distributor and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder ser-
vicing and/or distribution related services to Investor A, Investor B,
Investor C and Class R shareholders.

For the year ended June 30, 2008, the Distributor earned under-
writing discounts and direct commissions and its affiliates earned
dealer concessions on sales of the Fund’s Investor A Shares, which
totaled $677,621, and affiliates received contingent deferred sales
charges of $332,265 and $83,871 relating to transactions in Investor B
and Investor C Shares, respectively. Furthermore, affiliates received
contingent deferred sales charges of $9,603 relating to transactions
subject to front-end sales charge waivers in Investor A Shares. These
amounts include payments to Hilliard Lyons, which was considered to
be an affiliate for a portion of the year.

Pursuant to written agreements, certain affiliates provide certain Funds
with sub-accounting, recordkeeping, sub-transfer agency and other
administrative services with respect to sub-accounts they service. For
these services, these affiliates receive an annual fee per shareholder
account which will vary depending on share class. For the year ended
June 30, 2008, the Fund paid $7,856,670 in return for these services.

PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc., formerly PFPC Inc., an
indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of PNC and an affiliate of the Admini-
strator, is the Fund’s transfer agent. Each class of the Fund bears the
costs of transfer agent fees associated with such respective classes.
Transfer agency fees borne by each class of the Fund are comprised of
those fees charged for all shareholder communications including the
mailing of shareholder reports, dividend and distribution notices, and
proxy materials for shareholders meetings, as well as per account and
per transaction fees related to servicing and maintenance of shareholder
accounts, including the issuing, redeeming and transferring of shares of
each class of the Fund, 12b-1 fee calculation, check writing, anti-money
laundering services, and customer identification services.

The Administrator maintains a call center, which is responsible for pro-
viding certain shareholder services to the Fund, such as responding to
shareholder inquiries and processing transactions based upon instruc-
tions from shareholders with respect to the subscription and redemption
of Fund shares. During the year ended June 30, 2008, the following
amounts have been accrued by the Fund to reimburse the Administrator
for costs incurred running the call center, which are a component of the
transfer agent fees in the accompanying Statement of Operations:

    Call Center 
    Fees 

 
Institutional    $23,459 
Investor A    $30,535 
Investor B    $ 8,317 
Investor C    $ 9,557 
Class R    $ 251 

 

Certain officers and/or directors of the Fund are officers and/or directors
of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates.

14 BLACKROCK BASIC VALUE FUND, INC.

JUNE 30, 2008


Notes to Financial Statements (continued) BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

3. Income Tax Information:

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended
June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2007 was as follows:

    6/30/2008    6/30/2007 
   
 
Distributions paid from:         
Ordinary income    $101,149,165    $ 380,286,483 
Net long-term capital gains    397,259,322    1,099,883,042 
   
 
Total taxable distributions    $498,408,487    $1,480,169,525 
   
 
 
As of June 30, 2008, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax 
basis were as follows:         
Undistributed ordinary net income        $ 52,627,364 
Undistributed long-term net capital gains        93,994,930 
       
Total undistributed net earnings        146,622,294 
Capital loss carryforward        (8,227)* 
Net unrealized gains        1,074,194,059** 
       
Total accumulated net earnings        $1,220,808,126 
       

4. Acquisition of BlackRock Basic Value Fund II, Inc.:

On June 18, 2007, the Fund acquired substantially all of the assets
and assumed substantially all of the liabilities of BlackRock Basic Value
Fund II, Inc. (“Basic Value II”), pursuant to a plan of reorganization. The
acquisition was accomplished by a tax-free exchange of 270,206 shares
of common stock of Basic Value II for 126,858 shares of common stock
of the Fund. Basic Value II’s net assets on that date of $4,304,545,
including $359,909 of net accumulated realized capital losses and
$2,965,508 of net unrealized appreciation were combined with those
of the Fund. The aggregate net assets immediately after the acquisition
amounted to $8,778,939,281.

* On June 30, 2008, the Fund had net capital loss carryforward of $8,227, all of
which expires in 2010. This amount will be available to offset like amounts of
any future taxable gains.
** The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains is attribu-
table primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the tax deferral of losses
on straddles and the timing of income recognition on partnership interests.

5. Capital Share Transactions:                         
Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:                         
                   Year Ended        Year Ended     
    June 30, 2008    June 30, 2007 

 
 
    Shares        Amount    Shares        Amount 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Institutional                         

 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares sold    13,980,368    $ 418,812,576    16,047,597    $ 541,111,421 
Shares issued resulting from reorganization                151        5,194 
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends                         
and distributions    7,285,389        226,137,570    20,428,376        661,886,244 
   
 
 
 
 
 
Total issued    21,265,757        644,950,146    36,476,124    1,203,002,859 
Shares redeemed    (36,967,297)    (1,084,515,563)    (27,805,558)        (937,947,530) 
   
 
 
 
 
Net increase (decrease)    (15,701,540)    $ (439,565,417)    8,670,566    $ 265,055,329 

 
 
 
 
 
Investor A                         

 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares    10,606,602    $ 319,907,553    16,596,722    $ 556,770,709 
Shares issued resulting from reorganization                87,134        2,989,624 
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends                         
and distributions    4,772,054        147,284,060    12,972,490        418,852,722 
   
 
 
 
 
 
Total issued    15,378,656        467,191,613    29,656,346        978,613,055 
Shares redeemed    (18,973,165)        (567,821,408)    (17,292,443)        (581,223,002) 
   
 
 
 
 
 
Net increase (decrease)    (3,594,509)    $ (100,629,795)    12,363,903    $ 397,390,053 
   
 
 
 

BLACKROCK BASIC VALUE FUND, INC.

JUNE 30, 2008

15


Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)            BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. 
 
                   Year Ended        Year Ended     
    June 30, 2008    June 30, 2007 
   
 
    Shares           Amount    Shares        Amount 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Investor B                         

 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares sold    1,375,035    $ 40,678,829    2,344,134    $ 76,770,164 
Shares issued resulting from reorganization                21,095        709,459 
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends                         
and distributions    1,069,890        32,391,163    4,048,929        127,380,237 
   
 
 
 
 
 
Total issued    2,444,925        73,069,992    6,414,158        204,859,860 
Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares    (9,072,515)        (268,510,355)    (11,256,091)        (369,014,747) 
   
 
 
 
 
 
Net decrease    (6,627,590)    $ (195,440,363)    (4,841,933)    $ (164,154,887) 

 
 
 
 
 
Investor C                         

 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares sold    3,711,488    $ 105,711,256    3,931,440    $ 125,237,099 
Shares issued resulting from reorganization                18,478        600,268 
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends                         
and distributions    1,701,515        49,581,265    4,533,999        138,718,355 
   
 
 
 
 
 
Total issued    5,413,003        155,292,521    8,483,917        264,555,722 
Shares redeemed    (6,053,227)        (169,997,824)    (4,622,643)        (147,290,507) 
   
 
 
 
 
 
Net increase (decrease)    (640,224)    $ (14,705,303)    3,861,274    $ 117,265,215 

 
 
 
 
 
Class R                         

 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares sold    546,707    $ 16,370,482    587,695    $ 19,481,369 
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends                         
and distributions    76,088        2,285,601    126,981        3,920,229 
   
 
 
 
 
 
Total issued    622,795        18,656,083    714,676        23,401,598 
Shares redeemed    (706,374)        (20,759,853)    (373,348)        (12,271,705) 
   
 
 
 
 
 
Net increase (decrease)    (83,579)    $ (2,103,770)    341,328    $ 11,129,893 
   
 
 
 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors
of BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities
of BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) as of June 30, 2008,
and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the
statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the
period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years
in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial high-
lights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility
is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial
highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assur-
ance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are
free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were
we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial
reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over
financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are

appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing
an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over finan-
cial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well
as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of BlackRock Basic
Value Fund, Inc. as of June 30, 2008, the results of its operations for the
year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years
in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five
years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Princeton, New Jersey
August 22, 2008

  Important Tax Information (Unaudited)

The following information is provided with respect to the ordinary income distributions paid by BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. during the taxable
year ended June 30, 2008:

    Record Date    September 17, 2007    December 5, 2007 
    Payable Date    September 19, 2007    December 7, 2007 

 
 
 
Qualified Dividend Income for Individuals*        59.82%    100% 
Dividends Qualifying for the Dividends Received Deduction for Corporations*        50.63%    93.99% 
Short-Term Capital Gain Dividends for Non-U.S. Residents**        87.68%    31.17% 

 
 
 

* The Fund hereby designates the percentage indicated above or the maximum amount allowable by law.
** Represents the portion of the taxable ordinary income dividends eligible for exemption from U.S. withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations.

Additionally, the Fund distributed long-term capital gains of $0.113219 per share and $1.520639 per share to shareholders of record on
September 17, 2007, and December 5, 2007, respectively.

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Master Portfolio Summary Master Basic Value LLC

Fund Profile as of June 30, 2008

Ten Largest Holdings    Percent of 
(Equity Investments)    Net Assets 

 
Exxon Mobil Corp.         5% 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.         4 
Time Warner, Inc.         4 
Halliburton Co.         3 
International Business Machines Corp.         3 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.         3 
Xerox Corp.         3 
The Travelers Cos., Inc.         3 
BJ Services Co.         3 
Unilever NV         3 

Five Largest Industries    Percent of 
(Equity Investments)    Net Assets 

 
Pharmaceuticals         9% 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment         8 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels         8 
Insurance         8 
Food Products         7 

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

    Percent of 
    Long-Term 
Investment Criteria    Investments 

 
Above-Average Yield    37% 
Low Price-to-Book Value    25 
Below-Average Price/Earnings Ratio    24 
Special Situations    12 
Price-to-Cash Flow    2 

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Schedule of Investments June 30, 2008    Master Basic Value LLC    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 
 
 
Industry    Common Stocks         Shares    Value    Percent 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Above-Average Yield                         
Diversified Telecommunication Services    AT&T Inc.        3,691,797    $ 124,376,641     2.1% 
Metals & Mining    Alcoa, Inc.        2,984,800    106,318,576    1.8 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment    Analog Devices, Inc.        2,102,400    66,793,248    1.1 
Capital Markets    The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.        2,803,794    106,067,527    1.8 
Pharmaceuticals    Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.        10,521,600    216,008,448    3.7 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels    Chevron Corp.        1,040,700    103,164,591    1.8 
Household Products    Clorox Co.        580,100    30,281,220    0.5 
Multi-Utilities    Dominion Resources, Inc. (a)        1,572,700    74,687,523    1.3 
Chemicals    The Dow Chemical Co.        697,200    24,339,252    0.4 
Chemicals    E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (a)        3,404,600    146,023,294    2.5 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels    Exxon Mobil Corp.        3,033,900    267,377,607    4.6 
Industrial Conglomerates    General Electric Co.        4,073,000    108,708,370    1.9 
Food Products    General Mills, Inc. (a)        2,203,900    133,931,003    2.3 
Aerospace & Defense    Honeywell International, Inc.        1,178,400    59,249,952    1.0 
Diversified Financial Services    JPMorgan Chase & Co.        5,304,192    181,986,828    3.1 
Pharmaceuticals    Johnson & Johnson        1,048,400    67,454,056    1.2 
Pharmaceuticals    Pfizer, Inc.        3,394,400    59,300,168    1.0 
Electric Utilities    The Southern Co. (a)        2,180,100    76,129,092    1.3 
Diversified Telecommunication Services    Verizon Communications, Inc. (a)        3,228,600    114,292,440    2.0 
Pharmaceuticals    Wyeth        1,747,500    83,810,100    1.4 
               
 
                    2,150,299,936    36.8 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Below-Average Price/Earnings Ratio                         
Insurance    American International Group, Inc. (a)        2,212,700    58,548,042    1.0 
Diversified Financial Services    Bank of America Corp. (a)        2,359,000    56,309,330    1.0 
Health Care Providers & Services    Cardinal Health, Inc.        951,283    49,067,177    0.8 
Diversified Financial Services    Citigroup, Inc.        2,686,200    45,020,712    0.8 
Computers & Peripherals    Hewlett-Packard Co.        3,262,000    144,213,020    2.4 
Food Products    Kraft Foods, Inc. (a)        4,743,200    134,944,040    2.3 
Insurance    MetLife, Inc.        1,078,700    56,922,999    1.0 
Capital Markets    Morgan Stanley        3,515,000    126,786,050    2.2 
Multiline Retail    Nordstrom, Inc.        901,000    27,300,300    0.5 
Aerospace & Defense    Northrop Grumman Corp.        1,378,700    92,235,030    1.6 
Insurance    Prudential Financial, Inc.        713,300    42,612,542    0.7 
Consumer Finance    SLM Corp. (b)        680,000    13,158,000    0.2 
Insurance    The Travelers Cos., Inc.        3,729,976    161,880,959    2.8 
Food Products    Unilever NV (c)        5,197,900    147,620,360    2.5 
IT Services    Unisys Corp. (b)        13,275,575    52,438,521    0.9 
Media    Viacom, Inc. Class B (b)        962,400    29,391,696    0.5 
Office Electronics    Xerox Corp.        12,106,271    164,161,035    2.8 
               
 
                    1,402,609,813    24.0 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Low Price-to-Book Value                         
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels    Anadarko Petroleum Corp.        596,800    44,664,512    0.8 
Machinery    Deere & Co.        1,382,600    99,726,938    1.7 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment    Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (b)    5,000,212    58,652,487    1.0 
Energy Equipment & Services    Halliburton Co. (a)        3,796,600    201,485,562    3.4 
Insurance    Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.    1,800,200    116,238,914    2.0 
Household Products    Kimberly-Clark Corp.        2,047,100    122,375,638    2.1 
Capital Markets    Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (a)        2,347,900    46,511,899    0.8 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment    LSI Corp. (a)(b)        22,599,715    138,762,250    2.4 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment    Micron Technology, Inc. (a)(b)        17,365,300    104,191,800    1.8 
Aerospace & Defense    Raytheon Co. (a)        2,348,694    132,184,498    2.2 
Media    Time Warner, Inc.        13,732,900    203,246,920    3.5 
Industrial Conglomerates    Tyco International Ltd.        1,578,025    63,184,121    1.1 
Media    Walt Disney Co.        2,821,400    88,027,680    1.5 
Commercial Banks    Wells Fargo & Co. (a)        961,200    22,828,500    0.4 
               
 
                    1,442,081,719    24.7 
 
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.                         
   
 
 
 
 
 

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Schedule of Investments (concluded)    Master Basic Value LLC    (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) 
 
Industry    Common Stocks         Shares    Value    Percent 

 
 
 
 
 
Price-to-Cash Flow                         
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels    Peabody Energy Corp. (a)        730,922    $ 64,357,682    1.1% 
Diversified Telecommunication Services    Qwest Communications International Inc. (a)    19,428,800    76,355,184    1.3 
           
 
                    140,712,866    2.4 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Special Situations                         
Energy Equipment & Services    BJ Services Co. (a)        4,781,100    152,708,334    2.6 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies    Baxter International, Inc.        1,004,800    64,246,912    1.1 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies    Covidien Ltd.        1,555,825    74,508,459    1.3 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment    Intel Corp.        5,374,000    115,433,520    2.0 
Computers & Peripherals    International Business Machines Corp.    1,695,100    200,920,203    3.4 
Pharmaceuticals    Schering-Plough Corp.        5,472,300    107,749,587    1.8 
               
 
                    715,567,015    12.2 

 
 
 
 
 
 
    Total Common Stocks (Cost — $4,716,755,315)            5,851,271,349    100.1 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
            Beneficial         
                Interest         
Short-Term Securities                (000)         

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series, 2.70% (d)(e)(f)        $624,167    624,167,311    10.7 

 
 
 
 
Total Short-Term Securities (Cost — $624,167,311)                    624,167,311    10.7 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investments Before Options Written (Cost — $5,340,922,626*)                6,475,438,660    110.8 

 
 
 
 
 
 
    Options Written        Contracts         

 
 
 
 
 
Call Options Written    Nordstrom, Inc., expiring January 2009 at $40, Broker                 
    Credit Suisse            9,010    (1,216,350)    0.0% 
    Peabody Energy Corp., expiring December 2008 at $90,                 
       Broker Deutsche Bank            3,600    (4,680,000)    (0.1) 

 
 
 
 
 
 
    Total Options Written (Premiums Received — $7,511,604)            (5,896,350)    (0.1) 

 
 
 
 
 
Total Investments, Net of Options Written                    6,469,542,310    110.7 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets                    (622,837,271)    (10.7) 
                   
 
Net Assets                    $ 5,846,705,039    100.0% 
                   
 

*      The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, as of June 30, 2008, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:
 
Aggregate cost    $ 5,365,606,349 
   
Gross unrealized appreciation    $ 1,495,184,607 
Gross unrealized depreciation    (385,352,296) 
   
Net unrealized appreciation    $ 1,109,832,311 
   

(a)      Security, or a portion of security, is on loan.
 
(b)      Non-income producing security.
 
(c)      Depositary receipts.
 
(d)      Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Master LLC, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, were as follows:
 
    Net     
    Activity    Interest 
Affiliate    (000)    Income 

 
 
 
BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Cash Sweep Series    $(168,881)    $5,966,148 
BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series    (541,814)    2,687,129 

 
 

(e)      Security was purchased with cash proceeds from securities loans.
 
(f)      Represents the current yield as of report date.
 

For Master LLC compliance purposes,the Master LLC's industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by

one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Master LLC management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. These industry classifications are unaudited.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities    Master Basic Value LLC 
 
June 30, 2008     

 
 
     Assets     

 
 
Investments at value — unaffiliated securities (including securities loaned of $601,587,957) (cost — $4,716,755,315)    $5,851,271,349 
Investments at value — affiliated securities (cost — $624,167,311)    624,167,311 
Investments sold receivable    45,547,993 
Investments sold receivable — affiliates    25,120,646 
Dividends receivable    7,654,092 
Securities lending income receivable    224,401 
Interest receivable    46,832 
Prepaid expenses    187,171 
Other assets    17,973 
   
Total assets    6,554,237,768 

 
 
 
     Liabilities     

 
 
Collateral at value — securities loaned    624,167,311 
Options written at value (premiums received — $7,511,604)    5,896,350 
Bank overdraft    13,309,159 
Investments purchased payable    54,219,012 
Withdrawals payable to the investors    7,094,963 
Investment advisory fees payable    2,060,640 
Investments purchased payable — affiliates    289,613 
Other affiliates payable    53,444 
Officer’s and Directors’ fees payable    4,656 
Other liabilities    6,920 
Other accrued expenses payable    430,661 
   
Total liabilities    707,532,729 

 
 
 
     Net Assets     

 
 
Net assets    $ 5,846,705,039 

 
 
 
     Net Assets Consist of     

 
 
Investors’ capital    $ 4,710,573,751 
Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation    1,136,131,288 
   
Net assets    $ 5,846,705,039 
   

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations    Master Basic Value LLC 
 
Year Ended June 30, 2008     

 
     Investment Income     

 
Dividends (net of $950,051 foreign withholding tax)    $ 160,391,834 
Interest from affiliates    5,966,148 
Securities lending    2,687,129 
   
Total income    169,045,111 

 
 
Expenses     

 
Investment advisory    29,685,179 
Accounting services    978,842 
Custodian    289,282 
Professional    230,081 
Officer and Director’s    165,501 
Printing    17,276 
Miscellaneous    202,380 
   
Total expenses    31,568,541 
   
Net investment income    137,476,570 

 
 
     Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)     

 
Net realized gain from:     
   Investments    516,942,441 
   Options written    4,764,430 
   
    521,706,871 
   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:     
   Investments    (2,043,893,026) 
   Options written    265,417 
   
    (2,043,627,609) 
   
Total realized and unrealized loss    (1,521,920,738) 
   
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations    $(1,384,444,168) 
   

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets                Master Basic Value LLC 
                Year Ended 
                June 30, 
           
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:                2008    2007 

 
 
 
 
 
     Operations                     

 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income                                 $ 137,476,570    $ 141,768,022 
Net realized gain                521,706,871    680,060,641 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation            (2,043,627,609)    999,501,265 
           
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations            (1,384,444,168)    1,821,329,928 

 
 
 
 
 
     Capital Transactions                     

 
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from contributions                904,423,324    1,281,525,079 
Fair value of withdrawals            (2,183,537,046)    (2,173,906,741) 
           
 
Net decrease in net assets derived from capital transactions            (1,279,113,722)    (892,381,662) 

 
 
 
 
 
     Net Assets                     

 
 
 
 
 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets            (2,663,557,890)    928,948,266 
Beginning of year            8,510,262,929    7,581,314,663 
           
 
End of year                                 $5,846,705,039    $8,510,262,929 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Financial Highlights                Master Basic Value LLC 
 
 
            Year Ended June 30,     
   
 
 
 
             2008       2007               2006    2005             2004 

 
 
 
 
 
     Total Investment Return                     

 
 
 
 
 
Total investment return    (17.73)%    25.25%    12.32%1    3.91%    25.38% 

 
 
 
 
 
 
     Ratios to Average Net Assets                     

 
 
 
 
 
Total expenses    0.43%    0.43%    0.43%    0.43%    0.43% 
   
 
 
 
 
Net investment income    1.87%    1.74%    1.66%    1.63%    1.50% 

 
 
 
 
 
 
     Supplemental Data                     

 
 
 
 
 
Net assets, end of period (000)    $ 5,846,705 $    8,510,263    $ 7,581,315 $ 8,228,928    $ 8,747,240 
   
 
 
 
Portfolio turnover    45%    31%                   42%    45%    33% 
   
 
 
 
 

1      A portion of total investment return consists of payments by the previous investment advisor for compensation as a result of a securities class action entitlement recovery and as a result of a corporate action, which increased the return by 0.10%. Excluding these items, the total return would have been 12.22%.
 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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JUNE 30, 2008

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Notes to Financial Statements Master Basic Value LLC

1. Significant Accounting Policies:

Master Basic Value LLC (the “Master LLC”) is registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and
is organized as a Delaware limited liability company. The Limited Liability
Company Agreement permits the Directors to issue nontransferable
interests in the Master LLC, subject to certain limitations. The Master
LLC’s financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which may
require the use of management accruals and estimates. Actual results
may differ from these estimates.

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

Valuation of Investments: Equity investments traded on a recognized
securities exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market System are valued at
the last reported sale price that day or the NASDAQ official closing price,
if applicable. For equity investments traded on more than one exchange,
the last reported sale price on the exchange where the stock is primarily
traded is used. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for
which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last available bid
price. If no bid price is available, the prior day’s price will be used, unless
it is determined that such prior day’s price no longer reflects the fair
value of the security. Investments in open-end investment companies
are valued at net asset value each business day.

Exchange-traded options are valued at the mean between the last bid
and ask prices at the close of the options market in which the options
trade. An exchange-traded option for which there is no mean price is
valued at the last bid (long position) or ask (short position) price. If no
bid or ask price is available, the prior day’s price will be used, unless it is
determined that such prior day’s price no longer reflects the fair value of
the option. Over-the-counter options are valued by an independent pricing
service using a mathematical model which incorporates a number of
market data factors.

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

Generally, trading in foreign securities, is substantially completed each
day at various times prior to the close of business on the New York Stock
Exchange (“NYSE”). The values of such securities used in computing the
net assets of the Master LLC are determined as of such times. Foreign
currency exchange rates will generally be determined as of the close of
business on the NYSE. Occasionally, events affecting the values of such
securities and such exchange rates may occur between the times at
which they are determined and the close of business on the NYSE that
may not be reflected in the computation of the Master LLC’s net assets.
If events (for example, a company announcement, market volatility or a
natural disaster) occur during such periods that are expected to materi-
ally affect the value of such securities, those securities will be valued
at their fair value as determined in good faith by the Board or by the
investment advisor using a pricing service and/or procedures approved
by the Board.

Derivative Financial Instruments: The Master LLC may engage in various
portfolio investment strategies to increase the return of the Master LLC
and to hedge, or protect, its exposure to interest rate movements and
movements in the securities markets. Losses may arise if the value of
the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the price of
the underlying security, or if the counterparty does not perform under
the contract.

Options — The Master LLC may purchase and write call and put
options. When the Master LLC writes an option, an amount equal
to the premium received by the Master LLC is reflected as an asset
and an equivalent liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently
marked-to-market to reflect the current value of the option written.
When a security is purchased or sold through an exercise of an
option, the related premium paid (or received) is added to (or
deducted from) the basis of the security acquired or deducted from
(or added to) the proceeds of the security sold. When an option
expires (or the Master LLC enters into a closing transaction), the
Master LLC realizes a gain or loss on the option to the extent of the
premiums received or paid (or gain or loss to the extent the cost
of the closing transaction exceeds the premium received or paid).

A call option gives the purchaser of the option the right (but not the
obligation) to buy, and obligates the seller to sell (when the option is
exercised), the underlying position at the exercise price at any time
or at a specified time during the option period. A put option gives the
holder the right to sell and obligates the writer to buy the underlying
position at the exercise price at any time or at a specified time dur-
ing the option period.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: Investment trans-
actions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into
(the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on security transactions

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued) Master Basic Value LLC

are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is
recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Interest income is recognized on
the accrual basis.

Securities Lending: The Master LLC may lend securities to financial
institutions that provide cash or securities issued or guaranteed by the
U.S. government as collateral, which will be maintained at all times in
an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the
loaned securities. The market value of the loaned securities is deter-
mined at the close of business of the Master LLC and any additional
required collateral is delivered to the Master LLC on the next business
day. The Master LLC typically receives the income on the loaned securi-
ties but does not receive the income on the collateral. Where the Master
LLC receives cash collateral, it may invest such collateral and retain the
amount earned on such investment, net of any amount rebated to the
borrower. The Master LLC may receive a flat fee for its loans. Loans of
securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is
required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period
for settlement of securities transactions. The Master LLC may pay reason-
able lending agent, administrative and custodial fees in connection
with its loans. In the event that the borrower defaults on its obligation to
return borrowed securities because of insolvency or for any other reason,
the Master LLC could experience delays and costs in gaining access to
the collateral. The Master LLC also could suffer a loss where the value of
the collateral falls below the market value of the borrowed securities, in
the event of borrower default or in the event of losses on investments
made with cash collateral.

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

Effective December 31, 2007, the Master LLC implemented Financial
Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an interpretation of FASB Statement
No. 109” (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 prescribes the minimum recognition thresh-
old a tax position must meet in connection with accounting for uncer-
tainties in income tax positions taken or expected to be taken by an
entity, including investment companies, before being measured and
recognized in the financial statements. The investment advisor has
evaluated the application of FIN 48 to the Master LLC and has deter-
mined that the adoption of FIN 48 does not have a material impact

on the Master LLC’s financial statements. The Master LLC files U.S.
federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns
are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Master
LLC’s U.S. federal tax returns remains open for the years ended June 30,
2005 through June 30, 2007. The statute of limitations on the Master
LLC’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year
depending upon the jurisdiction.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements: In September 2006, Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”
(“FAS 157”), was issued and is effective for fiscal years beginning after
November 15, 2007. FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a frame-
work for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value
measurements. The impact on the Master LLC’s financial statement
disclosures, if any, is currently being assessed.

In addition, in February 2007, Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and
Financial Liabilities” (“FAS 159”), was issued and is effective for fiscal
years beginning after November 15, 2007. FAS 159 permits entities to
choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items
at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value.
FAS 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements
designed to facilitate comparisons between entities that choose different
measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. The
impact on the Master LLC’s financial statement disclosures, if any, is
currently being assessed.

In March 2008, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161,
“Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities — an
amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” (“FAS 161”) was issued and
is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. FAS 161
is intended to improve financial reporting for derivative instruments by
requiring enhanced disclosure that enables investors to understand how
and why an entity uses derivatives, how derivatives are accounted for,
and how derivative instruments affect an entity’s results of operations
and financial position. The impact of the Master LLC’s financial state-
ment disclosures, if any, is currently being assessed.

Bank Overdraft: The Master LLC recorded a bank overdraft which
resulted from estimates of available cash.

Other: Expenses directly related to the Master LLC are charged to the
Master LLC. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are
pro-rated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or
other appropriate methods.

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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded) Master Basic Value LLC

2. Investment Advisory Agreement and Transactions with
Affiliates:

The Master LLC has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with
the BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Advisor”), an indirect, wholly owned
subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. to provide investment advisory and admin-
istration services. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (“Merrill Lynch”) and The PNC
Financial Services Group, Inc. are principal owners of BlackRock, Inc.

The Advisor is responsible for the management of the Master LLC’s
investments and provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment
and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Master
LLC. For such services, the Master LLC pays the Advisor a monthly fee
based upon the average daily value of the Master LLC’s net assets at
the following annual rates: 0.60% of the Master LLC’s average daily net
assets not exceeding $100 million; 0.50% of average daily net assets
in excess of $100 million but not exceeding $200 million; and 0.40%
of average daily net assets in excess of $200 million.

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

For the year ended June 30, 2008, the Master LLC reimbursed the
Advisor $127,318 for certain accounting services, which is included in
accounting services, in the Statement of Operations.

The Master LLC has received an exemptive order from the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) permitting it to lend portfolio securities to
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“MLPF&S”), a wholly
owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch, or its affiliates. As of June 30, 2008,
the Master LLC lent securities with a value of $11,958,818 to MLPF&S
or its affiliates. Pursuant to that order, the Master LLC has retained BIM
as the securities lending agent for a fee based on a share of the returns
on investment of cash collateral. BIM may, on behalf of the Master LLC,
invest cash collateral received by the Master LLC for such loans, among
other things, in a private investment company managed by the Advisor or
in registered money market funds advised by the Advisor or its affiliates.
For the year ended June 30, 2008, BIM received $665,571 in securities
lending agent fees.

In addition, MLPF&S received $1,254,639 in commissions on the exe-
cution of portfolio security transactions for the Master LLC for the year
ended June 30, 2008.

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

3. Investments:

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities,
for the year ended June 30, 2008 were $3,241,351,579 and
$4,274,355,536, respectively.

Transactions in call options written for the year ended June 30, 2008
were as follows:

    Number of    Premiums 
    Contracts    Received 

 
 
Outstanding call options written,         
   beginning of year    25,064    $ 7,253,677 
Options written    69,388    15,057,993 
Options closed    (63,760)    (10,827,330) 
Options exercised    (3,000)    (527,992) 
Options expired    (15,082)    (3,444,744) 
   
 
Outstanding call options written, end         
   of year    12,610    $ 7,511,604 
   
 
 
4. Short-Term Borrowings:         

The Master LLC, along with certain other funds managed by the Advisor
and its affiliates, is party to a $500,000,000 credit agreement with a
group of lenders. The Master LLC may borrow under the credit agreement
to fund shareholder redemptions and for other lawful purposes other than
for leverage. The Master LLC may borrow up to the maximum amount
allowable under the Master LLC’s current Prospectus and Statement
of Additional Information, subject to various other legal, regulatory or
contractual limits. On November 21, 2007, the credit agreement was
renewed for one year under substantially the same terms. The Master
LLC pays a commitment fee of 0.06% per annum based on the Master
LLC’s pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement,
which is included in miscellaneous in the Statement of Operations.
Amounts borrowed under the credit agreement bear interest at a rate
equal to, at each fund’s election, the federal funds rate plus 0.35%
or a base rate as defined in the credit agreement. The Master LLC
did not borrow under the credit agreement during the year ended
June 30, 2008.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Master Basic Value LLC

To the Investors and Board of Directors
of Master Basic Value LLC:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities,
including the schedule of investments, of Master Basic Value LLC, (the
“Master LLC”), as of June 30, 2008, and the related statement of opera-
tions for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets
for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial
highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These
financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of
the Master LLC’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opin-
ion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on
our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assur-
ance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are
free of material misstatement. The Master LLC is not required to have,
nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over
financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control
over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that
are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of express-
ing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Master LLC’s internal control

over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An
audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the
amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by manage-
ment, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June 30,
2008, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; where replies
were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred
to above, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Master Basic Value LLC as of June 30, 2008, the results of its operations
for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two
years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of
the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Princeton, New Jersey
August 22, 2008

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement and Subadvisory Agreement

The Board of Directors (the “Board,” the members of which are referred
to as “Directors”) of BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”), a
"feeder" fund that invests all of its assets in the Master Basic Value
LLC (the “Master LLC”), which has the same investment objectives
and strategies as the Fund, met in April and June 2008 to consider
the approval of the Master LLC’s investment advisory agreement (the
“Advisory Agreement”) with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Adviser”), the
Master LLC’s investment adviser. All investments are made at the Master
LLC level. The Board also considered the approval of the Master LLC’s
subadvisory agreement (the “Subadvisory Agreement”) between the
Adviser and BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (the “Subadviser”).
The Adviser and the Subadviser are referred to herein as “BlackRock.”
For simplicity, the Master LLC and the Fund are referred to herein as
the “Fund.” The Advisory Agreement and the Subadvisory Agreement are
referred to herein as the “Agreements.”

Activities and Composition of the Board

The Board of the Fund consists of fifteen individuals, twelve of whom
are not “interested persons” of the Fund as defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independ-
ent Directors”). The Directors are responsible for the oversight of the
operations of the Fund and perform the various duties imposed on the
directors of investment companies by the 1940 Act. The Independent
Directors have retained independent legal counsel to assist them in con-
nection with their duties. The Chairman of the Board is an Independent
Director. The Board established four standing committees: an Audit
Committee, a Governance and Nominating Committee, a Compliance
Committee and a Performance Oversight Committee, each of which is
composed of, and chaired by Independent Directors.

The Agreements

Upon the consummation of the combination of BlackRock’s investment
management business with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.’s investment man-
agement business, including Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P., and
certain affiliates (the “Transaction”), the Fund entered into the Advisory
Agreement with an initial two-year term and the Adviser entered into the
Subadvisory Agreement with the Subadviser with an initial two-year term.
Consistent with the 1940 Act, prior to the expiration of the Agreements’
respective initial two-year term, the Board is required to consider the
continuation of the Fund’s Agreements on an annual basis. In connec-
tion with this process, the Board assessed, among other things, the
nature, scope and quality of the services provided to the Fund by the
personnel of BlackRock and its affiliates, including investment manage-
ment, administrative services, shareholder services, oversight of fund
accounting and custody, marketing services and assistance in meeting
legal and regulatory requirements. The Board also received and
assessed information regarding the services provided to the Fund by
certain unaffiliated service providers.

Throughout the year, the Board, acting directly and through its commit-
tees, considers at each of its meetings factors that are relevant to its
annual consideration of the renewal of the Fund’s Agreements, including
the services and support provided to the Fund and its shareholders.
Among the matters the Board considered were: (a) investment perform-
ance for one, three and five years, as applicable, against peer funds, as
well as senior management and portfolio managers’ analysis of the rea-
sons for underperformance, if applicable; (b) fees, including advisory,
administration, if applicable, and other fees paid to BlackRock and its
affiliates by the Fund, such as transfer agency fees and fees for market-
ing and distribution; (c) Fund operating expenses; (d) the resources
devoted to and compliance reports relating to the Fund’s investment
objectives, policies and restrictions, (e) the Fund’s compliance with its
Code of Ethics and compliance policies and procedures; (f) the nature,
cost and character of non-investment management services provided by
BlackRock and its affiliates; (g) BlackRock’s and other service providers’
internal controls; (h) BlackRock’s implementation of the proxy voting
guidelines approved by the Board; (i) the use of brokerage commissions
and spread and execution quality; (j) valuation and liquidity procedures;
and (k) periodic overview of BlackRock’s business, including BlackRock’s
response to the increasing scale of its business.

Board Considerations in Approving the Agreements

The Approval Process: At an in-person meeting held on April 10, 2008,
the Board reviewed materials relating to its consideration of the Agree-
ments. At an in-person meeting held on June 5 — 6, 2008, the Fund’s
Board, including the Independent Directors, unanimously approved the
continuation of the Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and the
Fund for a one-year term ending June 30, 2009 and the Subadvisory
Agreement between the Adviser and the Subadviser for a one-year term
ending June 30, 2009. In considering the approval of the Agreements,
the Board received and discussed various materials provided to it in
advance of the April 10, 2008 meeting. As a result of the discussions
that occurred during the April 10, 2008 meeting, the Board requested
and BlackRock provided additional information, as detailed below, in
advance of the June 5 — 6, 2008 Board meeting. The Board considered
all factors it believed relevant with respect to the Fund, including, among
other factors: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided
by BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of the Fund and BlackRock
portfolio management; (c) the advisory fee and the cost of the services
and profits to be realized by BlackRock and certain affiliates from the
relationship with the Fund; (d) economies of scale; and (e) other factors.

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement and Subadvisory Agreement (continued)

Prior to the April 10, 2008 meeting, the Board requested and received
materials specifically relating to the Agreements. The Board is engaged in
an ongoing process with BlackRock to continuously review the nature
and scope of the information provided to better assist its deliberations.
These materials included (a) information independently compiled and
prepared by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”) on Fund fees and expenses, and the
investment performance of the Fund as compared with a peer group of
funds as determined by Lipper (“Peers”); (b) information on the prof-
itability of the Agreements to BlackRock and certain affiliates, including
their other relationships with the Fund, and a discussion of fall-out bene-
fits; (c) a general analysis provided by BlackRock concerning investment
advisory fees charged to other clients, such as institutional and closed-
end funds, under similar investment mandates, as well as the perform-
ance of such other clients; (d) a report on economies of scale; (e) sales
and redemption data regarding the Fund’s shares; and (f) an internal
comparison of management fees classified by Lipper, if applicable. At
the April 10, 2008 meeting, the Board requested and subsequently
received from BlackRock (i) a comprehensive analysis of total expenses
on a fund-by-fund basis; (ii) further analysis of investment performance;
(iii) further data regarding Fund profitability, Fund size and Fund fee
levels; and (iv) additional information on sales and redemptions.

The Board also considered other matters it deemed important to the
approval process, such as payments made to BlackRock or its affiliates
relating to the distribution of Fund shares, services related to the valua-
tion and pricing of Fund portfolio holdings, allocation of Fund brokerage
fees (including the benefits of “soft dollars”), and direct and indirect
benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with the
Fund. The Board did not identify any particular information as controlling,
and each Director may have attributed different weights to the various
items considered.

A. Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services: The Board, including the
Independent Directors, reviewed the nature, extent and quality of services
provided by BlackRock, including the investment advisory services and
the resulting performance of the Fund. Throughout the year, the Board
compared Fund performance — both including and excluding the effects
of the Fund’s fees and expenses — to the performance of a comparable
group of mutual funds as classified by Lipper and the performance of at
least one relevant index or combination of indices. The Board met with
BlackRock’s senior management personnel responsible for investment
operations, including the senior investment officers. The Board also
reviewed the materials provided by the Fund’s portfolio management
team discussing Fund performance and the Fund’s investment objec-
tives, strategies and outlook.

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

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

B. The Investment Performance of the Fund and BlackRock: The Board,
including the Independent Directors, also reviewed and considered the
performance history of the Fund. In preparation for the April 10, 2008
meeting, the Board was provided with reports, independently prepared
by Lipper, which included a comprehensive analysis of the Fund’s per-
formance. The Board also reviewed a narrative and statistical analysis
of the Lipper data that was prepared by BlackRock, which analyzed vari-
ous factors that affect Lipper’s rankings. In connection with its review, the
Board received and reviewed information regarding the investment per-
formance of the Fund as compared to a representative group of similar
funds as determined by Lipper and to all funds in the Fund’s applicable
Lipper category. The Board was provided with a description of the metho-
dology used by Lipper to select the peer funds. The Board regularly
reviews the performance of the Fund throughout the year. The Board
attaches more importance to performance over relatively long periods
of time, typically three to five years.

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement and Subadvisory Agreement (continued)

The Fund ranked in the third, second and second quartiles on a net
basis against its Lipper peer universe for the one, three and five-year
periods ended December 31, 2007. In considering the Advisory
Agreement, the Board noted that the Fund’s investment performance for
the one-year period was disappointing, but that longer-term performance
meets the Board’s expectations. The Board typically gives greater weight
to longer-term results. The Board discussed the processes and resources
devoted to the management of the Fund with BlackRock’s senior man-
agement and will continue to monitor the Fund’s performance. There was
a discussion of the negative impact on performance of investment deci-
sions in respect of specific sectors and securities.

C. Consideration of the Advisory Fees and the Cost of the Services
and Profits to be Realized by BlackRock and its Affiliates from the
Relationship with the Fund: The Board, including the Independent
Directors, reviewed the Fund’s contractual advisory fee rates compared
with the other funds in its Lipper category. It also compared the Fund’s
total expenses to those of other comparable funds. The Board consid-
ered the services provided and the fees charged by BlackRock to other
types of clients with similar investment mandates, including separately
managed institutional accounts.

The Board received and reviewed statements relating to BlackRock’s
financial condition and profitability with respect to the services it
provided the Fund. The Board was also provided with a profitability
analysis that detailed the revenues earned and the expenses incurred
by BlackRock and certain affiliates that provide services to the Fund.
The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability with respect to the Fund
and each fund the Board currently oversees for the year ended
December 31, 2007 compared to aggregated profitability data
provided for the year ended December 31, 2005.

In addition, the Board considered the cost of the services provided to
the Fund by BlackRock, and BlackRock’s and its affiliates’ profits relating
to the management and distribution of the Fund and the other funds
advised by BlackRock and its affiliates. As part of its analysis, the Board
reviewed BlackRock’s methodology in allocating its costs to the manage-
ment of the Fund and concluded that there was a reasonable basis for
the allocation. The Board also considered whether BlackRock has the
financial resources necessary to attract and retain high quality invest-
ment management personnel to perform its obligations under the
Agreements and to continue to provide the high quality of services that
are expected by the Board.

The Board took into account that the Fund has an advisory fee arrange-
ment that includes breakpoints that adjust the fee rate downward as the
size of the Fund increases, thereby allowing shareholders the potential to
participate in economies of scale. The Board concluded that the Fund’s
advisory fee structure was reasonable and that it would continue to
review fees in connection with future renewals of the Agreements, includ-
ing whether the implementation of additional breakpoints would be
appropriate in the future due to an increase in asset size or otherwise.

D. Economies of Scale: The Board, including the Independent Directors,
considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as
the assets of the Fund increase and whether there should be changes in
the advisory fee rate or structure in order to enable the Fund to partici-
pate in these economies of scale. The Board, including the Independent
Directors, considered whether the shareholders would benefit from
economies of scale and whether there was potential for future realization
of economies with respect to the Fund. The Board considered that the
funds in the BlackRock fund complex share common resources and, as
a result, an increase in the overall size of the complex could permit each
fund to incur lower expenses than it would otherwise as stand-alone
entities. The Board also considered the anticipated efficiencies in the
processes of BlackRock’s overall operations as it continues to add per-
sonnel and commit capital to expand the scale of operations. The Board
found, based on its review of comparable funds, that the Fund’s man-
agement fee is appropriate in light of the scale of the Fund.

E. Other Factors: The Board also took into account other ancillary or
“fall-out” benefits that BlackRock may derive from its relationship with
the Fund, both tangible and intangible, such as BlackRock’s ability to
leverage its investment professionals that manage other portfolios, an
increase in BlackRock’s profile in the investment advisory community,
and the engagement of BlackRock’s affiliates as service providers to
the Fund, including for administrative, transfer agency and distribution
services. The Board also noted that BlackRock may use third party
research obtained by soft dollars generated by transactions in the Fund
to assist itself in managing all or a number of its other client accounts.

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

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement and Subadvisory Agreement (concluded)

Conclusion

The Board approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement between
the Adviser and the Fund for a one-year term ending June 30, 2009 and
the Subadvisory Agreement between the Adviser and the Subadviser for
a one-year term ending June 30, 2009. Based upon their evaluation of
all these factors in their totality, the Board, including the Independent
Directors, was satisfied that the terms of the Agreements were fair and
reasonable and in the best interest of the Fund and the Fund’s share-
holders. In arriving at a decision to approve the Agreements, the Board
did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or
controlling, but considered all factors together. The Independent
Directors were also assisted by the advice of independent legal counsel
in making this determination. The contractual fee arrangements for the
Fund reflect the result of several years of review by the Directors and
predecessor Directors, and discussions between the Directors (and pred-
ecessor Directors) and BlackRock. Certain aspects of the arrangements
may be the subject of more attention in some years than in others, and
the Directors’ conclusions may be based in part on their consideration
of these arrangements in prior years.

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Officers and Directors                 
 
                Number of     
    Position(s)            BlackRock-     
    Held with    Length of        Advised Funds     
Name, Address    Fund/    Time Served        and Portfolios    Public 
and Year of Birth    Master LLC    as a Director2    Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years    Overseen    Directorships 

 
 
 
 
 
 
     Non-Interested Directors1                 

 
 
 
 
Robert M. Hernandez    Chairman of the    Since    Formerly Director, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of USX    37 Funds    ACE Limited 
40 East 52nd Street    Board, Director    2007    Corporation (energy and steel business) from 1991 to 2001.    104 Portfolios    (insurance company); 
New York, NY 10022    and Member                Eastman Chemical 
1944    of the Audit                Company (chemical); 
    Committee                RTI International 
                    Metals, Inc. (metals); 
                    TYCO Electronics 
                    (electronics) 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Fred G. Weiss    Vice Chairman    Since    Managing Director, FGW Associates (consulting and investment    37 Funds    Watson 
40 East 52nd Street    of the Board,    1998    company) since 1997; Director, Michael J. Fox Foundation for    104 Portfolios    Pharmaceutical Inc. 
New York, NY 10022    Chairman of the        Parkinson’s Research since 2000; Formerly Director of BTG         
1941    Audit Committee        International Plc (a global technology commercialization company)         
    and Director        from 2001 to 2007.         

 
 
 
 
 
 
James H. Bodurtha    Director    Since    Director, The China Business Group, Inc. (consulting firm) since 1996    37 Funds    None 
40 East 52nd Street        2007    and formerly Executive Vice President thereof from 1996 to 2003;    104 Portfolios     
New York, NY 10022            Chairman of the Board, Berkshire Holding Corporation since 1980.         
1944                     

 
 
 
 
 
Bruce R. Bond    Director    Since    Formerly Trustee and Member of the Governance Committee, State    37 Funds    None 
40 East 52nd Street        2007    Street Research Mutual Funds from 1997 to 2005; Formerly Board    104 Portfolios     
New York, NY 10022            Member of Governance, Audit and Finance Committee, Avaya Inc.         
1946            (computer equipment) from 2003 to 2007.         

 
 
 
 
 
Donald W. Burton    Director    Since    Managing General Partner, The Burton Partnership, LP (an investment    37 Funds    Knology, Inc. (tele- 
40 East 52nd Street        2002    partnership) since 1979; Managing General Partner, The South Atlantic    104 Portfolios    communications); 
New York, NY 10022            Venture Funds since 1983; Member of the Investment Advisory Council        Capital Southwest 
1944            of the Florida State Board of Administration from 2001 to 2007.        (financial) 

 
 
 
 
 
Honorable    Director    Since    Partner and Head of International Practice, Covington and Burling    37 Funds    UPS Corporation 
Stuart E. Eizenstat        2007    (law firm) since 2001; International Advisory Board Member, The Coca    104 Portfolios    (delivery service) 
40 East 52nd Street            Cola Company since 2002; Advisory Board Member BT Americas         
New York, NY 10022            (telecommunications) since 2004; Member of the Board of Directors,         
1943            Chicago Climate Exchange (environmental) since 2006; Member of the         
            International Advisory Board GML (energy) since 2003.         

 
 
 
 
 
 
Kenneth A. Froot    Director    Since    Professor, Harvard University since 1992.    37 Funds    None 
40 East 52nd Street        2007        104 Portfolios     
New York, NY 10022                     
1957                     

 
 
 
 
 
John F. O’Brien    Director    Since    Trustee, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute since 2003; Formerly    37 Funds    Cabot Corporation 
40 East 52nd Street        2005    Director, Allmerica Financial Corporation from 1995 to 2003; Formerly    104 Portfolios    (chemicals); LKQ 
New York, NY 10022            Director, ABIOMED from 1989 to 2006; Formerly Director, Ameresco,        Corporation (auto 
1943            Inc. (energy solutions company) from 2006 to 2007.        parts manufacturing); 
                    TJX Companies, Inc. 
                    (retailer) 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Roberta Cooper Ramo    Director    Since    Shareholder, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, .A. (law firm)    37 Funds    None 
40 East 52nd Street        2007    since 1993; Chairman of the Board, Cooper’s Inc., (retail) since 2000;    104 Portfolios     
New York, NY 10022            Director of ECMC Group (service provider to students, schools and         
1942            lenders) since 2001; President Elect, The American Law Institute,         
            (non-profit), 2007; Formerly President, American Bar Association from         
            1995 to 1996.         

 
 
     
 

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Officers and Directors (continued)         
 
                Number of     
    Position(s)            BlackRock-     
    Held with    Length of        Advised Funds     
Name, Address    Fund/    Time Served        and Portfolios    Public 
and Year of Birth    Master LLC    as a Director2    Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years    Overseen    Directorships 

 
 
 
 
 
 
     Non-Interested Directors1 (concluded)                 

 
 
 
 
 
Jean Margo Reid    Director    Since    Self-employed consultant since 2001; Director and Secretary, SCB,    37 Funds    None 
40 East 52nd Street        2007    Inc. (holding company) since 1998; Director and Secretary, SCB    104 Portfolios     
New York, NY 10022            Partners, Inc. (holding company) since 2000; Director, Covenant         
1945            House (non-profit) from 2001 to 2004.         

 
 
 
 
 
David H. Walsh    Director    Since    Director, National Museum of Wildlife Art since 2007; Director,    37 Funds    None 
40 East 52nd Street        2003    Ruckleshaus Institute and Haub School of Natural Resources at the    104 Portfolios     
New York, NY 10022            University of Wyoming since 2006; Director, The American Museum         
1941            of Fly Fishing since 1997; Formerly Consultant with Putnam Investments         
            from 1993 to 2003; Formerly Director, The National Audubon Society         
            from 1998 to 2005.         

 
 
 
 
 
 
Richard R. West    Director    Since    Dean Emeritus, New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of    37 Funds    Bowne & Co., Inc. 
40 East 52nd Street    and Member    2007    Business Administration since 1995.    104 Portfolios    (financial printers); 
New York, NY 10022    of the Audit                Vornado Realty Trust 
1938    Committee                (real estate 
                    company); 
                    Alexander’s Inc. 
                    (real estate 
                    company) 
   
 
 
 
   

1 Directors serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72.

2 Following the combination of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L. . (“MLIM”) and BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) in September 2006, the various legacy MLIM and legacy BlackRock Fund boards were realigned and consolidated into three new Fund boards in 2007. As a result, although the chart shows certain directors as joining the Fund’s board in 2007, each director first became a member of the board of directors of other legacy MLIM or legacy BlackRock Funds as follows: James H. Bodurtha since 1995; Bruce R. Bond since 2005; Donald W. Burton since 2002; Stuart E.

Eizenstat since 2001; Kenneth A. Froot since 2005; Robert M. Hernandez since 1996; John F. O’Brien since 2004; Roberta Cooper Ramo since 2000; Jean Margo Reid since 2004; David H. Walsh since 2003; Fred G. Weiss since 1998; and Richard R. West since 1978.

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Officers and Directors (continued)         
 
                Number of     
    Position(s)            BlackRock-     
    Held with    Length of        Advised Funds     
Name, Address    Fund/    Time Served        and Portfolios    Public 
and Year of Birth    Master LLC    as a Director    Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years    Overseen    Directorships 

 
 
 
 
 
 
     Interested Directors1                     

 
 
 
 
 
 
Richard S. Davis    Director    Since    Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. since 2005; Formerly Chief    185 Funds    None 
40 East 52nd Street        2007    Executive Officer, State Street Research & Management Company    295 Portfolios     
New York, NY 10022            from 2000 to 2005; Formerly Chairman of the Board of Trustees,         
1945            State Street Research Mutual Funds from 2000 to 2005; Formerly         
Chairman, SSR Realty from 2000 to 2004.

 
Laurence D. Fink    Director    Since    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock, Inc. since its    37 Funds    None 
40 East 52nd Street        2007    formation in 1998 and of BlackRock, Inc.’s predecessor entities since    104 Portfolios     
New York, NY 10022            1988 and Chairman of the Executive and Management Committees;         
1952            Formerly Managing Director, 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 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, The Boys’ Club of New York.         

 
 
 
 
 
 
Henry Gabbay    Director    Since    Consultant, BlackRock, Inc. since 2007; Formerly Managing Director,    184 Funds    None 
40 East 52nd Street        2007    BlackRock, Inc. from 1989 to 2007; Formerly Chief Administrative    294 Portfolios     
New York, NY 10022            Officer, BlackRock Advisors, LLC from 1998 to 2007; Formerly President         
1947            of BlackRock Funds and BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares from         
            2005 to 2007 and Treasurer of certain closed-end funds in the         
BlackRock fund complex from 1989 to 2006.

1 Messrs. Davis, Fink and Gabbay are all “interested persons,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, of the Fund/Master LLC based on their positions with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. Directors serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72.

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Officers and Directors (concluded)             
 
 
    Position(s)                     
    Held with                     
Name, Address    Fund/    Length of                 
and Year of Birth    Master LLC    Time Served    Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years         

 
 
 
 
 
Fund Officers1                         

 
 
 
 
 
 
Donald C. Burke    Fund    Since    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Formerly Managing Director of Merrill Lynch Investment 
40 East 52nd Street    President    2007    Managers, LP (“MLIM”) and Fund Asset Management, L P(“FAM”) in 2006; First Vice President thereof from 
New York, NY 10022    and Chief        1997 to 2005; Treasurer thereof from 1999 to 2006 and Vice President thereof from 1990 to 1997. 
1960    Executive                     
    Officer                     

 
 
 
 
 
 
Anne F. Ackerley    Vice    Since    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2000; Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock’s U.S. Retail Group since 
40 East 52nd Street    President    2007    2006; Head of BlackRock’s Mutual Fund Group from 2000 to 2006; Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. from 1984 to 1986 
New York, NY 10022            and from 1988 to 2000, most recently as First Vice President and Operating Officer of the Mergers and 
1962            Acquisitions Group.         

 
 
 
 
 
Neal J. Andrews    Chief    Since    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Formerly Senior Vice President and Line of Business Head of 
40 East 52nd Street    Financial    2007    Fund Accounting and Administration at PFPC Inc. from 1992 to 2006.     
New York, NY 10022    Officer                     
1966                         

 
 
 
 
 
 
Jay M. Fife    Treasurer    Since    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007 and Director in 2006; Formerly Assistant Treasurer of the 
40 East 52nd Street        2007    MLIM/FAM advised funds from 2005 to 2006; Director of MLIM Fund Services Group from 2001 to 2006. 
New York, NY 10022                         
1970                         

 
 
 
 
 
 
Brian P. Kindelan    Chief    Since    Chief Compliance Officer of the BlackRock-advised Funds since 2007; Anti-Money Laundering Officer of the 
40 East 52nd Street    Compliance    2007    BlackRock-advised Funds since 2007; Managing Director and Senior Counsel of BlackRock, Inc. since 2005; 
New York, NY 10022    Officer        Director and Senior Counsel of BlackRock Advisors, Inc. from 2001 to 2004 and Vice President and Senior 
1959            Counsel thereof from 1998 to 2000; Formerly Senior Counsel of The PNC Bank Corp. from 1995 to 1998. 

 
 
 
Howard Surloff    Secretary    Since    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. and General Counsel of U.S. Funds at BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Formerly 
40 East 52nd Street        2007    General Counsel (U.S.) of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L from 1993 to 2006.     
New York, NY 10022                         
1965                         
   
 
 
 
 
 
    1 Officers of the Fund/Master LLC serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.         

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

 
 
 
 
 
Custodian                     Transfer Agent        Accounting Agent    Independent Registered Public    Legal Counsel 
The Bank of New York Mellon PNC Global Investment    State Street Bank and    Accounting Firm    Willkie Farr & 
New York, NY 10286                     Servicing (U.S.) Inc.        Trust Company    Deloitte & Touche LLP    Gallagher LLP 
                     Wilmington, DE 19809    Princeton, NJ 08540    Princeton, NJ 08540    New York, NY 10019 

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  Additional Information

BlackRock Privacy Principles

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

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

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

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

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

Availability of Additional Information

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

To enroll:

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

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

Shareholders Who Hold Accounts Directly with BlackRock:

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

2) Click on the applicable link and follow the steps to sign up

3) Log into your account

Householding

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

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund/Master
LLC uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securi-
ties is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free
(800) 441-7762; (2) at www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the Securities
and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) website at http://www.sec.gov.

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Availability of Additional Information (concluded)

Availability of Proxy Voting Record

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

Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

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

Shareholder Privileges

Account Information

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

Automatic Investment Plans

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

Systematic Withdrawal Plans

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

Retirement Plans

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

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A World-Class Mutual Fund Family

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

     Equity Funds         

 
 
 
BlackRock All-Cap Global Resources Portfolio    BlackRock Global Opportunities Portfolio    BlackRock Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio 
BlackRock Asset Allocation Portfolio†    BlackRock Global Resources Portfolio    BlackRock Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio 
BlackRock Aurora Portfolio    BlackRock Global Science & Technology    BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund 
BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund†       Opportunities Portfolio    BlackRock Natural Resources Trust 
BlackRock Basic Value Fund    BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund    BlackRock Pacific Fund 
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Portfolio    BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio*    BlackRock Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio 
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund    BlackRock Healthcare Fund    BlackRock Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio 
BlackRock EuroFund    BlackRock Index Equity Portfolio*    BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II 
BlackRock Focus Growth Fund    BlackRock International Fund    BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund 
BlackRock Focus Value Fund    BlackRock International Index Fund    BlackRock Small Cap Value Equity Portfolio* 
BlackRock Fundamental Growth Fund    BlackRock International Opportunities Portfolio    BlackRock Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio 
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund†    BlackRock International Value Fund    BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund 
BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund    BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund    BlackRock Technology Fund 
BlackRock Global Emerging Markets Fund    BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund    BlackRock U.S. Opportunities Portfolio 
BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund    BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund    BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund 
BlackRock Global Growth Fund    BlackRock Latin America Fund    BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund 

 
 
 
     Fixed Income Funds         

 
 
 
BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund    BlackRock Income Builder Portfolio    BlackRock Managed Income Portfolio 
BlackRock Emerging Market Debt Portfolio    BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio    BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund 
BlackRock Enhanced Income Portfolio    BlackRock Intermediate Bond Portfolio II    BlackRock Strategic Income Portfolio 
BlackRock GNMA Portfolio    BlackRock Intermediate Government    BlackRock Total Return Fund 
BlackRock Government Income Portfolio       Bond Portfolio    BlackRock Total Return Portfolio II 
BlackRock High Income Fund    BlackRock International Bond Portfolio    BlackRock World Income Fund 
BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio    BlackRock Long Duration Bond Portfolio     
BlackRock Income Portfolio    BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio     

 
 
 
     Municipal Bond Funds         

 
 
BlackRock AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio    BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund    BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund 
BlackRock California Insured Municipal Bond Fund    BlackRock Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio    BlackRock Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio 
BlackRock Delaware Municipal Bond Portfolio    BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund    BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund 
BlackRock Florida Municipal Bond Fund    BlackRock National Municipal Fund    BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund 
BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund    BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund     

 
 
 
     Target Risk & Target Date Funds         

 
 
 
BlackRock Prepared Portfolios    BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared Portfolios     
   Conservative Prepared Portfolio       Prepared Portfolio 2010       Prepared Portfolio 2030 
   Moderate Prepared Portfolio       Prepared Portfolio 2015       Prepared Portfolio 2035 
   Growth Prepared Portfolio       Prepared Portfolio 2020       Prepared Portfolio 2040 
   Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio       Prepared Portfolio 2025       Prepared Portfolio 2045 
           Prepared Portfolio 2050 
 * See the prospectus for information on specific limitations on investments in the fund.     
 † Mixed asset fund.         

BlackRock mutual funds are distributed by BlackRock Distributors, Inc. and certain funds are also distributed by FAM Distributors, Inc. You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the funds under consideration carefully before investing. Each fund’s prospectus contains this and other information and is available at www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 882-0052 or from your financial advisor. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.

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This report is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicita-
tion of an offer to buy shares of the Fund unless accompanied or
preceded by the Fund’s current prospectus. Past performance
results shown in this report should not be considered a representa-
tion of future performance. Investment return and principal value
of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be
worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other
information herein are as dated and are subject to change. Please
see the Fund’s prospectus for a description of risks associated
with global investments.

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809

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Exhibit 99.1350CERT

Certification Pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and
Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, the undersigned officer of BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. and Master
Basic Value LLC (the “registrants”), hereby certifies, to the best of his knowledge, that the registrants'
Report on Form N-CSR for the period ended June 30, 2008, (the “Report”) fully complies with the
requirements of Section 15d of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that the information
contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of
operations of the registrants.

Date: August 22, 2008

/s/ Donald C. Burke
Donald C. Burke
Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. and Master Basic Value LLC

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, the undersigned officer of BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. and Master
Basic Value LLC (the “registrants”), hereby certifies, to the best of his knowledge, that the registrants'
Report on Form N-CSR for the period ended June 30, 2008, (the “Report”) fully complies with the
requirements of Section 15d of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that the information
contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of
operations of the registrants.

Date: August 22, 2008

/s/ Neal J. Andrews
Neal J. Andrews
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. and Master Basic Value LLC

This certification is being furnished pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Form N-CSR with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.