EX-99.77O RULE 10F-3 8 brfdSemi77o7.txt Rule 10f-3 Transaction Form Acquisition of Securities During Affiliated Underwritings Participating Funds U.S. Registered Funds (Name of Fund, Aladdin Ticker): iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (ISHHYLD) iShares U.S. Fixed Income Balanced Risk ETF (ISHINC) BlackRock Alternative Strategies Fund - Trading Account (ACS-TRD) BlackRock Core Bond Trust - High Yield (BHK-HYLD) BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust - High Yield (BIT-HYLD) BlackRock Limited Duration Income Trust - High Yield (BLW-HYLD) BlackRock Funds, BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund (BR-GC) BlackRock Funds II, High Yield Bond Portfolio (BR-HIYLD) BlackRock Multi-Asset Income - High Yield Portfolio (BR-INC-HY) BlackRock Secured Credit Portfolio (BR-MSB) BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (Preferred Sleeve) (BTZ-PREF) BlackRock High Yield Portfolio of BlackRock Series Fund, Inc (BVA-HI) BlackRock High Yield V.I. Fund (BVA-HY) BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU) BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (HYT) MIST BlackRock High Yield Portfolio (MIST-HY) AST BlackRock Global Strategies Portfolio (US High Yield) (PRU-AA-HY) JNL/BlackRock Global Long Short Credit Fund (SMF_CC-GC) The Offering Key Characteristics (Complete ALL Fields) Date of Offering Commencement: 10-29-2015 Security Type: BND/CORP Issuer First Data Corporation (2023) Selling Underwriter Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Affiliated Underwriter(s) [x] PNC Capital Markets LLC [ ] Other: List of Underwriter(s) Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Mizuho Securities USA Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, KKR Capital Markets LLC, BBVA Securities Inc., FTN Financial Securities Corp., KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. Transaction Details Date of Purchase 10-29-2015 Purchase Price/Share (per share / % of par) $100 Total Commission, Spread or Profit 1.00% 1. Aggregate Principal Amount Purchased (a+b) $450,000,000 a.US Registered Funds (Appendix attached with individual Fund/Client purchase) $306,502,000 b.Other BlackRock Clients $143,498,000 2. Aggregate Principal Amount of Offering $3,400,000,000 Fund Ratio [Divide Sum of #1 by #2] Must be less than 0.25 0.1323 Legal Requirements Offering Type (check ONE) The securities fall into one of the following transaction types (see Definitions): [ ] U.S. Registered Public Offering[Issuer must have 3 years of continuous operations] [x] Eligible Rule 144A Offering[Issuer must have 3 years of continuous operations] [ ] Eligible Municipal Securities [ ] Eligible Foreign Offering[Issuer must have 3 years of continuous operations] [ ] Government Securities Offering[Issuer must have 3 years of continuous operations] Timing and Price (check ONE or BOTH) [x] The securities were purchased before the end of the first day on which any sales were made, at a price that was not more than the price paid by each other purchaser of securities in that offering or in any concurrent offering of the securities; and [ ] If the securities are offered for subscription upon exercise of rights, the securities were purchased on or before the fourth day before the day on which the rights offering terminated. Firm Commitment Offering (check ONE) [x] YES [ ] NO The securities were offered pursuant to an underwriting or similar agreement under which the underwriters were committed to purchase all of the securities being offered, except those purchased by others pursuant to a rights offering, if the underwriters purchased any of the securities. No Benefit to Affiliated Underwriter (check ONE) [x] YES [ ] NO No affiliated underwriter was a direct or indirect participant in, or benefited directly or indirectly from, the transaction. Completed by: Dipankar Banerjee Date: 11-04-2015 Global Syndicate Team Member Approved by: Steven DeLaura Date: 11-04-2015 Global Syndicate Team Member