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BLACKROCK FUNDSSM

BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

(the “Fund”)

Supplement dated May 3, 2017 to the Fund’s Prospectus dated January 27, 2017

Effective immediately, the following changes are made to the Fund’s Prospectus:

The table in the section entitled “Fund Overview — Portfolio Managers” is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

Name

   Portfolio Manager of
the Fund Since
  
Title

Philip Green

   2006    Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc.

Thomas Becker

   2016    Director of BlackRock, Inc.

Michael Pensky

   2016    Vice President of BlackRock, Inc.

Richard Murrall

   2017    Vice President of BlackRock, Inc.

The section entitled “Details About the Fund — How the Fund Invests — About the Portfolio Management Team of the Fund” is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

ABOUT THE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT TEAM OF THE FUND

 
The Fund is managed by a team of financial professionals. Philip Green, Thomas Becker, Michael Pensky and Richard Murrall are the portfolio managers of the Fund and are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund. Please see “Management of the Fund — Portfolio Manager Information” for additional information about the portfolio management team.

The table in the section entitled “Management of the Fund — Portfolio Manager Information” is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

Portfolio Manager    Primary Role    Since      Title and Recent Biography

Philip Green

   Jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio, including setting the Fund’s overall investment strategy and overseeing the management of the Fund.      2006      Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006.

Thomas Becker

   Jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio, including setting the Fund’s overall investment strategy and overseeing the management of the Fund.      2016      Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2015; Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. from 2012 to 2015; Associate of BlackRock, Inc. from 2010 to 2011.


Portfolio Manager    Primary Role    Since    Title and Recent Biography

Michael Pensky

   Jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio, including setting the Fund’s overall investment strategy and overseeing the management of the Fund.    2016    Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. since 2016; Associate of BlackRock, Inc. from 2012 to 2015.

Richard Murrall

   Jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio, including setting the Fund’s overall investment strategy and overseeing the management of the Fund.    2017   

Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. since 2016; Associate of BlackRock, Inc. from 2013 to 2015; Analyst of BlackRock, Inc. from 2010 to 2012.

Shareholders should retain this Supplement for future reference.

PRO-TO-0517SUP

 

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