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              <counterpartyName>The Montreal Exchange / Bourse De Montreal</counterpartyName>
              <counterpartyLei>N/A</counterpartyLei>
            </counterparties>
            <payOffProf>Long</payOffProf>
            <descRefInstrmnt>
              <indexBasketInfo>
                <indexName>Montreal Exchange S&amp;P/TSX 60 Index Futures</indexName>
                <indexIdentifier>PTU4 Index</indexIdentifier>
              </indexBasketInfo>
            </descRefInstrmnt>
            <expDate>2024-09-19</expDate>
            <notionalAmt>4422434.12000000</notionalAmt>
            <curCd>CAD</curCd>
            <unrealizedAppr>24316.27000000</unrealizedAppr>
          </futrDeriv>
        </derivativeInfo>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
    </invstOrSecs>
    <explntrNotes>

      <explntrNote note="Monthly returns presented in Item B.5(a) have been calculated without deducting any applicable sales loads or redemption fees." noteItem="B.5.a"/>




      <explntrNote note="IBORs are undergoing a change as regulators and industry groups have recommended that firms consider adoption of alternative, overnight risk-free rates (RFRs). Floating rate swap terms reflected as Libors may be using the RFR to calculate the actual rate." noteItem="C.11.f.i.2"/>
    </explntrNotes>
    <signature>
      <ncom:dateSigned>2024-07-30</ncom:dateSigned>
      <ncom:nameOfApplicant>BlackRock Funds III</ncom:nameOfApplicant>
      <ncom:signature>Chuck Pulsfort</ncom:signature>
      <ncom:signerName>Chuck Pulsfort</ncom:signerName>
      <ncom:title>Assistant Treasurer</ncom:title>
    </signature>
  </formData>
</edgarSubmission>
