N-Q 1 d540799dnq.htm BLACKROCK FUNDS - MASTER BASIC VALUE BlackRock Funds - Master Basic Value

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-02739 and 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: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. and Master Basic Value LLC, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

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

Date of fiscal year end: 06/30/2013

Date of reporting period: 03/31/2013


Item 1 – Schedule of Investments


 

 

Schedule of Investments March 31, 2013 (Unaudited)

 

 

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Mutual Fund   Value  

 

 

Master Basic Value LLC

  $   3,899,865,189   

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost – $ 2,789,694,597) – 100.0%

    3,899,865,189   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets – (0.0)%

    (1,908,136
 

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

  $ 3,897,957,053   
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

  Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc (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. As of March 31, 2013, the value of the investment and the percentage owned by the Fund of the Master LLC was $3,899,865,189 and 99%, respectively.

The Fund records its investment in the Master LLC at fair value. The Fund’s investment in the Master LLC is valued pursuant to the pricing policies approved by the Board of Directors of the Master LLC.

 

 

Fair Value Measurements – Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 - unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

 

   

Level 2 - other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)

 

   

Level 3 - unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Master LLC’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Master LLC’s most recent financial statements as contained in its semi-annual report.

As of March 31, 2013, the Fund’s investment in the Master LLC was classified as Level 2.

There were no transfers between levels during the period ended March 31, 2013.

 

                 
  BLACKROCK BASIC VALUE FUND, INC       MARCH 31, 2013    1


 

 

 

Schedule of Investments March 31, 2013 (Unaudited)

 

 

Master Basic Value LLC

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

 

 

Aerospace & Defense – 3.1%

  

Honeywell International, Inc.

     744,555      $ 56,102,219   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     614,523        43,108,788   

Raytheon Co.

     393,604        23,139,979   
    

 

 

 
       122,350,986   

 

 

Airlines – 0.2%

  

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (a)

     470,385        7,766,056   

 

 

Auto Components – 1.3%

  

Lear Corp.

     763,125        41,872,669   

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a)

     156,274        8,595,070   
    

 

 

 
       50,467,739   

 

 

Automobiles – 1.5%

  

Ford Motor Co.

     3,610,873        47,482,980   

General Motors Co. (a)

     393,979        10,960,496   
    

 

 

 
       58,443,476   

 

 

Capital Markets – 0.5%

  

State Street Corp.

     310,982        18,375,926   

 

 

Chemicals – 0.1%

    

Ashland, Inc.

     79,600        5,914,280   

 

 

Commercial Banks – 5.1%

  

KeyCorp

     406,500        4,048,740   

Regions Financial Corp.

     3,862,214        31,631,533   

U.S. Bancorp

     1,565,775        53,126,746   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     3,046,024        112,672,428   
    

 

 

 
       201,479,447   

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies – 1.3%

  

The ADT Corp.

     340,339        16,656,191   

Tyco International Ltd.

     1,055,047        33,761,504   
    

 

 

 
       50,417,695   

 

 

Communications Equipment – 2.3%

  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     4,334,160        90,627,286   

 

 

Construction & Engineering – 0.4%

  

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a)(b)

     283,458        15,941,678   

 

 

Consumer Finance – 3.2%

  

Capital One Financial Corp.

     1,077,588        59,213,461   

Discover Financial Services

     1,487,055        66,679,546   
    

 

 

 
       125,893,007   

 

 

Diversified Financial Services – 8.7%

  

Citigroup, Inc.

     3,431,041        151,789,254   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     3,267,424        155,071,943   

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

     1,105,507        35,707,876   
    

 

 

 
       342,569,073   

 

 

Electric Utilities – 0.5%

  

NV Energy, Inc.

     498,413        9,983,212   

PPL Corp.

     331,240        10,371,124   
    

 

 

 
       20,354,336   

 

 
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 1.2%

  

Corning, Inc.

     3,488,750      $ 46,505,038   

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services – 2.2%

  

Ensco Plc, Class A

     305,715        18,342,900   

Halliburton Co.

     933,405        37,718,896   

Noble Corp.

     525,740        20,056,981   

Transocean Ltd. (a)

     240,170        12,479,233   
    

 

 

 
       88,598,010   

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing – 2.2%

  

CVS Caremark Corp.

     114,500        6,296,355   

The Kroger Co.

     2,075,475        68,781,242   

Walgreen Co.

     213,675        10,188,024   
    

 

 

 
       85,265,621   

 

 

Food Products – 1.2%

  

Unilever NV - NY Shares

     1,171,495        48,031,295   

 

 

Gas Utilities – 0.4%

  

UGI Corp.

     410,856        15,772,762   

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 6.0%

  

Medtronic, Inc.

     2,266,006        106,411,642   

St. Jude Medical, Inc.

     1,441,761        58,304,815   

Stryker Corp.

     328,867        21,455,283   

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

     640,756        48,197,666   
    

 

 

 
       234,369,406   

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services – 0.1%

  

Aetna, Inc.

     76,137        3,892,123   

 

 

Household Durables – 0.6%

  

Garmin Ltd.

     153,196        5,061,596   

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

     703,902        18,371,842   
    

 

 

 
       23,433,438   

 

 

Household Products – 2.8%

  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

     495,439        49,410,131   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     500,927        49,080,827   

The Procter & Gamble Co.

     177,739        13,696,567   
    

 

 

 
       112,187,525   

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates – 3.2%

  

General Electric Co.

     5,366,746        124,079,168   

 

 

Insurance – 12.5%

  

ACE Ltd.

     837,173        74,483,282   

Aflac, Inc.

     866,703        45,085,890   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

     3,375,123        87,078,173   

Lincoln National Corp.

     1,583,951        51,652,642   

MetLife, Inc.

     1,470,516        55,909,018   

PartnerRe Ltd. (b)

     224,880        20,938,577   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     1,041,853        61,458,908   

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

     694,125        58,438,384   

Willis Group Holdings Plc

     301,379        11,901,457   
 

 

 

  Portfolio Abbreviation

 

ADR  American Depositary Receipts

 

                 
2   MASER BASIC VALUE LLC       MARCH 31, 2013   

 


 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

 

Master Basic Value LLC

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

 

 

Insurance (concluded)

  

XL Group Plc

     833,913      $ 25,267,564   
    

 

 

 
       492,213,895   

 

 

IT Services – 1.1%

  

The Western Union Co.

     2,925,519        43,999,806   

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products – 0.2%

  

Hasbro, Inc.

     152,009        6,679,275   

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services – 0.8%

  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     762,086        31,984,749   

 

 

Machinery – 0.3%

  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     145,349        11,768,909   

 

 

Media – 7.8%

  

CBS Corp., Class B

     95,970        4,480,839   

Comcast Corp., Special Class A

     1,682,887        66,675,983   

The Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

     1,295,569        16,881,264   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     165,995        9,777,106   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

     485,400        46,627,524   

Time Warner, Inc.

     884,094        50,941,496   

Viacom, Inc., Class B

     1,797,551        110,675,215   
    

 

 

 
       306,059,427   

 

 

Multiline Retail – 0.9%

  

Kohl’s Corp.

     416,968        19,234,734   

Target Corp.

     238,671        16,337,030   
    

 

 

 
       35,571,764   

 

 

Multi-Utilities – 0.7%

  

Dominion Resources, Inc.

     237,092        13,794,013   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     367,801        12,630,286   
    

 

 

 
       26,424,299   

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 13.2%

  

Apache Corp.

     104,396        8,055,195   

Devon Energy Corp.

     137,554        7,760,797   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     1,324,644        119,363,671   

Hess Corp.

     920,720        65,932,759   

Marathon Oil Corp.

     3,598,383        121,337,475   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     300,066        26,885,914   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     349,352        27,378,716   

Peabody Energy Corp.

     374,285        7,916,128   

Royal Dutch Shell Plc - ADR

     570,604        37,180,557   

Total SA - ADR

     808,840        38,808,143   

Valero Energy Corp.

     1,330,050        60,503,975   
    

 

 

 
       521,123,330   

 

 
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

 

 

Pharmaceuticals – 10.9%

  

AstraZeneca Plc - ADR

     174,400      $ 8,716,512   

Hospira, Inc. (a)(b)

     198,191        6,506,611   

Johnson & Johnson

     1,544,200        125,898,626   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     2,712,132        119,957,598   

Pfizer, Inc.

     5,517,125        159,224,227   

Warner Chilcott Plc, Class A

     550,009        7,452,622   
    

 

 

 
       427,756,196   

 

 

Professional Services – 0.2%

  

Towers Watson & Co., Class A

     125,223        8,680,458   

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 0.2%

  

Broadcom Corp., Class A

     183,426        6,359,379   

LSI Corp. (a)

     277,629        1,882,325   
    

 

 

 
       8,241,704   

 

 

Software – 2.7%

  

Microsoft Corp.

     2,280,601        65,247,995   

Oracle Corp.

     1,065,287        34,451,382   

Symantec Corp. (a)

     241,100        5,950,348   
    

 

 

 
       105,649,725   

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments

(Cost – $2,802,982,376) – 99.6%

  

  

    3,918,888,908   

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

    

 

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.09% (c)(d)

     55,315,734        55,315,734   

 

 
    

Beneficial
Interest

(000)

       

 

 

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series, 0.23% (c)(d)(e)

   $ 35,583        35,582,555   

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost – $90,898,289) – 2.3%

   

    90,898,289   

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost – $2,893,880,665*) – 101.9%

   

    4,009,787,197   

Liabilities in Excess of
Other Assets – (1.9)%

   

    (75,784,166
    

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

  

  $ 3,934,003,031   
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

  Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

 

* As of March 31, 2013, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Tax cost

  $ 2,977,051,384   
 

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 1,049,385,686   

Gross unrealized depreciation

    (16,649,873
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

  $ 1,032,735,813   
 

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Security, or a portion of security, is on loan.

 

                 
  MASER BASIC VALUE LLC       MARCH 31, 2013    3

 


 

 

 

Schedule of Investments (concluded)

 

 

Master Basic Value LLC

 

(c) Investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Master LLC during the period ended March 31, 2013, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliate    Shares/
Beneficial
Interest
Held at
June 30,
2012
    

Net

Activity

    Shares/
Beneficial
Interest
Held at
March 31,
2013
     Income      Realized
Gain
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

     1,060,695         54,255,039        55,315,734       $ 53,200       $ 1,182   

BlackRock Liquidity Series LLC, Money Market Series

   $ 36,138,350       $ (555,795   $ 35,582,555       $ 41,782           

 

(d) Represents the current yield as of report date.
(e) Security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. The Master LLC may withdraw up to 25% of its investment daily, although the manager of the BlackRock Liquidity Series LLC, Money Market Series, in its sole discretion, may permit an investor to withdraw more than 25% on any one day.
 

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 rating group indexes, and/or as defined by Master LLC management. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

 

Fair Value Measurements – Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 - unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities that the Master LLC has the ability to access

   

Level 2 - other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)

   

Level 3 - unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Master LLC’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments)

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Master LLC’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. The categorization of a value determined for investments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Master LLC’s policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Master LLC’s most recent financial statements as contained in its semi-annual report.

The following table summarizes the Master LLC’s investments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy as of March 31, 2013:

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3    Total  

Assets:

          

Investments:

          

Long Term Investments1

   $ 3,918,888,908                 $ 3,918,888,908   

Short-Term Securities

     55,315,734       $ 35,582,555           90,898,289   

Total

   $ 3,974,204,642       $ 35,582,555         $ 4,009,787,197   

1 See above Schedule of Investments for values in each industry.

  

Certain of the Master LLC’s liabilities are held at carrying amount, which approximates fair value for financial reporting purposes. As of March 31, 2013, such liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:

 

   

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3    Total  

Liabilities:

          

Bank overdraft

           $ (36,336,251        $(36,336,251)   

Collateral on securities loaned at value

             (35,582,555        (35,582,555)   

Total

           $ (71,918,806        $(71,918,806)   

There were no transfers between levels during the period ended March 31, 2013.

 

                 
4   MASER BASIC VALUE LLC       MARCH 31, 2013   

 


Item 2 – Controls and Procedures
2(a) –   The registrants’ principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrants’ disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
2(b) –   There were no changes in the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrants’ last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting.
Item 3 – Exhibits

Certifications – Attached hereto


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. and Master Basic Value LLC
By:  

  /s/ John M. Perlowski

 
  John M. Perlowski  
  Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
  BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. and Master Basic Value LLC
Date: May 24, 2013

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of each registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:    

  /s/ John M. Perlowski

 
  John M. Perlowski
  Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
  BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. and Master Basic Value LLC
Date: May 24, 2013
By:  

  /s/ Neal J. Andrews

 
  Neal J. Andrews
  Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
  BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. and Master Basic Value LLC
Date: May 24, 2013