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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 811-07899 and 811-07885

 

Name of Fund:  

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

 

BlackRock International Index Fund

 

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

 

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

 

Quantitative Master Series LLC

 

Master International Index Series

 

Master S&P 500 Index Series

 

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. and Quantitative Master Series LLC, 40 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022

 

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

 

Date of fiscal year end: 12/31/2010

 

Date of reporting period: 12/31/2010

 

Item 1 – Report to Stockholders

 


 

 

(BLACKROCK LOGO)

December 31, 2010

Annual Report

BlackRock International Index Fund | of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

 

Not FDIC Insured § No Bank Guarantee § May Lose Value




 


 

Table of Contents


 

 

 




 

 

Page




 

 

 

Dear Shareholder

 

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

 

11

Fund Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

14

Important Tax Information (Unaudited)

 

14

Series Portfolio Information

 

15

Series Financial Statements:

 

 

Schedule of Investments

 

16

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

27

Statement of Operations

 

28

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

29

Series Financial Highlights

 

30

Series Notes to Financial Statements

 

31

Series Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

35

Officers and Directors

 

36

Additional Information

 

39

Mutual Fund Family

 

42


 

 

 




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BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 


 

Dear Shareholder

Economic data fluctuated widely throughout 2010 as the global economy continued to emerge from the “Great Recession.” As the year drew to a close, it became clear that cyclical stimulus had beaten out structural problems as economic data releases generally became more positive and financial markets showed signs of continuing improvement.

Debt and deflationary risks remained present throughout 2010, causing central banks worldwide to respond with unprecedented actions, most notably a second round of quantitative easing (informally known as “QE2”) from the US Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”). Inflation remained a non-issue in the developed world, but continued to rear its ugly head in some emerging economies, most evidently in China. Global and US gross domestic product (“GDP”) growth both continued in a positive direction but remained subpar compared to most historical economic recoveries. In the United States, the corporate sector has been an important area of strength and consumer spending has shown improvement, although weakness in the housing and labor markets continues to burden the economy.

Stocks moved higher in the early months of 2010 on the continuation of the 2009 asset recovery story. The mid-year months saw a double-digit percentage correction on the back of the Greek sovereign debt crisis and a stalling in jobs growth, leading to fears of a double-dip recession. After touching a late summer low, equity markets rallied through year end as these concerns receded. The announcement of QE2 and extension of the Bush-era tax cuts further boosted equities as the year came to a close. Although the course was uneven and high volatility remained a constant for stocks, equity markets globally ended the year strong. Emerging markets outpaced the developed world in terms of economic growth and posted respectable gains for the year despite sovereign debt problems and heightening inflationary pressures. US stocks recorded double-digit percentage gains for the second consecutive year. Small cap stocks outperformed large caps as investors began to move into higher-risk assets.

In fixed income markets, yields trended lower over most of the year as investors continued to favor safer assets. That trend reversed abruptly in the fourth quarter when market fears abated and investors began seeking higher-risk assets, driving yields sharply upward through year end. However, yields were lower overall for the year and fixed income markets finished 2010 in positive territory. Although fixed income securities generally underperformed equities, high yield bonds only marginally trailed large cap stocks. Conversely, the tax-exempt municipal market was dealt an additional blow as it became apparent that an extension of the Build America Bond program was unlikely. In addition, the fourth quarter brought an increase in negative headlines regarding fiscal challenges faced by state and local governments, sparking additional volatility in the municipal market.

Cash investments, as represented by the 3-month Treasury bill, returned only a fraction over 0% for the year as short-term interest rates remained low. Yields on money market securities remain near all-time lows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Returns as of December 31, 2010

 

6-month

 

12-month

 







US large cap equities (S&P 500 Index)

 

23.27

%

 

15.06

%

 









US small cap equities (Russell 2000 Index)

 

29.38

 

 

26.85

 

 









International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

 

24.18

 

 

7.75

 

 









3-month Treasury bill (BofA Merrill Lynch 3-Month Treasury Bill Index)

 

0.08

 

 

0.13

 

 









US Treasury securities (BofA Merrill Lynch 10-Year US Treasury Index)

 

(1.33

)

 

7.90

 

 









US investment grade bonds (Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index)

 

1.15

 

 

6.54

 

 









Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index)

 

(0.90

)

 

2.38

 

 









US high yield bonds (Barclays Capital US Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

 

10.04

 

 

14.94

 

 









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

While no one can peer into a crystal ball and eliminate the uncertainties presented by the economic landscape and financial markets, BlackRock can offer investors the next best thing: partnership with the world’s largest asset management firm and a unique global perspective that allows us to identify trends early and capitalize on market opportunities. For additional market perspective and investment insight, visit www.blackrock.com/shareholdermagazine, where you’ll find the most recent issue of our award-winning Shareholder® magazine, as well as its quarterly companion newsletter, Shareholder Perspectives. As always, we thank you for entrusting BlackRock with your investments, and we look forward to your continued partnership in the months and years ahead.

 

Sincerely,

 

-s- Rob Kapito

 

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC


 

 



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Fund Summary as of December 31, 2010

BlackRock International Index Fund


 


Portfolio Management Commentary



 

 

 

How did the Fund perform?

 

 

For the 12 months ended December 31, 2010, the BlackRock International Index Fund (the “Fund”), through its investment in Master International Index Series (the “Series”) of Quantitative Master Series LLC, underperformed the benchmark Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia, Far East (MSCI EAFE) Index. The MSCI EAFE (Cap Weighted) is a free float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index designed to measure equity performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada.

 

 

Returns for the Fund’s respective share classes differ from the benchmark based on individual share class expenses.

 

 

 

Describe the market environment.

 

 

Over the course of 2010, cyclical stimulus beat out structural problems and stocks continued the choppy advance they began in 2009. The early months of 2010 saw risk assets move higher on the continuation of the 2009 asset recovery story, aided by preliminary signs of improvement in the employment situation and strong corporate earnings reported for fourth quarter 2009 and first quarter 2010. The middle months of 2010 saw a double-digit percentage correction on the back of the Greek sovereign debt crisis and a stalling in jobs growth, leading to fears of a double-dip recession. Investors were also unnerved by the May “flash crash” and the uncertainty surrounding the financial reform bill in the United States. Nevertheless, after touching a late summer low, equity markets experienced a strong finish to the year as double-dip fears receded, jobs growth resumed and the US midterm elections results were perceived to be capital markets friendly. Additionally, in the United States, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered his famous Jackson Hole speech, leading to a second round of quantitative easing measures (informally known as “QE2”) and, perhaps most importantly, the Bush-era tax cuts were extended.

 

 

International equities, as represented by the MSCI EAFE Index, gained 7.75% for the year. Among developed markets, Sweden posted the largest annual gain (+33.8%), followed by Denmark (+30.7%), Hong Kong (+23.2%) and Singapore (+22.1%), while Greece experienced the most significant loss (-44.9%), followed by Spain (-22.0%) and Ireland (-18.1%). Emerging markets outpaced the developed world in terms of economic growth and posted respectable gains despite sovereign debt problems in emerging Europe and heightening inflationary pressure in China. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index advanced 18.88% for the year. Standout performers were Thailand (+55.7%), Peru (+53.3%), Chile (+44.2%) and Colombia (+43.4%). On a sector basis, cyclicals outpaced the more defensive sectors as the global economy expanded over the year. Industrials was the leading sector in the MSCI EAFE Index with a gain of 20.4%, followed by consumer discretionary (+19.7%) and materials (+17.7%), while the utilities and financials sectors lost 4.9% and 1.6%, respectively.

 

 

 

Describe recent portfolio activity.

 

 

During the 12-month period, as changes were made to the composition of the MSCI EAFE Index, the Series purchased and sold securities to maintain its objective of replicating the risks and return of the benchmark.

 

 

 

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

 

 

The Series remains positioned to match the risk characteristics of its benchmark, irrespective of the future direction of international markets.

 

 

 

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.

 

 


Derivative Financial Instruments


 

 

The Series may invest in various derivative instruments, including financial futures contracts and foreign currency exchange contracts, as specified in Note 2 of the Series’ Notes to Financial Statements, which may constitute forms of economic leverage. Such instruments are used to obtain exposure to a market without owning or taking physical custody of securities or to hedge market, equity and/or foreign currency exchange rate risks. Such derivative instruments involve risks, including the imperfect correlation between the value of a derivative instrument and the underlying asset or illiquidity of the derivative instrument. The Series’ ability to successfully use a derivative instrument depends on the investment advisor’s ability to accurately predict pertinent market movements, which cannot be assured. The use of derivative instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may require the Series to sell or purchase portfolio investments at inopportune times or for distressed values, may limit the amount of appreciation the Series can realize on an investment, may result in lower dividends paid to shareholders or may cause the Series to hold an investment that it might otherwise sell. The Series’ investments in these instruments are discussed in detail in the Series’ Notes to Financial Statements.


 

 

 




4

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 


 


Total Return Based on a $10,000 Investment


(LINE GRAPH)

 

 

 

 

1

Assuming transaction costs and other operating expenses, including administration fees, if any.

 

 

 

 

2

The Fund invests all of its assets in the Series. The Series may invest in a statistically selected sample of the equity securities included in the MSCI EAFE (Cap Weighted) Index and other types of financial instruments.

 

 

 

 

3

This unmanaged index is a free-float adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index designed to measure equity performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada.


 


Performance Summary for the Period Ended December 31, 2010



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6-Month
Total Returns

 

Average Annual Total Returns4

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

 















Institutional

 

24.91

%

 

7.26

%

 

2.03

%

 

3.03

%

 

Investor A

 

24.88

 

 

7.02

 

 

1.78

 

 

2.76

 

 

MSCI EAFE (Cap Weighted) Index

 

24.18

 

 

7.75

 

 

2.46

 

 

3.50

 

 
















 

 

 

 

4

Average annual total returns reflect reductions for service fees. See “About Fund Performance” on for a detailed description of share classes, including any related fees. Past performance is not indicative of future results.


 

 

 

 





 

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

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 are not subject to any sales charge and bear no ongoing distribution fee. Investor A Shares are subject to an ongoing service fee of 0.25% per year.

 

 

 

Performance information reflects past performance and does not guarantee 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. The Fund may charge a 2% redemption fee for sales or exchanges of shares within 30 days of purchase or exchange. Performance data does not reflect this potential fee. Figures shown in the performance table on the previous page 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 and transfer agency fees applicable to each class, which are deducted from the income available to be paid to shareholders. The Fund’s administrator waived and/or reimbursed a portion of the Fund’s fee. Without such waiver and/or reimbursement, the Fund’s performance would have been lower.

 

 


 

 

Disclosure of Expenses

 

 

Shareholders of this Fund may incur the following charges: (a) expenses related to transactions, including redemption fees and exchange fees; and (b) operating expenses including administration fees, service fees including 12b-1 fees and other Fund expenses. The expense example shown below (which is based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested on July 1, 2010 and held through December 31, 2010) 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.”

 

 

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 hypothetical example 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.

 

 


Expense Example



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

Hypothetical2

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

Beginning
Account Value
July 1, 2010

 

Ending
Account Value
December 31, 2010

 

Expenses Paid
During the Period1

 

Beginning
Account Value
July 1, 2010

 

Ending
Account Value
December 31, 2010

 

Expenses Paid
During the Period1

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio

 

















Institutional

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,249.10

 

$

2.27

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,023.18

 

$

2.04

 

 

0.40

%

Investor A

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,248.80

 

$

3.74

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,021.87

 

$

3.36

 

 

0.66

%

























 

 

 

 

1

Expenses are equal to the expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

 

 

 

 

2

Hypothetical 5% return before expenses is calculated by pro rating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 365.


 

 

 




6

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 



 

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

BlackRock International Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

 






Assets

 

 

 

 






Investments at value — Master International Index Series (the “Series”) (cost — $261,127,305)

 

$

275,257,980

 

Capital shares sold receivable

 

 

359,997

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

12,340

 

 

 




Total assets

 

 

275,630,317

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Liabilities

 

 

 

 






Capital shares redeemed payable

 

 

331,738

 

Service fees payable

 

 

34,120

 

Contributions payable to the Series

 

 

28,259

 

Administration fees payable

 

 

25,404

 

Other affiliates payable

 

 

952

 

Officer’s fees payable

 

 

60

 

Other accrued expenses payable

 

 

31,379

 

 

 




Total liabilities

 

 

451,912

 

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

275,178,405

 

 

 




 






Net Assets Consist of

 

 

 

 






Paid-in capital

 

$

284,347,242

 

Distributions in excess of net investment income

 

 

(652,102

)

Accumulated net realized loss allocated from the Series

 

 

(22,647,410

)

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation allocated from the Series

 

 

14,130,675

 

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

275,178,405

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Net Asset Value

 

 

 

 






Institutional — Based on net assets of $112,145,040 and 9,817,222 shares outstanding, 125 million shares authorized, $0.0001 par value

 

$

11.42

 

 

 




Investor A — Based on net assets of $163,033,365 and 14,354,365 shares outstanding, 125 million shares authorized, $0.0001 par value

 

$

11.36

 

 

 





See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 





 

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

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Statement of Operations

BlackRock International Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

 

 






Investment Income

 

 

 

 






Net investment income allocated from the Series:

 

 

 

 

Dividends — unaffiliated

 

$

8,099,162

 

Foreign taxes withheld

 

 

(711,434

)

Dividends — affiliated

 

 

2,094

 

Expenses

 

 

(256,759

)

 

 




Total income

 

 

7,133,063

 

 

 




 






Expenses

 

 

 

 






Administration

 

 

722,117

 

Service — Investor A

 

 

394,375

 

Transfer agent — Institutional

 

 

45,320

 

Transfer agent — Investor A

 

 

92,351

 

Printing

 

 

64,064

 

Registration

 

 

35,818

 

Professional

 

 

20,827

 

Officer

 

 

119

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

6,512

 

 

 




Total expenses

 

 

1,381,503

 

Less fees waived by administrator

 

 

(17,711

)

Less transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed — class specific

 

 

(12,598

)

 

 




Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

 

 

1,351,194

 

 

 




Net investment income

 

 

5,781,869

 

 

 




 






Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Allocated from the Series

 

 

 

 






Net realized loss from investments, financial futures contracts and foreign currency transactions

 

 

(492,726

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments, financial futures contracts and foreign currency transactions

 

 

18,315,616

 

 

 




Total realized and unrealized gain

 

 

17,822,890

 

 

 




Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

23,604,759

 

 

 





 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


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BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 


 

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

BlackRock International Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31,

 

 

 


 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

2010

 

2009

 







Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income

 

$

5,781,869

 

$

4,934,517

 

Net realized gain (loss)

 

 

(492,726

)

 

14,623,210

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

18,315,616

 

 

31,049,900

 

 

 







Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

 

 

23,604,759

 

 

50,607,627

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Dividends to Shareholders From

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional

 

 

(3,316,785

)

 

(2,060,309

)

Investor A

 

 

(4,386,720

)

 

(3,415,709

)

 

 







Decrease in net assets resulting from dividends to shareholders

 

 

(7,703,505

)

 

(5,476,018

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Capital Share Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

 

 

8,421,610

 

 

(21,041,425

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Redemption Fee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Redemption fee

 

 

3,026

 

 

1,294

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Total increase in net assets

 

 

24,325,890

 

 

24,091,478

 

Beginning of year

 

 

250,852,515

 

 

226,761,037

 

 

 







End of year

 

$

275,178,405

 

$

250,852,515

 

 

 







Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

 

$

(652,102

)

$

1,120,122

 

 

 








See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 





 

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

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Financial Highlights

BlackRock International Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional

 

Investor A

 

 

 





 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 





 

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

































Per Share Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

































Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

10.97

 

$

8.75

 

$

15.73

 

$

15.14

 

$

12.47

 

$

10.91

 

$

8.71

 

$

15.65

 

$

15.07

 

$

12.41

 

 

 































Net investment income1

 

 

0.25

 

 

0.23

 

 

0.40

 

 

0.39

 

 

0.32

 

 

0.23

 

 

0.21

 

 

0.36

 

 

0.34

 

 

0.29

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)2

 

 

0.53

 

 

2.25

 

 

(7.03

)

 

1.16

 

 

2.92

 

 

0.52

 

 

2.23

 

 

(6.98

)

 

1.16

 

 

2.91

 

 

 































Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

0.78

 

 

2.48

 

 

(6.63

)

 

1.55

 

 

3.24

 

 

0.75

 

 

2.44

 

 

(6.62

)

 

1.50

 

 

3.20

 

 

 































Dividends and distributions from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

(0.33

)

 

(0.26

)

 

(0.31

)

 

(0.47

)

 

(0.37

)

 

(0.30

)

 

(0.24

)

 

(0.28

)

 

(0.43

)

 

(0.34

)

Net realized gain

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.04

)

 

(0.49

)

 

(0.20

)

 

 

 

 

 

(0.04

)

 

(0.49

)

 

(0.20

)

 

 































Total dividends and distributions

 

 

(0.33

)

 

(0.26

)

 

(0.35

)

 

(0.96

)

 

(0.57

)

 

(0.30

)

 

(0.24

)

 

(0.32

)

 

(0.92

)

 

(0.54

)

 

 































Net asset value, end of year

 

$

11.42

 

$

10.97

 

$

8.75

 

$

15.73

 

$

15.14

 

$

11.36

 

$

10.91

 

$

8.71

 

$

15.65

 

$

15.07

 

 

 































 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

































Total Investment Return3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

































Based on net asset value

 

 

7.26

%

 

28.38

%

 

(42.24

)%

 

10.28

%

 

26.09

%

 

7.02

%

 

28.00

%

 

(42.41

)%

 

9.98

%

 

25.85

%

 

 































 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

































Ratios to Average Net Assets4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

































Total expenses

 

 

0.47

%

 

0.54

%

 

0.54

%

 

0.54

%

 

0.52

%

 

0.74

%

 

0.79

%

 

0.79

%

 

0.79

%

 

0.78

%

 

 































Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

 

 

0.46

%

 

0.54

%

 

0.54

%

 

0.54

%

 

0.47

%

 

0.73

%

 

0.79

%

 

0.79

%

 

0.79

%

 

0.72

%

 

 































Net investment income

 

 

2.35

%

 

2.43

%

 

3.11

%

 

2.37

%

 

2.31

%

 

2.16

%

 

2.27

%

 

2.83

%

 

2.11

%

 

2.11

%

 

 































 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

































Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

































Net assets, end of year (000)

 

$

112,145

 

$

89,889

 

$

90,688

 

$

158,740

 

$

133,267

 

$

163,033

 

$

160,964

 

$

136,073

 

$

214,422

 

$

197,524

 

 

 































Portfolio turnover of the Series

 

 

8

%

 

30

%

 

30

%

 

30

%

 

23

%

 

8

%

 

30

%

 

30

%

 

30

%

 

23

%

 

 
































 

 

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

2

Includes a redemption fee, which is less than $0.01 per share.

 

3

Where applicable, total investment returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

 

4

Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated expenses and/or net investment income.


See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 


10

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 



 

 

Notes to Financial Statements

BlackRock International Index Fund

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

BlackRock International Index Fund (the “Fund”), a series of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”), is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a non-diversified, open-end management investment company. The Corporation is organized as a Maryland corporation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its assets in Master International Index Series (the “Series”) of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”), which has the same investment objective and strategies as the Fund. The value of the Fund’s investment in the Series reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Series. The percentage of the Series owned by the Fund at December 31, 2010 was 29.8%. The performance of the Fund is directly affected by the performance of the Series. The financial statements of the Series, 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 prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund offers two classes of shares. The Fund’s Institutional and Investor A Shares are generally sold without a front-end or deferred sales charge. Both classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except that Investor A Shares bear certain expenses related to the shareholder servicing of such shares and have exclusive voting rights with respect to matters relating to its shareholder servicing expenditures.

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

Valuation: The Fund fair values its financial instruments at market value. The Fund records its investment in the Series at fair value based on the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Series. Valuation of securities held by the Series, including categorization of fair value measurements, is discussed in Note 1 of the Series’ Notes to Financial Statements, which are included elsewhere in this report.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions in the Series are accounted for on a trade date basis. For financial reporting purposes, contributions to and withdrawals from the Series are accounted on a trade date basis. The Fund records daily its proportionate share of the Series’ 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 assets.

Dividends and Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. The amount and timing of dividends and distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP.

Income Taxes: It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

The Fund files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s US federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended December 31, 2010. The statutes of limitations on the Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction. Management does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Other: Expenses directly related to the Fund or its classes are charged to the 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. Administration Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate of the Fund for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and Barclays are not.

The Corporation, on behalf of the Fund, entered into an Administration Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Administrator”), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide administrative services (other than investment advice and related portfolio activities). For such services, the Fund pays the Administrator a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.24% of the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets. Prior to June 1, 2010, the Fund paid the Administrator a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.34% of the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets. The Fund does not pay an investment advisory fee or an investment management fee.

Effective December 1, 2010, the Administrator contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses, excluding interest expense, dividend expense, acquired fund fees and expenses and certain other fund expenses in order to limit expenses. The Administrator has agreed not to reduce or discontinue this contractual waiver or reimbursement prior to May 1, 2012 unless approved by the Series’ Board of Directors (the “Board”), including a majority of the non-interested Directors. These amounts are shown as fees waived by administrator and transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed — class specific, respectively, in the Statement of Operations. The current expense limitation as a percentage of average daily net assets is 0.35% for Institutional and 0.60% for Investor A. Prior to December 1, 2010, the Administrator had voluntarily agreed to waive

 

 

 

 


 

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

11




 

 


 

 

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

BlackRock International Index Fund

and/or reimburse annual operating expenses incurred by the Fund which exceeded 0.65% for Institutional Shares and 0.90% for Investor A Shares. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the amounts shown as transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed — class specific were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 






Institutional

 

$

4,790

 

Investor A

 

$

7,808

 






In addition, the Administrator waived $17,711, which is shown as fees waived by administrator in the Statement of Operations.

The Corporation, on behalf of the Fund, entered into a Distribution Agreement and Distribution and Service Plan with BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BlackRock. Pursuant to the Distribution and Service Plan and in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund pays BRIL ongoing service fees. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly at the annual rate of 0.25% based upon the average daily net assets attributable to Investor A Shares.

Pursuant to sub-agreements with BRIL, broker-dealers and BRIL provide shareholder services to the Fund. The ongoing service fee compensates BRIL and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder services to Investor A shareholders.

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (formerly PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. (“PNCGIS”)), serves as transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent. On July 1, 2010, the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation purchased PNCGIS, which prior to this date was an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of PNC and an affiliate of the Administrator. Transfer agency fees borne by the Fund are comprised of those fees charged for all shareholder communications including mailing of shareholder reports, dividend and distribution notices, and proxy materials for shareholder 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, check writing, anti-money laundering services, and customer identification services. Pursuant to written agreements, certain financial intermediaries, some of which may be affiliates, provide the Fund with sub-accounting, recordkeeping, sub-transfer agency and other administrative services with respect to sub-accounts they service. For these services, these entities receive an annual fee per shareholder account, which will vary depending on share class. Prior to July 1, 2010, PNCGIS was an affiliate and earned $6,468 in transfer agent fees for the period from January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010, which are included as a component of transfer agent — class specific in the Statement of Operations.

The Administrator maintains a call center, which is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Fund, such as responding to shareholder inquiries and processing transactions based upon instructions from shareholders with respect to the subscription and redemption of Fund shares. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Fund reimbursed the Administrator the following amounts for costs incurred in running the call center, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the Statement of Operations:

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Call Center Fees

 





Institutional

 

$

399

 

Investor A

 

$

2,064

 






Certain officers and/or directors of the Corporation are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Fund reimburses the Administrator for compensation paid to the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer.

3. Income Tax Information:

Reclassifications: US GAAP require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The following permanent differences as of December 31, 2010 attributable to foreign currency transactions and the sale of stock of passive foreign investment companies were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

 

 

 

 






Distributions in excess of net investment income

 

$

149,412

 

Accumulated net realized loss allocated from Series

 

$

(149,412

)






The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

 

12/31/10

 

12/31/09

 







Distributions paid from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ordinary income

 

$

7,703,505

 

$

5,476,018

 









As of December 31, 2010 the tax components of accumulated net losses were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 






Undistributed ordinary income

 

$

546,126

 

Capital loss carryforwards

 

 

(10,866,927

)

Net unrealized gains*

 

 

1,151,964

 

 

 




Total

 

$

(9,168,837

)

 

 





 

 

 

 

*

The differences between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains were attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains on investments in passive foreign investment companies, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains/losses on certain future contracts, the deferral of post-October capital losses for tax purposes, and other temporary differences.

As of December 31, 2010, the Fund had a capital loss carryforward available to offset future realized gains through the indicated expiration dates:

 

 

 

 

 






Expires December 31,

 

 

 

 






2016

 

$

4,270,741

 

2017

 

 

6,596,186

 

 

 




Total

 

$

10,866,927

 

 

 





 

 

 


12

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 


 

 

Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)

BlackRock International Index Fund

Under the recently enacted Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, capital losses incurred by the Fund after December 31, 2010 will not be subject to expiration. In addition, such losses must be utilized prior to the losses incurred in the years preceding enactment.

4. Capital Share Transactions:

Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31, 2010

 

Year Ended
December 31, 2009

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Shares

 

Amount

 










 

Institutional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Shares sold

 

 

4,757,714

 

$

48,155,053

 

 

3,126,704

 

$

28,967,135

 

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends

 

 

272,016

 

 

3,004,545

 

 

162,438

 

 

1,769,615

 

 

 






 






 

Total issued

 

 

5,029,730

 

 

51,159,598

 

 

3,289,142

 

 

30,736,750

 

Shares redeemed

 

 

(3,407,042

)

 

(37,070,076

)

 

(5,453,597

)

 

(45,691,682

)

 

 






 






 

Net increase (decrease)

 

 

1,622,688

 

$

14,089,522

 

 

(2,164,455

)

$

(14,954,932

)

 

 






 






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Investor A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Shares sold

 

 

3,080,972

 

$

31,744,710

 

 

2,365,417

 

$

21,951,884

 

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends

 

 

395,583

 

 

4,329,347

 

 

310,951

 

 

3,361,868

 

 

 






 






 

Total issued

 

 

3,476,555

 

 

36,074,057

 

 

2,676,368

 

 

25,313,752

 

Shares redeemed

 

 

(3,876,688

)

 

(41,741,969

)

 

(3,543,706

)

 

(31,400,245

)

 

 






 






 

Net decrease

 

 

(400,133

)

$

(5,667,912

)

 

(867,338

)

$

(6,086,493

)

 

 






 






 

There is a 2% redemption fee on shares redeemed or exchanged that have been held for 30 days or less. The redemption fees are collected and retained by the Fund for the benefit of the remaining shareholders. The redemption fees are recorded as a credit to paid-in capital.

5. Subsequent Events:

Management’s evaluation of the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund’s financial statements was completed through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

 

 





 

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

13




 

 


 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

BlackRock International Index Fund

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of BlackRock International Index Fund, one of the series constituting BlackRock Index Funds, Inc., (the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2010, 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 highlights 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 assurance 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 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 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 referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of BlackRock International Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. as of December 31, 2010, 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
February 28, 2011

 


Important Tax Information (Unaudited)


The following information is provided with respect to the ordinary distributions paid by BlackRock International Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

 

Payable Date

 

Percentage/
Per Share

 







Qualified Dividend Income for Individuals1,2

 

 

7/23/10

 

 

61.95

%

 

 

 

12/17/10

 

 

100

%

Foreign Source Income2

 

 

7/23/10

 

 

43.07

%

 

 

 

12/17/10

 

 

91.12

%

Foreign Taxes Paid Per Share3

 

 

7/23/10

 

$

0.003385

 

 

 

 

12/17/10

 

$

0.027246

 










 

 

 

 

1

The Fund hereby designates the percentage indicated above or the maximum amount allowable by law.

 

 

 

 

2

Expressed as a percentage of the cash distribution grossed-up for foreign taxes.

 

 

 

 

3

The foreign taxes paid represent taxes incurred by the Fund on income received by the Fund from foreign sources. Foreign taxes paid may be included in taxable income with an offsetting deduction from gross income or may be taken as a credit for taxes paid to foreign governments. You should consult your tax advisor regarding the appropriate treatment of foreign taxes paid.


 

 

 


14

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 


 

 

Portfolio Information

Master International Index Series



As of December 31, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ten Largest Holdings

 

Percent of
Long-Term Investments

 




Nestlé SA, Registered Shares

 

2

%

HSBC Holdings Plc

 

2

 

BHP Billiton Ltd.

 

1

 

BP Plc

 

1

 

Vodafone Group Plc

 

1

 

Novartis AG, Registered Shares

 

1

 

Royal Dutch Shell Plc

 

1

 

Total SA

 

1

 

Toyota Motor Corp.

 

1

 

Rio Tinto Plc, Registered Shares

 

1

 





 

 

 

 

Geographic Allocations

 

Percent of
Long-Term Investments

 




Japan

 

22

%

United Kingdom

 

21

 

France

 

9

 

Australia

 

9

 

Germany

 

8

 

Switzerland

 

8

 

Spain

 

3

 

Sweden

 

3

 

Hong Kong

 

3

 

Netherlands

 

3

 

Italy

 

3

 

Singapore

 

2

 

Other1

 

6

 






 

 

1

Other includes a 1% holding in each of the following countries: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Israel, Luxembourg and Norway.


 

 

 

 





 

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

15




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments December 31, 2010

Master International Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

 

Value

 









Australia — 8.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGL Energy Ltd.

 

 

36,852

 

$

574,488

 

AMP Ltd.

 

 

169,535

 

 

917,366

 

AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd.

 

 

84,379

 

 

544,899

 

Alumina Ltd.

 

 

197,274

 

 

501,487

 

Amcor Ltd.

 

 

100,121

 

 

691,329

 

Asciano Group (a)

 

 

237,702

 

 

388,047

 

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

 

 

209,425

 

 

5,002,133

 

Australian Stock Exchange Ltd.

 

 

14,178

 

 

546,524

 

BGP Holdings Plc (a)

 

 

783,183

 

 

 

BHP Billiton Ltd.

 

 

274,798

 

 

12,778,392

 

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd.

 

 

29,862

 

 

304,111

 

Billabong International Ltd.

 

 

16,993

 

 

141,704

 

BlueScope Steel Ltd.

 

 

149,481

 

 

343,550

 

Boral Ltd.

 

 

57,533

 

 

284,608

 

Brambles Ltd.

 

 

116,064

 

 

845,421

 

CFS Retail Property Trust

 

 

173,084

 

 

311,462

 

CSL Ltd.

 

 

44,993

 

 

1,670,237

 

CSR Ltd.

 

 

121,841

 

 

209,299

 

Caltex Australia Ltd.

 

 

11,046

 

 

162,321

 

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

 

 

46,125

 

 

512,902

 

Cochlear Ltd.

 

 

4,588

 

 

377,682

 

Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd.

 

 

126,733

 

 

6,585,102

 

Computershare Ltd.

 

 

36,181

 

 

398,787

 

Crown Ltd.

 

 

36,450

 

 

307,842

 

DB RREEF Trust

 

 

388,898

 

 

316,138

 

Fairfax Media Ltd.

 

 

171,024

 

 

245,237

 

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (a)

 

 

102,597

 

 

687,744

 

Foster’s Group Ltd.

 

 

158,076

 

 

918,941

 

General Property Trust

 

 

144,930

 

 

436,397

 

Goodman Fielder Ltd.

 

 

116,560

 

 

160,408

 

Goodman Group

 

 

521,205

 

 

346,384

 

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

 

 

43,462

 

 

130,715

 

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

 

 

132,340

 

 

536,504

 

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

 

 

170,369

 

 

676,636

 

Leighton Holdings Ltd.

 

 

10,946

 

 

345,004

 

Lend Lease Group

 

 

43,397

 

 

383,179

 

MacArthur Coal Ltd.

 

 

14,359

 

 

188,537

 

Macquarie Group Ltd.

 

 

28,257

 

 

1,069,260

 

Map Group

 

 

31,261

 

 

95,552

 

Metcash Ltd.

 

 

61,185

 

 

257,065

 

Mirvac Group

 

 

265,085

 

 

332,600

 

National Australia Bank Ltd.

 

 

174,226

 

 

4,226,987

 

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

 

 

62,551

 

 

2,594,523

 

OZ Mineral Ltd.

 

 

255,778

 

 

451,746

 

OneSteel Ltd.

 

 

107,501

 

 

284,787

 

Orica Ltd.

 

 

29,518

 

 

752,784

 

Origin Energy Ltd.

 

 

71,896

 

 

1,225,857

 

Paladin Resources Ltd. (a)

 

 

54,836

 

 

276,381

 

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

 

 

85,035

 

 

1,579,190

 

QR National Ltd. (a)

 

 

139,757

 

 

393,094

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

 

Value

 









Australia (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Qantas Airways Ltd. (a)

 

 

88,991

 

$

231,196

 

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.

 

 

10,748

 

 

195,769

 

Rio Tinto Ltd.

 

 

35,707

 

 

3,126,751

 

SP AusNet

 

 

112,442

 

 

100,035

 

Santos Ltd.

 

 

68,600

 

 

923,604

 

Sims Metal Management Ltd.

 

 

13,095

 

 

288,034

 

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

 

 

29,853

 

 

354,878

 

Stockland

 

 

195,033

 

 

718,405

 

Suncorp Group Ltd.

 

 

104,322

 

 

918,690

 

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

 

 

55,212

 

 

401,465

 

Tatts Group Ltd.

 

 

102,272

 

 

270,056

 

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

 

 

356,354

 

 

1,016,648

 

Toll Holdings Ltd.

 

 

54,447

 

 

319,501

 

Transurban Group

 

 

105,377

 

 

553,214

 

Wesfarmers Ltd., Ordinary Shares

 

 

82,305

 

 

2,696,246

 

Wesfarmers Ltd., Partially Protected Shares

 

 

12,351

 

 

408,546

 

Westfield Group

 

 

179,392

 

 

1,757,196

 

Westfield Retail Trust (a)

 

 

179,392

 

 

471,548

 

Westpac Banking Corp.

 

 

244,595

 

 

5,556,680

 

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

 

 

51,068

 

 

2,224,550

 

Woolworths Ltd.

 

 

100,744

 

 

2,782,028

 

WorleyParsons Ltd.

 

 

15,599

 

 

427,235

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

79,053,618

 









Austria — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erste Bank der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG

 

 

15,540

 

 

733,441

 

IMMOFINANZ Immobilien Anlagen AG (a)

 

 

80,227

 

 

342,901

 

Immoeast AG NPV (a)

 

 

30,710

 

 

 

OMV AG

 

 

12,288

 

 

512,111

 

Raiffeisen International Bank Holding AG

 

 

3,999

 

 

220,285

 

Telekom Austria AG

 

 

27,364

 

 

385,694

 

Verbund — Oesterreichische
Elektrizitaetswirtschafts AG

 

 

6,175

 

 

230,731

 

Vienna Insurance Group

 

 

3,349

 

 

174,551

 

Voestalpine AG

 

 

8,818

 

 

421,772

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,021,486

 









Belgium — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

 

 

59,259

 

 

3,386,011

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV VVPR Strip (a)

 

 

24,368

 

 

130

 

Bekaert SA

 

 

3,181

 

 

365,031

 

Belgacom SA

 

 

12,482

 

 

419,359

 

Colruyt SA

 

 

6,100

 

 

310,205

 

Delhaize Group

 

 

8,175

 

 

604,569

 

Dexia NV (a)

 

 

44,011

 

 

152,903

 

Fortis

 

 

183,167

 

 

418,648

 

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

 

 

6,597

 

 

555,062

 

KBC Bancassurance Holding (a)

 

 

13,262

 

 

451,875

 

Mobistar SA

 

 

2,338

 

 

151,708

 

Nationale A Portefeuille

 

 

2,247

 

 

109,953

 


 


Portfolio Abbreviation



 

 

ADR

American Depositary Receipts


See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 


16

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master International Index Series
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

 

Value

 









Belgium (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solvay SA

 

 

4,872

 

$

519,493

 

UCB SA

 

 

8,119

 

 

278,791

 

Umicore SA

 

 

9,429

 

 

490,914

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,214,652

 









Bermuda — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SeaDrill Ltd.

 

 

22,670

 

 

773,346

 









China — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foxconn International Holdings Ltd. (a)

 

 

179,313

 

 

125,168

 









Denmark — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A.P. Moller — Maersk A/S, Class A

 

 

45

 

 

396,447

 

A.P. Moller — Maersk A/S, Class B

 

 

108

 

 

977,794

 

Carlsberg A/S

 

 

8,753

 

 

878,587

 

Coloplast A/S, Class B

 

 

1,866

 

 

253,576

 

DSV A/S

 

 

17,009

 

 

377,037

 

Danske Bank A/S (a)

 

 

37,247

 

 

955,213

 

Novo-Nordisk A/S, Class B

 

 

34,255

 

 

3,859,324

 

Novozymes A/S, Class B

 

 

3,779

 

 

527,294

 

TrygVesta A/S

 

 

2,275

 

 

104,913

 

Vestas Wind Systems A/S (a)

 

 

17,032

 

 

539,408

 

William Demant Holding (a)

 

 

1,985

 

 

146,741

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

9,016,334

 









Finland — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elisa Corp.

 

 

10,661

 

 

232,112

 

Fortum Oyj

 

 

36,243

 

 

1,093,214

 

Kesko Oyj, Class B

 

 

5,511

 

 

257,531

 

Kone Oyj, Class B

 

 

12,667

 

 

703,556

 

Metso Oyj

 

 

10,528

 

 

588,943

 

Neste Oil Oyj

 

 

10,756

 

 

171,989

 

Nokia Oyj

 

 

307,149

 

 

3,181,702

 

Nokian Renkaat Oyj

 

 

8,836

 

 

324,661

 

Orion Oyj

 

 

7,586

 

 

166,077

 

Outokumpu Oyj

 

 

10,321

 

 

191,318

 

Pohjola Bank Plc

 

 

11,663

 

 

139,922

 

Rautaruukki Oyj

 

 

7,372

 

 

173,106

 

Sampo Oyj

 

 

34,259

 

 

916,072

 

Sanoma Oyj

 

 

6,877

 

 

149,153

 

Stora Enso Oyj, Class R

 

 

47,872

 

 

492,656

 

UPM-Kymmene Oyj

 

 

42,587

 

 

754,977

 

Wartsila Oyj

 

 

6,476

 

 

493,498

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

10,030,487

 









France — 8.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AXA SA

 

 

140,585

 

 

2,340,099

 

Accor SA

 

 

12,098

 

 

539,178

 

Aeroports de Paris

 

 

2,495

 

 

197,192

 

Air France-KLM (a)

 

 

11,270

 

 

205,730

 

Air Liquide

 

 

23,182

 

 

2,935,176

 

Alcatel SA (a)

 

 

189,255

 

 

553,670

 

Alstom

 

 

16,850

 

 

807,641

 

Atos Origin SA (a)

 

 

3,692

 

 

196,886

 

BNP Paribas SA

 

 

78,431

 

 

4,995,004

 

BioMerieux

 

 

1,006

 

 

99,280

 

Bouygues

 

 

18,786

 

 

810,777

 

Bureau Veritas SA

 

 

3,936

 

 

298,695

 

CNP Assurances

 

 

12,028

 

 

217,094

 

Cap Gemini SA

 

 

11,914

 

 

556,975

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

 

Value

 









France (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrefour SA

 

 

49,057

 

$

2,022,745

 

Casino Guichard Perrachon SA

 

 

4,524

 

 

441,426

 

Christian Dior SA

 

 

5,228

 

 

747,782

 

Cie de Saint-Gobain SA

 

 

32,575

 

 

1,677,794

 

Cie Générale d’Optique Essilor International SA

 

 

16,634

 

 

1,071,745

 

Compagnie Générale de Géophysique SA (a)

 

 

11,558

 

 

352,834

 

Compagnie Générale des Etablissements Michelin

 

 

14,233

 

 

1,021,726

 

Credit Agricole SA

 

 

78,606

 

 

999,533

 

Dassault Systèmes SA

 

 

4,808

 

 

362,961

 

EDP Renovaveis SA (a)

 

 

19,120

 

 

110,875

 

Edenred (a)

 

 

12,396

 

 

293,447

 

Eiffage

 

 

3,323

 

 

146,724

 

Electricité de France SA

 

 

21,047

 

 

864,350

 

Eramet

 

 

468

 

 

160,599

 

Eurazeo

 

 

2,412

 

 

178,976

 

European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. (a)

 

 

33,345

 

 

778,107

 

Eutelsat Communications

 

 

8,009

 

 

293,316

 

Foncière Des Regions

 

 

2,189

 

 

211,858

 

France Telecom SA

 

 

152,160

 

 

3,184,079

 

GDF Suez

 

 

101,225

 

 

3,635,513

 

Gecina SA

 

 

1,623

 

 

178,679

 

Groupe Danone

 

 

47,796

 

 

3,005,276

 

Groupe Eurotunnel SA

 

 

39,103

 

 

344,116

 

Hermes International

 

 

864

 

 

181,166

 

ICADE

 

 

1,913

 

 

195,340

 

Iliad SA

 

 

1,331

 

 

144,833

 

Imerys SA

 

 

3,106

 

 

207,317

 

JC Decaux SA (a)

 

 

5,627

 

 

173,259

 

Klepierre

 

 

7,759

 

 

280,237

 

L’Oreal SA

 

 

19,601

 

 

2,179,470

 

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA

 

 

20,075

 

 

3,306,446

 

Lafarge SA

 

 

16,407

 

 

1,029,977

 

Lagardere S.C.A.

 

 

9,607

 

 

396,092

 

Legrand Promesses

 

 

12,920

 

 

527,007

 

M6-Metropole Television SA

 

 

5,646

 

 

136,775

 

Natixis (a)

 

 

71,265

 

 

333,361

 

Neopost SA

 

 

2,501

 

 

218,109

 

PagesJaunes Groupe SA

 

 

10,867

 

 

98,817

 

Pernod-Ricard SA

 

 

16,216

 

 

1,526,400

 

Peugeot SA (a)

 

 

12,545

 

 

476,671

 

Pinault-Printemps-Redoute

 

 

6,210

 

 

988,705

 

Publicis Groupe

 

 

10,110

 

 

527,553

 

Renault SA (a)

 

 

15,773

 

 

918,182

 

Safran SA

 

 

13,534

 

 

479,759

 

Sanofi-Aventis

 

 

85,807

 

 

5,501,155

 

Schneider Electric SA

 

 

19,890

 

 

2,982,228

 

Scor SE

 

 

13,510

 

 

343,335

 

Société BIC SA

 

 

2,183

 

 

187,671

 

Société Générale SA

 

 

51,546

 

 

2,773,527

 

Société Télévision Française 1

 

 

9,864

 

 

171,478

 

Sodexho Alliance SA

 

 

7,683

 

 

530,163

 

Suez Environnement SA

 

 

21,938

 

 

453,220

 

Technip SA

 

 

8,110

 

 

749,636

 

Thales SA

 

 

7,174

 

 

251,285

 

Total SA

 

 

172,944

 

 

9,211,435

 

Unibail-Rodamco SE

 

 

7,482

 

 

1,481,422

 

Vallourec SA

 

 

8,896

 

 

935,316

 


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

17




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master International Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







France (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Veolia Environnement SA

 

 

28,237

 

$

826,535

 

Vinci SA

 

 

36,048

 

 

1,961,650

 

Vivendi SA

 

 

100,725

 

 

2,721,756

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

82,245,146

 









Germany — 8.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adidas-Salomon AG

 

 

17,134

 

 

1,114,552

 

Allianz AG, Registered Shares

 

 

37,140

 

 

4,412,815

 

Axel Springer AG

 

 

1,214

 

 

197,918

 

BASF SE

 

 

75,155

 

 

5,997,593

 

Bayer AG

 

 

67,665

 

 

5,015,827

 

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

 

 

27,092

 

 

2,134,498

 

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Preference Shares

 

 

4,252

 

 

218,622

 

Beiersdorf AG

 

 

8,201

 

 

455,075

 

Brenntag AG (a)

 

 

2,318

 

 

236,344

 

Celesio AG

 

 

6,290

 

 

156,750

 

Commerzbank AG (a)

 

 

58,084

 

 

432,425

 

Continental AG (a)

 

 

4,014

 

 

318,853

 

Daimler AG (a)

 

 

73,823

 

 

4,995,226

 

Deutsche Bank AG, Registered Shares

 

 

76,203

 

 

3,985,111

 

Deutsche Boerse AG

 

 

15,887

 

 

1,097,650

 

Deutsche Lufthansa AG (a)

 

 

18,793

 

 

408,799

 

Deutsche Post AG

 

 

69,113

 

 

1,172,516

 

Deutsche Telekom AG

 

 

232,525

 

 

2,997,529

 

E.ON AG

 

 

147,359

 

 

4,500,174

 

Fraport AG

 

 

3,007

 

 

189,851

 

Fresenius AG

 

 

2,292

 

 

192,332

 

Fresenius AG, Preference Shares

 

 

6,590

 

 

564,599

 

Fresenius Medical Care AG

 

 

15,901

 

 

914,197

 

GEA Group AG

 

 

13,334

 

 

385,331

 

Hannover Rueckversicherung AG, Registered Shares

 

 

4,935

 

 

264,737

 

HeidelbergCement AG

 

 

11,425

 

 

717,067

 

Henkel KGaA

 

 

10,588

 

 

545,909

 

Henkel KGaA, Preference Shares

 

 

14,575

 

 

903,675

 

Hochtief AG

 

 

3,665

 

 

310,690

 

Infineon Technologies AG (a)

 

 

88,518

 

 

825,102

 

K+S AG

 

 

11,763

 

 

886,603

 

Kabel Deutschland Holding AG (a)

 

 

4,419

 

 

207,223

 

Lanxess

 

 

6,808

 

 

535,296

 

Linde AG

 

 

13,835

 

 

2,092,950

 

MAN SE

 

 

8,631

 

 

1,028,003

 

Merck KGaA

 

 

5,316

 

 

425,601

 

Metro AG

 

 

10,594

 

 

764,641

 

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG,
Registered Shares

 

 

15,420

 

 

2,335,432

 

Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Preference Shares

 

 

7,095

 

 

566,725

 

ProSieben SAT.1 Media AG, Preference Shares

 

 

6,266

 

 

188,077

 

Puma AG Rudolf Dassler Sport

 

 

420

 

 

139,190

 

Qiagen NV (a)

 

 

18,745

 

 

367,907

 

RWE AG

 

 

34,262

 

 

2,288,354

 

RWE AG, Preference Shares

 

 

3,102

 

 

198,960

 

SAP AG

 

 

70,432

 

 

3,592,220

 

Salzgitter AG

 

 

3,386

 

 

261,785

 

Siemens AG

 

 

67,324

 

 

8,339,736

 

Suedzucker AG

 

 

5,874

 

 

156,874

 

TUI AG (a)

 

 

12,274

 

 

172,180

 

ThyssenKrupp AG

 

 

27,366

 

 

1,136,917

 

United Internet AG

 

 

9,819

 

 

159,764

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Germany (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volkswagen AG

 

 

2,425

 

$

343,964

 

Volkswagen AG, Preference Shares

 

 

13,904

 

 

2,260,633

 

Wacker Chemie AG

 

 

1,309

 

 

228,219

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

74,339,021

 









Greece — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alpha Bank AE (a)

 

 

40,797

 

 

207,399

 

Bank of Cyprus Public Co. Ltd.

 

 

69,678

 

 

240,485

 

Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Co. SA

 

 

14,949

 

 

387,286

 

EFG Eurobank Ergasias SA (a)

 

 

27,241

 

 

136,739

 

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA

 

 

21,160

 

 

173,677

 

National Bank of Greece SA (a)

 

 

78,954

 

 

642,397

 

OPAP SA

 

 

17,926

 

 

310,154

 

Public Power Corp.

 

 

9,559

 

 

137,470

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,235,607

 









Hong Kong — 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AIA Group Ltd. (a)

 

 

641,400

 

 

1,803,030

 

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.

 

 

16,504

 

 

208,435

 

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

 

 

303,900

 

 

1,033,419

 

Bank of East Asia Ltd.

 

 

124,332

 

 

520,275

 

CLP Holdings Ltd.

 

 

157,687

 

 

1,280,377

 

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.

 

 

99,263

 

 

273,819

 

Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd.

 

 

113,835

 

 

1,754,365

 

Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

 

 

37,500

 

 

171,687

 

Esprit Holdings Ltd.

 

 

94,887

 

 

451,368

 

Hang Lung Group Ltd.

 

 

66,000

 

 

433,631

 

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

 

 

201,000

 

 

939,479

 

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

 

 

62,753

 

 

1,031,053

 

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd.

 

 

87,491

 

 

595,956

 

The Hong Kong & China Gas Ltd.

 

 

353,319

 

 

832,532

 

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd.

 

 

83,827

 

 

1,900,582

 

HongKong Electric Holdings Ltd.

 

 

113,000

 

 

712,356

 

Hopewell Holdings Ltd.

 

 

46,849

 

 

147,015

 

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

 

 

174,176

 

 

1,791,800

 

Hysan Development Co. Ltd.

 

 

48,791

 

 

229,583

 

Kerry Properties Ltd.

 

 

58,000

 

 

301,966

 

Li & Fung Ltd.

 

 

187,990

 

 

1,090,723

 

Lifestyle International Holdings Ltd.

 

 

52,466

 

 

129,102

 

The Link Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

179,914

 

 

558,623

 

MTR Corp.

 

 

117,000

 

 

425,766

 

Mongolia Energy Co. Ltd. (a)

 

 

277,140

 

 

82,667

 

NWS Holdings Ltd.

 

 

109,500

 

 

166,186

 

New World Development Ltd.

 

 

207,484

 

 

389,281

 

Orient Overseas International Ltd.

 

 

18,057

 

 

175,036

 

PCCW Ltd.

 

 

321,000

 

 

141,978

 

SJM Holdings Ltd.

 

 

129,000

 

 

204,639

 

Sands China Ltd. (a)

 

 

202,600

 

 

445,381

 

Shangri-La Asia Ltd.

 

 

106,990

 

 

290,242

 

Sino Land Co.

 

 

138,421

 

 

258,644

 

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

 

 

116,324

 

 

1,930,002

 

Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A

 

 

63,077

 

 

1,036,357

 

Wharf Holdings Ltd.

 

 

112,870

 

 

867,795

 

Wheelock and Co., Ltd.

 

 

76,000

 

 

307,316

 

Wing Hang Bank Ltd.

 

 

14,500

 

 

200,430

 

Wynn Macau Ltd.

 

 

124,000

 

 

277,528

 

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

 

 

59,285

 

 

213,261

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

25,603,685

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


18

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DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master International Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 


Ireland — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anglo Irish Bank Corp. Plc (a)

 

 

62,641

 

 

 

Bank of Ireland (a)

 

 

276,647

 

$

137,608

 

CRH Plc

 

 

57,632

 

 

1,198,544

 

Elan Corp. Plc (a)

 

 

40,603

 

 

228,928

 

James Hardie Industries SE, Chess Depository Interest (a)

 

 

34,963

 

 

242,440

 

Kerry Group Plc

 

 

11,530

 

 

384,729

 

Ryanair Holdings Plc

 

 

29,444

 

 

148,243

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,340,492

 









Israel — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank Hapoalim Ltd. (a)

 

 

80,458

 

 

418,888

 

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

 

 

96,283

 

 

493,534

 

Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp. Ltd.

 

 

141,076

 

 

429,494

 

Cellcom Israel Ltd.

 

 

4,310

 

 

139,860

 

Delek Group Ltd.

 

 

304

 

 

78,382

 

Elbit Systems Ltd.

 

 

2,059

 

 

109,884

 

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

 

 

36,231

 

 

620,519

 

The Israel Corp. Ltd. (a)

 

 

197

 

 

239,017

 

Israel Discount Bank Ltd. (a)

 

 

52,473

 

 

119,457

 

Makhteshim-Agan Industries Ltd. (a)

 

 

18,550

 

 

95,270

 

Nice Systems Ltd. (a)

 

 

5,144

 

 

179,208

 

Partner Communications Co. Ltd.

 

 

7,239

 

 

146,548

 

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

 

 

76,618

 

 

3,987,845

 

United Mizrahi Bank Ltd.

 

 

10,047

 

 

110,491

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,168,397

 









Italy — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A2A SpA

 

 

94,579

 

 

130,176

 

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

 

 

95,543

 

 

1,819,104

 

Autogrill SpA (a)

 

 

9,990

 

 

141,436

 

Autostrade SpA

 

 

19,629

 

 

400,847

 

Banca Carige SpA

 

 

49,397

 

 

103,610

 

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (a)

 

 

180,685

 

 

206,292

 

Banco Popolare SpA

 

 

51,827

 

 

235,248

 

Enel Green Power SpA (a)

 

 

123,095

 

 

260,063

 

Enel SpA

 

 

539,599

 

 

2,703,957

 

Eni SpA

 

 

213,030

 

 

4,669,067

 

Exor SpA

 

 

5,439

 

 

179,519

 

Fiat SpA

 

 

62,899

 

 

1,300,823

 

Finmeccanica SpA

 

 

32,962

 

 

375,018

 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

 

 

629,648

 

 

1,711,787

 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Non-Convertible Savings Shares

 

 

76,292

 

 

181,947

 

Luxottica Group SpA

 

 

9,379

 

 

286,715

 

Mediaset SpA

 

 

57,906

 

 

350,690

 

Mediobanca SpA

 

 

38,712

 

 

345,299

 

Parmalat SpA

 

 

140,429

 

 

385,207

 

Pirelli & C. SpA

 

 

20,321

 

 

164,443

 

Prysmian SpA

 

 

14,654

 

 

249,743

 

Saipem SpA

 

 

21,688

 

 

1,070,806

 

Snam Rete Gas SpA

 

 

117,430

 

 

584,772

 

Telecom Italia SpA

 

 

765,587

 

 

993,315

 

Telecom Italia SpA, Non-Convertible Savings Shares

 

 

493,132

 

 

536,721

 

Terna SpA

 

 

106,204

 

 

448,863

 

Unicredit SpA

 

 

1,105,400

 

 

2,291,679

 

Unione Di Banche Italiane ScpA

 

 

49,809

 

 

437,035

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

22,564,182

 

 









Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

 

Value

 


Japan — 21.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 77 Bank Ltd.

 

 

29,000

 

$

153,201

 

ABC-Mart, Inc.

 

 

2,200

 

 

78,361

 

Advantest Corp.

 

 

12,900

 

 

290,033

 

Aeon Co., Ltd.

 

 

48,800

 

 

608,941

 

Aeon Credit Service Co., Ltd.

 

 

6,100

 

 

85,833

 

Aeon Mall Co. Ltd.

 

 

6,900

 

 

184,579

 

Air Water Inc.

 

 

12,000

 

 

152,835

 

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.

 

 

15,600

 

 

549,689

 

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

 

 

54,000

 

 

560,956

 

Alfresa Holdings Corp.

 

 

3,200

 

 

141,806

 

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (a)

 

 

68,000

 

 

253,060

 

Amada Co., Ltd.

 

 

29,000

 

 

235,019

 

Aozora Bank Ltd.

 

 

46,000

 

 

94,879

 

Asahi Breweries Ltd.

 

 

31,500

 

 

607,970

 

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

 

 

83,100

 

 

966,439

 

Asahi Kasei Corp.

 

 

102,000

 

 

663,475

 

Asics Corp.

 

 

13,000

 

 

166,394

 

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

 

 

36,600

 

 

1,390,999

 

The Bank of Kyoto Ltd.

 

 

26,000

 

 

245,764

 

The Bank of Yokohama Ltd.

 

 

98,000

 

 

505,345

 

Benesse Holdings, Inc.

 

 

5,600

 

 

257,657

 

Bridgestone Corp.

 

 

52,900

 

 

1,018,271

 

Brother Industries Ltd.

 

 

19,100

 

 

281,895

 

Canon, Inc.

 

 

92,800

 

 

4,766,698

 

Canon Marketing Japan Inc.

 

 

5,700

 

 

80,966

 

Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

 

 

20,100

 

 

161,328

 

Central Japan Railway Co.

 

 

123

 

 

1,028,210

 

The Chiba Bank Ltd.

 

 

62,000

 

 

402,021

 

Chiyoda Corp.

 

 

13,000

 

 

128,758

 

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

 

53,500

 

 

1,313,334

 

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

 

 

18,200

 

 

333,251

 

The Chugoku Bank Ltd.

 

 

14,000

 

 

168,935

 

Chugoku Electric Power Co.

 

 

24,100

 

 

489,140

 

Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

 

 

81,000

 

 

334,605

 

Citizens Holding Co., Ltd.

 

 

19,500

 

 

133,798

 

Coca-Cola West Holdings Co., Ltd.

 

 

4,500

 

 

81,456

 

Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.

 

 

50,000

 

 

163,288

 

Credit Saison Co., Ltd.

 

 

12,100

 

 

197,468

 

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

 

 

46,000

 

 

623,911

 

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co.

 

 

655

 

 

1,060,034

 

Daicel Chemical Industries Ltd.

 

 

22,000

 

 

160,093

 

Daido Steel Co., Ltd.

 

 

25,000

 

 

146,372

 

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.

 

 

16,000

 

 

244,780

 

Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

 

 

54,900

 

 

1,199,070

 

Daikin Industries Ltd.

 

 

19,100

 

 

674,719

 

Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.

 

 

13,400

 

 

121,544

 

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.

 

 

6,400

 

 

437,392

 

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.

 

 

40,000

 

 

489,987

 

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.

 

 

135,000

 

 

692,497

 

Dena Co. Ltd.

 

 

6,500

 

 

232,874

 

Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

 

 

38,000

 

 

179,918

 

Denso Corp.

 

 

39,800

 

 

1,368,279

 

Dentsu, Inc.

 

 

13,313

 

 

411,335

 

Diamond Lease Co., Ltd.

 

 

4,690

 

 

185,117

 

Dowa Mining Co., Ltd.

 

 

21,350

 

 

139,482

 

East Japan Railway Co.

 

 

27,849

 

 

1,807,100

 

Eisai Co., Ltd.

 

 

20,400

 

 

736,997

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 


 

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master International Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

 

Value

 


Japan (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Power Development Co.

 

 

9,400

 

$

294,387

 

Elpida Memory, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,000

 

 

173,489

 

FamilyMart Co., Ltd.

 

 

5,200

 

 

195,637

 

Fanuc Ltd.

 

 

15,700

 

 

2,399,844

 

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

 

 

4,300

 

 

682,072

 

Fuji Electric Holdings Co., Ltd.

 

 

48,800

 

 

151,229

 

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.

 

 

48,000

 

 

370,166

 

Fuji Media Holdings, Inc.

 

 

44

 

 

69,314

 

Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.

 

 

37,900

 

 

1,365,108

 

Fujitsu Ltd.

 

 

153,000

 

 

1,060,037

 

Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

62,000

 

 

268,369

 

Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

 

 

51,000

 

 

228,235

 

GS Yuasa Corp.

 

 

30,000

 

 

206,849

 

Gree Inc.

 

 

7,400

 

 

93,854

 

The Gunma Bank Ltd.

 

 

32,000

 

 

175,160

 

The Hachijuni Bank Ltd.

 

 

35,000

 

 

195,011

 

Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc.

 

 

2,070

 

 

118,213

 

Hamamatsu Photonics KK

 

 

5,600

 

 

204,139

 

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.

 

 

94,000

 

 

435,659

 

Hino Motors Ltd.

 

 

23,000

 

 

123,993

 

Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.

 

 

2,600

 

 

292,168

 

The Hiroshima Bank Ltd.

 

 

41,000

 

 

172,433

 

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

 

 

5,300

 

 

222,756

 

Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.

 

 

8,500

 

 

175,181

 

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

 

 

7,800

 

 

186,166

 

Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.

 

 

5,900

 

 

137,474

 

Hitachi Ltd.

 

 

370,000

 

 

1,964,393

 

Hitachi Metals Ltd.

 

 

14,000

 

 

167,362

 

Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

 

14,800

 

 

302,227

 

Hokuhoku Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

104,100

 

 

211,039

 

Hokuriku Electric Power

 

 

14,300

 

 

351,127

 

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

 

 

133,400

 

 

5,265,136

 

Hoya Corp.

 

 

35,300

 

 

853,526

 

IHI Corp.

 

 

106,000

 

 

235,338

 

Ibiden Co., Ltd.

 

 

10,400

 

 

326,231

 

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.

 

 

1,800

 

 

190,739

 

Inpex Corp.

 

 

175

 

 

1,021,893

 

Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.

 

 

30,305

 

 

351,234

 

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

 

 

97,000

 

 

438,315

 

Ito En, Ltd.

 

 

4,300

 

 

71,397

 

Itochu Corp.

 

 

123,200

 

 

1,241,331

 

Itochu Techno-Science Corp.

 

 

2,600

 

 

97,268

 

The Iyo Bank Ltd.

 

 

20,000

 

 

159,562

 

J Front Retailing Co. Ltd.

 

 

38,600

 

 

210,352

 

JFE Holdings, Inc.

 

 

37,700

 

 

1,307,147

 

JGC Corp.

 

 

17,000

 

 

368,452

 

JS Group Corp.

 

 

20,300

 

 

445,296

 

JSR Corp.

 

 

14,400

 

 

267,279

 

JTEKT Corp.

 

 

18,200

 

 

213,551

 

JX Holdings, Inc.

 

 

182,860

 

 

1,237,419

 

Japan Petroleum Explora

 

 

2,400

 

 

91,013

 

Japan Prime Realty Investment Corp.

 

 

58

 

 

178,352

 

Japan Real Estate Investment Corp.

 

 

40

 

 

414,384

 

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.

 

 

133

 

 

254,342

 

The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.

 

 

25,000

 

 

260,378

 

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

 

 

368

 

 

1,358,866

 

The Joyo Bank Ltd.

 

 

53,000

 

 

232,317

 

Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd.

 

 

196

 

 

205,621

 

KDDI Corp.

 

 

238

 

 

1,372,484

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

 

Value

 


Japan (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kajima Corp.

 

 

69,800

 

$

185,079

 

Kamigumi Co., Ltd.

 

 

21,000

 

 

175,757

 

Kaneka Corp.

 

 

25,000

 

 

172,728

 

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

 

61,400

 

 

1,514,051

 

Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.

 

 

18,000

 

 

173,802

 

Kao Corp.

 

 

44,000

 

 

1,182,504

 

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.

 

 

115,000

 

 

385,415

 

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd.

 

 

55,000

 

 

239,456

 

Keihin Electric Express Railway Co., Ltd.

 

 

39,000

 

 

343,984

 

Keio Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

 

 

47,000

 

 

320,127

 

Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

 

 

24,000

 

 

159,747

 

Keyence Corp.

 

 

3,420

 

 

986,790

 

Kikkoman Corp.

 

 

13,000

 

 

145,269

 

Kinden Corp.

 

 

12,000

 

 

110,581

 

Kintetsu Corp.

 

 

133,000

 

 

415,585

 

Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd.

 

 

68,000

 

 

951,052

 

Kobe Steel Ltd.

 

 

204,000

 

 

515,454

 

Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

 

 

8,000

 

 

124,370

 

Komatsu Ltd.

 

 

77,600

 

 

2,335,517

 

Konami Corp.

 

 

7,400

 

 

156,569

 

Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.

 

 

39,000

 

 

403,079

 

Kubota Corp.

 

 

94,000

 

 

885,584

 

Kuraray Co., Ltd.

 

 

28,000

 

 

399,698

 

Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

 

 

9,100

 

 

285,668

 

Kyocera Corp.

 

 

13,300

 

 

1,351,246

 

Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. Ltd.

 

 

21,000

 

 

215,669

 

Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

 

30,800

 

 

689,550

 

Lawson, Inc.

 

 

4,900

 

 

241,897

 

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

 

 

43,870

 

 

1,095,113

 

Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd.

 

 

2,100

 

 

107,948

 

Makita Corp.

 

 

9,000

 

 

366,227

 

Marubeni Corp.

 

 

135,000

 

 

945,107

 

Marui Group Co. Ltd.

 

 

18,800

 

 

152,644

 

Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd.

 

 

3,700

 

 

78,456

 

Matsui Securities Co., Ltd.

 

 

9,400

 

 

66,582

 

Mazda Motor Corp.

 

 

122,400

 

 

349,140

 

McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd.

 

 

5,500

 

 

137,810

 

Medipal Holdings Corp.

 

 

12,200

 

 

134,245

 

Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd.

 

 

5,493

 

 

247,880

 

Minebea Co., Ltd.

 

 

28,000

 

 

175,649

 

Miraca Holdings, Inc.

 

 

4,500

 

 

180,642

 

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

 

 

105,000

 

 

709,261

 

Mitsubishi Corp.

 

 

111,100

 

 

2,994,338

 

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

 

 

158,000

 

 

1,650,985

 

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

 

 

96,000

 

 

1,774,196

 

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.

 

 

32,000

 

 

226,336

 

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

 

 

247,200

 

 

925,391

 

Mitsubishi Logistics Corp.

 

 

9,000

 

 

119,258

 

Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (a)

 

 

90,000

 

 

286,001

 

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (a)

 

 

316,000

 

 

457,855

 

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.

 

 

18,000

 

 

303,433

 

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

1,042,074

 

 

5,618,989

 

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

 

 

142,100

 

 

2,338,101

 

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

 

 

71,000

 

 

253,130

 

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

 

 

59,000

 

 

155,567

 

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

 

 

68,000

 

 

1,351,404

 

Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

 

47,000

 

 

154,578

 

Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.

 

 

93,000

 

 

630,181

 


See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 


20

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master International Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Japan (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.

 

 

6,800

 

$

124,270

 

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

1,672,740

 

 

3,137,851

 

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

 

 

16,500

 

 

1,151,793

 

NEC Corp.

 

 

212,000

 

 

634,304

 

NGK Insulators Ltd.

 

 

21,000

 

 

341,125

 

NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.

 

 

13,000

 

 

198,662

 

NHK Spring Co., Ltd.

 

 

12,000

 

 

130,062

 

NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

115,100

 

 

844,341

 

NOK Corp.

 

 

8,400

 

 

174,118

 

NSK Ltd.

 

 

36,000

 

 

323,761

 

NTN Corp.

 

 

41,000

 

 

216,373

 

NTT Data Corp.

 

 

101

 

 

348,309

 

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

 

 

1,253

 

 

2,182,233

 

NTT Urban Development Co.

 

 

89

 

 

87,369

 

Nabtesco Corp.

 

 

7,800

 

 

165,844

 

Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc.

 

 

15,200

 

 

162,927

 

Nidec Corp.

 

 

8,800

 

 

887,340

 

Nikon Corp.

 

 

26,000

 

 

524,855

 

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

 

 

8,100

 

 

2,364,809

 

Nippon Building Fund, Inc.

 

 

42

 

 

430,430

 

Nippon Electric Glass Co.

 

 

28,500

 

 

409,086

 

Nippon Express Co., Ltd.

 

 

69,000

 

 

309,871

 

Nippon Meat Packers, Inc.

 

 

15,000

 

 

195,451

 

Nippon Paper Group, Inc.

 

 

7,894

 

 

206,640

 

Nippon Sanso Corp.

 

 

22,000

 

 

193,663

 

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.

 

 

73,000

 

 

195,804

 

Nippon Steel Corp.

 

 

418,000

 

 

1,497,467

 

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

 

 

42,476

 

 

1,934,264

 

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha

 

 

125,000

 

 

550,321

 

The Nishi-Nippon City Bank Ltd.

 

 

56,000

 

 

169,378

 

Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd.

 

 

11,000

 

 

141,927

 

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

 

 

203,400

 

 

1,924,134

 

Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc.

 

 

15,500

 

 

196,213

 

Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.

 

 

62,000

 

 

137,610

 

Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.

 

 

10,000

 

 

109,153

 

Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.

 

 

5,400

 

 

193,260

 

Nitori Co., Ltd.

 

 

3,000

 

 

262,153

 

Nitto Denko Corp.

 

 

13,410

 

 

628,939

 

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

 

 

289,100

 

 

1,834,361

 

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc.

 

 

8,300

 

 

150,605

 

Nomura Real Estate Office Fund, Inc.

 

 

22

 

 

158,721

 

Nomura Research Institute Ltd.

 

 

8,100

 

 

179,943

 

OJI Paper Co., Ltd.

 

 

68,000

 

 

328,169

 

ORIX Corp.

 

 

8,550

 

 

837,688

 

Obayashi Corp.

 

 

53,000

 

 

243,307

 

Obic Co., Ltd.

 

 

600

 

 

123,221

 

Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

 

 

51,000

 

 

474,040

 

Olympus Corp.

 

 

17,700

 

 

532,949

 

Omron Corp.

 

 

16,500

 

 

434,835

 

Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

 

 

6,800

 

 

317,096

 

Oracle Corp. Japan

 

 

3,200

 

 

156,864

 

Oriental Land Co., Ltd.

 

 

4,100

 

 

379,218

 

Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.

 

 

158,000

 

 

612,477

 

Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.

 

 

20,500

 

 

504,988

 

Otsuka Shokai Co., Ltd.

 

 

1,300

 

 

88,455

 

Panasonic Corp.

 

 

160,400

 

 

2,264,655

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Japan (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rakuten, Inc.

 

 

585

 

$

489,558

 

Resona Holdings, Inc.

 

 

51,256

 

 

305,521

 

Ricoh Co., Ltd.

 

 

55,000

 

 

801,956

 

Rinnai Corp.

 

 

3,000

 

 

182,884

 

Rohm Co., Ltd.

 

 

7,800

 

 

507,255

 

SBI Holdings, Inc.

 

 

1,670

 

 

251,839

 

SMC Corp.

 

 

4,400

 

 

750,844

 

Sankyo Co., Ltd.

 

 

4,500

 

 

253,545

 

Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

 

 

5,900

 

 

204,554

 

Sapporo Hokuyo Holdings, Inc.

 

 

28,289

 

 

132,187

 

Sapporo Holdings Ltd.

 

 

23,000

 

 

103,888

 

Secom Co., Ltd.

 

 

17,100

 

 

807,989

 

Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc.

 

 

16,232

 

 

307,851

 

Seiko Epson Corp.

 

 

10,600

 

 

192,437

 

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.

 

 

35,000

 

 

250,401

 

Sekisui House Ltd.

 

 

47,000

 

 

473,596

 

Senshu Ikeda Holdings, Inc.

 

 

49,470

 

 

70,458

 

Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd.

 

 

61,700

 

 

1,641,476

 

Seven Bank Ltd.

 

 

56

 

 

118,416

 

Sharp Corp.

 

 

82,000

 

 

841,473

 

Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

 

14,300

 

 

420,036

 

Shimadzu Corp.

 

 

20,000

 

 

154,913

 

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

 

 

1,900

 

 

175,863

 

Shimano, Inc.

 

 

5,400

 

 

273,750

 

Shimizu Corp.

 

 

48,000

 

 

204,474

 

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

 

 

33,600

 

 

1,810,925

 

Shinko Electric Industries

 

 

6,200

 

 

69,172

 

Shinko Securities Co., Ltd.

 

 

48,300

 

 

137,728

 

Shinsei Bank Ltd.

 

 

81,000

 

 

105,421

 

Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

 

 

24,200

 

 

476,907

 

Shiseido Co., Ltd.

 

 

27,800

 

 

605,382

 

The Shizuoka Bank Ltd.

 

 

49,000

 

 

450,551

 

Showa Denko KK

 

 

116,000

 

 

260,238

 

Showa Shell Sekiyu KK

 

 

15,100

 

 

137,964

 

Softbank Corp.

 

 

66,400

 

 

2,289,502

 

Sojitz Corp.

 

 

102,000

 

 

223,034

 

Sony Corp.

 

 

82,200

 

 

2,939,855

 

Sony Financial Holdings, Inc.

 

 

71

 

 

285,941

 

Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.

 

 

5,300

 

 

93,746

 

Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.

 

 

11,900

 

 

221,285

 

Sumco Corp. (a)

 

 

9,400

 

 

133,851

 

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

 

 

128,000

 

 

628,352

 

Sumitomo Corp.

 

 

91,800

 

 

1,292,293

 

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

 

 

61,300

 

 

847,116

 

Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.

 

 

44,000

 

 

281,438

 

Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd.

 

 

274,000

 

 

671,713

 

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

 

 

42,000

 

 

731,562

 

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

110,050

 

 

3,896,555

 

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.

 

 

29,000

 

 

689,899

 

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.

 

 

14,400

 

 

149,781

 

The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

 

 

116,000

 

 

726,699

 

Suruga Bank Ltd.

 

 

17,000

 

 

157,747

 

Suzuken Co., Ltd.

 

 

5,200

 

 

158,550

 

Suzuki Motor Corp.

 

 

27,700

 

 

680,002

 

Sysmex Corp.

 

 

2,800

 

 

193,658

 

T&D Holdings, Inc.

 

 

22,100

 

 

557,492

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.




BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

21



 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master International Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Japan (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TDK Corp.

 

 

9,900

 

$

685,440

 

THK Co., Ltd.

 

 

9,700

 

 

221,866

 

Taisei Corp.

 

 

83,000

 

 

193,533

 

Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

 

 

11,000

 

 

240,416

 

Takashimaya Co., Ltd.

 

 

22,000

 

 

187,901

 

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

 

 

61,400

 

 

3,016,326

 

Teijin Ltd.

 

 

77,000

 

 

327,827

 

Terumo Corp.

 

 

13,700

 

 

768,396

 

Tobu Railway Co., Ltd.

 

 

67,000

 

 

375,755

 

Toho Co., Ltd.

 

 

8,600

 

 

137,892

 

Toho Gas Co., Ltd.

 

 

35,000

 

 

174,718

 

Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

 

34,600

 

 

770,344

 

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

 

 

59,200

 

 

1,758,681

 

Tokuyama Corp.

 

 

25,000

 

 

128,856

 

The Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

 

116,400

 

 

2,838,129

 

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

 

 

14,000

 

 

881,457

 

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

 

 

209,000

 

 

925,507

 

Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

 

 

9,200

 

 

99,950

 

Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd.

 

 

32,000

 

 

147,490

 

Tokyu Corp.

 

 

92,000

 

 

420,857

 

Tokyu Land Corp.

 

 

38,000

 

 

190,158

 

TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK

 

 

23,000

 

 

250,958

 

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

 

 

44,000

 

 

400,415

 

Toray Industries, Inc.

 

 

116,700

 

 

695,710

 

Toshiba Corp.

 

 

329,000

 

 

1,785,577

 

Tosoh Corp.

 

 

45,000

 

 

145,726

 

Toto Ltd.

 

 

24,000

 

 

173,445

 

Toyo Seikan Kaisha Ltd.

 

 

12,200

 

 

231,120

 

Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.

 

 

8,000

 

 

177,622

 

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.

 

 

5,700

 

 

133,360

 

Toyota Boshoku Corp.

 

 

5,100

 

 

89,665

 

Toyota Industries Corp.

 

 

14,500

 

 

448,620

 

Toyota Motor Corp.

 

 

225,700

 

 

8,885,458

 

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

 

 

17,100

 

 

299,444

 

Trend Micro, Inc.

 

 

7,900

 

 

259,530

 

Tsumura & Co.

 

 

5,000

 

 

161,542

 

UNY Co., Ltd.

 

 

16,100

 

 

162,141

 

USS Co., Ltd.

 

 

1,940

 

 

158,313

 

Ube Industries Ltd.

 

 

79,000

 

 

236,559

 

Uni-Charm Corp.

 

 

10,200

 

 

405,036

 

Ushio, Inc.

 

 

8,700

 

 

165,196

 

West Japan Railway Co.

 

 

138

 

 

515,085

 

Yahoo! Japan Corp.

 

 

1,166

 

 

450,691

 

Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.

 

 

8,000

 

 

230,007

 

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd.

 

 

6,650

 

 

452,408

 

Yamaguchi Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

17,000

 

 

171,211

 

Yamaha Corp.

 

 

13,300

 

 

164,199

 

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (a)

 

 

21,000

 

 

340,783

 

Yamato Kogyo Co. Ltd.

 

 

3,800

 

 

114,249

 

Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.

 

 

32,100

 

 

455,359

 

Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd.

 

 

10,000

 

 

120,411

 

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

 

 

19,000

 

 

178,903

 

The Yasuda Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (a)

 

 

136,000

 

 

140,090

 

Yokogawa Electric Corp.

 

 

17,700

 

 

140,158

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

199,262,862

 









Kazakhstan — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eurasian Natural Resources Corp.

 

 

20,964

 

 

344,740

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Luxembourg — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ArcelorMittal

 

 

70,185

 

$

2,671,009

 

SES Global

 

 

24,468

 

 

582,647

 

Tenaris SA

 

 

38,580

 

 

946,160

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,199,816

 









Netherlands — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASML Holding NV

 

 

35,290

 

 

1,353,449

 

Aegon NV (a)

 

 

127,549

 

 

780,819

 

Akzo Nobel NV

 

 

18,868

 

 

1,173,917

 

Corio NV

 

 

4,778

 

 

306,790

 

Delta Lloyd NV

 

 

6,510

 

 

131,287

 

Fugro NV

 

 

5,592

 

 

460,421

 

Heineken Holding NV

 

 

9,628

 

 

418,716

 

Heineken NV

 

 

21,292

 

 

1,044,303

 

ING Groep NV CVA (a)

 

 

314,184

 

 

3,065,099

 

Koninklijke Ahold NV

 

 

97,526

 

 

1,288,342

 

Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV

 

 

5,548

 

 

264,899

 

Koninklijke DSM NV

 

 

12,704

 

 

724,166

 

Koninklijke KPN NV

 

 

128,679

 

 

1,879,474

 

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

 

 

80,676

 

 

2,473,311

 

Koninklijke Vopak NV

 

 

5,668

 

 

267,969

 

Randstad Holdings NV (a)

 

 

8,980

 

 

474,585

 

Reed Elsevier NV

 

 

56,237

 

 

696,233

 

SBM Offshore NV

 

 

13,278

 

 

297,913

 

STMicroelectronics NV

 

 

51,528

 

 

535,862

 

TNT NV

 

 

31,190

 

 

824,845

 

Unilever NV

 

 

133,292

 

 

4,158,390

 

Wolters Kluwer NV

 

 

24,438

 

 

535,946

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

23,156,736

 









New Zealand — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auckland International Airport Ltd.

 

 

81,425

 

 

138,214

 

Contact Energy Ltd.

 

 

26,924

 

 

130,807

 

Fletcher Building Ltd.

 

 

48,760

 

 

290,657

 

Sky City Ltd.

 

 

51,491

 

 

130,013

 

Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd.

 

 

156,365

 

 

262,857

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

952,548

 









Norway — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aker Solutions ASA

 

 

13,242

 

 

225,917

 

DnB NOR ASA

 

 

80,460

 

 

1,131,915

 

Norsk Hydro ASA

 

 

72,408

 

 

533,341

 

Orkla ASA

 

 

63,881

 

 

623,123

 

Renewable Energy Corp. ASA (a)

 

 

39,887

 

 

122,498

 

Statoil ASA

 

 

91,319

 

 

2,175,040

 

Telenor ASA

 

 

65,303

 

 

1,064,135

 

Telenor ASA — ADR

 

 

839

 

 

41,027

 

Yara International ASA

 

 

15,711

 

 

914,519

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,831,515

 









Portugal — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banco Comercial Portugues SA, Registered Shares

 

 

228,344

 

 

177,574

 

Banco Espirito Santo SA, Registered Shares

 

 

44,077

 

 

169,506

 

Brisa-Auto Estradas de Portugal SA, Private Shares

 

 

15,277

 

 

106,562

 

Cimpor Cimentos de Portugal SA

 

 

16,593

 

 

112,431

 

Energias de Portugal SA

 

 

156,167

 

 

519,974

 

Galp Energia SGPS SA

 

 

18,699

 

 

358,609

 

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

 

 

18,022

 

 

274,789

 

Portugal Telecom SGPS SA, Registered Shares

 

 

47,680

 

 

544,271

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,263,716

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




22

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010



 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master International Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Singapore — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

126,962

 

$

204,875

 

CapitaLand Ltd.

 

 

208,749

 

 

603,809

 

CapitaMall Trust

 

 

179,700

 

 

273,312

 

CapitaMalls Asia Ltd.

 

 

110,000

 

 

166,346

 

City Developments Ltd.

 

 

44,535

 

 

436,475

 

ComfortDelgro Corp. Ltd.

 

 

153,816

 

 

185,756

 

Cosco Corp. (Singapore) Ltd.

 

 

79,002

 

 

131,858

 

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

 

 

141,407

 

 

1,578,323

 

Fraser and Neave Ltd.

 

 

80,096

 

 

399,846

 

Genting Singapore Plc (a)

 

 

504,227

 

 

862,585

 

Global Logistic Properties Ltd. (a)

 

 

130,000

 

 

218,802

 

Golden Agri-Resources Ltd.

 

 

540,251

 

 

337,315

 

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.

 

 

8,721

 

 

248,665

 

Keppel Corp. Ltd.

 

 

103,616

 

 

914,263

 

Keppel Land Ltd.

 

 

59,000

 

 

220,914

 

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. (a)

 

 

73,350

 

 

124,682

 

Noble Group Ltd.

 

 

241,840

 

 

408,766

 

Olam International Ltd.

 

 

102,900

 

 

252,016

 

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp.

 

 

200,914

 

 

1,546,828

 

SembCorp Industries Ltd.

 

 

78,590

 

 

314,598

 

Sembcorp Marine Ltd.

 

 

69,197

 

 

289,478

 

Singapore Airlines Ltd.

 

 

44,009

 

 

525,137

 

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

 

 

70,000

 

 

459,081

 

Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.

 

 

127,316

 

 

395,261

 

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.

 

 

135,213

 

 

360,294

 

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

 

 

652,132

 

 

1,549,689

 

StarHub Ltd.

 

 

52,157

 

 

107,108

 

UOL Group Ltd.

 

 

38,457

 

 

142,492

 

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

 

 

100,572

 

 

1,427,214

 

Wilmar International Ltd.

 

 

156,670

 

 

688,753

 

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd.

 

 

126,183

 

 

187,908

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

15,562,449

 









Spain — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA

 

 

11,628

 

 

545,016

 

Abertis Infraestructuras SA

 

 

24,189

 

 

436,695

 

Acciona SA

 

 

2,167

 

 

153,817

 

Acerinox SA

 

 

7,858

 

 

138,341

 

Amadeus IT Holding SA, Class A (a)

 

 

16,481

 

 

346,353

 

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

 

 

350,714

 

 

3,574,224

 

Banco de Sabadell SA

 

 

84,681

 

 

333,821

 

Banco de Valencia SA

 

 

16,986

 

 

74,660

 

Banco Popular Espanol SA

 

 

72,772

 

 

375,238

 

Banco Santander SA

 

 

673,324

 

 

7,174,823

 

Bankinter SA

 

 

24,950

 

 

138,886

 

Corp. Mapfre SA

 

 

62,698

 

 

174,780

 

Criteria Caixacorp. SA

 

 

68,975

 

 

368,395

 

Enagas

 

 

14,444

 

 

288,886

 

Ferrovial SA

 

 

35,567

 

 

355,190

 

Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas SA

 

 

4,167

 

 

109,741

 

Gas Natural SDG SA

 

 

26,398

 

 

406,660

 

Gestevision Telecinco SA

 

 

10,971

 

 

120,849

 

Grifols SA

 

 

11,816

 

 

161,501

 

Iberdrola Renovables

 

 

69,262

 

 

246,156

 

Iberdrola SA

 

 

330,654

 

 

2,563,763

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Spain (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana (a)

 

 

38,994

 

$

167,321

 

Inditex SA

 

 

17,993

 

 

1,346,840

 

Indra Sistemas SA

 

 

7,647

 

 

131,072

 

Red Electrica de Espana

 

 

8,893

 

 

419,231

 

Repsol YPF SA

 

 

59,938

 

 

1,678,481

 

Telefonica SA

 

 

336,104

 

 

7,673,269

 

Zardoya Otis SA

 

 

11,840

 

 

167,001

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

29,671,010

 









Sweden — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alfa Laval AB

 

 

27,893

 

 

588,905

 

Assa Abloy AB, Series B

 

 

25,592

 

 

721,917

 

Atlas Copco AB, Class A

 

 

54,951

 

 

1,387,154

 

Atlas Copco AB, Class B

 

 

32,080

 

 

726,204

 

Boliden AB

 

 

22,397

 

 

456,314

 

CDON Group AB (a)

 

 

4,108

 

 

18,996

 

Electrolux AB

 

 

19,478

 

 

552,742

 

Getinge AB, Class B

 

 

16,450

 

 

344,375

 

Hennes & Mauritz AB, B Shares

 

 

83,777

 

 

2,790,198

 

Hexagon AB

 

 

21,252

 

 

456,432

 

Holmen AB, Class B

 

 

4,661

 

 

153,437

 

Husqvarna AB

 

 

33,227

 

 

277,640

 

Industrivarden AB

 

 

9,633

 

 

169,006

 

Investor AB

 

 

37,325

 

 

798,689

 

Kinnevik Investment AB

 

 

17,606

 

 

358,550

 

Millicom International Cellular SA — ADR

 

 

6,219

 

 

596,936

 

Modern Times Group AB

 

 

4,108

 

 

272,162

 

Nordea Bank AB

 

 

265,000

 

 

2,881,304

 

Ratos AB

 

 

8,157

 

 

301,584

 

SKB AB

 

 

31,930

 

 

911,177

 

SSAB AB, Series A

 

 

14,628

 

 

246,542

 

Sandvik AB

 

 

82,522

 

 

1,610,166

 

Scania AB

 

 

26,383

 

 

607,312

 

Securitas AB

 

 

25,233

 

 

295,478

 

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A

 

 

116,620

 

 

973,687

 

Skanska AB, Class B

 

 

32,777

 

 

649,795

 

Svenska Cellulosa AB

 

 

46,921

 

 

740,829

 

Svenska Handelsbanken, Class A

 

 

40,158

 

 

1,283,671

 

Swedbank AB, A Shares (a)

 

 

58,427

 

 

817,003

 

Swedish Match AB

 

 

18,902

 

 

547,747

 

Tele2 AB

 

 

25,727

 

 

533,773

 

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

 

 

246,614

 

 

2,857,965

 

TeliaSonera AB

 

 

183,716

 

 

1,458,457

 

Volvo AB, B Shares (a)

 

 

112,778

 

 

1,986,674

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

29,372,821

 









Switzerland — 7.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABB Ltd.

 

 

179,305

 

 

4,003,505

 

Actelion Ltd. (a)

 

 

8,296

 

 

454,284

 

Adecco SA, Registered Shares

 

 

10,018

 

 

656,974

 

Aryzta AG

 

 

7,164

 

 

330,924

 

Baloise Holding AG

 

 

4,101

 

 

398,927

 

Compagnie Financière Richemont SA

 

 

42,713

 

 

2,511,688

 

Crédit Suisse Group AG

 

 

92,456

 

 

3,723,660

 

GAM Holdings Ltd. (a)

 

 

16,634

 

 

274,955

 

Geberit AG

 

 

3,178

 

 

734,825

 

Givaudan SA

 

 

674

 

 

727,586

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.




BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

23




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master International Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Switzerland (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holcim Ltd.

 

 

20,073

 

$

1,518,973

 

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

 

 

17,001

 

 

796,039

 

Kuehne & Nagel International AG

 

 

4,421

 

 

615,088

 

Lindt & Spruengli AG

 

 

72

 

 

217,350

 

Lindt & Spruengli AG ‘R’

 

 

9

 

 

289,648

 

Logitech International SA (a)

 

 

15,054

 

 

286,251

 

Lonza Group AG, Registered Shares

 

 

3,676

 

 

294,650

 

Nestlé SA, Registered Shares

 

 

283,524

 

 

16,609,877

 

Novartis AG, Registered Shares

 

 

172,659

 

 

10,163,677

 

Pargesa Holding SA

 

 

2,175

 

 

184,481

 

Roche Holding AG

 

 

57,487

 

 

8,427,183

 

SGS SA

 

 

448

 

 

751,910

 

Schindler Holding AG

 

 

4,002

 

 

473,419

 

Schindler Holding AG, Registered Shares

 

 

1,762

 

 

210,895

 

Sika AG

 

 

166

 

 

364,409

 

Sonova Holding AG

 

 

3,721

 

 

479,661

 

Straumann Holding AG, Registered Shares

 

 

656

 

 

150,227

 

The Swatch Group Ltd., Bearer Shares

 

 

2,524

 

 

1,125,377

 

The Swatch Group Ltd., Registered Shares

 

 

3,649

 

 

294,433

 

Swiss Life Holding

 

 

2,475

 

 

356,976

 

Swiss Reinsurance Co., Registered Shares

 

 

28,816

 

 

1,545,887

 

Swisscom AG

 

 

1,905

 

 

837,412

 

Syngenta AG

 

 

7,731

 

 

2,266,218

 

Synthes, Inc.

 

 

4,823

 

 

650,995

 

Transocean Ltd. (a)

 

 

26,179

 

 

1,803,439

 

UBS AG (a)

 

 

297,783

 

 

4,889,198

 

Zurich Financial Services AG

 

 

11,917

 

 

3,086,106

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

72,507,107

 









United Kingdom — 21.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3i Group Plc

 

 

79,229

 

 

407,023

 

ARM Holdings Plc

 

 

109,009

 

 

744,009

 

Admiral Group Plc

 

 

16,401

 

 

387,923

 

Aggreko Plc

 

 

21,377

 

 

494,653

 

Amec Plc

 

 

27,184

 

 

488,875

 

Anglo American Plc

 

 

107,948

 

 

5,647,034

 

Antofagasta Plc

 

 

31,934

 

 

808,026

 

Associated British Foods Plc

 

 

29,225

 

 

539,535

 

AstraZeneca Plc

 

 

117,271

 

 

5,344,552

 

Autonomy Corp. Plc (a)

 

 

17,668

 

 

415,660

 

Aviva Plc

 

 

231,255

 

 

1,421,489

 

BAE Systems Plc

 

 

278,825

 

 

1,436,167

 

BG Group Plc

 

 

276,736

 

 

5,613,647

 

BHP Billiton Plc

 

 

180,589

 

 

7,265,398

 

BP Plc

 

 

1,537,565

 

 

11,333,288

 

BT Group Plc

 

 

634,926

 

 

1,803,318

 

Babcock International Group Plc

 

 

30,277

 

 

269,812

 

Balfour Beatty Plc

 

 

55,595

 

 

271,850

 

Barclays Plc

 

 

936,461

 

 

3,870,282

 

British Airways Plc (a)

 

 

48,900

 

 

208,437

 

British American Tobacco Plc

 

 

163,386

 

 

6,284,800

 

British Land Co. Plc

 

 

71,159

 

 

584,106

 

British Sky Broadcasting Plc

 

 

93,199

 

 

1,069,449

 

Bunzl Plc

 

 

26,664

 

 

299,392

 

Burberry Group Plc

 

 

35,919

 

 

631,273

 

Cable & Wireless Worldwide

 

 

209,855

 

 

214,959

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









United Kingdom (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cairn Energy Plc (a)

 

 

114,919

 

$

754,457

 

Capita Group Plc

 

 

50,969

 

 

554,314

 

Capital Shopping Centers Group Plc

 

 

38,691

 

 

252,365

 

Carnival Plc

 

 

14,373

 

 

668,522

 

Centrica Plc

 

 

420,626

 

 

2,179,388

 

Cobham Plc

 

 

93,617

 

 

297,675

 

Compass Group Plc

 

 

155,384

 

 

1,410,251

 

Diageo Plc

 

 

205,017

 

 

3,798,555

 

Essar Energy Plc (a)

 

 

26,663

 

 

242,008

 

Experian Group Ltd.

 

 

84,087

 

 

1,047,319

 

Firstgroup Plc

 

 

39,467

 

 

245,562

 

Fresnillo Plc

 

 

14,480

 

 

378,904

 

G4S Plc

 

 

115,198

 

 

456,989

 

GlaxoSmithKline Plc

 

 

424,901

 

 

8,240,024

 

HSBC Holdings Plc

 

 

1,440,801

 

 

14,725,149

 

Hammerson Plc

 

 

57,667

 

 

375,807

 

Home Retail Group

 

 

71,142

 

 

210,228

 

ICAP Plc

 

 

45,159

 

 

377,598

 

ITV Plc (a)

 

 

296,490

 

 

325,098

 

Imperial Tobacco Group Plc

 

 

83,375

 

 

2,562,914

 

Inmarsat Plc

 

 

35,635

 

 

374,774

 

Intercontinental Hotels Group Plc

 

 

24,198

 

 

472,681

 

International Power Plc

 

 

125,206

 

 

857,459

 

Intertek Group Plc

 

 

13,369

 

 

369,647

 

Invensys Plc

 

 

65,422

 

 

361,571

 

Investec Plc

 

 

38,518

 

 

317,322

 

J Sainsbury Plc

 

 

99,485

 

 

584,460

 

Johnson Matthey Plc

 

 

17,633

 

 

561,785

 

Kazakhmys Plc

 

 

17,543

 

 

445,319

 

Kingfisher Plc

 

 

193,160

 

 

795,764

 

Land Securities Group Plc

 

 

62,184

 

 

655,948

 

Legal & General Group Plc

 

 

482,689

 

 

731,051

 

Lloyds TSB Group Plc (a)

 

 

3,351,766

 

 

3,460,026

 

London Stock Exchange Group Plc

 

 

12,623

 

 

165,501

 

Lonmin Plc

 

 

13,242

 

 

407,619

 

Man Group Plc

 

 

145,808

 

 

676,095

 

Marks & Spencer Group Plc

 

 

129,556

 

 

747,083

 

National Grid Plc

 

 

286,041

 

 

2,472,320

 

Next Plc

 

 

15,002

 

 

463,333

 

Old Mutual Plc

 

 

446,307

 

 

859,456

 

Pearson Plc

 

 

66,529

 

 

1,048,438

 

Petrofac Ltd.

 

 

21,216

 

 

527,153

 

Prudential Plc

 

 

207,771

 

 

2,170,623

 

Rangold Resources Ltd.

 

 

7,336

 

 

604,943

 

Reckitt Benckiser Plc

 

 

50,475

 

 

2,776,867

 

Reed Elsevier Plc

 

 

99,546

 

 

840,864

 

Resolution Ltd.

 

 

117,583

 

 

430,191

 

Rexam Plc

 

 

71,587

 

 

371,777

 

Rio Tinto Plc, Registered Shares

 

 

118,619

 

 

8,455,322

 

Rolls-Royce Group Plc

 

 

151,718

 

 

1,478,223

 

Rolls-Royce Group Plc (a)

 

 

9,817,536

 

 

15,306

 

Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group

 

 

280,584

 

 

548,546

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (a)

 

 

1,428,612

 

 

877,333

 

Royal Dutch Shell Plc

 

 

290,124

 

 

9,686,771

 

Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Class B

 

 

220,585

 

 

7,304,569

 

SABMiller Plc

 

 

77,733

 

 

2,738,462

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


24

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master International Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







United Kingdom (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sage Group Plc

 

 

107,732

 

$

460,172

 

Schroders Plc

 

 

9,304

 

 

269,801

 

Scottish & Southern Energy Plc

 

 

75,535

 

 

1,442,884

 

Sego Plc

 

 

59,362

 

 

265,805

 

Serco Group Plc

 

 

40,080

 

 

347,934

 

Severn Trent Plc

 

 

19,368

 

 

447,783

 

Shire Ltd.

 

 

45,931

 

 

1,107,493

 

Smith & Nephew Plc

 

 

72,092

 

 

761,208

 

Smiths Group Plc

 

 

32,111

 

 

624,226

 

Standard Chartered Plc

 

 

190,865

 

 

5,152,512

 

Standard Life Plc

 

 

185,169

 

 

625,382

 

TUI Travel Plc

 

 

47,505

 

 

183,070

 

Tesco Plc

 

 

656,748

 

 

4,354,907

 

Thomas Cook Group Plc

 

 

68,661

 

 

203,245

 

Tullow Oil Plc

 

 

72,763

 

 

1,436,886

 

Unilever Plc

 

 

105,193

 

 

3,231,120

 

United Utilities Group Plc

 

 

55,994

 

 

518,038

 

Vedanta Resources Plc

 

 

9,950

 

 

392,542

 

Vodafone Group Plc

 

 

4,316,073

 

 

11,330,291

 

The Weir Group Plc

 

 

17,245

 

 

479,112

 

WPP Plc

 

 

102,548

 

 

1,267,756

 

Whitbread Plc

 

 

14,314

 

 

400,534

 

William Morrison Supermarkets Plc

 

 

173,666

 

 

725,584

 

Wolseley Plc (a)

 

 

23,393

 

 

748,859

 

Xstrata Plc

 

 

168,709

 

 

3,997,754

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

193,387,584

 









Total Common Stocks — 98.0%

 

 

 

 

 

904,244,525

 









Total Long-Term Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Cost — $815,717,744) — 98.0%

 

 

 

 

 

904,244,525

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Short-Term Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempCash,
Institutional Class, 0.18% (b)(c)

 

 

2,576,868

 

 

2,576,868

 









Total Short-Term Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Cost — $2,576,868) — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

2,576,868

 









Total Investments (Cost — $818,294,612*) — 98.3%

 

 

 

 

 

906,821,393

 

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

15,878,962

 

 

 

 

 

 




Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

$

922,700,355

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 



*

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of December 31, 2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate cost

 

$

858,176,885

 

 

 

 




 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

145,966,648

 

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

(97,322,140

)

 

 

 




 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

48,644,508

 

 

 

 





 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

 

(b)

Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Series during the year, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











 

Affiliate

 

Shares
Held at
December 31,
2009

 

Net
Activity

 

Shares
Held at
December 31,
2010

 

Income

 

 











 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempCash, Institutional Class

 

 

6,620,218

 

 

(4,043,350

)

 

2,576,868

 

$

6,442

 

 















 

 

(c)

Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

 

  •

Financial futures contracts purchased as of December 31,2010 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













 

Contracts

 

Issue

 

Exchange

 

Expiration

 

Notional
Value

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

 













 

95

 

DJ Euro

 

Eurex

 

March 2011

 

$

3,617,151

 

$

(70,186

)

 

 

 

Stoxx 50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

Emini

 

Chicago

 

March 2011

 

$

816,785

 

 

13,715

 

 

 

 

MSCI EAFE

 

Mercantile

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35

 

FTSE 100 Index

 

LIFFE

 

March 2011

 

$

3,182,925

 

 

32,775

 

 

11

 

SPI 200 Index

 

Sydney

 

March 2011

 

$

1,342,541

 

 

(12,136

)

 

25

 

TOPIX Index

 

Tokyo

 

March 2011

 

$

2,718,205

 

 

40,764

 

 















 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,932

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

  •

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivatives, which are as follows:

 

 

 

 

Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

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 Series’ own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivatives)

 

 

 

 

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Series’ policy regarding valuation of investments and derivatives and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Series’ Notes to Financial Statements.


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

25




 

 


 

Schedule of Investments (concluded)

Master International Index Series

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of December 31, 2010 in determining the fair valuation of the Series’ investments and derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 











Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australia

 

$

1,783,333

 

$

77,270,285

 

 

 

$

79,053,618

 

Austria

 

 

 

 

3,021,486

 

 

 

 

3,021,486

 

Belgium

 

 

130

 

 

8,214,522

 

 

 

 

8,214,652

 

Bermuda

 

 

 

 

773,346

 

 

 

 

773,346

 

China

 

 

 

 

125,168

 

 

 

 

125,168

 

Denmark

 

 

 

 

9,016,334

 

 

 

 

9,016,334

 

Finland

 

 

 

 

10,030,487

 

 

 

 

10,030,487

 

France

 

 

293,447

 

 

81,951,699

 

 

 

 

82,245,146

 

Germany

 

 

1,028,527

 

 

73,310,494

 

 

 

 

74,339,021

 

Greece

 

 

 

 

2,235,607

 

 

 

 

2,235,607

 

Hong Kong

 

 

2,515,386

 

 

23,088,299

 

 

 

 

25,603,685

 

Ireland

 

 

384,729

 

 

1,955,763

 

 

 

 

2,340,492

 

Israel

 

 

 

 

7,168,397

 

 

 

 

7,168,397

 

Italy

 

 

260,063

 

 

22,304,119

 

 

 

 

22,564,182

 

Japan

 

 

504,988

 

 

198,757,874

 

 

 

 

199,262,862

 

Kazakhstan

 

 

 

 

344,740

 

 

 

 

344,740

 

Luxembourg

 

 

 

 

4,199,816

 

 

 

 

4,199,816

 

Netherlands

 

 

 

 

23,156,736

 

 

 

 

23,156,736

 

New Zealand

 

 

 

 

952,548

 

 

 

 

952,548

 

Norway

 

 

41,027

 

 

6,790,488

 

 

 

 

6,831,515

 

Portugal

 

 

 

 

2,263,716

 

 

 

 

2,263,716

 

Singapore

 

 

218,802

 

 

15,343,647

 

 

 

 

15,562,449

 

Spain

 

 

545,016

 

 

29,125,994

 

 

 

 

29,671,010

 

Sweden

 

 

18,996

 

 

29,353,825

 

 

 

 

29,372,821

 

Switzerland

 

 

454,284

 

 

72,052,823

 

 

 

 

72,507,107

 

United Kingdom

 

 

1,284,408

 

 

192,103,176

 

 

 

 

193,387,584

 

Short-Term Securities

 

 

2,576,868

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,576,868

 















Total

 

$

11,910,004

 

$

894,911,389

 

 

 

$

906,821,393

 

 

 













 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments1

 





Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 















Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity contracts

 

$

87,254

 

 

 

 

 

$

87,254

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity contracts

 

 

(82,322

)

 

 

 

 

 

(82,322

)















Total

 

$

4,932

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,932

 

 

 














 

 

 

 

1

Derivative financial instruments are financial futures contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.

The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used in determining fair value:

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Common Stocks

 





Assets:

 

 

 

 

Balance, as of December 31, 2009

 

$

15

 

Accrued discounts/premiums

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation2

 

 

 

Purchases

 

 

 

Sales

 

 

 

Transfers in3

 

 

 

Transfers out3

 

 

(15

)

 

 




Balance, as of December 31, 2010

 

$

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

2

The change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation securities still held on December 31, 2010 was $0.

 

 

 

 

3

The Series’ policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the end of the period of the event or the change in circumstances that caused the transfer.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Master International Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

 






Assets

 

 

 

 






Investments at value — unaffiliated (cost — $815,717,744)

 

$

904,244,525

 

Investments at value — affiliated (cost — $2,576,868)

 

 

2,576,868

 

Foreign currency at value (cost — $10,204,882)

 

 

10,303,607

 

Cash pledged as collateral for financial futures contracts

 

 

962,000

 

Dividends receivable

 

 

4,139,504

 

Contributions receivable from investors

 

 

2,292,185

 

Receivable from advisor

 

 

6,270

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

19,524

 

 

 




Total assets

 

 

924,544,483

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Liabilities

 

 

 

 






Bank overdraft

 

 

769,758

 

Investments purchased payable

 

 

520,775

 

Margin variation payable

 

 

125,494

 

Other affiliates payable

 

 

4,040

 

Directors’ fees payable

 

 

318

 

Other accrued expenses payable

 

 

257,293

 

Other liabilities

 

 

166,450

 

 

 




Total liabilities

 

 

1,844,128

 

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

922,700,355

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Net Assets Consist of

 

 

 

 






Investors’ capital

 

$

833,852,476

 

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

88,847,879

 

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

922,700,355

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.





 

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DECEMBER 31, 2010

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Statement of Operations

Master International Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

 

 






Investment Income

 

 

 

 






Dividends — unaffiliated

 

$

24,643,163

 

Foreign taxes withheld

 

 

(2,145,389

)

Dividends — affiliated

 

 

6,442

 

 

 




Total income

 

 

22,504,216

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Expenses

 

 

 

 






Investment advisory

 

 

79,568

 

Custodian

 

 

362,621

 

Accounting services

 

 

153,218

 

Pricing

 

 

116,507

 

Professional

 

 

78,830

 

Directors

 

 

22,052

 

Printing

 

 

1,967

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

24,085

 

 

 




Total expenses

 

 

838,848

 

Less fees waived by advisor

 

 

(49,666

)

Less fees paid indirectly

 

 

(768

)

 

 




Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly

 

 

788,414

 

 

 




Net investment income

 

 

21,715,802

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 






Net realized loss from:

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(19,541,760

)

Financial futures contracts

 

 

(1,497,079

)

Foreign currency transactions

 

 

(567,649

)

 

 




 

 

 

(21,606,488

)

 

 




Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

84,455,663

 

Financial futures contracts

 

 

(501,842

)

Foreign currency transactions

 

 

359,660

 

 

 




 

 

 

84,313,481

 

 

 




Total realized and unrealized gain

 

 

62,706,993

 

 

 




Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

84,422,795

 

 

 





 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.




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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Master International Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31,

 

 

 



Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

2010

 

2009

 







Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income

 

$

21,715,802

 

$

22,305,320

 

Net realized gain (loss)

 

 

(21,606,488

)

 

520,540

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

84,313,481

 

 

184,128,794

 

 

 







Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

 

 

84,422,795

 

 

206,954,654

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Capital Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Proceeds from contributions

 

 

325,133,239

 

 

359,210,927

 

Value of withdrawals

 

 

(236,135,595

)

 

(523,005,063

)

 

 







Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital transactions

 

 

88,997,644

 

 

(163,794,136

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Total increase in net assets

 

 

173,420,439

 

 

43,160,518

 

Beginning of year

 

 

749,279,916

 

 

706,119,398

 

 

 







End of year

 

$

922,700,355

 

$

749,279,916

 

 

 








 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 





 

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DECEMBER 31, 2010

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Financial Highlights

Master International Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 



 

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 













Total Investment Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Total investment return

 

 

7.66

%

 

28.99

%

 

(41.94

)%

 

10.80

%

 

26.61

%

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Total expenses

 

 

0.11

%

 

0.09

%

 

0.11

%

 

0.10

%

 

0.11

%

 

 
















Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly

 

 

0.10

%

 

0.09

%

 

0.10

%

 

0.09

%

 

0.10

%

 

 
















Net investment income

 

 

2.73

%

 

2.98

%

 

3.54

%

 

2.86

%

 

2.70

%

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Net assets, end of year (000)

 

$

922,700

 

$

749,280

 

$

706,119

 

$

1,143,172

 

$

829,986

 

 

 
















Portfolio turnover

 

 

8

%

 

30

%

 

30

%

 

30

%

 

23

%

 

 

















 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.




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DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 



 

 

Notes to Financial Statements

Master International Index Series

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

Master International Index Series (the “Series”), a non-diversified open-end management investment company, is a series of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”). The Master LLC is registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and is organized as a Delaware limited liability company. The Master LLC’s Limited Liability Company Agreement permits the Board of Directors (the “Board”) to issue non-transferable interests, subject to certain limitations. The Series’ financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosure in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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

Valuation: The Series fair values its financial instruments at market value using independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board. Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market System (“NASDAQ”) 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. Financial futures contracts traded on exchanges are valued at their last sale price. Investments in open-end registered investment companies are valued at net asset value each business day. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into US dollars using exchange rates determined as of the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices and are determined as of the close of business on the NYSE. Interpolated values are derived when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available.

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 or is not available, the investment will be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Value Assets”). When determining the price for Fair Value Assets, the investment advisor and/or the sub-advisor seeks to determine the price that the Series 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 committee thereof.

Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of business on the NYSE. Occasionally, events affecting the values of such instruments may occur between the foreign market close and the close of business on the NYSE that may not be reflected in the computation of the Series’ net assets. If events (for example, a company announcement, market volatility or a natural disaster) occur during such periods that are expected to materially affect the value of such instruments, those instruments may be Fair Value Assets and be valued at their fair values, as determined in good faith by the investment advisor using a pricing service and/or policies approved by the Board. Each business day, the Series uses a pricing service to assist with the valuation of certain foreign exchange-traded equity securities and foreign exchange-traded and over-the-counter (“OTC”) options (the “Systematic Fair Value Price”). Using current market factors, the Systematic Fair Value Price is designed to value such foreign securities and foreign options at fair value as of the close of business on the NYSE, which follows the close of the local markets.

Foreign Currency Transactions: The Series’ books and records are maintained in US dollars. Purchases and sales of investments are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the date the transactions are entered into. Generally, when the US dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, the Series’ investments denominated in that currency will lose value because its currency is worth fewer US dollars; the opposite effect occurs if the US dollar falls in relative value.

The Series reports foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gain (loss) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases in which the 1940 Act and the interpretive positions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) require that the Series either delivers collateral or segregates assets in connection with certain investments (e.g., financial futures contracts and foreign currency exchange contracts), the Series will, consistent with SEC rules and/or certain interpretive letters issued by the SEC, segregate collateral or designate on its books and records cash or other liquid securities having a market value at least equal to the amount that would otherwise be required to be physically segregated. Furthermore, based on requirements and agreements with certain exchanges and third party broker-dealers, each party has requirements to deliver/deposit securities as collateral for certain investments.

 

 



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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Master International Index Series

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Series has determined the ex-dividend date. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest.

Income Taxes: The Series is classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. As such, each investor in the Series is treated as the owner of its proportionate share of net assets, income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Series. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. It is intended that the Series’ assets will be managed so an investor in the Series can satisfy the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Series files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Series’ US federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended December 31, 2010. The statutes of limitations on the Series’ state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction. Management does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

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

The Series has an arrangement with the custodian whereby fees may be reduced by credits earned on uninvested cash balances, which if applicable are shown as fees paid indirectly in the Statement of Operations. The custodian imposes fees on overdrawn cash balances, which can be offset by accumulated credits earned or may result in additional custody charges.

2. Derivative Financial Instruments:

The Series engages in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Series and to economically hedge, or protect, its exposure to certain risks such as equity risk and foreign currency exchange rate risk. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange or OTC.

Losses may arise if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract. The Series’ maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives is generally the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral pledged by/posted to the counterparty. Counterparty risk related to exchange-traded financial futures contracts is deemed to be minimal due to the protection against defaults provided by the exchange on which these contracts trade.

The Series may mitigate counterparty risk by procuring collateral and through netting provisions included within an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) Master Agreement implemented between the Series and each of its respective counterparties. The ISDA Master Agreement allows the Series to offset with each separate counter-party certain derivative financial instrument’s payables and/or receivables with collateral held. The amount of collateral moved to/from applicable counterparties is generally based upon minimum transfer amounts of up to $500,000. To the extent amounts due to the Series from its counterpar-ties are not fully collateralized contractually or otherwise, the Series bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. See Note 1 “Segregation and Collateralization” for information with respect to collateral practices. In addition, the Series manages counterparty risk by entering into agreements only with counterparties that it believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties.

Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties to OTC derivatives to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event the Series’ net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Series fails to meet the terms of its ISDA Master Agreements, which would cause the Series to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty.

Financial Futures Contracts: The Series purchases or sells financial futures contracts and options on financial futures contracts to gain exposure to, or economically hedge against, changes in the values of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk). Financial futures contracts are agreements between the Series and coun-terparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and at a specified date. Depending on the terms of the particular contract, futures contracts are settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash settlement amount on settlement date. Pursuant to the contract, the Series agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as margin variation and are recorded by the Series as unrealized gains or losses. When the contract is closed, the Series records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The use of financial futures transactions involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of financial futures contracts, interest rates and the underlying assets.

 

 

 


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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Master International Index Series

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts: The Series enters into foreign currency exchange contracts as an economic hedge against either specific transactions or portfolio instruments or to obtain exposure to foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk). A foreign currency exchange contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set exchange rate on a future date. Foreign currency exchange contracts, when used by the Series, help to manage the overall exposure to the currency backing some of the investments held by the Series. The contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in market value is recorded by the Series as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, the Series records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The use of foreign currency exchange contracts involves the risk that the value of a foreign currency contract changes unfavorably due to movements in the value of the referenced foreign currencies and the risk that a counterparty to the contract does not perform it obligations under the agreement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure:

 

 



Fair Values of Derivative Instruments as of December 31, 2010

 



 

 

Asset Derivatives

 

Liability Derivatives

 

 

 


 



 

 

Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location

 

Value

 

Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location

 

Value

 











Equity contracts

 

 

Net unrealized
appreciation/
depreciation*

 

$

87,254

 

 

Net unrealized
appreciation/
depreciation*

 

$

82,322

 
















 

 

*

Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of financial futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s margin variation is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
Year Ended December 31, 2010

 



 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

 

 

 



 

 

Financial
Futures
Contracts

 

Foreign
Currency
Transactions

 







Foreign currency exchange contracts

 

 

 

$

258,055

 

Equity contracts

 

$

(1,497,079

)

 

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation/Depreciation on

 

 

 



 

 

Financial
Futures
Contracts

 

Foreign
Currency
Transactions

 









Foreign currency exchange contracts

 

 

 

$

147,613

 

Equity contracts

 

$

(501,842

)

 

 









For the year ended December 31, 2010, the average quarterly balances of outstanding derivative financial instruments were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 






Financial futures contracts:

 

 

 

 

Average number of contracts purchased

 

 

225

 

Average notional value of contracts purchased

 

$

13,412,825

 

Foreign currency exchange contracts:

 

 

 

 

Average number of contracts — US dollars purchased

 

 

2

 

Average number of contracts — US dollars sold

 

 

2

 

Average US dollar amounts purchased

 

$

348,679

 

Average US dollar amounts sold

 

$

181,414

 






3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate of the Series for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and Barclays are not.

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Master LLC’s investment advisor, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory and administration services. The Manager is responsible for the management of the Series’ portfolio and provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Series. For such services, the Series pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.01% of the average daily value of the Series’ net assets.

The Manager entered into a contractual arrangement with the Master LLC with respect to the Series under which the Manager will waive and/or reimburse its fees and/or expenses so that the total annual operating expenses incurred by the Series excluding interest expense, dividend expense, acquired fund fees and expenses and certain other Series’ expenses will not exceed 0.12% of the average daily value of the Series’ net assets. The Manager has agreed not to reduce or discontinue this contractual waiver or reimbursement prior to May 1, 2012 unless approved by the Board, including a majority of non-interested Directors. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Series waived $46,646, which is included in fees waived by advisor in the Statement of Operations.

The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Series pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds, however, the Manager does not waive its advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees paid through its investment in other affiliated investment companies, if any. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Series waived $3,020, which is included in fees waived by advisor in the Statement of Operations.

 

 

 

 





 

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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)

Master International Index Series

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

For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Series reimbursed the Manager $14,269 for certain accounting services, which are included in accounting services in the Statement of Operations.

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

4. Investments:

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities for the year ended December 31, 2010, were $175,951,778 and $57,569,320, respectively.

5. Borrowings:

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates, is a party to a $500 million credit agreement with a group of lenders, which expired in November 2010. The Series may borrow under the credit agreement to fund investor withdrawals. Effective November 2009, the credit agreement had the following terms: 0.02% upfront fee on the aggregate commitment amount, which was allocated to the Series based on its net assets as of October 31, 2009, a commitment fee of 0.10% per annum based on the Series’ pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement, and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) the one-month LIBOR plus 1.25% per annum and (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.25% per annum on amounts borrowed. In addition, the Series paid administration and arrangement fees which were allocated to the Series based on its net assets as of October 31, 2009. Effective November 2010, the credit agreement was renewed until November 2011 with the following terms: a commitment fee of 0.08% per annum based on the Series’ pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) the one-month LIBOR plus 1.00% per annum and (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.00% per annum on amounts borrowed. In addition, the Series paid administration and arrangement fees which were allocated to the Series based on its net assets as of October 31, 2010. The Series did not borrow under the credit agreement during the year ended December 31, 2010.

6. Concentration, Market and Credit Risk:

In the normal course of business, the Series invests in securities and enters into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of the issuer of a security to meet all its obligations (issuer credit risk). The value of securities held by the Series may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers whose securities are owned by the Series; conditions affecting the general economy; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; and currency and interest rate and price fluctuations. Similar to issuer credit risk, the Series may be exposed to counter-party credit risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Series has unsettled or open transactions may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments. The Series manages counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that it believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Series to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Series’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is generally approximated by their value recorded in the Series’ Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Series.

The Series invests a substantial amount of its assets in issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries. When the Series concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, political and social conditions in those countries may have a significant impact on their investment performance. Please see the Schedule of Investments for concentrations in specific countries.

As of December 31, 2010, the Series had the following industry classifications:

 

 

 

 

 






Industry

 

Percent of
Long-Term
Investments





Commercial Banks

 

13

%

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

7

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

7

 

Metals & Mining

 

6

 

Other*

 

67

 






 

 

*

All other industries held were each less than 5% of long-term investments.

7. Subsequent Events:

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Series through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 




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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Master International Index Series

To the Investors and Board of Directors of
Quantitative Master Series LLC:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Master International Index Series, one of the portfolios constituting Quantitative Master Series LLC, (the “Master LLC”) as of December 31, 2010, 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 highlights are the responsibility of the Master LLC’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 assurance 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 expressing 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 management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2010, 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 International Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC as of December 31, 2010, 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
February 25, 2011

 

 

 

 





 

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Officers and Directors


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

 

Position(s)
Held with
Corporation/
Master LLC

 

Length
of Time
Served as
a Director2

 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

 

Number of BlackRock-
Advised Registered
Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios
(“Portfolios”) Overseen

 

Public
Directorships












Non-Interested Directors1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 












Ronald W. Forbes
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1940

 

Co-Chair of the Board and Director

 

Since
2007

 

Professor Emeritus of Finance, School of Business, State University of New York at Albany since 2000.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

None












Rodney D. Johnson
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1941

 

Co-Chair of the Board and Director

 

Since
2007

 

President, Fairmount Capital Advisors, Inc. since 1987; Director, Fox Chase Cancer Center since 2004; Member of the Archdiocesan Investment Committee of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia since 2004; Director, The Committee of Seventy (civic) since 2006.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

None












David O. Beim
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1940

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Professor of Finance and Economics at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business since 1991; Trustee, Phillips Exeter Academy since 2002; Chairman, Wave Hill, Inc. (public garden and cultural center) from 1990 to 2006.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

None












Dr. Matina S. Horner
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1939

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Executive Vice President of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities Fund from 1989 to 2003.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

NSTAR (electric and gas utility)












Herbert I. London
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1939

 

Director and Member of the Audit Committee

 

Since
2007

 

Professor Emeritus, New York University since 2005; John M. Olin Professor of Humanities, New York University from 1993 to 2005 and Professor thereof from 1980 to 2005; President, Hudson Institute (policy research organization) since 1997 and Trustee thereof since 1980; Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Grantham University since 2006; Director, InnoCentive, Inc. (strategic solutions company) since 2005; Director, Cerego, LLC (software development and design) since 2005.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

AIMS Worldwide, Inc. (marketing)












Cynthia A. Montgomery
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1952

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Professor, Harvard Business School since 1989; Director, Harvard Business School Publishing since 2005; Director, McLean Hospital since 2005.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. (manufacturing)












Joseph P. Platt
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1947

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Director, The West Penn Allegheny Health System (a not-for-profit health system) since 2008; Director, Jones and Brown (Canadian insurance broker) since 1998; General Partner, Thorn Partners, LP (private investment) since 1998; Partner, Amarna Corporation, LLC (private investment company) from 2002 to 2008.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (reinsurance company); WQED Multi-Media (public broadcasting not-for-profit)












Robert C. Robb, Jr.
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1945

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Partner, Lewis, Eckert, Robb and Company (management and financial consulting firm) since 1981.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

None












Toby Rosenblatt
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1938

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

President, Founders Investments Ltd. (private investments) since 1999; Director, College Access Foundation of California (philanthropic foundation) since 2009; Director, Forward Management, LLC since 2007; Director, The James Irvine Foundation (philanthropic foundation) from 1998 to 2008.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

A.P. Pharma, Inc. (specialty pharmaceuticals)













 

 

 


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Officers and Directors (continued)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

 

Position(s)
Held with
Corporation/
Master LLC

 

Length
of Time
Served as
a Director2

 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

 

Number of BlackRock-
Advised Registered
Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios
(“Portfolios”) Overseen

 

Public
Directorships












Non-Interested Directors1 (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 












Kenneth L. Urish
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1951

 

Chair of the Audit Committee and Director

 

Since
2007

 

Managing Partner, Urish Popeck & Co., LLC (certified public accountants and consultants) since 1976; Chairman Elect of the Professional Ethics Committee of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Committee Member thereof since 2007; Member of External Advisory Board, The Pennsylvania State University Accounting Department since 2001; Trustee, The Holy Family Foundation from 2001 to 2009; President and Trustee, Pittsburgh Catholic Publishing Associates from 2003 to 2008; Director, Inter-Tel from 2006 to 2007.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

None












Frederick W. Winter
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1945

 

Director and Member of the Audit Committee

 

Since
2007

 

Professor and Dean Emeritus of the Joseph M. Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh since 2005 and Dean thereof from 1997 to 2005; Director, Alkon Corporation (pneumatics) since 1992; Director, Tippman Sports (recreation) since 2005; Director, Indotronix International (IT services) from 2004 to 2008.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

None

 

 










 

 

1

Directors serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72. The Board has approved one-year extensions in terms of Directors who turn 72 prior to December 31, 2013.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Date shown is the earliest date a person has served as a director for the Corporation/Master LLC covered by this annual report. Following the combination of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“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 directors as joining the Corporation/Master LLC board in 2007, each director first became a member of the board of other legacy MLIM or legacy BlackRock Funds as follows: David O. Beim, 1998; Ronald W. Forbes, 1977; Dr. Matina S. Horner, 2004; Rodney D. Johnson, 1995; Herbert I. London, 1987; Cynthia A. Montgomery, 1994; Joseph P. Platt, 1999; Robert C. Robb, Jr., 1998; Toby Rosenblatt, 2005; Kenneth L. Urish, 1999; and Frederick W. Winter, 1999.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













     Interested Directors3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













Richard S. Davis
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1945

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. since 2005; Chief Executive Officer, State Street Research & Management Company from 2000 to 2005; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, State Street Research Mutual Funds from 2000 to 2005.

 

169 RICs consisting of 289 Portfolios

 

None












Henry Gabbay
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1947

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Consultant, BlackRock, Inc. from 2007 to 2008; Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. from 1989 to 2007; Chief Administrative Officer, BlackRock Advisors, LLC from 1998 to 2007; President 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.

 

169 RICs consisting of 289 Portfolios

 

None

 

 










 

 

3

Mr. Davis is an “interested person” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, of the Corporation/Master LLC based on his position with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. Mr. Gabbay is an “interested person” of the Corporation/Master LLC based on his former positions with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates as well as his ownership of BlackRock, Inc. and The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. securities. 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)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

 

Position(s)
Held with
Corporation/
Master LLC

 

Length
of Time
Served

 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

 

 

 











Corporation/Master LLC Officers1

 

 

 

 

 

 












John M. Perlowski
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1964

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Since
2010

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Global Head of BlackRock Fund Administration since 2009; Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Product Group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. from 2003 to 2009; Treasurer of Goldman Sachs Mutual Funds from 2003 to 2009 and Senior Vice President thereof from 2007 to 2009; Director of Goldman Sachs Offshore Funds from 2002 to 2009.












Brendan Kyne
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1977

 

Vice President

 

Since
2009

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2010; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2008 to 2009; Head of Product Development and Management for BlackRock’s US Retail Group since 2009, Co-head thereof from 2007 to 2009; Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. from 2005 to 2008.












Brian Schmidt
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1958

 

Vice President

 

Since
2009

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2004; Various positions with US Trust Company from 1991 to 2003 including Director from 2001 to 2003 and Senior Vice President from 1998 to 2003; Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Excelsior Funds, Inc., Excelsior Tax-Exempt Funds, Inc. and Excelsior Funds Trust from 2001 to 2003.












Neal Andrews
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1966

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

Since
2007

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Senior Vice President and Line of Business Head of Fund Accounting and Administration at PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. from 1992 to 2006.








Jay Fife
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1970

 

Treasurer

 

Since
2007

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007 and Director in 2006; Assistant Treasurer of the Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and Fund Asset Management, L.P.-advised funds from 2005 to 2006; Director of MLIM Fund Services Group from 2001 to 2006.








Brian Kindelan
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1959

 

Chief Compliance Officer

 

Since
2007

 

Chief Compliance Officer of the BlackRock-advised funds since 2007; Managing Director and Senior Counsel of BlackRock, Inc. since 2005.








Ira Shapiro
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1963

 

Secretary

 

Since
2010

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Managing Director and Associate General Counsel of Barclays Global Investors from 2008 to 2009 and Principal thereof from 2004 to 2008.

 

 






 

 

1

Officers of the Corporation/Master LLC serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.

 

 


 

 

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



 

Investment Advisor

 

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Sub-Advisor

 

BlackRock Investment

Management, LLC

Plainsboro, NJ 08536

 

Custodian

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Brooklyn, NY 11245

 

Transfer Agent

 

BNY Mellon Investment

Servicing (US) Inc.

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Distributor

 

BlackRock Investments, LLC

New York, NY 10022

 

Legal Counsel

 

Sidley Austin LLP

New York, NY 10019

 

Accounting Agent

 

State Street Bank

and Trust Company

Princeton, NJ 08540

 

Independent Registered

Public Accounting Firm

 

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Princeton, NJ 08540

 

Address of the Fund

 

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

 


Effective September 24, 2010, John M. Perlowski became President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and the Master LLC.

 

Effective November 16, 2010, Ira Shapiro became Secretary of the Corporation and the Master LLC.



 

 

 


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Additional Information

 


General Information


Electronic Delivery

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)

Select “eDelivery” under the “More Information” section

 

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 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 call (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedule of Investments

The Fund/Series files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s/Series’ 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/Series’ Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund/Series uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) at http://www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.

Availability of Proxy Voting Record

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

 

 

 

 





 

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Additional Information (continued)

 


Shareholder Privileges


Account Information

Call us at (800) 441-7762 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST on any business day to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also reach us on the Web at http://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 balance 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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Additional Information (concluded)

 


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 information 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 applications, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions 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 procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.

 

 

 

 





 

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41





 

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 Energy & Resources Portfolio

BlackRock Asset Allocation Portfolio†

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund†

BlackRock Basic Value Fund

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

BlackRock EuroFund

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund

BlackRock Focus Value Fund

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund†

BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund

BlackRock Global Emerging Markets Fund

BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund

BlackRock Global Growth Fund

BlackRock Global Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund

BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Healthcare Fund

BlackRock Index Equity Portfolio*

BlackRock International Fund

BlackRock International Index Fund

BlackRock International Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock International Value Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Core Plus Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund

BlackRock Latin America Fund

BlackRock Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

BlackRock Pacific Fund

BlackRock Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

BlackRock Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

BlackRock S&P 500 Stock Fund

BlackRock U.S. Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund

BlackRock World Gold Fund



Fixed Income Funds



 

BlackRock Bond Index Fund

BlackRock Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Emerging Market Debt Portfolio

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock Global Dividend Income Portfolio†

BlackRock Government Income Portfolio

BlackRock High Income Fund

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

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BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Total Return Fund

BlackRock Total Return Portfolio II

BlackRock World Income Fund



Municipal Bond Funds



 

BlackRock AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock California Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund

BlackRock Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Municipal Fund

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

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BlackRock Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund



Target Risk & Target Date Funds†



 

BlackRock Prepared Portfolios

Conservative Prepared Portfolio

Moderate Prepared Portfolio

Growth Prepared Portfolio

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BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared Portfolios

2015

 

2020

 

2025

 

2030

 

2035

2040

2045

2050


 

 

BlackRock LifePath Portfolios Retirement

2020

2025

2030

2035

2040

2045

2050

2055


 

 

*

See the prospectus for information on specific limitations on investments in the fund.

Mixed asset fund.

BlackRock mutual funds are currently distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC. 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) 441-7762 or from your financial advisor. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.

 

 

 


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This report is transmitted to shareholders only. It is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation 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 representation of future performance. Investment returns 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.

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December 31, 2010

Annual Report

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund | of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

 

Not FDIC Insured § No Bank Guarantee § May Lose Value




 


 

Table of Contents


 

 

 




 

 

Page




Dear Shareholder

 

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

 

11

Fund Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

14

Important Tax Information (Unaudited)

 

14

Series Portfolio Information

 

15

Series Financial Statements:

 

 

Schedule of Investments

 

16

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

23

Statement of Operations

 

24

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

25

Series Financial Highlights

 

25

Series Notes to Financial Statements

 

26

Series Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

29

Officers and Directors

 

30

Additional Information

 

33

Mutual Fund Family

 

35


 

 

 




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Dear Shareholder

Economic data fluctuated widely throughout 2010 as the global economy continued to emerge from the “Great Recession.” As the year drew to a close, it became clear that cyclical stimulus had beaten out structural problems as economic data releases generally became more positive and financial markets showed signs of continuing improvement.

Debt and deflationary risks remained present throughout 2010, causing central banks worldwide to respond with unprecedented actions, most notably a second round of quantitative easing (informally known as “QE2”) from the US Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”). Inflation remained a non-issue in the developed world, but continued to rear its ugly head in some emerging economies, most evidently in China. Global and US gross domestic product (“GDP”) growth both continued in a positive direction but remained subpar compared to most historical economic recoveries. In the United States, the corporate sector has been an important area of strength and consumer spending has shown improvement, although weakness in the housing and labor markets continues to burden the economy.

Stocks moved higher in the early months of 2010 on the continuation of the 2009 asset recovery story. The mid-year months saw a double-digit percentage correction on the back of the Greek sovereign debt crisis and a stalling in jobs growth, leading to fears of a double-dip recession. After touching a late summer low, equity markets rallied through year end as these concerns receded. The announcement of QE2 and extension of the Bush-era tax cuts further boosted equities as the year came to a close. Although the course was uneven and high volatility remained a constant for stocks, equity markets globally ended the year strong. Emerging markets outpaced the developed world in terms of economic growth and posted respectable gains for the year despite sovereign debt problems and heightening inflationary pressures. US stocks recorded double-digit percentage gains for the second consecutive year. Small cap stocks outperformed large caps as investors began to move into higher-risk assets.

In fixed income markets, yields trended lower over most of the year as investors continued to favor safer assets. That trend reversed abruptly in the fourth quarter when market fears abated and investors began seeking higher-risk assets, driving yields sharply upward through year end. However, yields were lower overall for the year and fixed income markets finished 2010 in positive territory. Although fixed income securities generally underperformed equities, high yield bonds only marginally trailed large cap stocks. Conversely, the tax-exempt municipal market was dealt an additional blow as it became apparent that an extension of the Build America Bond program was unlikely. In addition, the fourth quarter brought an increase in negative headlines regarding fiscal challenges faced by state and local governments, sparking additional volatility in the municipal market.

Cash investments, as represented by the 3-month Treasury bill, returned only a fraction over 0% for the year as short-term interest rates remained low. Yields on money market securities remain near all-time lows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Returns as of December 31, 2010

 

6-month

 

12-month

 









US large cap equities (S&P 500 Index)

 

23.27

%

 

15.06

%

 









US small cap equities (Russell 2000 Index)

 

29.38

 

 

26.85

 

 









International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

 

24.18

 

 

7.75

 

 









3-month Treasury bill (BofA Merrill Lynch 3-Month Treasury Bill Index)

 

0.08

 

 

0.13

 

 









US Treasury securities (BofA Merrill Lynch 10-Year US Treasury Index)

 

(1.33

)

 

7.90

 

 









US investment grade bonds (Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index)

 

1.15

 

 

6.54

 

 









Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index)

 

(0.90

)

 

2.38

 

 









US high yield bonds (Barclays Capital US Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

 

10.04

 

 

14.94

 

 









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

While no one can peer into a crystal ball and eliminate the uncertainties presented by the economic landscape and financial markets, BlackRock can offer investors the next best thing: partnership with the world’s largest asset management firm and a unique global perspective that allows us to identify trends early and capitalize on market opportunities. For additional market perspective and investment insight, visit www.blackrock.com/shareholdermagazine, where you’ll find the most recent issue of our award-winning Shareholder® magazine, as well as its quarterly companion newsletter, Shareholder Perspectives. As always, we thank you for entrusting BlackRock with your investments, and we look forward to your continued partnership in the months and years ahead.

 

Sincerely,

 

-s- Rob Kapito

 

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

 



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Fund Summary as of December 31, 2010

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

 

 


Portfolio Management Commentary

 




 

 

 

How did the Fund perform?

 

 

For the 12 months ended December 31, 2010, Institutional and Investor A Shares of BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund (the “Fund”), a series of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc., returned 14.75% and 14.42%, respectively, while the benchmark Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index returned 15.06% for the same period. The S&P 500 Index is a market-weighted index composed of 500 common stocks issued by large-capitalization companies in a wide range of businesses. The stocks included in the index collectively represent a substantial portion of all common stocks publicly traded in the United States.

 

 

Returns for the Fund’s respective share classes differ from the benchmark index based on individual share class expenses. The Fund invests all of its assets in Master S&P 500 Index Series (the “Series”), a series of Quantitative Master Series LLC.

 

 

 

Describe the market environment.

 

 

Over the course of 2010, cyclical stimulus beat out structural problems and stocks continued the choppy advance they began in 2009. The early months of 2010 saw risk assets move higher on the continuation of the 2009 asset recovery story, aided by preliminary signs of improvement in the employment situation and strong corporate earnings reported for fourth quarter 2009 and first quarter 2010. The middle months of 2010 saw a double-digit percentage correction on the back of the Greek sovereign debt crisis and a stalling in jobs growth, leading to fears of a double-dip recession. Investors were also unnerved by the May “flash crash” and the uncertainty surrounding the financial reform bill in the United States. Nevertheless, after touching a late summer low, equity markets experienced a strong finish to the year as double-dip fears receded, jobs growth resumed and the US midterm elections results were perceived to be capital markets friendly. Additionally, in the United States, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered his famous Jackson Hole speech, leading to a second round of quantitative easing measures (informally known as “QE2”) and, perhaps most importantly, the Bush-era tax cuts were extended and supplemented with some fiscal sweeteners.

 

 

In 2010, US stocks posted double-digit percentage gains for the second consecutive year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 14.06%, and in the process, moved past the levels last seen before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in late 2008. The S&P 500 Index advanced 15.06%, while the NASDAQ Composite Index moved up 18.02%.

 

 

Within the benchmark S&P 500 Index, all 10 sectors posted gains for the period. Consumer discretionary posted the strongest returns (+27.66%), followed closely by industrials (+26.73%), materials (+22.20%) and energy (+20.46%), while the weakest returns came from health care (+2.90%) and utilities (+5.46%).

 

 

 

Describe recent portfolio activity.

 

 

During the 12-month period,as changes were made to the composition of the S&P 500 Index, the Series purchased and sold securities to maintain its objective of replicating the risks and return of the benchmark.

 

 

 

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

 

 

The Series remains positioned to match the risk characteristics of its benchmark index, irrespective of the market’s future direction.


 

 

 

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.


 


Derivative Financial Instruments


The Series may invest in various derivative instruments, including financial futures contracts, as specified in Note 2 of the Series’ Notes to Financial Statements, which constitute forms of economic leverage. Such instruments are used to obtain exposure to a market without owning or taking physical custody of securities or to hedge market and/or equity risks. Such derivative instruments involve risks, including the imperfect correlation between the value of a derivative instrument and the underlying asset or illiquidity of the derivative instrument. The Series’ ability to successfully use a derivative instrument depends on the investment advisor’s ability to accurately predict pertinent market movements, which cannot be assured. The use of derivative instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may require the Series to sell or purchase portfolio securities at inopportune times or for distressed values, may limit the amount of appreciation the Series can realize on an investment or may cause the Series to hold a security that it might otherwise sell.The Series’ investments in these instruments are discussed in detail in the Series’ Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 




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DECEMBER 31, 2010




 


 


Total Return Based on a $10,000 Investment


(LINE GRAPH)

 

 

 

 

1

Assuming transaction costs and other operating expenses, including investment advisory fees and administration fees, if any.

 

 

 

 

2

The Fund invests all of its assets in the Series. The Series’ investments are allocated among common stocks in approximately the same weightings as the S&P 500 Index.

 

 

 

 

3

This unmanaged index covers 500 industrial, utility, transportation and financial companies of the US markets (mostly New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) issues), representing about 75% of NYSE market capitalization and 30% of NYSE issues.


 


Performance Summary for the Period Ended December 31, 2010



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns4

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

6-Month
Total Returns

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

 















Institutional

 

23.16

%

 

14.75

%

 

2.03

%

 

1.11

%

 

Investor A

 

22.91

 

 

14.42

 

 

1.76

 

 

0.85

 

 

S&P 500 Index

 

23.27

 

 

15.06

 

 

2.29

 

 

1.41

 

 
















 

 

 

 

4

Average annual total returns reflect reductions for service fees. See “About Fund Performance” on page 6 for a detailed description of share classes, including any related fees. Past performance is not indicative of future results.


 

 

 

 





 

BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

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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 are not subject to any sales charge and bear no ongoing distribution fee. Investor A Shares are subject to an ongoing service fee of 0.25% per year.

Performance information reflects past performance and does not guarantee 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 the previous page 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 and transfer agency fees applicable to each class, which are deducted from the income available to be paid to shareholders. The Fund’s administrator waived a portion of its fee. Without such waiver, the Fund’s performance would have been lower.

 


 

Disclosure of Expenses

Shareholders of this Fund may incur the following charges: (a) expenses related to transactions, including redemption fees and exchange fees; and (b) operating expenses including administration fees, distribution fees including 12b-1 fees and other Fund expenses. The expense example shown below (which is based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested on July 1, 2010 and held through December 31, 2010) 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.”

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 hypothetical example 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.

 


Expense Example



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

Hypothetical2

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

Beginning
Account Value
July 1, 2010

 

Ending
Account Value
December 31, 2010

 

Expenses Paid
During the Period1

 

Beginning
Account Value
July 1, 2010

 

Ending
Account Value
December 31, 2010

 

Expenses Paid
During the Period1

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio

 

















Institutional

 

$1,000.00

 

$1,231.60

 

$1.74

 

$1,000.00

 

$1,023.64

 

$1.58

 

0.31%

 

Investor A

 

$1,000.00

 

$1,229.10

 

$3.20

 

$1,000.00

 

$1,022.33

 

$2.91

 

0.57%

 


















 

 

 

 

1

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (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 Fund and the Series 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 365.


 

 

 


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BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 


 

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

 






Assets

 

 

 

 






Investments at value — Master S&P 500 Index Series (cost — $1,384,769,196)

 

$

1,761,305,300

 

Withdrawals receivable from the Series

 

 

9,558,117

 

Capital shares sold receivable

 

 

3,969,097

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

32,874

 

 

 




Total assets

 

 

1,774,865,388

 

 

 




 






 

 

 

 

 






Liabilities

 

 

 

 






Capital shares redeemed payable

 

 

13,527,214

 

Administration fees payable

 

 

290,518

 

Service fees payable

 

 

157,227

 

Other affiliates payable

 

 

4,935

 

Officer’s fees payable

 

 

392

 

Other accrued expenses payable

 

 

240,842

 

 

 




Total liabilities

 

 

14,221,128

 

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

1,760,644,260

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Net Assets Consist of

 

 

 

 






Paid-in capital

 

$

1,569,965,068

 

Undistributed net investment income

 

 

776,883

 

Accumulated net realized loss allocated from the Series

 

 

(186,633,795

)

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation allocated from the Series

 

 

376,536,104

 

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

1,760,644,260

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Net Asset Value

 

 

 

 






Institutional — Based on net assets of $1,018,080,343 and 66,201,564 shares outstanding, 250 million shares authorized, $0.0001 par value

 

$

15.38

 

 

 




Investor A — Based on net assets of $742,563,917 and 48,368,835 shares outstanding, 250 million shares authorized, $0.0001 par value

 

$

15.35

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

7




 

 


 

 

Statement of Operations

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

 

 






Investment Income

 

 

 

 






Net investment income allocated from the Series:

 

 

 

 

Dividends — unaffiliated

 

$

34,461,220

 

Securities lending — affiliated

 

 

150,501

 

Dividends — affiliated

 

 

50,951

 

Expenses

 

 

(635,807

)

 

 




Total income

 

 

34,026,865

 

 

 




 






 

 

 

 

 






Expenses

 

 

 

 






Administration

 

 

3,616,820

 

Service — Investor A

 

 

1,776,836

 

Transfer agent — Institutional

 

 

545,469

 

Transfer agent — Investor A

 

 

438,148

 

Printing

 

 

96,654

 

Licensing

 

 

75,517

 

Registration

 

 

50,298

 

Professional

 

 

31,597

 

Officer

 

 

789

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

17,653

 

 

 




Total expenses

 

 

6,649,781

 

 

 




Net investment income

 

 

27,377,084

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Realized and Unrealized Gain Allocated from the Series

 

 

 

 






Net realized gain from investments and financial futures contracts

 

 

14,775,569

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments and financial futures contracts

 

 

187,677,017

 

 

 




Total realized and unrealized gain

 

 

202,452,586

 

 

 




Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

229,829,670

 

 

 





 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 


 

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31,

 

 

 



Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

2010

 

2009

 









Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income

 

$

27,377,084

 

$

27,714,317

 

Net realized gain (loss)

 

 

14,775,569

 

 

(10,017,881

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

187,677,017

 

 

339,946,812

 

 

 







Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

 

 

229,829,670

 

 

357,643,248

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Dividends to Shareholders From

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional

 

 

(17,049,427

)

 

(16,925,135

)

Investor A

 

 

(10,565,502

)

 

(10,932,804

)

 

 







Decrease in net assets resulting from dividends to shareholders

 

 

(27,614,929

)

 

(27,857,939

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Capital Share Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions

 

 

(98,558,385

)

 

(66,243,912

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Total increase in net assets

 

 

103,656,356

 

 

263,541,397

 

Beginning of year

 

 

1,656,987,904

 

 

1,393,446,507

 

 

 







End of year

 

$

1,760,644,260

 

$

1,656,987,904

 

 

 







Undistributed net investment income

 

$

776,883

 

$

1,014,728

 

 

 








 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

9




 

 


 

 

Financial Highlights

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional

 

Investor A

 

 

 


 



 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 


 



 

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

































Per Share Operating Performance

































Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

13.63

 

$

11.00

 

$

18.01

 

$

17.40

 

$

15.29

 

$

13.61

 

$

10.98

 

$

17.96

 

$

17.36

 

$

15.26

 

 

 















 
















Net investment income1

 

 

0.24

 

 

0.23

 

 

0.31

 

 

0.30

 

 

0.26

 

 

0.21

 

 

0.20

 

 

0.27

 

 

0.25

 

 

0.22

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

 

 

1.77

 

 

2.64

 

 

(7.01

)

 

0.62

 

 

2.11

 

 

1.75

 

 

2.64

 

 

(6.98

)

 

0.61

 

 

2.10

 

 

 















 
















Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

2.01

 

 

2.87

 

 

(6.70

)

 

0.92

 

 

2.37

 

 

1.96

 

 

2.84

 

 

(6.71

)

 

0.86

 

 

2.32

 

 

 















 
















Dividends from net investment income

 

 

(0.26

)

 

(0.24

)

 

(0.31

)

 

(0.31

)

 

(0.26

)

 

(0.22

)

 

(0.21

)

 

(0.27

)

 

(0.26

)

 

(0.22

)

 

 















 
















Net asset value, end of year

 

$

15.38

 

$

13.63

 

$

11.00

 

$

18.01

 

$

17.40

 

$

15.35

 

$

13.61

 

$

10.98

 

$

17.96

 

$

17.36

 

 

 















 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

































Total Investment Return2

































Based on net asset value

 

 

14.75

%

 

26.15

%

 

(37.20

)%

 

5.29

%

 

15.49

%

 

14.42

%

 

25.92

%

 

(37.36

)%

 

4.97

%

 

15.18

%

 

 















 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

































Ratios to Average Net Assets3

































Total expenses

 

 

0.33

%

 

0.35

%

 

0.35

%

 

0.34

%

 

0.35

%

 

0.58

%

 

0.61

%

 

0.60

%

 

0.60

%

 

0.60

%

 

 















 
















Net investment income

 

 

1.74

%

 

2.02

%

 

2.00

%

 

1.64

%

 

1.61

%

 

1.49

%

 

1.76

%

 

1.75

%

 

1.38

%

 

1.36

%

 

 















 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

































Supplemental Data

































Net assets, end of year (000)

 

$

1,018,080

 

$

951,380

 

$

813,527

 

$

1,779,030

 

$

1,699,791

 

$

742,564

 

$

705,608

 

$

579,920

 

$

930,377

 

$

969,213

 

 

 















 
















Portfolio turnover of the Series

 

 

5

%

 

7

%

 

8

%

 

4

%

 

4

%

 

5

%

 

7

%

 

8

%

 

4

%

 

4

%

 

 















 

















 

 

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

 

 

 

2

Where applicable, total investment returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

 

 

 

 

3

Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated expenses and/or net investment income.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 


 

 

Notes to Financial Statements

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund (the “Fund”), a series of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation), is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a non-diversified, open-end management investment company. The Corporation is organized as a Maryland corporation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its assets in Master S&P 500 Index Series (the “Series”), a series of Quantitative Master Series LLC, which has the same investment objective and strategies as the Fund. The value of the Fund’s investment in the Series reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Series. The percentage of the Series owned by the Fund at December 31, 2010 was 74.5%. The performance of the Fund is directly affected by the performance of the Series. The financial statements of the Series, 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 prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund offers two classes of shares. Institutional Shares are sold without a sales charge and only to certain eligible investors. Investor A Shares are sold without a front-end sales charge. Both classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions except that Investor A Shares bear certain expenses related to the shareholder servicing of such shares and have exclusive voting rights with respect to matters relating to its shareholder servicing expenditures.

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

Valuation: The Fund’s policy is to fair value its financial instruments at market value. The Fund records its investment in the Series at fair value based on the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Series. Valuation of securities held by the Series, including categorization of fair value measurements, is discussed in Note 1 of the Series’ Notes to Financial Statements, which are included elsewhere in this report.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions in the Series are accounted for on a trade date basis. For financial reporting purposes, contributions to and withdrawals from the Series are accounted for on a trade basis. The Fund records daily its proportionate share of the Series’ 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 on investments are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.

Dividends and Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. The amount and timing of dividends and distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP.

Income Taxes: It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

The Fund files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s US federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended December 31, 2010. The statutes of limitations on the Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction. Management does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

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. Administration Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate of the Fund for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and Barclays are not.

The Corporation, on behalf of the Fund, entered into an Administration Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Administrator”), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide administrative services (other than investment advice and related portfolio activities). For such services, the Fund pays the Administrator a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.195% of the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets. Prior to June 1, 2010, the Fund paid the Administrator a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.245% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Fund does not pay an investment advisory fee or investment management fee.

 

 

 

 





 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund


The Administrator voluntarily agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses, excluding interest expense, dividend expense, acquired fund fees and expenses and certain other fund expenses, in order to limit expenses. The expense limitation as a percentage of net assets is 0.40% for Institutional Shares and 0.65% for Investor A Shares. The Administrator may reduce or discontinue this waiver and/or reimbursement at any time without notice.

The Corporation, on behalf of the Fund, entered into a Distribution Agreement and Distribution Plan with BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BlackRock. Pursuant to the Distribution Plan and in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund pays BRIL ongoing service fees. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly at an annual rate of 0.25% based upon the average daily net assets of Investor A Shares.

Pursuant to sub-agreements with BRIL, broker-dealers and BRIL provide shareholder servicing and distribution services to the Fund. The ongoing service and/or distribution fee compensates BRIL and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder servicing and/or distribution related services to Investor A shareholders.

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (formerly PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. (“PNCGIS”)), serves as transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent. On July 1, 2010, the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation purchased PNCGIS, which prior to this date was an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of PNC and an affiliate of the Administrator. Transfer agency fees borne by the Fund are comprised of those fees charged for all shareholder communications, including mailing of shareholder reports, dividend and distribution notices, and proxy materials for shareholder 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, check writing, anti-money laundering services, and customer identification services. Pursuant to written agreements, certain financial intermediaries, some of which may be affiliates, provide the Fund with sub-accounting, recordkeeping, sub-transfer agency and other administrative services with respect to the sub-accounts they service. For these services, these entities receive an annual fee per shareholder account which will vary depending on share class. Prior to July 1, 2010, PNCGIS was an affiliate and earned $29,514 in transfer agency fees for the period January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010, which are included as a component of transfer agent — class specific in the Statement of Operations.

The Administrator maintains a call center, which is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Fund, such as responding to shareholder inquiries and processing transactions based upon instructions from shareholders with respect to the subscription and redemption of Fund shares. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Fund reimbursed the Administrator the following amounts for costs incurred in running the call center, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the Statement of Operations:

 

 

 

 

 






Institutional

 

$

3,786

 

Investor A

 

$

8,653

 






Certain officers and/or directors of the Corporation are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Fund reimburses the Administrator for compensation paid to the Corporation’s Chief Compliance Officer.

3. Income Tax Information:

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

12/31/10

 

12/31/09

 









Distributions paid from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ordinary income

 

$

27,614,929

 

$

27,857,939

 

 

 







Total distributions

 

$

27,614,929

 

$

27,857,939

 

 

 







As of December 31, 2010, the tax components of accumulated gains were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 






Undistributed ordinary income

 

$

776,883

 

Capital loss carryforwards

 

 

(82,853,687

)

Net unrealized gains*

 

 

272,755,996

 

 

 




Total

 

$

190,679,192

 

 

 





 

 

*

The differences between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains were attributable primarily to the timing and recognition of partnership income.

As of December 31, 2010, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates:

 

 

 

 

 






Expires December 31,

 

 

 

 






2012

 

$

12,985,387

 

2013

 

 

28,402,088

 

2014

 

 

26,517,609

 

2017

 

 

14,948,603

 

 

 




Total

 

$

82,853,687

 

 

 




Under the recently enacted Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, capital losses incurred by the Fund after December 31, 2010 will not be subject to expiration. In addition, such losses must be utilized prior to the losses incurred in the years preceding enactment.

 

 

 




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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

4. Capital Share Transactions:

Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31, 2010

 

Year Ended
December 31, 2009

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Shares

 

Amount

 











Institutional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Shares sold

 

 

29,561,942

 

$

415,514,624

 

 

35,619,342

 

$

404,077,679

 

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends

 

 

1,076,994

 

 

16,287,469

 

 

1,198,921

 

 

16,162,043

 

 

 






 







Total issued

 

 

30,638,936

 

 

431,802,093

 

 

36,818,263

 

 

420,239,722

 

Shares redeemed

 

 

(34,242,137

)

 

(481,214,108

)

 

(40,985,628

)

 

(471,515,439

)

 

 






 







Net decrease

 

 

(3,603,201

)

$

(49,412,015

)

 

(4,167,365

)

$

(51,275,717

)

 

 






 





















Investor A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Shares sold

 

 

9,986,596

 

$

139,337,943

 

 

18,020,743

 

$

194,637,914

 

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends

 

 

646,756

 

 

9,759,878

 

 

747,595

 

 

10,058,773

 

 

 






 







Total issued

 

 

10,633,352

 

 

149,097,821

 

 

18,768,338

 

 

204,696,687

 

Shares redeemed

 

 

(14,119,788

)

 

(198,244,191

)

 

(19,707,775

)

 

(219,664,882

)

 

 






 







Net decrease

 

 

(3,486,436

)

$

(49,146,370

)

 

(939,437

)

$

(14,968,195

)

 

 






 







5. Subsequent Events:

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

 

 





 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund, one of the series constituting BlackRock Index Funds, Inc., (the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2010, 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 highlights 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 assurance 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 financial reporting.Accord-ingly, 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 referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. as of December 31, 2010, 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
February 28, 2011

 


Important Tax Information (Unaudited)


All of the ordinary income distributions paid by BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 qualify for the dividends received deduction for corporations and consist entirely of qualified dividend income for individuals.

 

 

 

 




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Portfolio Information

Master S&P 500 Index Series


 

 

 

 

 






As of December 31, 2010

 

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

Ten Largest Holdings

 

Percent of
Long-Term Investments

 





Exxon Mobil Corp.

 

 

3

%

Apple, Inc.

 

 

3

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

 

2

 

General Electric Co.

 

 

2

 

Chevron Corp.

 

 

2

 

International Business Machines Corp.

 

 

2

 

The Procter & Gamble Co.

 

 

2

 

AT&T Inc.

 

 

2

 

Johnson & Johnson

 

 

1

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

 

1

 







 

 

 

 

 

Sector Allocations

 

 

Percent of
Long-Term Investments

 






Information Technology

 

 

19

%

Financials

 

 

16

 

Energy

 

 

12

 

Industrials

 

 

11

 

Health Care

 

 

11

 

Consumer Discretionary

 

 

11

 

Consumer Staples

 

 

10

 

Materials

 

 

4

 

Utilities

 

 

3

 

Telecommunication Services

 

 

3

 







 

 

 

For Series compliance purposes, the Series’ sector 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 Series management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.


 

 

 

 


 

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Schedule of Investments December 31, 2010

Master S&P 500 Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Aerospace & Defense — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boeing Co.

 

 

151,675

 

$

9,898,310

 

General Dynamics Corp.

 

 

78,109

 

 

5,542,615

 

Goodrich Corp.

 

 

25,954

 

 

2,285,769

 

Honeywell International, Inc.

 

 

161,317

 

 

8,575,612

 

ITT Corp.

 

 

38,016

 

 

1,981,014

 

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

 

 

23,171

 

 

1,633,324

 

Lockheed Martin Corp.

 

 

60,990

 

 

4,263,811

 

Northrop Grumman Corp.

 

 

60,271

 

 

3,904,355

 

Precision Castparts Corp.

 

 

29,448

 

 

4,099,456

 

Raytheon Co.

 

 

75,184

 

 

3,484,026

 

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

 

 

32,481

 

 

1,892,343

 

United Technologies Corp.

 

 

190,899

 

 

15,027,569

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

62,588,204

 









Air Freight & Logistics — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (a)

 

 

34,178

 

 

2,740,734

 

Expeditors International Washington, Inc.

 

 

43,955

 

 

2,399,943

 

FedEx Corp.

 

 

65,088

 

 

6,053,835

 

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

 

 

204,446

 

 

14,838,690

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

26,033,202

 









Airlines — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southwest Airlines Co.

 

 

154,690

 

 

2,007,876

 









Auto Components — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (b)

 

 

50,673

 

 

600,475

 

Johnson Controls, Inc.

 

 

139,433

 

 

5,326,341

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,926,816

 









Automobiles — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Motor Co. (a)(b)

 

 

774,585

 

 

13,005,282

 

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

 

 

48,785

 

 

1,691,376

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

14,696,658

 









Beverages — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

 

 

21,502

 

 

1,496,969

 

The Coca-Cola Co.

 

 

479,981

 

 

31,568,351

 

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.

 

 

69,636

 

 

1,742,989

 

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A (b)

 

 

37,188

 

 

823,714

 

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

 

 

46,530

 

 

1,635,995

 

Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B

 

 

32,768

 

 

1,644,626

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

 

 

327,616

 

 

21,403,153

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

60,315,797

 









Biotechnology — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amgen, Inc. (b)

 

 

195,341

 

 

10,724,221

 

Biogen Idec, Inc. (b)

 

 

49,135

 

 

3,294,502

 

Celgene Corp. (b)

 

 

97,333

 

 

5,756,273

 

Cephalon, Inc. (b)

 

 

15,606

 

 

963,202

 

Genzyme Corp. (b)

 

 

53,580

 

 

3,814,896

 

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (b)

 

 

167,899

 

 

6,084,660

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

30,637,754

 









Building Products — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Masco Corp. (a)

 

 

74,374

 

 

941,575

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Capital Markets — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

 

 

51,070

 

$

2,939,078

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

 

 

256,503

 

 

7,746,390

 

The Charles Schwab Corp.

 

 

204,556

 

 

3,499,953

 

E*Trade Financial Corp. (b)

 

 

41,543

 

 

664,688

 

Federated Investors, Inc., Class B (a)

 

 

19,041

 

 

498,303

 

Franklin Resources, Inc.

 

 

30,036

 

 

3,340,303

 

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

 

 

105,687

 

 

17,772,326

 

Invesco Ltd.

 

 

94,924

 

 

2,283,871

 

Janus Capital Group, Inc.

 

 

38,242

 

 

495,999

 

Legg Mason, Inc.

 

 

31,121

 

 

1,128,759

 

Morgan Stanley

 

 

312,822

 

 

8,511,887

 

Northern Trust Corp.

 

 

50,124

 

 

2,777,371

 

State Street Corp.

 

 

103,740

 

 

4,807,312

 

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

 

 

52,881

 

 

3,412,940

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

59,879,180

 









Chemicals — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

 

 

44,327

 

 

4,031,541

 

Airgas, Inc.

 

 

15,494

 

 

967,755

 

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

 

 

14,730

 

 

1,990,759

 

The Dow Chemical Co. (a)

 

 

240,007

 

 

8,193,839

 

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

 

 

188,753

 

 

9,415,000

 

Eastman Chemical Co.

 

 

14,952

 

 

1,257,164

 

Ecolab, Inc.

 

 

47,731

 

 

2,406,597

 

FMC Corp.

 

 

15,037

 

 

1,201,306

 

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

 

 

16,565

 

 

920,848

 

Monsanto Co.

 

 

110,855

 

 

7,719,942

 

PPG Industries, Inc.

 

 

33,570

 

 

2,822,230

 

Praxair, Inc.

 

 

63,374

 

 

6,050,316

 

The Sherwin-Williams Co.

 

 

18,316

 

 

1,533,965

 

Sigma-Aldrich Corp.

 

 

25,125

 

 

1,672,320

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

50,183,582

 









Commercial Banks — 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BB&T Corp.

 

 

143,174

 

 

3,764,044

 

Comerica, Inc.

 

 

36,563

 

 

1,544,421

 

Fifth Third Bancorp

 

 

164,832

 

 

2,419,734

 

First Horizon National Corp. (b)

 

 

49,501

 

 

583,123

 

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

178,404

 

 

1,225,636

 

KeyCorp

 

 

182,406

 

 

1,614,293

 

M&T Bank Corp.

 

 

24,716

 

 

2,151,528

 

Marshall & Ilsley Corp.

 

 

109,305

 

 

756,391

 

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (c)

 

 

108,792

 

 

6,605,850

 

Regions Financial Corp.

 

 

260,175

 

 

1,821,225

 

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

 

 

102,928

 

 

3,037,405

 

U.S. Bancorp

 

 

396,619

 

 

10,696,814

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

 

 

1,084,948

 

 

33,622,539

 

Zions Bancorporation

 

 

36,309

 

 

879,767

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

70,722,770

 









Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avery Dennison Corp.

 

 

21,863

 

 

925,680

 

Cintas Corp.

 

 

25,446

 

 

711,470

 

Iron Mountain, Inc. (a)

 

 

41,509

 

 

1,038,140

 

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

 

 

41,267

 

 

997,836

 

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

 

 

42,729

 

 

746,476

 

Republic Services, Inc., Class A

 

 

63,655

 

 

1,900,738

 

Stericycle, Inc. (b)

 

 

17,723

 

 

1,434,145

 

Waste Management, Inc. (a)

 

 

98,163

 

 

3,619,270

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

11,373,755

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


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Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master S&P 500 Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Communications Equipment — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Systems, Inc. (b)

 

 

1,145,783

 

$

23,179,190

 

F5 Networks, Inc. (b)

 

 

16,720

 

 

2,176,275

 

Harris Corp.

 

 

26,592

 

 

1,204,618

 

JDS Uniphase Corp. (b)

 

 

46,293

 

 

670,323

 

Juniper Networks, Inc. (b)

 

 

108,234

 

 

3,995,999

 

Motorola, Inc. (b)

 

 

485,981

 

 

4,407,848

 

QUALCOMM, Inc.

 

 

334,427

 

 

16,550,792

 

Tellabs, Inc.

 

 

76,789

 

 

520,629

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

52,705,674

 









Computers & Peripherals — 4.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apple, Inc. (b)

 

 

189,604

 

 

61,158,666

 

Dell, Inc. (b)

 

 

346,991

 

 

4,701,728

 

EMC Corp. (b)

 

 

426,008

 

 

9,755,583

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

 

 

468,791

 

 

19,736,101

 

Lexmark International, Inc., Class A (b)

 

 

16,260

 

 

566,173

 

NetApp, Inc. (b)

 

 

74,849

 

 

4,113,701

 

QLogic Corp. (b)

 

 

22,042

 

 

375,155

 

SanDisk Corp. (b)

 

 

48,538

 

 

2,420,105

 

Western Digital Corp. (b)

 

 

47,604

 

 

1,613,776

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

104,440,988

 









Construction & Engineering — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fluor Corp.

 

 

37,009

 

 

2,452,217

 

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (b)

 

 

26,119

 

 

1,197,556

 

Quanta Services, Inc. (b)

 

 

44,234

 

 

881,141

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,530,914

 









Construction Materials — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vulcan Materials Co. (a)

 

 

26,582

 

 

1,179,177

 









Consumer Finance — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Express Co.

 

 

216,538

 

 

9,293,811

 

Capital One Financial Corp.

 

 

94,327

 

 

4,014,557

 

Discover Financial Services, Inc.

 

 

112,757

 

 

2,089,387

 

SLM Corp. (b)

 

 

100,643

 

 

1,267,096

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

16,664,851

 









Containers & Packaging — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ball Corp.

 

 

18,000

 

 

1,224,900

 

Bemis Co.

 

 

22,471

 

 

733,903

 

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (b)

 

 

33,923

 

 

1,041,436

 

Sealed Air Corp.

 

 

33,123

 

 

842,980

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,843,219

 









Distributors — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Genuine Parts Co.

 

 

32,631

 

 

1,675,276

 









Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apollo Group, Inc., Class A (b)

 

 

26,277

 

 

1,037,678

 

DeVry, Inc.

 

 

12,963

 

 

621,965

 

H&R Block, Inc.

 

 

63,869

 

 

760,680

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,420,323

 









Diversified Financial Services — 4.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp.

 

 

2,084,712

 

 

27,810,058

 

CME Group, Inc.

 

 

13,844

 

 

4,454,307

 

Citigroup, Inc. (b)

 

 

6,004,952

 

 

28,403,423

 

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (b)

 

 

14,993

 

 

1,786,416

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

 

808,051

 

 

34,277,523

 

Leucadia National Corp.

 

 

40,842

 

 

1,191,770

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Diversified Financial Services (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moody’s Corp. (a)

 

 

42,251

 

$

1,121,341

 

The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (b)

 

 

29,183

 

 

691,929

 

NYSE Euronext

 

 

54,066

 

 

1,620,899

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

101,357,666

 









Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T Inc.

 

 

1,221,623

 

 

35,891,284

 

CenturyLink, Inc. (a)

 

 

62,754

 

 

2,897,352

 

Frontier Communications Corp.

 

 

205,802

 

 

2,002,454

 

Qwest Communications International, Inc.

 

 

358,795

 

 

2,730,430

 

Verizon Communications, Inc. (a)

 

 

584,353

 

 

20,908,150

 

Windstream Corp.

 

 

100,229

 

 

1,397,192

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

65,826,862

 









Electric Utilities — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allegheny Energy, Inc.

 

 

35,126

 

 

851,454

 

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

 

99,366

 

 

3,575,189

 

Duke Energy Corp.

 

 

273,736

 

 

4,875,238

 

Edison International

 

 

67,433

 

 

2,602,914

 

Entergy Corp.

 

 

37,239

 

 

2,637,638

 

Exelon Corp.

 

 

136,782

 

 

5,695,603

 

FirstEnergy Corp. (a)

 

 

63,103

 

 

2,336,073

 

NextEra Energy, Inc.

 

 

85,898

 

 

4,465,837

 

Northeast Utilities, Inc.

 

 

36,556

 

 

1,165,405

 

PPL Corp.

 

 

100,027

 

 

2,632,711

 

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

 

 

46,600

 

 

850,450

 

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

 

 

22,440

 

 

930,138

 

Progress Energy, Inc.

 

 

60,298

 

 

2,621,757

 

The Southern Co.

 

 

173,434

 

 

6,630,382

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

41,870,789

 









Electrical Equipment — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emerson Electric Co.

 

 

155,624

 

 

8,897,024

 

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

 

 

29,356

 

 

2,105,119

 

Roper Industries, Inc.

 

 

19,614

 

 

1,499,098

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

12,501,241

 









Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (b)

 

 

71,324

 

 

2,954,954

 

Amphenol Corp., Class A

 

 

36,158

 

 

1,908,419

 

Corning, Inc.

 

 

323,306

 

 

6,246,272

 

Flir Systems, Inc. (b)

 

 

32,784

 

 

975,324

 

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

 

 

40,448

 

 

812,600

 

Molex, Inc. (a)

 

 

28,546

 

 

648,565

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

13,546,134

 









Energy Equipment & Services — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baker Hughes, Inc.

 

 

89,136

 

 

5,095,905

 

Cameron International Corp. (b)

 

 

50,206

 

 

2,546,950

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

 

 

14,415

 

 

963,931

 

FMC Technologies, Inc. (b)

 

 

24,588

 

 

2,186,119

 

Halliburton Co.

 

 

188,045

 

 

7,677,877

 

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

 

 

21,980

 

 

1,065,591

 

Nabors Industries Ltd. (b)

 

 

59,148

 

 

1,387,612

 

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

 

 

86,769

 

 

5,835,215

 

Rowan Cos., Inc. (b)

 

 

26,191

 

 

914,328

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

 

 

282,039

 

 

23,550,257

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

51,223,785

 










 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


 

BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master S&P 500 Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Food & Staples Retailing — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CVS Caremark Corp.

 

 

280,947

 

$

9,768,527

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

 

 

89,406

 

 

6,456,007

 

The Kroger Co.

 

 

131,345

 

 

2,936,874

 

SUPERVALU, Inc.

 

 

44,171

 

 

425,367

 

SYSCO Corp.

 

 

120,704

 

 

3,548,698

 

Safeway, Inc.

 

 

76,314

 

 

1,716,302

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (a)

 

 

404,980

 

 

21,840,571

 

Walgreen Co.

 

 

191,439

 

 

7,458,463

 

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (b)

 

 

30,408

 

 

1,538,341

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

55,689,150

 









Food Products — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

 

 

131,905

 

 

3,967,702

 

Campbell Soup Co.

 

 

39,102

 

 

1,358,794

 

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

 

 

91,045

 

 

2,055,796

 

Dean Foods Co. (b)

 

 

38,158

 

 

337,317

 

General Mills, Inc.

 

 

132,328

 

 

4,709,554

 

H.J. Heinz Co.

 

 

66,366

 

 

3,282,462

 

The Hershey Co.

 

 

32,045

 

 

1,510,922

 

Hormel Foods Corp.

 

 

14,383

 

 

737,273

 

The J.M. Smucker Co.

 

 

24,755

 

 

1,625,166

 

Kellogg Co.

 

 

52,305

 

 

2,671,739

 

Kraft Foods, Inc.

 

 

361,143

 

 

11,379,616

 

McCormick & Co., Inc.

 

 

27,554

 

 

1,282,088

 

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.

 

 

42,341

 

 

2,635,727

 

Sara Lee Corp.

 

 

131,311

 

 

2,299,256

 

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

 

 

61,801

 

 

1,064,213

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

40,917,625

 









Gas Utilities — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicor, Inc.

 

 

9,532

 

 

475,837

 

Oneok, Inc.

 

 

22,042

 

 

1,222,670

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,698,507

 









Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baxter International, Inc.

 

 

120,563

 

 

6,102,899

 

Becton Dickinson & Co.

 

 

47,475

 

 

4,012,587

 

Boston Scientific Corp. (b)

 

 

314,637

 

 

2,381,802

 

C.R. Bard, Inc.

 

 

19,038

 

 

1,747,117

 

CareFusion Corp. (b)

 

 

46,202

 

 

1,187,392

 

Dentsply International, Inc.

 

 

28,818

 

 

984,711

 

Hospira, Inc. (b)

 

 

34,283

 

 

1,909,220

 

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (b)

 

 

8,069

 

 

2,079,785

 

Medtronic, Inc.

 

 

223,293

 

 

8,281,937

 

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (b)

 

 

70,944

 

 

3,032,856

 

Stryker Corp.

 

 

70,488

 

 

3,785,206

 

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (b)

 

 

24,368

 

 

1,688,215

 

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (b)

 

 

40,568

 

 

2,177,690

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

39,371,417

 









Health Care Providers & Services — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aetna, Inc.

 

 

82,814

 

 

2,526,655

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

 

 

56,666

 

 

1,933,444

 

Cardinal Health, Inc.

 

 

71,839

 

 

2,752,152

 

Cigna Corp.

 

 

55,628

 

 

2,039,323

 

Coventry Health Care, Inc. (b)

 

 

30,746

 

 

811,694

 

DaVita, Inc. (b)

 

 

19,856

 

 

1,379,793

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Health Care Providers & Services (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Express Scripts, Inc. (b)

 

 

108,998

 

$

5,891,342

 

Humana, Inc. (b)

 

 

34,527

 

 

1,890,008

 

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (b)

 

 

20,851

 

 

1,833,220

 

McKesson Corp.

 

 

52,356

 

 

3,684,815

 

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (b)

 

 

87,776

 

 

5,378,036

 

Patterson Cos., Inc.

 

 

19,954

 

 

611,191

 

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

 

 

28,931

 

 

1,561,406

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (b)

 

 

100,884

 

 

674,914

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

 

 

227,442

 

 

8,212,931

 

WellPoint, Inc. (b)

 

 

81,326

 

 

4,624,196

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

45,805,120

 









Health Care Technology — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cerner Corp. (b)

 

 

14,765

 

 

1,398,836

 









Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carnival Corp.

 

 

88,882

 

 

4,098,349

 

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

 

 

28,684

 

 

1,332,085

 

International Game Technology

 

 

61,842

 

 

1,093,985

 

Marriott International, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

59,560

 

 

2,474,123

 

McDonald’s Corp.

 

 

218,410

 

 

16,765,152

 

Starbucks Corp.

 

 

153,170

 

 

4,921,352

 

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

 

 

39,462

 

 

2,398,500

 

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

 

 

35,542

 

 

1,064,838

 

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

 

 

15,661

 

 

1,626,238

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

 

 

96,837

 

 

4,749,855

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

40,524,477

 









Household Durables — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D.R. Horton, Inc.

 

 

58,692

 

 

700,196

 

Fortune Brands, Inc.

 

 

31,596

 

 

1,903,659

 

Harman International Industries, Inc. (b)

 

 

14,504

 

 

671,535

 

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

 

 

30,343

 

 

690,607

 

Lennar Corp., Class A

 

 

33,071

 

 

620,081

 

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

 

 

58,974

 

 

1,072,147

 

Pulte Group, Inc. (b)

 

 

69,363

 

 

521,610

 

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

 

 

34,090

 

 

2,279,598

 

Whirlpool Corp.

 

 

15,753

 

 

1,399,339

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

9,858,772

 









Household Products — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clorox Co.

 

 

28,878

 

 

1,827,400

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

 

 

99,808

 

 

8,021,569

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

 

 

84,309

 

 

5,314,839

 

The Procter & Gamble Co.

 

 

578,603

 

 

37,221,531

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

52,385,339

 









IT Services — 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

 

 

101,923

 

 

4,716,996

 

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (b)

 

 

62,775

 

 

4,600,780

 

Computer Sciences Corp.

 

 

32,005

 

 

1,587,448

 

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

 

 

54,873

 

 

1,502,971

 

Fiserv, Inc. (b)

 

 

30,493

 

 

1,785,670

 

International Business Machines Corp. (a)

 

 

256,801

 

 

37,688,115

 

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

 

 

20,019

 

 

4,486,458

 

Paychex, Inc.

 

 

66,647

 

 

2,060,059

 

SAIC, Inc. (b)

 

 

60,920

 

 

966,191

 

Teradata Corp. (b)

 

 

34,704

 

 

1,428,417

 

Total System Services, Inc.

 

 

33,977

 

 

522,566

 

Visa, Inc., Class A

 

 

100,771

 

 

7,092,263

 

The Western Union Co.

 

 

134,940

 

 

2,505,836

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

70,943,770

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


18

BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 


 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master S&P 500 Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The AES Corp. (b)

 

 

135,393

 

$

1,649,087

 

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

 

 

41,419

 

 

1,268,664

 

NRG Energy, Inc. (b)

 

 

50,075

 

 

978,465

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,896,216

 









Industrial Conglomerates — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3M Co.

 

 

147,791

 

 

12,754,363

 

General Electric Co.

 

 

2,202,357

 

 

40,281,110

 

Textron, Inc.

 

 

56,972

 

 

1,346,818

 

Tyco International Ltd.

 

 

101,084

 

 

4,188,921

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

58,571,212

 









Insurance — 3.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACE Ltd.

 

 

70,096

 

 

4,363,476

 

Aflac, Inc.

 

 

97,442

 

 

5,498,652

 

The Allstate Corp.

 

 

111,005

 

 

3,538,839

 

American International Group, Inc. (b)

 

 

29,007

 

 

1,671,383

 

Aon Corp.

 

 

68,267

 

 

3,140,965

 

Assurant, Inc.

 

 

22,071

 

 

850,175

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (b)

 

 

357,694

 

 

28,654,866

 

Chubb Corp.

 

 

63,086

 

 

3,762,449

 

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

 

 

33,749

 

 

1,069,506

 

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A (b)

 

 

101,470

 

 

1,333,316

 

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

 

 

92,013

 

 

2,437,424

 

Lincoln National Corp.

 

 

65,596

 

 

1,824,225

 

Loews Corp.

 

 

65,083

 

 

2,532,380

 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

 

 

112,456

 

 

3,074,547

 

MetLife, Inc. (a)

 

 

187,396

 

 

8,327,878

 

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

66,322

 

 

2,159,444

 

The Progressive Corp.

 

 

136,606

 

 

2,714,361

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

 

 

100,375

 

 

5,893,016

 

Torchmark Corp.

 

 

16,606

 

 

992,043

 

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

 

 

94,942

 

 

5,289,219

 

Unum Group

 

 

64,879

 

 

1,571,369

 

XL Group Plc

 

 

66,008

 

 

1,440,295

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

92,139,828

 









Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (b)

 

 

73,306

 

 

13,195,080

 

Expedia, Inc.

 

 

41,094

 

 

1,031,048

 

NetFlix, Inc. (b)

 

 

8,956

 

 

1,573,569

 

Priceline.com, Inc. (b)

 

 

10,141

 

 

4,051,837

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

19,851,534

 









Internet Software & Services — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (b)

 

 

37,759

 

 

1,776,561

 

eBay, Inc. (b)

 

 

237,132

 

 

6,599,384

 

Google, Inc., Class A (b)

 

 

51,558

 

 

30,623,905

 

Monster Worldwide, Inc. (b)

 

 

27,134

 

 

641,176

 

VeriSign, Inc.

 

 

35,031

 

 

1,144,463

 

Yahoo! Inc. (b)

 

 

269,631

 

 

4,483,963

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

45,269,452

 









Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hasbro, Inc.

 

 

27,804

 

 

1,311,793

 

Mattel, Inc.

 

 

73,595

 

 

1,871,521

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,183,314

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Life Technologies Corp. (b)

 

 

38,420

 

$

2,132,310

 

PerkinElmer, Inc.

 

 

24,537

 

 

633,546

 

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (b)

 

 

82,217

 

 

4,551,533

 

Waters Corp. (b)

 

 

18,672

 

 

1,451,001

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,768,390

 









Machinery — 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caterpillar, Inc. (a)

 

 

131,221

 

 

12,290,159

 

Cummins, Inc.

 

 

40,864

 

 

4,495,449

 

Danaher Corp.

 

 

110,852

 

 

5,228,889

 

Deere & Co.

 

 

87,617

 

 

7,276,592

 

Dover Corp.

 

 

38,670

 

 

2,260,261

 

Eaton Corp.

 

 

34,820

 

 

3,534,578

 

Flowserve Corp.

 

 

11,571

 

 

1,379,495

 

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

 

 

102,569

 

 

5,477,185

 

Ingersoll-Rand Plc

 

 

67,045

 

 

3,157,149

 

PACCAR, Inc.

 

 

75,328

 

 

4,325,334

 

Pall Corp.

 

 

23,449

 

 

1,162,601

 

Parker Hannifin Corp.

 

 

33,387

 

 

2,881,298

 

Snap-On, Inc.

 

 

12,114

 

 

685,410

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

54,154,400

 









Media — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CBS Corp., Class B

 

 

140,088

 

 

2,668,676

 

Cablevision Systems Corp., Class A

 

 

49,580

 

 

1,677,787

 

Comcast Corp., Class A

 

 

576,833

 

 

12,673,021

 

DIRECTV, Class A (b)

 

 

172,409

 

 

6,884,291

 

Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

 

 

58,485

 

 

2,438,825

 

Gannett Co., Inc.

 

 

49,456

 

 

746,291

 

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (b)

 

 

101,346

 

 

1,076,295

 

The McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc.

 

 

63,113

 

 

2,297,944

 

Meredith Corp.

 

 

7,512

 

 

260,291

 

News Corp., Class A

 

 

471,931

 

 

6,871,315

 

Omnicom Group, Inc.

 

 

62,051

 

 

2,841,936

 

Scripps Networks Interactive

 

 

18,637

 

 

964,465

 

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

 

 

73,512

 

 

4,853,997

 

Time Warner, Inc.

 

 

229,387

 

 

7,379,380

 

Viacom, Inc., Class B

 

 

124,938

 

 

4,948,794

 

Walt Disney Co. (a)

 

 

391,470

 

 

14,684,040

 

The Washington Post Co., Class B

 

 

1,085

 

 

476,858

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

73,744,206

 









Metals & Mining — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AK Steel Holding Corp.

 

 

23,183

 

 

379,506

 

Alcoa, Inc.

 

 

210,449

 

 

3,238,810

 

Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

20,439

 

 

1,127,824

 

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.

 

 

28,043

 

 

2,187,634

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., Class B

 

 

97,354

 

 

11,691,242

 

Newmont Mining Corp.

 

 

102,008

 

 

6,266,352

 

Nucor Corp.

 

 

65,337

 

 

2,863,067

 

Titanium Metals Corp. (b)

 

 

19,062

 

 

327,485

 

United States Steel Corp. (a)

 

 

29,744

 

 

1,737,645

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

29,819,565

 









Multi-Utilities — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ameren Corp.

 

 

49,691

 

 

1,400,789

 

CMS Energy Corp.

 

 

50,714

 

 

943,280

 

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

 

 

87,694

 

 

1,378,550

 

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

 

60,122

 

 

2,980,247

 


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

19




 

 


 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master S&P 500 Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Multi-Utilities (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTE Energy Co.

 

 

35,034

 

$

1,587,741

 

Dominion Resources, Inc.

 

 

120,066

 

 

5,129,219

 

Integrys Energy Group, Inc.

 

 

16,126

 

 

782,272

 

NiSource, Inc.

 

 

57,730

 

 

1,017,203

 

PG&E Corp.

 

 

81,109

 

 

3,880,255

 

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

 

 

104,318

 

 

3,318,356

 

SCANA Corp.

 

 

23,562

 

 

956,617

 

Sempra Energy

 

 

49,400

 

 

2,592,512

 

TECO Energy, Inc.

 

 

44,576

 

 

793,453

 

Wisconsin Energy Corp.

 

 

24,222

 

 

1,425,707

 

Xcel Energy, Inc.

 

 

95,252

 

 

2,243,185

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

30,429,386

 









Multiline Retail — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Lots, Inc. (b)

 

 

15,758

 

 

479,989

 

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

 

 

25,669

 

 

1,276,006

 

JCPenney Co., Inc.

 

 

48,977

 

 

1,582,447

 

Kohl’s Corp. (b)

 

 

63,525

 

 

3,451,948

 

Macy’s, Inc.

 

 

87,665

 

 

2,217,924

 

Nordstrom, Inc.

 

 

34,873

 

 

1,477,918

 

Sears Holdings Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

9,109

 

 

671,789

 

Target Corp.

 

 

146,410

 

 

8,803,633

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

19,961,654

 









Office Electronics — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Xerox Corp.

 

 

287,016

 

 

3,306,424

 









Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 9.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

 

 

102,425

 

 

7,800,688

 

Apache Corp.

 

 

79,019

 

 

9,421,435

 

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., Class A

 

 

21,580

 

 

816,803

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

 

 

134,805

 

 

3,492,798

 

Chevron Corp.

 

 

415,976

 

 

37,957,810

 

ConocoPhillips

 

 

303,719

 

 

20,683,264

 

Consol Energy, Inc.

 

 

46,758

 

 

2,278,985

 

Denbury Resources, Inc. (b)

 

 

82,794

 

 

1,580,538

 

Devon Energy Corp.

 

 

89,373

 

 

7,016,674

 

EOG Resources, Inc.

 

 

52,492

 

 

4,798,294

 

EQT Corp.

 

 

30,906

 

 

1,385,825

 

El Paso Corp.

 

 

145,801

 

 

2,006,222

 

Exxon Mobil Corp. (d)

 

 

1,042,262

 

 

76,210,197

 

Hess Corp.

 

 

62,058

 

 

4,749,919

 

Marathon Oil Corp.

 

 

146,756

 

 

5,434,375

 

Massey Energy Co.

 

 

21,177

 

 

1,136,146

 

Murphy Oil Corp.

 

 

39,809

 

 

2,967,761

 

Newfield Exploration Co. (b)

 

 

27,671

 

 

1,995,356

 

Noble Energy, Inc.

 

 

36,079

 

 

3,105,680

 

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

 

 

167,986

 

 

16,479,427

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

 

 

55,609

 

 

3,557,864

 

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

 

 

24,037

 

 

2,086,892

 

QEP Resources, Inc.

 

 

36,395

 

 

1,321,502

 

Range Resources Corp.

 

 

33,166

 

 

1,491,807

 

Southwestern Energy Co. (b)

 

 

71,777

 

 

2,686,613

 

Spectra Energy Corp.

 

 

133,662

 

 

3,340,213

 

Sunoco, Inc.

 

 

25,005

 

 

1,007,952

 

Tesoro Corp.

 

 

29,967

 

 

555,588

 

Valero Energy Corp.

 

 

116,475

 

 

2,692,902

 

Williams Cos., Inc.

 

 

120,453

 

 

2,977,598

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

233,037,128

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Paper Co.

 

 

90,550

 

$

2,466,582

 

MeadWestvaco Corp.

 

 

34,916

 

 

913,403

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,379,985

 









Personal Products — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avon Products, Inc.

 

 

88,830

 

 

2,581,400

 

The Estée Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

 

 

23,284

 

 

1,879,019

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,460,419

 









Pharmaceuticals — 5.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abbott Laboratories

 

 

319,570

 

 

15,310,599

 

Allergan, Inc.

 

 

63,528

 

 

4,362,468

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (a)

 

 

353,915

 

 

9,371,669

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

 

 

209,784

 

 

7,350,831

 

Forest Laboratories, Inc. (b)

 

 

59,144

 

 

1,891,425

 

Johnson & Johnson

 

 

567,663

 

 

35,109,957

 

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)

 

 

52,022

 

 

730,909

 

Merck & Co, Inc.

 

 

636,867

 

 

22,952,687

 

Mylan, Inc. (b)

 

 

90,124

 

 

1,904,320

 

Pfizer, Inc.

 

 

1,655,732

 

 

28,991,867

 

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)

 

 

25,970

 

 

1,341,350

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

129,318,082

 









Professional Services — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

 

 

10,320

 

 

847,169

 

Equifax, Inc.

 

 

25,607

 

 

911,609

 

Robert Half International, Inc.

 

 

30,532

 

 

934,279

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,693,057

 









Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A

 

 

24,413

 

 

630,832

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

 

 

17,660

 

 

1,987,633

 

Boston Properties, Inc.

 

 

29,000

 

 

2,496,900

 

Equity Residential

 

 

58,862

 

 

3,057,881

 

HCP, Inc.

 

 

75,302

 

 

2,770,361

 

Health Care REIT, Inc.

 

 

29,929

 

 

1,425,818

 

Host Marriott Corp.

 

 

137,758

 

 

2,461,735

 

Kimco Realty Corp.

 

 

84,112

 

 

1,517,381

 

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

33,501

 

 

1,254,612

 

ProLogis

 

 

116,686

 

 

1,684,946

 

Public Storage

 

 

28,767

 

 

2,917,549

 

Simon Property Group, Inc.

 

 

60,581

 

 

6,027,204

 

Ventas, Inc.

 

 

32,540

 

 

1,707,699

 

Vornado Realty Trust

 

 

33,646

 

 

2,803,721

 

Weyerhaeuser Co. (a)

 

 

110,968

 

 

2,100,624

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

34,844,896

 









Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (b)

 

 

60,188

 

 

1,232,650

 









Road & Rail — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CSX Corp.

 

 

77,337

 

 

4,996,744

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

 

 

75,088

 

 

4,717,028

 

Ryder System, Inc.

 

 

10,764

 

 

566,617

 

Union Pacific Corp.

 

 

101,965

 

 

9,448,077

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

19,728,466

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


20

BLACKROCK S&P 500 INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 


 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master S&P 500 Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (b)

 

 

119,254

 

$

975,498

 

Altera Corp.

 

 

64,429

 

 

2,292,384

 

Analog Devices, Inc.

 

 

61,822

 

 

2,328,835

 

Applied Materials, Inc.

 

 

275,690

 

 

3,873,445

 

Broadcom Corp., Class A

 

 

94,209

 

 

4,102,802

 

First Solar, Inc. (b)

 

 

11,189

 

 

1,456,136

 

Intel Corp.

 

 

1,153,052

 

 

24,248,684

 

KLA-Tencor Corp.

 

 

34,621

 

 

1,337,755

 

LSI Corp. (b)

 

 

124,085

 

 

743,269

 

Linear Technology Corp.

 

 

46,653

 

 

1,613,727

 

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (b)

 

 

47,463

 

 

534,433

 

Microchip Technology, Inc.

 

 

38,648

 

 

1,322,148

 

Micron Technology, Inc. (b)

 

 

177,527

 

 

1,423,767

 

National Semiconductor Corp.

 

 

49,674

 

 

683,514

 

Novellus Systems, Inc. (b)

 

 

18,693

 

 

604,158

 

Nvidia Corp. (b)

 

 

120,226

 

 

1,851,480

 

Teradyne, Inc. (b)

 

 

37,748

 

 

529,982

 

Texas Instruments, Inc.

 

 

242,791

 

 

7,890,708

 

Xilinx, Inc.

 

 

53,683

 

 

1,555,733

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

59,368,458

 









Software — 4.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adobe Systems, Inc. (b)

 

 

104,803

 

 

3,225,836

 

Autodesk, Inc. (b)

 

 

47,090

 

 

1,798,838

 

BMC Software, Inc. (b)

 

 

36,410

 

 

1,716,367

 

CA, Inc.

 

 

78,730

 

 

1,924,161

 

Citrix Systems, Inc. (b)

 

 

38,862

 

 

2,658,550

 

Compuware Corp. (b)

 

 

43,470

 

 

507,295

 

Electronic Arts, Inc. (b)

 

 

68,813

 

 

1,127,157

 

Intuit, Inc. (b)

 

 

57,567

 

 

2,838,053

 

McAfee, Inc. (b)

 

 

31,830

 

 

1,474,047

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

 

1,556,219

 

 

43,449,635

 

Novell, Inc. (b)

 

 

73,955

 

 

437,814

 

Oracle Corp.

 

 

800,160

 

 

25,045,008

 

Red Hat, Inc. (b)

 

 

39,368

 

 

1,797,149

 

Salesforce.com, Inc. (b)

 

 

24,490

 

 

3,232,680

 

Symantec Corp. (b)

 

 

159,842

 

 

2,675,755

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

93,908,345

 









Specialty Retail — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A

 

 

18,219

 

 

1,049,961

 

AutoNation, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

13,147

 

 

370,745

 

AutoZone, Inc. (b)

 

 

5,565

 

 

1,516,963

 

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (b)

 

 

53,318

 

 

2,620,580

 

Best Buy Co., Inc.

 

 

68,357

 

 

2,343,962

 

CarMax, Inc. (b)

 

 

46,583

 

 

1,485,066

 

GameStop Corp., Class A (b)

 

 

31,494

 

 

720,583

 

The Gap, Inc.

 

 

90,990

 

 

2,014,519

 

Home Depot, Inc.

 

 

338,821

 

 

11,879,064

 

Limited Brands, Inc.

 

 

54,781

 

 

1,683,420

 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

 

 

285,365

 

 

7,156,954

 

O’Reilly Automotive Inc. (b)

 

 

28,919

 

 

1,747,286

 

RadioShack Corp.

 

 

22,363

 

 

413,492

 

Ross Stores, Inc.

 

 

24,954

 

 

1,578,340

 

Staples, Inc.

 

 

149,146

 

 

3,396,054

 

TJX Cos., Inc.

 

 

81,664

 

 

3,625,065

 

Tiffany & Co.

 

 

26,180

 

 

1,630,229

 

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (b)

 

 

26,707

 

 

956,378

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

46,188,661

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coach, Inc.

 

 

61,144

 

$

3,381,874

 

Nike, Inc., Class B

 

 

79,054

 

 

6,752,793

 

Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.

 

 

13,216

 

 

1,465,919

 

VF Corp.

 

 

17,975

 

 

1,549,085

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

13,149,671

 









Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

109,126

 

 

1,390,265

 

People’s United Financial, Inc.

 

 

76,521

 

 

1,072,059

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,462,324

 









Tobacco — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Altria Group, Inc.

 

 

431,663

 

 

10,627,543

 

Lorillard, Inc.

 

 

30,785

 

 

2,526,217

 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

 

 

375,067

 

 

21,952,672

 

Reynolds American, Inc.

 

 

70,005

 

 

2,283,563

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

37,389,995

 









Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fastenal Co. (a)

 

 

30,532

 

 

1,829,172

 

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

 

 

11,875

 

 

1,640,056

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,469,228

 









Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Tower Corp., Class A (b)

 

 

82,410

 

 

4,255,653

 

MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (b)

 

 

54,743

 

 

691,404

 

Sprint Nextel Corp. (b)

 

 

614,797

 

 

2,600,591

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,547,648

 









Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $1,931,130,091) — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

2,362,961,675

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund,
Institutional Class, 0.17% (c)(e)

 

 

11,774,805

 

 

11,774,805

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beneficial
Interest
(000)

 

 

 

 








BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC
Money Market Series, 0.44% (c)(e)(f)

 

$

135,285

 

 

135,284,520

 









Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $147,059,325) — 6.2%

 

 

 

 

 

147,059,325

 









Total Investments (Cost — $2,078,189,416*) — 106.2%

 

 

 

 

 

2,510,021,000

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (6.2)%

 

 

 

 

 

(146,037,154

)

 

 

 

 

 




Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

$

2,363,983,846

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 


*

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of December 31, 2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate cost

 

$

1,666,714,580

 

 

 




Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

978,592,780

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

(135,286,360

)

 

 




Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

843,306,420

 

 

 





 

 

(a)

Security, or a portion of security, is on loan.

 

 

(b)

Non-income producing security.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 


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Schedule of Investments (concluded)

Master S&P 500 Index Series


 

 

(c)

Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Series during the year, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

















Affiliate

 

Beneficial Interest/
Shares Held
at December 31,
2009

 

Shares
Purchased

 

Beneficial
Interest/
Shares Sold

 

Beneficial Interest/
Shares Held
at December 31,
2010

 

Value
at December 31,

2010

 

Realized
Loss

 

Income

 

















BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

 

 

4,444,194

 

7,330,611

1

 

 

 

11,774,805

 

$

11,774,805

 

 

 

$

24,343

 

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series

 

$

270,313,884

 

 

$

(135,029,364

)2

$

135,284,520

 

$

135,284,520

 

 

 

$

203,433

 

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

 

 

105,339

 

13,906

 

 

(10,453

)

 

108,792

 

$

6,605,850

 

$

(184,655

)

$

44,573

 
























 

 

 

 

1

Represents net shares purchased.

 

 

 

 

2

Represents beneficial interest sold.


 

 

(d)

All or a portion of security held as collateral in connection with open financial futures contracts.

 

 

(e)

Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

 

(f)

Security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

For Series compliance purposes,the Series’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 Series’ management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

 

Financial futures contracts purchased as of December 31, 2010 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 












Contracts

 

Issue

 

Exchange

 

Expiration
Date

 

Notional
Value

 

Unrealized
Appreciation












249

 

S&P 500
EMINI

 

Chicago
Mercantile
Exchange

 

March 2011

 

$15,589,197

 

$10,653













 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivatives, which are as follows:

 

 

 

Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

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 Series’ own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivatives)

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Series’ policy regarding valuation of investments and derivatives and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Series’ Notes to Financial Statements.

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of December 31, 2010 in determining the fair valuation of the Series’ investments and derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 











Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investments3

 

$

2,362,961,675

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,362,961,675

 

Short-Term Securities

 

 

11,774,805

 

$

135,284,520

 

 

 

 

147,059,325

 

 

 









Total

 

$

2,374,736,480

 

$

135,284,520

 

 

 

$

2,510,021,000

 

 

 










 

 

 

 

3

See above Schedule of Investments for values in each industry.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments4

 

 

 


 

Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 















Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity contracts

 

$

10,653

 

 

 

 

 

$

10,653

 

 

 














 

 

 

 

4

Derivative financial instruments are financial futures contracts, which are shown at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Master S&P 500 Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

 






Assets

 

 

 

 






Investments at value — unaffiliated (including securities loaned of $131,753,539) (cost — $1,926,387,682)

 

$

2,356,355,825

 

Investments at value — affiliated (cost — $151,801,734)

 

 

153,665,175

 

Cash

 

 

20,105

 

Dividends receivable

 

 

2,857,376

 

Securities lending income receivable — affiliated

 

 

41,390

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

56,982

 

Other assets

 

 

37,949

 

 

 




Total assets

 

 

2,513,034,802

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Liabilities

 

 

 

 






Collateral on securities loaned at value

 

 

135,284,520

 

Withdrawals payable to investors

 

 

13,477,003

 

Margin variation payable

 

 

19,095

 

Other affiliates payable

 

 

10,515

 

Investment advisory fees payable

 

 

9,023

 

Directors’ fees payable

 

 

754

 

Other accrued expenses payable

 

 

217,474

 

Other liabilities

 

 

32,572

 

 

 




Total liabilities

 

 

149,050,956

 

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

2,363,983,846

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Net Assets Consist of

 

 

 

 






Investors’ capital

 

$

1,932,141,609

 

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

431,842,237

 

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

2,363,983,846

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

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Statement of Operations

Master S&P 500 Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

 

 






Investment Income

 

 

 

 






Dividends — unaffiliated

 

$

46,623,203

 

Securities lending — affiliated

 

 

203,433

 

Dividends — affiliated

 

 

68,916

 

 

 




Total income

 

 

46,895,552

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Expenses

 

 

 

 






Investment advisory

 

 

226,584

 

Accounting services

 

 

402,876

 

Custodian

 

 

135,613

 

Professional

 

 

86,602

 

Directors

 

 

56,921

 

Registration

 

 

20,000

 

Printing

 

 

5,404

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

49,454

 

 

 




Total expenses

 

 

983,454

 

Less fees waived by advisor

 

 

(123,313

)

 

 




Total expenses after fees waived

 

 

860,141

 

 

 




Net investment income

 

 

46,035,411

 

 

 









 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 






Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

 

 

 

Investments — unaffiliated

 

 

(6,041,348

)

Investments — affiliated

 

 

(184,665

)

Financial futures contracts

 

 

1,035,859

 

 

 




 

 

 

(5,190,154

)

 

 




Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

279,513,831

 

Financial futures contracts

 

 

15,292

 

 

 




 

 

 

279,529,123

 

 

 




Total realized and unrealized gain

 

 

274,338,969

 

 

 




Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

320,374,380

 

 

 





 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Master S&P 500 Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31,

 

 

 



 

 

2010

 

2009

 







Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 









Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income

 

$

46,035,411

 

$

46,606,117

 

Net realized loss

 

 

(5,190,154

)

 

(60,806,194

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

279,529,123

 

 

510,710,328

 

 

 







Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

 

 

320,374,380

 

 

496,510,251

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Capital Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Proceeds from contributions

 

 

601,567,988

 

 

667,013,781

 

Value of withdrawals

 

 

(836,617,134

)

 

(838,713,754

)

 

 







Net decrease in net assets derived from capital transactions

 

 

(235,049,146

)

 

(171,699,973

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Total increase in net assets

 

 

85,325,234

 

 

324,810,278

 

Beginning of year

 

 

2,278,658,612

 

 

1,953,848,334

 

 

 







End of year

 

$

2,363,983,846

 

$

2,278,658,612

 

 

 








 

 


 

 

Financial Highlights

Master S&P 500 Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 



 

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 


















Total Investment Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Total investment return

 

 

15.11

%

 

26.61

%

 

(36.92

)%

 

5.56

%

 

15.85

%

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Total expenses

 

 

0.04

%

 

0.05

%

 

0.04

%

 

0.04

%

 

0.04

%

 

 
















Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly

 

 

0.04

%

 

0.04

%

 

0.04

%

 

0.03

%

 

0.04

%

 

 
















Net investment income

 

 

2.03

%

 

2.32

%

 

2.31

%

 

1.95

%

 

1.92

%

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Net assets, end of year (000)

 

$

2,363,984

 

$

2,278,659

 

$

1,953,848

 

$

3,721,171

 

$

2,810,633

 

 

 
















Portfolio turnover

 

 

5

%

 

7

%

 

8

%

 

4

%

 

4

%

 

 

















 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

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DECEMBER 31, 2010

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Notes to Financial Statements

Master S&P 500 Index Series

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

Master S&P 500 Index Series (the “Series”), a non-diversified, open-end management investment company, is a series of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”). The Master LLC is registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and is organized as a Delaware limited liability company. The Master LLC’s Limited Liability Company Agreement permits the Board of Directors of the Master LLC (the “Board”) to issue non-transferable interests, subject to certain limitations. The Series’ financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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

Valuation: The Series fair values its financial instruments at market value using independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board. Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market System (“NASDAQ”) 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. Financial futures contracts traded on exchanges are valued at their last sale price. Investments in open-end registered investment companies are valued at net asset value each business day. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

The Series values its investments in BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series (the “Money Market Series”) at fair value, which is ordinarily based upon its pro rata ownership in the net assets of the underlying fund. The Money Market Series seeks current income consistent with maintaining liquidity and preserving capital. Although the Money Market Series is not registered under the 1940 Act, its investments will follow the parameters of investments by a money market fund that is subject to Rule 2a-7 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the 1940 Act. The Series may withdraw up to 25% of its investment daily, although the manager of the Money Market Series, in its sole discretion, may permit an investor to withdraw more than 25% on any one day.

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 or is not available, the investment will be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Value Assets”). When determining the price for Fair Value Assets, the investment advisor and/or the sub-advisor seeks to determine the price that the Series 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 committee thereof.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases in which the 1940 Act and the interpretive positions of the SEC require that the Series either delivers collateral or segregates assets in connection with certain investments (e.g., financial futures contracts) the Series will, consistent with SEC rules and/or certain interpretive letters issued by the SEC, segregate collateral or designate on its books and records cash or other liquid securities having a market value at least equal to the amount that would otherwise be required to be physically segregated. Furthermore, based on requirements and agreements with certain exchanges and third party broker-dealers, each party has requirements to deliver/deposit securities as collateral for certain investments.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Upon notification from issuers, some of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized on the accrual basis.

Securities Lending: The Series may lend securities to financial institutions that provide cash 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 determined at the close of business of the Series and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Series on the next business day. Securities lending income, as disclosed in the Statement of Operations, represents the income earned from the investment of the cash collateral, net of rebates paid to, or fees paid by, borrowers and less the fees paid to the securities lending agent. During the term of the loan, the Series earns dividends and

 

 

 


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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Master S&P 500 Index Series

interest on the securities loaned. 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. In the event that the borrower defaults on its obligation to return borrowed securities because of insolvency or for any other reason, the Series could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. The Series also could suffer a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received.

Income Taxes: The Series is classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. As such, each investor in the Series is treated as the owner of its proportionate share of the net assets, income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Series. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. It is intended that the Series’ assets will be managed so an investor in the Series can satisfy the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Series files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Series’ US federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended December 31, 2010. The statutes of limitations on the Series’ state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction. Management does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Other: Expenses directly related to the Series are charged to that Series. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. The Series has an arrangement with the custodian whereby fees may be reduced by credits earned on uninvested cash balances, which if applicable are shown as fees paid indirectly in the Statement of Operations.The custodian imposes fees on overdrawn cash balances, which can be offset by accumulated credits earned or may result in additional custody charges.

2. Derivative Financial Instruments:

The Series engages in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the return of the Series and to economically hedge, or protect, its exposure to certain risks such as equity risk. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange.

Losses may arise if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract. Counterparty risk related to exchange-traded financial futures contracts is deemed to be minimal due to the protection against defaults provided by the exchanges on which these contracts trade.

Financial Futures Contracts: The Series purchases or sells financial futures contracts and options on financial futures contracts to gain exposure to, or economically hedge against, changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk). Financial futures contracts are agreements between the Series and counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and at a specified date. Depending on the terms of the particular contract, futures contracts are settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash settlement amount on settlement date. Pursuant to the contract, the Series agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as margin variation and are recorded by the Series as unrealized gains or losses. When the contract is closed, the Series records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The use of financial futures transactions involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of financial futures contracts, interest rates and the underlying assets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure:

 


Fair Value of Derivative Instruments as of December 31, 2010


 

 

Asset Derivatives

 

 

 


 

 

 

Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location

 

Value

 


Equity contracts

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation/ depreciation*

 

$

10,653

 



 

 

*

Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of financial futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s margin variation is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.


 

 

 

 

 


The Effect of Derivative Instruments in the Statement of Operations Year Ended December 31, 2010

 


 

 

Net Realized Gain From

 

 

 


 

 

 

Financial Futures Contracts

 

 

 


 

Equity contracts

 

$

1,035,859

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation/Depreciation on

 

 

 


 

 

 

Financial Futures Contracts

 

 

 


 

Equity contracts

 

$

15,292

 


 

 

 


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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Master S&P 500 Index Series

For the year ended December 31, 2010, the average quarterly balances of outstanding derivative financial instruments were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 


Financial futures contracts:

 

 

 

 

Average number of contracts purchased

 

 

280

 

Average notional value of contracts purchased

 

$

18,105,990

 


3. Investment Management Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate of the Series for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and Barclays are not.

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, entered into an Investment Management Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Series’ investment advisor, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide investment advisory and administration services.

The Manager is responsible for the management of the Series’ portfolio and provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Series. For such services, the Series pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.01% of the average daily value of the Series’ net assets.

Effective June 1, 2010, the Manager contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee by 0.005% of the average daily value of the Series’ net assets. The Manager has agreed not to reduce or discontinue this contractual waiver until May 1, 2011 unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the non-interested Directors. Prior to June 1, 2010, the Manager had entered into an agreement which provided that the investment advisory fee for the Series, when combined with the administrative fee of BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund would not exceed 0.25% of average daily net assets. As a result, the Series paid a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.005% of the average daily value of the Series’ net assets. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Manager waived $113,292, which is included in fees waived by advisor in the Statement of Operations.

The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Series pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds, however the Manager does not waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees paid through the Series’ investment in other affiliated investment companies, if any. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Series waived $10,021, which is or included in fees waived by advisor in the Statement of Operations.

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

For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Series reimbursed the Manager $42,260 for certain accounting services, which are included in accounting services in the Statement of Operations.

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, received an exemptive order from the SEC permitting it, among other things, to pay an affiliated securities lending agent a fee based on a share of the income derived from the securities lending activities and has retained BIM as the securities lending agent. BIM may, on behalf of the Series, invest cash collateral received by the Series for such loans, among other things, in a private investment company managed by the Manager or in registered money market funds advised by the Manager or its affiliates. The market value of securities on loan and the value of the related collateral, if applicable are shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as securities loaned and collateral on securities loaned at value, respectively. The cash collateral invested by BIM is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. The share of income earned by the Series on such investments is shown as securities lending — affiliated in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended December 31, 2010, BIM received $50,457 in securities lending agent fees related to securities lending activities for the Series.

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

4. Investments:

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities for the year ended December 31, 2010, were $104,823,718 and $280,419,809, respectively.

5. Borrowings:

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates, is a party to a $500 million credit agreement with a group of lenders, which expired in November 2010. The Series may borrow under the credit agreement to fund investor withdrawals. Effective November 2009, the credit agreement had the following terms: 0.02% upfront fee on the aggregate commitment amount which was allocated to the Series based on its net assets as of October 31, 2009, a commitment fee of 0.10% per annum based on the Series’ pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) the one-month LIBOR plus 1.25% per annum and (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.25% per annum on amounts borrowed. In addition, the Series paid administration and

 

 

 


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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)

Master S&P 500 Index Series

arrangement fees which were allocated to the Series based on its net assets as of October 31, 2009. Effective November 2010, the credit agreement was renewed until November 2011 with the following terms: a commitment fee of 0.08% per annum based on the Series’ pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) the one-month LIBOR plus 1.00% per annum and (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.00% per annum on amounts borrowed. In addition, the Series paid administration and arrangement fees which were allocated to the Series based on its net assets as of October 31, 2010. The Series did not borrow under the credit agreement during the year ended December 31, 2010.

6. Market and Credit Risk:

In the normal course of business, the Series invests in securities and enters into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of the issuer of a security to meet all its obligations (issuer credit risk). The value of securities held by the Series may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers whose securities are owned by the Series; conditions affecting the general economy; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; and currency and interest rate and price fluctuations. Similar to issuer credit risk, the Series may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Series has unsettled or open transactions may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments. The Series manages counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that it believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Series to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Series’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is generally approximated by their value recorded in the Series’ Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Series.

7. Subsequent Events:

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Series through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 


 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Master S&P 500 Index Series

To the Investors and Board of Directors of Quantitative Master Series LLC:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Master S&P 500 Index Series, one of the portfolios constituting Quantitative Master Series LLC, (the “Master LLC”) as of December 31, 2010, 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 highlights are the responsibility of the Master LLC’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 assurance 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 expressing 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 management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2010, 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 S&P 500 Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC as of December 31, 2010, 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
February 28, 2011

 

 

 


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Officers and Directors

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

 

Position(s)
Held with
Corporation/
Master LLC

 

Length
of Time
Served as
a Director2

 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

 

Number of BlackRock-
Advised Registered
Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios
(“Portfolios”) Overseen

 

Public
Directorships












Non-Interested Directors1












Ronald W. Forbes
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1940

 

Co-Chair of the Board and Director

 

Since
2007

 

Professor Emeritus of Finance, School of Business, State University of New York at Albany since 2000.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

None












Rodney D. Johnson
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1941

 

Co-Chair of the Board and Director

 

Since
2007

 

President, Fairmount Capital Advisors, Inc. since 1987; Director, Fox Chase Cancer Center since 2004; Member of the Archdiocesan Investment Committee of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia since 2004; Director, The Committee of Seventy (civic) since 2006.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

None












David O. Beim
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1940

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Professor of Finance and Economics at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business since 1991; Trustee, Phillips Exeter Academy since 2002; Chairman, Wave Hill, Inc. (public garden and cultural center) from 1990 to 2006.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

None












Dr. Matina S. Horner
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1939

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Executive Vice President of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities Fund from 1989 to 2003.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

NSTAR (electric and gas utility)












Herbert I. London
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1939

 

Director and Member of the Audit Committee

 

Since
2007

 

Professor Emeritus, New York University since 2005; John M. Olin Professor of Humanities, New York University from 1993 to 2005 and Professor thereof from 1980 to 2005; President, Hudson Institute (policy research organization) since 1997 and Trustee thereof since 1980; Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Grantham University since 2006; Director, InnoCentive, Inc. (strategic solutions company) since 2005; Director, Cerego, LLC (software development and design) since 2005.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

AIMS Worldwide, Inc. (marketing)












Cynthia A. Montgomery
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1952

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Professor, Harvard Business School since 1989; Director, Harvard Business School Publishing since 2005; Director, McLean Hospital since 2005.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. (manufacturing)












Joseph P. Platt
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1947

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Director, The West Penn Allegheny Health System (a not-for-profit health system) since 2008; Director, Jones and Brown (Canadian insurance broker) since 1998; General Partner, Thorn Partners, LP (private investment) since 1998; Partner, Amarna Corporation, LLC (private investment company) from 2002 to 2008.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (reinsurance company); WQED Multi-Media (public broadcasting not-for-profit)












Robert C. Robb, Jr.
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1945

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Partner, Lewis, Eckert, Robb and Company (management and financial consulting firm) since 1981.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

None












Toby Rosenblatt
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1938

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

President, Founders Investments Ltd. (private investments) since 1999; Director, College Access Foundation of California (philanthropic foundation) since 2009; Director, Forward Management, LLC since 2007; Director, The James Irvine Foundation (philanthropic foundation) since from 1998 to 2008.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

A.P. Pharma, Inc. (specialty pharmaceuticals)













 

 

 




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Officers and Directors (continued)

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

 

Position(s)
Held with
Corporation/
Master LLC

 

Length
of Time
Served as
a Director2

 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

 

Number of BlackRock-
Advised Registered
Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios
(“Portfolios”) Overseen

 

Public
Directorships













Non-Interested Directors1 (concluded)













Kenneth L. Urish
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1951

 

Chair of the Audit Committee and Director

 

Since
2007

 

Managing Partner, Urish Popeck & Co., LLC (certified public accountants and consultants) since 1976; Chairman Elect of the Professional Ethics Committee of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Committee Member thereof since 2007; Member of External Advisory Board, The Pennsylvania State University Accounting Department since 2001; Trustee, The Holy Family Foundation from 2001 to 2009; President and Trustee, Pittsburgh Catholic Publishing Associates from 2003 to 2008; Director, Inter-Tel from 2006 to 2007.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

None













Frederick W. Winter
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1945

 

Director and Member of the Audit Committee

 

Since
2007

 

Professor and Dean Emeritus of the Joseph M. Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh since 2005 and Dean thereof from 1997 to 2005; Director, Alkon Corporation (pneumatics) since 1992; Director, Tippman Sports (recreation) since 2005; Director, Indotronix International (IT services) from 2004 to 2008.

 

36 RICs consisting of 95 Portfolios

 

None

 

 











 

 

1

Directors serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72. The Board has approved one-year extensions in terms of Directors who turn 72 prior to December 31, 2013.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Date shown is the earliest date a person has served as a director for the Corporation/Master LLC covered by this annual report. Following the combination of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“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 directors as joining the Corporation/Master LLC board in 2007, each director first became a member of the board of other legacy MLIM or legacy BlackRock Funds as follows: David O. Beim, 1998; Ronald W. Forbes, 1977; Dr. Matina S. Horner, 2004; Rodney D. Johnson, 1995; Herbert I. London, 1987; Cynthia A. Montgomery, 1994; Joseph P. Platt, 1999; Robert C. Robb, Jr., 1998; Toby Rosenblatt, 2005; Kenneth L. Urish, 1999; and Frederick W. Winter, 1999.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













Interested Directors3













Richard S. Davis
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1945

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. since 2005; Chief Executive Officer, State Street Research & Management Company from 2000 to 2005; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, State Street Research Mutual Funds from 2000 to 2005.

 

169 RICs consisting of 289 Portfolios

 

None













Henry Gabbay
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1947

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Consultant, BlackRock, Inc. from 2007 to 2008; Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. from 1989 to 2007; Chief Administrative Officer, BlackRock Advisors, LLC from 1998 to 2007; President 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.

 

169 RICs consisting of 289 Portfolios

 

None

 

 











 

 

3

Mr. Davis is an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Corporation/Master LLC based on his position with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. Mr. Gabbay is an “interested person” of the Corporation/Master LLC based on his former positions with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates as well as his ownership of BlackRock, Inc. and The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. securities. 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)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

 

Position(s)
Held with
Corporation/
Master LLC

 

Length
of Time
Served

 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years








Officers1

 

 

 

 

 

 








John M. Perlowski
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1964

 

President and
Chief Executive
Officer

 

Since
2010

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Global Head of BlackRock Fund Administration since 2009; Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Product Group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. from 2003 to 2009; Treasurer of Goldman Sachs Mutual Funds from 2003 to 2009 and Senior Vice President thereof from 2007 to 2009; Director of Goldman Sachs Offshore Funds from 2002 to 2009.








Brendan Kyne
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1977

 

Vice
President

 

Since
2009

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2010; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2008 to 2009; Head of Product Development and Management for BlackRock’s U.S. Retail Group since 2009, Co-head thereof from 2007 to 2009; Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. from 2005 to 2008.








Brian Schmidt
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1958

 

Vice
President

 

Since
2009

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2004; Various positions with U.S. Trust Company from 1991 to 2003 including Director from 2001 to 2003 and Senior Vice President from 1998 to 2003; Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Excelsior Funds, Inc., Excelsior Tax-Exempt Funds, Inc. and Excelsior Funds Trust from 2001 to 2003.








Neal Andrews
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1966

 

Chief
Financial
Officer

 

Since
2007

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Senior Vice President and Line of Business Head of Fund Accounting and Administration at PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. from 1992 to 2006.








Jay Fife
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1970

 

Treasurer

 

Since
2007

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007 and Director in 2006; Assistant Treasurer of the Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and Fund Asset Management, L.P.-advised funds from 2005 to 2006; Director of MLIM Fund Services Group from 2001 to 2006.








Brian Kindelan
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1959

 

Chief
Compliance
Officer

 

Since
2007

 

Chief Compliance Officer of the BlackRock-advised funds since 2007; Managing Director and Senior Counsel of BlackRock, Inc. since 2005.








Ira Shapiro
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1963

 

Secretary

 

Since
2010

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Managing Director and Associate General Counsel of Barclays Global Investors from 2008 to 2009 and Principal thereof from 2004 to 2008.

 

 






 

 

1

Officers of the Corporation/Master LLC serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.

 

 







 

 

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


 


Investment Advisor

 

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Sub-Advisor

 

BlackRock Investment

Management, LLC

Plainsboro, NJ 08536


 

Custodian

 

State Street Bank and Trust Company
Boston, MA 02111

 

Transfer Agent

 

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Distributor

 

BlackRock Investments, LLC
New York, NY 10022

 

Legal Counsel

 

Sidley Austin LLP
New York, NY 10019

 

Accounting Agent

 

State Street Bank and

Trust Company

Princeton, NJ 08540

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Princeton, NJ 08540

 

Address of the Fund

 

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809


 


Effective September 24, 2010, John M. Perlowski became President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and the Master LLC.

 

Effective November 16, 2010, Ira Shapiro became Secretary of the Corporation and the Master LLC.



 

 

 


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Additional Information

 


General Information


Electronic Delivery

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)

Select “eDelivery” under the “More Information” section

 

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 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 call (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedule of Investments

The Fund/Series files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s/Series’ 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/Series’ Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund/Series uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) at http://www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Availability of Proxy Voting Record

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

 


Shareholder Privileges


Account Information

Call us at (800) 441-7762 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST on any business day to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also reach us on the Web at http://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 balance 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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Additional Information (concluded)

 


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 information 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 applications, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions 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 procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.

 

 

 


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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 Energy & Resources Portfolio

BlackRock Asset Allocation Portfolio†

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund†

BlackRock Basic Value Fund

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

BlackRock EuroFund

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund

BlackRock Focus Value Fund

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund†

BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund

BlackRock Global Emerging Markets Fund

BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund

BlackRock Global Growth Fund

BlackRock Global Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund

BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Healthcare Fund

BlackRock Index Equity Portfolio*

BlackRock International Fund

BlackRock International Index Fund

BlackRock International Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock International Value Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Core Plus Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund

BlackRock Latin America Fund

BlackRock Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

BlackRock Pacific Fund

BlackRock Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

BlackRock Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

BlackRock S&P 500 Stock Fund

BlackRock U.S. Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund

BlackRock World Gold Fund

 


Fixed Income Funds


 

BlackRock Bond Index Fund

BlackRock Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Emerging Market Debt Portfolio

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock Global Dividend Income Portfolio†

BlackRock Government Income Portfolio

BlackRock High Income Fund

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Income Portfolio†

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

BlackRock International Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Long Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Managed Income Portfolio

BlackRock Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund

BlackRock Strategic Income

Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Total Return Fund

BlackRock Total Return Portfolio II

BlackRock World Income Fund

 


Municipal Bond Funds


 

BlackRock AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock California Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund

BlackRock Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Municipal Fund

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

 


Target Risk & Target Date Funds†


 

BlackRock Prepared Portfolios

Conservative Prepared Portfolio

Moderate Prepared Portfolio

Growth Prepared Portfolio

Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio

 

BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared Portfolios

2015

2020

2025

2030

2035

2040

2045

2050

 

BlackRock LifePath Portfolios
Retirement

2020

2025

2030

2035

2040

2045

2050

2055


 

 

*

See the prospectus for information on specific limitations on investments in the fund.

 

 

Mixed asset fund.

BlackRock mutual funds are currently distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC. 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) 441-7762 or from your financial advisor. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.

 

 

 

 


 

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This report is transmitted to shareholders only. It is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation 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 representation of future performance. Investment returns 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.

 

 

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December 31, 2010

Annual Report

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund | of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

 

Not FDIC Insured § No Bank Guarantee § May Lose Value




 


 

Table of Contents


 

 

 




 

 

Page




 

 

 

Dear Shareholder

 

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

 

11

Fund Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

14

Important Tax Information (Unaudited)

 

14

Series Portfolio Information

 

15

Series Financial Statements:

 

 

Schedule of Investments

 

16

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

39

Statement of Operations

 

40

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

41

Series Financial Highlights

 

41

Series Notes to Financial Statements

 

42

Series Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

45

Officers and Directors

 

46

Additional Information

 

49

Mutual Fund Family

 

51


 

 

 




2

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 


 

Dear Shareholder

Economic data fluctuated widely throughout 2010 as the global economy continued to emerge from the “Great Recession.” As the year drew to a close, it became clear that cyclical stimulus had beaten out structural problems as economic data releases generally became more positive and financial markets showed signs of continuing improvement.

Debt and deflationary risks remained present throughout 2010, causing central banks worldwide to respond with unprecedented actions, most notably a second round of quantitative easing (informally known as “QE2”) from the US Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”). Inflation remained a non-issue in the developed world, but continued to rear its ugly head in some emerging economies, most evidently in China. Global and US gross domestic product (“GDP”) growth both continued in a positive direction but remained subpar compared to most historical economic recoveries. In the United States, the corporate sector has been an important area of strength and consumer spending has shown improvement, although weakness in the housing and labor markets continues to burden the economy.

Stocks moved higher in the early months of 2010 on the continuation of the 2009 asset recovery story. The mid-year months saw a double-digit percentage correction on the back of the Greek sovereign debt crisis and a stalling in jobs growth, leading to fears of a double-dip recession. After touching a late summer low, equity markets rallied through year end as these concerns receded. The announcement of QE2 and extension of the Bush-era tax cuts further boosted equities as the year came to a close. Although the course was uneven and high volatility remained a constant for stocks, equity markets globally ended the year strong. Emerging markets outpaced the developed world in terms of economic growth and posted respectable gains for the year despite sovereign debt problems and heightening inflationary pressures. US stocks recorded double-digit percentage gains for the second consecutive year. Small cap stocks outperformed large caps as investors began to move into higher-risk assets.

In fixed income markets, yields trended lower over most of the year as investors continued to favor safer assets. That trend reversed abruptly in the fourth quarter when market fears abated and investors began seeking higher-risk assets, driving yields sharply upward through year end. However, yields were lower overall for the year and fixed income markets finished 2010 in positive territory. Although fixed income securities generally underperformed equities, high yield bonds only marginally trailed large cap stocks. Conversely, the tax-exempt municipal market was dealt an additional blow as it became apparent that an extension of the Build America Bond program was unlikely. In addition, the fourth quarter brought an increase in negative headlines regarding fiscal challenges faced by state and local governments, sparking additional volatility in the municipal market.

Cash investments, as represented by the 3-month Treasury bill, returned only a fraction over 0% for the year as short-term interest rates remained low. Yields on money market securities remain near all-time lows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Returns as of December 31, 2010

 

6-month

 

12-month

 







US large cap equities (S&P 500 Index)

 

23.27

%

 

15.06

%

 









US small cap equities (Russell 2000 Index)

 

29.38

 

 

26.85

 

 









International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

 

24.18

 

 

7.75

 

 









3-month Treasury bill (BofA Merrill Lynch 3-Month Treasury Bill Index)

 

0.08

 

 

0.13

 

 









US Treasury securities (BofA Merrill Lynch 10-Year US Treasury Index)

 

(1.33

)

 

7.90

 

 









US investment grade bonds (Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index)

 

1.15

 

 

6.54

 

 









Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index)

 

(0.90

)

 

2.38

 

 









US high yield bonds (Barclays Capital US Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

 

10.04

 

 

14.94

 

 









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

While no one can peer into a crystal ball and eliminate the uncertainties presented by the economic landscape and financial markets, BlackRock can offer investors the next best thing: partnership with the world’s largest asset management firm and a unique global perspective that allows us to identify trends early and capitalize on market opportunities. For additional market perspective and investment insight, visit www.blackrock.com/shareholdermagazine, where you’ll find the most recent issue of our award-winning Shareholder® magazine, as well as its quarterly companion newsletter, Shareholder Perspectives. As always, we thank you for entrusting BlackRock with your investments, and we look forward to your continued partnership in the months and years ahead.

 

Sincerely,

 

-s- Rob Kapito

 

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC


 

 



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Fund Summary as of December 31, 2010

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund


 


Portfolio Management Commentary



 

 

 

How did the Fund perform?

 

 

For the 12 months ended December 31,2010, BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund (the “Fund”), through its investment in Master Small Cap Index Series (the “Series”) of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”), slightly underperformed the benchmark Russell 2000 Index. The Russell 2000 Index is a market-weighted index composed of approximately 2,000 common stocks issued by small-capitalization US companies in a range of businesses.

 

 

Returns for the Fund’s respective share classes differ from the benchmark based on Fund level and individual share-class expenses.

 

 

 

Describe the market environment.

 

 

Over the course of 2010, cyclical stimulus beat out structural problems and stocks continued the choppy advance they began in 2009. The early months of 2010 saw risk assets move higher on the continuation of the 2009 asset recovery story, aided by preliminary signs of improvement in the employment situation and strong corporate earnings reported for fourth quarter 2009 and first quarter 2010. The middle months of 2010 saw a double-digit percentage correction on the back of the Greek sovereign debt crisis and a stalling in jobs growth, leading to fears of a double-dip recession. Investors were also unnerved by the May “flash crash” and the uncertainty surrounding the financial reform bill in the United States. Nevertheless, after touching a late summer low, equity markets experienced a strong finish to the year as double-dip fears receded, jobs growth resumed and the US midterm election results were perceived to be capital markets friendly. Additionally, in the United States, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered his famous Jackson Hole speech, leading to a second round of quantitative easing measures (informally known as “QE2”) and, perhaps most importantly, the Bush-era tax cuts were extended.

 

 

In 2010, US stocks posted double-digit percentage gains for the second consecutive year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 14.06%, a level not seen since before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in late 2008. The S&P 500 Index advanced 15.06%, while the NASDAQ Composite Index moved up 18.02%. Small cap stocks experienced even stronger gains for the year as investors began to move into higher risk assets. For the annual period, the Russell 2000 Index climbed 26.85%.

 

 

Within the benchmark, Russell 2000 Index, all sectors posted double-digit positive returns for the period. Information technology (+33.98%), materials (+33.65%), and energy (+33.28%) emerged as the best performing sectors over the period, while telecommunication services (+12.20%), utilities (+15.16%) and health care (+17.10%) experienced less positive returns.

 

 

 

Describe recent portfolio activity.

 

 

During the 12-month period, as changes were made to the composition of the Russell 2000 Index, the Series purchased and sold securities to maintain its objective of replicating the risks and return of the benchmark.

 

 

 

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

 

 

The Series remains positioned to match the risk characteristics of its benchmark, irrespective of the market’s future direction.

 

 

 

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.

 

 


Derivative Financial Instruments


 

 

The Series may invest in various derivative instruments, including financial futures contracts, as specified in Note 2 of the Series’ Notes to Financial Statements, which may constitute forms of economic leverage. Such instruments are used to obtain exposure to a market without owning or taking physical custody of securities or to hedge market and/or equity risks. Such derivative instruments involve risks, including the imperfect correlation between the value of a derivative instrument and the underlying asset or illiquidity of the derivative instrument. The Series’ ability to successfully use a derivative instrument depends on the investment advisor’s ability to accurately predict pertinent market movements, which cannot be assured. The use of derivative instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may require the Series to sell or purchase portfolio securities at inopportune times or for distressed values, may limit the amount of appreciation the Series can realize on an investment, may result in lower dividends paid to shareholders or may cause the Series to hold a security that it might otherwise sell. The Series’ investments in these instruments are discussed in detail in the Series’ Notes to Financial Statements.


 

 

 




4

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 


 


Total Return Based on a $10,000 Investment


(LINE GRAPH)

 

 

 

 

1

Assuming transaction costs and other operating expenses, including investment advisory fees and administration fees, if any.

 

 

 

 

2

The Fund invests all of its assets in Master Small Cap Index Series (the “Series”) of Quantitative Master Series LLC. The Series may invest in a statistically selected sample of the stocks included in the Russell 2000 Index and other types of financial instruments.

 

 

 

 

3

This unmanaged index is comprised of approximately 2,000 smaller-capitalization common stocks from various industrial sectors.


 


Performance Summary for the Period Ended December 31, 2010



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6-Month
Total Returns

 

Average Annual Total Returns4

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

1 Year

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

 















Institutional

 

29.30

%

 

26.77

%

 

4.08

%

 

5.87

%

 

Investor A

 

29.15

 

 

26.35

 

 

3.80

 

 

5.59

 

 

Russell 2000 Index

 

29.38

 

 

26.85

 

 

4.47

 

 

6.33

 

 
















 

 

 

 

4

Average annual total returns reflect reductions for service fees. See “About Fund Performance” on page 6 for a detailed description of share classes, including any related fees. Past performance is not indicative of future results.


 

 

 

 





 

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

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 are not subject to any sales charge and bear no ongoing distribution fee. Investor A Shares are subject to an ongoing service fee of 0.25% per year.

 

 

 

Performance information reflects past performance and does not guarantee 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 tables 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 and transfer agency fees applicable to each class, which are deducted from the income available to be paid to shareholders.

 

 


 

 

Disclosure of Expenses

 

 

Shareholders of this Fund may incur the following charges: (a) expenses related to transactions, redemption fees and exchange fees; and (b) operating expenses including administration fees, service fees including 12b-1 fees and other Fund expenses. The expense example shown below (which is based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested on July 1, 2010 and held through December 31, 2010) 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.”

 

 

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 hypothetical example 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.

 

 


Expense Example



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actual

 

Hypothetical2

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

Beginning
Account Value
July 1, 2010

 

Ending
Account Value
December 31, 2010

 

Expenses Paid
During the Period1

 

Beginning
Account Value
July 1, 2010

 

Ending
Account Value
December 31, 2010

 

Expenses Paid
During the Period1

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio

 

















Institutional

 

 

$1,000.00

 

 

$1,293.00

 

 

$3.01

 

 

$1,000.00

 

 

$1,022.58

 

 

$2.65

 

 

0.52%

 

Investor A

 

 

$1,000.00

 

 

$1,291.50

 

 

$4.45

 

 

$1,000.00

 

 

$1,021.32

 

$3.92

 

 

0.77%

 

























 

 

 

 

1

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (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 Fund and the Series in which it invests.

 

 

 

 

2

Hypothetical 5% return before expenses is calculated by pro rating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 365.


 

 

 




6

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 



 

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

 






Assets

 

 

 

 






Investments at value — Master Small Cap Index Series (the “Series”) (cost — $92,884,001)

 

$

118,702,858

 

Capital shares sold receivable

 

 

202,152

 

Withdrawals receivable from the Series

 

 

38,528

 

Receivable from administrator

 

 

2,315

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

17,362

 

 

 




Total assets

 

 

118,963,215

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Liabilities

 

 

 

 






Capital shares redeemed payable

 

 

240,678

 

Service fees payable

 

 

10,010

 

Other affiliates payable

 

 

429

 

Officer’s fees payable

 

 

24

 

Other accrued expenses payable

 

 

16,653

 

 

 




Total liabilities

 

 

267,794

 

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

118,695,421

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Net Assets Consist of

 

 

 

 






Paid-in capital

 

$

117,904,367

 

Undistributed net investment income

 

 

30,409

 

Accumulated net realized loss allocated from the Series

 

 

(25,058,212

)

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation allocated from the Series

 

 

25,818,857

 

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

118,695,421

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Net Asset Value

 

 

 

 






Institutional — Based on net assets of $71,443,369 and 5,852,886 shares outstanding, 125 million shares authorized, $0.0001 par value

 

$

12.21

 

 

 




Investor A — Based on net assets of $47,252,052 and 3,870,961 shares outstanding, 125 million shares authorized, $0.0001 par value

 

$

12.21

 

 

 





 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

7




 

 



 

 

Statement of Operations

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

 

 






Investment Income

 

 

 

 






Net investment income allocated from the Series:

 

 

 

 

Dividends — unaffiliated

 

$

1,275,407

 

Foreign taxes withheld

 

 

(1,272

)

Securities lending — affiliated

 

 

54,422

 

Dividends — affiliated

 

 

10,545

 

Expenses

 

 

(79,692

)

 

 




Total income

 

 

1,259,410

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Expenses

 

 

 

 






Administration

 

 

295,653

 

Service — Investor A

 

 

102,428

 

Transfer agent — Institutional

 

 

34,374

 

Transfer agent — Investor A

 

 

28,315

 

Printing

 

 

73,534

 

Registration

 

 

32,332

 

Professional

 

 

17,741

 

Officer

 

 

48

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

8,671

 

 

 




Total expenses

 

 

593,096

 

Less fees waived by administrator

 

 

(25,223

)

Less transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed — class specific

 

 

(9,717

)

 

 




Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

 

 

558,156

 

 

 




Net investment income

 

 

701,254

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Realized and Unrealized Gain Allocated from the Series

 

 

 

 






Net realized gain from investments and financial futures contracts

 

 

1,597,176

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments and financial futures contracts

 

 

22,605,830

 

 

 




Total realized and unrealized gain

 

 

24,203,006

 

 

 




Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

24,904,260

 

 

 





 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




8

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 



 

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31,

 

 

 



Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

2010

 

2009

 







Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income

 

$

701,254

 

$

587,044

 

Net realized gain (loss)

 

 

1,597,176

 

 

(8,274,246

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

22,605,830

 

 

27,253,654

 

 

 







Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

 

 

24,904,260

 

 

19,566,452

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Dividends to Shareholders From

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional

 

 

(491,823

)

 

(376,750

)

Investor A

 

 

(221,254

)

 

(174,904

)

 

 







Decrease in net assets resulting from dividends to shareholders

 

 

(713,077

)

 

(551,654

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Capital Share Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

 

 

418,291

 

 

(1,003,872

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Redemption Fee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Redemption fee

 

 

2,525

 

 

864

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Total increase in net assets

 

 

24,611,999

 

 

18,011,790

 

Beginning of year

 

 

94,083,422

 

 

76,071,632

 

 

 







End of year

 

$

118,695,421

 

$

94,083,422

 

 

 







Undistributed net investment income

 

$

30,409

 

$

41,874

 

 

 








 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

9




 

 


 

 

Financial Highlights

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional

 

Investor A

 

 

 


 



 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 


 



 

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 























Per Share Operating Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

































Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

9.70

 

$

7.71

 

$

13.79

 

$

15.48

 

$

14.36

 

$

9.71

 

$

7.72

 

$

13.79

 

$

15.47

 

$

14.36

 

 

 















 
















Net investment income1

 

 

0.08

 

 

0.07

 

 

0.14

 

 

0.20

 

 

0.17

 

 

0.06

 

 

0.05

 

 

0.11

 

 

0.15

 

 

0.13

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)2

 

 

2.51

 

 

1.98

 

 

(4.86

)

 

(0.50

)

 

2.34

 

 

2.50

 

 

1.98

 

 

(4.85

)

 

(0.48

)

 

2.33

 

 

 















 
















Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

 

 

2.59

 

 

2.05

 

 

(4.72

)

 

(0.30

)

 

2.51

 

 

2.56

 

 

2.03

 

 

(4.74

)

 

(0.33

)

 

2.46

 

 

 















 
















Dividends and distributions from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

(0.08

)

 

(0.06

)

 

(0.15

)

 

(0.20

)

 

(0.17

)

 

(0.06

)

 

(0.04

)

 

(0.12

)

 

(0.16

)

 

(0.13

)

Net realized gain

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1.09

)

 

(1.19

)

 

(1.22

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1.09

)

 

(1.19

)

 

(1.22

)

Tax return of capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.12

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.12

)

 

 

 

 

 

 















 
















Total dividends and distributions

 

 

(0.08

)

 

(0.06

)

 

(1.36

)

 

(1.39

)

 

(1.39

)

 

(0.06

)

 

(0.04

)

 

(1.33

)

 

(1.35

)

 

(1.35

)

 

 















 
















Net asset value, end of year

 

$

12.21

 

$

9.70

 

$

7.71

 

$

13.79

 

$

15.48

 

$

12.21

 

$

9.71

 

$

7.72

 

$

13.79

 

$

15.47

 

 

 















 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

































Total Investment Return3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

































Based on net asset value

 

 

26.77

%

 

26.67

%

 

(34.01

)%

 

(1.91

)%

 

17.49

%

 

26.35

%

 

26.36

%

 

(34.19

)%

 

(2.12

)%

 

17.14

%

 

 















 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

































Ratios to Average Net Assets4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

































Total expenses

 

 

0.57

%

 

0.56

%

 

0.53

%

 

0.48

%

 

0.49

%

 

0.80

%

 

0.82

%

 

0.80

%

 

0.73

%

 

0.74

%

 

 















 
















Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

 

 

0.52

%

 

0.56

%

 

0.52

%

 

0.48

%

 

0.49

%

 

0.78

%

 

0.82

%

 

0.79

%

 

0.73

%

 

0.74

%

 

 















 
















Net investment income

 

 

0.80

%

 

0.85

%

 

1.19

%

 

1.23

%

 

1.10

%

 

0.53

%

 

0.59

%

 

0.91

%

 

0.98

%

 

0.84

%

 

 















 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

































Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

































Net assets, end of year (000)

 

$

71,443

 

$

55,744

 

$

46,285

 

$

66,085

 

$

79,032

 

$

47,252

 

$

38,340

 

$

29,787

 

$

47,605

 

$

54,083

 

 

 















 
















Portfolio turnover of the Series

 

 

42

%

 

43

%

 

42

%

 

26

%

 

40

%

 

42

%

 

43

%

 

42

%

 

26

%

 

40

%

 

 















 

















 

 

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

 

 

 

2

Includes a redemption fee, which is less than $0.01 per share.

 

 

 

 

3

Where applicable, total investment returns include the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

 

 

 

 

4

Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated expenses and/or net investment income.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




10

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 


 

 

Notes to Financial Statements

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund (the “Fund”), a series of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. (“the Corporation”), is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a non-diversified, open-end management investment company. The Corporation is organized as a Maryland corporation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing all of its assets in Master Small Cap Index Series (the “Series”), a series of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”), which has the same investment objective and strategies as the Fund. The value of the Fund’s investment in the Series reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Series. The performance of the Fund is directly affected by the performance of the Series. The percentage of the Series owned by the Fund at December 31, 2010 was 35%. The Fund’s financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund offers two classes of shares. Institutional Shares are sold without a sales charge and only to certain eligible investors. Investor A Shares are generally sold without a front-end sales charge. Both classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except that Investor A shares bear certain expenses related to the shareholder servicing of such shares.

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

Valuation: The Fund’s policy is to fair value its financial instruments at market value. The Fund records its investment in the Series at fair value based on the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Series. Valuation of securities held by the Series, including categorization of fair value measurements, is discussed in Note 1 of the Series’ Notes to Financial Statements, which are included elsewhere in this report.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, contributions to and withdrawals from the Series are accounted for on a trade basis. The Fund records daily its proportionate share of the Series’ 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 assets.

Dividends and Distributions: Dividends and distributions paid by the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. The amount and timing of dividends and distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP.

Income Taxes: It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

The Fund files US federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s US federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended December 31, 2010. The statutes of limitations on the Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction. Management does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Other: Expenses directly related to the Fund or its classes are charged to the 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. The Series has an arrangement with the custodian whereby fees may be reduced by credits earned on uninvested cash balances, which if applicable are shown as fees paid indirectly in the Statement of Operations. The custodian imposes fees on overdrawn cash balances, which can be offset by accumulated credits earned or may result in additional custody charges.

2. Administration Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate of the Fund for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and Barclays are not.

The Corporation, on behalf of the Fund, entered into an Administration Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Administrator”), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to provide administrative services (other than investment advice and related portfolio activities). For such services, the Fund pays the Administrator a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.29% of the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets. The Fund does not pay an investment advisory fee or an investment management fee.

The Administrator voluntarily agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit total annual Fund operating expenses (excluding dividend expense, interest expense, acquired fund fees and expenses and certain other Fund expenses) as a percentage of average daily net assets to 0.60% for Institutional Shares and 0.85% for Investor A Shares through November 30, 2010. Effective December 1, 2010 this voluntary fee arrangement was discontinued and the Administrator contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses to limit annual Fund operating expenses (excluding dividend expense, interest expense, acquired fund fees and expenses and certain other Fund expenses) as a percentage of average daily net assets to 0.30% for Institutional Shares and 0.55% for Investor A Shares, until May 1, 2012.The Administrator has agreed not to reduce or discontinue this contractual waiver or reimbursement unless

 

 

 




BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

11




 

 


 

 

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

approved by the Board of Directors, including a majority of the non-interested directors. As a result of these agreements, the Administrator waived and/or reimbursed the following amounts, which are shown as transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed — class specific in the Statement of Operations:

 

 

 

 

 






Institutional

 

$

4,830

 

Investor A

 

$

4,887

 






In addition, the Administrator waived $25,223, which is shown as fees waived by administrator in the Statement of Operations.

The Corporation, on behalf of the Fund, entered into a Distribution Agreement and Distribution and Service Plan with BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of BlackRock. Pursuant to the Distribution and Service Plan and in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund pays BRIL ongoing service fees. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly at the annual rate of 0.25% based upon the average daily net assets attributable to Investor A Shares.

Pursuant to sub-agreements with BRIL, broker-dealers and BRIL provide shareholder servicing to the Fund. The ongoing service fee compensates BRIL and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder servicing to Investor A shareholders.

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (formerly PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. (“PNCGIS”)) serves as transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent. On July 1, 2010, the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation purchased PNCGIS, which prior to this date was an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of PNC and an affiliate of the Administrator. Transfer agency fees borne by the Fund are comprised of those fees charged for all shareholder communications including mailing of shareholder reports, dividend and distribution notices, and proxy materials for shareholder 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, check writing, anti-money laundering services, and customer identification services.

Pursuant to written agreements, certain financial intermediaries, some of which may be affiliates, provide the Fund with sub-accounting, record-keeping, sub-transfer agency and other administrative services with respect to sub-accounts they service. For these services, these entities receive an annual fee which will vary depending on share class and/or net assets. Prior to July 1, 2010, PNCGIS was an affiliate and transfer agency fees earned for the period from January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010, which are included as a component of transfer agent in the Statement of Operations, were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 






Institutional

 

$

900

 

Investor A

 

$

2,454

 






The Administrator maintains a call center, which is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Fund, such as responding to shareholder inquiries and processing transactions based upon instructions from shareholders with respect to the subscription and redemption of Fund shares. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Fund reimbursed the Administrator the following amounts for costs incurred in running the call center, which are included in transfer agent in the Statement of Operations:

 

 

 

 

 






Institutional

 

$

284

 

Investor A

 

$

783

 






Certain officers and/or directors of the Corporation are officers and/or directors of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Fund reimburses the Administrator for compensation paid to the Corporation’s Chief Compliance Officer.

3. Income Tax Information:

Reclassifications: US GAAP require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The following permanent differences as of December 31, 2010 attributable to the sale of stock of passive foreign investment companies were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

 

 

 

 






Undistributed net investment income

 

$

358

 

Accumulated net realized loss allocated from Series

 

$

(358

)






The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







 

 

12/31/10

 

12/31/09

 







Distributions paid from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ordinary income

 

$

713,077

 

$

551,654

 

 

 







Total distributions

 

$

713,077

 

$

551,654

 

 

 







As of December 31, 2010, the tax components of undistributed net earnings were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 






Undistributed ordinary income

 

$

60,074

 

Capital loss carryforwards

 

 

(23,091,658

)

Net unrealized gains*

 

 

23,822,638

 

 

 



 

Total

 

$

791,054

 

 

 



 


 

 

 

 

*

The differences between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains were attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains on investments in passive foreign investment companies, the treatment of certain security lending transactions, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains /losses on certain futures contracts and other temporary differences.

As of December 31, 2010, the Fund had a capital loss carryforward in the amount of $23,091,658 available to offset future realized gains, which expires December 31, 2017.

 

 

 




12

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 


 

 

Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

Under the recently enacted Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, capital losses incurred by the Fund after December 31, 2010 will not be subject to expiration. In addition, such losses must be utilized prior to the losses incurred in the years preceding enactment.

4. Capital Share Transactions:

Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31, 2010

 

Year Ended
December 31, 2009

 

 

 


 


 

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Shares

 

Amount

 











Institutional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Shares sold

 

 

2,098,681

 

$

22,240,658

 

 

2,468,390

 

$

19,948,606

 

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends

 

 

39,323

 

 

469,746

 

 

37,621

 

 

356,525

 

 

 






 







Total issued

 

 

2,138,004

 

 

22,710,404

 

 

2,506,011

 

 

20,305,131

 

Shares redeemed

 

 

(2,028,999

)

 

(21,560,365

)

 

(2,765,597

)

 

(22,094,097

)

 

 






 







Net increase (decrease)

 

 

109,005

 

$

1,150,039

 

 

(259,586

)

$

(1,788,966

)

 

 






 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Investor A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 















Shares sold

 

 

747,472

 

$

7,965,898

 

 

913,818

 

$

7,405,033

 

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of dividends

 

 

16,979

 

 

201,821

 

 

16,832

 

 

159,562

 

 

 






 







Total issued

 

 

764,451

 

 

8,167,719

 

 

930,650

 

 

7,564,595

 

Shares redeemed

 

 

(842,665

)

 

(8,899,467

)

 

(842,085

)

 

(6,779,501

)

 

 






 







Net increase (decrease)

 

 

(78,214

)

$

(731,748

)

 

88,565

 

$

785,094

 

 

 






 







There is a 2% redemption fee on shares redeemed or exchanged that have been held for 30 days or less. The redemption fees are collected and retained by the Fund for the benefit of the remaining shareholders. The redemption fees are recorded as a credit to paid-in capital.

5. Subsequent Events:

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

 




BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

13




 

 


 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund, one of the series constituting BlackRock Index Funds, Inc., (the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2010, 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 highlights 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 assurance 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 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 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 referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. as of December 31, 2010, 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
February 28, 2011

 


Important Tax Information (Unaudited)


The entire amount of the ordinary income distribution paid by BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 qualifies for the dividend received deduction for corporations and consists entirely of qualified dividend income for individuals.

 

 

 




14

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 


 

 

Portfolio Information

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

 


As of December 31, 2010

 



 

 

 

 

Ten Largest Holdings

 

Percent of
Long-Term Investments

 





Riverbed Technology, Inc.

 

0.4

%

VeriFone Systems, Inc.

 

0.3

 

TIBCO Software, Inc.

 

0.3

 

Brigham Exploration Co.

 

0.3

 

Nordson Corp.

 

0.3

 

Deckers Outdoor Corp.

 

0.3

 

Rackspace Hosting, Inc.

 

0.3

 

Sotheby’s Holdings, Inc., Class A

 

0.3

 

Baldor Electric Co.

 

0.2

 

Hecla Mining Co.

 

0.2

 

 

 

 

 

Sector Allocations

 

Percent of
Long-Term Investments

 





Financial Services

 

21

%

Technology

 

17

 

Consumer Discretionary

 

15

 

Producer Durables

 

14

 

Health Care

 

12

 

Materials & Processing

 

8

 

Energy

 

6

 

Utilities

 

4

 

Consumer Staples

 

3

 






 

 

 

For Series compliance purposes, the Series’ sector classifications refer to any one or more of the sector sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes, and/or as defined by Series management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.


 

 

 




BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

15




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments December 31, 2010

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Advertising Agencies — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arbitron, Inc.

 

 

7,513

 

$

311,940

 

Constant Contact, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

8,097

 

 

250,926

 

DG FastChannel, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,091

 

 

204,788

 

Dex One Corp. (a)

 

 

14,899

 

 

111,146

 

Harte-Hanks, Inc.

 

 

10,630

 

 

135,745

 

Marchex, Inc., Class B

 

 

5,365

 

 

51,182

 

National CineMedia, Inc.

 

 

14,960

 

 

297,853

 

QuinStreet, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,194

 

 

61,357

 

SuperMedia, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,269

 

 

28,473

 

Travelzoo, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,535

 

 

63,273

 

Valassis Communications, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,914

 

 

450,118

 

ValueClick, Inc. (a)

 

 

23,023

 

 

369,059

 

Viad Corp.

 

 

5,643

 

 

143,727

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,479,587

 









Aerospace — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AAR Corp. (a)

 

 

11,002

 

 

302,225

 

AeroVironment, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,483

 

 

120,279

 

Applied Energetics, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,880

 

 

16,916

 

Astronics Corp. (a)

 

 

2,803

 

 

58,863

 

Ceradyne, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,101

 

 

223,895

 

Cubic Corp.

 

 

4,314

 

 

203,405

 

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

 

 

12,650

 

 

419,980

 

Ducommun, Inc.

 

 

2,779

 

 

60,527

 

Esterline Technologies Corp. (a)

 

 

8,237

 

 

564,976

 

GenCorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,241

 

 

89,136

 

Heico Corp.

 

 

8,126

 

 

414,670

 

Herley Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,601

 

 

62,369

 

Kaman Corp., Class A

 

 

7,307

 

 

212,414

 

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,735

 

 

75,530

 

LMI Aerospace, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,864

 

 

45,795

 

Ladish Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

4,397

 

 

213,738

 

Moog, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

12,575

 

 

500,485

 

Orbital Sciences Corp. (a)

 

 

16,177

 

 

277,112

 

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,978

 

 

438,733

 

Triumph Group, Inc.

 

 

4,544

 

 

406,279

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,707,327

 









Agriculture, Fishing & Ranching — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Andersons, Inc.

 

 

5,228

 

 

190,038

 

Cadiz, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,456

 

 

55,433

 

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

 

 

3,927

 

 

124,015

 

Calavo Growers, Inc.

 

 

3,311

 

 

76,318

 

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

 

 

10,928

 

 

272,654

 

Limoneira Co.

 

 

2,283

 

 

65,522

 

Pilgrims Pride Corp. (a)

 

 

14,134

 

 

100,210

 

Sanderson Farms, Inc.

 

 

6,201

 

 

242,769

 

Seaboard Corp.

 

 

91

 

 

181,181

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,308,140

 









Air Transport — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,195

 

 

120,040

 

AirTran Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

38,092

 

 

281,500

 

Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,872

 

 

559,644

 

Allegiant Travel Co.

 

 

4,241

 

 

208,827

 

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,189

 

 

401,362

 

Bristow Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,014

 

 

474,163

 

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,090

 

 

110,465

 

JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)

 

 

68,311

 

 

451,536

 

PHI, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,094

 

 

77,131

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Air Transport (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (a)

 

 

5,107

 

$

40,345

 

Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,165

 

 

81,728

 

SkyWest, Inc.

 

 

15,379

 

 

240,220

 

US Airways Group, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

44,916

 

 

449,609

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,496,570

 









Alternative Energy — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ameresco Inc. (a)

 

 

2,197

 

 

31,549

 

Comverge, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,712

 

 

53,290

 

EnerNOC, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

5,401

 

 

129,138

 

Green Plains Renewable Energy (a)

 

 

5,005

 

 

56,356

 

Rex American Resources Corp. (a)

 

 

1,997

 

 

30,674

 

Syntroleum Corp. (a)

 

 

19,188

 

 

35,498

 

USEC, Inc. (a)

 

 

32,263

 

 

194,223

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

530,728

 









Aluminum — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Century Aluminum Co. (a)

 

 

17,538

 

 

272,365

 

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

 

 

4,291

 

 

214,936

 

Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp. (a)

 

 

3,773

 

 

55,086

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

542,387

 









Asset Management & Custodian — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Capital Ltd. (a)

 

 

94,558

 

 

714,859

 

Apollo Investment Corp.

 

 

54,856

 

 

607,256

 

Arlington Asset Investment Corp.

 

 

1,873

 

 

44,933

 

Artio Global Investors, Inc.

 

 

7,719

 

 

113,855

 

Calamos Asset Management, Inc., Class A

 

 

5,728

 

 

80,192

 

Capital Southwest Corp.

 

 

756

 

 

78,473

 

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

 

 

5,021

 

 

131,048

 

Cowen Group, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

11,601

 

 

54,061

 

Diamond Hill Investments Group

 

 

641

 

 

46,370

 

Epoch Holding Corp.

 

 

3,651

 

 

56,700

 

Fifth Street Finance Corp.

 

 

15,310

 

 

185,863

 

Financial Engines, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,875

 

 

76,841

 

GAMCO Investors, Inc., Class A

 

 

2,015

 

 

96,740

 

Golub Capital BDC, Inc.

 

 

1,924

 

 

32,939

 

Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,451

 

 

37,015

 

JMP Group, Inc.

 

 

3,753

 

 

28,635

 

MCG Capital Corp.

 

 

21,011

 

 

146,447

 

MVC Capital, Inc.

 

 

7,075

 

 

103,295

 

NGP Capital Resources Co.

 

 

6,745

 

 

62,054

 

National Financial Partners Corp. (a)

 

 

12,254

 

 

164,204

 

Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc.

 

 

3,115

 

 

81,644

 

THL Credit, Inc.

 

 

3,221

 

 

41,905

 

TICC Capital Corp.

 

 

8,093

 

 

90,723

 

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,484

 

 

67,329

 

Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.

 

 

1,777

 

 

71,009

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,214,390

 









Auto Parts — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,725

 

 

215,084

 

Amerigon, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,524

 

 

70,981

 

ArvinMeritor, Inc. (a)

 

 

26,179

 

 

537,193

 

Dana Holding Corp. (a)

 

 

39,026

 

 

671,638

 

Dorman Products, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,071

 

 

111,293

 

Exide Technologies (a)

 

 

20,978

 

 

197,403

 

Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,164

 

 

122,338

 

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

 

 

5,702

 

 

78,117

 


See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 




16

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Auto Parts (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stoneridge, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,113

 

$

64,944

 

Superior Industries International, Inc.

 

 

6,596

 

 

139,967

 

Tenneco, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,623

 

 

684,203

 

U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,614

 

 

38,758

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,931,919

 









Auto Services — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

 

 

17,075

 

 

402,629

 









Back Office Support, HR & Consulting — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APAC Customer Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,849

 

 

59,783

 

Administaff, Inc.

 

 

6,161

 

 

180,517

 

The Advisory Board Co. (a)

 

 

4,373

 

 

208,286

 

Barrett Business Services, Inc.

 

 

2,009

 

 

31,240

 

CBIZ, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,599

 

 

78,618

 

CDI Corp.

 

 

3,841

 

 

71,404

 

CRA International, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,524

 

 

82,849

 

Compass Diversified Holdings

 

 

8,945

 

 

158,237

 

Corporate Executive Board Co.

 

 

9,581

 

 

359,767

 

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,837

 

 

335,978

 

Dice Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,311

 

 

61,863

 

ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,519

 

 

97,068

 

Forrester Research, Inc.

 

 

3,965

 

 

139,925

 

GP Strategies Corp. (a)

 

 

4,255

 

 

43,571

 

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

 

 

5,160

 

 

147,834

 

Hudson Highland Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,669

 

 

50,540

 

Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,044

 

 

159,864

 

ICF International, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,738

 

 

121,861

 

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

7,463

 

 

140,304

 

Kforce, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,450

 

 

136,721

 

Korn/Ferry International (a)

 

 

12,668

 

 

292,758

 

LECG Corp. (a)

 

 

9,818

 

 

13,549

 

Liquidity Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,302

 

 

60,443

 

LoopNet, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,965

 

 

66,271

 

MAXIMUS, Inc.

 

 

4,877

 

 

319,834

 

Navigant Consulting, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,829

 

 

127,227

 

On Assignment, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,218

 

 

91,427

 

Resources Connection, Inc.

 

 

13,167

 

 

244,775

 

SFN Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,612

 

 

142,613

 

SYKES Enterprises, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,714

 

 

237,326

 

TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,626

 

 

177,609

 

TrueBlue, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,456

 

 

224,083

 

Volt Information Sciences, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,122

 

 

35,655

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,699,800

 









Banks: Diversified — 5.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st Source Corp.

 

 

4,534

 

 

91,768

 

1st United BanCorp., Inc. (a)

 

 

5,635

 

 

38,938

 

Alliance Financial Corp.

 

 

1,273

 

 

41,182

 

American National Bankshares, Inc.

 

 

1,631

 

 

38,410

 

Ameris Bancorp (a)

 

 

7,512

 

 

79,176

 

Ames National Corp.

 

 

2,078

 

 

45,030

 

Arrow Financial Corp.

 

 

2,576

 

 

70,866

 

Bancfirst Corp.

 

 

1,916

 

 

78,920

 

Banco Latinoamericana De Comercio Exterior SA

 

 

7,907

 

 

145,963

 

The Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,011

 

 

71,302

 

Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc.

 

 

941

 

 

27,374

 

Bank of Marin Bancorp

 

 

1,409

 

 

49,315

 

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.

 

 

3,448

 

 

149,471

 

Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.

 

 

21,149

 

 

138,526

 

Bridge Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

1,661

 

 

40,944

 

Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.

 

 

2,485

 

 

43,363

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Banks: Diversified (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CNB Financial Corp.

 

 

3,286

 

$

48,666

 

CVB Financial Corp. (b)

 

 

25,322

 

 

219,542

 

Camden National Corp.

 

 

2,338

 

 

84,706

 

Capital City Bank Group, Inc. (b)

 

 

4,028

 

 

50,753

 

Cardinal Financial Corp.

 

 

8,760

 

 

101,879

 

Cathay General Bancorp

 

 

22,030

 

 

367,901

 

Center Financial Corp. (a)

 

 

11,411

 

 

86,495

 

Centerstate Banks, Inc.

 

 

6,720

 

 

53,222

 

Chemical Financial Corp.

 

 

6,973

 

 

154,452

 

Citizens & Northern Corp.

 

 

3,883

 

 

57,701

 

Citizens Banking Corp. (a)

 

 

119,962

 

 

73,777

 

City Holding Co.

 

 

4,426

 

 

160,354

 

CoBiz Financial, Inc.

 

 

8,417

 

 

51,175

 

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

 

 

11,079

 

 

233,324

 

Community Bank System, Inc.

 

 

9,024

 

 

250,596

 

Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

3,810

 

 

110,338

 

Danvers Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

5,535

 

 

97,803

 

Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,253

 

 

61,371

 

Enterprise Financial Services Corp.

 

 

5,009

 

 

52,394

 

F.N.B. Corp.

 

 

32,065

 

 

314,878

 

Financial Institutions, Inc.

 

 

3,012

 

 

57,138

 

First Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

2,554

 

 

40,328

 

First Bancorp, North Carolina

 

 

4,541

 

 

69,523

 

First Busey Corp. (b)

 

 

16,782

 

 

78,875

 

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

 

 

29,581

 

 

209,433

 

First Community Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

4,244

 

 

63,405

 

First Financial Bancorp

 

 

16,288

 

 

301,002

 

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

 

 

5,711

 

 

292,289

 

First Financial Corp.

 

 

3,157

 

 

110,937

 

First Merchants Corp.

 

 

6,818

 

 

60,407

 

First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

21,086

 

 

242,911

 

The First of Long Island Corp.

 

 

1,762

 

 

50,939

 

First South Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

2,370

 

 

15,334

 

FirstMerit Corp.

 

 

29,779

 

 

589,326

 

German American Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

2,966

 

 

54,619

 

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

20,151

 

 

304,482

 

Greene County Bancshares, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,897

 

 

9,270

 

Hancock Holding Co.

 

 

7,954

 

 

277,276

 

Heartland Financial USA, Inc.

 

 

4,147

 

 

72,407

 

Home Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

6,370

 

 

140,331

 

Hudson Valley Holding Corp.

 

 

3,941

 

 

97,569

 

IBERIABANK Corp.

 

 

7,356

 

 

434,960

 

International Bancshares Corp.

 

 

14,921

 

 

298,868

 

Investors Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,630

 

 

178,826

 

Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

6,402

 

 

70,230

 

Lakeland Financial Corp.

 

 

4,784

 

 

102,665

 

MA Independent Bank Corp.

 

 

5,778

 

 

156,295

 

MB Financial, Inc.

 

 

15,086

 

 

261,290

 

MT First Interstate Bancsystem, Inc.

 

 

4,065

 

 

61,951

 

MainSource Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

6,639

 

 

69,112

 

Merchants Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

1,312

 

 

36,159

 

Meridian Interstate Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,629

 

 

30,996

 

Metro Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,702

 

 

40,759

 

Midsouth Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

2,164

 

 

33,239

 

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

9,661

 

 

233,313

 

Nara Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,670

 

 

104,779

 

National Bankshares, Inc.

 

 

1,803

 

 

56,776

 

National Penn Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

35,969

 

 

288,831

 

Old National Bancorp

 

 

24,002

 

 

285,384

 

Oriental Financial Group

 

 

13,280

 

 

165,867

 

Orrstown Financial Service, Inc.

 

 

1,867

 

 

51,174

 

Pacific Continental Corp.

 

 

6,216

 

 

62,533

 

PacWest Bancorp

 

 

8,404

 

 

179,678

 


See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 





 

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

17




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

Shares

 

 

Value

 









Banks: Diversified (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Park National Corp. (b)

 

 

3,457

 

$

251,220

 

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp.

 

 

2,357

 

 

30,759

 

Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

1,114

 

 

44,337

 

Peoples Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

2,840

 

 

44,446

 

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,935

 

 

134,917

 

PrivateBancorp, Inc.

 

 

14,856

 

 

213,629

 

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

12,899

 

 

506,673

 

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

 

 

16,891

 

 

255,561

 

Renasant Corp.

 

 

7,002

 

 

118,404

 

Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A

 

 

3,034

 

 

72,057

 

Rockville Financial, Inc.

 

 

2,246

 

 

27,446

 

Roma Financial Corp.

 

 

2,249

 

 

23,839

 

S&T Bancorp, Inc. (b)

 

 

6,761

 

 

152,731

 

SCBT Financial Corp.

 

 

3,549

 

 

116,230

 

SVB Financial Group (a)

 

 

11,524

 

 

611,348

 

SY Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

3,578

 

 

87,840

 

Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

6,732

 

 

124,071

 

Sierra Bancorp

 

 

3,790

 

 

40,667

 

Signature Bank (a)

 

 

11,244

 

 

562,200

 

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

 

 

4,661

 

 

132,838

 

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

4,240

 

 

89,337

 

Southwest Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,006

 

 

74,474

 

State Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

5,482

 

 

50,708

 

StellarOne Corp.

 

 

6,915

 

 

100,544

 

Sterling Bancorp

 

 

7,118

 

 

74,525

 

Sterling Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

24,928

 

 

174,995

 

Suffolk Bancorp

 

 

2,560

 

 

63,181

 

Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

35,570

 

 

344,318

 

Taylor Capital Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,613

 

 

34,361

 

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,251

 

 

218,039

 

Tompkins Trustco, Inc.

 

 

2,287

 

 

89,559

 

Tower Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

2,586

 

 

56,995

 

Towne Bank (b)

 

 

6,578

 

 

104,524

 

Trico Bancshares

 

 

3,626

 

 

58,560

 

TrustCo Bank Corp. NY

 

 

21,337

 

 

135,277

 

Trustmark Corp.

 

 

17,528

 

 

435,396

 

UMB Financial Corp.

 

 

8,668

 

 

359,029

 

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

 

 

31,483

 

 

383,463

 

Union First Market Bankshares Corp.

 

 

5,403

 

 

79,856

 

United Bankshares, Inc.

 

 

10,919

 

 

318,835

 

United Community Banks, Inc. (a)

 

 

31,060

 

 

60,567

 

Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania

 

 

4,951

 

 

94,911

 

Virginia Commerce Bancorp (a)

 

 

5,599

 

 

34,602

 

Washington Banking Co.

 

 

3,981

 

 

54,579

 

Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

4,328

 

 

94,697

 

Webster Financial Corp.

 

 

18,376

 

 

362,007

 

WesBanco, Inc.

 

 

6,580

 

 

124,757

 

West Bancorp., Inc.

 

 

4,227

 

 

32,928

 

West Coast Bancorp (a)

 

 

24,788

 

 

69,902

 

Westamerica Bancorp. (b)

 

 

7,958

 

 

441,430

 

Western Alliance Bancorp (a)

 

 

18,035

 

 

132,738

 

Whitney Holding Corp.

 

 

27,199

 

 

384,866

 

Wilshire Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

5,264

 

 

40,112

 

Wintrust Financial Corp.

 

 

8,503

 

 

280,854

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

19,129,500

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Banks: Savings, Thrift & Mortgage Lending — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abington Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

5,676

 

$

67,715

 

Astoria Financial Corp.

 

 

24,131

 

 

335,662

 

Bank Mutual Corp.

 

 

12,544

 

 

59,960

 

BankFinancial Corp.

 

 

5,050

 

 

49,238

 

Beneficial Mutual Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,634

 

 

93,898

 

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

4,256

 

 

94,058

 

BofI Holding, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,803

 

 

27,965

 

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

15,960

 

 

173,166

 

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

7,846

 

 

114,473

 

ESB Financial Corp.

 

 

2,554

 

 

41,477

 

ESSA Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

4,575

 

 

60,482

 

First Financial Holdings, Inc.

 

 

5,653

 

 

65,066

 

Flagstar BanCorp., Inc. (a)

 

 

11,589

 

 

18,890

 

Flushing Financial Corp.

 

 

9,115

 

 

127,610

 

Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

2,691

 

 

63,481

 

Heritage Financial Corp. (a)

 

 

2,621

 

 

36,484

 

Home Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,132

 

 

29,464

 

Home Federal Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

4,516

 

 

55,411

 

Kearny Financial Corp.

 

 

3,744

 

 

32,198

 

NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

29,184

 

 

437,176

 

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

5,634

 

 

75,045

 

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

30,938

 

 

363,831

 

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

 

 

5,261

 

 

67,709

 

Ocwen Financial Corp. (a)

 

 

20,860

 

 

199,004

 

OmniAmerican Bancorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,232

 

 

57,344

 

Oritani Financial Corp.

 

 

15,172

 

 

185,705

 

Provident New York Bancorp

 

 

11,601

 

 

121,694

 

Territorial BanCorp., Inc.

 

 

3,203

 

 

63,772

 

United Financial Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

5,324

 

 

81,297

 

ViewPoint Financial Group

 

 

3,964

 

 

46,339

 

WSFS Financial Corp.

 

 

1,549

 

 

73,485

 

Westfield Financial, Inc.

 

 

8,079

 

 

74,731

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,393,830

 









Beverage: Brewers & Distillers — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

2,361

 

 

224,507

 









Beverage: Soft Drinks — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated

 

 

1,262

 

 

70,142

 

Farmer Bros. Co.

 

 

2,052

 

 

36,526

 

Heckmann Corp. (a)

 

 

24,875

 

 

125,121

 

National Beverage Corp.

 

 

3,583

 

 

47,081

 

Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,198

 

 

133,484

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

412,354

 









Biotechnology — 3.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,804

 

 

105,052

 

AVEO Pharmaceuticals Inc. (a)

 

 

3,059

 

 

44,723

 

AVI BioPharma, Inc. (a)

 

 

29,393

 

 

62,313

 

Accelrys, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,873

 

 

131,746

 

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,646

 

 

290,210

 

Affymax, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,315

 

 

35,345

 

Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,877

 

 

33,029

 

Allos Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

 

 

23,553

 

 

108,579

 

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,297

 

 

101,528

 

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

34,831

 

 

59,909

 

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

35,601

 

 

181,565

 

Arqule, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,067

 

 

64,963

 

Array Biopharma, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,537

 

 

52,436

 

BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,479

 

 

69,583

 

Biosante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

25,188

 

 

41,308

 

Biotime, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,035

 

 

58,602

 

Celera Corp. (a)

 

 

22,818

 

 

143,753

 

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,602

 

 

35,440

 


See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 




18

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Biotechnology (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cepheid, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,669

 

$

379,220

 

Chelsea Therapeutics International, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,224

 

 

84,180

 

Clinical Data, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,426

 

 

54,508

 

Codexis Inc. (a)

 

 

3,408

 

 

36,130

 

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,967

 

 

341,694

 

Curis, Inc. (a)

 

 

25,136

 

 

49,769

 

Cypress Bioscience, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,458

 

 

80,728

 

Cytokinetics, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,738

 

 

26,622

 

Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,585

 

 

70,506

 

CytRx Corp. (a)

 

 

37,640

 

 

38,016

 

Dyax Corp. (a)

 

 

29,631

 

 

63,410

 

Dynavax Technologies Corp. (a)

 

 

26,944

 

 

86,221

 

Emergent Biosolutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,490

 

 

128,795

 

Enzo Biochem, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,003

 

 

47,536

 

Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,516

 

 

164,490

 

Exact Sciences Corp. (a)

 

 

12,583

 

 

75,246

 

Exelixis, Inc. (a)

 

 

31,077

 

 

255,142

 

Furiex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,523

 

 

50,907

 

Genomic Health, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,274

 

 

91,421

 

Geron Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

32,882

 

 

170,000

 

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,215

 

 

168,023

 

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,319

 

 

52,008

 

ImmunoGen, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,480

 

 

171,125

 

Immunomedics, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,022

 

 

64,519

 

Incyte Corp. (a)

 

 

24,787

 

 

410,473

 

Inhibitex, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,947

 

 

33,662

 

Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. (a)

 

 

21,433

 

 

24,648

 

InterMune, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,045

 

 

474,838

 

Kensey Nash Corp. (a)

 

 

1,854

 

 

51,597

 

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,942

 

 

68,434

 

Lexicon Genetics, Inc. (a)

 

 

59,551

 

 

85,753

 

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,858

 

 

61,173

 

MannKind Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

18,293

 

 

147,442

 

Martek Biosciences Corp. (a)

 

 

9,345

 

 

292,498

 

Maxygen, Inc.

 

 

10,364

 

 

40,731

 

Medivation, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,059

 

 

152,595

 

Metabolix, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,956

 

 

96,825

 

Micromet, Inc. (a)

 

 

24,767

 

 

201,108

 

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,174

 

 

182,245

 

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,637

 

 

147,232

 

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals (a)

 

 

11,908

 

 

68,947

 

Nektar Therapeutics (a)

 

 

26,237

 

 

337,145

 

Neuralstem, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,917

 

 

33,744

 

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,998

 

 

106,945

 

Neurogesx, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,216

 

 

26,814

 

Novavax, Inc. (a)

 

 

28,284

 

 

68,730

 

Omeros Corp. (a)

 

 

6,567

 

 

54,112

 

Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,542

 

 

646,774

 

Opko Health, Inc. (a)

 

 

26,181

 

 

96,084

 

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,144

 

 

73,884

 

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,623

 

 

36,013

 

PDL BioPharma, Inc.

 

 

39,526

 

 

246,247

 

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,226

 

 

67,236

 

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

20,894

 

 

48,056

 

Pharmasset, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,256

 

 

358,393

 

Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,728

 

 

42,195

 

Pure Bioscience (a)

 

 

9,330

 

 

20,713

 

RTI Biologics, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,802

 

 

39,521

 

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,492

 

 

109,125

 

Sangamo Biosciences, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,393

 

 

82,290

 

Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,100

 

 

212,774

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Biotechnology (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a)

 

 

23,588

 

$

352,641

 

Sequenom, Inc. (a)

 

 

25,712

 

 

206,210

 

StemCells, Inc. (a)

 

 

39,100

 

 

42,228

 

Targacept, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,499

 

 

172,224

 

Theravance, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,611

 

 

441,508

 

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,530

 

 

80,694

 

ViroPharma, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,748

 

 

376,675

 

ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,452

 

 

72,006

 

Zalicus, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,912

 

 

28,301

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

11,389,783

 









Building Materials — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acuity Brands, Inc.

 

 

11,956

 

 

689,503

 

Ameron International Corp.

 

 

2,573

 

 

196,500

 

Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,175

 

 

23,985

 

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,715

 

 

118,263

 

Griffon Corp. (a)

 

 

12,864

 

 

163,887

 

Headwaters, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,899

 

 

86,557

 

LSI Industries, Inc.

 

 

5,533

 

 

46,809

 

Louisiana-Pacific Corp. (a)

 

 

35,850

 

 

339,141

 

NCI Building Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,307

 

 

88,235

 

Quanex Building Products Corp.

 

 

10,811

 

 

205,085

 

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

 

 

11,098

 

 

343,039

 

Texas Industries, Inc.

 

 

5,750

 

 

263,235

 

Trex Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

4,563

 

 

109,329

 

Watsco, Inc.

 

 

7,647

 

 

482,373

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,155,941

 









Building: Climate Control — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aaon, Inc.

 

 

3,611

 

 

101,867

 

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

 

 

10,901

 

 

143,566

 

Interline Brands, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,343

 

 

212,740

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

458,173

 









Building: Roofing, Wallboard & Plumbing — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,821

 

 

229,111

 









Cable Television Services — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knology, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,440

 

 

131,917

 

Mediacom Communications Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

11,599

 

 

98,128

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

230,045

 









Casinos & Gambling — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ameristar Casinos, Inc.

 

 

8,159

 

 

127,525

 

Boyd Gaming Corp. (a)

 

 

15,602

 

 

165,381

 

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,441

 

 

45,387

 

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,571

 

 

32,137

 

Multimedia Games, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,612

 

 

42,475

 

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,194

 

 

213,020

 

Scientific Games Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

17,953

 

 

178,812

 

Shuffle Master, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,457

 

 

176,983

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

981,720

 









Chemicals: Diversified — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aceto Corp.

 

 

8,227

 

 

74,043

 

American Vanguard Corp.

 

 

5,145

 

 

43,938

 

Arch Chemicals, Inc.

 

 

6,189

 

 

234,749

 

Georgia Gulf Corp. (a)

 

 

9,588

 

 

230,687

 

Hawkins, Inc.

 

 

2,452

 

 

108,869

 

Innophos Holdings, Inc.

 

 

6,064

 

 

218,789

 

KMG Chemicals, Inc.

 

 

1,598

 

 

26,479

 

LSB Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,636

 

 

112,469

 

Landec Corp. (a)

 

 

6,860

 

 

41,023

 

OM Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,613

 

 

331,687

 

Olin Corp.

 

 

21,795

 

 

447,233

 


See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 





 

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

19




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Chemicals: Diversified (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Omnova Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,713

 

$

106,281

 

PolyOne Corp. (a)

 

 

25,994

 

 

324,665

 

Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,506

 

 

567,475

 

Sensient Technologies Corp.

 

 

13,600

 

 

499,528

 

Solutia, Inc. (a)

 

 

33,774

 

 

779,504

 

TPC Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,307

 

 

69,948

 

W.R. Grace & Co. (a)

 

 

20,151

 

 

707,905

 

Westlake Chemical Corp.

 

 

5,382

 

 

233,955

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,159,227

 









Chemicals: Specialty — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balchem Corp.

 

 

7,734

 

 

261,487

 

Calgon Carbon Corp. (a)

 

 

15,390

 

 

232,697

 

Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,215

 

 

99,504

 

NewMarket Corp.

 

 

2,831

 

 

349,260

 

Polypore International, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,115

 

 

249,064

 

Quaker Chemical Corp.

 

 

3,013

 

 

125,552

 

Senomyx, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,804

 

 

84,162

 

Stepan Co.

 

 

2,108

 

 

160,777

 

Zep, Inc.

 

 

5,992

 

 

119,121

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,681,624

 









Coal — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cloud Peak Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,872

 

 

206,097

 

International Coal Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

37,154

 

 

287,572

 

James River Coal Co. (a)

 

 

7,416

 

 

187,847

 

L&L Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,371

 

 

58,007

 

Patriot Coal Corp. (a)

 

 

21,831

 

 

422,866

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,162,389

 









Commercial Finance & Mortgage Companies — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asta Funding, Inc.

 

 

4,159

 

 

33,688

 

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class B

 

 

2,525

 

 

41,208

 

Medallion Financial Corp.

 

 

5,747

 

 

47,126

 

NewStar Financial, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,462

 

 

89,443

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

211,465

 









Commercial Services: Rental & Leasing — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aircastle Ltd.

 

 

13,828

 

 

144,503

 

CAI International, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,024

 

 

59,270

 

Electro Rent Corp.

 

 

5,052

 

 

81,640

 

H&E Equipment Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,394

 

 

97,119

 

Marlin Business Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,283

 

 

28,880

 

McGrath RentCorp

 

 

6,835

 

 

179,214

 

Mobile Mini, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,363

 

 

204,048

 

PHH Corp. (a)

 

 

15,575

 

 

360,561

 

RSC Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,484

 

 

131,334

 

SeaCube Container Leasing Ltd.

 

 

3,037

 

 

42,700

 

TAL International Group, Inc.

 

 

4,828

 

 

149,040

 

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,903

 

 

384,543

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,862,852

 









Commercial Vehicles & Parts — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,113

 

 

115,586

 

Force Protection, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,673

 

 

108,398

 

Miller Industries, Inc.

 

 

2,710

 

 

38,564

 

Modine Manufacturing Co. (a)

 

 

13,116

 

 

203,298

 

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

9,230

 

 

188,661

 

Spartan Motors, Inc.

 

 

10,280

 

 

62,605

 

Wabash National Corp. (a)

 

 

18,952

 

 

224,581

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

941,693

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Communications Technology — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AboveNet, Inc.

 

 

6,173

 

$

360,874

 

Acme Packet, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,197

 

 

648,393

 

Adtran, Inc.

 

 

17,264

 

 

625,129

 

Anaren, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,408

 

 

91,907

 

Anixter International, Inc.

 

 

7,796

 

 

465,655

 

Aruba Networks, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,591

 

 

450,820

 

Aviat Networks, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,839

 

 

95,514

 

Bel Fuse, Inc.

 

 

3,256

 

 

77,818

 

BigBand Networks, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,752

 

 

38,506

 

Black Box Corp.

 

 

4,852

 

 

185,783

 

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

 

 

8,044

 

 

223,060

 

Digi International, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,948

 

 

88,223

 

DigitalGlobe, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,687

 

 

243,755

 

EMS Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,405

 

 

87,131

 

Echelon Corp. (a)

 

 

10,004

 

 

101,941

 

Emulex Corp. (a)

 

 

23,243

 

 

271,013

 

Extreme Networks, Inc. (a)

 

 

27,561

 

 

85,163

 

Finisar Corp. (a)

 

 

21,060

 

 

625,271

 

GSI Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,937

 

 

39,990

 

GeoEye, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,114

 

 

259,172

 

Globecomm Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,651

 

 

66,510

 

Harmonic, Inc. (a)

 

 

27,452

 

 

235,264

 

Hughes Communications, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,650

 

 

107,166

 

Infinera Corp. (a)

 

 

24,897

 

 

257,186

 

InterDigital, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

12,235

 

 

509,465

 

Ixia (a)

 

 

8,980

 

 

150,684

 

KVH Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,532

 

 

54,157

 

Loral Space & Communications Ltd. (a)

 

 

3,024

 

 

231,336

 

NETGEAR, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,928

 

 

334,375

 

Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,165

 

 

37,804

 

Novatel Wireless, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,850

 

 

84,518

 

Oclaro, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,280

 

 

187,782

 

Oplink Communications, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,696

 

 

105,205

 

PC-Tel, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,815

 

 

28,890

 

Plantronics, Inc.

 

 

13,418

 

 

499,418

 

Riverbed Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

35,147

 

 

1,236,120

 

SeaChange International, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,576

 

 

73,325

 

Shoretel, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,394

 

 

104,607

 

Sonus Networks, Inc. (a)

 

 

58,419

 

 

155,979

 

Sycamore Networks, Inc.

 

 

5,573

 

 

114,748

 

Syniverse Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,166

 

 

591,271

 

Tekelec (a)

 

 

18,982

 

 

226,076

 

Viasat, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,276

 

 

411,947

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

10,868,951

 









Computer Services Software & Systems — 6.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)(c)

 

 

9,391

 

 

252,336

 

Actuate Corp. (a)

 

 

13,455

 

 

76,694

 

Acxiom Corp. (a)

 

 

19,178

 

 

328,903

 

American Reprographics Co. (a)

 

 

11,101

 

 

84,257

 

American Software, Class A

 

 

7,492

 

 

50,721

 

Ariba, Inc. (a)

 

 

25,118

 

 

590,022

 

Art Technology Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

44,418

 

 

265,620

 

Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,836

 

 

226,517

 

Avid Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,148

 

 

142,264

 

Blackbaud, Inc.

 

 

12,651

 

 

327,661

 

Blackboard, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,618

 

 

397,223

 

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,468

 

 

342,549

 

Bottomline Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,065

 

 

196,801

 

BroadSoft, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,081

 

 

49,694

 

CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

8,409

 

 

449,041

 

CDC Corp. (a)

 

 

7,453

 

 

26,160

 

CSG Systems International, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,715

 

 

184,002

 


See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 




20

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Computer Services Software & Systems
(continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ciber, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,400

 

$

90,792

 

CommVault Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,126

 

 

347,046

 

Compellent Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,600

 

 

182,094

 

Computer Task Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,095

 

 

44,554

 

ComScore, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,275

 

 

139,995

 

Concur Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,198

 

 

581,512

 

Deltek, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,271

 

 

38,267

 

DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,426

 

 

229,320

 

DemandTec, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,233

 

 

56,726

 

Digimarc Corp. (a)

 

 

2,156

 

 

64,702

 

Digital River, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,096

 

 

381,924

 

DynaVox, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

2,910

 

 

14,928

 

EPIQ Systems, Inc.

 

 

9,048

 

 

124,229

 

EarthLink, Inc.

 

 

30,934

 

 

266,032

 

Ebix, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

7,644

 

 

180,933

 

Epicor Software Corp. (a)

 

 

13,337

 

 

134,704

 

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,700

 

 

378,495

 

Hypercom Corp. (a)

 

 

13,204

 

 

110,517

 

iGate Corp.

 

 

6,883

 

 

135,664

 

Infospace, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,166

 

 

92,678

 

Integral Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,890

 

 

58,370

 

Interactive Intelligence, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,737

 

 

97,760

 

Internap Network Services Corp. (a)

 

 

15,693

 

 

95,413

 

Internet Capital Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,158

 

 

144,447

 

IntraLinks Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,288

 

 

61,518

 

JDA Software Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,783

 

 

329,924

 

KIT Digital, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,970

 

 

127,839

 

Kenexa Corp. (a)

 

 

6,263

 

 

136,471

 

Keynote Systems, Inc.

 

 

4,265

 

 

62,354

 

Lawson Software, Inc. (a)

 

 

38,987

 

 

360,630

 

Limelight Networks, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,693

 

 

79,556

 

Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,197

 

 

67,147

 

LivePerson, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,020

 

 

147,126

 

LogMeIn, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,233

 

 

187,691

 

Magma Design Automation, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,304

 

 

86,693

 

Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,447

 

 

196,891

 

Mantech International Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

6,298

 

 

260,296

 

Mentor Graphics Corp. (a)

 

 

30,075

 

 

360,900

 

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,749

 

 

124,047

 

MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

2,484

 

 

212,307

 

Moduslink Global Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,785

 

 

92,359

 

Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,643

 

 

73,737

 

NCI, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

1,829

 

 

42,049

 

NIC, Inc.

 

 

15,822

 

 

153,632

 

NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,614

 

 

198,208

 

NetSuite, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,365

 

 

134,125

 

OpenTable, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,446

 

 

313,354

 

Openwave Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

26,472

 

 

56,121

 

Opnet Technologies, Inc.

 

 

3,910

 

 

104,671

 

PDF Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,099

 

 

29,397

 

PROS Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,951

 

 

67,782

 

Parametric Technology Corp. (a)

 

 

32,264

 

 

726,908

 

Pegasystems, Inc.

 

 

4,662

 

 

170,769

 

Perficient, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,938

 

 

86,725

 

Progress Software Corp. (a)

 

 

11,739

 

 

496,794

 

QLIK Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,794

 

 

97,923

 

Quest Software, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,628

 

 

461,261

 

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (a)

 

 

27,028

 

 

848,949

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Computer Services Software & Systems
(concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Radiant Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,361

 

$

183,195

 

RealNetworks, Inc. (a)

 

 

25,684

 

 

107,873

 

RealPage, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,286

 

 

132,566

 

RightNow Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,264

 

 

148,269

 

SAVVIS, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,340

 

 

263,877

 

SRA International, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

11,801

 

 

241,330

 

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,576

 

 

73,344

 

SYNNEX Corp. (a)

 

 

6,350

 

 

198,120

 

Saba Software, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,438

 

 

57,761

 

Sapient Corp.

 

 

28,831

 

 

348,855

 

Smith Micro Software, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,650

 

 

136,151

 

SolarWinds, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,916

 

 

190,883

 

Sonic Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,983

 

 

179,745

 

Sourcefire, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,788

 

 

201,943

 

SuccessFactors, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,608

 

 

509,928

 

Support.com, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,677

 

 

88,627

 

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,863

 

 

156,601

 

Syntel, Inc.

 

 

3,723

 

 

177,922

 

TIBCO Software, Inc. (a)

 

 

46,168

 

 

909,971

 

TNS, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,144

 

 

148,595

 

Taleo Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

11,227

 

 

310,427

 

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

12,196

 

 

56,955

 

Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,771

 

 

217,184

 

Tier Technologies, Inc., Class B (a)

 

 

3,808

 

 

22,810

 

Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,776

 

 

182,190

 

Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,017

 

 

341,237

 

Unisys Corp. (a)

 

 

11,764

 

 

304,570

 

United Online, Inc.

 

 

25,722

 

 

169,765

 

VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,887

 

 

64,121

 

VeriFone Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

23,839

 

 

919,232

 

VirnetX Holding Corp.

 

 

10,248

 

 

152,183

 

Virtusa Corp. (a)

 

 

4,160

 

 

68,058

 

Wave Systems Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

21,971

 

 

86,566

 

Websense, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,904

 

 

241,056

 

Zix Corp. (a)

 

 

17,043

 

 

72,774

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

22,602,405

 









Computer Technology — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cray, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,787

 

 

77,127

 

Hutchinson Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,167

 

 

22,880

 

Imation Corp. (a)

 

 

8,846

 

 

91,202

 

Immersion Corp. (a)

 

 

9,143

 

 

61,350

 

Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,317

 

 

175,252

 

Intermec, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,173

 

 

179,430

 

Quantum Corp. (a)

 

 

59,610

 

 

221,749

 

Radisys Corp. (a)

 

 

6,507

 

 

57,912

 

Rimage Corp. (a)

 

 

3,339

 

 

49,784

 

STEC, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,398

 

 

201,175

 

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,132

 

 

104,735

 

Silicon Graphics International Corp. (a)

 

 

9,555

 

 

86,282

 

Stratasys, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,828

 

 

190,226

 

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,145

 

 

82,453

 

Synaptics, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,314

 

 

273,645

 

Xyratex Ltd. (a)

 

 

8,251

 

 

134,574

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,009,776

 










See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 





 

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DECEMBER 31, 2010

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Construction — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EMCOR Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,337

 

$

531,406

 

Granite Construction, Inc.

 

 

9,570

 

 

262,505

 

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.

 

 

16,695

 

 

123,042

 

Insituform Technologies, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

10,968

 

 

290,762

 

Orion Marine Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,892

 

 

91,547

 

Primoris Services Corp.

 

 

6,863

 

 

65,473

 

Sterling Construction Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

5,135

 

 

66,961

 

Tutor Perini Corp.

 

 

7,332

 

 

156,978

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,588,674

 









Consumer Electronics — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audiovox Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

4,450

 

 

38,403

 

RealD Inc. (a)

 

 

4,079

 

 

105,728

 

TiVo, Inc. (a)

 

 

31,997

 

 

276,134

 

Universal Electronics, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,743

 

 

106,189

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

526,454

 









Consumer Lending — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc.

 

 

16,629

 

 

93,787

 

Cash America International, Inc.

 

 

8,288

 

 

306,076

 

Credit Acceptance Corp. (a)

 

 

1,510

 

 

94,783

 

Dollar Financial Corp. (a)

 

 

6,982

 

 

199,895

 

Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,108

 

 

96,333

 

Ezcorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,908

 

 

350,194

 

First Cash Financial Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,403

 

 

260,409

 

The First Marblehead Corp. (a)

 

 

18,710

 

 

40,601

 

MGIC Investment Corp. (a)

 

 

56,003

 

 

570,670

 

MoneyGram International, Inc. (a)

 

 

26,653

 

 

72,230

 

Nelnet, Inc., Class A

 

 

7,528

 

 

178,338

 

Netspend Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,431

 

 

108,085

 

Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,751

 

 

357,275

 

Student Loan Corp.

 

 

1,040

 

 

33,738

 

World Acceptance Corp. (a)

 

 

4,585

 

 

242,088

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,004,502

 









Consumer Services: Miscellaneous — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ancestry.com, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,484

 

 

155,307

 

Coinstar, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,825

 

 

498,083

 

Core-Mark Holdings Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

3,107

 

 

110,578

 

The Knot, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,783

 

 

86,776

 

Move, Inc. (a)

 

 

44,535

 

 

114,455

 

NutriSystem, Inc. (b)

 

 

7,652

 

 

160,922

 

Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,044

 

 

123,151

 

Sotheby’s Holdings, Inc., Class A

 

 

18,618

 

 

837,810

 

Steiner Leisure Ltd. (a)

 

 

4,315

 

 

201,510

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,288,592

 









Containers & Packaging — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AEP Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,150

 

 

29,843

 

Graham Packaging Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

5,139

 

 

67,013

 

Graphic Packaging Holding Co. (a)

 

 

31,761

 

 

123,550

 

Myers Industries, Inc.

 

 

10,282

 

 

100,147

 

Rock-Tenn Co., Class A

 

 

10,754

 

 

580,178

 

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

 

 

14,840

 

 

531,420

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,432,151

 









Cosmetics — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,725

 

 

154,742

 

Inter Parfums, Inc.

 

 

4,215

 

 

79,453

 

Revlon, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

3,695

 

 

36,359

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

270,554

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duff & Phelps Corp.

 

 

8,086

 

$

136,330

 

Evercore Partners, Inc., Class A

 

 

4,505

 

 

153,170

 

FBR Capital Markets Corp. (a)

 

 

14,655

 

 

55,982

 

Gleacher & Co, Inc. (a)

 

 

23,750

 

 

56,288

 

Main Street Capital Corp.

 

 

4,434

 

 

80,654

 

MidwestOne Financial Group, Inc.

 

 

1,865

 

 

28,180

 

Piper Jaffray Cos. (a)

 

 

4,213

 

 

147,497

 

Sanders Morris Harris Group, Inc.

 

 

5,727

 

 

41,521

 

Stifel Financial Corp. (a)

 

 

9,417

 

 

584,231

 

Triangle Capital Corp.

 

 

4,316

 

 

82,004

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,365,857

 









Diversified Manufacturing Operations — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A.M. Castle & Co. (a)

 

 

4,762

 

 

87,669

 

Barnes Group, Inc.

 

 

13,810

 

 

285,453

 

Federal Signal Corp.

 

 

17,890

 

 

122,725

 

Lydall, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,646

 

 

37,400

 

OSI Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,609

 

 

167,583

 

Raven Industries, Inc.

 

 

4,607

 

 

219,708

 

Standex International Corp.

 

 

3,548

 

 

106,121

 

Trimas Corp. (a)

 

 

4,407

 

 

90,167

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,116,826

 









Diversified Materials & Processing — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belden, Inc.

 

 

13,241

 

 

487,534

 

Cabot Microelectronics Corp. (a)

 

 

6,637

 

 

275,104

 

Clarcor, Inc.

 

 

13,889

 

 

595,699

 

Encore Wire Corp.

 

 

5,047

 

 

126,579

 

Hexcel Corp. (a)

 

 

26,888

 

 

486,404

 

Insteel Industries, Inc.

 

 

4,853

 

 

60,614

 

Koppers Holdings, Inc.

 

 

5,904

 

 

211,245

 

Rogers Corp. (a)

 

 

4,522

 

 

172,966

 

Tredegar Corp.

 

 

6,809

 

 

131,958

 

Uranium Energy Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

16,751

 

 

101,176

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,649,279

 









Diversified Media — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belo Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

26,829

 

 

189,949

 

EW Scripps Co. (a)

 

 

9,726

 

 

98,719

 

Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Class B (a)

 

 

7,669

 

 

40,032

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

328,700

 









Diversified Retail — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99 Cents Only Stores (a)

 

 

12,612

 

 

201,035

 

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,782

 

 

47,880

 

Dillard’s, Inc., Class A

 

 

11,211

 

 

425,345

 

Fred’s, Inc.

 

 

10,754

 

 

147,975

 

GSI Commerce, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,657

 

 

432,843

 

Gaiam, Inc.

 

 

4,379

 

 

33,718

 

HSN, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,902

 

 

334,037

 

Overstock.com, Inc.

 

 

4,575

 

 

75,396

 

PriceSmart, Inc.

 

 

4,549

 

 

172,999

 

Saks, Inc. (a)

 

 

37,767

 

 

404,107

 

Tuesday Morning Corp. (a)

 

 

7,728

 

 

40,804

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,316,139

 









Drug & Grocery Store Chains — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arden Group, Inc., Class A

 

 

556

 

 

45,870

 

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

 

 

10,841

 

 

460,851

 

drugstore.com, Inc. (a)

 

 

24,853

 

 

54,925

 


See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 




22

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DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Drug & Grocery Store Chains (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Fresh Market, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,210

 

$

173,452

 

Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A

 

 

4,294

 

 

82,445

 

Nash Finch Co.

 

 

3,603

 

 

153,163

 

The Pantry, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,076

 

 

140,529

 

PetMed Express, Inc. (b)

 

 

6,312

 

 

112,417

 

Rite Aid Corp. (a)

 

 

147,313

 

 

130,107

 

Ruddick Corp.

 

 

12,199

 

 

449,411

 

Spartan Stores, Inc.

 

 

6,686

 

 

113,328

 

Village Super Market, Inc., Class A

 

 

2,539

 

 

83,787

 

Weis Markets, Inc.

 

 

3,843

 

 

154,988

 

Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,711

 

 

112,648

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,267,921

 









Education Services — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ambassadors Group, Inc.

 

 

6,426

 

 

73,899

 

American Public Education, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,243

 

 

195,249

 

Archipelago Learning, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,223

 

 

31,618

 

Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,635

 

 

107,065

 

Capella Education Co. (a)

 

 

4,619

 

 

307,533

 

Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

24,036

 

 

125,228

 

Franklin Covey Co. (a)

 

 

3,631

 

 

31,190

 

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,882

 

 

173,998

 

K12, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,103

 

 

203,572

 

Lincoln Educational Services Corp.

 

 

4,710

 

 

73,052

 

Renaissance Learning, Inc.

 

 

3,534

 

 

41,843

 

Rosetta Stone, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,247

 

 

68,901

 

School Specialty, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,959

 

 

83,009

 

Universal Technical Institute, Inc.

 

 

6,007

 

 

132,274

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,648,431

 









Electronic Components — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3D Systems Corp. (a)

 

 

5,226

 

 

164,567

 

Acacia Research — Acacia Technologies (a)

 

 

9,518

 

 

246,897

 

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,234

 

 

230,859

 

DDi Corp.

 

 

4,437

 

 

52,179

 

Methode Electronics, Inc.

 

 

10,475

 

 

135,861

 

Microvision, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

28,837

 

 

53,637

 

Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,100

 

 

82,119

 

NVE Corp. (a)

 

 

1,420

 

 

82,118

 

Park Electrochemical Corp.

 

 

5,596

 

 

167,880

 

Pulse Electronics Corp.

 

 

11,258

 

 

59,892

 

ScanSource, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,682

 

 

245,056

 

Smart Modular Technologies WWH, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,215

 

 

87,638

 

TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

22,744

 

 

339,113

 

Universal Display Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

8,555

 

 

262,211

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,210,027

 









Electronic Entertainment — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTS, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,900

 

 

240,345

 

THQ, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,766

 

 

107,662

 

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,580

 

 

239,659

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

587,666

 









Electronics — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agilysys, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,728

 

 

26,619

 

American Science & Engineering, Inc.

 

 

2,530

 

 

215,632

 

CPI International, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,027

 

 

39,222

 

Coherent, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,111

 

 

320,991

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Electronics (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daktronics, Inc.

 

 

9,319

 

$

148,358

 

II-VI, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,044

 

 

326,560

 

IPG Photonics Corp. (a)

 

 

7,327

 

 

231,680

 

iRobot Corp. (a)

 

 

5,743

 

 

142,886

 

Newport Corp. (a)

 

 

10,058

 

 

174,707

 

Richardson Electronics Ltd.

 

 

4,813

 

 

56,264

 

Rofin-Sinar Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,968

 

 

282,386

 

SRS Labs Inc. (a)

 

 

2,855

 

 

25,153

 

Spectrum Control, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,858

 

 

57,831

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,048,289

 









Energy Equipment — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capstone Turbine Corp. (a)

 

 

74,225

 

 

71,241

 

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,908

 

 

63,977

 

Evergreen Solar, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

60,516

 

 

35,281

 

FuelCell Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

31,215

 

 

72,106

 

GT Solar International, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,949

 

 

154,575

 

PowerSecure International, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,805

 

 

37,383

 

STR Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,135

 

 

162,700

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

597,263

 









Engineering & Contracting Services — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,628

 

 

156,763

 

Exponent, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,921

 

 

147,155

 

Furmamite Corp. (a)

 

 

10,777

 

 

74,469

 

Hill International, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,044

 

 

45,575

 

Layne Christensen Co. (a)

 

 

5,598

 

 

192,683

 

MYR Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,845

 

 

122,745

 

Mastec, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,840

 

 

216,516

 

Michael Baker Corp. (a)

 

 

2,393

 

 

74,422

 

Mistras Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,735

 

 

63,828

 

Tetra Tech, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,187

 

 

430,706

 

VSE Corp.

 

 

1,173

 

 

38,732

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,563,594

 









Entertainment — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ascent Media Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

4,280

 

 

165,893

 

CKx, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,485

 

 

62,405

 

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

 

 

16,272

 

 

280,529

 

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (a)

 

 

19,947

 

 

129,855

 

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)

 

 

39,468

 

 

450,725

 

LodgeNet Interactive Corp. (a)

 

 

8,242

 

 

35,028

 

Rentrak Corp. (a)

 

 

2,896

 

 

87,343

 

Warner Music Group Corp. (a)

 

 

13,332

 

 

75,059

 

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

 

 

7,119

 

 

101,375

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,388,212

 









Environmental, Maintenance, & Security Service — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABM Industries, Inc.

 

 

14,481

 

 

380,850

 

The Brink’s Co.

 

 

13,331

 

 

358,337

 

G&K Services, Inc., Class A

 

 

5,185

 

 

160,268

 

The Geo Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,971

 

 

418,505

 

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

 

 

18,539

 

 

301,630

 

Mac-Gray Corp.

 

 

3,791

 

 

56,675

 

Rollins, Inc.

 

 

17,166

 

 

339,029

 

Standard Parking Corp. (a)

 

 

4,544

 

 

85,836

 

Unifirst Corp.

 

 

3,889

 

 

214,090

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,315,220

 










See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 





 

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

23




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

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Value

 







Fertilizers — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rentech, Inc. (a)

 

 

64,661

 

$

78,886

 









Financial Data & Systems — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advent Software, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,325

 

 

250,504

 

Cardtronics, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,404

 

 

131,051

 

Cass Information Systems, Inc.

 

 

2,384

 

 

90,449

 

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,020

 

 

244,509

 

Fair Isaac Corp.

 

 

11,427

 

 

267,049

 

Global Cash Access, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,150

 

 

51,519

 

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

 

 

10,871

 

 

167,631

 

Higher One Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,197

 

 

64,675

 

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

 

 

23,682

 

 

690,330

 

Online Resources Corp. (a)

 

 

7,311

 

 

33,996

 

S1 Corp. (a)

 

 

15,357

 

 

105,963

 

Wright Express Corp. (a)

 

 

10,793

 

 

496,478

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,594,154

 









Foods — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B&G Foods, Inc., Class A

 

 

13,669

 

 

187,675

 

Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,202

 

 

171,072

 

Diamond Foods, Inc.

 

 

6,091

 

 

323,919

 

Dole Food Co.,Inc. (a)

 

 

10,876

 

 

146,935

 

Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,456

 

 

309,999

 

J&J Snack Foods Corp.

 

 

3,993

 

 

192,622

 

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,400

 

 

29,856

 

Lancaster Colony Corp.

 

 

5,319

 

 

304,247

 

Medifast, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,726

 

 

107,607

 

Natures Sunshine Prods, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,998

 

 

17,942

 

Nutraceutical International Corp. (a)

 

 

2,499

 

 

35,461

 

Seneca Foods Corp. (a)

 

 

2,214

 

 

59,734

 

Smart Balance, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,827

 

 

85,851

 

Snyders-Lance, Inc.

 

 

7,361

 

 

172,542

 

Synutra International, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,592

 

 

75,212

 

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. (b)

 

 

6,510

 

 

188,595

 

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,559

 

 

488,369

 

United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,305

 

 

488,028

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,385,666

 









Forest Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deltic Timber Corp.

 

 

3,070

 

 

172,964

 

Universal Forest Products, Inc.

 

 

5,542

 

 

215,584

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

388,548

 









Forms & Bulk Printing Services — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Graphics, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,559

 

 

123,932

 

Deluxe Corp.

 

 

14,525

 

 

334,365

 

Ennis, Inc.

 

 

7,538

 

 

128,900

 

Innerworkings, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,187

 

 

40,525

 

M&F Worldwide Corp. (a)

 

 

3,188

 

 

73,643

 

Multi-Color Corp.

 

 

3,463

 

 

67,390

 

Schawk, Inc.

 

 

3,365

 

 

69,252

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

838,007

 









Fruit & Grain Processing — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MGP Ingredients, Inc.

 

 

3,933

 

 

43,420

 









Funeral Parlors & Cemeteries — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthews International Corp., Class A

 

 

8,281

 

 

289,669

 

Stewart Enterprises, Inc., Class A

 

 

22,211

 

 

148,592

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

438,261

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Gas Pipeline — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crosstex Energy, Inc.

 

 

11,553

 

$

102,360

 









Glass — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

 

 

8,299

 

 

111,788

 









Gold — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (a)

 

 

20,807

 

 

547,432

 

Capital Gold Corp. (a)

 

 

17,576

 

 

89,110

 

Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. (a)

 

 

24,393

 

 

666,417

 

Golden Star Resources Ltd. (a)

 

 

72,556

 

 

333,032

 

Jaguar Mining, Inc. (a)

 

 

24,168

 

 

172,318

 

US Gold Corp. (a)

 

 

25,079

 

 

202,388

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,010,697

 









Health Care Facilities — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amsurg Corp. (a)

 

 

8,820

 

 

184,779

 

Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,928

 

 

95,248

 

Capital Senior Living Corp. (a)

 

 

8,621

 

 

57,761

 

Contiucare Corp. (a)

 

 

8,969

 

 

41,975

 

Emeritus Corp. (a)

 

 

6,319

 

 

124,547

 

The Ensign Group, Inc.

 

 

4,084

 

 

101,569

 

Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,511

 

 

67,243

 

Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,373

 

 

156,234

 

HealthSouth Corp. (a)

 

 

26,167

 

 

541,919

 

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,204

 

 

205,817

 

LCA-Vision, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,820

 

 

27,715

 

MedCath Corp. (a)

 

 

6,149

 

 

85,778

 

National Healthcare Corp.

 

 

2,595

 

 

120,071

 

Select Medical Holdings Corp. (a)

 

 

13,893

 

 

101,558

 

Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

6,242

 

 

56,053

 

Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,340

 

 

89,053

 

US Physical Therapy, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,213

 

 

63,682

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,121,002

 









Health Care Management Services — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMERIGROUP Corp. (a)

 

 

14,235

 

 

625,201

 

American Dental Partners, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,099

 

 

68,887

 

Bioscript, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,427

 

 

64,993

 

Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,553

 

 

490,609

 

Centene Corp. (a)

 

 

13,736

 

 

348,070

 

Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.

 

 

2,708

 

 

126,843

 

HealthSpring, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,101

 

 

427,160

 

Magellan Health Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,129

 

 

431,619

 

MedQuist Inc.

 

 

3,203

 

 

27,706

 

Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,827

 

 

48,397

 

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,133

 

 

115,104

 

Triple-S Management Corp. (a)

 

 

5,696

 

 

108,680

 

Universal American Financial Corp.

 

 

8,747

 

 

178,876

 

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,883

 

 

359,104

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,421,249

 









Health Care Services — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,567

 

 

71,021

 

Accretive Health, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,635

 

 

59,069

 

Air Methods Corp. (a)

 

 

3,041

 

 

171,117

 

Alliance Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,266

 

 

30,808

 

Allied Healthcare International, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,096

 

 

30,361

 

Almost Family, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,370

 

 

91,055

 

Amedisys, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,896

 

 

264,516

 

athenahealth, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

9,331

 

 

382,384

 


See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 




24

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Health Care Services (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CardioNet, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,020

 

$

28,174

 

Chemed Corp.

 

 

6,277

 

 

398,652

 

Chindex International, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,132

 

 

68,137

 

Corvel Corp. (a)

 

 

2,010

 

 

97,183

 

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,368

 

 

70,877

 

ExamWorks Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,291

 

 

60,818

 

Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,396

 

 

223,334

 

HMS Holdings Corp. (a)

 

 

7,521

 

 

487,135

 

Healthways, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,598

 

 

107,114

 

IPC The Hospitalist Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

4,653

 

 

181,513

 

LHC Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,227

 

 

126,810

 

MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,513

 

 

221,846

 

Medidata Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,179

 

 

123,674

 

Omnicell, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,995

 

 

129,978

 

PharMerica Corp. (a)

 

 

8,626

 

 

98,768

 

Quality Systems, Inc. (b)

 

 

5,269

 

 

367,882

 

RehabCare Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,132

 

 

169,028

 

Rural/Metro Corp. (a)

 

 

5,805

 

 

84,637

 

Sun Healthcare Group Inc. (a)

 

 

7,668

 

 

97,077

 

Team Health Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,741

 

 

73,675

 

Transcend Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,798

 

 

54,813

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,371,456

 









Health Care: Miscellaneous — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MedAssets, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,070

 

 

243,693

 

The Providence Service Corp. (a)

 

 

4,028

 

 

64,730

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

308,423

 









Home Building — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

19,013

 

 

102,480

 

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

 

 

16,382

 

 

67,002

 

M/I Homes, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,002

 

 

92,311

 

Meritage Homes Corp. (a)

 

 

9,116

 

 

202,375

 

Ryland Group, Inc.

 

 

12,494

 

 

212,773

 

Standard-Pacific Corp. (a)

 

 

29,587

 

 

136,100

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

813,041

 









Hotel/Motel — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gaylord Entertainment Co. (a)(b)

 

 

9,822

 

 

353,003

 

Marcus Corp.

 

 

6,181

 

 

82,022

 

Morgans Hotel Group Co. (a)

 

 

6,954

 

 

63,073

 

Orient Express Hotels Ltd., Class A (a)

 

 

27,882

 

 

362,187

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

860,285

 









Household Appliances — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Presto Industries, Inc.

 

 

1,310

 

 

170,313

 









Household Equipment & Products — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Greetings Corp., Class A

 

 

11,160

 

 

247,306

 

Blyth, Inc.

 

 

1,589

 

 

54,789

 

CSS Industries, Inc.

 

 

2,155

 

 

44,414

 

Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (a)

 

 

15,543

 

 

153,565

 

Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)

 

 

8,684

 

 

258,262

 

Libbey, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,923

 

 

76,159

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

834,495

 









Household Furnishings — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Woodmark Corp.

 

 

2,821

 

 

69,227

 

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

 

 

6,721

 

 

134,487

 

Furniture Brands International, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,612

 

 

69,966

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Household Furnishings (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hooker Furniture Corp.

 

 

3,616

 

$

51,094

 

Kid Brands, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,219

 

 

27,522

 

Kirkland’s, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,129

 

 

71,960

 

La-Z-Boy, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,172

 

 

127,831

 

Lifetime Brands, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,057

 

 

42,920

 

Sealy Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

13,256

 

 

38,708

 

Select Comfort Corp. (a)

 

 

15,196

 

 

138,740

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

772,455

 









Insurance: Life — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

 

 

16,358

 

 

205,293

 

CNO Financial Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

61,894

 

 

419,641

 

Citizens, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,072

 

 

82,486

 

Delphi Financial Group, Inc., Class A

 

 

13,193

 

 

380,486

 

FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A

 

 

3,792

 

 

108,717

 

Kansas City Life Insurance Co.

 

 

1,186

 

 

39,174

 

Life Partners Holdings, Inc.

 

 

2,272

 

 

43,463

 

National Western Life Insurance Co., Class A

 

 

616

 

 

102,700

 

The Phoenix Cos., Inc. (a)

 

 

35,222

 

 

89,464

 

Presidential Life Corp.

 

 

6,613

 

 

65,667

 

Primerica, Inc.

 

 

6,401

 

 

155,224

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,692,315

 









Insurance: Multi-Line — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alterra Capital Holdings Ltd.

 

 

26,686

 

 

577,485

 

Crawford & Co., Class B (a)

 

 

8,394

 

 

28,540

 

eHealth, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,702

 

 

95,101

 

Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings SA

 

 

14,819

 

 

186,719

 

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

 

 

10,981

 

 

198,097

 

Maiden Holdings Ltd.

 

 

14,600

 

 

114,756

 

Pico Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,453

 

 

205,206

 

Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd.

 

 

11,251

 

 

505,958

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,911,862

 









Insurance: Property-Casualty — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd. (a)

 

 

2,775

 

 

59,330

 

Amerisafe, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,659

 

 

81,533

 

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.

 

 

6,124

 

 

107,170

 

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.

 

 

8,550

 

 

320,198

 

Baldwin & Lyons, Inc., Class B

 

 

2,672

 

 

62,872

 

CNA Surety Corp. (a)

 

 

4,978

 

 

117,879

 

Donegal Group, Inc., Class A

 

 

3,801

 

 

55,039

 

EMC Insurance Group, Inc.

 

 

1,220

 

 

27,621

 

Employers Holdings, Inc.

 

 

10,651

 

 

186,180

 

Enstar Group Ltd. (a)

 

 

2,000

 

 

169,160

 

FPIC Insurance Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,797

 

 

103,377

 

First American Financial Corp.

 

 

28,911

 

 

431,930

 

First Mercury Financial Corp.

 

 

4,283

 

 

70,241

 

Global Indemnity Plc (a)

 

 

4,063

 

 

83,088

 

Greenlight Capital Re Ltd. (a)

 

 

7,991

 

 

214,239

 

Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,125

 

 

28,438

 

Harleysville Group, Inc.

 

 

3,337

 

 

122,601

 

Hilltop Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,058

 

 

109,695

 

Infinity Property & Casualty Corp.

 

 

3,698

 

 

228,536

 

Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc.

 

 

15,729

 

 

161,222

 

Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.

 

 

19,863

 

 

396,068

 

National Interstate Corp.

 

 

1,701

 

 

36,401

 

Navigators Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,393

 

 

170,838

 

The PMI Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

41,267

 

 

136,181

 


See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 





 

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

25




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Insurance: Property-Casualty (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ProAssurance Corp. (a)

 

 

8,824

 

$

534,734

 

RLI Corp.

 

 

4,986

 

 

262,114

 

Radian Group, Inc.

 

 

37,759

 

 

304,715

 

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

 

 

3,560

 

 

169,349

 

SeaBright Holdings, Inc.

 

 

7,002

 

 

64,559

 

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

 

 

14,954

 

 

271,415

 

State Auto Financial Corp.

 

 

4,480

 

 

78,042

 

Stewart Information Services Corp.

 

 

4,621

 

 

53,280

 

Tower Group, Inc.

 

 

11,064

 

 

283,017

 

United Fire & Casualty Co.

 

 

6,351

 

 

141,754

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,642,816

 









International Trade & Diversified Logistic — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global Sources Ltd. (a)

 

 

6,515

 

 

62,023

 









Leisure Time — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Callaway Golf Co.

 

 

17,662

 

 

142,532

 

Churchill Downs, Inc.

 

 

3,137

 

 

136,146

 

Interval Leisure Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,392

 

 

183,867

 

Life Time Fitness, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,638

 

 

477,042

 

Pool Corp.

 

 

14,068

 

 

317,093

 

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (a)

 

 

15,851

 

 

59,283

 

Speedway Motorsports, Inc.

 

 

3,970

 

 

60,820

 

Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,615

 

 

32,058

 

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.

 

 

5,038

 

 

77,031

 

Vail Resorts, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,137

 

 

527,529

 

West Marine, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,954

 

 

52,413

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,065,814

 









Luxury Items — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movado Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,897

 

 

79,038

 









Machinery: Agricultural — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alamo Group, Inc.

 

 

1,915

 

 

53,275

 

Lindsay Manufacturing Co. (b)

 

 

3,448

 

 

204,915

 

Titan International, Inc. (b)

 

 

10,040

 

 

196,181

 

Titan Machinery, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,589

 

 

69,268

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

523,639

 









Machinery: Construction & Handling — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Astec Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,569

 

 

180,491

 

Douglas Dynamics, Inc.

 

 

2,729

 

 

41,345

 

NACCO Industries, Inc., Class A

 

 

1,665

 

 

180,436

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

402,272

 









Machinery: Engines — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Briggs & Stratton Corp. (b)

 

 

13,749

 

 

270,718

 









Machinery: Industrial — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actuant Corp., Class A

 

 

18,814

 

 

500,829

 

Altra Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,410

 

 

147,163

 

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

 

 

11,742

 

 

381,380

 

Chart Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,083

 

 

273,044

 

Colfax Corp. (a)

 

 

6,529

 

 

120,199

 

Columbus McKinnon Corp. (a)

 

 

5,464

 

 

111,028

 

DXP Enterprises, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,538

 

 

60,912

 

EnPro Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,683

 

 

236,185

 

Flow International Corp. (a)

 

 

12,968

 

 

53,039

 

Gerber Scientific, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,871

 

 

61,945

 

Graham Corp.

 

 

2,580

 

 

51,600

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

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Machinery: Industrial (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Bean Technologies Corp.

 

 

8,120

 

$

163,456

 

Kadant, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,757

 

 

88,552

 

MTS Systems Corp.

 

 

4,474

 

 

167,596

 

Middleby Corp. (a)

 

 

4,614

 

 

389,514

 

Nordson Corp.

 

 

9,462

 

 

869,369

 

Sauer-Danfoss, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,362

 

 

94,976

 

Tecumseh Products Co., Class A (a)

 

 

5,555

 

 

72,493

 

Tennant Co.

 

 

5,299

 

 

203,535

 

Twin Disc, Inc.

 

 

2,412

 

 

72,022

 

Woodward Governor Co.

 

 

17,057

 

 

640,661

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,759,498

 









Machinery: Specialty — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Albany International Corp., Class A

 

 

7,840

 

 

185,730

 

Cascade Corp.

 

 

2,468

 

 

116,687

 

Presstek, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,791

 

 

19,516

 

Xerium Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,921

 

 

30,640

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

352,573

 









Manufactured Housing — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,766

 

 

82,455

 

Skyline Corp.

 

 

2,564

 

 

66,869

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

149,324

 









Medical & Dental Instruments & Supplies — 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abiomed, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,678

 

 

83,396

 

Align Technology, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

16,705

 

 

326,416

 

Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,198

 

 

35,635

 

American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,017

 

 

396,381

 

AngioDynamics, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,834

 

 

105,039

 

Antares Pharma Inc. (a)

 

 

26,215

 

 

44,566

 

Atrion Corp.

 

 

464

 

 

83,269

 

CONMED Corp. (a)

 

 

8,263

 

 

218,391

 

Cantel Medical Corp.

 

 

3,843

 

 

89,926

 

Cerus Corp. (a)

 

 

14,472

 

 

35,601

 

Conceptus, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,485

 

 

117,093

 

CryoLife, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,367

 

 

50,769

 

Cutera, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,601

 

 

29,852

 

Delcath Systems Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

12,269

 

 

120,236

 

Endologix, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,633

 

 

104,626

 

Exactech, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,225

 

 

41,875

 

Hansen Medical, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,638

 

 

20,048

 

Heartware International, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,571

 

 

225,142

 

ICU Medical, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,309

 

 

120,778

 

Immucor, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,543

 

 

387,538

 

Insulet Corp. (a)

 

 

12,279

 

 

190,324

 

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)

 

 

5,887

 

 

278,455

 

Invacare Corp.

 

 

8,189

 

 

246,980

 

Landauer, Inc.

 

 

2,693

 

 

161,499

 

MAKO Surgical Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

8,659

 

 

131,790

 

Medical Action Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,794

 

 

36,347

 

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.

 

 

11,442

 

 

264,997

 

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,666

 

 

121,353

 

Neogen Corp. (a)

 

 

6,405

 

 

262,797

 

NuVasive, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,853

 

 

278,379

 

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,424

 

 

71,438

 

Orthofix International NV (a)

 

 

4,802

 

 

139,258

 

Orthovita, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,416

 

 

35,006

 


See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 




26

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Medical & Dental Instruments &
Supplies (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Owens & Minor, Inc.

 

 

17,336

 

$

510,198

 

PSS World Medical, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,966

 

 

360,832

 

Quidel Corp. (a)

 

 

6,370

 

 

92,046

 

Rochester Medical Corp. (a)

 

 

2,911

 

 

31,788

 

Staar Surgical Co. (a)

 

 

10,971

 

 

66,923

 

Steris Corp.

 

 

16,245

 

 

592,293

 

SurModics, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,440

 

 

64,573

 

Symmetry Medical, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,591

 

 

97,967

 

Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,647

 

 

58,753

 

Unilife Corp. (a)

 

 

14,799

 

 

78,435

 

Vascular Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,400

 

 

51,568

 

Volcano Corp. (a)

 

 

14,036

 

 

383,323

 

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

 

 

9,216

 

 

379,699

 

Wright Medical Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,460

 

 

162,444

 

Young Innovations, Inc.

 

 

1,422

 

 

45,518

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

7,831,560

 









Medical Equipment — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abaxis, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,311

 

 

169,450

 

Accuray, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,114

 

 

102,019

 

Affymetrix, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,861

 

 

109,961

 

Analogic Corp.

 

 

3,431

 

 

169,869

 

ArthroCare Corp. (a)

 

 

7,616

 

 

236,553

 

Bruker BioSciences Corp. (a)

 

 

20,059

 

 

332,979

 

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,459

 

 

85,330

 

Cyberonics, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,867

 

 

244,034

 

Cynosure, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

2,515

 

 

25,728

 

DexCom, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,344

 

 

236,746

 

Dionex Corp. (a)

 

 

4,902

 

 

578,485

 

Greatbatch, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,591

 

 

159,173

 

Haemonetics Corp. (a)

 

 

6,876

 

 

434,426

 

IRIS International, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,373

 

 

44,736

 

Luminex Corp. (a)

 

 

10,705

 

 

195,687

 

MELA Sciences, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

9,363

 

 

31,366

 

Masimo Corp.

 

 

14,437

 

 

419,684

 

Merge Healthcare, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,972

 

 

59,576

 

Natus Medical, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,848

 

 

111,285

 

NxStage Medical, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,201

 

 

179,161

 

Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,943

 

 

70,240

 

Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,262

 

 

386,966

 

Solta Medical, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,700

 

 

47,885

 

SonoSite, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,951

 

 

124,852

 

Spectranetic Corp. (a)

 

 

10,944

 

 

56,471

 

Stereotaxis, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,106

 

 

38,706

 

Syneron Medical Ltd. (a)

 

 

10,776

 

 

109,807

 

Tomotherapy, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,964

 

 

57,630

 

Vital Images, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,790

 

 

66,964

 

Zoll Medical Corp. (a)

 

 

5,912

 

 

220,104

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,105,873

 









Medical Services — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America Service Group, Inc.

 

 

2,456

 

 

37,184

 

Bio-Reference Labs, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,873

 

 

152,443

 

eResearch Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,873

 

 

101,967

 

Genoptix, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,155

 

 

98,048

 

Kendle International, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,053

 

 

44,137

 

Parexel International Corp. (a)

 

 

16,422

 

 

348,639

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

782,418

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 







Metal Fabricating — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.

 

 

2,707

 

$

75,931

 

Dynamic Materials Corp.

 

 

3,530

 

 

79,672

 

Haynes International, Inc.

 

 

3,332

 

 

139,378

 

Kaydon Corp.

 

 

9,302

 

 

378,777

 

L.B. Foster Co., Class A (a)

 

 

2,924

 

 

119,709

 

Metals USA Holdings Corp. (a)

 

 

3,643

 

 

55,519

 

Mueller Industries, Inc.

 

 

10,528

 

 

344,266

 

Mueller Water Products, Inc., Series A

 

 

44,725

 

 

186,503

 

Northwest Pipe Co. (a)

 

 

2,527

 

 

60,724

 

RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,016

 

 

235,105

 

RTI International Metals, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,234

 

 

222,153

 

Worthington Industries, Inc.

 

 

15,892

 

 

292,413

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,190,150

 









Metals & Minerals: Diversified — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMCOL International Corp.

 

 

6,762

 

 

209,622

 

Brush Engineered Materials, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,627

 

 

217,427

 

Contango ORE Inc. (a)

 

 

278

 

 

2,920

 

General Moly, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,514

 

 

119,971

 

Globe Specialty Metals, Inc.

 

 

17,292

 

 

295,520

 

Hecla Mining Co. (a)

 

 

71,080

 

 

800,361

 

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

 

 

5,227

 

 

341,898

 

Molycorp, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,154

 

 

356,985

 

Oil-Dri Corp. of America

 

 

1,497

 

 

32,170

 

Thompson Creek Metals Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

45,097

 

 

663,828

 

US Energy Corp. Wyoming (a)

 

 

7,411

 

 

45,059

 

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (a)

 

 

728

 

 

30,671

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,116,432

 









Miscellaneous Consumer Staples — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,218

 

 

162,645

 









Office Supplies & Equipment — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACCO Brands Corp. (a)

 

 

15,757

 

 

134,250

 

Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,161

 

 

188,334

 

HNI Corp.

 

 

12,699

 

 

396,209

 

Herman Miller, Inc.

 

 

15,980

 

 

404,294

 

Kimball International, Inc., Class B

 

 

8,306

 

 

57,311

 

Knoll, Inc.

 

 

13,332

 

 

223,044

 

Steelcase, Inc., Class A

 

 

21,566

 

 

227,953

 

United Stationers, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,769

 

 

431,930

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,063,325

 









Offshore Drilling & Other Services — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hercules Offshore, Inc. (a)

 

 

34,953

 

 

120,937

 

Vantage Drilling Co. (a)

 

 

46,103

 

 

93,589

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

214,526

 









Oil Well Equipment & Services — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allis-Chalmers Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,963

 

 

70,638

 

Basic Energy Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,663

 

 

109,806

 

CARBO Ceramics, Inc.

 

 

5,248

 

 

543,378

 

Cal Dive International, Inc. (a)

 

 

25,994

 

 

147,386

 

Complete Production Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,680

 

 

640,644

 

Dawson Geophysical Co. (a)

 

 

2,470

 

 

78,793

 

Dril-Quip, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,416

 

 

731,812

 

Global Industries Ltd. (a)

 

 

29,256

 

 

202,744

 

Golar LNG Ltd.

 

 

10,033

 

 

150,595

 

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.

 

 

4,117

 

 

116,017

 

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

29,289

 

 

355,568

 

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,679

 

 

139,458

 


See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 





 

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DECEMBER 31, 2010

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Oil Well Equipment & Services (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ION Geophysical Corp. (a)

 

 

35,056

 

$

297,275

 

Key Energy Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

35,088

 

 

455,442

 

Lufkin Industries, Inc.

 

 

8,318

 

 

518,960

 

Matrix Service Co. (a)

 

 

7,862

 

 

95,759

 

Natural Gas Services Group (a)

 

 

3,749

 

 

70,894

 

Newpark Resources, Inc. (a)

 

 

25,550

 

 

157,388

 

OYO Geospace Corp. (a)

 

 

1,184

 

 

117,346

 

Parker Drilling Co. (a)

 

 

32,126

 

 

146,816

 

Pioneer Drilling Co. (a)

 

 

15,841

 

 

139,559

 

RPC, Inc.

 

 

11,931

 

 

216,190

 

Seahawk Drilling, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,013

 

 

35,916

 

T-3 Energy Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,636

 

 

144,822

 

Tesco Corp. (a)

 

 

8,657

 

 

137,473

 

Tetra Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,356

 

 

253,496

 

Union Drilling, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,000

 

 

36,400

 

Willbros Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,595

 

 

133,503

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,244,078

 









Oil: Crude Producers — 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATP Oil & Gas Corp. (a)

 

 

12,572

 

 

210,455

 

Abraxas Petroleum Corp. (a)

 

 

19,363

 

 

88,489

 

Apco Oil and Gas International, Inc.

 

 

2,582

 

 

148,465

 

Approach Resources, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,530

 

 

104,643

 

BPZ Resources, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

27,350

 

 

130,186

 

Berry Petroleum Co., Class A

 

 

14,151

 

 

618,399

 

Bill Barrett Corp. (a)

 

 

12,617

 

 

518,937

 

Brigham Exploration Co. (a)

 

 

32,390

 

 

882,304

 

CAMAC Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,646

 

 

25,166

 

Callon Petroleum Co. (a)

 

 

9,307

 

 

55,097

 

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,579

 

 

295,890

 

Cheniere Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,673

 

 

97,555

 

Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,716

 

 

144,093

 

Contango Oil & Gas Co. (a)

 

 

3,259

 

 

188,794

 

Delta Petroleum Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

57,892

 

 

43,998

 

Endeavour International Corp. (a)

 

 

6,259

 

 

86,374

 

Energy Partners Ltd. (a)

 

 

7,980

 

 

118,583

 

Energy XXI Bermuda Ltd. (a)

 

 

18,882

 

 

522,465

 

FX Energy, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

13,204

 

 

81,205

 

GMX Resources Inc. (a)

 

 

9,582

 

 

52,893

 

Gastar Exploration Ltd. (a)

 

 

15,491

 

 

66,611

 

GeoResources, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,475

 

 

77,180

 

Goodrich Petroleum Corp. (a)

 

 

6,772

 

 

119,458

 

Gulfport Energy Corp. (a)

 

 

7,748

 

 

167,744

 

Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,106

 

 

110,820

 

Houston American Energy Corp.

 

 

5,116

 

 

92,548

 

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (a)

 

 

48,935

 

 

322,971

 

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. (a)

 

 

15,421

 

 

111,031

 

McMoRan Exploration Co. (a)(b)

 

 

26,600

 

 

455,924

 

Miller Petroleum, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,608

 

 

23,962

 

Northern Oil And Gas, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,942

 

 

406,572

 

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,493

 

 

365,930

 

Panhandle Oil & Gas, Inc.

 

 

2,254

 

 

61,805

 

Penn Virginia Corp.

 

 

12,871

 

 

216,490

 

Petroleum Development Corp. (a)

 

 

6,241

 

 

263,433

 

Petroquest Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,924

 

 

112,378

 

Ram Energy Resources, Inc. (a)

 

 

20,867

 

 

38,395

 

Resolute Energy Corp. (a)

 

 

10,965

 

 

161,843

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Oil: Crude Producers (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rex Energy Corp. (a)

 

 

9,156

 

$

124,979

 

Rosetta Resources, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,738

 

 

554,738

 

Stone Energy Corp. (a)

 

 

11,897

 

 

265,184

 

Swift Energy Co. (a)

 

 

11,320

 

 

443,178

 

TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. (a)

 

 

41,201

 

 

137,199

 

Vaalco Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,252

 

 

102,044

 

Venoco, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,644

 

 

104,132

 

W&T Offshore, Inc.

 

 

9,928

 

 

177,413

 

Warren Resources, Inc. (a)

 

 

20,216

 

 

91,376

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

9,589,329

 









Oil: Refining & Marketing — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CVR Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,639

 

 

131,140

 

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

13,108

 

 

181,415

 

Delek US Holdings, Inc.

 

 

3,617

 

 

26,332

 

Western Refining, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

13,882

 

 

146,871

 

World Fuel Services Corp.

 

 

19,149

 

 

692,428

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,178,186

 









Paints & Coatings — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ferro Corp. (a)

 

 

24,133

 

 

353,307

 

H.B. Fuller Co.

 

 

13,730

 

 

281,740

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

635,047

 









Paper — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boise, Inc.

 

 

20,055

 

 

159,036

 

Buckeye Technologies, Inc.

 

 

10,853

 

 

228,021

 

Clearwater Paper Corp. (a)

 

 

3,233

 

 

253,144

 

Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corp. (a)

 

 

10,431

 

 

159,594

 

Neenah Paper, Inc.

 

 

4,231

 

 

83,266

 

P.H. Glatfelter Co.

 

 

13,091

 

 

160,627

 

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.

 

 

5,102

 

 

321,018

 

Wausau Paper Corp.

 

 

14,144

 

 

121,780

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,486,486

 









Personal Care — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Female Health Co.

 

 

4,865

 

 

27,682

 

USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,811

 

 

78,688

 

WD-40 Co.

 

 

4,670

 

 

188,107

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

294,477

 









Pharmaceuticals — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Akorn, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,579

 

 

100,635

 

Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

20,109

 

 

25,136

 

Alkermes, Inc. (a)

 

 

26,192

 

 

321,638

 

Ardea Biosciences, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,096

 

 

106,496

 

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,884

 

 

250,752

 

Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

25,426

 

 

103,738

 

BMP Sunstone Corp. (a)

 

 

7,474

 

 

74,067

 

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,346

 

 

37,979

 

Biospecifics Technologies (a)

 

 

941

 

 

24,090

 

Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

8,926

 

 

67,391

 

Cambrex Corp. (a)

 

 

7,802

 

 

40,336

 

Corcept Therapeutics Inc. (a)

 

 

8,329

 

 

32,150

 

Depomed, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,975

 

 

101,601

 

Durect Corp. (a)

 

 

26,387

 

 

91,035

 

Eurand NV (a)

 

 

6,048

 

 

71,548

 

Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

2,944

 

 

73,453

 

Impax Laboratories, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,716

 

 

356,269

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




28

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Pharmaceuticals (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,578

 

$

147,655

 

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,233

 

 

64,512

 

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

26,819

 

 

271,408

 

Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,518

 

 

88,914

 

MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,555

 

 

76,251

 

Medicines Co. (a)

 

 

15,244

 

 

215,398

 

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp., Class A

 

 

16,868

 

 

451,894

 

Obagi Medical Products, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,854

 

 

56,064

 

Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

10,164

 

 

114,955

 

Pain Therapeutics, Inc.

 

 

9,856

 

 

66,528

 

Par Pharmaceutical Cos., Inc. (a)

 

 

9,642

 

 

371,313

 

Pharmacyclics, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,579

 

 

76,480

 

Pozen, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,391

 

 

49,150

 

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,461

 

 

136,959

 

Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,416

 

 

227,078

 

SIGA Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,807

 

 

137,298

 

Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (a)

 

 

15,916

 

 

747,415

 

Santarus, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,883

 

 

55,207

 

Sciclone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,599

 

 

40,124

 

Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

10,881

 

 

34,275

 

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,168

 

 

111,074

 

SuperGen, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,322

 

 

40,144

 

Vical, Inc. (a)

 

 

23,203

 

 

46,870

 

Vivus, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

23,017

 

 

215,669

 

Xenoport, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,474

 

 

80,719

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,801,668

 









Photography — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPI Corp.

 

 

1,364

 

 

30,758

 

Eastman Kodak Co. (a)

 

 

75,595

 

 

405,189

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

435,947

 









Plastics — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Schulman, Inc.

 

 

8,955

 

 

204,980

 

Spartech Corp. (a)

 

 

8,818

 

 

82,536

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

287,516

 









Power Transmission Equipment — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,933

 

 

135,486

 

Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,700

 

 

92,169

 

Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,390

 

 

139,597

 

Powell Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,486

 

 

81,740

 

Power-One, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,602

 

 

199,940

 

Vicor Corp.

 

 

5,552

 

 

91,053

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

739,985

 









Precious Metals & Minerals — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horsehead Holding Corp. (a)

 

 

11,875

 

 

154,850

 

Stillwater Mining Co. (a)

 

 

12,542

 

 

267,772

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

422,622

 









Printing & Copying Services — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,770

 

 

47,999

 

Cenveo, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,875

 

 

90,113

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

138,112

 









Producer Durables: Miscellaneous — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blount International, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,521

 

 

213,091

 

Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. (a)

 

 

2,083

 

 

43,555

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

256,646

 










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Production Technology Equipment — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATMI, Inc. (a)(c)

 

 

8,945

 

$

178,363

 

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

29,688

 

 

102,721

 

Brooks Automation, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,785

 

 

161,310

 

Cognex Corp.

 

 

11,186

 

 

329,092

 

Cohu, Inc.

 

 

6,543

 

 

108,483

 

Cymer, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,378

 

 

377,597

 

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,947

 

 

127,390

 

Entegris, Inc. (a)

 

 

37,073

 

 

276,935

 

FEI Co. (a)

 

 

10,786

 

 

284,858

 

FSI International, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,682

 

 

51,634

 

Intevac, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,716

 

 

94,091

 

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,073

 

 

137,326

 

LTX-Credence Corp. (a)

 

 

13,925

 

 

103,045

 

MKS Instruments, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,799

 

 

337,938

 

Mattson Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,255

 

 

39,765

 

Nanometrics, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,369

 

 

68,884

 

Photronics, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,837

 

 

87,687

 

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,575

 

 

78,802

 

Tessera Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,833

 

 

306,401

 

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,622

 

 

52,341

 

Ultratech, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,599

 

 

131,188

 

Veeco Instruments, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

11,281

 

 

484,632

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,920,483

 









Publishing — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AH Belo Corp. (a)

 

 

5,824

 

 

50,669

 

Courier Corp.

 

 

2,809

 

 

43,596

 

The Dolan Co. (a)

 

 

8,415

 

 

117,137

 

Journal Communications, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

13,672

 

 

69,044

 

Lee Enterprises, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,130

 

 

29,840

 

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

9,097

 

 

40,209

 

McClatchy Co., Class A (a)

 

 

18,259

 

 

85,269

 

Media General, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

6,190

 

 

35,778

 

Scholastic Corp.

 

 

8,601

 

 

254,073

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

725,615

 









Radio & TV Broadcasters — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Entercom Communications Corp. (a)

 

 

7,400

 

 

85,692

 

Entravision Communications Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

13,536

 

 

34,787

 

Fisher Communications, Inc. (a)

 

 

1,917

 

 

41,791

 

Gray Television, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,942

 

 

24,202

 

Lin TV Corp., Class A (a)

 

 

9,820

 

 

52,046

 

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A

 

 

13,411

 

 

109,702

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

348,220

 









Railroad Equipment — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Railcar Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,946

 

 

65,195

 

Freightcar America, Inc.

 

 

3,600

 

 

104,184

 

Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (a)

 

 

5,227

 

 

109,715

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

279,094

 









Railroads — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

10,695

 

 

566,300

 

Railamerica, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,557

 

 

84,913

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

651,213

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

29




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Real Estate — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avatar Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,071

 

$

60,867

 

Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co.

 

 

1,421

 

 

41,067

 

Forestar Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,343

 

 

199,620

 

HFF, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

5,892

 

 

56,917

 

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,704

 

 

56,983

 

Tejon Ranch Co. (a)

 

 

3,901

 

 

107,472

 

Thomas Properties Group, Inc.

 

 

10,000

 

 

42,200

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

565,126

 









Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 7.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acadia Realty Trust

 

 

11,565

 

 

210,946

 

Agree Realty Corp.

 

 

2,415

 

 

63,249

 

Alexander’s, Inc.

 

 

584

 

 

240,772

 

American Campus Communities, Inc.

 

 

18,057

 

 

573,490

 

American Capital Agency Corp.

 

 

14,016

 

 

402,820

 

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp.

 

 

32,285

 

 

225,995

 

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

 

 

6,006

 

 

98,198

 

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,735

 

 

113,243

 

Associated Estates Realty Corp.

 

 

11,693

 

 

178,786

 

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.

 

 

36,167

 

 

674,515

 

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

 

 

38,540

 

 

674,450

 

Campus Crest Communities Inc.

 

 

8,499

 

 

119,156

 

CapLease, Inc.

 

 

18,681

 

 

108,723

 

Capstead Mortgage Corp.

 

 

19,086

 

 

240,293

 

Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.

 

 

17,380

 

 

109,320

 

Chatham Lodging Trust

 

 

3,147

 

 

54,286

 

Chesapeake Lodging Trust

 

 

5,022

 

 

94,464

 

Cogdell Spencer, Inc.

 

 

14,062

 

 

81,560

 

Colonial Properties Trust

 

 

21,729

 

 

392,208

 

Colony Financial, Inc.

 

 

4,051

 

 

81,101

 

Coresite Realty Corp.

 

 

5,462

 

 

74,502

 

Cousins Properties, Inc.

 

 

25,146

 

 

209,717

 

CreXus Investment Corp.

 

 

5,325

 

 

69,758

 

Cypress Sharpridge Investments, Inc.

 

 

13,900

 

 

179,449

 

DCT Industrial Trust, Inc.

 

 

60,489

 

 

321,197

 

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

 

 

43,067

 

 

516,804

 

Dupont Fabros Technology, Inc.

 

 

11,415

 

 

242,797

 

Dynex Capital Corp.

 

 

7,178

 

 

78,384

 

Eastgroup Properties, Inc.

 

 

7,421

 

 

314,057

 

Education Realty Trust, Inc.

 

 

17,042

 

 

132,416

 

Entertainment Properties Trust

 

 

12,733

 

 

588,901

 

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

 

 

7,259

 

 

405,996

 

Equity One, Inc.

 

 

10,012

 

 

182,018

 

Excel Trust, Inc.

 

 

6,109

 

 

73,919

 

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

 

 

24,351

 

 

423,707

 

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc. (a)

 

 

28,167

 

 

198,296

 

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,205

 

 

159,476

 

First Potomac Realty Trust

 

 

13,877

 

 

233,411

 

Franklin Street Properties Corp.

 

 

19,776

 

 

281,808

 

Getty Realty Corp.

 

 

5,991

 

 

187,398

 

Gladstone Commercial Corp.

 

 

2,799

 

 

52,705

 

Glimcher Realty Trust

 

 

24,338

 

 

204,439

 

Government Properties Income Trust

 

 

7,670

 

 

205,479

 

Hatteras Financial Corp. (b)

 

 

12,201

 

 

369,324

 

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

 

 

17,187

 

 

363,849

 

Hersha Hospitality Trust

 

 

38,342

 

 

253,057

 

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

 

 

17,419

 

 

554,795

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Home Properties, Inc.

 

 

10,247

 

$

568,606

 

Hudson Pacific Properties Inc.

 

 

4,548

 

 

68,447

 

Inland Real Estate Corp.

 

 

20,639

 

 

181,623

 

InvesCo. Mortgage Capital, Inc.

 

 

10,710

 

 

233,906

 

Investors Real Estate Trust

 

 

20,938

 

 

187,814

 

iStar Financial, Inc. (a)

 

 

26,319

 

 

205,815

 

Kilroy Realty Corp.

 

 

14,937

 

 

544,752

 

Kite Realty Group Trust

 

 

15,363

 

 

83,114

 

LTC Properties, Inc.

 

 

7,265

 

 

204,001

 

LaSalle Hotel Properties

 

 

19,447

 

 

513,401

 

Lexington Corporate Properties Trust

 

 

28,061

 

 

223,085

 

MFA Financial, Inc.

 

 

74,984

 

 

611,869

 

MPG Office Trust, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,904

 

 

43,736

 

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

 

 

30,546

 

 

330,813

 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

 

 

8,951

 

 

568,299

 

Mission West Properties, Inc.

 

 

6,057

 

 

40,521

 

Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp., Class A

 

 

8,155

 

 

69,318

 

National Health Investors, Inc.

 

 

6,729

 

 

302,940

 

National Retail Properties, Inc.

 

 

22,612

 

 

599,218

 

Newcastle Investment Corp.

 

 

16,873

 

 

113,049

 

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (b)

 

 

23,413

 

 

111,212

 

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

 

 

27,382

 

 

614,452

 

One Liberty Properties, Inc.

 

 

2,480

 

 

41,416

 

PS Business Parks, Inc.

 

 

5,213

 

 

290,468

 

Parkway Properties, Inc.

 

 

6,641

 

 

116,350

 

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

 

 

10,710

 

 

217,627

 

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

15,958

 

 

231,870

 

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (d)

 

 

5,329

 

 

96,721

 

Post Properties, Inc.

 

 

13,498

 

 

489,977

 

Potlatch Corp.

 

 

11,042

 

 

359,417

 

RAIT Investment Trust (a)

 

 

29,403

 

 

64,393

 

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust

 

 

11,025

 

 

137,261

 

Redwood Trust, Inc.

 

 

22,240

 

 

332,043

 

Resource Capital Corp.

 

 

13,297

 

 

98,132

 

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

 

 

11,819

 

 

117,126

 

Sabra Healthcare REIT Inc.

 

 

6,848

 

 

126,003

 

Saul Centers, Inc.

 

 

1,979

 

 

93,706

 

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

 

 

7,612

 

 

280,198

 

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

 

 

13,525

 

 

290,517

 

Strategic Hotel Capital, Inc. (a)

 

 

40,432

 

 

213,885

 

Sun Communities, Inc.

 

 

5,660

 

 

188,535

 

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (a)

 

 

31,316

 

 

323,494

 

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.

 

 

10,974

 

 

561,759

 

Terreno Realty Corp. (a)

 

 

3,767

 

 

67,542

 

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

 

 

7,240

 

 

70,880

 

UMH Properties, Inc.

 

 

3,019

 

 

30,794

 

U-Store-It Trust

 

 

26,625

 

 

253,736

 

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

 

 

2,771

 

 

101,225

 

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

 

 

5,100

 

 

99,195

 

Walter Investment Management Corp.

 

 

6,623

 

 

118,817

 

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

16,642

 

 

515,736

 

Winthrop Realty Trust

 

 

7,107

 

 

90,899

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

24,054,947

 









Recreational Vehicles & Boats — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arctic Cat, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,278

 

 

47,990

 

Brunswick Corp.

 

 

24,883

 

 

466,308

 

Drew Industries, Inc.

 

 

5,231

 

 

118,848

 

Polaris Industries, Inc.

 

 

8,607

 

 

671,518

 

Winnebago Industries, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,586

 

 

130,507

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,435,171

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.




30

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

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Rental & Leasing Services: Consumer — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amerco, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,429

 

$

233,281

 

Avis Budget Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

28,726

 

 

446,977

 

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,963

 

 

376,331

 

Rent-A-Center, Inc.

 

 

18,264

 

 

589,562

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,646,151

 









Restaurants — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AFC Enterprises, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,532

 

 

104,695

 

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,232

 

 

220,800

 

Biglari Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

412

 

 

169,007

 

Bob Evans Farms, Inc.

 

 

8,669

 

 

285,730

 

Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,196

 

 

61,267

 

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,161

 

 

226,310

 

CEC Entertainment, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,276

 

 

243,697

 

California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,592

 

 

96,630

 

The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,690

 

 

511,715

 

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

 

 

6,582

 

 

360,496

 

Denny’s Corp. (a)

 

 

29,129

 

 

104,282

 

DineEquity, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,112

 

 

252,431

 

Domino’s Pizza, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,453

 

 

166,725

 

Jack in the Box, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,432

 

 

326,078

 

Jamba, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,119

 

 

34,320

 

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,537

 

 

115,428

 

McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,210

 

 

38,269

 

O’Charleys, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,021

 

 

43,351

 

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc.

 

 

6,435

 

 

311,840

 

Papa John’s International, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,071

 

 

168,167

 

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,602

 

 

98,805

 

Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,861

 

 

233,265

 

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,052

 

 

37,281

 

Sonic Corp. (a)

 

 

17,568

 

 

177,788

 

Texas Roadhouse, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

16,259

 

 

279,167

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,667,544

 









Scientific Instruments: Control & Filter — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brady Corp.

 

 

13,574

 

 

442,648

 

CIRCOR International, Inc.

 

 

4,835

 

 

204,424

 

ESCO Technologies, Inc.

 

 

7,294

 

 

276,005

 

Energy Recovery, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,937

 

 

40,029

 

The Gorman-Rupp Co.

 

 

3,373

 

 

109,015

 

L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,034

 

 

250,515

 

Mine Safety Appliances Co.

 

 

7,211

 

 

224,478

 

PMFG, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,319

 

 

70,832

 

Robbins & Myers, Inc.

 

 

7,551

 

 

270,175

 

Sun Hydraulics, Inc.

 

 

3,477

 

 

131,431

 

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

 

 

8,220

 

 

300,770

 

X-Rite, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,486

 

 

38,781

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,359,103

 









Scientific Instruments: Electrical — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A123 Systems, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

20,773

 

 

198,174

 

A.O. Smith Corp.

 

 

10,085

 

 

384,037

 

AZZ, Inc.

 

 

3,350

 

 

134,034

 

Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,782

 

 

68,461

 

American Superconductor Corp. (a)(b)

 

 

13,836

 

 

395,571

 

Baldor Electric Co.

 

 

13,059

 

 

823,239

 

Ballantyne Strong, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,911

 

 

38,159

 

Broadwind Energy, Inc. (a)

 

 

24,807

 

 

57,304

 

Ener1, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,435

 

 

69,869

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Scientific Instruments: Electrical (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EnerSys (a)

 

 

13,437

 

$

431,596

 

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

 

 

6,375

 

 

248,115

 

GrafTech International Ltd. (a)

 

 

33,612

 

 

666,862

 

Houston Wire & Cable Co.

 

 

4,860

 

 

65,318

 

Littelfuse, Inc.

 

 

6,014

 

 

283,019

 

SatCon Technology Corp. (a)

 

 

31,620

 

 

142,290

 

Taser International, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,241

 

 

90,433

 

UQM Technologies Inc. (a)

 

 

9,407

 

 

21,542

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

4,118,023

 









Scientific Instruments: Gauges & Meters — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Badger Meter, Inc.

 

 

4,217

 

 

186,476

 

Faro Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,657

 

 

152,936

 

Measurement Specialties, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,213

 

 

123,651

 

Zygo Corp. (a)

 

 

4,827

 

 

59,034

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

522,097

 









Scientific Instruments: Pollution Control — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,286

 

 

528,527

 

Darling International, Inc. (a)

 

 

23,347

 

 

310,048

 

EnergySolutions, Inc.

 

 

24,218

 

 

134,894

 

Fuel Tech, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,784

 

 

46,453

 

Met-Pro Corp.

 

 

4,635

 

 

54,739

 

Metalico, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,052

 

 

59,106

 

Team, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,437

 

 

131,575

 

US Ecology, Inc.

 

 

5,386

 

 

93,609

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,358,951

 









Securities Brokerage & Services — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BGC Partners, Inc.

 

 

16,478

 

 

136,932

 

GFI Group, Inc.

 

 

19,254

 

 

90,301

 

Gladstone Investment Corp.

 

 

7,015

 

 

53,665

 

International Assets Holding Corp., Inc. (a)

 

 

3,747

 

 

88,429

 

Investment Technology Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,215

 

 

199,960

 

KBW, Inc.

 

 

9,961

 

 

278,111

 

Knight Capital Group, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

25,731

 

 

354,830

 

LaBranche & Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

9,314

 

 

33,530

 

Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

23,642

 

 

27,661

 

MF Global Holdings Ltd. (a)

 

 

30,532

 

 

255,248

 

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

 

 

7,864

 

 

163,650

 

optionsXpress Holdings, Inc.

 

 

11,713

 

 

183,543

 

Penson Worldwide, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,129

 

 

34,861

 

SWS Group, Inc.

 

 

7,577

 

 

38,264

 

TradeStation Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,076

 

 

81,513

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,020,498

 









Semiconductors & Components — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AXT, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,186

 

 

95,902

 

Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,443

 

 

45,886

 

Amkor Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

29,076

 

 

214,872

 

Anadigics, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,245

 

 

126,438

 

Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (a)

 

 

18,579

 

 

198,424

 

Cavium Networks, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,355

 

 

465,536

 

Ceva, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,769

 

 

118,265

 

Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,249

 

 

307,599

 

Conexant Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,512

 

 

35,065

 

DSP Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,463

 

 

60,749

 

Diodes, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,303

 

 

251,088

 

Entropic Communications, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,306

 

 

221,137

 


 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

31




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Semiconductors & Components (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exar Corp. (a)

 

 

9,676

 

$

67,539

 

Formfactor, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,608

 

 

120,839

 

Hittite Microwave Corp. (a)

 

 

7,560

 

 

461,462

 

IXYS Corp. (a)

 

 

6,681

 

 

77,633

 

Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

44,708

 

 

297,755

 

Integrated Silicon Solutions, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,810

 

 

62,714

 

Kopin Corp. (a)

 

 

20,001

 

 

83,204

 

Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)

 

 

32,983

 

 

199,877

 

MIPS Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,638

 

 

206,752

 

MaxLinear, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

2,353

 

 

25,318

 

Micrel, Inc.

 

 

14,234

 

 

184,900

 

Microsemi Corp. (a)

 

 

23,096

 

 

528,898

 

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,656

 

 

58,902

 

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,247

 

 

152,761

 

MoSys, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,143

 

 

52,024

 

Netlogic Microsystems, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,439

 

 

547,759

 

Omnivision Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

14,804

 

 

438,347

 

PLX Technology, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,602

 

 

34,663

 

Pericom Semiconductor Corp. (a)

 

 

6,681

 

 

73,357

 

Power Integrations, Inc.

 

 

6,719

 

 

269,701

 

RF Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

 

 

74,875

 

 

550,331

 

Rubicon Technology, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

4,365

 

 

92,014

 

Semtech Corp. (a)

 

 

17,250

 

 

390,540

 

Sigma Designs, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,958

 

 

126,935

 

Silicon Image, Inc. (a)

 

 

21,221

 

 

155,974

 

Spansion, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

3,756

 

 

77,749

 

Standard Microsystems Corp. (a)

 

 

6,383

 

 

184,022

 

Supertex, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,706

 

 

65,431

 

Trident Microsystems, Inc. (a)

 

 

23,713

 

 

42,209

 

TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (a)

 

 

43,132

 

 

504,213

 

Volterra Semiconductor Corp. (a)

 

 

6,995

 

 

162,004

 

Zoran Corp. (a)

 

 

14,988

 

 

131,894

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

8,568,682

 









Shipping — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baltic Trading Ltd.

 

 

4,253

 

 

43,423

 

DHT Holdings, Inc.

 

 

15,477

 

 

71,968

 

Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,333

 

 

91,298

 

Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. (a)

 

 

11,924

 

 

67,132

 

Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. (a)

 

 

7,599

 

 

109,426

 

General Maritime Corp.

 

 

21,897

 

 

71,165

 

Gulfmark Offshore, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

6,658

 

 

202,403

 

Horizon Lines, Inc., Class A

 

 

7,957

 

 

34,772

 

International Shipholding Corp.

 

 

1,487

 

 

37,770

 

Knightsbridge Tankers Ltd.

 

 

6,671

 

 

148,563

 

Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. (b)

 

 

12,946

 

 

336,855

 

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.

 

 

7,082

 

 

250,845

 

Scorpio Tankers, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,931

 

 

49,852

 

Ship Finance International Ltd.

 

 

12,673

 

 

272,723

 

Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A

 

 

8,631

 

 

106,507

 

Ultrapetrol Bahamas Ltd. (a)

 

 

7,456

 

 

47,942

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,942,644

 









Specialty Retail — 3.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America’s Car Mart, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,818

 

 

76,311

 

AnnTaylor Stores Corp. (a)

 

 

16,340

 

 

447,553

 

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,005

 

 

147,932

 

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (b)

 

 

11,041

 

 

156,230

 

bebe Stores, Inc.

 

 

10,016

 

 

59,695

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Specialty Retail (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.

 

 

6,616

 

$

101,026

 

Blue Nile, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,564

 

 

203,362

 

Brown Shoe Co., Inc.

 

 

12,396

 

 

172,676

 

The Buckle, Inc.

 

 

7,332

 

 

276,930

 

Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,575

 

 

34,953

 

Cabela’s, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

 

 

11,404

 

 

248,037

 

Casual Male Retail Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,980

 

 

61,525

 

The Cato Corp., Class A

 

 

7,687

 

 

210,701

 

Charming Shoppes, Inc. (a)

 

 

31,854

 

 

113,082

 

The Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,699

 

 

382,178

 

Christopher & Banks Corp.

 

 

11,047

 

 

67,939

 

Citi Trends, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,073

 

 

99,992

 

Coldwater Creek, Inc. (a)

 

 

15,822

 

 

50,156

 

Collective Brands, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,225

 

 

384,547

 

DSW, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

3,966

 

 

155,071

 

Destination Maternity Corp. (a)

 

 

1,529

 

 

57,995

 

Dress Barn, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,482

 

 

435,454

 

Express, Inc.

 

 

4,703

 

 

88,416

 

The Finish Line, Inc., Class A

 

 

14,003

 

 

240,712

 

Genesco, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,594

 

 

247,209

 

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

 

 

6,947

 

 

290,107

 

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.

 

 

5,412

 

 

70,248

 

hhgregg, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,708

 

 

77,683

 

Hibbett Sports, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,175

 

 

301,658

 

Hot Topic, Inc.

 

 

13,385

 

 

83,924

 

Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,609

 

 

458,214

 

Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,714

 

 

311,028

 

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A

 

 

5,802

 

 

82,911

 

Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,357

 

 

158,353

 

MarineMax, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,200

 

 

67,320

 

Men’s Wearhouse, Inc.

 

 

14,674

 

 

366,557

 

Midas, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,279

 

 

42,813

 

Monro Muffler, Inc.

 

 

8,388

 

 

290,141

 

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

 

 

13,495

 

 

408,359

 

OfficeMax, Inc. (a)

 

 

23,668

 

 

418,924

 

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,106

 

 

98,135

 

Penske Auto Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,565

 

 

218,882

 

The Pep Boys — Manny, Moe & Jack.

 

 

14,932

 

 

200,537

 

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (a)

 

 

29,399

 

 

308,689

 

Regis Corp.

 

 

16,175

 

 

268,505

 

Retail Ventures, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,397

 

 

104,271

 

Rue21, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,317

 

 

126,531

 

Sally Beauty Co., Inc. (a)

 

 

26,406

 

 

383,679

 

Shoe Carnival, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,651

 

 

71,577

 

Shutterfly, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,503

 

 

262,830

 

Sonic Automotive, Inc.

 

 

11,572

 

 

153,213

 

Stage Stores, Inc.

 

 

11,100

 

 

192,474

 

Stamps.com, Inc.

 

 

3,109

 

 

41,194

 

Stein Mart, Inc.

 

 

8,185

 

 

75,711

 

Systemax, Inc.

 

 

3,543

 

 

49,956

 

The Talbots, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,271

 

 

164,189

 

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (a)

 

 

8,830

 

 

300,220

 

Vitacost.com, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,712

 

 

15,869

 

Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,353

 

 

146,435

 

The Wet Seal, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

28,686

 

 

106,138

 

Zumiez, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,812

 

 

156,168

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

11,393,125

 










 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


32

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Steel — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Olympic Steel, Inc.

 

 

2,838

 

$

81,394

 

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,055

 

 

64,280

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

145,674

 









Sugar — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Imperial Sugar Co., New Shares

 

 

3,829

 

 

51,194

 









Synthetic Fibers & Chemicals — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zoltek Cos., Inc. (a)

 

 

7,893

 

 

91,164

 









Technology: Miscellaneous — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (a)

 

 

17,445

 

 

316,801

 

CTS Corp.

 

 

10,129

 

 

112,027

 

Fabrinet (a)

 

 

2,967

 

 

63,790

 

LaBarge, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,842

 

 

60,358

 

Plexus Corp. (a)

 

 

11,426

 

 

353,520

 

Sanmina-SCI Corp. (a)

 

 

22,595

 

 

259,391

 

Vocus, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,824

 

 

133,432

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,299,319

 









Telecommunications Equipment — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Applied Signal Technology, Inc.

 

 

3,684

 

 

139,587

 

Arris Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

35,704

 

 

400,599

 

Brightpoint, Inc. (a)

 

 

19,082

 

 

166,586

 

Powerwave Technologies, Inc. (a)

 

 

37,889

 

 

96,238

 

Symmetricom, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,826

 

 

83,846

 

UTStarcom, Inc. (a)

 

 

36,206

 

 

74,584

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

961,440

 









Textile Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Culp, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,338

 

 

24,222

 

Interface, Inc., Class A

 

 

13,980

 

 

218,787

 

Unifi Inc. (a)

 

 

3,594

 

 

60,846

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

303,855

 









Textiles, Apparel & Shoes — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carter’s, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,474

 

 

486,148

 

Cherokee, Inc.

 

 

2,626

 

 

49,395

 

Columbia Sportswear Co. (b)

 

 

3,184

 

 

191,995

 

Crocs, Inc. (a)

 

 

23,934

 

 

409,750

 

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)

 

 

10,738

 

 

856,248

 

G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (a)

 

 

4,319

 

 

151,813

 

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

20,160

 

 

389,290

 

Joe’s Jeans, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,104

 

 

17,322

 

The Jones Group, Inc.

 

 

24,603

 

 

382,331

 

K-Swiss, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

7,948

 

 

99,112

 

Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

1,973

 

 

24,643

 

Lacrosse Footwear, Inc.

 

 

1,607

 

 

26,355

 

Liz Claiborne, Inc. (a)

 

 

26,788

 

 

191,802

 

Maidenform Brands, Inc. (a)

 

 

6,451

 

 

153,340

 

Oxford Industries, Inc.

 

 

4,150

 

 

106,282

 

Perry Ellis International, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,958

 

 

81,256

 

Quiksilver, Inc. (a)

 

 

36,863

 

 

186,895

 

R.G. Barry Corp.

 

 

2,469

 

 

27,455

 

Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

9,505

 

 

190,100

 

Steven Madden Ltd. (a)

 

 

6,876

 

 

286,867

 

Timberland Co., Class A (a)

 

 

11,721

 

 

288,219

 

True Religion Apparel, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,295

 

 

162,387

 

Under Armour, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

9,754

 

 

534,909

 

Vera Bradley, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,515

 

 

115,995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Textiles, Apparel & Shoes (concluded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volcom, Inc.

 

 

5,636

 

$

106,351

 

The Warnaco Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,297

 

 

677,196

 

Weyco Group, Inc.

 

 

2,288

 

 

56,033

 

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

 

 

13,723

 

 

437,489

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

6,686,978

 









Tobacco — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alliance One International, Inc. (a)

 

 

25,723

 

 

109,066

 

Star Scientific, Inc. (a)(b)

 

 

25,890

 

 

50,486

 

Universal Corp.

 

 

6,546

 

 

266,422

 

Vector Group Ltd.

 

 

12,814

 

 

221,938

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

647,912

 









Toys — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jakks Pacific, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,617

 

 

138,782

 

Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,348

 

 

57,431

 

RC2 Corp. (a)

 

 

6,130

 

 

133,450

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

329,663

 









Transportation Miscellaneous — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dynamex, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,925

 

 

72,423

 

Echo Global Logistics, Inc. (a)

 

 

3,566

 

 

42,935

 

HUB Group, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

10,486

 

 

368,478

 

Pacer International, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,668

 

 

72,969

 

Textainer Group Holdings Ltd.

 

 

2,701

 

 

76,951

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

633,756

 









Truckers — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arkansas Best Corp.

 

 

7,215

 

 

197,835

 

Celadon Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

5,989

 

 

88,577

 

Forward Air Corp.

 

 

8,130

 

 

230,729

 

Heartland Express, Inc.

 

 

13,822

 

 

221,429

 

Knight Transportation, Inc.

 

 

16,549

 

 

314,431

 

Marten Transport Ltd.

 

 

4,439

 

 

94,906

 

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (a)

 

 

11,594

 

 

370,892

 

Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc. (a)

 

 

419

 

 

38,950

 

Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,926

 

 

42,310

 

Saia, Inc. (a)

 

 

4,815

 

 

79,881

 

USA Truck, Inc. (a)

 

 

2,058

 

 

27,227

 

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

 

 

11,976

 

 

270,658

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

1,977,825

 









Utilities: Electrical — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allete, Inc.

 

 

8,705

 

 

324,348

 

Avista Corp.

 

 

15,368

 

 

346,087

 

Black Hills Corp.

 

 

10,960

 

 

328,800

 

CH Energy Group, Inc.

 

 

4,373

 

 

213,796

 

Central Vermont Public Service Corp.

 

 

3,495

 

 

76,401

 

Cleco Corp.

 

 

16,476

 

 

506,802

 

Dynegy, Inc. (a)

 

 

29,783

 

 

167,380

 

El Paso Electric Co. (a)

 

 

12,274

 

 

337,903

 

The Empire District Electric Co.

 

 

11,333

 

 

251,593

 

IDACORP, Inc.

 

 

13,081

 

 

483,735

 

MGE Energy, Inc.

 

 

6,476

 

 

276,914

 

NorthWestern Corp.

 

 

9,886

 

 

285,013

 

Otter Tail Corp.

 

 

10,421

 

 

234,889

 

PNM Resources, Inc.

 

 

25,030

 

 

325,891

 

Pike Electric Corp. (a)

 

 

4,459

 

 

38,258

 

Portland General Electric Co.

 

 

21,080

 

 

457,436

 

UIL Holdings Corp.

 

 

13,829

 

 

414,317

 

Unisource Energy Corp.

 

 

9,990

 

 

358,042

 

Unitil Corp.

 

 

3,936

 

 

89,505

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

5,517,110

 










 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

33




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Shares

 

Value

 









Utilities: Gas Distributors — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

 

 

3,046

 

$

126,470

 

The Laclede Group, Inc.

 

 

5,938

 

 

216,975

 

New Jersey Resources Corp.

 

 

11,122

 

 

479,469

 

Nicor, Inc.

 

 

12,256

 

 

611,819

 

Northwest Natural Gas Co.

 

 

7,202

 

 

334,677

 

Piedmont Natural Gas Co.

 

 

19,260

 

 

538,510

 

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

 

 

7,981

 

 

421,556

 

Southwest Gas Corp.

 

 

12,308

 

 

451,334

 

WGL Holdings, Inc.

 

 

13,680

 

 

489,334

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

3,670,144

 









Utilities: Telecommunications — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.

 

 

12,137

 

 

134,721

 

Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.

 

 

2,692

 

 

103,211

 

Cbeyond Communications, Inc. (a)

 

 

7,617

 

 

116,388

 

Cincinnati Bell, Inc. (a)

 

 

58,060

 

 

162,568

 

Cogent Communications Group, Inc. (a)

 

 

13,188

 

 

186,478

 

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.

 

 

6,966

 

 

134,444

 

FiberTower Corp. (a)

 

 

14,944

 

 

66,650

 

General Communication, Inc., Class A (a)

 

 

13,704

 

 

173,493

 

Global Crossing Ltd. (a)

 

 

8,617

 

 

111,332

 

Globalstar, Inc. (a)

 

 

18,513

 

 

26,844

 

ICO Global Communications Holdings Ltd. (a)

 

 

25,018

 

 

37,527

 

IDT Corp., Class B

 

 

4,028

 

 

103,318

 

Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)

 

 

10,005

 

 

82,541

 

j2 Global Communications, Inc. (a)

 

 

12,718

 

 

368,186

 

NTELOS Holdings Corp.

 

 

8,491

 

 

161,753

 

Neutral Tandem, Inc. (a)

 

 

9,548

 

 

137,873

 

PAETEC Holding Corp. (a)

 

 

34,431

 

 

128,772

 

Premiere Global Services, Inc. (a)

 

 

16,448

 

 

111,846

 

Shenandoah Telecom Co.

 

 

6,908

 

 

129,387

 

USA Mobility, Inc.

 

 

6,187

 

 

109,943

 

Vonage Holdings Corp. (a)

 

 

31,678

 

 

70,959

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

2,658,234

 









Utilities: Water — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American States Water Co.

 

 

4,969

 

 

171,281

 

Artesian Resources Corp., Class A

 

 

1,997

 

 

37,843

 

California Water Service Group

 

 

5,402

 

 

201,332

 

Connecticut Water Service, Inc.

 

 

2,503

 

 

69,784

 

Consolidated Water Co., Inc.

 

 

4,169

 

 

38,230

 

Middlesex Water Co.

 

 

4,270

 

 

78,354

 

SJW Corp.

 

 

3,863

 

 

102,254

 

York Water Co.

 

 

4,375

 

 

75,644

 

 

 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

774,722

 









Total Common Stocks — 97.2%

 

 

 

 

 

328,812,277

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

Par
(000)

 

 

 

 









Asset Management & Custodian — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAMCO Investors, Inc., 0.00% 12/31/15 (a)

 

$

6

 

 

6,448

 









Total Corporate Bonds — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

6,448

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Companies

 

Shares

 

Value

 









BlackRock Kelso Capital Corp. (d)

 

 

20,122

 

$

222,549

 

Gladstone Capital Corp.

 

 

6,364

 

 

73,313

 

Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.

 

 

9,946

 

 

103,041

 

Kayne Anderson Energy Development Co.

 

 

3,186

 

 

57,380

 

Pennantpark Investment Corp.

 

 

10,729

 

 

131,323

 

Prospect Capital Corp.

 

 

21,298

 

 

230,018

 









Total Investment Companies — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

817,624

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrants (e)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Alternative Energy — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GreenHunter Energy, Inc. (Expires 8/27/11) (b)(f)

 

 

180

 

 

 









Technology Hardware & Equipment — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lantronix, Inc. (Expires 2/09/11)

 

 

138

 

 

 









Total Warrants — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 









Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $234,628,095) — 97.5%

 

 

 

 

 

329,636,349

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund,
Institutional Class, 0.17%, (d)(g)

 

 

7,181,244

 

 

7,181,244

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beneficial
Interest
(000)

 

 

 

 









BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC
Money Market Series, 0.44% (d)(g)(h)

 

$

8,153

 

 

8,152,630

 









Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $15,333,874) — 4.5%

 

 

 

 

 

15,333,874

 









Total Investments (Cost — $249,961,969*) — 102.0%

 

 

 

 

 

344,970,223

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.0)%

 

 

 

 

 

(6,798,242

)

 

 

 

 

 




Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

$

338,171,981

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 


*

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of December 31, 2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate cost

 

$

262,243,337

 

 

 




Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

92,244,989

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

(9,518,103

)

 

 




Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

82,726,886

 

 

 





 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

 

 

(b)

Security, or a portion of security, is on loan.

 

 

(c)

All or a portion of security has been pledged as collateral in connection with open financial futures contracts.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


34

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Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series


 

 

(d)

Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Series during the year, 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 December 31,
2009

 

Shares/
Beneficial
Interest
Purchased

 

Shares/
Beneficial
Interest
Sold

 

Shares/
Beneficial
Interest Held
at December 31,
2010

 

Value
at December 31,
2010

 

Realized
Gain
(Loss)

 

Income

 

















BlackRock Kelso Capital Corp.

 

 

3,100

 

 

21,457

 

 

(4,435

)

 

20,122

 

$

222,549

 

$

3,137

 

$

13,911

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

 

 

9,452,117

 

 

 

 

(2,270,873

)1

 

7,181,244

 

$

7,181,244

 

 

 

$

13,732

 

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series.

 

$

17,386,620

 

 

 

$

(9,233,990

)1

$

8,152,630

 

$

8,152,630

 

 

 

$

148,068

 

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

 

 

3,500

 

 

2,915

 

 

(1,086

)

 

5,329

 

$

96,721

 

$

(2,435

)

$

3,689

 

























 

 

 

 

1

Represents net shares/beneficial interest sold.


 

 

(e)

Warrants entitle the Series to purchase a predetermined number of shares of common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date, if any.

 

 

(f)

Restricted security as to resale, representing 0.0% of net assets was as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 












Issue

 

Acquisition
Date

 

Cost

 

Value

 









GreenHunter Energy, Inc.

 

 

6/27/08

 

 

 

 

 













 

 

(g)

Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

 

(h)

Security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

   •

For Series compliance purposes,the Series’ 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 Series management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

 

   •

Financial futures contracts purchased as of December 31, 2010 were as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 













Contracts

 

Issue

 

Exchange

 

Expiration

 

Notional
Value

 

Unrealized
Depreciation

 













108

 

Russell

 

ICE Futures

 

March 2011

 

 

$

8,449,217

 

 

$

(377

)

 

 

 

2000 EMINI

 

US Indices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




















 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivatives, which are as follows:

 

 

 

 

Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

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 Series’ own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivatives)

 

 

 

 

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Series’ policy regarding valuation of investments and derivatives and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1 of the Series’ Notes to Financial Statements.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

35




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of December 31, 2010 in determining the fair valuation of the Series’ investments and derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 











Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investments2:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advertising Agencies

 

$

2,479,587

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,479,587

 

Aerospace

 

 

4,707,327

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,707,327

 

Agriculture, Fishing & Ranching

 

 

1,308,140

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,308,140

 

Air Transport

 

 

3,496,570

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,496,570

 

Alternative Energy

 

 

530,728

 

 

 

 

 

 

530,728

 

Aluminum

 

 

542,387

 

 

 

 

 

 

542,387

 

Asset Management & Custodian

 

 

3,214,390

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,214,390

 

Auto Parts

 

 

2,931,919

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,931,919

 

Auto Services

 

 

402,629

 

 

 

 

 

 

402,629

 

Back Office Support, HR & Consulting

 

 

4,699,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,699,800

 

Banks: Diversified

 

 

19,129,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,129,500

 

Banks: Savings, Thrift & Mortgage Lending

 

 

3,393,830

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,393,830

 

Beverage: Brewers & Distillers

 

 

224,507

 

 

 

 

 

 

224,507

 

Beverage: Soft Drinks

 

 

412,354

 

 

 

 

 

 

412,354

 

Biotechnology

 

 

11,389,783

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,389,783

 

Building Materials

 

 

3,155,941

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,155,941

 

Building: Climate Control

 

 

458,173

 

 

 

 

 

 

458,173

 

Building: Roofing, Wallboard & Plumbing

 

 

229,111

 

 

 

 

 

 

229,111

 

Cable Television Services

 

 

230,045

 

 

 

 

 

 

230,045

 

Casinos & Gambling

 

 

981,720

 

 

 

 

 

 

981,720

 

Chemicals: Diversified

 

 

5,159,227

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,159,227

 

Chemicals: Specialty

 

 

1,681,624

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,681,624

 

Coal

 

 

1,162,389

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,162,389

 

Commercial Finance & Mortgage Companies

 

 

211,465

 

 

 

 

 

 

211,465

 

Commercial Services: Rental & Leasing

 

 

1,862,852

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,862,852

 

Commercial Vehicles & Parts

 

 

941,693

 

 

 

 

 

 

941,693

 

Communications Technology

 

 

10,868,951

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,868,951

 

Computer Services Software & Systems

 

 

22,602,405

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,602,405

 

Computer Technology

 

 

2,009,776

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,009,776

 

Construction

 

 

1,588,674

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,588,674

 

Consumer Electronics

 

 

526,454

 

 

 

 

 

 

526,454

 

Consumer Lending

 

 

3,004,502

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,004,502

 

Consumer Services: Miscellaneous

 

 

2,288,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,288,592

 

Containers & Packaging

 

 

1,432,151

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,432,151

 

Cosmetics

 

 

270,554

 

 

 

 

 

 

270,554

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

 

1,365,857

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,365,857

 

Diversified Manufacturing Operations

 

 

1,116,826

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,116,826

 

Diversified Materials & Processing

 

 

2,649,279

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,649,279

 

Diversified Media

 

 

328,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

328,700

 

Diversified Retail

 

 

2,316,139

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,316,139

 

Drug & Grocery Store Chains

 

 

2,267,921

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,267,921

 

Education Services

 

 

1,648,431

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,648,431

 

Electronic Components

 

 

2,210,027

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,210,027

 

Electronic Entertainment

 

 

587,666

 

 

 

 

 

 

587,666

 

Electronics

 

 

2,048,289

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,048,289

 

Energy Equipment

 

 

597,263

 

 

 

 

 

 

597,263

 

Engineering & Contracting Services

 

 

1,563,594

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,563,594

 

Entertainment

 

 

1,388,212

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,388,212

 

Environmental, Maintenance, & Security Service

 

 

2,315,220

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,315,220

 

Fertilizers

 

 

78,886

 

 

 

 

 

 

78,886

 

Financial Data & Systems

 

 

2,594,154

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,594,154

 

Foods

 

 

3,385,666

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,385,666

 

Forest Products

 

 

388,548

 

 

 

 

 

 

388,548

 

Forms & Bulk Printing Services

 

 

838,007

 

 

 

 

 

 

838,007

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 




36

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 



 

 

Schedule of Investments (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of December 31, 2010 in determining the fair valuation of the Series’ investments and derivatives (continued):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 











Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investments2:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fruit & Grain Processing

 

$

43,420

 

 

 

 

 

$

43,420

 

Funeral Parlors & Cemeteries

 

 

438,261

 

 

 

 

 

 

438,261

 

Gas Pipeline

 

 

102,360

 

 

 

 

 

 

102,360

 

Glass

 

 

111,788

 

 

 

 

 

 

111,788

 

Gold

 

 

2,010,697

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,010,697

 

Health Care Facilities

 

 

2,121,002

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,121,002

 

Health Care Management Services

 

 

3,421,249

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,421,249

 

Health Care Services

 

 

4,371,456

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,371,456

 

Health Care: Miscellaneous

 

 

308,423

 

 

 

 

 

 

308,423

 

Home Building

 

 

813,041

 

 

 

 

 

 

813,041

 

Hotel/Motel

 

 

860,285

 

 

 

 

 

 

860,285

 

Household Appliances

 

 

170,313

 

 

 

 

 

 

170,313

 

Household Equipment & Products

 

 

834,495

 

 

 

 

 

 

834,495

 

Household Furnishings

 

 

772,455

 

 

 

 

 

 

772,455

 

Insurance: Life

 

 

1,692,315

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,692,315

 

Insurance: Multi-Line

 

 

1,911,862

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,911,862

 

Insurance: Property-Casualty

 

 

5,642,816

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,642,816

 

International Trade & Diversified Logistic

 

 

62,023

 

 

 

 

 

 

62,023

 

Leisure Time

 

 

2,065,814

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,065,814

 

Luxury Items

 

 

79,038

 

 

 

 

 

 

79,038

 

Machinery: Agricultural

 

 

523,639

 

 

 

 

 

 

523,639

 

Machinery: Construction & Handling

 

 

402,272

 

 

 

 

 

 

402,272

 

Machinery: Engines

 

 

270,718

 

 

 

 

 

 

270,718

 

Machinery: Industrial

 

 

4,759,498

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,759,498

 

Machinery: Specialty

 

 

352,573

 

 

 

 

 

 

352,573

 

Manufactured Housing

 

 

149,324

 

 

 

 

 

 

149,324

 

Medical & Dental Instruments & Supplies

 

 

7,831,560

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,831,560

 

Medical Equipment

 

 

5,105,873

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,105,873

 

Medical Services

 

 

782,418

 

 

 

 

 

 

782,418

 

Metal Fabricating

 

 

2,190,150

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,190,150

 

Metals & Minerals: Diversified

 

 

3,116,432

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,116,432

 

Miscellaneous Consumer Staples

 

 

162,645

 

 

 

 

 

 

162,645

 

Office Supplies & Equipment

 

 

2,063,325

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,063,325

 

Offshore Drilling & Other Services

 

 

214,526

 

 

 

 

 

 

214,526

 

Oil Well Equipment & Services

 

 

6,244,078

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,244,078

 

Oil: Crude Producers

 

 

9,589,329

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,589,329

 

Oil: Refining & Marketing

 

 

1,178,186

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,178,186

 

Paints & Coatings

 

 

635,047

 

 

 

 

 

 

635,047

 

Paper

 

 

1,486,486

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,486,486

 

Personal Care

 

 

294,477

 

 

 

 

 

 

294,477

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

 

5,801,668

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,801,668

 

Photography

 

 

435,947

 

 

 

 

 

 

435,947

 

Plastics

 

 

287,516

 

 

 

 

 

 

287,516

 

Power Transmission Equipment

 

 

739,985

 

 

 

 

 

 

739,985

 

Precious Metals & Minerals

 

 

422,622

 

 

 

 

 

 

422,622

 

Printing & Copying Services

 

 

138,112

 

 

 

 

 

 

138,112

 

Producer Durables: Miscellaneous

 

 

256,646

 

 

 

 

 

 

256,646

 

Production Technology Equipment

 

 

3,920,483

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,920,483

 

Publishing

 

 

725,615

 

 

 

 

 

 

725,615

 

Radio & TV Broadcasters

 

 

348,220

 

 

 

 

 

 

348,220

 

Railroad Equipment

 

 

279,094

 

 

 

 

 

 

279,094

 

Railroads

 

 

651,213

 

 

 

 

 

 

651,213

 

Real Estate

 

 

565,126

 

 

 

 

 

 

565,126

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

 

 

24,054,947

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,054,947

 

Recreational Vehicles & Boats

 

 

1,435,171

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,435,171

 

Rental & Leasing Services: Consumer

 

 

1,646,151

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,646,151

 


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 




BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010

37




 

 


 

 

Schedule of Investments (concluded)

Master Small Cap Index Series

The following tables summarize the inputs used as of December 31, 2010 in determining the fair valuation of the Series’ investments and derivatives (concluded):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 











Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Investments2:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restaurants

 

$

4,667,544

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,667,544

 

Scientific Instruments: Control & Filter

 

 

2,359,103

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,359,103

 

Scientific Instruments: Electrical

 

 

4,118,023

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,118,023

 

Scientific Instruments: Gauges & Meters

 

 

522,097

 

 

 

 

 

 

522,097

 

Scientific Instruments: Pollution Control

 

 

1,358,951

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,358,951

 

Securities Brokerage & Services

 

 

2,020,498

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,020,498

 

Semiconductors & Components

 

 

8,568,682

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,568,682

 

Shipping

 

 

1,942,644

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,942,644

 

Specialty Retail

 

 

11,377,256

 

 

 

 

$

15,869

 

 

11,393,125

 

Steel

 

 

145,674

 

 

 

 

 

 

145,674

 

Sugar

 

 

51,194

 

 

 

 

 

 

51,194

 

Synthetic Fibers & Chemicals

 

 

91,164

 

 

 

 

 

 

91,164

 

Technology: Miscellaneous

 

 

1,299,319

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,299,319

 

Telecommunications Equipment

 

 

961,440

 

 

 

 

 

 

961,440

 

Textile Products

 

 

303,855

 

 

 

 

 

 

303,855

 

Textiles, Apparel & Shoes

 

 

6,686,978

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,686,978

 

Tobacco

 

 

647,912

 

 

 

 

 

 

647,912

 

Toys

 

 

329,663

 

 

 

 

 

 

329,663

 

Transportation Miscellaneous

 

 

633,756

 

 

 

 

 

 

633,756

 

Truckers

 

 

1,977,825

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,977,825

 

Utilities: Electrical

 

 

5,517,110

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,517,110

 

Utilities: Gas Distributors

 

 

3,670,144

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,670,144

 

Utilities: Telecommunications

 

 

2,658,234

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,658,234

 

Utilities: Water

 

 

774,722

 

 

 

 

 

 

774,722

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

 

$

6,448

 

 

 

 

6,448

 

Investment Companies

 

 

817,624

 

 

 

 

 

 

817,624

 

Short-Term Securities

 

 

7,181,244

 

 

8,152,630

 

 

 

 

15,333,874

 

 

 













Total

 

$

336,795,276

 

$

8,159,078

 

$

15,869

 

$

344,970,223

 

 

 














 

 

 

 

2

See above Schedule of Investments for values in each industry.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Derivative Financial Instruments3


Valuation Inputs

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 


Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity contracts

 

$

(377

)

 

 

 

 

$

(377

)

 

 














 

 

 

 

3

Derivative financial instruments are financial futures contracts, which are shown at the unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on the instrument.

The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

Common Stocks

 





Balance as of December 31, 2009

 

 

 

Accrued discounts/premium

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation4

 

 

 

Purchases

 

 

 

Sales

 

 

 

Transfers in5

 

$

15,869

 

Transfers out5

 

 

 

 

 



 

Balance, as of December 31, 2010

 

$

15,869

 

 

 



 


 

 

 

 

4

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Statement of Operations. The net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on securities still held at December 31, 2010 was $0.

 

 

 

 

5

The Series’ policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the end of the period of the event or the change in circumstances that caused the transfer.


 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


38

BLACKROCK SMALL CAP INDEX FUND

DECEMBER 31, 2010




 

 


 

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Master Small Cap Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

 






Assets

 

 

 

 






Investments at value — unaffiliated (including securities loaned of $7,765,924) (cost — $234,327,179)

 

$

329,317,079

 

Investments at value — affiliated (cost — $15,634,790)

 

 

15,653,144

 

Cash pledged as collateral for financial futures contracts

 

 

952,000

 

Cash

 

 

1,258

 

Dividends receivable

 

 

347,807

 

Contributions receivable from investors

 

 

118,507

 

Receivable from advisor

 

 

39,379

 

Securities lending income receivable — affiliated

 

 

12,105

 

Investments sold receivable

 

 

96

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

9,447

 

 

 




Total assets

 

 

346,450,822

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Liabilities

 

 

 

 






Collateral on securities loaned at value

 

 

8,152,630

 

Margin variation payable

 

 

55,037

 

Other affiliates payable

 

 

1,362

 

Directors’ fees payable

 

 

125

 

Other accrued expenses payable

 

 

69,687

 

 

 




Total liabilities

 

 

8,278,841

 

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

338,171,981

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Net Assets Consist of

 

 

 

 






Investors’ capital

 

$

243,164,104

 

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

95,007,877

 

 

 




Net Assets

 

$

338,171,981

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

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Statement of Operations

Master Small Cap Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2010

 

 

 

 






Investment Income

 

 

 

 






Dividends — unaffiliated

 

$

3,540,861

 

Foreign taxes withheld

 

 

(3,110

)

Securities lending — affiliated

 

 

148,068

 

Dividends — affiliated

 

 

31,332

 

 

 




Total income

 

 

3,717,151

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Expenses

 

 

 

 






Investment advisory

 

 

27,646

 

Custodian

 

 

126,874

 

Professional

 

 

84,100

 

Accounting services

 

 

68,403

 

Directors

 

 

9,377

 

Printing

 

 

836

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

10,155

 

 

 




Total expenses

 

 

327,391

 

Less fees waived and/or reimbursed by advisor

 

 

(111,964

)

 

 




Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

 

 

215,427

 

 

 




Net investment income

 

 

3,501,724

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 






Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 






Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

 

 

 

Investments — unaffiliated

 

 

(10,138,980

)

Investments — affiliated

 

 

702

 

Financial futures contracts

 

 

248,961

 

 

 




 

 

 

(9,889,317

)

 

 




Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

60,793,710

 

Financial futures contracts

 

 

(88,950

)

 

 




 

 

 

60,704,760

 

 

 




Total realized and unrealized gain

 

 

50,815,443

 

 

 




Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

54,317,167

 

 

 





 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Master Small Cap Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31,

 

 

 



Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

2010

 

2009

 







Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net investment income

 

$

3,501,724

 

$

4,243,420

 

Net realized loss

 

 

(9,889,317

)

 

(30,867,280

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

 

60,704,760

 

 

124,588,792

 

 

 







Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

 

 

54,317,167

 

 

97,964,932

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Capital Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Proceeds from contributions

 

 

226,075,632

 

 

171,416,855

 

Value of withdrawals

 

 

(171,857,514

)

 

(384,465,211

)

 

 







Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital transactions

 

 

54,218,118

 

 

(213,048,356

)

 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









Total increase (decrease) in net assets

 

 

108,535,285

 

 

(115,083,424

)

Beginning of year

 

 

229,636,696

 

 

344,720,120

 

 

 







End of year

 

$

338,171,981

 

$

229,636,696

 

 

 








 

 


 

 

Financial Highlights

Master Small Cap Index Series


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 



 

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 













Total Investment Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Total investment return

 

 

27.19

%

 

27.37

%

 

(33.57

)%

 

(1.46

)%

 

18.13

%

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Total expenses

 

 

0.12

%

 

0.09

%

 

0.08

%

 

0.06

%

 

0.07

%

 

 
















Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and fees paid indirectly

 

 

0.08

%

 

0.07

%

 

0.07

%

 

0.06

%

 

0.07

%

 

 
















Net investment income

 

 

1.27

%

 

1.27

%

 

1.60

%

 

1.69

%

 

1.55

%

 

 
















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


















Net assets, end of year (000)

 

$

338,172

 

$

229,637

 

$

344,720

 

$

630,394

 

$

561,373

 

 

 
















Portfolio turnover

 

 

42

%

 

43

%

 

42

%

 

26

%

 

40

%

 

 

















 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

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DECEMBER 31, 2010

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Notes to Financial Statements

Master Small Cap Index Series

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies:

Master Small Cap Index Series (the “Series”), a non-diversified, open-end management investment company, is a series of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”). The Master LLC is registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and is organized as a Delaware limited liability company. The Master LLC’s Limited Liability Company Agreement permits the Board of Directors of the Master LLC (the “Board”) to issue non-transferable interests, subject to certain limitations. The Series’ financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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

Valuation: The Series’ policy is to fair value its financial instruments at market value using independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board. Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market System (“NASDAQ”) 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. Financial futures contracts traded on exchanges are valued at their last sale price. Investments in open-end registered investment companies are valued at net asset value each business day. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

The Series values its investments in BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series (the “Money Market Series”) at fair value, which is ordinarily based upon its pro rata ownership in the net assets of the underlying fund. The Money Market Series seeks current income consistent with maintaining liquidity and preserving capital. Although the Money Market Series is not registered under the 1940 Act, its investments will follow the parameters of investments by a money market fund that is subject to Rule 2a-7 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the 1940 Act. The Series may withdraw up to 25% of its investment daily, although the manager of the Money Market Series, in its sole discretion, may permit an investor to withdraw more than 25% on any one day.

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 or is not available, the investment will be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Value Assets”). When determining the price for Fair Value Assets, the investment advisor and/or the sub-advisor seeks to determine the price that the Series 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 committee thereof.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases in which the 1940 Act and the interpretive positions of the SEC require that the Series either delivers collateral or segregates assets in connection with certain investments (e.g., financial futures contracts), the Series will, consistent with SEC rules and/or certain interpretive letters issued by the SEC, segregate collateral or designate on its books and records cash or other liquid securities having a market value at least equal to the amount that would otherwise be required to be physically segregated. Furthermore, based on requirements and agreements with certain exchanges and third party broker-dealers, each party has requirements to deliver/deposit securities as collateral for certain investments.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Upon notification from issuers, some of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized on the accrual basis.

Securities Lending: The Series may lend securities to financial institutions that provide cash 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 determined at the close of business of the Series and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Series on the next business day. Securities lending income, as disclosed in the Statement of Operations, represents the income earned from the investment of the cash collateral, net of rebates paid to, or fees paid by, borrowers and less the fees paid to the securities lending agent. During the term of the loan, the Series earns dividend and interest on the securities loaned. 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. In the event that the borrower defaults on its obligation to return borrowed securities because of insolvency or for any other reason, the Series could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. The Series also could suffer a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received.

 

 

 


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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

Income Taxes: The Series is classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. As such, each investor in the Series is treated as owner of its proportionate share of the net assets, income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Series. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. It is intended that the Series’ assets will be managed so an investor in the Series can satisfy the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Series files US federal and various state and local tax returns. The statute of limitations on the Series’ US federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended December 31, 2010. The statutes of limitations on the Series’ state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction. Management does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Other: Expenses directly related to the Series are charged to the Series. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are pro rated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. The Series has an arrangement with the custodian whereby fees may be reduced by credits earned on uninvested cash balances, which if applicable are shown as fees paid indirectly in the Statement of Operations. The custodian imposes fees on overdrawn cash balances, which can be offset by accumulated credits earned or may result in additional custody charges.

2. Derivative Financial Instruments:

The Series engages in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the return of the Series and to economically hedge, or protect, its exposure to certain risks such as equity risk. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange.

Losses may arise if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract. Counterparty risk related to exchange-traded financial futures contracts and options is deemed to be minimal due to the protection against defaults provided by the exchange on which these contracts trade.

Financial Futures Contracts: The Series purchases or sells financial futures contracts and options on financial futures contracts to gain exposure to, or economically hedge against, changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk). Financial futures contracts are agreements between the Series and counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and at a specified date. Depending on the terms of the particular contract, futures contracts are settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash settlement amount on settlement date. Pursuant to the contract, the Series agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as margin variation and are recorded by the Series as unrealized gains or losses. When the contract is closed, the Series records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The use of financial futures transactions involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of financial futures contracts, interest rates and the underlying assets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








Fair Values of Derivative Instruments as of December 31, 2010


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

 

 

 



 

 

Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location

 

Value

 







Equity contracts

 

Net
unrealized
appreciation/
depreciation*

 

$377

 








 

 

 

 

*

Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of financial futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s margin variation is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.


 

 

 

 

 



The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
Year Ended December 31, 2010

 


 

 

Net Realized Gain From

 

 

 



 

 

Financial Futures Contracts

 

 

 



Equity contracts

 

 

$248,961

 






 

 

Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation/Depreciation on

 

 

 



 

 

Financial Futures Contracts

 

 

 



Equity contracts

 

 

$(88,950)

 






For the year ended December 31, 2010, the average quarterly balances of outstanding derivative financial instruments were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 






Financial futures contracts:

 

 

 

 

Average number of contracts purchased

 

 

104

 

Average notional value of contracts purchased

 

$

7,098,137

 






3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”), Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”) and Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) are the largest stockholders of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). Due to the ownership structure, PNC is an affiliate of the Series for 1940 Act purposes, but BAC and Barclays are not.

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Series’ investment advisor, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, to

 

 

 

 





 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

Master Small Cap Index Series

provide investment advisory and administration services. The Manager is responsible for the management of the Series’ portfolio and provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Master LLC. For such services, the Series pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.01% of the Series’ average daily net assets.

The Manager contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees and/or expenses to ensure that the management fee of the Series, when combined with the administration fee of BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc., would not exceed 0.30%. This agreement was terminated on December 1, 2010. For the year ended December 31, 2010 no fees were waived and/or reimbursed for the Series.

The Manager entered into a contractual arrangement with the Master LLC with respect to the Series under which the Manager will waive and/or reimburse its fees and/or expenses so that the total annual operating expenses incurred by the Series (excluding dividend expense, interest expense, acquired fund fees and certain other Series expenses) will not exceed 0.08% of the average daily value of the Series’ net assets. The Manager has agreed not to reduce or discontinue this contractual waiver or reimbursement before May 1, 2012 unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the non-interested directors. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Series waived and/or reimbursed $106,243, which is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by advisor in the Statement of Operations.

The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Series pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds, however the Manager does not waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees paid through the Series’ investment in other affiliated investment companies, if any. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Manager waived advisory fees in the amount of $5,721, which is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by advisor in the Statement of Operations.

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

For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Series reimbursed the Manager $5,038 for certain accounting services, which are included in accounting services in the Statement of Operations.

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, received an exemptive order from the SEC permitting it, among other things, to pay an affiliated securities lending agent a fee based on a share of the income derived from the securities lending activities and has retained BIM as the securities lending agent. BIM may, on behalf of the Series, invest cash collateral received by the Series for such loans, among other things, in a private investment company managed by the Manager or in registered money market funds advised by the Manager or its affiliates. The market value of securities on loan and the value of the related collateral, if applicable are shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as securities loaned and collateral on securities loaned at value, respectively. The cash collateral invested by BIM is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. The share of income earned by the Series on such investments is shown as securities lending — affiliated in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended December 31, 2010, BIM received $36,692 in securities lending agent fees related to securities lending activities for the Series.

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

4. Investments:

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities, for the year ended December 31, 2010, were $169,021,756 and $113,962,091, respectively.

5. Borrowings:

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates, is a party to a $500 million credit agreement with a group of lenders, which expired in November 2010. The Series may borrow under the credit agreement to fund investor withdrawals. Effective November 2009, the credit agreement had the following terms: 0.02% upfront fee on the aggregate commitment amount which was allocated to the Master LLC based on its net assets as of October 31, 2009, a commitment fee of 0.10% per annum based on the Series’ pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) the one-month LIBOR plus 1.25% per annum and (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.25% per annum on amounts borrowed. In addition, the Series paid administration and arrangement fees which were allocated to the Series based on its net assets as of October 31, 2009. Effective November 2010, the credit agreement was renewed until November 2011 with the following terms: a commitment fee of 0.08% per annum based on the Series’ pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) the one-month LIBOR plus 1.00% per annum and (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.00% per annum on amounts borrowed. In addition, the Series paid administration and arrangement fees which were allocated to the Series based on its net assets as of October 31, 2010. The Series did not borrow under the credit agreement during the year ended December 31, 2010.

6. Concentration, Market and Credit Risk:

In the normal course of business, the Series invests in securities and enters into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of the issuer of a security to meet all its obligations (issuer credit risk). The value of securities held by the Series may decline

 

 

 




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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)

Master Small Cap Index Series

in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers whose securities are owned by the Series; conditions affecting the general economy; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; and currency and interest rate and price fluctuations. Similar to issuer credit risk, the Series may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Series has unsettled or open transactions may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments. The Series manages counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that it believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Series to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Series’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is generally approximated by their value recorded in the Series’ Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Series.

As of December 31, 2010, the Series invested a significant portion of its assets in securities in the financial services sector. Changes in economic conditions affecting the financial services sector would have a greater impact on the Series and could affect the value, income and/or liquidity of positions in such securities.

7. Subsequent Events:

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Series through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 



 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Master Small Cap Index Series

To the Investors and Board of Directors of Quantitative Master Series LLC:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Master Small Cap Index Series, one of the portfolios constituting Quantitative Master Series LLC, (the “Master LLC”) as of December 31, 2010, 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 highlights are the responsibility of the Master LLC’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 assurance 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 expressing 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 management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2010, 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 Small Cap Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC as of December 31, 2010, 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
February 24, 2011

 

 

 

 





 

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Officers and Directors


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

 

Position(s)
Held with
Corporation/
Master LLC

 

Length
of Time
Served as
a Director2

 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

 

Number of BlackRock-
Advised Registered
Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios
(“Portfolios”) Overseen

 

Public
Directorships












Non-Interested Directors1


Ronald W. Forbes
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1940

 

Co-Chair of the Board and Director

 

Since
2007

 

Professor Emeritus of Finance, School of Business, State University of New York at Albany since 2000.

 

36 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

None












Rodney D. Johnson
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1941

 

Co-Chair of the Board and Director

 

Since
2007

 

President, Fairmount Capital Advisors, Inc. since 1987; Director, Fox Chase Cancer Center since 2004; Member of the Archdiocesan Investment Committee of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia since 2004; Director, The Committee of Seventy (civic) since 2006.

 

36 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

None












David O. Beim
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1940

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Professor of Finance and Economics at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business since 1991; Trustee, Phillips Exeter Academy since 2002; Chairman, Wave Hill, Inc. (public garden and cultural center) from 1990 to 2006.

 

36 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

None












Dr. Matina S. Horner
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1939

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Executive Vice President of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities Fund from 1989 to 2003.

 

36 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

NSTAR (electric and gas utility)












Herbert I. London
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1939

 

Director and Member of the Audit Committee

 

Since
2007

 

Professor Emeritus, New York University since 2005; John M. Olin Professor of Humanities, New York University from 1993 to 2005 and Professor thereof from 1980 to 2005; President, Hudson Institute (policy research organization) since 1997 and Trustee thereof since 1980; Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Grantham University since 2006; Director, InnoCentive, Inc. (strategic solutions company) since 2005; Director, Cerego, LLC (software development and design) since 2005.

 

36 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

AIMS Worldwide, Inc. (marketing)












Cynthia A. Montgomery
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1952

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Professor, Harvard Business School since 1989; Director, Harvard Business School Publishing since 2005; Director, McLean Hospital since 2005.

 

36 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. (manufacturing)












Joseph P. Platt
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1947

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Director, The West Penn Allegheny Health System (a not-for-profit health system) since 2008; Director, Jones and Brown (Canadian insurance broker) since 1998; General Partner, Thorn Partners, LP (private investment) since 1998; Partner, Amarna Corporation, LLC (private investment company) from 2002 to 2008.

 

36 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (reinsurance company); WQED Multi-Media (public broadcasting not-for-profit)












Robert C. Robb, Jr.
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1945

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Partner, Lewis, Eckert, Robb and Company (management and financial consulting firm) since 1981.

 

36 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

None












Toby Rosenblatt
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1938

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

President, Founders Investments Ltd. (private investments) since 1999; Director, College Access Foundation of California (philanthropic foundation) since 2009; Director, Forward Management, LLC since 2007; Director, The James Irvine Foundation (philanthropic foundation) from 1998 to 2008.

 

36 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

A.P. Pharma, Inc. (specialty pharmaceuticals)













 

 

 




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Officers and Directors (continued)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

 

Position(s)
Held with
Corporation/
Master LLC

 

Length
of Time
Served as
a Director2

 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

 

Number of BlackRock-
Advised Registered
Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios
(“Portfolios”) Overseen

 

Public
Directorships












Non-Interested Directors1 (concluded)


Kenneth L. Urish
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1951

 

Chair of the Audit Committee and Director

 

Since
2007

 

Managing Partner, Urish Popeck & Co., LLC (certified public accountants and consultants) since 1976; Chairman Elect of the Professional Ethics Committee of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Committee Member thereof since 2007; Member of External Advisory Board, The Pennsylvania State University Accounting Department since 2001; Trustee, The Holy Family Foundation from 2001 to 2009; President and Trustee, Pittsburgh Catholic Publishing Associates from 2003 to 2008; Director, Inter-Tel from 2006 to 2007.

 

36 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

None












Frederick W. Winter
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1945

 

Director and Member of the Audit Committee

 

Since
2007

 

Professor and Dean Emeritus of the Joseph M. Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh since 2005 and Dean thereof from 1997 to 2005; Director, Alkon Corporation (pneumatics) since 1992; Director, Tippman Sports (recreation) since 2005; Director, Indotronix International (IT services) from 2004 to 2008.

 

36 RICs consisting of
95 Portfolios

 

None

 

 



 

 

1

Directors serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72. The Board has approved one-year extensions in terms of Directors who turn 72 prior to December 31, 2013.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Date shown is the earliest date a person has served as a director for the Corporation/Master LLC covered by this annual report. Following the combination of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“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 directors as joining the Corporation/Master LLC board in 2007, each director first became a member of the board of other legacy MLIM or legacy BlackRock Funds as follows: David O. Beim, 1998; Ronald W. Forbes, 1977; Dr. Matina S. Horner, 2004; Rodney D. Johnson, 1995; Herbert I. London, 1987; Cynthia A. Montgomery, 1994; Joseph P. Platt, 1999; Robert C. Robb, Jr., 1998; Toby Rosenblatt, 2005; Kenneth L. Urish, 1999; and Frederick W. Winter, 1999.












Interested Directors3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 












Richard S. Davis
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1945

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. since 2005; Chief Executive Officer, State Street Research & Management Company from 2000 to 2005; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, State Street Research Mutual Funds from 2000 to 2005.

 

169 RICs consisting of
289 Portfolios

 

None












Henry Gabbay
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1947

 

Director

 

Since
2007

 

Consultant, BlackRock, Inc. from 2007 to 2008; Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. from 1989 to 2007; Chief Administrative Officer, BlackRock Advisors, LLC from 1998 to 2007; President 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.

 

169 RICs consisting of
289 Portfolios

 

None

 

 











 

 

3

Mr. Davis is an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Corporation/Master LLC based on his position with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. Mr. Gabbay is an “interested person” of the Corporation/Master LLC based on his former positions with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates as well as his ownership of BlackRock, Inc. and The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. securities. 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)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

 

Position(s)
Held with
Corporation/
Master LLC

 

Length
of Time
Served

 

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years








Corporation/Master LLC Officers1








John M. Perlowski
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1964

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Since
2010

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Global Head of BlackRock Fund Administration since 2009; Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Product Group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. from 2003 to 2009; Treasurer of Goldman Sachs Mutual Funds from 2003 to 2009 and Senior Vice President thereof from 2007 to 2009; Director of Goldman Sachs Offshore Funds from 2002 to 2009.








Brendan Kyne
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1977

 

Vice President

 

Since
2009

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2010; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2008 to 2009; Head of Product Development and Management for BlackRock’s US Retail Group since 2009 and Co-head thereof from 2007 to 2009; Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. from 2005 to 2008.








Brian Schmidt
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1958

 

Vice President

 

Since
2009

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2004; Various positions with U.S. Trust Company from 1991 to 2003 including Director from 2001 to 2003 and Senior Vice President from 1998 to 2003; Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Excelsior Funds, Inc., Excelsior Tax-Exempt Funds, Inc. and Excelsior Funds Trust from 2001 to 2003.








Neal Andrews
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1966

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

Since
2007

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2006; Senior Vice President and Line of Business Head of Fund Accounting and Administration at PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. from 1992 to 2006.








Jay Fife
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1970

 

Treasurer

 

Since
2007

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007 and Director in 2006; Assistant Treasurer of the Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and Fund Asset Management, L.P.-advised funds from 2005 to 2006; Director of MLIM Fund Services Group from 2001 to 2006.








Brian Kindelan
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1959

 

Chief Compliance Officer

 

Since
2007

 

Chief Compliance Officer of the BlackRock-advised funds since 2007; Managing Director and Senior Counsel of BlackRock, Inc. since 2005.








Ira Shapiro
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
1963

 

Secretary

 

Since
2010

 

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Managing Director and Associate General Counsel of Barclays Global Investors from 2008 to 2009 and Principal thereof from 2004 to 2008.

 

 











 

 

1

Officers of the Corporation/Master LLC serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.

 

 



 

 

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

 

 

Investment Advisor

 

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Sub-Advisor

 

BlackRock Investment

Management, LLC

Plainsboro, NJ 08536

 

Custodian

 

State Street Bank

and Trust Company

Boston, MA 02111

 

Transfer Agent

 

BNY Mellon Investment

Servicing (US) Inc.

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Distributor

 

BlackRock

Investments, LLC

New York, NY 10022

 

Legal Counsel

 

Sidley Austin LLP

New York, NY 10019

 

Accounting Agent

 

State Street Bank

and Trust Company

Princeton, NJ 08540

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Princeton, NJ 08540

 

Address of the Fund

 

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809


 


Effective September 24, 2010, John M. Perlowski became President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and the Master LLC.

 

Effective November 16, 2010, Ira Shapiro became Secretary of the Corporation and the Master LLC.



 

 

 




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Additional Information

 


General Information


Electronic Delivery

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)

Select “eDelilvery” under the “More Information” section

 

 

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 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 call (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedule of Investments

The Fund/Series file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s/Series’ 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/Series’ Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request and without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund/Series uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) at http://www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Availability of Proxy Voting Record

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

 

 

 

 


 

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Additional Information (concluded)

 


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 information 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 applications, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions 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 procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.

 


Shareholder Privileges


Account Information

Call us at (800) 441-7762 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST on any business day to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also reach us on the Web at http://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 balance 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 Energy & Resources Portfolio

BlackRock Asset Allocation Portfolio†

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund†

BlackRock Basic Value Fund

BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

BlackRock EuroFund

BlackRock Focus Growth Fund

BlackRock Focus Value Fund

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund†

BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund

BlackRock Global Emerging Markets Fund

BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund

BlackRock Global Growth Fund

BlackRock Global Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund

BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Healthcare Fund

BlackRock Index Equity Portfolio*

BlackRock International Fund

BlackRock International Index Fund

BlackRock International Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock International Value Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Core Plus Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund

BlackRock Latin America Fund

BlackRock Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust

BlackRock Pacific Fund

BlackRock Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

BlackRock Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

BlackRock S&P 500 Stock Fund

BlackRock U.S. Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund

BlackRock World Gold Fund

 


Fixed Income Funds


BlackRock Bond Index Fund

BlackRock Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Emerging Market Debt Portfolio

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio

BlackRock GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock Global Dividend Income Portfolio†

BlackRock Government Income Portfolio

BlackRock High Income Fund

BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Income Portfolio†

BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

BlackRock International Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Long Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Managed Income Portfolio

BlackRock Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund

BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio

BlackRock Total Return Fund

BlackRock Total Return Portfolio II

BlackRock World Income Fund

 


Municipal Bond Funds


BlackRock AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock California Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund

BlackRock Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Municipal Fund

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

 


Target Risk & Target Date Funds†


BlackRock Prepared Portfolios

Conservative Prepared Portfolio

Moderate Prepared Portfolio

Growth Prepared Portfolio

Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio

 

BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared Portfolios

2015

2020

2025

2030

2035

2040

2045

2050

 

BlackRock LifePath Portfolios

Retirement

2020

2025

2030

2035

2040

2045

2050

2055


 

 

*

See the prospectus for information on specific limitations on investments in the fund.

 

 

Mixed asset fund.

BlackRock mutual funds are currently distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC. 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) 441-7762 or from your financial advisor. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.

 

 

 

 


 

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This report is transmitted to shareholders only. It is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation 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 representation of future performance. Investment returns 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.

 

 

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Item 2 –

Code of Ethics – The registrant (or the “Fund”) has adopted a code of ethics, as of the end of the period covered by this report, applicable to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, or persons performing similar functions. During the period covered by this report, there have been no amendments to or waivers granted under the code of ethics. A copy of the code of ethics is available without charge at www.blackrock.com.

 

 

Item 3 –

Audit Committee Financial Expert – The registrant’s board of directors or trustees, as applicable (the “board of directors”), has determined that (i) the registrant has the following audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee and (ii) each audit committee financial expert is independent:

 

Kenneth L. Urish

 

 

 

Under applicable securities laws, a person determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert. The designation or identification as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liabilities greater than the duties, obligations, and liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of directors in the absence of such designation or identification.

 

 

Item 4 –

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 

 

(a) Audit Fees

(b) Audit-Related Fees1

(c) Tax Fees2

(d) All Other Fees3

Entity Name

Current Fiscal Year End

Previous Fiscal Year End

Current Fiscal Year End

Previous Fiscal Year End

Current Fiscal Year End

Previous Fiscal Year End

Current Fiscal Year End

Previous Fiscal Year End

BlackRock International Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

$6,800

$6,800

$0

$0

$6,100

$6,100

$46

$1,028

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

$6,800

$6,800

$0

$0

$6,100

$6,100

$329

$1,028

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

$6,800

$6,800

$0

$0

$6,100

$6,100

$17

$1,028

Master International Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC

$35,700

$35,700

$0

$0

$17,000

$17,000

$0

$0

Master S&P 500 Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC

$33,500

$33,500

$0

$0

$17,000

$17,000

$0

$0

Master Small Cap Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC

$37,000

$39,200

$0

$0

$17,000

$17,000

$0

$0

 

1 The nature of the services include assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit of financial statements not included in Audit Fees.

2 The nature of the services include tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.

3 The nature of the services include a review of compliance procedures and attestation thereto.

 


    

(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures:

 

 

 

The registrant’s audit committee (the “Committee”) has adopted policies and procedures with regard to the pre-approval of services. Audit, audit-related and tax compliance services provided to the registrant on an annual basis require specific pre-approval by the Committee. The Committee also must approve other non-audit services provided to the registrant and those non-audit services provided to the registrant’s affiliated service providers that relate directly to the operations and the financial reporting of the registrant. Certain of these non-audit services that the Committee believes are a) consistent with the SEC’s auditor independence rules and b) routine and recurring services that will not impair the independence of the independent accountants may be approved by the Committee without consideration on a specific case-by-case basis (“general pre-approval”). The term of any general pre-approval is 12 months from the date of the pre-approval, unless the Committee provides for a different period. Tax or other non-audit services provided to the registrant which have a direct impact on the operation or financial reporting of the registrant will only be deemed pre-approved provided that any individual project does not exceed $10,000 attributable to the registrant or $50,000 per project. For this purpose, multiple projects will be aggregated to determine if they exceed the previously mentioned cost levels.

 

 

 

Any proposed services exceeding the pre-approved cost levels will require specific pre-approval by the Committee, as will any other services not subject to general pre-approval (e.g., unanticipated but permissible services). The Committee is informed of each service approved subject to general pre-approval at the next regularly scheduled in-person board meeting. At this meeting, an analysis of such services is presented to the Committee for ratification. The Committee may delegate to the Committee Chairman the authority to approve the provision of and fees for any specific engagement of permitted non-audit services, including services exceeding pre-approved cost levels.

 

 

 

(e)(2) None of the services described in each of Items 4(b) through (d) were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

 

 

(f) Not Applicable

 

 

 

(g) Affiliates’ Aggregate Non-Audit Fees:

 

Entity Name

Current Fiscal Year End

Previous Fiscal Year End

BlackRock International Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

$16,923

$409,628

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

$17,206

$409,628

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

$16,894

$409,628

Master International Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC

$27,777

$419,500

Master S&P 500 Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC

$27,777

$419,500

Master Small Cap Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC

$27,777

$419,500

 

    

(h) The registrant’s audit committee has considered and determined that the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any non-affiliated sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by the registrant’s investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

 

 

 

Regulation S-X Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) – $10,777, 0%

 


Item 5 –

Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not Applicable

 

 

Item 6 –

Investments

 

(a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

 

(b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.

 

 

Item 7 –

Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable

 

 

Item 8 –

Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable

 

 

Item 9 –

Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable

 

 

Item 10 –

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – The registrant’s Nominating and Governance Committee will consider nominees to the board of directors recommended by shareholders when a vacancy becomes available. Shareholders who wish to recommend a nominee should send nominations which include biographical information and set forth the qualifications of the proposed nominee to the registrant’s Secretary. There have been no material changes to these procedures.

 

 

Item 11 –

Controls and Procedures

 

 

11(a) –

The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers or persons performing similar functions have concluded that the registrant’s 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.

 

 

11(b) –

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

Item 12 –

Exhibits attached hereto

 

 

12(a)(1) –

Code of Ethics – See Item 2

 

 

12(a)(2) –

Certifications – Attached hereto

 

 

12(a)(3) –

Not Applicable

 

 

12(b) –

Certifications – Attached hereto

 


     

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

 

 

 

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. and Quantitative Master Series LLC

   
  By: /s/ John M. Perlowski  
    John M. Perlowski
    Chief Executive Officer of
    BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. and Quantitative Master Series LLC
   
  Date: March 4, 2011
   
  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 the 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 Index Funds, Inc. and Quantitative Master Series LLC
   
  Date: March 4, 2011
   
  By: /s/ Neal J. Andrews  
    Neal J. Andrews
    Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
    BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. and Quantitative Master Series LLC
     
  Date: March 4, 2011