N-CSR 1 d848763dncsr.htm BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC. BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.

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 Small Cap Index Fund

Quantitative Master Series LLC

Master International 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, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

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

Date of fiscal year end: 12/31/2014

Date of reporting period: 12/31/2014


Item 1 – Report to Stockholders


DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT

 

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BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

 

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BlackRock International Index Fund

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BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

 

Not FDIC Insured • May Lose Value • No Bank Guarantee


Table of Contents     

 

     Page  

The Markets in Review

    3   

Annual Report:

 

Fund Summary

    4   

About Fund Performance

    8   

Disclosure of Expenses

    8   

Derivative Financial Instruments

    8   

Fund Financial Statements:

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

    9   

Statements of Operations

    10   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    11   

Fund Financial Highlights

    12   

Fund Notes to Financial Statements

    18   

Fund Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    22   

Important Tax Information

    22   

Series Portfolio Information

    23   

Series Financial Statements:

 

Schedules of Investments

    24   

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

    54   

Statements of Operations

    55   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    56   

Series Financial Highlights

    57   

Series Notes to Financial Statements

    58   

Series Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    65   

Officers and Directors

    66   

Additional Information

    69   

 

 

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2    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

After an extended period of calm, market volatility increased over the course of 2014, driven largely by higher valuations in risk assets (such as equities and high yield bonds), rising geopolitical risks and expectations around global central bank policies. Several key trends drove strong performance in U.S. markets, particularly large-cap stocks, Treasuries and municipal bonds, while markets outside the U.S. were more challenged.

Investors began the year in search of relatively safer assets due to heightened risks in emerging markets, slowing growth in China and weakening U.S. economic data. As a result, equities globally declined in January while bond markets strengthened despite the expectation that interest rates would rise as the U.S. Federal Reserve had begun reducing its asset purchase programs. Strong demand for relatively safer assets pushed U.S. Treasury bond prices higher and thus kept rates low in the United States. This surprising development, as well as increasing evidence that the soft patch in U.S. economic data had been temporary and weather-related, brought equity investors racing back to the market in February.

In the months that followed, interest rates trended lower in a modest growth environment and more investors turned to equities in search of yield. Markets remained relatively calm despite rising tensions in Russia and Ukraine and further signs of decelerating growth in China. Strong corporate earnings, increased merger and acquisition activity and signs of a strengthening recovery in the U.S. and other developed economies kept equity prices moving higher. Not all segments benefited from these trends, however, as investors ultimately became wary of high valuations, resulting in a broad rotation into cheaper assets.

Volatility ticked up in the summer as geopolitical tensions escalated and investors feared that better U.S. economic indicators may compel the Fed to increase short-term interest rates sooner than previously anticipated. Global credit markets tightened as the U.S. dollar strengthened, ultimately putting a strain on investor flows, and financial markets broadly weakened in the third quarter.

Several themes dominated the markets in the fourth quarter, resulting in higher levels of volatility and the outperformance of U.S. markets versus other areas of the world. Economic growth strengthened considerably in the United States while the broader global economy showed signs of slowing. The European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan took aggressive measures to stimulate growth while the Fed moved toward tighter policy. This divergence in central bank policy caused further strengthening in the U.S. dollar versus other currencies. Oil prices, which had been falling gradually since the summer, plummeted in the fourth quarter due to a global supply-and-demand imbalance. Energy stocks sold off sharply and oil-exporting economies suffered, resulting in the poor performance of emerging market stocks.

At BlackRock, we believe investors need to think globally, extend their scope across a broad array of asset classes and be prepared to move freely as market conditions change over time. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit blackrock.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

Total Returns as of December 31, 2014  
    6-month     12-month  

U.S. large cap equities
(S&P 500® Index)

    6.12     13.69

U.S. small cap equities
(Russell 2000® Index)

    1.65        4.89   

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

    (9.24     (4.90

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets
Index)

    (7.84     (2.19

3-month Treasury bills
(BofA Merrill Lynch
3-Month U.S. Treasury

Bill Index)

    0.01        0.03   

U.S. Treasury securities
(BofA Merrill Lynch
10-Year U.S. Treasury Index)

    4.33        10.72   

U.S. investment-grade bonds
(Barclays U.S.
Aggregate Bond Index)

    1.96        5.97   

Tax-exempt municipal
bonds (S&P Municipal
Bond Index)

    3.00        9.25   

U.S. high yield bonds
(Barclays U.S. Corporate
High Yield 2% Issuer
Capped Index)

    (2.84     2.46   
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.    

 

                
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Fund Summary as of December 31, 2014    BlackRock International Index Fund
Investment Objective

BlackRock International Index Fund’s (the “Fund”), investment objective is to match the performance of the MSCI EAFE Index (Europe, Australasia, Far East) (the “MSCI EAFE Index”) in U.S. dollars with net dividends as closely as possible before the deduction of Fund expenses.

 

Portfolio Management Commentary      

 

How did the Fund perform?

 

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For the 12 months ended December 31, 2014, the Fund’s Institutional Shares returned (6.13)%, Investor A Shares returned (6.45)% and Class K Shares returned (6.12)%. The benchmark MSCI EAFE Index returned (4.90)% for the same period. The MSCI EAFE Index is a free float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index designed to measure equity performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada.

 

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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 International Index Series (the “Series”), a series of Quantitative Master Series LLC.

Describe the market environment.

 

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International equities exhibited higher volatility in 2014 amid rising geopolitical risks and uneven growth rates across the global economy. The year got off to a rough start due to heightened risks in emerging markets, slowing growth in China and softer economic data in the United States, while investors were bracing for the impact of the U.S. Federal Reserve scaling back on stimulus. Equity markets around the world declined sharply in January. But the sell-off was short-lived and international equities rebounded in February, particularly in Europe. Signs of a strengthening economic recovery combined with hopes that the European Central Bank (“ECB”) would soon take measures to combat the uncomfortably low level of inflation in the eurozone, fueled a rally in European stocks. The ECB ultimately took policy action in early June, with a bold move to a negative deposit rate.

 

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However, high valuations and uncertainty around global central bank policies left equities particularly vulnerable to bad news. Consequently, geopolitical risks took a toll on international equity prices as tensions between Russia and Ukraine mounted and the fragmentation of Iraq led to escalating violence and a spike in oil prices during the summer. A ground war in Gaza, the downing of a civilian airliner over Malaysia, and Scotland’s flirtation with independence from the United Kingdom added to global headwinds, causing many investors to retreat from risk assets.

 

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In the latter part of the year, economic growth strengthened in the United States, while the broader global economy showed signs of slowing. In Europe, most developed economies again struggled with sluggish activity and equity prices were tossed about between investors’ concerns about geopolitical turmoil and hopes for central bank stimulus. The continuation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and a Russian currency crisis, as well as Greece’s failure to successfully elect a new president, drove volatility higher. In the eurozone, inflation rates continued to be dangerously low. Another round of policy easing from the ECB gave international equities a much-needed boost, but the significant depreciation of the euro and other currencies versus the U.S. dollar resulted in negative returns in the MSCI EAFE Index.

 

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Similarly, Asian developed market equities performed well in local currency terms, but generated negative results on a U.S. dollar basis. As the Japanese economy struggled to get on its legs, the nation’s equity market benefited from central bank stimulus and positive sentiment toward structural reform. Strong corporate earnings results also pushed Japanese stocks higher, as did a surge of domestic inflows due to the reallocation of Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund. However, a weakening yen versus a strengthening U.S. dollar resulted in Japanese equities having the largest negative effect on the performance of the MSCI EAFE Index.

 

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In the latter months of 2014, the divergence in global central bank policies became a major theme in equity markets and the strong appreciation in the U.S. dollar pressured commodity prices. Oil prices in particular plunged as a global supply-and-demand imbalance materialized. While lower prices were harmful to economies that rely heavily on oil exports, most developed markets derived a boost in consumer spending, a positive for equity markets.

 

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Stock markets in most countries represented in the MSCI EAFE Index declined (in U.S. dollar terms) in the 12-month period. U.K. and Japanese stocks, which represent the most significant weightings in the MSCI EAFE Index composition, lost 5.37% and 4.02%, respectively. Negative results came from other markets with notable index weights, including France (-9.92%), Australia (-3.55%) and Switzerland (-0.15%). On an absolute basis (in USD), Israeli stocks (+22.77%) generated stand-out performance and the worst performers included stocks in Portugal (-38.24%), Austria (-29.77%) and Norway (-21.74%).

Describe recent portfolio activity.

 

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During the 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 index.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

 

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The Series remains positioned to match the risk characteristics of its benchmark index, 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.

 

                
4    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


     BlackRock International Index Fund
Total Return Based on a $10,000 Investment

 

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  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 invests in a statistically selected sample of equity securities included in the MSCI EAFE Index and in derivative instruments linked to the MSCI EAFE Index.

 

  3   

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, 2014

 

       6-Month
Total Returns
       Average Annual Total Returns4  
            1 Year        5 Years      10 Years  

Institutional

       (10.30 )%         (6.13 )%         4.88      4.00

Investor A

       (10.50        (6.45        4.59         3.72   

Class K5

       (10.36        (6.12        4.91         4.05   

MSCI EAFE Index

       (9.24        (4.90        5.33         4.43   

 

  4   

Average annual total returns reflect reductions for service fees, if any. See “About Fund Performance” on page 8 for a detailed description of share classes, including any related fees.

 

  5   

Class K Shares commenced operations on March 31, 2011.

 

      Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 

Expense Example                                          

 

     Actual      Hypothetical7         
      Beginning
Account Value
July 1, 2014
     Ending
Account Value
December 31, 2014
     Expenses Paid
During the Period6
     Beginning
Account Value
July 1, 2014
     Ending
Account Value
December 31, 2014
     Expenses Paid
During the Period6
     Annualized
Expense Ratio
 

Institutional

   $ 1,000.00       $ 897.00       $ 1.58       $ 1,000.00       $ 1,023.54       $ 1.68         0.33

Investor A

   $ 1,000.00       $ 895.00       $ 2.39       $ 1,000.00       $ 1,022.68       $ 2.55         0.50

Class K

   $ 1,000.00       $ 896.40       $ 0.86       $ 1,000.00       $ 1,024.30       $ 0.92         0.18

 

  6   

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized net 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 invests all of its assets in the Series, the expense example reflects the net expenses of both the Fund and the Series.

 

  7   

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

 

      See “Disclosure of Expenses” on page 8 for further information on how expenses were calculated.

 

                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    5


Fund Summary as of December 31, 2014    BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund
Investment Objective      

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund’s (the “Fund”), investment objective is to match the performance of the Russell 2000® Index (the “Russell 2000®”) as closely as possible before the deduction of Fund expenses.

 

Portfolio Management Commentary      

 

How did the Fund perform?

 

Ÿ  

For the 12 months ended December 31, 2014, the Fund’s Institutional Shares returned 4.81%, Investor A Shares returned 4.54% and Class K Shares returned 4.87%. The benchmark Russell 2000® Index returned 4.89% for the same period.

 

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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 Small Cap Index Series (the “Series”), a series of Quantitative Master Series LLC.

Describe the market environment.

 

Ÿ  

U.S. equities moved higher in 2014 as domestic economic growth picked up momentum and interest rates continued to be low. Although volatility increased, levels generally remained below the historical norm. The year got off to a rough start, however, due to heightened risks in emerging markets, slowing growth in China and softer economic data in the United States, while investors were bracing for the impact of the U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) scaling back on stimulus. Equity markets around the world declined sharply in January. But the sell-off was short-lived and equities rebounded as uncertainty abated. Notably, relief came in the form of long-term interest rates remaining low even as the Fed reduced its open-market purchases. Additionally, investors were comforted by the Fed’s dovish stance on short-term rates and increasing evidence that the recent weakness in U.S. economic data had been temporary and weather-related.

 

Ÿ  

Equity valuations were relatively high in the aftermath of the strong rally in 2013. Nevertheless, investors continued to favor equities in 2014 as bond yields were persistently low. Improving U.S. economic data, strong corporate earnings and increased merger and acquisition activity propelled market gains, pushing major U.S. stock indexes to all-time highs.

 

Ÿ  

However, the combination of high valuations and expectations of higher interest rates left equities particularly vulnerable to bad news. Volatility increased as tensions between Russia and Ukraine mounted and investors considered the potential implications of economic sanctions. The fragmentation of Iraq led to escalating violence and a spike in oil prices during the summer. A ground war in Gaza, the downing of a civilian airliner over Malaysia, and Scotland’s flirtation with independence from the United Kingdom added to global headwinds, resulting in a challenging third quarter for equity markets.

 

Ÿ  

U.S. economic growth strengthened considerably in the latter part of 2014. Initially, the good news was bad for stocks, spurring a sell-off in September as investors feared the Fed would raise short-term rates earlier than previously expected. But calm was restored when the Fed reaffirmed its anticipation that short-term rates would likely continue to be warranted for some time after its target employment and inflation levels are realized. U.S. stocks rebounded in October and continued their climb through year end as U.S. economic data continued to impress investors and help fuel a positive corporate earnings season.

 

Ÿ  

While the pace of U.S. economic growth strengthened, the broader global economy showed signs of slowing. This drove volatility higher as the divergence in global central bank policies became a major theme in equity markets. While the Fed moved toward tightening policy, the European Central Bank and Bank of Japan implemented easing measures to stimulate their economies and support their currencies. However, the U.S. equity market absorbed much of the increased liquidity flowing from foreign central banks as global investors sought relative stability in a world of rising geopolitical tensions and uneven economic growth.

 

Ÿ  

As the U.S. economy strengthened, so did the U.S. dollar, which put downward pressure on commodity prices. Oil prices in particular plunged in the latter months of 2014 as a global supply-and-demand imbalance materialized. Lower oil prices led to a pickup in consumer spending in the United States, a positive for U.S. stocks.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

 

Ÿ  

During the 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 index.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

 

Ÿ  

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.

 

                
6    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


     BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

 

Total Return Based on a $10,000 Investment      

 

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  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 stocks included in the Russell 2000® Index and in derivative instruments linked to the Russell 2000® Index.

 

  3   

An unmanaged index that is a subset of the Russell 3000® Index representing approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of that index. It includes approximately 2000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership.

 

Performance Summary for the Period Ended December 31, 2014      

 

      

6-Month

Total Returns

       Average Annual Total Returns4  
            1 Year        5 Years      10 Years  

Institutional

       1.68        4.81        15.44      7.48

Investor A

       1.53           4.54           15.14         7.20   

Class K5

       1.73           4.87           15.51         7.54   

Russell 2000® Index

       1.65           4.89           15.55         7.77   

 

  4   

Average annual total returns reflect reductions for service fees, if any. See “About Fund Performance” on page 8 for a detailed description of share classes, including related fees, if any.

 

  5   

Class K commenced operations on March 31, 2011.

 

      Past   performance is not indicative of future results.

 

Expense Example

 

     Actual      Hypothetical7         
     

Beginning

Account Value

July 1, 2014

    

Ending
Account Value

December 31, 2014

     Expenses Paid
During the Period6
     Beginning
Account Value
July 1, 2014
     Ending
Account Value
December 31, 2014
     Expenses Paid
During the Period6
     Annualized
Expense Ratio
 

Institutional

   $ 1,000.00       $ 1,016.80       $ 1.07       $ 1,000.00       $ 1,024.15       $ 1.07         0.21

Investor A

   $ 1,000.00       $ 1,015.30       $ 2.34       $ 1,000.00       $ 1,022.89       $ 2.35         0.52

Class K

   $ 1,000.00       $ 1,017.30       $ 0.81       $ 1,000.00       $ 1,024.40       $ 0.82         0.16

 

  6   

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized net 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 invests all of its assets in the Series, the expense example reflects the net expenses of both the Fund and the Series.

 

  7   

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

 

      See   “Disclosure of Expenses” on page 8 for further information on how expenses were calculated.

 

                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    7


About Fund Performance     
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Institutional and Class K Shares are not subject to any sales charge. These shares bear no ongoing distribution or service fees and are available only to certain eligible investors. Prior to March 31, 2011, Class K Shares’ performance results are those of Institutional Shares restated to reflect Class K Shares’ fees.

 

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Investor A Shares are not subject to any sales charge and bear no ongoing distribution fee. These 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 the previous pages assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, at net asset value (“NAV”) 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. Distributions paid to each class of shares will vary because of the different levels of service, distribution and transfer agency fees applicable to each class, which are deducted from the income available to be paid to shareholders.

BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Administrator”), the Fund’s investment advisor, has contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses. Without such waiver and/or reimbursement, the Fund’s performance would have been lower. The Administrator is under no obligation to continue waiving and/or reimbursing its fees after the applicable termination date of such agreement. See Note 3 of the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information on waivers and/or reimbursements.

 

Disclosure of Expenses

 

Shareholders of these Funds may incur the following charges: (a) transactional expenses, such as sales charges; and (b) operating expenses, including administration fees, service fees, including 12b-1 fees, and other Fund expenses. The expense examples on the previous pages (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested on July 1, 2014 and held through December 31, 2014) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The expense examples provide 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 Fund and share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

 

The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a 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 these Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in other funds’ shareholder reports.

The expenses shown in the expense examples are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as sales charges, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are 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.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The Series may invest in various derivative financial instruments. Derivative financial instruments are used to obtain exposure to a security, index and/or market without owning or taking physical custody of securities or to manage market, equity, credit, interest rate, foreign currency exchange rate, commodity and/or other risks. Derivative financial instruments may give rise to a form of economic leverage. Derivative financial instruments also involve risks, including the imperfect correlation between the value of a derivative financial instrument and the underlying asset, possible default of the counterparty to the transaction or illiquidity of the derivative financial instrument. The Series’ ability to use a derivative financial instrument successfully depends on the investment advisor’s ability to predict pertinent market movements accurately, which cannot be assured. The use of derivative financial instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may limit the amount of appreciation a Series can realize on an investment and/or may result in lower distributions paid to shareholders. The Series’ investments in these instruments are discussed in detail in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
8    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Statements of Assets and Liabilities     
December 31, 2014   BlackRock
International
Index Fund
    BlackRock
Small Cap
Index Fund
 
   
Assets                

Investments at value — from Master International Index Series and Master Small Cap Index Series (each, a “Series”), respectively1

  $ 2,112,826,456      $ 133,463,563   

Capital shares sold receivable

    5,086,140        84,468   

Withdrawals receivable from the Series

           1,138,284   

Receivable from administrator

    82,650        10,515   

Prepaid expenses

    550,342        32,794   
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    2,118,545,588        134,729,624   
 

 

 

 
   
Liabilities                

Capital shares redeemed payable

    2,499,727        1,222,752   

Service fees payable

    71,189        17,468   

Officer’s fees payable

    69        20   

Administration fees payable

    20,761          

Contributions payable to the Series

    2,586,413          

Other accrued expenses payable

    84,357        26,327   
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    5,262,516        1,266,567   
 

 

 

 

Net Assets

  $ 2,113,283,072      $ 133,463,057   
 

 

 

 
   
Net Assets Consist of                

Paid-in capital

  $ 2,180,551,899      $ 100,100,346   

Distributions in excess of investment income

    (2,581,716     (102,440

Accumulated net realized loss

    (56,617,905     (2,003,589

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    (8,069,206     35,468,740   
 

 

 

 

Net Assets

  $ 2,113,283,072      $ 133,463,057   
 

 

 

 

1    Investments at cost

  $ 2,120,895,662      $ 97,994,823   
   
Net Asset Value                
Institutional:    

Net assets

  $ 1,764,794,313      $ 46,987,562   
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding2

    144,561,745        2,830,164   
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 12.21      $ 16.60   
 

 

 

 
Investor A:    

Net assets

  $ 332,474,711      $ 83,858,785   
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding2

    27,425,559        5,047,254   
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 12.12      $ 16.61   
 

 

 

 
Class K:    

Net assets

  $ 16,014,048      $ 2,616,710   
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding2

    1,311,249        157,413   
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 12.21      $ 16.62   
 

 

 

 

2    208 million shares authorized, $0.0001 par value.

   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.      
                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    9


Statements of Operations     
Year Ended December 31, 2014   BlackRock
International
Index Fund
    BlackRock
Small Cap
Index Fund
 
   
Investment Income                

Net investment income allocated from the Series:

   

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 19,006,008      $ 1,705,473   

Securities lending — affiliated — net

    45,282        285,945   

Dividends — affiliated

    7,020        19,841   

Foreign taxes withheld

    (1,682,048     (1,628

Expenses

    (429,598     (116,762

Fees waived

    13,320        8,166   
 

 

 

 

Total income

    16,959,984        1,901,035   
 

 

 

 
   
Fund Expenses                

Administration

    354,245        180,651   

Service — Investor A

    815,999        205,123   

Transfer agent — Institutional

    48,162        27,522   

Transfer agent — Investor A

    322,364        64,026   

Transfer agent — Class K

    265        361   

Registration

    84,770        51,924   

Professional

    66,022        57,029   

Printing

    36,479        15,294   

Officer

    226        75   

Miscellaneous

    12,866        10,766   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    1,741,398        612,771   

Less administration fees waived

    (268,181     (168,065

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

    (158,180     (24,606
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    1,315,037        420,100   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    15,644,947        1,480,935   
 

 

 

 
   
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Allocated from the Series                

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

    (6,707,171     11,431,686   

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

    (99,989,047     (7,088,981
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (106,696,218     4,342,705   
 

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

  $ (91,051,271   $ 5,823,640   
 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.      
                
10    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Statements of Changes in Net Assets     
    BlackRock International Index Fund         BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund  
    Year Ended December 31,         Year Ended December 31,  
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:   2014     2013         2014     2013  
         
Operations                                    

Net investment income

  $ 15,644,947      $ 7,947,227        $ 1,480,935      $ 1,538,848   

Net realized gain (loss)

    (6,707,171     (3,186,390       11,431,686        9,238,334   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    (99,989,047     58,864,584          (7,088,981     27,192,380   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (91,051,271     63,625,421          5,823,640        37,969,562   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
         
Distributions to Shareholders From1                                    
Net investment income:          

Institutional

    (12,556,660     (1,625,236       (712,508     (637,619

Investor A

    (1,638,076     (6,601,334       (1,007,255     (706,766

Class K

    (119,038     (54,078       (40,628     (11,944
Net realized gain:          

Institutional

                    (3,858,445     (1,093,818

Investor A

                    (6,546,880     (1,553,975

Class K

                    (212,248     (21,681
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (14,313,774     (8,280,648       (12,377,964     (4,025,803
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
         
Capital Share Transactions                                    

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

    1,835,861,523        50,389,204          (5,003,618     17,405,626   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
         
Net Assets                                    

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    1,730,496,478        105,733,977          (11,557,942     51,349,385   

Beginning of year

    382,786,594        277,052,617          145,020,999        93,671,614   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 2,113,283,072      $ 382,786,594        $ 133,463,057      $ 145,020,999   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income, end of year

  $ (2,581,716   $ (2,082,337     $ (102,440   $ 148,170   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

1    Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

       

     

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.      
                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    11


Financial Highlights    BlackRock International Index Fund
    Institutional  
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2014     2013     2012     2011     2010  
         
Per Share Operating Performance                                        

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 13.11      $ 11.06      $ 9.63      $ 11.42      $ 10.97   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income1

    0.24        0.32        0.33        0.35        0.25   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (1.04     2.04        1.45        (1.79 )2      0.53 2 
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (0.80     2.36        1.78        (1.44     0.78   
 

 

 

 
Distributions from net investment income     (0.10     (0.31     (0.35     (0.35     (0.33
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 12.21      $ 13.11      $ 11.06      $ 9.63      $ 11.42   
 

 

 

 
         
Total Return4                                        

Based on net asset value

    (6.13 )%      21.52%        18.58%        (12.55 )%      7.26%   
 

 

 

 
         
Ratios to Average Net Assets5                                        

Total expenses

    0.16% 6      0.40% 6      0.42% 6      0.44% 6      0.47%   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    0.11% 6      0.35% 6      0.34% 6      0.35% 6      0.46%   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.91% 6      2.64% 6      3.22% 6      3.14% 6      2.35%   
 

 

 

 
         
Supplemental Data                                        

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  1,764,794      $  71,826      $  52,589      $  70,169      $  112,145   
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover of the Series

    6%        8%        21%        6%        8%   
 

 

 

 

 

  1  

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

  2  

Includes redemption fees, which are less than $0.005 per share.

 

  3  

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

  4  

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

 

  5  

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

 

  6  

Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%.

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.      
                
12    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Financial Highlights (continued)    BlackRock International Index Fund
    Investor A  
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2014     2013     2012     2011     2010  
         
Per Share Operating Performance                                        

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 13.02      $ 10.99      $ 9.57      $ 11.36      $ 10.91   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income1

    0.41        0.29        0.30        0.31        0.23   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (1.25     2.02        1.45        (1.77 )2      0.52 2 
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (0.84     2.31        1.75        (1.46     0.75   
 

 

 

 
Distributions from net investment income3     (0.06     (0.28     (0.33     (0.33     (0.30
 

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.06     (0.28     (0.33     (0.33     (0.30
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 12.12      $ 13.02      $ 10.99      $ 9.57      $ 11.36   
 

 

 

 
         
Total Return4                                        

Based on net asset value

    (6.45 )%      21.20%        18.33%        (12.84 )%      7.02%   
 

 

 

 
         
Ratios to Average Net Assets5                                        

Total expenses

    0.52% 6      0.69% 6      0.69% 6      0.70% 6      0.74%   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    0.43% 6      0.60% 6      0.60% 6      0.60% 6      0.73%   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    3.13% 6      2.41% 6      2.90% 6      2.84% 6      2.16%   
 

 

 

 
         
Supplemental Data                                        

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  332,475      $  308,624      $  223,754      $  168,266      $  163,033   
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover of the Series

    6%        8%        21%        6%        8%   
 

 

 

 

 

  1  

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

  2  

Includes redemption fees, which are less than $0.005 per share.

 

  3  

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

  4  

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

 

  5  

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

 

  6  

Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.      
                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    13


Financial Highlights (concluded)    BlackRock International Index Fund
    Class K  
    Year Ended December 31,    

Period
March 31, 20111
to December 31,

2011

 
    2014     2013     2012    
       
Per Share Operating Performance                                

Net asset value, beginning of period.

  $ 13.11      $ 11.06      $ 9.63      $   11.80   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income2

    0.34        0.28        0.22        0.26   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (1.14     2.09        1.57        (2.08
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (0.80     2.37        1.79        (1.82
 

 

 

 
Distributions from net investment income3     (0.10     (0.32     (0.36     (0.35
 

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.10     (0.32     (0.36     (0.35
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 12.21      $ 13.11      $  11.06      $ 9.63   
 

 

 

 
       
Total Return4                                

Based on net asset value

     (6.12)%          21.57%          18.65%          (15.38)% 5 
 

 

 

 
       
Ratios to Average Net Assets6,7                                

Total expenses

    0.15%        0.36%        0.33%        0.48% 8 
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    0.11%        0.30%        0.29%        0.30% 8 
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2.65%        2.29%        2.11%        3.27% 8 
 

 

 

 
       
Supplemental Data                                

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $  16,014      $  2,336      $ 710      $ 20   
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover of the Series

    6%        8%        21%        6%   
 

 

 

 

 

  1  

Commencement of operations.

 

  2  

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

  3  

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

  4  

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

 

  5  

Aggregate total return.

 

  6  

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

 

  7  

Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%.

 

  8  

Annualized.

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.      
                
14    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Financial Highlights    BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund
    Institutional  
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2014     2013     2012     2011     2010  
         
Per Share Operating Performance                                        

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 17.51      $ 12.99      $ 11.51      $ 12.21      $ 9.70   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income1

    0.20        0.22        0.24        0.14        0.08   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.56        4.83        1.61        (0.69 )2      2.51 2 
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    0.76        5.05        1.85        (0.55     2.59   
 

 

 

 
Distributions from:3          

Net investment income

    (0.26     (0.19     (0.37     (0.15     (0.08

Net realized gain

    (1.41     (0.34                     
 

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (1.67     (0.53     (0.37     (0.15     (0.08
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 16.60      $ 17.51      $ 12.99      $ 11.51      $ 12.21   
 

 

 

 
         
Total Return4                                        

Based on net asset value

    4.81%        39.14%        16.10%        (4.49 )%      26.77%   
 

 

 

 
         
Ratios to Average Net Assets5                                        

Total expenses

    0.35% 6      0.51% 6      0.60% 6      0.61% 6      0.57%   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    0.23% 6      0.29% 6      0.28% 6      0.30% 6      0.52%   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.17% 6      1.45% 6      1.88% 6      1.14% 6      0.80%   
 

 

 

 
         
Supplemental Data                                        

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  46,988      $  60,707      $  44,328      $  49,829      $  71,443   
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover of the Series

    21%        22%        68%        31%        42%   
 

 

 

 

 

  1  

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

  2  

Includes redemption fees, which are less than $0.005 per share.

 

  3  

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

  4  

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

 

  5  

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

 

  6  

Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.      
                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    15


Financial Highlights (continued)    BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund
    Investor A  
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2014     2013     2012     2011     2010  
         
Per Share Operating Performance                                        

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 17.52      $ 13.01      $ 11.51      $ 12.21      $ 9.71   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income1

    0.16        0.19        0.21        0.11        0.06   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.56        4.82        1.62        (0.70     2.50 2 
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    0.72        5.01        1.83        (0.59     2.56   
 

 

 

 
Distributions from:3          

Net investment income

    (0.22     (0.16     (0.33     (0.11     (0.06

Net realized gain

    (1.41     (0.34                     
 

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (1.63     (0.50     (0.33     (0.11     (0.06
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 16.61      $ 17.52      $ 13.01      $ 11.51      $ 12.21   
 

 

 

 
         
Total Return4                                        

Based on net asset value

    4.54%        38.72%        15.96%        (4.76 )%      26.35%   
 

 

 

 
         
Ratios to Average Net Assets5                                        

Total expenses

    0.63% 6      0.77% 6      0.88% 6      0.88% 6      0.80%   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    0.48% 6      0.55% 6      0.55% 6      0.55% 6      0.78%   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    0.95% 6      1.20% 6      1.64% 6      0.88% 6      0.53%   
 

 

 

 
         
Supplemental Data                                        

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  83,859      $  83,118      $  49,303      $  45,263      $  47,252   
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover of the Series

    21%        22%        68%        31%        42%   
 

 

 

 

 

  1  

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

  2  

Includes redemption fees, which are less than $0.005 per share.

 

  3  

Distribution for annual periods determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

  4  

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

 

  5  

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

 

  6  

Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%.

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.      
                
16    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Financial Highlights (concluded)    BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund
    Class K  
    Year Ended December 31,     Period
March 31, 20111
to December  31,
2011
 
    2014     2013     2012    
       
Per Share Operating Performance                                

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 17.53      $ 13.01      $ 11.51      $ 13.17   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income2

    0.23        0.25        0.25        0.11   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.54        4.81        1.62        (1.62
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    0.77        5.06        1.87        (1.51
 

 

 

 

Distributions from:3

       

Net investment income

    (0.27     (0.20     (0.37     (0.15

Net realized gain

    (1.41     (0.34              
 

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (1.68     (0.54     (0.37     (0.15
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 16.62      $ 17.53      $ 13.01      $ 11.51   
 

 

 

 
       
Total Return4                                

Based on net asset value

    4.87%          39.14%          16.30%          (11.42)% 5 
 

 

 

 
       
Ratios to Average Net Assets6,7                                

Total expenses

    0.32%        0.49%        0.68%        0.68% 8 
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    0.18%        0.25%        0.25%        0.25% 8 
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.35%        1.57%        1.99%        1.28% 8 
 

 

 

 
       
Supplemental Data                                

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $  2,617      $  1,196      $ 40      $ 22   
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover of the Series

    21%        22%        68%        31%   
 

 

 

 

 

  1  

Commencement of operations

 

  2  

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

  3  

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations.

 

  4  

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

 

  5  

Aggregate total return.

 

  6  

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

 

  7  

Includes the Fund’s share of the Series’ allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%.

 

  8   

Annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.      
                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    17


Notes to Financial Statements    BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

1. Organization:

BlackRock International Index Fund (“International Index”) and BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund (“Small Cap Index”) (collectively, the “Funds” or individually, a “Fund”), are each a series of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Corporation is organized as a Maryland corporation. Each Fund is classified as diversified. The Funds seek to achieve their investment objectives by investing all of their assets in Master International Index Series (“Master International Index”) and Master Small Cap Index Series (“Master Small Cap Index”), respectively (collectively, the “Series” or individually, a “Series”), of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”), an affiliate of the Funds, each of which has the same investment objective and strategies as the corresponding Fund. The value of the Fund’s investment in the applicable Series reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Series. The performance of the Funds is directly affected by the performance of the Series. At December 31, 2014, the percentages of Master International Index and Master Small Cap Index owned by International Index and Small Cap Index were 79.12% and 19.04%, respectively. As such, 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.

Each Fund offers multiple classes of shares. Institutional and Class K 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, and may be subject to a CDSC for certain redemptions where no intial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase. All classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and are subject to the same terms and conditions except that Investor A Shares bear certain expenses related to the shareholder servicing of such shares. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters relating to its shareholder servicing and distribution expenditures.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The Fund’s financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund:

Valuation: The Funds’ investments are valued at fair value as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)(generally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time). U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Funds determine the fair values of their financial instruments at market value using independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board of Directors of the Fund (the “Board”). The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to provide oversight of the pricing function for the Fund for all financial instruments.

Each Fund’s policy is to fair value its financial instruments at market value. The Funds record their investment in the Series at fair value based on the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the applicable Series. Valuation of securities held by the Series is discussed in Note 2 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 on a trade date basis. The Funds record daily their proportionate share of the Series’ income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses. In addition, the Funds accrue their own expenses. Income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.

Distributions: Distributions paid by the Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Other: Expenses directly related to a Fund are charged to that Fund. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are prorated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses directly related to the Funds and other shared expenses prorated to the Funds are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets or other appropriate methods.

3. Administration Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is the largest stockholder and an affiliate, for 1940 Act purposes of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”).

The Corporation, on behalf of the Funds, 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, International Index and Small Cap Index pay the Administrator a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.03% and 0.08%, respectively, of the average daily value of the Funds’ net assets. Effective March 21, 2014, the administration fee was reduced to 0.24% and 0.29%, respectively of the average daily value of the Funds’ net assets. The Funds do not pay an investment advisory or management fee.

 

                
18    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Notes to Financial Statements (continued)    BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

The Administrator contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses, in order to limit expenses, excluding interest expense, dividend expense, acquired fund fees and expenses and certain other fund expenses, which constitute extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Funds’ business. Prior to March 21, 2014, the expense limitations as a percentage of average daily net assets were as follows:

 

     International Index      Small Cap Index  

Institutional

    0.35%         0.30%   

Investor A

    0.60%         0.55%   

Class K

    0.30%         0.25%   

Effective March 21, 2014, the expense limitations as a percentage of average daily net assets are as follows:

 

     International Index      Small Cap Index  

Institutional

    0.14%         0.21%   

Investor A

    0.39%         0.46%   

Class K

    0.09%         0.16%   

The Administrator has agreed not to reduce or discontinue this contractual waiver or reimbursement prior to May 1, 2015 unless approved by the Corporation’s Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors. These amounts are shown as administration fees waived and transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed — class specific, respectively, in the Statements of Operations.

For the year ended December 31, 2014, the amounts shown as transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed — class specific were as follows:

 

     International Index      Small Cap Index  

Institutional

  $ 1,522       $ 1,123   

Investor A

  $ 156,430       $ 23,124   

Class K

  $ 228       $ 359   

The Funds entered into a Distribution Agreement and a 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, each Fund pays BRIL ongoing service and distribution fees with respect to their Investor A Shares. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly at the annual rate of 0.25% based upon the average daily net assets.

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

Pursuant to written agreements, certain financial intermediaries, some of which may be affiliates, provide the Funds 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 asset-based fee or an annual fee per shareholder account, which will vary depending on share class and/or net assets. For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Funds paid the following amounts to affiliates in return for these services, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the Statements of Operations:

 

     International Index      Small Cap Index  

Investor A

          $ 75   

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 twelve months ended December 31, 2014, each 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 Statements of Operations:

 

     International Index      Small Cap Index  

Institutional

  $ 705       $ 427   

Investor A

  $ 4,391       $ 2,322   

Class K

  $ 17       $ 6   

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

 

                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    19


Notes to Financial Statements (continued)    BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

4. Income Tax Information:

It is the Funds’ 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 their taxable income to their shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

 

The Funds file U.S. federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s U.S. federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended December 31, 2014. 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 has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds’ facts and circumstances and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

U.S. GAAP requires 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. As of December 31, 2014, the following permanent differences attributable to foreign currency transactions and the sale or passive foreign investment companies by the Series were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

     International Index      Small Cap Index  

Distributions in excess of net investment income

  $ (1,830,552    $ 28,846   

Accumulated net realized loss

  $ 1,830,552       $ (28,846

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were as follows

 

            

International Index

     Small Cap Index  

Ordinary income

    12/31/14         $ 14,313,774       $ 2,186,848   
    12/31/13           8,280,648         1,356,329   

Long-term capital gains

    12/31/14                   10,191,116   
    12/31/13                   2,669,474   
      

 

 

 

Total

    12/31/14         $ 14,313,774       $ 12,377,964   
      

 

 

 
    12/31/13         $ 8,280,648       $ 4,025,803   
      

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2014, the tax components of accumulated net earnings (losses) were as follows:

 

    

International Index

     Small Cap Index  

Undistributed net investment income

    $ 1,384,356       $ 21,894   

Undistributed long-term capital gains

              1,868,175   

Capital loss carryforwards

      (42,978,551        

Net unrealized gains (losses)1

      (22,475,132      31,472,642   

Qualified late-year losses2

      (3,199,500        
   

 

 

 

Total

    $ (67,268,827    $ 33,362,711   
   

 

 

 

 

  1   

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

 

  2   

The Series has elected to defer certain late-year losses and recognize such losses in the next taxable year.

As of December 31, 2014, International Index had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates as follows:

 

Expires December 31,  

International Index

 

2016

    $ 4,270,741   

2017

      6,596,186   

No expiration date3

      32,111,624   
   

 

 

 

Total

    $ 42,978,551   
   

 

 

 

 

  3   

Must be utilized prior to losses subject to expiration.

5. Capital Share Transactions:

Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

    Year Ended
December 31, 2014
        Year Ended
December 31, 2013
 
International Index   Shares     Amount          Shares     Amount  
Institutional                                    

Shares sold

    144,662,721      $ 1,845,029,543          2,307,793      $ 28,259,339   

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    1,030,829        12,541,117          118,137        1,469,546   

Shares redeemed

    (6,610,394     (84,894,321       (1,702,180     (20,394,277
 

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

    139,083,156      $ 1,772,676,339          723,750      $ 9,334,608   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

                
20    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)    BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.
    Year Ended
December 31, 2014
        Year Ended
December 31, 2013
 
International Index   Shares     Amount          Shares     Amount  
Investor A                                    

Shares sold

    11,606,455      $ 151,854,021          8,157,663      $ 97,856,110   

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    132,973        1,629,568          531,595        6,563,648   

Shares redeemed

    (8,019,713     (105,018,790       (5,347,646     (64,736,792
 

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

    3,719,715      $ 48,464,799          3,341,612      $ 39,682,966   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
         
Class K                                    

Shares sold

    1,344,085      $ 17,426,754          142,049      $ 1,709,658   

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    9,743        119,038          4,293        53,404   

Shares redeemed

    (220,728     (2,825,407       (32,374     (391,432
 

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

    1,133,100      $ 14,720,385          113,968      $ 1,371,630   
 

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Net Increase (Decrease)

    143,935,971      $ 1,835,861,523          4,179,330      $ 50,389,204   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
         
    Year Ended
December 31, 2014
        Year Ended
December 31, 2013
 
Small Cap Index   Shares     Amount          Shares     Amount  
Institutional                                    

Shares sold

    1,065,529      $ 18,355,091          1,391,454      $ 21,530,848   

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    272,582        4,364,658          96,233        1,594,347   

Shares redeemed

    (1,975,628     (33,823,911       (1,432,058     (21,790,150
 

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    (637,517   $ (11,104,162       55,629      $ 1,335,045   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
         
Investor A                                    

Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares

    1,065,381      $ 18,374,630          1,794,352      $ 27,777,242   

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    451,129        7,219,938          123,926        2,058,237   

Shares redeemed

    (1,213,790     (21,038,490       (964,345     (14,728,990
 

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

    302,720      $ 4,556,078          953,933      $ 15,106,489   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
         
Class K                                    

Shares sold

    125,184      $ 2,169,394          74,025      $ 1,102,083   

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

    15,634        249,688          1,967        32,605   

Shares redeemed

    (51,667     (874,616       (10,838     (170,596
 

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

    89,151      $ 1,544,466          65,154      $ 964,092   
 

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Net Increase (Decrease)

    (245,646   $ (5,003,618       1,074,716      $ 17,405,626   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

At December 31, 2014, 1,898 Class K Shares of Small Cap Index were owned by affiliates.

6. 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 INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    21


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm    BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

 

To the Shareholders of BlackRock International Index Fund and BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund and Board of Directors of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of BlackRock International Index Fund and BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund, each one of the series constituting BlackRock Index Funds, Inc., (the “Funds”) as of December 31, 2014, and the related statements 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 periods presented. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ 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 audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Funds are 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 Funds’ 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 and BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund, of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc., as of December 31, 2014, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

February 18, 2015

 

 

Important Tax Information (Unaudited)

The following information is provided with respect to the ordinary income distributions paid by the Funds for the taxable year ended December 31, 2014.

 

      Payable Date        International
Index
       Small Cap
Index
 

Qualified Dividend Income for Individuals1,2

    

 

 

7/18/2014

12/12/2014

1/5/2015

  

  

  

      

 

 

100.00%

94.54%

94.54%

  

  

  

      

 


67.33%

  

  

Dividends Qualifying for the Dividend Received Deduction for Corporations1

     12/12/2014                     64.19%   

Foreign Source Income2

    

 

 

7/18/2014

12/12/2014

1/5/2015

  

  

  

      

 

 

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

  

  

  

      

 

 


  

  

  

Foreign Taxes Paid Per Share3

    

 

 

7/18/2014

12/12/2014

1/5/2015

  

  

  

      

 

 

$0.001010

$0.009015

$0.000507

  

  

  

      

 

 


  

  

  

 

  1   

The Funds hereby designate the percentage indicated 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 Funds on income received by the Funds 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.

Additionally, Small Cap Index Fund distributed long-term capital gains of $0.164310 and $1.188264 per share to shareholders of record on July 16, 2014 and December 11, 2014, respectively.

 

                
22    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Series Portfolio Information as of December 31, 2014    Quantitative Master Series LLC
Master International Index Series
Master Small Cap Index Series

 

Ten Largest Holdings   Percent of
Long-Term Investments

Nestlé SA, Registered Shares

     2

Novartis AG, Registered Shares

     2   

Roche Holding AG

     2   

HSBC Holdings PLC

     1   

Toyota Motor Corp.

     1   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC

     1   

BP PLC

     1   

Bayer AG, Registered Shares

     1   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

     1   

Total SA

     1  

 

Geographic Allocation   Percent of
Long-Term  Investments

Japan

     21

United Kingdom

     19   

France

     10   

Switzerland

     10   

Germany

     9   

Australia

     8   

Netherlands

     5   

Spain

     4   

Sweden

     3   

Hong Kong

     3   

Italy

     2   

Other1

     6   

 

  1   

Includes holdings within countries that are 1% or less of long-term investments. Please refer to the Schedule of Investments for such countries.

 

Ten Largest Holdings   Percent of
Long-Term Investments

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     0.4

TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.

     0.3   

Brunswick Corp.

     0.3   

RF Micro Devices, Inc.

     0.3   

Office Depot, Inc.

     0.3   

LaSalle Hotel Properties

     0.3   

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

     0.3   

Puma Biotechnology, Inc.

     0.2   

RLJ Lodging Trust

     0.2   

Ultimate Software Group, Inc.

     0.2   

 

Sector Allocation   Percent of
Long-Term Investments

Financial

     24

Information Technology

     18   

Health Care

     15   

Consumer Discretionary

     14   

Industrials

     14   

Materials

     4   

Utilities

     4   

Consumer Staples

     3   

Energy

     3   

Telecommunication Services

     1   

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 the investment advisor. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    23


Schedule of Investments December 31, 2014

  

Master International Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Australia — 7.3%

    

AGL Energy, Ltd.

     134,154      $ 1,463,231   

ALS Ltd.

     92,006        398,550   

Alumina Ltd. (a)

     512,206        739,983   

Amcor Ltd.

     254,055        2,795,197   

AMP Ltd.

     622,719        2,773,441   

APA Group

     260,454        1,574,520   

Asciano Ltd.

     211,529        1,035,910   

ASX Ltd.

     44,552        1,329,188   

Aurizon Holdings Ltd.

     462,702        1,731,557   

AusNet Services

     449,402        485,521   

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     580,373        15,101,270   

Bank of Queensland Ltd.

     78,442        772,804   

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd.

     97,453        1,013,310   

BGP Holdings PLC (a)

     783,183        9   

BHP Billiton Ltd.

     676,186        15,986,810   

Boral Ltd.

     160,991        690,868   

Brambles Ltd.

     329,173        2,835,572   

Caltex Australia Ltd.

     30,182        837,462   

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

     127,342        961,440   

Cochlear Ltd.

     11,624        733,321   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

     341,351        23,716,636   

Computershare Ltd.

     90,027        861,167   

Crown Resorts Ltd.

     70,081        720,739   

CSL Ltd.

     99,920        7,018,950   

Dexus Property Group

     191,750        1,085,468   

Federation Centres Ltd.

     290,920        677,339   

Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd.

     12,329        326,361   

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

     342,631        752,294   

Goodman Group

     348,641        1,610,332   

GPT Group

     348,352        1,232,833   

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

     122,036        333,107   

Healthscope Ltd. (a)

     246,247        544,021   

Iluka Resources Ltd.

     75,214        361,218   

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

     325,883        842,967   

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

     493,908        2,507,824   

Leighton Holdings Ltd.

     23,200        422,438   

Lend Lease Group

     120,232        1,601,354   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

     60,864        2,870,154   

Medibank Pvt, Ltd. (a)

     579,560        1,140,298   

Metcash Ltd.

     170,560        257,049   

Mirvac Group

     775,736        1,122,141   

National Australia Bank Ltd.

     498,087        13,582,962   

Newcrest Mining Ltd. (a)

     156,844        1,380,060   

Novion Property Group

     426,508        733,090   

Orica Ltd.

     77,792        1,192,053   

Origin Energy Ltd.

     234,203        2,215,899   

Qantas Airways Ltd. (a)

     112,951        219,386   

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

     282,815        2,568,069   

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.

     27,140        1,258,161   

REA Group Ltd.

     13,923        510,475   

Rio Tinto Ltd.

     91,745        4,301,088   

Santos Ltd.

     213,333        1,425,016   

Scentre Group (a)

     1,120,972        3,175,906   

Seek Ltd.

     70,701        985,862   

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

     79,491        1,195,907   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Australia (concluded)

    

Stockland

     507,923      $ 1,697,419   

Suncorp Group Ltd.

     270,880        3,094,474   

Sydney Airport

     221,305        847,265   

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

     174,938        590,541   

Tatts Group Ltd.

     281,428        791,516   

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

     916,913        4,451,452   

Toll Holdings Ltd.

     131,276        625,334   

TPG Telecom Ltd.

     63,778        348,883   

Transurban Group

     381,301        2,657,180   

Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.

     149,095        575,473   

Wesfarmers Ltd.

     236,540        8,008,687   

Westfield Corp. (a)

     415,643        3,046,813   

Westpac Banking Corp.

     654,576        17,605,326   

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

     156,119        4,828,341   

Woolworths Ltd.

     265,256        6,591,505   

WorleyParsons Ltd.

     39,073        320,064   
    

 

 

 
               194,088,861   

Austria — 0.2%

    

Andritz AG

     15,286        840,365   

Erste Group Bank AG

     60,899        1,416,430   

IMMOFINANZ AG (a)

     211,895        533,660   

OMV AG

     28,050        744,819   

Raiffeisen Bank International AG

     21,912        334,816   

Strabag SE

     30,711          

Vienna Insurance Group AG

     8,077        360,993   

Voestalpine AG

     24,354        962,301   
    

 

 

 
               5,193,384   

Belgium — 1.3%

    

Ageas

     47,677        1,695,165   

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     169,299        19,053,133   

Belgacom SA

     31,472        1,141,914   

Colruyt SA

     13,316        619,054   

Delhaize Group

     20,521        1,494,448   

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

     17,077        1,457,013   

KBC Groep NV (a)

     52,723        2,942,471   

Solvay SA

     12,840        1,737,445   

Telenet Group Holding NV (a)

     12,687        711,965   

UCB SA

     25,254        1,920,249   

Umicore SA

     24,014        966,331   
    

 

 

 
               33,739,188   

Denmark — 1.5%

    

A.P. Moeller — Maersk A/S, Class A

     839        1,605,531   

A.P. Moeller — Maersk A/S, Class B

     1,504        2,991,381   

Carlsberg A/S, Class B

     22,974        1,764,400   

Coloplast A/S, Class B

     23,764        1,988,677   

Danske Bank A/S

     138,030        3,731,757   

DSV A/S

     37,104        1,129,779   

ISS A/S (a)

     19,959        572,880   

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

     422,539        17,873,298   

Novozymes A/S, Class B

     50,906        2,142,815   

Pandora A/S

     24,646        1,997,733   

TDC A/S

     180,713        1,378,280   

Tryg A/S

     3,832        428,176   

 

Portfolio Abbreviations

 

ADR    American Depositary Receipts
CLP    Chilean Peso
CVA    Certificaten Van Aandelen (Dutch Certificate)
FTSE    Financial Times Stock Exchange
NOK    Norwegian Krone
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust
EUR    Euro
USD    U.S. Dollar

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
24    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master International Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Denmark (concluded)

    

Vestas Wind Systems A/S (a)

     44,758      $ 1,625,463   

William Demant Holding A/S (a)

     5,076        386,157   
    

 

 

 
               39,616,327   

Finland — 0.9%

  

Elisa OYJ

     29,105        794,422   

Fortum OYJ

     94,393        2,049,418   

Kone OYJ, Class B

     65,865        2,998,684   

Metso OYJ

     22,142        662,924   

Neste Oil OYJ

     25,426        617,181   

Nokia OYJ

     788,467        6,235,831   

Nokian Renkaat OYJ

     23,350        569,589   

Orion OYJ, Class B

     19,952        620,517   

Sampo OYJ, Class A

     94,120        4,406,170   

Stora Enso OYJ, Class R

     118,803        1,062,213   

UPM-Kymmene OYJ

     114,518        1,876,739   

Wartsila OYJ

     32,969        1,475,633   
    

 

 

 
               23,369,321   

France — 9.4%

  

Accor SA

     34,480        1,549,910   

Aeroports de Paris

     5,931        717,205   

Air Liquide SA

     72,548        8,977,066   

Airbus Group NV

     123,823        6,121,561   

Alcatel-Lucent (a)

     601,255        2,150,821   

Alstom SA (a)

     47,225        1,523,130   

ArcelorMittal

     210,781        2,309,294   

Arkema

     12,926        854,885   

AtoS

     16,799        1,334,772   

AXA SA

     382,400        8,811,658   

BNP Paribas SA

     223,019        13,165,719   

Bollore SA (b)

     123,936        564,416   

Bollore SA (a)

     200        903   

Bouygues SA

     33,945        1,225,692   

Bureau Veritas SA

     47,217        1,046,138   

Cap Gemini SA

     30,471        2,179,198   

Carrefour SA

     131,519        4,002,309   

Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA

     11,841        1,088,950   

Christian Dior SA

     11,613        1,987,426   

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin

     39,263        3,544,140   

CNP Assurances

     35,304        625,875   

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain

     95,664        4,052,405   

Credit Agricole SA

     216,971        2,800,774   

Danone SA

     121,989        7,975,404   

Dassault Systemes SA

     25,540        1,557,438   

Edenred

     42,595        1,178,007   

EDF

     52,815        1,453,912   

Essilor International SA

     43,022        4,797,784   

Eurazeo

     8,996        630,044   

Eutelsat Communications SA

     32,984        1,066,691   

Fonciere Des Regions

     5,222        482,645   

GDF Suez

     304,796        7,107,545   

Gecina SA

     6,152        768,001   

Groupe Eurotunnel SA, Registered Shares

     96,131        1,241,068   

Hermes International

     5,554        1,977,682   

ICADE

     7,932        634,660   

Iliad SA

     5,308        1,276,239   

Imerys SA

     6,409        471,516   

JCDecaux SA

     16,544        569,623   

Kering

     15,946        3,064,352   

Klepierre

     19,922        855,414   

L’Oreal SA

     52,923        8,857,818   

Lafarge SA

     39,327        2,760,759   

Lagardere SCA

     27,158        707,248   

Legrand SA

     55,749        2,924,490   

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA

     58,796        9,313,383   

Natixis

     189,865        1,252,846   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

France (concluded)

  

Numericable-SFR (a)

     20,310      $ 1,006,146   

Orange SA

     390,386        6,639,179   

Pernod Ricard SA

     44,706        4,968,519   

Peugeot SA (a)

     85,406        1,046,427   

Publicis Groupe SA

     39,231        2,813,464   

Remy Cointreau SA

     5,536        369,359   

Renault SA

     40,470        2,947,685   

Rexel SA

     55,694        997,820   

Safran SA

     57,071        3,520,993   

Sanofi

     250,386        22,827,802   

Schneider Electric SE (a)

     110,578        8,053,310   

SCOR SE

     33,603        1,018,182   

SES SA

     64,397        2,315,500   

Societe BIC SA

     6,127        814,425   

Societe Generale SA

     152,572        6,385,164   

Sodexo

     20,220        1,979,220   

Suez Environnement Co.

     63,813        1,111,828   

Technip SA

     22,724        1,353,613   

Thales SA

     18,591        1,005,906   

Total SA

     450,661        23,088,263   

Unibail-Rodamco SE

     20,640        5,302,889   

Valeo SA

     16,198        2,015,519   

Vallourec SA

     21,181        574,040   

Veolia Environnement SA

     91,896        1,627,738   

Vinci SA

     102,986        5,623,294   

Vivendi SA (a)

     255,525        6,360,152   

Wendel SA

     7,421        831,478   

Zodiac Aerospace

     38,441        1,294,223   
    

 

 

 
               251,450,954   

Germany — 8.9%

  

adidas AG

     44,049        3,059,006   

Allianz SE, Registered Shares

     96,112        15,918,663   

Axel Springer AG

     9,650        582,037   

BASF SE

     193,376        16,220,555   

Bayer AG, Registered Shares

     174,105        23,731,969   

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     69,709        7,522,868   

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Preference Shares

     10,550        861,932   

Beiersdorf AG

     21,699        1,761,828   

Brenntag AG

     33,322        1,863,035   

Celesio AG

     12,746        410,812   

Commerzbank AG (a)

     203,745        2,672,440   

Continental AG

     23,160        4,884,969   

Daimler AG, Registered Shares

     202,719        16,836,637   

Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE

     48,830        1,657,860   

Deutsche Bank AG, Registered Shares

     290,391        8,695,569   

Deutsche Boerse AG

     41,077        2,919,009   

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Registered Shares

     53,816        891,783   

Deutsche Post AG, Registered Shares

     203,747        6,614,016   

Deutsche Telekom AG, Registered Shares

     668,440        10,695,260   

Deutsche Wohnen AG

     57,606        1,358,909   

E.ON SE

     421,289        7,200,541   

Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide

     7,087        408,933   

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

     45,695        3,410,530   

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

     79,687        4,143,249   

Fuchs Petrolub SE, Preference Shares

     15,102        601,497   

GEA Group AG

     36,528        1,605,996   

Hannover Rueck SE

     12,795        1,154,254   

HeidelbergCement AG

     29,980        2,115,985   

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

     24,746        2,397,107   

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Preference Shares

     37,511        4,040,604   

Hugo Boss AG

     8,933        1,092,788   

Infineon Technologies AG

     238,913        2,528,142   

K+S AG, Registered Shares

     36,888        1,017,930   

Kabel Deutschland Holding AG (a)

     5,530        749,418   

Lanxess AG

     20,366        943,195   

Linde AG

     39,105        7,203,232   

 

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  

Germany (concluded)

  

MAN SE

     7,261      $ 808,649   

Merck KGaA

     27,230        2,562,570   

Metro AG (a)

     32,370        989,476   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG, Registered Shares

     36,412        7,250,991   

Osram Licht AG (a)

     17,775        697,845   

Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Preference Shares

     32,239        2,607,251   

ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, Registered Shares

     46,970        1,962,562   

RWE AG

     103,035        3,180,140   

SAP AG

     193,986        13,545,725   

Siemens AG, Registered Shares

     166,937        18,730,978   

Symrise AG

     26,862        1,618,303   

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (a)

     122,544        649,464   

ThyssenKrupp AG (a)

     95,578        2,434,738   

TUI AG (a)

     54,087        893,609   

TUI AG

     41,148        661,215   

United Internet AG, Registered Shares

     25,290        1,139,185   

Volkswagen AG

     5,970        1,294,317   

Volkswagen AG, Preference Shares

     34,224        7,606,467   
    

 

 

 
               238,406,043   

Hong Kong — 3.0%

  

AIA Group Ltd.

     2,536,000        13,987,217   

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.

     43,604        415,173   

Bank of East Asia Ltd.

     276,732        1,111,361   

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     778,900        2,595,404   

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.

     199,263        434,261   

Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd.

     292,835        4,904,054   

Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

     140,500        1,033,204   

CLP Holdings Ltd.

     399,187        3,456,723   

First Pacific Co. Ltd.

     505,250        498,934   

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

     491,000        2,728,346   

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

     500,000        1,394,854   

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

     161,153        2,678,438   

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

     221,564        1,539,929   

HKT Trust and HKT Ltd.

     523,560        681,908   

Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.

     1,328,556        3,026,907   

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.

     201,327        4,444,640   

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

     449,176        5,134,782   

Hysan Development Co. Ltd.

     154,791        686,963   

Kerry Properties Ltd.

     168,500        607,861   

Li & Fung Ltd.

     1,167,980        1,093,477   

The Link REIT

     486,414        3,045,321   

MGM China Holdings Ltd.

     223,600        564,570   

MTR Corp.

     290,500        1,188,512   

New World Development Co. Ltd.

     1,037,968        1,191,597   

NWS Holdings Ltd.

     375,824        689,351   

PCCW Ltd.

     849,000        578,076   

Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

     292,000        2,823,059   

Sands China Ltd.

     509,400        2,479,833   

Shangri-La Asia Ltd.

     225,905        309,553   

Sino Land Co., Ltd.

     639,263        1,026,212   

SJM Holdings Ltd.

     469,000        741,440   

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

     344,324        5,216,659   

Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A

     129,077        1,675,481   

Swire Properties Ltd.

     254,400        748,550   

Techtronic Industries Co.

     294,000        943,177   

WH Group, Ltd. (a)(c)

     778,500        443,960   

Wharf Holdings Ltd.

     319,357        2,292,693   

Wheelock & Co. Ltd.

     205,000        951,803   

Wynn Macau Ltd.

     357,600        997,651   

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

     167,785        603,321   
    

 

 

 
               80,965,255   

Ireland — 0.8%

  

Bank of Ireland (a)

     5,825,131        2,186,119   

CRH PLC

     155,659        3,742,893   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Ireland (concluded)

  

Experian PLC

     208,584      $ 3,516,091   

James Hardie Industries SE

     97,902        1,045,129   

Kerry Group PLC, Class A

     33,489        2,313,626   

Ryanair Holdings PLC (a)

     10,891        129,207   

Ryanair Holdings PLC — ADR (a)

     4,433        315,940   

Shire PLC

     124,126        8,800,543   
    

 

 

 
               22,049,548   

Israel — 0.6%

  

Bank Hapoalim BM

     211,043        992,351   

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM (a)

     264,903        904,964   

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp. Ltd.

     386,409        685,418   

Delek Group Ltd.

     1,219        305,762   

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

     90,372        650,243   

The Israel Corp. Ltd. (a)

     641        303,387   

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd. (a)

     35,985        376,597   

NICE Systems Ltd.

     12,039        608,853   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     180,410        10,341,973   
    

 

 

 
               15,169,548   

Italy — 2.1%

  

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

     245,837        5,047,732   

Atlantia SpA

     87,994        2,045,152   

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (a)

     973,823        554,759   

Banco Popolare SC (a)

     72,344        870,424   

Enel Green Power SpA

     350,190        733,704   

Enel SpA

     1,385,841        6,177,407   

Eni SpA

     535,597        9,381,773   

Exor SpA

     21,875        897,570   

Finmeccanica SpA (a)

     85,824        797,719   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

     2,624,944        7,538,362   

Luxottica Group SpA

     36,122        1,980,166   

Mediobanca SpA

     120,458        978,784   

Pirelli & C SpA

     47,542        641,218   

Prysmian SpA

     44,113        803,904   

Saipem SpA (a)

     50,972        534,322   

Snam SpA

     431,627        2,136,217   

Telecom Italia SpA (a)

     2,139,354        2,281,592   

Telecom Italia SpA, Non-Convertible Savings Shares

     1,286,225        1,075,341   

Tenaris SA

     102,746        1,552,579   

Terna — Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA

     329,575        1,496,985   

UniCredit SpA

     925,845        5,930,604   

Unione di Banche Italiane SCpA

     174,377        1,247,189   

UnipolSai SpA

     211,988        570,747   
    

 

 

 
               55,274,250   

Japan — 20.6%

  

ABC-Mart, Inc.

     4,700        227,425   

Acom Co. Ltd. (a)

     116,300        355,046   

Advantest Corp.

     32,000        396,619   

Aeon Co. Ltd.

     142,700        1,434,062   

AEON Financial Service Co. Ltd.

     26,100        515,499   

Aeon Mall Co. Ltd.

     21,850        387,203   

Air Water, Inc.

     36,000        570,219   

Aisin Seiki Co. Ltd.

     40,300        1,447,915   

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

     113,000        2,103,708   

Alfresa Holdings Corp.

     26,300        317,597   

Amada Co. Ltd.

     68,600        587,819   

ANA Holdings, Inc.

     244,000        603,322   

Aozora Bank Ltd.

     231,000        715,070   

Asahi Glass Co. Ltd.

     218,100        1,061,749   

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     77,300        2,391,454   

Asahi Kasei Corp.

     268,000        2,444,810   

Asics Corp.

     32,000        770,409   

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     452,000        6,292,790   

The Bank of Kyoto Ltd.

     69,000        576,814   

The Bank of Yokohama Ltd.

     245,000        1,330,665   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
26    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master International Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Japan (continued)

  

Benesse Holdings, Inc.

     15,300      $ 453,996   

Bridgestone Corp.

     137,000        4,751,424   

Brother Industries Ltd.

     47,100        853,798   

Calbee, Inc.

     15,700        540,814   

Canon, Inc.

     238,700        7,586,780   

Casio Computer Co. Ltd.

     33,900        518,580   

Central Japan Railway Co.

     30,400        4,556,238   

The Chiba Bank Ltd.

     170,000        1,113,993   

Chiyoda Corp.

     29,000        240,265   

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (a)

     140,500        1,651,019   

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

     47,100        1,156,461   

The Chugoku Bank Ltd.

     31,900        434,827   

The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

     71,400        933,518   

Citizen Holdings Co. Ltd.

     53,500        411,651   

COLOPL, Inc.

     12,900        289,892   

Credit Saison Co. Ltd.

     29,600        550,453   

Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.

     128,000        1,152,837   

The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

     227,000        3,445,824   

Daicel Corp.

     58,000        677,468   

Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd.

     44,100        575,983   

Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.

     136,800        1,912,840   

Daikin Industries Ltd.

     49,400        3,167,727   

Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.

     14,500        1,644,848   

Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.

     118,700        2,242,389   

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.

     350,000        2,740,548   

Denso Corp.

     102,400        4,772,640   

Dentsu, Inc.

     43,213        1,816,736   

Don Quijote Co. Ltd.

     11,800        811,214   

East Japan Railway Co.

     70,449        5,309,801   

Eisai Co. Ltd.

     54,100        2,092,217   

Electric Power Development Co. Ltd.

     24,500        827,878   

FamilyMart Co. Ltd.

     14,700        553,658   

FANUC Corp.

     40,300        6,644,675   

Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.

     11,200        4,075,625   

Fuji Electric Co. Ltd.

     132,800        529,458   

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.

     123,600        4,373,706   

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.

     97,500        2,975,070   

Fujitsu Ltd.

     396,000        2,111,340   

Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc.

     154,000        793,942   

GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. (b)

     89,400        323,682   

The Gunma Bank Ltd.

     93,000        603,524   

The Hachijuni Bank Ltd.

     71,000        456,075   

Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc.

     50,500        483,282   

Hamamatsu Photonics KK

     15,000        714,045   

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.

     229,000        1,228,378   

Hikari Tsushin, Inc.

     4,700        285,875   

Hino Motors Ltd.

     53,300        701,604   

Hirose Electric Co. Ltd.

     7,100        823,763   

The Hiroshima Bank Ltd.

     112,000        533,077   

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.

     12,100        381,547   

Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd.

     21,700        383,370   

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd.

     21,500        454,578   

Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.

     14,600        419,410   

Hitachi Ltd.

     1,018,000        7,513,616   

Hitachi Metals Ltd.

     51,000        866,535   

Hokuhoku Financial Group, Inc.

     226,000        455,737   

Hokuriku Electric Power Co.

     43,200        551,682   

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

     343,200        10,068,896   

Hoya Corp.

     89,600        3,030,704   

Hulic Co. Ltd.

     50,600        505,857   

Ibiden Co. Ltd.

     28,100        414,928   

Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.

     22,100        364,944   

IHI Corp.

     293,000        1,483,886   

Iida Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

     32,600        397,118   

Inpex Corp.

     188,400        2,097,450   

Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.

     73,805        913,277   

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

     129,400        1,576,132   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Japan (continued)

  

ITOCHU Corp.

     317,000      $ 3,384,005   

Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp.

     4,800        169,365   

The Iyo Bank Ltd.

     52,600        569,697   

J. Front Retailing Co. Ltd.

     45,800        530,455   

Japan Airlines Co. Ltd.

     25,180        746,563   

Japan Display, Inc. (a)

     101,000        308,251   

Japan Exchange Group, Inc.

     50,600        1,179,545   

Japan Prime Realty Investment Corp.

     164        570,630   

Japan Real Estate Investment Corp.

     258        1,243,115   

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.

     521        1,101,020   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     231,600        6,374,273   

JFE Holdings, Inc.

     104,400        2,328,212   

JGC Corp.

     41,000        844,059   

The Joyo Bank Ltd.

     125,000        618,986   

JSR Corp.

     31,000        532,093   

JTEKT Corp.

     47,500        799,415   

JX Holdings, Inc.

     448,660        1,746,008   

Kajima Corp.

     175,800        722,948   

Kakaku.com, Inc.

     36,400        520,764   

Kamigumi Co. Ltd.

     60,000        534,469   

Kaneka Corp.

     53,000        283,986   

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (a)

     140,600        1,337,541   

Kansai Paint Co. Ltd.

     50,000        774,598   

Kao Corp.

     108,600        4,282,590   

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.

     314,000        1,427,928   

KDDI Corp.

     122,800        7,714,793   

Keihan Electric Railway Co. Ltd.

     110,000        588,639   

Keikyu Corp.

     97,000        717,682   

Keio Corp.

     123,000        884,810   

Keisei Electric Railway Co. Ltd.

     62,000        753,887   

Keyence Corp.

     9,592        4,274,144   

Kikkoman Corp.

     33,000        808,798   

Kintetsu Corp.

     413,000        1,357,905   

Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd.

     174,400        2,167,075   

Kobe Steel Ltd.

     668,000        1,150,629   

Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     19,800        605,717   

Komatsu Ltd.

     196,600        4,346,419   

Konami Corp.

     20,700        379,501   

Konica Minolta, Inc.

     105,900        1,153,888   

Kubota Corp.

     237,000        3,440,000   

Kuraray Co. Ltd.

     73,000        829,411   

Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

     25,700        535,899   

Kyocera Corp.

     67,600        3,093,348   

Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. Ltd.

     52,000        489,663   

Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. (a)

     94,000        941,429   

Lawson, Inc.

     13,900        839,951   

LIXIL Group Corp.

     53,200        1,119,634   

M3, Inc.

     36,600        612,391   

Mabuchi Motor Co. Ltd.

     10,000        396,924   

Makita Corp.

     26,600        1,198,648   

Marubeni Corp.

     329,800        1,973,316   

Marui Group Co. Ltd.

     58,700        529,456   

Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd.

     14,000        297,966   

Mazda Motor Corp.

     113,680        2,730,090   

McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd. (b)

     15,400        337,071   

Medipal Holdings Corp.

     32,000        373,750   

Meiji Holdings Co. Ltd.

     11,393        1,036,526   

Minebea Co., Ltd.

     74,000        1,092,824   

Miraca Holdings, Inc.

     14,700        632,377   

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

     296,900        1,440,111   

Mitsubishi Corp.

     290,600        5,318,014   

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

     407,000        4,834,366   

Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd.

     263,000        5,541,637   

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.

     64,000        321,209   

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

     639,200        3,527,480   

Mitsubishi Logistics Corp.

     25,000        363,596   

Mitsubishi Materials Corp.

     235,000        779,594   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    27


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master International Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Japan (continued)

  

Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

     141,100      $ 1,289,014   

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.

     44,700        655,240   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     2,684,774        14,750,751   

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co., Ltd.

     99,100        466,050   

Mitsui & Co. Ltd.

     359,300        4,812,152   

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

     207,000        586,302   

Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.

     198,000        5,309,477   

Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.

     197,000        583,660   

Mixi, Inc.

     8,900        328,144   

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

     4,858,664        8,144,588   

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

     106,870        2,532,628   

Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     42,700        4,659,463   

Nabtesco Corp.

     23,400        565,546   

Nagoya Railroad Co. Ltd.

     180,000        670,180   

Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc.

     41,200        872,257   

NEC Corp.

     520,000        1,511,120   

Nexon Co. Ltd.

     27,400        255,426   

NGK Insulators Ltd.

     52,000        1,065,911   

NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd.

     33,500        1,017,912   

NH Foods Ltd.

     35,000        765,740   

NHK Spring Co. Ltd.

     41,900        364,587   

Nidec Corp.

     45,800        2,958,023   

Nikon Corp.

     73,600        977,916   

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

     22,400        2,337,610   

Nippon Building Fund, Inc.

     311        1,561,254   

Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd.

     72,500        326,234   

Nippon Express Co. Ltd.

     175,000        886,861   

Nippon Paint Co. Ltd.

     36,000        1,043,208   

Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc.

     336        729,541   

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal

     1,600,265        3,969,668   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     78,976        4,034,299   

Nippon Yusen KK

     293,000        827,580   

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

     523,500        4,565,845   

Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc.

     53,240        515,415   

Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd.

     12,600        600,555   

Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd.

     15,000        805,927   

Nitto Denko Corp.

     33,810        1,889,151   

NOK Corp.

     23,500        598,157   

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

     764,600        4,326,898   

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc.

     30,600        523,642   

Nomura Research Institute Ltd.

     20,500        626,996   

NSK Ltd.

     99,000        1,168,867   

NTT Data Corp.

     28,900        1,076,664   

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

     321,700        4,684,932   

NTT Urban Development Corp.

     24,600        247,737   

Obayashi Corp.

     133,000        857,344   

Odakyu Electric Railway Co. Ltd.

     118,000        1,045,258   

Oji Holdings Corp.

     170,000        608,241   

Olympus Corp. (a)

     51,500        1,804,062   

Omron Corp.

     40,800        1,825,207   

Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

     17,400        1,540,518   

Oracle Corp. Japan

     10,100        411,537   

Oriental Land Co. Ltd.

     10,000        2,306,139   

ORIX Corp.

     278,700        3,506,824   

Osaka Gas Co. Ltd.

     375,000        1,400,606   

Otsuka Corp.

     10,500        332,938   

Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd.

     82,500        2,473,450   

Panasonic Corp.

     464,800        5,474,616   

Park24 Co. Ltd.

     26,000        382,755   

Rakuten, Inc.

     169,400        2,355,644   

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.

     28,700        824,244   

Resona Holdings, Inc.

     466,956        2,358,829   

Ricoh Co. Ltd.

     141,400        1,429,420   

Rinnai Corp.

     6,600        443,468   

Rohm Co. Ltd.

     21,900        1,319,546   

Sankyo Co. Ltd.

     11,200        384,203   

Sanrio Co. Ltd. (b)

     13,000        321,199   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Japan (continued)

  

Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

     17,000      $ 915,191   

SBI Holdings, Inc.

     48,340        528,145   

Secom Co. Ltd.

     44,300        2,545,239   

Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc.

     43,932        562,073   

Seibu Holdings, Inc.

     23,900        487,270   

Seiko Epson Corp.

     27,300        1,142,346   

Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd.

     91,000        1,094,818   

Sekisui House Ltd.

     121,000        1,592,115   

Seven & I Holdings Co. Ltd.

     158,600        5,705,055   

Seven Bank Ltd.

     108,100        453,748   

Sharp Corp. (a)

     332,000        734,482   

Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (a)

     43,600        528,854   

Shimadzu Corp.

     44,000        447,567   

Shimamura Co. Ltd.

     4,400        379,706   

Shimano, Inc.

     16,700        2,163,010   

Shimizu Corp.

     118,000        801,465   

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.

     86,400        5,624,616   

Shinsei Bank Ltd.

     341,000        593,482   

Shionogi & Co. Ltd.

     64,800        1,674,162   

Shiseido Co. Ltd.

     71,900        1,008,355   

The Shizuoka Bank Ltd.

     106,000        969,297   

Showa Shell Sekiyu KK

     48,300        475,777   

SMC Corp.

     11,600        3,041,798   

Softbank Corp.

     202,200        12,035,601   

Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings Inc.

     66,375        1,669,178   

Sony Corp. (a)

     220,800        4,506,363   

Sony Financial Holdings, Inc.

     34,800        512,434   

Stanley Electric Co. Ltd.

     28,800        621,891   

Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.

     298,000        1,173,144   

Sumitomo Corp.

     224,800        2,308,849   

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. Ltd.

     33,200        321,505   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     161,100        2,012,022   

Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.

     124,000        666,994   

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.

     105,000        1,566,062   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     267,950        9,687,116   

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

     698,820        2,676,681   

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd.

     75,000        2,555,186   

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

     34,200        508,419   

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

     27,800        960,470   

Suruga Bank Ltd.

     39,800        731,404   

Suzuken Co. Ltd.

     15,000        414,351   

Suzuki Motor Corp.

     77,000        2,307,485   

Sysmex Corp.

     30,600        1,358,104   

T&D Holdings, Inc.

     115,700        1,386,994   

Taiheiyo Cement Corp.

     252,000        790,619   

Taisei Corp.

     217,000        1,230,826   

Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd.

     7,100        433,813   

Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp.

     28,000        308,241   

Takashimaya Co. Ltd.

     58,000        463,112   

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

     166,300        6,884,451   

TDK Corp.

     24,600        1,448,827   

Teijin Ltd.

     166,000        441,211   

Terumo Corp.

     66,900        1,518,379   

THK Co. Ltd.

     26,200        629,636   

Tobu Railway Co. Ltd.

     236,000        1,009,169   

Toho Co. Ltd.

     22,700        515,052   

Toho Gas Co. Ltd.

     82,000        401,174   

Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

     102,000        1,186,920   

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

     145,800        4,735,246   

The Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (a)

     269,900        1,097,768   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     34,300        2,600,976   

Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.

     464,000        2,503,587   

Tokyo Tatemono Co. Ltd.

     88,000        640,431   

Tokyu Corp.

     227,000        1,406,599   

Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp.

     96,000        666,077   

TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK

     52,000        443,903   

Toppan Printing Co. Ltd.

     102,000        662,739   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
28    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master International Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Japan (concluded)

  

Toray Industries, Inc.

     293,700      $ 2,346,657   

Toshiba Corp.

     848,000        3,576,269   

Toto Ltd.

     54,000        628,166   

Toyo Seikan Kaisha Ltd.

     32,800        407,426   

Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd.

     19,900        640,757   

Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd.

     17,900        360,045   

Toyota Industries Corp.

     32,500        1,665,681   

Toyota Motor Corp.

     575,700        35,876,095   

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

     44,700        1,038,377   

Trend Micro, Inc.

     24,700        682,541   

Unicharm Corp.

     74,400        1,783,300   

United Urban Investment Corp.

     589        927,158   

USS Co. Ltd.

     48,800        749,797   

West Japan Railway Co.

     32,900        1,555,453   

Yahoo! Japan Corp.

     321,800        1,153,307   

Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.

     19,000        1,002,914   

Yamada Denki Co. Ltd.

     192,800        646,867   

Yamaguchi Financial Group, Inc.

     42,000        431,640   

Yamaha Corp.

     33,500        493,786   

Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.

     53,700        1,074,392   

Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd.

     79,200        1,568,293   

Yamato Kogyo Co. Ltd.

     6,400        178,999   

Yamazaki Baking Co. Ltd.

     29,000        357,838   

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

     51,200        653,984   

Yokogawa Electric Corp.

     46,100        505,857   

The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd.

     47,000        427,950   
    

 

 

 
               550,412,689   

Luxembourg — 0.1%

  

Altice SA (a)

     18,049        1,425,291   

RTL Group SA

     8,978        856,107   
    

 

 

 
               2,281,398   

Netherlands — 4.4%

  

Aegon NV

     384,035        2,886,395   

Akzo Nobel NV

     51,083        3,534,434   

ASML Holding NV

     75,271        8,132,842   

CNH Industrial NV

     189,226        1,531,799   

Corio NV

     15,985        782,815   

Delta Lloyd NV

     44,127        970,368   

Gemalto NV (b)

     15,823        1,295,072   

Heineken Holding NV

     22,349        1,399,081   

Heineken NV

     48,509        3,444,512   

ING Groep NV CVA (a)

     812,182        10,493,114   

Koninklijke Ahold NV

     188,301        3,346,647   

Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV

     18,803        1,028,620   

Koninklijke DSM NV

     36,506        2,226,610   

Koninklijke KPN NV

     681,737        2,152,481   

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

     201,414        5,838,188   

Koninklijke Vopak NV

     15,223        789,799   

NN Group NV (a)

     23,995        716,334   

OCI NV (a)

     16,586        576,692   

QIAGEN NV (a)

     48,737        1,135,234   

Randstad Holding NV

     25,914        1,246,888   

Reed Elsevier NV

     147,260        3,516,659   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, A Shares

     830,101        27,702,867   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B

     513,802        17,752,404   

TNT Express NV

     95,298        635,295   

Unilever NV CVA

     342,967        13,416,082   

Wolters Kluwer NV

     64,923        1,981,138   
    

 

 

 
        118,532,370   

New Zealand — 0.2%

  

Auckland International Airport Ltd.

     211,147        694,753   

Contact Energy Ltd.

     102,592        509,489   

Fletcher Building Ltd.

     146,940        946,702   

Meridian Energy, Ltd.

     302,548        413,309   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

New Zealand (concluded)

  

Mighty River Power, Ltd.

     166,224      $ 385,502   

Ryman Healthcare Ltd.

     68,729        455,900   

Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd.

     365,242        885,406   
    

 

 

 
        4,291,061   

Norway — 0.6%

  

DnB NOR ASA

     205,756        3,035,029   

Gjensidige Forsikring ASA

     42,157        687,892   

Norsk Hydro ASA

     268,629        1,513,197   

Orkla ASA

     181,380        1,234,738   

Seadrill Ltd.

     80,974        936,882   

Statoil ASA

     234,967        4,137,025   

Subsea 7 SA

     67,352        689,206   

Telenor ASA

     158,058        3,197,294   

Yara International ASA

     38,972        1,735,517   
    

 

 

 
        17,166,780   

Portugal — 0.1%

  

Banco Comercial Portugues SA (a)

     7,943,508        623,322   

EDP — Energias de Portugal SA

     495,328        1,920,704   

Galp Energia SGPS SA

     74,194        753,440   

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

     56,235        563,496   
    

 

 

 
        3,860,962   

Singapore — 1.5%

  

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust

     443,962        796,358   

CapitaCommercial Trust

     376,000        496,415   

CapitaLand Ltd.

     539,749        1,342,004   

CapitaMall Trust

     523,700        804,074   

City Developments Ltd.

     96,535        744,771   

ComfortDelGro Corp. Ltd.

     461,816        903,737   

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     363,407        5,626,023   

Genting Singapore PLC

     1,306,227        1,059,078   

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     697,000        1,299,488   

Golden Agri-Resources Ltd.

     1,223,251        423,365   

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust

     1,171,000        804,780   

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.

     24,721        792,001   

Keppel Corp. Ltd.

     290,577        1,936,805   

Keppel Land Ltd.

     198,000        510,072   

Noble Group Ltd.

     994,840        848,735   

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. (b)

     610,898        4,806,530   

SembCorp Industries Ltd.

     206,590        691,874   

SembCorp Marine Ltd. (b)

     220,197        540,295   

Singapore Airlines Ltd.

     104,009        907,317   

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

     186,000        1,093,515   

Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.

     99,985        317,399   

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.

     360,213        922,000   

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

     1,678,132        4,925,826   

StarHub Ltd.

     121,157        378,538   

Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust

     500,000        739,657   

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

     272,147        5,022,213   

UOL Group Ltd.

     94,499        494,020   

Wilmar International Ltd.

     421,670        1,027,456   

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd.

     427,183        387,119   
    

 

 

 
        40,641,465   

Spain — 3.4%

  

Abertis Infraestructuras SA

     86,237        1,710,062   

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA

     40,227        1,402,114   

Amadeus IT Holding SA, Class A

     89,522        3,565,422   

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

     1,249,807        11,803,680   

Banco de Sabadell SA

     733,010        1,939,516   

Banco Popular Espanol SA

     383,725        1,912,804   

Banco Santander SA

     2,602,057        21,839,361   

Bankia SA (a)

     1,045,214        1,551,021   

Bankinter SA

     154,899        1,244,414   

CaixaBank SA

     482,319        2,527,283   

Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion SA

     143,344        971,310   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    29


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master International Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Spain (concluded)

  

Enagas SA

     13,781      $ 434,667   

Ferrovial SA

     94,291        1,863,960   

Gas Natural SDG SA

     75,895        1,906,527   

Grifols SA

     32,498        1,296,785   

Iberdrola SA

     1,085,942        7,320,057   

Inditex SA

     230,294        6,569,225   

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (a)

     223,500        1,664,910   

Mapfre SA

     208,345        704,202   

Red Electrica Corp. SA

     7,322        645,444   

Repsol SA

     216,790        4,058,488   

Telefonica SA

     886,989        12,734,962   

Zardoya Otis SA

     47,968        531,947   
    

 

 

 
        90,198,161   

Sweden — 3.0%

  

Alfa Laval AB

     64,188        1,213,782   

Assa Abloy AB, Class B

     70,341        3,715,163   

Atlas Copco AB, Class A

     141,381        3,934,017   

Atlas Copco AB, Class B

     83,214        2,130,096   

Boliden AB

     60,183        962,013   

Electrolux AB, Class B

     52,732        1,540,787   

Elekta AB, B Shares

     77,103        788,284   

Getinge AB, Class B

     43,965        1,001,187   

Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B

     199,894        8,304,598   

Hexagon AB, Class B

     55,259        1,704,714   

Husqvarna AB, Class B

     80,578        592,286   

ICA Gruppen AB

     16,112        627,374   

Industrivarden AB, Class C

     41,350        717,760   

Investment AB Kinnevik, Class B

     49,364        1,605,279   

Investor AB, Class B

     95,898        3,486,641   

Lundin Petroleum AB (a)

     45,190        646,685   

Millicom International Cellular SA

     13,872        1,027,848   

Nordea Bank AB

     639,505        7,402,772   

Sandvik AB

     226,244        2,199,788   

Securitas AB, Class B

     65,801        796,040   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A

     319,812        4,061,150   

Skanska AB, Class B

     82,272        1,766,412   

SKF AB, Class B

     79,130        1,666,915   

Svenska Cellulosa AB, B Shares

     123,720        2,667,242   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A

     105,089        4,916,887   

Swedbank AB, Class A

     190,665        4,730,575   

Swedish Match AB

     40,538        1,270,239   

Tele2 AB, Class B

     68,811        833,830   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B

     640,733        7,758,063   

TeliaSonera AB

     501,409        3,223,741   

Volvo AB, Class B

     323,081        3,483,940   
    

 

 

 
        80,776,108   

Switzerland — 9.6%

  

ABB Ltd., Registered Shares (a)

     462,977        9,795,731   

Actelion Ltd., Registered Shares (a)

     21,672        2,494,903   

Adecco SA, Registered Shares (a)

     35,956        2,471,589   

Aryzta AG (a)

     19,184        1,474,281   

Baloise Holding AG, Registered Shares

     9,727        1,243,223   

Barry Callebaut AG, Registered Shares (a)

     423        433,671   

Cie Financiere Richemont SA, Registered Shares

     109,902        9,743,758   

Coca-Cola HBC AG (a)

     38,764        738,047   

Credit Suisse Group AG, Registered Shares (a)

     321,453        8,075,299   

EMS-Chemie Holding AG, Registered Shares

     1,697        686,985   

Geberit AG, Registered Shares

     7,959        2,692,551   

Givaudan SA, Registered Shares (a)

     1,945        3,489,051   

Glencore PLC (a)

     2,235,234        10,317,456   

Holcim Ltd., Registered Shares (a)

     48,206        3,445,964   

Julius Baer Group Ltd. (a)

     47,696        2,177,704   

Kuehne & Nagel International AG, Registered Shares

     11,799        1,602,722   

Lindt & Spruengli AG

     190        939,449   

Lindt & Spruengli AG, Registered Shares

     21        1,211,738   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Switzerland (concluded)

  

Lonza Group AG, Registered Shares (a)

     10,897      $ 1,226,911   

Nestle SA, Registered Shares

     678,946        49,495,832   

Novartis AG, Registered Shares

     484,296        44,915,295   

Pargesa Holding SA, Bearer Shares

     7,471        576,506   

Partners Group Holding AG

     3,735        1,086,650   

Roche Holding AG

     147,917        40,076,956   

Schindler Holding AG, Participation Certificates

     9,093        1,312,703   

Schindler Holding AG, Registered Shares

     4,420        633,969   

SGS SA, Registered Shares

     1,158        2,364,601   

Sika AG — Bearer Shares

     466        1,374,671   

Sonova Holding AG, Registered Shares

     10,735        1,577,084   

STMicroelectronics NV

     145,524        1,085,833   

Sulzer AG, Registered Shares

     4,287        458,585   

The Swatch Group AG, Bearer Shares

     6,494        2,885,000   

The Swatch Group AG, Registered Shares

     11,193        968,214   

Swiss Life Holding AG, Registered Shares (a)

     7,012        1,657,298   

Swiss Prime Site AG, Registered Shares (a)

     11,481        843,002   

Swiss Re AG (a)

     74,146        6,211,334   

Swisscom AG, Registered Shares

     4,908        2,575,410   

Syngenta AG, Registered Shares

     19,569        6,294,518   

Transocean Ltd.

     79,185        1,453,035   

UBS Group AG (a)

     768,875        13,216,731   

Zurich Insurance Group AG (a)

     31,463        9,832,260   
    

 

 

 
        255,156,520   

United Kingdom — 18.0%

  

3i Group PLC

     196,723        1,371,705   

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

     186,347        1,245,162   

Admiral Group PLC

     42,240        866,558   

Aggreko PLC

     52,256        1,218,609   

AMEC PLC

     79,944        1,055,801   

Anglo American PLC

     294,042        5,441,087   

Antofagasta PLC

     87,688        1,021,738   

ARM Holdings PLC

     295,706        4,542,748   

Ashtead Group PLC

     108,709        1,930,662   

Associated British Foods PLC

     75,006        3,666,973   

AstraZeneca PLC

     265,824        18,775,343   

Aviva PLC

     620,585        4,662,689   

Babcock International Group PLC

     55,593        910,739   

BAE Systems PLC

     664,495        4,859,580   

Barclays PLC

     3,457,464        12,997,754   

BG Group PLC

     718,112        9,609,560   

BHP Billiton PLC

     444,674        9,529,961   

BP PLC

     3,878,667        24,620,133   

British American Tobacco PLC

     392,447        21,267,074   

British Land Co. PLC

     204,257        2,463,065   

British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC

     217,381        3,033,839   

BT Group PLC

     1,713,792        10,659,890   

Bunzl PLC

     71,691        1,959,831   

Burberry Group PLC

     94,011        2,385,222   

Capita PLC

     140,353        2,353,395   

Carnival PLC

     39,920        1,804,312   

Centrica PLC

     1,056,640        4,576,766   

Cobham PLC

     242,454        1,217,133   

Compass Group PLC

     353,188        6,037,005   

Croda International PLC

     28,719        1,185,360   

Diageo PLC

     528,937        15,152,493   

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

     302,089        1,366,527   

Dixons Carphone PLC

     198,238        1,428,696   

easyJet PLC

     32,924        852,043   

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV

     185,090        2,150,694   

Fresnillo PLC

     50,551        600,795   

Friends Life Group Ltd.

     306,280        1,739,434   

G4S PLC

     313,579        1,352,662   

GKN PLC

     353,070        1,879,299   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     1,021,015        21,904,446   

Hammerson PLC

     170,614        1,597,786   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
30    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master International Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

United Kingdom (continued)

  

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

     47,725      $ 746,748   

HSBC Holdings PLC

     4,031,669        38,098,308   

ICAP PLC

     124,022        868,424   

IMI PLC

     58,145        1,137,546   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     201,505        8,870,150   

Inmarsat PLC

     91,023        1,128,637   

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

     50,547        2,033,827   

Intertek Group PLC

     33,323        1,206,026   

Intu Properties PLC

     197,682        1,022,004   

Investec PLC

     118,620        993,831   

ITV PLC

     806,430        2,690,021   

J. Sainsbury PLC

     271,116        1,035,307   

Johnson Matthey PLC

     43,555        2,291,463   

Kingfisher PLC

     500,602        2,646,251   

Land Securities Group PLC

     166,402        2,991,181   

Legal & General Group PLC

     1,250,142        4,826,982   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (a)

     12,021,558        14,140,467   

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

     47,431        1,632,053   

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

     344,380        2,549,925   

Meggitt PLC

     164,824        1,325,884   

Melrose Industries PLC

     214,081        886,178   

Merlin Entertainments PLC (c)

     105,886        655,185   

National Grid PLC

     793,971        11,265,883   

Next PLC

     32,292        3,424,789   

Old Mutual PLC

     1,032,829        3,043,917   

Pearson PLC

     172,589        3,187,397   

Persimmon PLC (a)

     66,765        1,630,661   

Petrofac Ltd.

     53,021        577,608   

Prudential PLC

     540,334        12,492,238   

Randgold Resources Ltd.

     18,155        1,232,544   

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     136,825        11,081,995   

Reed Elsevier PLC

     240,482        4,107,909   

Rexam PLC

     140,636        990,076   

Rio Tinto PLC

     267,904        12,349,587   

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (a)

     397,160        5,335,386   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (a)

     532,341        3,238,863   

Royal Mail PLC

     125,421        835,799   

RSA Insurance Group PLC (a)

     221,639        1,496,388   

SABMiller PLC

     203,617        10,614,787   

The Sage Group PLC

     218,202        1,575,982   

Schroders PLC

     26,579        1,104,684   

Segro PLC

     148,283        849,465   

Severn Trent PLC

     52,237        1,629,233   

Smith & Nephew PLC

     188,000        3,390,117   

Smiths Group PLC

     86,720        1,474,597   

Sports Direct International PLC (a)

     59,623        655,895   

SSE PLC

     205,282        5,186,878   

Standard Chartered PLC

     520,061        7,777,978   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

United Kingdom (concluded)

  

Standard Life PLC (a)

     503,480      $ 3,118,700   

Tate & Lyle PLC

     93,359        874,724   

Tesco PLC

     1,710,206        4,986,448   

Travis Perkins PLC

     54,510        1,569,018   

Tullow Oil PLC

     185,939        1,198,256   

Unilever PLC

     270,219        10,978,505   

United Utilities Group PLC

     145,922        2,072,664   

Vodafone Group PLC

     5,579,296        19,129,320   

The Weir Group PLC

     43,351        1,243,123   

Whitbread PLC

     38,208        2,827,628   

William Hill PLC

     190,301        1,069,319   

WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC

     433,596        1,237,163   

Wolseley PLC

     56,119        3,208,425   

WPP PLC

     277,388        5,767,358   
    

 

 

 
               480,902,274   
Total Common Stocks97.5%        2,603,542,467   
    
                  
Rights               

Spain — 0.0%

    

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (Expires 01/07/15) (a)

     1,249,807        119,474   

Repsol SA (Expires 01/08/15) (a)

     216,790        119,884   
Total Rights — 0.0%        239,358   
Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $2,456,264,285) — 97.5%
        2,603,781,825   
    
                  
Short-Term Securities               

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.04% (d)(e)

     3,872,785        3,872,785   
      Beneficial
Interest
(000)
        

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series, 0.20% (d)(e)(f)

   $ 4,107        4,107,347   
Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $7,980,132) — 0.3%
        7,980,132   
Total Investments (Cost — $2,464,244,417) — 97.8%        2,611,761,957   
Other Assets Less Liabilities2.2%        58,599,282   
    

 

 

 

Net Assets100.0%

     $ 2,670,361,239   
    

 

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

(a)   Non-income producing security.

 

(b)   Security, or a portion of security, is on loan.

 

(c)   Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

 

(d)   Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

(e)   During the year ended December 31, 2014 investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Series, 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,
2013
       Net
Activity
       Shares/Beneficial
Interest Held
at December 31,
2014
       Income  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

       587,542           3,285,243 1         3,872,785         $ 10,577   

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series

       528,856           3,578,491 1         4,107,347         $ 81,222   

1   Represents net shares/beneficial interest purchased.

      

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    31


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master International Index Series

 

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

 

Ÿ  

As of December 31, 2014, financial futures contracts outstanding were as follows:

 

Contracts

Purchased

    Issue   Exchange   Expiration   Notional Value     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
  86      SPI 200 Index   Australian Securities Exchange   March 2015     USD      $ 9,448,563      $ 365,339   
  200      FTSE 100 Index   Euronext Life   March 2015     USD      $ 20,331,951        899,087   
  242      Nikkei 225 Index   Singapore Exchange   March 2015     USD      $ 17,557,021        (407,203
          598      Euro Stoxx 50 Index   Eurex Mercantile   March 2015     USD      $ 22,670,702        803,476   
  Total                $ 1,660,699   
           

 

 

 

 

Ÿ  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

  Ÿ  

Level 1 — unadjusted quoted prices in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Series has the ability to access

 

  Ÿ  

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)

 

  Ÿ  

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 derivative financial instruments)

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Series’ policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. For information about the Series’ policy regarding valuation of investments, please refer to Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

As of December 31, 2014 the following tables summarize the Series’ investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy:

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets:

                

Investments:

                

Common Stocks:

                

Australia

  $ 2,603,529         $ 191,485,323         $ 9         $ 194,088,861   

Austria

              5,193,384                     5,193,384   

Belgium

              33,739,188                     33,739,188   

Denmark

    386,157           39,230,170                     39,616,327   

Finland

    617,181           22,752,140                     23,369,321   

France

    5,413,214           246,037,740                     251,450,954   

Germany

    661,215           237,744,828                     238,406,043   

Hong Kong

    5,254,967           75,710,288                     80,965,255   

Ireland

    315,940           21,733,608                     22,049,548   

Israel

              15,169,548                     15,169,548   

Italy

              55,274,250                     55,274,250   

Japan

    824,244           549,588,445                     550,412,689   

Luxembourg

    1,425,291           856,107                     2,281,398   

Netherlands

              118,532,370                     118,532,370   

New Zealand

              4,291,061                     4,291,061   

Norway

              17,166,780                     17,166,780   

Portugal

              3,860,962                     3,860,962   

Singapore

              40,641,465                     40,641,465   

Spain

              90,198,161                     90,198,161   

Sweden

    788,284           79,987,824                     80,776,108   

Switzerland

    15,661,916           239,494,604                     255,156,520   

United Kingdom

    1,428,696           479,473,578                     480,902,274   

Rights

    239,358                               239,358   

Short-Term Securities

    3,872,785           4,107,347                     7,980,132   
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 39,492,777         $ 2,572,269,171         $ 9         $ 2,611,761,957   
 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
32    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (concluded)

  

Master International Index Series

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  
Derivative Financial Instruments 1                 

Assets:

                

Equity contracts

  $ 2,067,902                             $ 2,067,902   

Liabilities:

                

Equity contracts

  $ (407,203                          $ (407,203
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

  $ 1,660,699                             $ 1,660,699   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

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

      

 

The Series may hold assets and/or liabilities in which the fair value approximates the carrying amount for financial statement purposes. As of December 31, 2014, such assets and/or liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:

   

    
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets:

                

Cash

  $ 200                   $ 200   

Cash pledged for financial futures contracts

    3,900,000                               3,900,000   

Foreign currency at value

    62,016,065                               62,016,065   

Liabilities:

                

Collateral on securities loaned at value

            $ (4,107,347                  (4,107,347
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

  $ 65,916,265         $ (4,107,347                $ 61,808,918   
 

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, there were no transfers between levels.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    33


Schedule of Investments December 31, 2014

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Advertising Agencies — 0.3%

  

Constant Contact, Inc. (a)

     12,168      $ 446,565   

Harte-Hanks, Inc.

     19,420        150,311   

Marchex, Inc., Class B

     12,646        58,045   

Marin Software, Inc. (a)

     9,969        84,338   

Marketo, Inc. (a)

     9,929        324,877   

MDC Partners, Inc., Class A

     16,580        376,698   

National CineMedia, Inc.

     23,849        342,710   

QuinStreet, Inc. (a)

     13,474        81,787   

ReachLocal, Inc. (a)

     5,647        19,426   

Sizmek, Inc. (a)

     8,669        54,268   

TubeMogul, Inc. (a)(b)

     1,269        28,616   

Viad Corp.

     8,016        213,706   
    

 

 

 
        2,181,347   

Aerospace — 1.4%

  

AAR Corp.

     15,370        426,979   

Aerovironment, Inc. (a)

     7,408        201,868   

Astronics Corp. (a)

     7,303        403,929   

Cubic Corp.

     7,994        420,804   

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

     18,673        1,318,127   

Ducommun, Inc. (a)

     4,305        108,830   

Erickson Air-Crane, Inc. (a)(b)

     2,434        20,300   

Esterline Technologies Corp. (a)

     12,333        1,352,683   

GenCorp, Inc. (a)

     23,260        425,658   

HEICO Corp.

     25,787        1,557,535   

Kaman Corp.

     10,620        425,756   

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)

     17,347        87,082   

LMI Aerospace, Inc. (a)

     3,990        56,259   

Moog, Inc., Class A (a)

     16,053        1,188,404   

Orbital Sciences Corp. (a)

     23,499        631,888   

SIFCO Industries, Inc.

     989        28,829   

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)

     14,568        1,496,716   
    

 

 

 
        10,151,647   

Agriculture, Fishing & Ranching — 0.5%

  

Alico, Inc.

     1,143        57,184   

The Andersons, Inc.

     10,928        580,714   

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

     12,009        468,711   

Calavo Growers, Inc.

     5,561        263,035   

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

     13,929        467,318   

Limoneira Co.

     4,448        111,111   

Sanderson Farms, Inc. (b)

     8,952        752,192   

Seaboard Corp. (a)

     110        461,775   
    

 

 

 
        3,162,040   

Air Transport — 0.8%

  

Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)

     20,327        173,999   

Allegiant Travel Co.

     5,340        802,762   

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)

     9,791        482,696   

Bristow Group, Inc.

     13,776        906,323   

Era Group, Inc. (a)

     7,942        167,973   

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (a)

     17,459        454,807   

JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)

     96,376        1,528,523   

PHI, Inc. (a)

     4,887        182,774   

Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (a)

     19,349        282,302   

SkyWest, Inc.

     19,809        263,064   

Virgin America, Inc. (a)

     5,928        256,386   
    

 

 

 
        5,501,609   

Alternative Energy — 0.2%

  

Abengoa Yield PLC

     11,109        303,498   

Ameresco, Inc., Class A (a)

     7,754        54,278   

Amyris, Inc. (a)(b)

     10,883        22,419   

EnerNOC, Inc. (a)

     10,515        162,457   

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc.

     14,510        359,558   

REX American Resources Corp. (a)

     2,410        149,347   

Solazyme, Inc. (a)(b)

     28,929        74,637   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Alternative Energy (concluded)

  

TerraForm Power, Inc., Class A

     9,002      $ 277,982   

Vivint Solar, Inc. (a)

     7,766        71,602   
    

 

 

 
        1,475,778   

Aluminum — 0.1%

  

Century Aluminum Co. (a)

     19,902        485,609   

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

     6,979        498,510   

Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp.

     16,608        58,460   
    

 

 

 
        1,042,579   

Asset Management & Custodian — 0.6%

  

Arlington Asset Investment Corp.

     8,623        229,458   

Ashford, Inc. (a)

     333        31,302   

Calamos Asset Management, Inc., Class A

     6,599        87,899   

CIFC Corp.

     2,412        19,947   

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

     7,495        315,390   

Cowen Group, Inc., Class A (a)

     44,815        215,112   

Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.

     1,095        151,154   

Fifth Street Asset Management, Inc. (a)

     1,919        26,770   

Financial Engines, Inc.

     19,971        729,940   

GAMCO Investors, Inc., Class A

     2,495        221,905   

KCG Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

     17,517        204,073   

Manning & Napier, Inc.

     5,222        72,168   

Medley Management, Inc.

     2,216        32,575   

OM Asset Management PLC (a)

     9,609        156,050   

Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., Class A

     3,950        91,838   

Pzena Investment Management, Inc., Class A

     4,229        40,006   

RCS Capital Corp., Class A

     3,838        46,977   

Resource America, Inc., Class A

     5,415        48,952   

Silvercrest Asset Management Group, Inc., Class A

     2,100        32,865   

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

     2,745        467,995   

Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.

     2,844        175,816   

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.

     41,804        655,278   
    

 

 

 
        4,053,470   

Auto Parts — 0.9%

  

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (a)

     26,307        594,275   

Dana Holding Corp.

     65,707        1,428,470   

Dorman Products, Inc. (a)

     10,474        505,580   

Federal-Mogul Corp. (a)

     11,167        179,677   

Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)

     4,301        69,805   

Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. (a)

     5,352        58,551   

Gentherm, Inc. (a)

     13,668        500,522   

Meritor, Inc. (a)

     37,983        575,442   

Remy International, Inc.

     12,294        257,191   

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

     7,665        292,190   

Stoneridge, Inc. (a)

     11,019        141,704   

Superior Industries International, Inc.

     9,071        179,515   

Tenneco, Inc. (a)

     23,621        1,337,185   

Tower International, Inc. (a)

     7,949        203,097   
    

 

 

 
        6,323,204   

Auto Services — 0.1%

  

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

     22,534        780,803   

Back Office Support, HR & Consulting — 1.8%

  

The Advisory Board Co. (a)

     14,263        698,602   

Angie’s List, Inc. (a)

     17,323        107,922   

Arrowhead Research Corp. (a)(b)

     21,385        157,821   

Barrett Business Services, Inc.

     2,801        76,747   

CBIZ, Inc. (a)

     16,458        140,881   

CDI Corp.

     5,426        96,094   

Convergys Corp.

     39,584        806,326   

The Corporate Executive Board Co.

     13,166        954,930   

Corporate Resource Services, Inc. (a)(b)

     6,542        7,850   

CRA International, Inc. (a)

     3,770        114,306   

Dice Holdings, Inc. (a)

     15,091        151,061   

ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a)

     12,834        368,464   

Forrester Research, Inc.

     4,358        171,531   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
34    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Back Office Support, HR & Consulting (concluded)

  

FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)

     15,944      $ 615,917   

GP Strategies Corp. (a)

     5,154        174,875   

The Hackett Group, Inc.

     9,818        86,300   

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

     7,034        162,134   

Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)

     9,195        628,846   

ICF International, Inc. (a)

     7,828        320,791   

Insperity, Inc.

     8,793        297,995   

Kelly Services, Inc., Class A

     10,600        180,412   

Kforce, Inc.

     9,596        231,552   

Korn/Ferry International (a)

     19,309        555,327   

Liquidity Services, Inc. (a)

     9,741        79,584   

MAXIMUS, Inc.

     26,326        1,443,718   

Monster Worldwide, Inc. (a)

     35,415        163,617   

Navigant Consulting, Inc. (a)

     19,308        296,764   

On Assignment, Inc. (a)

     21,092        700,044   

Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)

     3,289        85,876   

PRGX Global, Inc. (a)

     11,421        65,328   

Resources Connection, Inc.

     15,373        252,886   

RPX Corp. (a)

     20,855        287,382   

ServiceSource International, Inc. (a)

     26,566        124,329   

Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (a)

     15,447        362,541   

TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (a)

     6,968        165,002   

TriNet Group, Inc. (a)

     6,110        191,121   

TrueBlue, Inc. (a)

     16,082        357,825   

WageWorks, Inc. (a)

     13,613        878,991   
    

 

 

 
        12,561,692   

Banks: Diversified — 7.5%

  

1st Source Corp.

     5,814        199,478   

Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (a)

     17,555        430,097   

American National Bankshares, Inc.

     3,133        77,730   

Ameris Bancorp

     9,761        250,272   

Ames National Corp.

     3,208        83,216   

Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin, Inc. (a)

     2,223        76,560   

Arrow Financial Corp.

     4,319        118,729   

Bancfirst Corp.

     2,747        174,132   

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA

     11,507        346,361   

The Bancorp, Inc. (a)

     12,780        139,174   

BancorpSouth, Inc.

     37,282        839,218   

The Bank of Kentucky Financial Corp.

     2,387        115,220   

Bank of Marin Bancorp

     2,287        120,273   

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.

     30,848        1,169,756   

Banner Corp.

     7,592        326,608   

BBCN Bancorp, Inc.

     30,889        444,184   

BBX Capital Corp. (a)

     2,922        48,067   

BNC Bancorp

     7,712        132,724   

Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.

     31,003        417,610   

Bridge Bancorp, Inc.

     4,409        117,941   

Bridge Capital Holdings (a)

     3,905        87,394   

Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.

     5,322        166,579   

Camden National Corp.

     2,936        116,970   

Capital City Bank Group, Inc.

     4,188        65,082   

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

     55,344        707,296   

Cardinal Financial Corp.

     12,431        246,507   

Cascade Bancorp (a)

     12,109        62,846   

Cathay General Bancorp

     30,883        790,296   

Centerstate Banks, Inc.

     13,863        165,108   

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

     6,540        140,610   

Century Bancorp, Inc., Class A

     1,315        52,679   

Charter Financial Corp.

     5,945        68,070   

Chemical Financial Corp.

     12,701        389,159   

Citizens & Northern Corp.

     4,880        100,870   

City Holding Co.

     6,106        284,112   

CNB Financial Corp.

     5,668        104,858   

CoBiz Financial, Inc.

     13,914        182,691   

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

     22,246        614,212   

Community Bank System, Inc.

     15,760        600,929   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Banks: Diversified (continued)

  

Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.

     6,067      $ 222,113   

CommunityOne Bancorp (a)

     4,620        52,899   

ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.

     8,784        166,896   

CU Bancorp (a)

     3,778        81,945   

Customers Bancorp, Inc. (a)

     9,971        194,036   

CVB Financial Corp.

     41,076        658,038   

Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (a)

     10,217        362,908   

Enterprise Bancorp, Inc.

     2,917        73,654   

Enterprise Financial Services Corp.

     7,665        151,230   

EverBank Financial Corp.

     35,371        674,171   

Fidelity Southern Corp.

     6,282        101,203   

Financial Institutions, Inc.

     5,335        134,175   

First Bancorp, Inc.

     3,751        67,856   

First Bancorp, North Carolina

     7,644        141,185   

First BanCorp, Puerto Rico (a)

     40,420        237,265   

First Busey Corp.

     27,869        181,427   

First Business Financial Services, Inc.

     1,491        71,434   

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A

     2,930        740,675   

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

     36,521        336,724   

First Community Bancshares, Inc.

     6,480        106,726   

First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc.

     6,407        104,562   

First Financial Bancorp

     22,338        415,263   

First Financial Bankshares, Inc.

     24,845        742,369   

First Financial Corp.

     4,451        158,545   

First Interstate Bancsystem, Inc.

     6,994        194,573   

First Merchants Corp.

     13,964        317,681   

First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.

     29,217        499,903   

First NBC Bank Holding Co. (a)

     5,809        204,477   

The First of Long Island Corp.

     4,704        133,452   

FirstMerit Corp.

     64,148        1,211,756   

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. (a)

     7,708        121,247   

FNB Corp.

     67,295        896,369   

German American Bancorp, Inc.

     5,150        157,178   

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

     28,878        801,942   

Great Western Bancorp, Inc. (a)

     7,125        162,379   

Guaranty Bancorp

     5,640        81,442   

Hampton Roads Bankshares, Inc. (a)

     14,153        23,777   

Hancock Holding Co.

     31,898        979,269   

Hanmi Financial Corp.

     12,306        268,394   

Heartland Financial USA, Inc.

     6,132        166,177   

Heritage Commerce Corp.

     8,011        70,737   

Heritage Oaks Bancorp

     8,891        74,595   

Home BancShares, Inc.

     21,000        675,360   

Horizon Bancorp

     3,575        93,450   

Hudson Valley Holding Corp.

     5,704        154,921   

Iberiabank Corp.

     12,171        789,289   

Independent Bank Corp./MA

     9,249        395,950   

Independent Bank Corp./MI

     8,253        107,702   

Independent Bank Group, Inc.

     3,547        138,546   

International Bancshares Corp.

     21,084        559,569   

Janus Capital Group, Inc.

     58,007        935,653   

Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.

     14,743        172,493   

Lakeland Financial Corp.

     6,411        278,686   

Macatawa Bank Corp.

     9,848        53,573   

MainSource Financial Group, Inc.

     7,930        165,896   

MB Financial, Inc.

     25,749        846,112   

Mercantile Bank Corp.

     6,408        134,696   

Merchants Bancshares, Inc.

     2,013        61,658   

Metro Bancorp, Inc. (a)

     5,516        142,975   

MidSouth Bancorp, Inc.

     3,185        55,228   

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

     14,506        281,561   

National Bankshares, Inc.

     2,793        84,879   

National Penn Bancshares, Inc.

     48,006        505,263   

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

     16,927        444,672   

NewBridge Bancorp (a)

     12,943        112,734   

Northrim BanCorp, Inc.

     2,668        70,008   

OFG Bancorp

     17,544        292,108   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
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Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Banks: Diversified (concluded)

  

Old Line Bancshares, Inc.

     3,195      $ 50,545   

Old National Bancorp

     45,702        680,046   

Opus Bank (a)

     2,099        59,549   

Pacific Continental Corp.

     7,028        99,657   

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (a)

     6,713        116,336   

Palmetto Bancshares, Inc.

     1,830        30,561   

Park National Corp.

     4,950        437,976   

Park Sterling Corp.

     17,241        126,721   

Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp.

     4,701        87,251   

Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc.

     1,905        93,840   

Peoples Bancorp, Inc.

     5,194        134,680   

Peoples Financial Services Corp.

     2,878        142,979   

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

     13,785        545,059   

Preferred Bank

     4,415        123,134   

PrivateBancorp, Inc.

     27,769        927,485   

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

     27,053        1,497,654   

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

     23,391        422,441   

Renasant Corp.

     12,199        352,917   

Republic Bancorp, Inc., Class A

     3,869        95,642   

Republic First Bancorp, Inc. (a)

     11,468        43,005   

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

     11,515        343,262   

Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.

     9,729        253,732   

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (a)

     7,357        101,159   

ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.

     732        24,119   

Sierra Bancorp

     4,741        83,252   

Simmons First National Corp., Class A

     6,313        256,623   

South State Corp.

     9,347        626,997   

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

     9,299        268,834   

Southwest Bancorp, Inc.

     7,644        132,700   

Square 1 Financial, Inc. (a)

     2,776        68,567   

State Bank Financial Corp.

     12,469        249,131   

Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.

     5,712        190,438   

Stonegate Bank

     3,831        113,474   

Suffolk Bancorp

     4,623        104,988   

Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.

     72,712        976,522   

Talmer Bancorp, Inc., Class A

     7,128        100,077   

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)

     17,732        963,380   

Tompkins Financial Corp.

     5,778        319,523   

TowneBank

     11,471        173,442   

Trico Bancshares

     8,777        216,792   

Tristate Capital Holdings, Inc. (a)

     8,546        87,511   

Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a)

     2,313        31,341   

TrustCo Bank Corp. NY

     36,570        265,498   

Trustmark Corp.

     26,145        641,598   

UMB Financial Corp.

     14,633        832,471   

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

     64,625        1,099,271   

Union Bankshares Corp.

     17,963        432,549   

United Bankshares, Inc.

     26,739        1,001,376   

United Community Banks, Inc.

     19,394        367,322   

United Community Financial Corp.

     18,909        101,541   

Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania

     6,212        125,731   

Valley National Bancorp

     88,042        854,888   

Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.

     5,692        228,705   

Webster Financial Corp.

     35,013        1,138,973   

WesBanco, Inc.

     10,154        353,359   

West BanCorp., Inc.

     6,239        106,188   

Westamerica BanCorp

     10,216        500,788   

Western Alliance Bancorp (a)

     29,268        813,650   

Wilshire Bancorp, Inc.

     27,351        277,066   

Wintrust Financial Corp.

     18,052        844,112   

Yadkin Financial Corp. (a)

     7,861        154,469   
    

 

 

 
        52,562,144   

Banks: Savings, Thrift & Mortgage Lending — 1.4%

  

Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc.

     12,483        196,857   

Astoria Financial Corp.

     33,672        449,858   

Banc of California, Inc.

     12,462        142,939   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Banks: Savings, Thrift & Mortgage Lending (concluded)

  

Bank Mutual Corp.

     17,905      $ 122,828   

BankFinancial Corp.

     7,228        85,724   

Beneficial Mutual Bancorp, Inc. (a)

     11,342        139,166   

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

     9,751        259,962   

BofI Holding, Inc. (a)

     5,520        429,511   

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

     27,420        275,023   

Clifton Bancorp, Inc.

     10,249        139,284   

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

     12,776        207,993   

ESB Financial Corp.

     4,995        94,605   

First Defiance Financial Corp.

     3,796        129,292   

First Financial Northwest, Inc.

     5,035        60,621   

Flushing Financial Corp.

     11,778        238,740   

Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc.

     4,769        79,499   

Franklin Financial Corp. (a)

     3,781        80,082   

Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.

     4,009        159,037   

Heritage Financial Corp.

     11,746        206,142   

Home Loan Servicing Solutions Ltd.

     27,576        538,283   

HomeStreet, Inc.

     5,954        103,659   

Investors Bancorp, Inc.

     138,918        1,559,355   

Kearny Financial Corp. (a)

     5,355        73,631   

Ladder Capital Corp., Class A (a)

     6,124        120,092   

LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc.

     15,497        369,603   

Meridian Bancorp, Inc. (a)

     8,105        90,938   

Northfield Bancorp, Inc.

     19,532        289,074   

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

     36,541        457,859   

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

     5,356        91,802   

Oritani Financial Corp.

     17,694        272,488   

Sterling Bancorp

     32,457        466,732   

Territorial Bancorp, Inc.

     3,423        73,766   

United Financial Bancorp, Inc.

     20,455        293,734   

Washington Federal, Inc.

     39,315        870,827   

Waterstone Financial, Inc.

     13,360        175,684   

WSFS Financial Corp.

     3,474        267,116   
    

 

 

 
        9,611,806   

Beverage: Brewers & Distillers — 0.1%

  

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

     3,230        935,214   

Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. (a)

     4,248        56,669   
    

 

 

 
        991,883   

Beverage: Soft Drinks — 0.1%

  

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated

     1,793        157,838   

Farmer Bros Co. (a)

     2,939        86,553   

National Beverage Corp. (a)

     4,414        99,845   
    

 

 

 
        344,236   

Biotechnology — 4.7%

  

Acceleron Pharma, Inc. (a)

     6,358        247,708   

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     16,172        660,950   

Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

     8,313        48,964   

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     11,498        240,768   

Agenus, Inc. (a)

     23,818        94,557   

Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     3,226        37,551   

Albany Molecular Research, Inc. (a)

     9,036        147,106   

Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     3,126        90,935   

Alimera Sciences, Inc. (a)

     9,946        55,101   

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     8,505        362,483   

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     2,655        149,715   

Applied Genetic Technologies Corp. (a)

     2,234        46,959   

Ardelyx, Inc. (a)

     1,837        34,701   

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     85,330        296,095   

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     63,933        439,220   

Array BioPharma, Inc. (a)

     48,939        231,481   

Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (a)

     2,149        57,486   

Avalanche Biotechnologies, Inc. (a)

     2,663        143,802   

Bio Path Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

     29,067        77,318   

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     27,178        330,484   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
36    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Biotechnology (continued)

  

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (a)

     16,189      $ 194,592   

BioTelemetry, Inc. (a)

     10,060        100,902   

Biotime, Inc. (a)(b)

     19,992        74,570   

Bluebird Bio, Inc. (a)

     8,438        773,933   

Calithera Biosciences, Inc. (a)

     3,045        61,509   

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     34,674        632,800   

Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (a)

     4,032        25,926   

Cepheid, Inc. (a)

     27,031        1,463,458   

ChemoCentryx, Inc. (a)(b)

     10,580        72,261   

Clovis Oncology, Inc. (a)

     9,570        535,920   

Coherus Biosciences, Inc. (a)

     2,401        39,184   

CTI BioPharma Corp. (a)

     57,545        135,806   

Cytokinetics, Inc. (a)

     13,729        109,969   

Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

     29,158        14,250   

CytRx Corp. (a)(b)

     21,371        58,557   

Dermira, Inc. (a)

     2,863        51,849   

Dyax Corp. (a)

     52,645        740,189   

Dynavax Technologies Corp. (a)

     10,193        171,854   

Eleven Biotherapeutics, Inc. (a)

     1,919        22,798   

Emergent Biosolutions, Inc. (a)

     11,372        309,660   

Enzo Biochem, Inc. (a)

     14,056        62,409   

Epizyme, Inc. (a)

     5,090        96,048   

Exact Sciences Corp. (a)(b)

     32,092        880,604   

Exelixis, Inc. (a)(b)

     74,260        106,934   

FibroGen, Inc. (a)

     3,641        99,545   

Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     6,655        179,685   

Foundation Medicine, Inc. (a)(b)

     5,339        118,633   

Galena Biopharma, Inc. (a)(b)

     45,524        68,741   

GenMark Diagnostics, Inc. (a)

     16,133        219,570   

Genocea Biosciences, Inc. (a)

     1,630        11,410   

Genomic Health, Inc. (a)

     6,490        207,485   

Geron Corp. (a)

     61,023        198,325   

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     40,208        388,007   

Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     8,746        87,985   

Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     5,390        129,360   

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

     23,257        102,563   

IGI Laboratories, Inc. (a)

     12,528        110,246   

Immunogen, Inc. (a)

     33,448        204,033   

Immunomedics, Inc. (a)

     32,110        154,128   

INC Research Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

     3,606        92,638   

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

     23,379        214,619   

Insmed, Inc. (a)

     19,228        297,457   

Insys Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     3,879        163,539   

Intrexon Corp. (a)(b)

     13,824        380,575   

Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

     5,222        195,459   

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

     35,469        501,886   

Kindred Biosciences, Inc. (a)

     3,761        28,019   

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     90,626        82,461   

Liberator Medical Holdings, Inc.

     13,178        38,216   

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class B (a)

     7,633        406,152   

Loxo Oncology, Inc. (a)

     1,214        14,265   

MacroGenics, Inc. (a)

     7,758        272,073   

MannKind Corp. (a)(b)

     88,459        461,314   

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     38,023        429,660   

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     2,702        50,041   

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     18,733        225,545   

Nektar Therapeutics (a)

     49,226        763,003   

Neuralstem, Inc. (a)(b)

     27,037        73,541   

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)

     29,364        655,992   

NewLink Genetics Corp. (a)(b)

     7,673        305,002   

Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

     15,016        80,336   

Novavax, Inc. (a)

     92,325        547,487   

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     41,226        1,474,654   

Omeros Corp. (a)(b)

     13,128        325,312   

OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     4,795        104,339   

Oncothyreon, Inc. (a)

     31,623        60,084   

Ophthotech Corp. (a)

     5,359        240,458   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Biotechnology (concluded)

  

Opko Health, Inc. (a)(b)

     76,498      $ 764,215   

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

     47,581        288,341   

Organovo Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

     24,411        176,980   

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     7,268        116,215   

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (a)

     22,282        174,691   

PDL BioPharma, Inc.

     62,724        483,602   

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

     69,739        96,937   

PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)

     7,673        185,840   

Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     26,995        204,082   

Prothena Corp. PLC (a)

     10,339        214,638   

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     9,437        488,553   

Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (a)

     8,995        1,702,484   

RadNet, Inc. (a)

     12,464        106,443   

Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp. (a)(b)

     24,347        256,130   

Regado Biosciences, Inc. (a)

     6,473        5,911   

Regulus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     5,985        95,999   

Repligen Corp. (a)

     12,428        246,074   

Repros Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     9,575        95,463   

Retrophin, Inc. (a)

     8,268        101,200   

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     33,720        76,544   

Rockwell Medical, Inc. (a)(b)

     18,281        187,929   

RTI Surgical, Inc. (a)

     22,339        116,163   

Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     2,188        80,081   

Sangamo Biosciences, Inc. (a)

     26,392        401,422   

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

     15,786        228,423   

Sequenom, Inc. (a)

     45,229        167,347   

Stemline Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     4,482        76,463   

Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A (a)

     6,706        95,762   

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     18,565        47,341   

Synageva BioPharma Corp. (a)

     8,282        768,487   

Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

     35,660        108,763   

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. (a)

     24,428        64,734   

TESARO, Inc. (a)

     7,473        277,921   

Theravance, Inc. (b)

     32,003        452,842   

Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     20,317        64,608   

Tokai Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     1,992        29,362   

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

     15,544        222,590   

Veracyte, Inc. (a)

     2,754        26,604   

Verastem, Inc. (a)

     8,120        74,217   

Versartis, Inc. (a)

     2,797        62,793   

Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     2,076        34,545   

Vital Therapies, Inc. (a)(b)

     2,226        55,494   

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

     27,410        1,459,308   

Wright Medical Group, Inc. (a)

     19,347        519,854   

Xencor Inc. (a)

     5,742        92,102   

XOMA Corp. (a)

     35,259        126,580   

ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (a)(b)

     31,238        158,377   
    

 

 

 
               33,173,663   

Building Materials — 0.8%

    

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (a)(b)

     1,901        15,170   

Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)

     17,503        120,246   

Continental Building Products, Inc. (a)

     4,517        80,086   

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)

     11,981        194,811   

Griffon Corp.

     15,483        205,924   

Headwaters, Inc. (a)

     28,506        427,305   

Louisiana-Pacific Corp. (a)

     54,890        908,978   

LSI Industries, Inc.

     8,678        58,924   

Masonite International Corp. (a)

     11,438        702,979   

NCI Building Systems, Inc. (a)

     10,906        201,979   

Patrick Industries, Inc. (a)

     3,161        139,021   

PGT, Inc. (a)

     18,494        178,097   

Quanex Building Products Corp.

     14,620        274,564   

Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc. (a)(b)

     14,116        19,057   

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

     16,029        554,603   

Stock Building Supply Holdings, Inc. (a)

     5,882        90,112   

Trex Co., Inc. (a)

     13,055        555,882   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    37


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Building Materials (concluded)

    

Watsco, Inc.

     10,013      $ 1,071,391   
    

 

 

 
               5,799,129   

Building: Climate Control — 0.1%

    

AAON, Inc.

     16,381        366,770   

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

     14,716        251,938   

Nortek, Inc. (a)

     3,536        287,583   
    

 

 

 
               906,291   

Building: Roofing, Wallboard & Plumbing — 0.1%

    

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)

     19,192        533,538   

Casinos & Gambling — 0.3%

    

Boyd Gaming Corp. (a)

     30,136        385,138   

Caesars Acquisition Co., Class A (a)

     17,876        184,302   

Caesars Entertainment Corp. (a)(b)

     19,857        311,556   

Empire Resorts, Inc. (a)(b)

     5,549        43,060   

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (a)

     8,248        69,036   

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (a)

     3,663        60,769   

Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)

     30,383        417,159   

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (a)

     23,194        516,066   

Scientific Games Corp., Class A (a)

     19,666        250,348   
    

 

 

 
               2,237,434   

Cement — 0.0%

    

US Concrete, Inc. (a)

     5,516        156,930   

Chemicals: Diversified — 1.1%

    

Aceto Corp.

     11,143        241,803   

American Vanguard Corp.

     11,139        129,435   

Axiall Corp.

     27,119        1,151,744   

Chemtura Corp. (a)

     33,080        818,068   

Hawkins, Inc.

     4,093        177,350   

Innophos Holdings, Inc.

     8,487        496,065   

KMG Chemicals, Inc.

     3,699        73,980   

Landec Corp. (a)

     10,359        143,058   

LSB Industries, Inc. (a)

     7,530        236,743   

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (a)(b)

     5,154        18,606   

Olin Corp.

     30,656        698,037   

OM Group, Inc.

     12,453        371,099   

OMNOVA Solutions, Inc. (a)

     18,442        150,118   

PolyOne Corp.

     36,482        1,383,033   

Sensient Technologies Corp.

     19,165        1,156,416   

Tronox Ltd., Class A

     23,809        568,559   
    

 

 

 
               7,814,114   

Chemicals: Specialty — 0.6%

    

Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc. (a)

     8,413        191,732   

Balchem Corp.

     11,784        785,286   

Calgon Carbon Corp. (a)

     20,703        430,208   

FutureFuel Corp.

     8,389        109,225   

Innospec, Inc.

     9,453        403,643   

Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. (a)

     12,743        264,927   

Polypore International, Inc. (a)

     17,469        821,917   

Quaker Chemical Corp.

     5,125        471,705   

Stepan Co.

     7,478        299,718   

Zep, Inc.

     8,866        134,320   
    

 

 

 
               3,912,681   

Coal — 0.1%

    

Arch Coal, Inc.

     82,361        146,603   

Cloud Peak Energy, Inc. (a)

     23,801        218,493   

Hallador Energy Co.

     3,731        41,078   

Walter Energy, Inc. (b)

     26,168        36,112   

Westmoreland Coal Co. (a)

     5,781        191,987   
    

 

 

 
               634,273   

Commercial Banks — 0.1%

    

Blue Hills Bancorp, Inc. (a)

     11,032        149,814   

C1 Financial, Inc. (a)(b)

     1,228        22,460   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Commercial Banks (concluded)

    

Green Bancorp, Inc. (a)

     1,822      $ 21,937   

HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. (a)

     8,001        133,297   

Sun Bancorp, Inc. (a)

     3,223        62,526   
    

 

 

 
               390,034   

Commercial Finance & Mortgage Companies — 0.1%

    

Capital Bank Financial Corp., Class A (a)

     8,783        235,384   

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C

     4,018        121,906   

Meta Financial Group, Inc.

     2,356        82,554   

NewStar Financial, Inc. (a)

     10,273        131,494   

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (a)(c)

     5,912        102,278   

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Class A

     4,178        143,097   

Stonegate Mortgage Corp. (a)(b)

     5,468        65,397   

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (a)

     7,188        126,078   
    

 

 

 
               1,008,188   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%

    

ARC Document Solutions, Inc. (a)

     15,997        163,489   

Civeo Corp.

     36,420        149,686   

Collectors Universe, Inc.

     2,815        58,721   

Hill International, Inc. (a)

     11,976        45,988   

Information Services Group, Inc. (a)

     13,519        57,050   

LifeLock, Inc. (a)

     31,221        577,901   

National Research Corp.

     3,697        51,721   

National Research Corp., Class B

     262        9,388   

Performant Financial Corp. (a)

     11,503        76,495   

Quest Resource Holding Corp. (a)

     4,700        6,768   

Weight Watchers International, Inc. (a)(b)

     10,816        268,669   
    

 

 

 
               1,465,876   

Commercial Services: Rental & Leasing — 0.5%

    

Aircastle Ltd.

     25,070        535,746   

CAI International, Inc. (a)

     6,330        146,856   

Electro Rent Corp.

     6,396        89,800   

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.

     12,111        340,198   

Marlin Business Services Corp.

     3,294        67,626   

McGrath RentCorp

     10,058        360,680   

Mobile Mini, Inc.

     18,113        733,758   

Neff Corp., Class A (a)

     3,802        42,848   

PHH Corp. (a)

     19,747        473,138   

TAL International Group, Inc. (a)

     13,223        576,126   
    

 

 

 
               3,366,776   

Commercial Vehicles & Parts — 0.3%

    

Accuride Corp. (a)

     15,236        66,124   

Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (a)

     10,370        69,064   

Cooper-Standard Holding, Inc. (a)

     5,301        306,822   

Miller Industries, Inc.

     4,308        89,564   

Modine Manufacturing Co. (a)

     18,407        250,335   

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. (a)

     6,902        214,583   

Rush Enterprises, Inc., Class A (a)

     13,325        427,066   

Spartan Motors, Inc.

     13,521        71,121   

Strattec Security Corp.

     1,328        109,666   

Wabash National Corp. (a)

     26,752        330,655   
    

 

 

 
               1,935,000   

Communications Equipment — 0.2%

    

Aerohive Networks, Inc. (a)

     3,939        18,907   

Polycom, Inc. (a)

     53,551        722,938   

Ruckus Wireless, Inc. (a)

     25,225        303,205   
    

 

 

 
               1,045,050   

Communications Technology — 1.8%

    

ADTRAN, Inc.

     21,888        477,159   

Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc.

     4,901        71,114   

Anixter International, Inc. (a)

     10,518        930,422   

Aruba Networks, Inc. (a)

     41,410        752,834   

Bel Fuse, Inc., Class B

     3,927        107,364   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
38    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Communications Technology (concluded)

    

Black Box Corp.

     5,919      $ 141,464   

Calix, Inc. (a)

     16,116        161,482   

Ciena Corp. (a)

     40,800        791,928   

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

     5,905        186,126   

Cyan, Inc. (a)(b)

     11,482        28,705   

Datalink Corp. (a)

     7,956        102,632   

Digi International, Inc. (a)

     8,825        81,984   

DigitalGlobe, Inc. (a)

     29,284        906,926   

Emulex Corp. (a)

     27,530        156,095   

Extreme Networks, Inc. (a)

     37,270        131,563   

Finisar Corp. (a)

     40,130        778,923   

General Cable Corp.

     18,847        280,820   

Harmonic, Inc. (a)

     33,839        237,211   

Infinera Corp. (a)

     47,471        698,773   

Intelsat SA (a)

     10,635        184,624   

InterDigital, Inc.

     14,394        761,443   

Ixia (a)

     22,208        249,840   

KVH Industries, Inc. (a)

     6,346        80,277   

Loral Space & Communications, Inc. (a)

     5,078        399,689   

NETGEAR, Inc. (a)

     13,410        477,128   

Numerex Corp., Class A (a)

     5,622        62,179   

Parkervision, Inc. (a)(b)

     41,777        38,013   

Plantronics, Inc.

     16,487        874,141   

Procera Networks, Inc. (a)

     7,857        56,492   

QLogic Corp. (a)

     33,851        450,895   

Rightside Group Ltd. (a)

     3,728        25,052   

RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)

     10,948        163,344   

Seachange International, Inc. (a)

     12,845        81,951   

ShoreTel, Inc. (a)

     24,291        178,539   

Sonus Networks, Inc. (a)

     95,123        377,638   

TeleNav, Inc. (a)

     10,664        71,129   

ViaSat, Inc. (a)

     16,033        1,010,560   
    

 

 

 
               12,566,459   

Computer Services Software & Systems — 5.9%

    

A10 Networks, Inc. (a)

     5,452        23,771   

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)

     44,125        890,001   

Actuate Corp. (a)

     18,225        120,285   

Acxiom Corp. (a)

     29,936        606,803   

American Software, Inc., Class A

     9,755        88,868   

Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)

     35,697        1,250,109   

AVG Technologies NV (a)

     13,545        267,378   

Bankrate, Inc. (a)

     26,045        323,739   

Barracuda Networks, Inc. (a)

     3,047        109,204   

Bazaarvoice, Inc. (a)

     19,326        155,381   

Benefitfocus, Inc. (a)

     1,910        62,724   

Blackbaud, Inc.

     17,914        774,960   

Blucora, Inc. (a)

     16,445        227,763   

Bottomline Technologies, Inc. (a)

     15,286        386,430   

Brightcove, Inc. (a)

     12,803        99,607   

BroadSoft, Inc. (a)

     11,084        321,658   

CACI International, Inc., Class A (a)

     9,169        790,184   

Callidus Software, Inc. (a)

     18,823        307,380   

CIBER, Inc. (a)

     30,900        109,695   

CommVault Systems, Inc. (a)

     18,306        946,237   

Computer Task Group, Inc.

     6,088        58,019   

ComScore, Inc. (a)

     13,414        622,812   

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (a)

     20,623        725,930   

Covisint Corp. (a)

     14,132        37,450   

CSG Systems International, Inc.

     13,430        336,690   

Cvent, Inc. (a)

     6,984        194,435   

DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. (a)

     20,765        920,097   

Demandware, Inc. (a)

     11,651        670,398   

Digimarc Corp.

     2,522        68,472   

Digital River, Inc. (a)

     12,602        311,647   

Dot Hill Systems Corp. (a)

     23,645        104,511   

EarthLink Holdings Corp.

     39,063        171,487   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Computer Services Software & Systems (continued)

    

Ebix, Inc. (b)

     11,861      $ 201,518   

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

     11,639        214,507   

Envestnet, Inc. (a)

     13,204        648,845   

EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)

     13,789        658,425   

EPIQ Systems, Inc.

     12,035        205,558   

ePlus, Inc. (a)

     1,998        151,229   

Guidance Software, Inc. (a)

     6,843        49,612   

Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)

     26,339        1,333,544   

HubSpot, Inc. (a)(b)

     2,165        72,766   

iGATE Corp. (a)

     14,364        567,091   

Imperva, Inc. (a)

     8,579        424,060   

Infoblox, Inc. (a)

     20,933        423,056   

Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc. (a)

     6,506        311,637   

Internap Network Services Corp. (a)

     21,375        170,145   

IntraLinks Holdings, Inc. (a)

     15,249        181,463   

Jive Software, Inc. (a)

     16,806        101,340   

The KEYW Holding Corp. (a)(b)

     12,627        131,068   

Limelight Networks, Inc. (a)

     22,797        63,148   

Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (a)

     25,290        145,417   

LivePerson, Inc. (a)

     21,014        296,297   

LogMeIn, Inc. (a)

     9,402        463,895   

Luxoft Holding, Inc. (a)

     3,105        119,573   

Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)

     29,362        1,195,621   

Mantech International Corp., Class A

     9,403        284,253   

Mavenir Systems, Inc. (a)

     4,345        58,918   

Mentor Graphics Corp.

     37,526        822,570   

Mercury Systems, Inc. (a)

     12,885        179,359   

MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A (a)

     3,514        570,674   

Millennial Media, Inc. (a)

     28,058        44,893   

ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc. (a)

     14,638        54,892   

Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc.

     15,308        441,330   

Netscout Systems, Inc. (a)

     14,119        515,908   

NIC, Inc.

     25,299        455,129   

Nimble Storage, Inc. (a)

     3,604        99,110   

PDF Solutions, Inc. (a)

     11,888        176,656   

Pegasystems, Inc.

     13,753        285,650   

Perficient, Inc. (a)

     13,430        250,201   

Progress Software Corp. (a)

     19,922        538,292   

Proofpoint, Inc. (a)

     14,329        691,088   

PROS Holdings, Inc. (a)

     9,133        250,975   

Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)

     3,924        73,928   

QAD, Inc., Class A

     2,259        51,099   

QLIK Technologies, Inc. (a)

     34,750        1,073,427   

RealNetworks, Inc. (a)

     8,646        60,868   

RealPage, Inc. (a)

     20,095        441,286   

Reis, Inc.

     3,349        87,643   

Rocket Fuel, Inc. (a)

     7,305        117,757   

Sapiens International Corp. NV (a)

     9,411        69,359   

Sapient Corp. (a)

     46,061        1,145,998   

Science Applications International Corp.

     15,480        766,724   

SciQuest, Inc. (a)

     10,686        154,413   

Shutterstock, Inc. (a)

     5,908        408,243   

SPS Commerce, Inc. (a)

     6,348        359,487   

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

     26,394        1,543,785   

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (a)

     13,672        572,310   

SYNNEX Corp.

     11,038        862,730   

Syntel, Inc. (a)

     12,149        546,462   

Tangoe, Inc. (a)(b)

     15,053        196,141   

TechTarget, Inc. (a)

     6,209        70,596   

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., Class A (a)

     18,594        58,013   

Textura Corp. (a)(b)

     7,252        206,464   

Travelzoo, Inc. (a)

     2,799        35,323   

Tremor Video, Inc. (a)

     13,334        38,269   

Turtle Beach Corp. (a)(b)

     2,916        9,302   

Tyler Technologies, Inc. (a)

     12,794        1,400,175   

The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (a)

     10,989        1,613,350   

Unisys Corp. (a)

     19,945        587,979   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    39


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Computer Services Software & Systems (concluded)

    

Unwired Planet, Inc. (a)

     39,752      $ 39,752   

Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)

     2,070        67,958   

VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (a)

     11,376        320,917   

Verint Systems, Inc. (a)

     23,167        1,350,173   

VirnetX Holding Corp. (a)(b)

     16,891        92,732   

Virtusa Corp. (a)

     10,156        423,200   

Web.com Group, Inc. (a)

     20,106        381,813   

Wix.com Ltd. (a)

     5,284        110,964   

Yodlee, Inc. (a)

     2,516        30,695   

YuMe, Inc. (a)(b)

     7,674        38,677   

Zix Corp. (a)

     22,986        82,750   
    

 

 

 
               41,424,600   

Computer Technology — 0.5%

    

Cray, Inc. (a)

     15,765        543,577   

Immersion Corp. (a)

     11,231        106,358   

Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)

     15,870        410,874   

PC Connection, Inc.

     3,644        89,460   

Quantum Corp. (a)

     85,041        149,672   

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (a)

     8,021        158,976   

Silicon Graphics International Corp. (a)

     13,367        152,117   

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)

     13,355        465,822   

Synaptics, Inc. (a)

     13,972        961,833   

Violin Memory, Inc. (a)

     30,919        148,102   
    

 

 

 
               3,186,791   

Construction — 0.4%

    

Aegion Corp. (a)

     14,815        275,707   

EMCOR Group, Inc.

     26,130        1,162,524   

Granite Construction, Inc.

     15,185        577,334   

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. (a)

     23,429        200,552   

Orion Marine Group, Inc. (a)

     10,667        117,870   

Primoris Services Corp.

     14,787        343,650   

Sterling Construction Co., Inc. (a)

     7,189        45,938   

Tutor Perini Corp. (a)

     14,505        349,135   
    

 

 

 
               3,072,710   

Consumer Electronics — 0.2%

    

RealD, Inc. (a)

     15,428        182,051   

Skullcandy, Inc. (a)

     7,652        70,322   

TiVo, Inc. (a)

     39,819        471,457   

Universal Electronics, Inc. (a)

     6,165        400,910   

VOXX International Corp. (a)

     7,579        66,392   

XO Group, Inc. (a)

     10,449        190,276   
    

 

 

 
               1,381,408   

Consumer Lending — 0.8%

    

Cash America International, Inc.

     10,994        248,684   

Credit Acceptance Corp. (a)

     2,506        341,843   

Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)

     10,013        444,577   

Enova International, Inc. (a)

     10,035        223,379   

Ezcorp, Inc., Class A (a)

     20,016        235,188   

First Cash Financial Services, Inc. (a)

     11,252        626,399   

LendingTree, Inc. (a)

     2,468        119,303   

Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a)

     3,006        99,950   

MGIC Investment Corp. (a)

     131,294        1,223,660   

MoneyGram International, Inc. (a)

     11,664        106,026   

Nelnet, Inc., Class A

     8,123        376,339   

Nicholas Financial, Inc. (a)

     4,262        63,504   

PRA Group, Inc. (a)

     19,425        1,125,290   

Regional Management Corp. (a)

     4,215        66,639   

Springleaf Holdings, Inc. (a)

     9,505        343,796   

World Acceptance Corp. (a)

     3,084        245,024   
    

 

 

 
               5,889,601   

Consumer Services: Miscellaneous — 0.6%

    

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc. (a)

     6,424        126,360   

Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.

     8,886        550,310   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Consumer Services: Miscellaneous (concluded)

    

Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Inc. (a)

     9,123      $ 216,580   

Nutrisystem, Inc.

     11,165        218,276   

Sotheby’s

     23,645        1,020,991   

Steiner Leisure Ltd. (a)

     5,230        241,678   

WEX, Inc. (a)

     15,075        1,491,219   
    

 

 

 
        3,865,414   

Containers & Packaging — 0.5%

  

AEP Industries, Inc. (a)

     1,566        91,063   

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (a)

     34,873        1,100,243   

Graphic Packaging Holding Co. (a)

     126,928        1,728,759   

Myers Industries, Inc.

     10,209        179,678   

UFP Technologies, Inc. (a)

     2,293        56,374   
    

 

 

 
        3,156,117   

Cosmetics — 0.1%

  

Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (a)

     10,054        215,055   

Inter Parfums, Inc.

     6,476        177,766   

Revlon, Inc., Class A (a)

     4,425        151,158   
    

 

 

 
        543,979   

Diversified Financial Services — 0.7%

  

Altisource Asset Management Corp. (a)

     550        170,566   

Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA (a)(b)

     5,207        175,945   

Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. (a)

     20,399        791,481   

Evercore Partners, Inc., Class A

     12,849        672,902   

FBR & Co. (a)

     3,039        74,729   

FCB Financial Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

     3,244        79,932   

Greenhill & Co., Inc.

     10,999        479,556   

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

     9,934        141,361   

JG Wentworth Co (a)

     4,554        48,546   

Liberty Tax, Inc. (a)

     1,444        51,609   

MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.

     2,771        79,832   

Moelis & Co., Class A

     2,911        101,681   

Outerwall, Inc. (a)

     7,357        553,394   

Piper Jaffray Cos. (a)

     6,322        367,245   

Stifel Financial Corp. (a)

     25,398        1,295,806   

Tiptree Financial, Inc. A REIT (a)(b)

     2,551        20,663   
    

 

 

 
        5,105,248   

Diversified Manufacturing Operations — 0.6%

  

AM Castle & Co. (a)

     7,247        57,831   

ARC Group Worldwide, Inc. (a)(b)

     1,293        13,111   

Barnes Group, Inc.

     21,028        778,246   

Federal Signal Corp.

     24,410        376,890   

Harsco Corp.

     31,348        592,164   

Lydall, Inc. (a)

     6,589        216,251   

OSI Systems, Inc. (a)

     7,735        547,406   

Raven Industries, Inc.

     14,150        353,750   

Standex International Corp.

     4,948        382,283   

TriMas Corp. (a)

     17,544        548,952   
    

 

 

 
        3,866,884   

Diversified Materials & Processing — 0.6%

  

Belden, Inc.

     16,904        1,332,204   

Cabot Microelectronics Corp. (a)

     9,353        442,584   

CLARCOR, Inc.

     19,545        1,302,479   

Encore Wire Corp.

     8,041        300,171   

Harbinger Group, Inc. (a)

     32,203        455,994   

Insteel Industries, Inc.

     7,092        167,229   

Koppers Holdings, Inc.

     7,984        207,424   

NL Industries, Inc.

     2,756        23,702   

Tredegar Corp.

     9,661        217,276   
    

 

 

 
        4,449,063   

Diversified Media — 0.0%

  

Demand Media, Inc. (a)

     3,728        22,815   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
40    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Diversified Media (concluded)

  

EW Scripps Co. (a)

     12,116      $ 270,793   

Hemisphere Media Group, Inc. (a)(b)

     3,041        41,023   
    

 

 

 
        334,631   

Diversified Retail — 0.4%

  

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.

     6,042        44,771   

EVINE Live, Inc. (a)

     16,601        109,401   

Fred’s, Inc., Class A

     14,140        246,177   

Gaiam, Inc., Class A (a)

     6,086        43,393   

HSN, Inc.

     12,860        977,360   

Overstock.com, Inc. (a)

     4,497        109,142   

Pricesmart, Inc.

     7,248        661,163   

Tuesday Morning Corp. (a)

     16,837        365,363   

Winmark Corp.

     926        80,488   
    

 

 

 
        2,637,258   

Drug & Grocery Store Chains — 0.5%

  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

     14,920        1,347,574   

Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. (a)

     5,873        160,744   

Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A

     5,127        190,160   

The Pantry, Inc. (a)

     9,069        336,097   

PetMed Express, Inc.

     7,999        114,946   

Smart & Final Stores, Inc. (a)

     4,968        78,147   

Supervalu, Inc. (a)

     78,647        762,876   

Village Super Market, Inc., Class A

     2,559        70,040   

Weis Markets, Inc.

     4,265        203,952   
    

 

 

 
        3,264,536   

Education Services — 0.6%

  

2U, Inc. (a)

     4,083        80,272   

American Public Education, Inc. (a)

     6,809        251,048   

Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (a)

     6,633        75,085   

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)

     11,895        559,184   

Capella Education Co.

     4,248        326,926   

Career Education Corp. (a)

     25,905        180,299   

Chegg, Inc. (a)(b)

     28,477        196,776   

Franklin Covey Co. (a)

     4,242        82,125   

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)

     18,109        844,966   

HealthStream, Inc. (a)

     8,242        242,974   

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. (a)

     42,239        874,770   

ITT Educational Services, Inc. (a)(b)

     9,019        86,673   

K12, Inc. (a)

     13,370        158,702   

Rosetta Stone, Inc. (a)

     8,217        80,198   

Strayer Education, Inc. (a)

     4,212        312,867   

Universal Technical Institute, Inc.

     8,698        85,588   
    

 

 

 
        4,438,453   

Electronic Components — 0.6%

  

Acacia Research Corp.

     19,527        330,787   

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (a)

     16,198        222,399   

InvenSense, Inc. (a)(b)

     27,618        449,069   

Kemet Corp. (a)

     17,240        72,408   

Methode Electronics, Inc.

     14,690        536,332   

Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. (a)

     3,251        36,509   

NVE Corp. (a)

     1,868        132,236   

Park Electrochemical Corp.

     8,101        201,958   

Rogers Corp. (a)

     7,026        572,197   

Sanmina Corp. (a)

     31,876        750,042   

ScanSource, Inc. (a)

     11,052        443,848   

Sparton Corp. (a)

     3,942        111,716   

Speed Commerce, Inc. (a)

     18,798        58,086   

TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)

     20,993        158,077   

Universal Display Corp. (a)

     15,736        436,674   

Viasystems Group, Inc. (a)

     1,896        30,867   
    

 

 

 
        4,543,205   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Electronic Entertainment — 0.2%

  

DTS, Inc. (a)

     6,548      $ 201,351   

Glu Mobile, Inc. (a)

     34,878        136,024   

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

     32,367        907,247   
    

 

 

 
        1,244,622   

Electronics — 0.4%

  

Agilysys, Inc. (a)

     5,746        72,342   

American Science & Engineering, Inc.

     3,032        157,361   

Coherent, Inc. (a)

     9,668        587,041   

Control4 Corp. (a)

     4,556        70,026   

CUI Global, Inc. (a)

     7,999        59,592   

Daktronics, Inc.

     14,872        186,049   

II-VI, Inc. (a)

     20,436        278,951   

Imprivata, Inc. (a)

     2,120        27,560   

iRobot Corp. (a)

     11,447        397,440   

Newport Corp. (a)

     15,472        295,670   

Rofin-Sinar Technologies, Inc. (a)

     10,873        312,816   
    

 

 

 
        2,444,848   

Energy Equipment — 0.4%

  

C&J Energy Services, Inc. (a)

     17,946        237,067   

Capstone Turbine Corp. (a)(b)

     137,560        101,698   

Dynegy, Inc. (a)

     47,638        1,445,813   

Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)

     6,960        99,458   

FuelCell Energy, Inc. (a)(b)

     89,656        138,070   

Matador Resources Co. (a)

     28,446        575,463   

PowerSecure International, Inc. (a)

     8,916        103,872   

Silver Spring Networks, Inc. (a)

     13,975        117,809   
    

 

 

 
        2,819,250   

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.0%

  

CHC Group, Ltd. (a)

     12,133        39,068   

Geospace Technologies Corp. (a)

     5,126        135,839   

Pioneer Energy Services Corp. (a)

     24,157        133,830   
    

 

 

 
        308,737   

Engineering & Contracting Services — 0.5%

  

Argan, Inc.

     4,895        164,668   

Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)

     13,209        463,504   

Engility Holdings, Inc. (a)

     6,778        290,098   

Exponent, Inc.

     5,147        424,628   

Furmanite Corp. (a)

     14,679        114,790   

Layne Christensen Co. (a)

     7,643        72,914   

MasTec, Inc. (a)

     25,454        575,515   

Mistras Group, Inc. (a)

     6,373        116,817   

MYR Group, Inc. (a)

     8,326        228,132   

Power Solutions International, Inc. (a)

     1,769        91,298   

Tetra Tech, Inc.

     25,262        674,495   

VSE Corp.

     1,625        107,088   
    

 

 

 
        3,323,947   

Entertainment — 0.2%

  

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A

     8,200        214,676   

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

     5,397        285,663   

Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (a)

     9,393        246,754   

Reading International, Inc., Class A (a)

     6,772        89,797   

Rentrak Corp. (a)

     3,844        279,920   

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (b)

     11,597        143,107   
    

 

 

 
        1,259,917   

Environmental, Maintenance, & Security Service — 0.6%

  

ABM Industries, Inc.

     21,649        620,244   

The Brink’s Co.

     18,821        459,420   

G&K Services, Inc., Class A

     7,700        545,545   

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

     27,217        841,822   

MSA Safety, Inc.

     11,454        608,093   

SP Plus Corp. (a)

     5,936        149,765   

UniFirst Corp.

     5,726        695,423   
    

 

 

 
               3,920,312   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    41


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Fertilizers — 0.1%

  

Intrepid Potash, Inc. (a)

     21,687      $ 301,016   

Rentech, Inc. (a)

     83,520        105,235   
    

 

 

 
               406,251   

Financial Data & Systems — 0.8%

  

Advent Software, Inc.

     19,967        611,789   

Cardtronics, Inc. (a)

     17,345        669,170   

Cass Information Systems, Inc.

     4,514        240,371   

Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. (a)

     8,532        62,796   

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)

     19,825        1,088,393   

EVERTEC, Inc.

     25,559        565,621   

Fair Isaac Corp.

     12,520        905,196   

Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. (a)

     25,788        184,384   

Green Dot Corp., Class A (a)

     12,156        249,076   

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

     13,971        753,735   

Higher One Holdings, Inc. (a)

     13,335        56,140   

Xoom Corp. (a)

     12,040        210,820   
    

 

 

 
               5,597,491   

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.0%

  

Fairway Group Holdings Corp. (a)(b)

     7,928        24,973   

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (a)

     3,575        100,708   
    

 

 

 
               125,681   

Foods — 1.4%

  

B&G Foods, Inc.

     20,809        622,189   

Boulder Brands, Inc. (a)

     23,641        261,470   

The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (a)

     7,009        161,487   

Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (a)

     19,322        279,396   

Dean Foods Co.

     36,276        703,029   

Diamond Foods, Inc. (a)

     8,422        237,753   

The Fresh Market, Inc. (a)

     16,638        685,486   

Freshpet, Inc. (a)(b)

     4,574        78,032   

Inventure Foods, Inc. (a)

     6,088        77,561   

J&J Snack Foods Corp.

     5,759        626,406   

John B Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

     3,188        145,054   

Lancaster Colony Corp.

     7,162        670,650   

Lifeway Foods, Inc. (a)

     1,745        32,335   

Medifast, Inc. (a)

     4,696        157,551   

Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

     4,093        60,658   

Nutraceutical International Corp. (a)

     3,420        73,735   

Omega Protein Corp. (a)

     8,249        87,192   

Post Holdings, Inc. (a)

     17,069        715,020   

Roundy’s, Inc.

     15,527        75,151   

Seneca Foods Corp., Class A (a)

     3,155        85,280   

Senomyx, Inc. (a)

     16,790        100,908   

Snyders-Lance, Inc.

     18,428        562,975   

SpartanNash Co.

     14,608        381,853   

Synutra International, Inc. (a)

     6,746        41,016   

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.

     7,301        223,776   

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)

     16,313        1,395,251   

United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)

     19,235        1,487,346   
    

 

 

 
               10,028,560   

Forest Products — 0.2%

  

Boise Cascade Co. (a)

     15,332        569,584   

Deltic Timber Corp.

     4,348        297,403   

Universal Forest Products, Inc.

     7,808        415,386   
    

 

 

 
               1,282,373   

Forms & Bulk Printing Services — 0.3%

  

Deluxe Corp.

     19,423        1,209,082   

Ennis, Inc.

     10,013        134,875   

InnerWorkings, Inc. (a)

     13,362        104,090   

Multi-Color Corp.

     4,822        267,235   

Quad/Graphics, Inc.

     10,697        245,603   
    

 

 

 
               1,960,885   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Funeral Parlors & Cemeteries — 0.2%

  

Carriage Services, Inc.

     6,152      $ 128,884   

Hillenbrand, Inc.

     24,357        840,317   

Matthews International Corp., Class A

     11,573        563,258   
    

 

 

 
               1,532,459   

Gas Pipeline — 0.2%

  

SemGroup Corp., Class A

     16,527        1,130,282   

Glass — 0.1%

  

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

     11,288        478,273   

Gold — 0.0%

  

Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (a)(b)

     43,445        37,797   

Coeur Mining, Inc. (a)

     40,221        205,529   

Gold Resource Corp.

     14,583        49,291   
    

 

 

 
               292,617   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.0%

  

Inogen, Inc. (a)

     2,001        62,771   

Health Care Facilities — 0.7%

  

AAC Holdings, Inc. (a)

     2,198        67,962   

Adeptus Health, Inc., Class A (a)

     2,152        80,485   

Amsurg Corp. (a)

     16,445        900,035   

Capital Senior Living Corp. (a)

     11,292        281,284   

The Ensign Group, Inc.

     7,740        343,578   

Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (a)

     16,494        68,450   

Hanger, Inc. (a)

     13,732        300,731   

HealthSouth Corp.

     34,213        1,315,832   

Kindred Healthcare, Inc.

     27,160        493,769   

National Healthcare Corp.

     4,002        251,485   

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

     30,515        439,416   

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

     9,217        78,990   

Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc. (a)

     4,890        164,548   

U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc.

     4,755        199,520   
    

 

 

 
               4,986,085   

Health Care Management Services — 0.5%

  

BioScrip, Inc. (a)

     26,567        185,703   

Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.

     4,325        262,744   

Magellan Health Services, Inc. (a)

     10,701        642,381   

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)

     11,715        627,104   

Triple-S Management Corp., Class B (a)

     9,581        229,082   

Universal American Corp. (a)

     16,492        153,046   

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (a)

     17,023        1,396,907   
    

 

 

 
               3,496,967   

Health Care Services — 2.1%

  

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)

     16,579        1,014,801   

Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (a)(b)

     8,783        168,546   

Addus HomeCare Corp. (a)

     2,464        59,801   

Air Methods Corp. (a)

     15,211        669,740   

Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc. (a)

     1,898        39,839   

Almost Family, Inc. (a)

     3,215        93,074   

Amedisys, Inc. (a)

     10,587        310,728   

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)

     18,049        353,760   

Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     2,256        22,492   

Care.com, Inc. (a)(b)

     2,860        23,681   

Catalent, Inc. (a)

     18,965        528,744   

Chemed Corp.

     6,810        719,613   

Civitas Solutions, Inc. (a)

     4,415        75,187   

Corvel Corp. (a)

     4,321        160,828   

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (a)

     12,026        150,085   

ExamWorks Group, Inc. (a)

     13,465        560,009   

Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     2,169        43,792   

Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (a)

     12,162        231,686   

Globus Medical, Inc., Class A (a)

     25,534        606,943   

HealthEquity, Inc. (a)

     4,095        104,218   

Healthways, Inc. (a)

     12,215        242,834   

HMS Holdings Corp. (a)

     34,120        721,297   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
42    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Health Care Services (concluded)

  

IPC The Hospitalist Co., Inc. (a)

     6,679      $ 306,499   

LHC Group, Inc. (a)

     4,796        149,539   

Medidata Solutions, Inc. (a)

     20,978        1,001,700   

MiMedx Group, Inc. (a)

     36,050        415,657   

MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc. (a)

     4,986        847,171   

Omnicell, Inc. (a)

     14,172        469,377   

OvaScience, Inc. (a)

     5,953        263,242   

PharMerica Corp. (a)

     11,666        241,603   

Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A

     5,695        179,677   

Quality Systems, Inc.

     19,339        301,495   

Roka Bioscience, Inc. (a)

     1,703        7,510   

Ryman Hospitality Properties

     16,869        889,671   

T2 Biosystems, Inc. (a)(b)

     2,307        44,387   

Team Health Holdings, Inc. (a)

     27,291        1,570,051   

Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     10,090        400,674   

WebMD Health Corp. (a)

     15,036        594,674   
    

 

 

 
               14,584,625   

Health Care: Miscellaneous — 0.1%

  

MedAssets, Inc. (a)

     23,837        471,019   

The Providence Service Corp. (a)

     4,475        163,069   
    

 

 

 
               634,088   

Home Building — 0.7%

  

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (a)

     10,446        202,235   

Century Communities, Inc. (a)

     1,446        24,987   

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Class A (a)

     45,345        187,275   

Installed Building Products, Inc. (a)

     3,343        59,572   

KB Home

     32,630        540,027   

LGI Homes, Inc. (a)

     5,750        85,790   

M/I Homes, Inc. (a)

     9,573        219,796   

MDC Holdings, Inc.

     15,236        403,297   

Meritage Homes Corp. (a)

     15,256        549,063   

The New Home Co., Inc. (a)

     3,500        50,680   

The Ryland Group, Inc.

     18,268        704,414   

Standard Pacific Corp. (a)

     56,566        412,366   

Tile Shop Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

     10,730        95,282   

TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. (a)

     57,061        870,180   

UCP, Inc., Class A (a)

     2,956        31,038   

WCI Communities, Inc. (a)

     4,797        93,925   

William Lyon Homes, Class A (a)

     6,913        140,127   
    

 

 

 
               4,670,054   

Hotel/Motel — 0.3%

  

Belmond Ltd., Class A (a)

     37,531        464,258   

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. (a)

     29,960        741,810   

Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc. (a)

     4,991        59,593   

La Quinta Holdings, Inc. (a)

     17,180        378,991   

The Marcus Corp.

     6,864        127,053   

Morgans Hotel Group Co. (a)

     11,303        88,615   
    

 

 

 
               1,860,320   

Household Appliances — 0.0%

  

National Presto Industries, Inc.

     1,894        109,928   

Household Equipment & Products — 0.2%

  

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

     16,803        160,469   

CSS Industries, Inc.

     3,590        99,227   

Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)

     11,088        721,385   

Libbey, Inc. (a)

     8,346        262,398   

Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc. (a)

     4,531        59,583   
    

 

 

 
               1,303,062   

Household Furnishings — 0.3%

  

American Woodmark Corp. (a)

     4,858        196,457   

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc.

     9,820        304,125   

Flexsteel Industries, Inc.

     1,788        57,663   

Kirkland’s, Inc. (a)

     5,668        133,992   

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

     20,318        545,335   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Household Furnishings (concluded)

  

Lifetime Brands, Inc.

     4,025      $ 69,230   

Norcraft Cos., Inc. (a)

     2,970        57,321   

Select Comfort Corp. (a)

     21,052        569,036   
    

 

 

 
               1,933,159   

Insurance: Life — 0.8%

  

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

     28,877        842,920   

Citizens, Inc. (a)(b)

     17,095        129,922   

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

     79,587        1,370,488   

FBL Financial Group, Inc., Class A

     3,749        217,554   

Fidelity & Guaranty Life

     4,348        105,526   

Independence Holding Co.

     2,909        40,581   

Kansas City Life Insurance Co.

     1,463        70,268   

National Western Life Insurance Co., Class A

     868        233,709   

The Phoenix Cos., Inc. (a)

     2,181        150,205   

Primerica, Inc.

     21,207        1,150,692   

Symetra Financial Corp.

     29,237        673,913   

Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. (a)

     22,180        321,388   

Trupanion, Inc. (a)

     3,097        21,462   
    

 

 

 
               5,328,628   

Insurance: Multi-Line — 0.4%

  

Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc. (a)

     4,480        73,114   

Crawford & Co., Class B

     10,900        112,052   

eHealth, Inc. (a)

     6,925        172,571   

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

     15,795        524,078   

Kemper Corp.

     18,028        650,991   

Maiden Holdings Ltd.

     19,352        247,512   

PICO Holdings, Inc. (a)

     8,817        166,201   

Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd.

     9,632        707,181   
    

 

 

 
               2,653,700   

Insurance: Property-Casualty — 1.7%

  

Amerisafe, Inc.

     7,257        307,407   

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. (b)

     11,647        655,144   

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.

     10,114        561,024   

Baldwin & Lyons, Inc., Class B

     3,556        91,674   

Donegal Group, Inc., Class A

     3,240        51,775   

EMC Insurance Group, Inc.

     1,989        70,530   

Employers Holdings, Inc.

     12,244        287,856   

Enstar Group Ltd. (a)

     3,339        510,500   

Essent Group Ltd. (a)

     17,313        445,117   

Federated National Holding Co.

     5,291        127,831   

First American Financial Corp.

     41,376        1,402,646   

Global Indemnity PLC (a)

     3,214        91,181   

Greenlight Capital Re Ltd. (a)

     11,050        360,782   

Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. (a)

     5,566        67,293   

HCI Group, Inc.

     3,529        152,594   

Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. (a)

     2,803        54,462   

Hilltop Holdings, Inc. (a)

     26,988        538,411   

Infinity Property & Casualty Corp.

     4,452        343,961   

Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc.

     19,216        162,567   

Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.

     14,199        508,608   

National General Holdings Corp.

     13,806        256,930   

National Interstate Corp.

     2,721        81,086   

The Navigators Group, Inc. (a)

     4,061        297,834   

NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

     19,697        179,834   

OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd.

     8,618        139,612   

Radian Group, Inc.

     74,069        1,238,434   

RLI Corp.

     16,678        823,893   

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

     5,004        320,306   

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

     21,783        591,844   

State Auto Financial Corp.

     5,802        128,920   

State National Cos., Inc.

     9,719        116,434   

Stewart Information Services Corp.

     8,351        309,321   

United Fire Group, Inc.

     7,992        237,602   

United Insurance Holdings Corp.

     6,415        140,809   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    43


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Insurance: Property-Casualty (concluded)

  

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.

     12,109      $ 247,629   
    

 

 

 
               11,901,851   

International Trade & Diversified Logistic — 0.0%

  

Global Sources Ltd. (a)

     6,276        39,915   

Internet Software & Services — 0.2%

  

Amber Road, Inc. (a)

     3,274        33,460   

Borderfree, Inc. (a)

     2,515        22,534   

ChannelAdvisor Corp. (a)

     8,044        173,590   

Cinedigm Corp. (a)

     29,227        47,348   

Coupons.com, Inc. (a)

     4,777        84,792   

E2open, Inc. (a)

     9,142        87,855   

Everyday Health, Inc. (a)

     2,891        42,642   

Global Eagle Entertainment, Inc. (a)

     15,764        214,548   

Gogo, Inc. (a)(b)

     21,691        358,552   

GrubHub, Inc. (a)

     3,549        128,900   

OPOWER, Inc. (a)(b)

     2,949        41,964   

TrueCar, Inc. (a)

     2,980        68,242   

Zendesk, Inc. (a)

     4,329        105,498   
    

 

 

 
               1,409,925   

Leisure Time — 1.0%

  

Black Diamond, Inc. (a)

     9,027        78,986   

Callaway Golf Co.

     30,265        233,040   

Churchill Downs, Inc.

     5,190        494,607   

ClubCorp Holdings, Inc.

     8,264        148,174   

Escalade, Inc.

     3,676        55,471   

International Speedway Corp., Class A

     10,772        340,934   

Interval Leisure Group, Inc.

     15,413        321,978   

Johnson Outdoors, Inc.

     1,910        59,592   

Life Time Fitness, Inc. (a)

     15,854        897,653   

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

     10,382        773,874   

Nautilus, Inc. (a)

     12,084        183,435   

Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (a)

     20,028        164,830   

Pool Corp.

     17,468        1,108,170   

SFX Entertainment, Inc. (a)

     17,076        77,354   

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (a)

     21,456        203,188   

Speedway Motorsports, Inc.

     4,323        94,544   

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc. (b)

     7,557        261,699   

Travelport Worldwide, Ltd.

     11,570        208,260   

Vail Resorts, Inc.

     14,004        1,276,185   

West Marine, Inc. (a)

     6,930        89,536   
    

 

 

 
               7,071,510   

Luxury Items — 0.0%

  

Movado Group, Inc.

     7,127        202,193   

Machinery: Agricultural — 0.1%

  

Alamo Group, Inc.

     2,610        126,428   

Lindsay Corp. (b)

     4,738        406,236   

Titan International, Inc.

     17,132        182,113   

Titan Machinery, Inc. (a)(b)

     6,776        94,458   
    

 

 

 
               809,235   

Machinery: Construction & Handling — 0.1%

  

Astec Industries, Inc.

     7,301        287,002   

Douglas Dynamics, Inc.

     8,564        183,527   

NACCO Industries, Inc., Class A

     1,728        102,574   
    

 

 

 
               573,103   

Machinery: Engines — 0.1%

  

Briggs & Stratton Corp.

     18,130        370,215   

Machinery: Industrial — 1.0%

  

Actuant Corp., Class A

     25,264        688,191   

Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

     10,517        298,578   

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

     16,195        738,330   

Chart Industries, Inc. (a)

     11,849        405,236   

Columbus McKinnon Corp.

     7,684        215,459   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Machinery: Industrial (concluded)

  

DXP Enterprises, Inc. (a)

     5,032      $ 254,267   

EnPro Industries, Inc. (a)

     8,817        553,355   

The ExOne Co. (a)(b)

     3,982        66,898   

Graham Corp.

     3,870        111,340   

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

     3,990        292,068   

Intevac, Inc. (a)

     9,112        70,800   

John Bean Technologies Corp.

     11,313        371,745   

Kadant, Inc.

     4,344        185,445   

Manitex International, Inc. (a)

     5,407        68,723   

MTS Systems Corp.

     5,864        439,976   

Omega Flex, Inc.

     1,119        42,310   

Proto Labs, Inc. (a)

     8,789        590,269   

Tennant Co.

     7,135        514,933   

Twin Disc, Inc.

     3,159        62,738   

Woodward, Inc.

     25,687        1,264,571   
    

 

 

 
               7,235,232   

Machinery: Specialty — 0.1%

  

Albany International Corp., Class A

     10,893        413,825   

Hurco Cos., Inc.

     2,543        86,691   

Xerium Technologies, Inc. (a)

     4,253        67,112   
    

 

 

 
               567,628   

Manufactured Housing — 0.0%

  

Cavco Industries, Inc. (a)

     3,448        273,323   

Medical & Dental Instruments & Supplies — 2.0%

  

ABIOMED, Inc. (a)

     15,483        589,283   

AngioDynamics, Inc. (a)

     9,603        182,553   

Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     5,615        228,755   

Antares Pharma, Inc. (a)

     44,679        114,825   

AtriCure, Inc. (a)

     10,632        212,215   

Atrion Corp.

     597        202,986   

Cantel Medical Corp.

     13,111        567,182   

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (a)

     10,732        322,819   

Cerus Corp. (a)

     30,207        188,492   

CONMED Corp.

     10,563        474,912   

CryoLife, Inc.

     10,876        123,225   

Derma Sciences, Inc. (a)

     8,917        83,017   

Endologix, Inc. (a)

     24,870        380,262   

Exactech, Inc. (a)

     3,868        91,169   

HeartWare International, Inc. (a)

     6,598        484,491   

ICU Medical, Inc. (a)

     5,204        426,208   

Insulet Corp. (a)

     21,488        989,737   

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)

     9,698        525,923   

Intersect ENT, Inc. (a)

     2,237        41,496   

Invacare Corp.

     12,468        208,964   

K2M Group Holdings, Inc. (a)

     3,438        71,751   

Landauer, Inc.

     3,650        124,611   

LDR Holding Corp. (a)

     6,424        210,579   

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.

     16,197        266,603   

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

     16,723        289,810   

NanoString Technologies, Inc. (a)

     3,936        54,828   

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

     58,229        110,053   

Neogen Corp. (a)

     14,224        705,368   

NuVasive, Inc. (a)

     18,074        852,370   

Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. (a)

     2,141        50,356   

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (a)

     21,693        219,967   

Orthofix International NV (a)

     7,122        214,087   

Owens & Minor, Inc.

     24,454        858,580   

Quidel Corp. (a)

     11,062        319,913   

Sientra, Inc. (a)

     1,918        32,203   

Staar Surgical Co. (a)

     14,861        135,384   

STERIS Corp.

     22,911        1,485,778   

SurModics, Inc. (a)

     5,042        111,428   

Symmetry Surgical, Inc. (a)

     3,756        29,259   

Tornier NV (a)

     13,769        351,110   

TransEnterix, Inc. (a)

     10,468        30,462   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
44    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


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)

  

TriVascular Technologies, Inc. (a)(b)

     2,770      $ 34,819   

Unilife Corp. (a)(b)

     42,507        142,398   

Utah Medical Products, Inc.

     1,480        88,874   

Vascular Solutions, Inc. (a)

     6,652        180,668   

Volcano Corp. (a)

     19,928        356,313   
    

 

 

 
               13,766,086   

Medical Equipment — 1.3%

  

Abaxis, Inc.

     8,702        494,535   

Accuray, Inc. (a)

     29,861        225,451   

Affymetrix, Inc. (a)

     28,284        279,163   

Analogic Corp.

     4,825        408,243   

Cyberonics, Inc. (a)

     10,430        580,742   

Cynosure, Inc., Class A (a)

     8,666        237,622   

DexCom, Inc. (a)

     29,034        1,598,322   

Fluidigm Corp. (a)

     10,894        367,455   

Greatbatch, Inc. (a)

     9,657        476,090   

Haemonetics Corp. (a)

     20,235        757,194   

Luminex Corp. (a)

     14,604        273,971   

Masimo Corp. (a)

     17,381        457,816   

Merge Healthcare, Inc. (a)

     26,938        95,899   

Natus Medical, Inc. (a)

     12,462        449,130   

Nevro Corp. (a)

     3,095        119,684   

NxStage Medical, Inc. (a)

     23,794        426,626   

Oxford Immunotec Global PLC (a)

     5,102        69,489   

Spectranetics Corp. (a)

     16,113        557,188   

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)

     3,072        39,014   

Thoratec Corp. (a)

     22,057        715,970   

Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc. (a)

     11,265        314,406   
    

 

 

 
               8,944,010   

Medical Services — 0.2%

  

Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. (a)

     9,565        307,323   

PAREXEL International Corp. (a)

     22,075        1,226,487   
    

 

 

 
               1,533,810   

Metal Fabricating — 0.7%

  

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

     5,953        136,800   

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.

     3,093        59,540   

Dynamic Materials Corp.

     5,425        86,908   

Global Brass & Copper Holdings, Inc.

     8,531        112,268   

Haynes International, Inc.

     4,808        233,188   

LB Foster Co., Class A

     4,026        195,543   

Mueller Industries, Inc.

     21,967        749,953   

Mueller Water Products, Inc., Series A

     61,779        632,617   

NN, Inc.

     6,868        141,206   

Northwest Pipe Co. (a)

     3,608        108,673   

RBC Bearings, Inc.

     9,007        581,222   

Rexnord Corp. (a)

     29,171        822,914   

RTI International Metals, Inc. (a)

     11,943        301,680   

Worthington Industries, Inc.

     19,963        600,687   
    

 

 

 
               4,763,199   

Metals & Minerals: Diversified — 0.6%

  

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (a)(b)

     86,007        143,632   

Commercial Metals Co.

     45,653        743,687   

Globe Specialty Metals, Inc.

     24,756        426,546   

Hecla Mining Co.

     143,216        399,573   

Materion Corp.

     7,980        281,135   

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

     13,366        928,269   

Molycorp, Inc. (a)(b)

     75,611        66,583   

Oil-Dri Corp. of America

     1,888        61,605   

Ring Energy, Inc. (a)

     7,757        81,449   

SunCoke Energy, Inc.

     25,717        497,367   

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.

     20,880        536,407   

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.

     750        54,645   
    

 

 

 
               4,220,898   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Office Supplies & Equipement — 0.7%

  

ACCO Brands Corp. (a)

     44,285      $ 399,008   

Eastman Kodak Co. (a)

     6,927        150,385   

Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (a)

     18,056        773,338   

Herman Miller, Inc.

     22,967        675,919   

HNI Corp.

     17,482        892,631   

Kimball International, Inc., Class B

     13,265        120,977   

Knoll, Inc.

     18,787        397,721   

Steelcase, Inc., Class A

     32,027        574,885   

United Stationers, Inc.

     15,304        645,216   
    

 

 

 
               4,630,080   

Offshore Drilling & Other Services — 0.0%

  

Hercules Offshore, Inc. (a)(b)

     63,064        63,064   

North Atlantic Drilling, Ltd.

     26,731        43,571   

Vantage Drilling Co. (a)

     85,202        41,647   
    

 

 

 
               148,282   

Oil Well Equipment & Services — 0.8%

  

Basic Energy Services, Inc. (a)

     12,423        87,085   

Dawson Geophysical Co.

     3,306        40,432   

Exterran Holdings, Inc.

     22,684        739,045   

Flotek Industries, Inc. (a)

     20,866        390,820   

FMSA Holdings, Inc. (a)

     9,312        64,439   

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (a)

     23,108        479,029   

Glori Energy, Inc. (a)(b)

     5,086        21,260   

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.

     5,685        110,232   

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)

     40,898        887,487   

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (a)

     14,105        352,202   

Independence Contract Drilling, Inc. (a)

     3,763        19,643   

ION Geophysical Corp. (a)

     49,875        137,156   

Key Energy Services, Inc. (a)

     51,151        85,422   

Matrix Service Co. (a)

     10,303        229,963   

McDermott International, Inc. (a)

     92,196        268,290   

Mitcham Industries, Inc. (a)

     5,440        32,259   

Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. (a)

     4,932        113,633   

Newpark Resources, Inc. (a)

     32,897        313,837   

Nuverra Environmental Solutions, Inc. (a)(b)

     6,238        34,621   

Parker Drilling Co. (a)

     47,238        145,021   

Profire Energy, Inc. (a)(b)

     6,300        14,364   

RigNet, Inc. (a)

     4,617        189,436   

SEACOR Holdings, Inc. (a)

     7,200        531,432   

Tesco Corp.

     13,425        172,109   

TETRA Technologies, Inc. (a)

     30,684        204,969   

Willbros Group, Inc. (a)

     14,923        93,567   
    

 

 

 
               5,757,753   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.3%

  

Ardmore Shipping Corp.

     6,945        83,132   

CARBO Ceramics, Inc.

     7,685        307,784   

DHT Holdings, Inc.

     36,027        263,357   

Dorian LPG, Ltd. (a)

     2,658        36,920   

Emerald Oil, Inc. (a)(b)

     23,794        28,553   

EXCO Resources, Inc. (b)

     59,200        128,464   

Gastar Exploration, Inc. (a)

     26,608        64,125   

Navios Maritime Acq Corp.

     32,496        117,960   

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (a)

     9,199        95,026   

Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A (a)

     20,672        329,925   

Plug Power, Inc. (a)(b)

     64,585        193,755   

RSP Permian, Inc. (a)

     9,075        228,146   

TransAtlantic Petroleum, Ltd. (a)

     8,454        45,567   
    

 

 

 
               1,922,714   

Oil: Crude Producers — 1.1%

  

Abraxas Petroleum Corp. (a)

     35,179        103,426   

American Eagle Energy Corp. (a)

     12,925        8,047   

Apco Oil and Gas International, Inc. (a)

     3,414        47,898   

Approach Resources, Inc. (a)(b)

     14,965        95,626   

Bill Barrett Corp. (a)

     19,318        220,032   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    45


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Oil: Crude Producers (concluded)

  

Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (a)

     12,767      $ 306,408   

BPZ Resources, Inc. (a)

     48,818        14,108   

Callon Petroleum Co. (a)

     21,558        117,491   

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (a)

     17,643        733,949   

Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. (a)

     2,289        146,038   

Comstock Resources, Inc. (b)

     18,465        125,747   

Contango Oil & Gas Co. (a)

     6,767        197,867   

Diamondback Energy, Inc. (a)

     16,237        970,648   

Eclipse Resources Corp. (a)

     11,625        81,724   

Energy XXI Bermuda Ltd. (b)

     35,911        117,070   

Evolution Petroleum Corp.

     7,574        56,275   

FX Energy, Inc. (a)

     22,182        34,382   

Goodrich Petroleum Corp. (a)(b)

     13,980        62,071   

Halcon Resources Corp. (a)(b)

     100,619        179,102   

Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. (a)

     17,052        30,864   

Isramco, Inc. (a)(b)

     337        46,506   

Jones Energy, Inc., Class A (a)

     4,612        52,623   

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. (a)(b)

     77,138        242,213   

Midstates Petroleum Co., Inc. (a)(b)

     15,172        22,910   

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (a)

     23,787        134,397   

ONE Gas, Inc.

     20,166        831,243   

Panhandle Oil and Gas, Inc.

     5,288        123,105   

PDC Energy, Inc. (a)

     13,886        573,075   

Penn Virginia Corp. (a)

     25,305        169,037   

PetroQuest Energy, Inc. (a)

     23,024        86,110   

Quicksilver Resources, Inc. (a)(b)

     53,958        10,695   

Resolute Energy Corp. (a)

     27,594        36,424   

Rex Energy Corp. (a)

     19,118        97,502   

Rosetta Resources, Inc. (a)

     23,867        532,473   

Sanchez Energy Corp. (a)(b)

     19,859        184,490   

Stone Energy Corp. (a)

     21,839        368,642   

Swift Energy Co. (a)(b)

     17,269        69,939   

Synergy Resources Corp. (a)

     25,820        323,783   

Triangle Petroleum Corp. (a)(b)

     26,270        125,571   

Vaalco Energy, Inc. (a)

     18,888        86,129   

W&T Offshore, Inc.

     13,248        97,240   

Warren Resources, Inc. (a)

     27,529        44,322   
    

 

 

 
               7,907,202   

Oil: Refining & Marketing — 0.3%

  

Adams Resources & Energy, Inc.

     798        39,860   

Alon USA Energy, Inc.

     10,149        128,588   

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (a)

     27,328        136,503   

Delek U.S. Holdings, Inc.

     23,014        627,822   

Miller Energy Resources, Inc. (a)(b)

     12,729        15,911   

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (a)

     13,436        130,463   

Trecora Resources (a)

     7,421        109,089   

Vertex Energy, Inc. (a)(b)

     5,225        21,893   

Western Refining, Inc.

     20,647        780,044   
    

 

 

 
               1,990,173   

Paints & Coatings — 0.2%

  

Chase Corp.

     2,542        91,487   

Ferro Corp. (a)

     27,858        361,040   

HB Fuller Co.

     19,440        865,663   

Kronos Worldwide, Inc.

     8,228        107,128   
    

 

 

 
               1,425,318   

Paper — 0.5%

  

Clearwater Paper Corp. (a)

     7,956        545,384   

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp.

     32,883        963,801   

Neenah Paper, Inc.

     6,449        388,681   

PH Glatfelter Co.

     16,800        429,576   

Resolute Forest Products (a)

     25,268        444,969   

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.

     11,889        502,905   

Wausau Paper Corp.

     16,574        188,446   
    

 

 

 
               3,463,762   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Personal Care — 0.1%

  

The Female Health Co.

     8,082      $ 31,681   

Orchids Paper Products Co.

     3,162        92,046   

PhotoMedex, Inc. (a)(b)

     5,565        8,515   

USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)

     2,212        226,929   

WD-40 Co.

     5,810        494,315   
    

 

 

 
               853,486   

Pharmaceuticals — 2.9%

  

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     30,537        969,550   

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

     9,825        66,122   

Achaogen, Inc. (a)

     2,870        37,454   

Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     37,510        459,498   

Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     1,173        20,375   

Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     4,086        119,270   

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     5,666        634,819   

Akorn, Inc. (a)

     24,148        874,158   

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     3,450        40,055   

Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

     15,852        54,372   

Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     12,736        410,736   

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     11,152        198,729   

Auspex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     3,609        189,400   

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     19,490        670,164   

AVANIR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     74,683        1,265,877   

Biospecifics Technologies Corp. (a)

     1,379        53,257   

Cambrex Corp. (a)

     11,907        257,429   

Cempra, Inc. (a)

     9,612        225,978   

Chimerix, Inc. (a)

     11,697        470,921   

Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     19,964        59,892   

Depomed, Inc. (a)

     22,490        362,314   

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     1,444        23,783   

Egalet Corp. (a)

     1,683        9,576   

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     4,016        204,214   

Endocyte, Inc. (a)

     14,760        92,840   

Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     2,333        94,347   

Furiex Pharamceuticals, Inc.

     3,003        30,030   

Galectin Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     7,543        26,174   

Horizon Pharma PLC (a)

     25,198        324,802   

Immune Design Corp. (a)

     2,381        73,287   

Impax Laboratories, Inc. (a)

     27,157        860,334   

Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     18,826        317,971   

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (a)(b)

     6,659        117,531   

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     46,372        710,419   

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     45,583        2,814,294   

Kite Pharma, Inc. (a)(b)

     3,626        209,111   

Lannett Co., Inc. (a)

     9,978        427,857   

The Medicines Co. (a)

     25,228        698,059   

Nanoviricides, Inc. (a)(b)

     16,944        46,088   

NeoStem, Inc. (a)(b)

     10,036        37,836   

Ohr Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)(b)

     7,948        66,286   

Otonomy, Inc. (a)

     2,816        93,857   

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     13,811        1,224,483   

Pain Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     15,839        32,153   

Pernix Therapeutics Holdings (a)

     12,636        118,652   

Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     16,544        468,526   

Pozen, Inc. (a)

     10,624        84,992   

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)

     20,115        698,393   

Radius Health, Inc. (a)

     3,017        117,391   

Receptos, Inc. (a)

     8,499        1,041,213   

Relypsa, Inc. (a)

     6,526        201,001   

Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     3,464        58,680   

Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     8,506        213,586   

Sciclone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     20,032        175,480   

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     25,554        177,089   

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     11,352        94,222   

TG Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     10,431        165,227   

TherapeuticsMD, Inc. (a)

     41,852        186,241   

Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (a)

     9,012        134,459   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
46    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Pharmaceuticals (concluded)

  

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

     2,729      $ 119,749   

Vivus, Inc. (a)(b)

     35,964        103,576   

XenoPort, Inc. (a)

     22,394        196,395   

Zafgen, Inc. (a)

     2,652        81,788   

Zogenix, Inc. (a)

     48,087        65,879   

ZS Pharma, Inc. (a)(b)

     2,616        108,747   
    

 

 

 
               20,586,988   

Plastics — 0.1%

    

A. Schulman, Inc.

     11,300        457,989   

Ply Gem Holdings, Inc. (a)

     8,317        116,272   

Trinseo SA (a)

     4,533        79,101   
    

 

 

 
               653,362   

Power Transmission Equipment — 0.3%

    

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a)

     15,969        378,465   

Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)

     26,709        1,248,913   

Global Power Equipment Group, Inc.

     6,637        91,657   

Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (a)

     11,883        108,373   

Powell Industries, Inc.

     3,605        176,897   

Vicor Corp. (a)

     6,316        76,424   
    

 

 

 
               2,080,729   

Precious Metals & Minerals — 0.1%

    

Horsehead Holding Corp. (a)

     19,705        311,930   

Stillwater Mining Co. (a)

     46,496        685,351   
    

 

 

 
               997,281   

Printing & Copying Services — 0.2%

    

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (a)

     15,074        60,899   

Cenveo, Inc. (a)

     21,392        44,923   

Cimpress NV (a)

     12,918        966,783   
    

 

 

 
               1,072,605   

Producer Durables: Miscellaneous — 0.1%

    

Blount International, Inc. (a)

     19,239        338,029   

Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.

     3,398        214,176   
    

 

 

 
               552,205   

Production Technology Equipment — 1.0%

    

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a)

     42,825        109,632   

Brooks Automation, Inc.

     25,854        329,638   

Cognex Corp. (a)

     33,645        1,390,548   

Cohu, Inc.

     9,909        117,917   

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.

     9,335        72,440   

Entegris, Inc. (a)

     53,947        712,640   

FEI Co.

     16,377        1,479,662   

GSI Group, Inc. (a)

     11,748        172,931   

MKS Instruments, Inc.

     20,714        758,132   

Nanometrics, Inc. (a)

     9,232        155,282   

Photronics, Inc. (a)

     23,606        196,166   

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (a)

     12,725        130,177   

Tessera Technologies, Inc.

     20,693        739,982   

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (a)

     11,512        106,831   

Ultratech, Inc. (a)

     10,893        202,174   

Veeco Instruments, Inc. (a)

     15,523        541,442   
    

 

 

 
               7,215,594   

Publishing — 0.6%

    

AH Belo Corp.

     7,170        74,425   

Daily Journal Corp. (a)

     415        109,149   

Dex Media, Inc. (a)

     5,741        51,497   

Eros International PLC (a)

     8,596        181,891   

Journal Communications, Inc., Class A (a)

     17,458        199,545   

Lee Enterprises, Inc. (a)

     20,392        75,043   

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Class A (a)

     11,528        49,686   

The McClatchy Co., Class A (a)

     23,664        78,564   

Media General, Inc. (a)

     21,116        353,271   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Publishing (concluded)

    

Meredith Corp.

     13,935      $ 756,949   

New Media Investment Group, Inc.

     14,247        336,657   

The New York Times Co., Class A

     53,732        710,337   

Scholastic Corp.

     10,263        373,778   

Time, Inc.

     42,732        1,051,634   
    

 

 

 
               4,402,426   

Radio & TV Broadcasters — 0.3%

    

Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (a)

     27,697        88,907   

Crown Media Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

     13,437        47,567   

Cumulus Media, Inc., Class A (a)

     55,696        235,594   

Entercom Communications Corp., Class A (a)

     9,615        116,918   

Entravision Communications Corp., Class A

     22,160        143,597   

Gray Television, Inc. (a)

     19,245        215,544   

Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., Class A

     11,877        615,110   

Radio One, Inc., Class D (a)

     9,662        16,136   

Saga Communications, Inc., Class A

     1,431        62,220   

Salem Communications Corp., Class A

     4,446        34,768   

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A

     26,643        728,952   

Townsquare Media, Inc. (a)

     3,307        43,652   
    

 

 

 
               2,348,965   

Railroad Equipment — 0.1%

    

American Railcar Industries, Inc.

     3,657        188,335   

FreightCar America, Inc.

     4,665        122,736   

The Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (b)

     10,705        575,180   
    

 

 

 
               886,251   

Real Estate — 0.3%

  

AV Homes, Inc. (a)

     4,451        64,851   

Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co.

     1,691        94,358   

Forestar Group, Inc. (a)

     13,643        210,102   

HFF, Inc., Class A

     12,729        457,226   

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.

     27,881        705,389   

The St. Joe Co. (a)

     16,367        300,989   

Tejon Ranch Co. (a)

     5,325        156,875   
    

 

 

 
               1,989,790   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 8.9%

  

Acadia Realty Trust

     24,952        799,213   

AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc.

     11,039        204,994   

Agree Realty Corp.

     6,516        202,582   

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

     18,929        743,153   

Alexander’s, Inc.

     818        357,613   

Altisource Residential Corp.

     22,244        431,534   

American Assets Trust, Inc.

     13,915        553,956   

American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp.

     19,760        372,278   

American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc.

     65,669        781,461   

American Residential Properties, Inc. (a)

     12,615        221,646   

AmREIT, Inc., Class B

     7,614        202,076   

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp.

     43,707        229,462   

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

     17,994        294,382   

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp.

     11,353        130,332   

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.

     9,715        92,195   

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.

     138,756        510,622   

Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc.

     8,691        149,138   

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.

     27,002        282,981   

Associated Estates Realty Corp.

     22,352        518,790   

Aviv REIT, Inc.

     7,643        263,531   

Campus Crest Communities, Inc.

     25,123        183,649   

Capstead Mortgage Corp.

     37,149        456,190   

CareTrust REIT, Inc.

     7,675        94,633   

Catchmark Timber Trust, Inc.

     7,537        85,319   

Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

     30,937        227,078   

Chambers Street Properties

     92,082        742,181   

Chatham Lodging Trust

     13,242        383,621   

Chesapeake Lodging Trust

     21,288        792,127   

Colony Financial, Inc.

     41,723        993,842   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    47


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)

  

CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc.

     17,459      $ 113,134   

Coresite Realty Corp.

     8,253        322,280   

Cousins Properties, Inc.

     85,472        976,090   

CubeSmart

     62,860        1,387,320   

CyrusOne, Inc.

     12,861        354,321   

CYS Investments, Inc.

     63,409        552,926   

DCT Industrial Trust, Inc.

     31,984        1,140,549   

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

     75,948        1,129,347   

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc.

     24,750        822,690   

Dynex Capital, Inc.

     21,310        175,808   

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

     12,171        770,668   

Education Realty Trust, Inc.

     16,288        595,978   

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., Class A

     35,756        628,591   

EPR Properties

     22,179        1,278,176   

Equity One, Inc.

     23,867        605,267   

Excel Trust, Inc.

     23,770        318,280   

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc.

     48,221        521,751   

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

     42,705        878,015   

First Potomac Realty Trust

     22,837        282,265   

Franklin Street Properties Corp.

     34,895        428,162   

Geo Group, Inc.

     28,120        1,134,923   

Getty Realty Corp.

     9,977        181,681   

Gladstone Commercial Corp.

     6,764        116,138   

Glimcher Realty Trust

     56,318        773,809   

Government Properties Income Trust

     26,595        611,951   

Gramercy Property Trust, Inc.

     72,461        499,981   

Hatteras Financial Corp.

     37,333        688,047   

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

     37,261        1,017,971   

Hersha Hospitality Trust

     77,810        547,004   

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

     34,983        1,549,047   

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.

     21,329        641,150   

Inland Real Estate Corp.

     34,099        373,384   

Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc.

     47,659        736,808   

Investors Real Estate Trust

     43,607        356,269   

iStar Financial, Inc. (a)

     32,799        447,706   

Kite Realty Group Trust

     12,864        369,711   

KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     6,751        234,125   

LaSalle Hotel Properties

     43,315        1,752,958   

Lexington Realty Trust

     79,805        876,259   

LTC Properties, Inc.

     13,525        583,874   

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

     34,498        657,532   

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

     66,988        923,095   

Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp., Class A

     21,797        241,293   

National Health Investors, Inc.

     14,546        1,017,638   

New Residential Investment Corp.

     55,028        702,708   

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.

     41,300        318,423   

New York REIT, Inc.

     62,946        666,598   

One Liberty Properties, Inc.

     4,621        109,379   

Owens Realty Mortgage, Inc. REIT

     4,019        58,878   

Parkway Properties, Inc.

     30,577        562,311   

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

     27,701        1,263,997   

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

     26,635        624,857   

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (c)

     28,817        607,751   

Physicians Realty Trust

     18,452        306,303   

Potlatch Corp.

     15,800        661,546   

PS Business Parks, Inc.

     7,569        602,038   

QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A

     4,591        155,359   

RAIT Financial Trust

     31,620        242,525   

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust

     29,983        561,881   

Redwood Trust, Inc.

     32,279        635,896   

Resource Capital Corp.

     50,440        254,218   

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

     35,043        588,372   

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.

     17,991        282,639   

RLJ Lodging Trust

     50,729        1,700,943   

Rouse Properties, Inc. (b)

     14,518        268,873   

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

     21,036        638,863   

Saul Centers, Inc.

     3,817        218,294   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (concluded)

  

Select Income REIT

     14,325      $ 349,673   

Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp.

     14,202        235,185   

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

     12,793        1,115,805   

STAG Industrial, Inc.

     21,977        538,437   

Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust

     15,203        400,903   

STORE Capital Corp.

     12,351        266,905   

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (a)

     103,686        1,371,766   

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.

     33,089        411,627   

Sun Communities, Inc.

     18,600        1,124,556   

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

     79,763        1,316,887   

Terreno Realty Corp.

     16,351        337,321   

Trade Street Residential, Inc.

     6,914        53,169   

UMH Properties, Inc. (b)

     7,812        74,605   

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

     4,736        227,896   

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A

     10,436        228,340   

Walter Investment Management Corp. (a)(b)

     14,689        242,515   

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust

     25,884        715,951   

Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corp. (b)

     16,558        243,403   

Whitestone REIT

     8,809        133,104   
    

 

 

 
               62,335,251   

Recreational Vehicles & Boats — 0.4%

    

Arctic Cat, Inc.

     5,025        178,387   

Brunswick Corp.

     35,968        1,843,720   

Drew Industries, Inc. (a)

     9,176        468,618   

Malibu Boats, Inc. (a)

     3,388        65,287   

Marine Products Corp.

     4,468        37,710   

Winnebago Industries, Inc.

     10,610        230,874   
    

 

 

 
               2,824,596   

Rental & Leasing Services: Consumer — 0.1%

    

Rent-A-Center, Inc.

     20,490        744,197   

Restaurants — 1.9%

    

Biglari Holdings, Inc. (a)

     674        269,270   

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (a)

     8,408        422,166   

Bob Evans Farms, Inc.

     9,575        490,048   

Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc. (a)

     7,384        102,711   

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (a)

     7,333        1,322,727   

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (a)

     13,888        105,965   

The Cheesecake Factory, Inc.

     19,375        974,756   

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

     7,388        1,039,935   

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (a)

     2,497        68,168   

Denny’s Corp. (a)

     33,838        348,870   

Diamond Resorts International, Inc. (a)

     13,723        382,872   

DineEquity, Inc.

     6,455        668,996   

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (a)

     3,121        62,326   

Ellie Mae, Inc. (a)

     10,890        439,085   

Famous Dave’s Of America, Inc. (a)

     1,784        46,866   

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. (a)

     10,382        631,226   

The Habit Restaurants, Inc. (a)

     2,140        69,229   

Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc. (a)

     3,176        24,995   

Jack in the Box, Inc.

     15,510        1,240,180   

Jamba, Inc. (a)

     6,692        100,982   

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (a)

     25,311        499,639   

Nathan’s Famous, Inc. (a)

     1,211        96,880   

Noodles & Co. (a)

     4,190        110,406   

Papa John’s International, Inc.

     11,862        661,900   

Papa Murphy’s Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

     2,464        28,632   

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. (a)

     9,167        515,827   

Potbelly Corp. (a)

     5,847        75,251   

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (a)

     5,549        427,134   

Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (a)

     23,823        162,949   

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.

     13,985        209,775   

Sonic Corp.

     21,103        574,635   

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

     27,001        911,554   

Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc. (a)

     2,218        66,340   
    

 

 

 
               13,152,295   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
48    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Scientific Instruments: Control & Filter — 0.4%

    

Brady Corp., Class A

     18,592      $ 508,305   

CIRCOR International, Inc.

     6,862        413,641   

Energy Recovery, Inc. (a)(b)

     15,446        81,401   

ESCO Technologies, Inc.

     10,290        379,701   

The Gorman-Rupp Co.

     7,327        235,343   

Sun Hydraulics Corp.

     8,633        339,968   

Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. (a)

     12,407        300,125   

Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A

     11,052        701,139   
    

 

 

 
               2,959,623   

Scientific Instruments: Electrical — 0.6%

    

AZZ, Inc.

     9,922        465,540   

EnerSys, Inc.

     18,209        1,123,860   

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

     18,477        693,442   

GrafTech International Ltd. (a)

     45,652        230,999   

Houston Wire & Cable Co.

     6,853        81,893   

Littelfuse, Inc.

     8,717        842,672   

Preformed Line Products Co.

     1,022        55,832   

Taser International, Inc. (a)

     20,903        553,512   
    

 

 

 
               4,047,750   

Scientific Instruments: Gauges & Meters — 0.2%

    

Badger Meter, Inc.

     5,615        333,250   

FARO Technologies, Inc. (a)

     6,681        418,765   

Itron, Inc. (a)

     15,237        644,373   

Mesa Laboratories, Inc.

     1,088        84,113   

Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (a)

     5,035        86,401   
    

 

 

 
               1,566,902   

Scientific Instruments: Pollution Control — 0.3%

    

Ceco Environmental Corp.

     8,162        126,837   

Darling International, Inc. (a)

     63,886        1,160,170   

Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. (a)

     4,086        50,380   

Team, Inc. (a)

     7,958        321,981   

U.S. Ecology, Inc.

     8,376        336,045   
    

 

 

 
               1,995,413   

Securities Brokerage & Services — 0.4%

    

BGC Partners, Inc., Class A

     67,387        616,591   

FXCM, Inc., Class A

     17,719        293,604   

Gain Capital Holdings, Inc.

     9,201        82,993   

GFI Group, Inc.

     29,476        160,644   

INTL. FCStone, Inc. (a)

     6,064        124,737   

Investment Technology Group, Inc. (a)

     13,989        291,251   

Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services, Inc. (a)

     38,283        151,218   

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

     14,616        1,048,113   

SWS Group, Inc. (a)

     11,889        82,153   
    

 

 

 
               2,851,304   

Semiconductors & Components — 2.8%

    

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd. (a)

     8,107        71,747   

Amkor Technology, Inc. (a)

     33,183        235,599   

Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (a)

     30,341        197,823   

Audience, Inc. (a)

     5,958        26,215   

Cavium, Inc. (a)

     20,481        1,266,135   

Ceva, Inc. (a)

     8,118        147,261   

Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)

     24,088        567,754   

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (a)

     61,143        873,122   

Diodes, Inc. (a)

     14,124        389,399   

DSP Group, Inc. (a)

     8,566        93,112   

Entropic Communications, Inc. (a)

     34,423        87,090   

Exar Corp. (a)

     15,299        156,050   

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (a)

     48,429        817,482   

FormFactor, Inc. (a)

     21,493        184,840   

Inphi Corp. (a)

     12,167        224,846   

Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (a)

     51,754        1,014,378   

Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc.

     11,718        194,167   

International Rectifier Corp. (a)

     27,627        1,102,317   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Semiconductors & Components (concluded)

    

Intersil Corp., Class A

     49,853      $ 721,373   

IXYS Corp.

     9,662        121,741   

Kopin Corp. (a)

     25,611        92,712   

Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)

     45,666        314,639   

MA-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)

     4,722        147,704   

MaxLinear, Inc., Class A (a)

     10,742        79,598   

Micrel, Inc.

     17,244        250,211   

Microsemi Corp. (a)

     36,821        1,044,980   

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

     14,953        743,762   

OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (a)

     21,725        564,850   

Pericom Semiconductor Corp. (a)

     8,584        116,227   

PMC — Sierra, Inc. (a)

     67,207        615,616   

Power Integrations, Inc.

     11,797        610,377   

QuickLogic Corp. (a)(b)

     21,118        66,311   

Rambus, Inc. (a)

     44,117        489,258   

RF Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

     107,459        1,782,745   

Rubicon Technology, Inc. (a)

     10,210        46,660   

Semtech Corp. (a)

     26,072        718,805   

Silicon Image, Inc. (a)

     29,910        165,103   

Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)

     16,847        802,254   

Spansion, Inc., Class A (a)

     23,410        801,090   

TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (a)

     68,473        1,886,431   

Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. (a)

     20,797        78,613   
    

 

 

 
               19,910,397   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1%

    

Ambarella, Inc. (a)(b)

     11,158        565,934   

Cascade Microtech, Inc. (a)

     5,037        73,591   

Xcerra Corp. (a)

     20,614        188,824   
    

 

 

 
               828,349   

Shipping — 0.5%

    

Baltic Trading Ltd.

     18,421        46,237   

Frontline Ltd. (a)(b)

     24,976        62,690   

GasLog Ltd.

     16,368        333,089   

Gulfmark Offshore, Inc., Class A

     10,455        255,311   

International Shipholding Corp.

     2,309        34,404   

Knightsbridge Tankers Ltd.

     12,818        58,065   

Matson, Inc.

     16,647        574,654   

Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc.

     30,735        126,321   

Nordic American Offshore, Ltd.

     6,898        84,707   

Nordic American Tankers Ltd.

     34,539        347,808   

Safe Bulkers, Inc.

     14,966        58,517   

Scorpio Tankers, Inc.

     63,541        552,171   

Ship Finance International Ltd. (b)

     22,914        323,546   

Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A

     24,072        121,804   

Ultrapetrol Bahamas Ltd. (a)

     9,205        19,699   

UTI Worldwide, Inc. (a)

     35,470        428,123   
    

 

 

 
               3,427,146   

Software — 0.4%

    

Actua Corp. (a)

     15,946        294,523   

Castlight Health, Inc. (a)(b)

     4,965        58,090   

Comverse, Inc. (a)

     8,756        164,438   

Five9, Inc. (a)

     5,079        22,754   

FleetMatics Group PLC (a)

     14,489        514,215   

Gigamon, Inc. (a)

     9,435        167,283   

Globant SA (a)

     2,463        38,472   

Kofax, Ltd. (a)

     28,811        202,541   

MobileIron, Inc. (a)

     4,728        47,091   

Model N, Inc. (a)

     7,263        77,133   

Park City Group, Inc. (a)(b)

     3,464        31,245   

Paycom Software, Inc. (a)

     2,566        67,563   

Qualys, Inc. (a)

     7,768        293,242   

Rally Software Development Corp. (a)

     9,528        108,333   

The Rubicon Project, Inc. (a)

     3,060        49,388   

Trulia, Inc. (a)

     14,313        658,827   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    49


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Software (concluded)

    

Vringo, Inc. (a)(b)

     30,292      $ 16,664   
    

 

 

 
               2,811,802   

Specialty Retail — 3.3%

    

1-800-Flowers.com, Inc., Class A (a)

     9,507        78,338   

Aeéropostale, Inc. (a)

     31,304        72,625   

America’s Car-Mart, Inc. (a)

     3,019        161,154   

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

     75,462        1,047,413   

ANN, Inc. (a)

     18,185        663,389   

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (a)

     11,877        901,702   

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (a)

     15,897        369,128   

bebe Stores, Inc.

     12,482        27,336   

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.

     7,035        102,922   

Blue Nile, Inc. (a)

     4,734        170,471   

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)

     2,140        38,948   

Brown Shoe Co., Inc.

     16,927        544,203   

The Buckle, Inc. (b)

     10,940        574,569   

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

     4,746        95,395   

Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)

     11,098        524,491   

The Cato Corp., Class A

     10,620        447,952   

The Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc.

     8,556        487,692   

Christopher & Banks Corp. (a)

     14,448        82,498   

Citi Trends, Inc. (a)

     6,000        151,500   

Conn’s, Inc. (a)(b)

     10,797        201,796   

The Container Store Group, Inc. (a)(b)

     6,662        127,444   

Destination Maternity Corp.

     5,441        86,784   

Destination XL Group, Inc. (a)

     13,610        74,311   

Express, Inc. (a)

     32,775        481,465   

The Finish Line, Inc., Class A

     18,706        454,743   

Five Below, Inc. (a)

     21,073        860,411   

Francesca’s Holdings Corp. (a)

     16,465        274,965   

FTD Cos., Inc. (a)

     7,350        255,927   

Genesco, Inc. (a)

     9,301        712,643   

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

     9,386        841,173   

Guess?, Inc.

     23,876        503,306   

Haverty Furniture Cos., Inc.

     7,825        172,228   

hhgregg, Inc. (a)(b)

     4,243        32,119   

Hibbett Sports, Inc. (a)

     10,074        487,884   

Lands’ End, Inc. (a)

     6,390        344,804   

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A

     8,848        767,033   

Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. (a)

     10,663        707,064   

MarineMax, Inc. (a)

     9,604        192,560   

Mattress Firm Holding Corp. (a)

     5,794        336,516   

The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc.

     18,611        821,676   

Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.

     12,221        706,374   

New York & Co., Inc. (a)

     10,682        28,200   

Office Depot, Inc. (a)

     207,324        1,777,803   

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. (a)

     18,567        40,476   

The Pep Boys-Manny Moe & Jack (a)

     20,739        203,657   

Pier 1 Imports, Inc.

     36,763        566,150   

Regis Corp. (a)

     16,896        283,177   

Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc. (a)

     12,097        1,161,433   

RetailMeNot, Inc. (a)

     12,005        175,513   

Shoe Carnival, Inc.

     5,806        149,156   

Shutterfly, Inc. (a)

     14,935        622,715   

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A

     15,468        418,255   

Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. (a)

     4,085        29,902   

Stage Stores, Inc.

     12,295        254,506   

Stamps.com, Inc. (a)

     5,501        263,993   

Stein Mart, Inc.

     10,735        156,946   

Systemax, Inc. (a)

     4,307        58,144   

Tilly’s, Inc., Class A (a)

     3,510        34,012   

Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. (a)

     11,967        581,357   

Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a)

     4,712        93,533   

Zumiez, Inc. (a)

     8,039        310,547   
    

 

 

 
               23,194,427   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Steel — 0.1%

    

AK Steel Holding Corp. (a)

     68,787      $ 408,595   

Carbonite, Inc. (a)

     6,739        96,166   

Handy & Harman Ltd. (a)

     1,549        71,300   

Olympic Steel, Inc.

     3,428        60,950   

Ryerson Holding Corp. (a)

     4,295        42,649   

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A

     10,179        229,638   

Shiloh Industries, Inc. (a)

     3,347        52,648   

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. (a)

     2,691        67,679   
    

 

 

 
               1,029,625   

Technology: Miscellaneous — 0.3%

    

Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (a)

     20,898        531,645   

CTS Corp.

     13,118        233,894   

Fabrinet (a)

     13,651        242,169   

Kimball Electronics, Inc. (a)

     9,993        120,116   

Pendrell Corp. (a)

     64,214        88,615   

Plexus Corp. (a)

     13,154        542,076   
    

 

 

 
               1,758,515   

Telecommunications Equipment — 0.2%

    

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (a)

     5,699        63,943   

CalAmp Corp. (a)

     13,967        255,596   

Clearfield, Inc. (a)

     4,487        55,235   

Inteliquent, Inc.

     12,583        247,004   

Oclaro, Inc. (a)

     35,478        63,151   

Tessco Technologies, Inc.

     2,204        63,916   

Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.

     11,544        342,164   

Vocera Communications, Inc. (a)

     8,817        91,873   
    

 

 

 
               1,182,882   

Textile Products — 0.1%

    

Culp, Inc.

     3,358        72,802   

The Dixie Group, Inc. (a)

     5,740        52,636   

Interface, Inc.

     25,845        425,667   

Unifi, Inc. (a)

     5,677        168,777   
    

 

 

 
               719,882   

Textiles Apparel & Shoes — 0.9%

    

Columbia Sportswear Co.

     10,597        471,990   

Crocs, Inc. (a)

     31,962        399,205   

G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)

     7,432        750,706   

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (a)

     18,668        630,792   

Oxford Industries, Inc.

     5,637        311,219   

Perry Ellis International, Inc. (a)

     4,574        118,604   

Quiksilver, Inc. (a)

     51,679        114,211   

Sequential Brands Group, Inc. (a)

     6,494        84,877   

Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A (a)

     15,152        837,148   

Steven Madden Ltd. (a)

     22,603        719,453   

Tumi Holdings, Inc. (a)

     19,681        467,030   

Vera Bradley, Inc. (a)

     8,498        173,189   

Vince Holding Corp. (a)

     4,290        112,141   

Weyco Group, Inc.

     2,526        74,946   

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

     39,329        1,159,026   
    

 

 

 
               6,424,537   

Tobacco — 0.2%

    

22nd Century Group Inc. (a)(b)

     17,650        29,123   

Alliance One International, Inc. (a)

     36,247        57,270   

Universal Corp.

     9,027        397,007   

Vector Group Ltd.

     29,206        622,380   
    

 

 

 
               1,105,780   

Toys — 0.0%

    

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (a)

     7,196        48,933   

LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. (a)

     25,515        120,431   
    

 

 

 
               169,364   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
50    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Transportation Miscellaneous — 0.3%

    

Echo Global Logistics, Inc. (a)

     9,192      $ 268,407   

General Finance Corp. (a)

     4,419        43,571   

Hub Group, Inc., Class A (a)

     14,271        543,440   

Scorpio Bulkers, Inc. (a)

     51,295        101,051   

Textainer Group Holdings Ltd. (b)

     8,388        287,876   

Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc. (a)

     20,410        285,332   

XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)

     20,358        832,235   
    

 

 

 
               2,361,912   

Truckers — 0.8%

    

ArcBest Corp.

     10,073        467,085   

Celadon Group, Inc.

     8,165        185,264   

Forward Air Corp.

     12,089        608,923   

FRP Holdings, Inc. (a)

     2,660        104,298   

Heartland Express, Inc.

     21,062        568,885   

Knight Transportation, Inc.

     23,133        778,657   

Marten Transport Ltd.

     9,182        200,718   

PAM Transportation Services, Inc. (a)

     1,188        61,586   

Quality Distribution, Inc. (a)

     10,414        110,805   

Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. (a)

     10,836        253,020   

Saia, Inc. (a)

     9,550        528,688   

Swift Transportation Co. (a)

     33,024        945,477   

Universal Truckload Services, Inc.

     2,560        72,986   

USA Truck, Inc. (a)

     2,434        69,126   

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

     17,305        539,051   

YRC Worldwide, Inc. (a)

     12,116        272,489   
    

 

 

 
               5,767,058   

Utilities: Electrical — 1.8%

    

ALLETE, Inc.

     17,253        951,330   

Atlantic Power Corp.

     46,035        124,755   

Avista Corp.

     23,334        824,857   

Black Hills Corp.

     17,298        917,486   

Cleco Corp.

     23,408        1,276,672   

El Paso Electric Co.

     15,635        626,338   

The Empire District Electric Co.

     16,728        497,491   

IDACORP, Inc.

     19,496        1,290,440   

MGE Energy, Inc.

     13,409        611,584   

NorthWestern Corp.

     18,194        1,029,417   

NRG Yield, Inc., Class A

     9,238        435,479   

Otter Tail Corp.

     14,127        437,372   

Pattern Energy Group, Inc.

     15,292        377,101   

PNM Resources, Inc.

     30,852        914,145   

Portland General Electric Co.

     30,313        1,146,741   

Spark Energy, Inc., Class A

     1,167        16,443   

TCP International Holdings Ltd. (a)

     2,530        15,559   

UIL Holdings Corp.

     21,938        955,181   

Unitil Corp.

     5,386        197,505   
    

 

 

 
               12,645,896   

Utilities: Gas Distributors — 1.0%

  

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

     5,643        280,231   

The Laclede Group, Inc.

     16,718        889,398   

New Jersey Resources Corp.

     16,291        997,009   

Northwest Natural Gas Co.

     10,511        524,499   

Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc.

     30,204        1,190,340   

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

     12,797        754,127   

Southwest Gas Corp.

     18,033        1,114,620   

WGL Holdings, Inc.

     20,092        1,097,425   
    

 

 

 
               6,847,649   

Utilities: Miscellaneous — 0.0%

  

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

     6,895        187,406   

Utilities: Telecommunications — 0.9%

  

8x8, Inc. (a)

     34,363        314,765   

Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.

     3,624        244,946   

Boingo Wireless, Inc. (a)

     8,819        67,642   
Common Stocks    Shares     Value  

Utilities: Telecommunications (concluded)

  

Cincinnati Bell, Inc. (a)

     81,974      $ 261,497   

Cogent Communications Group, Inc.

     18,048        638,719   

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.

     19,491        542,435   

Fairpoint Communications, Inc. (a)

     7,907        112,358   

General Communication, Inc., Class A (a)

     13,991        192,376   

Globalstar, Inc. (a)(b)

     106,112        291,808   

GTT Communications, Inc. (a)

     6,059        80,161   

Hawaiian Telcom Holdco, Inc. (a)

     4,234        116,731   

IDT Corp., Class B (a)

     6,427        130,532   

inContact, Inc. (a)

     23,571        207,189   

Iridium Communications, Inc. (a)

     31,318        305,351   

j2 Global, Inc.

     18,411        1,141,482   

Lumos Networks Corp.

     7,241        121,794   

magicJack VocalTec Ltd. (a)

     6,986        56,726   

NeuStar, Inc., Class A (a)

     9,676        268,993   

NTELOS Holdings Corp.

     7,244        30,352   

ORBCOMM, Inc. (a)

     20,910        136,751   

Premiere Global Services, Inc. (a)

     18,757        199,199   

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

     9,350        292,188   

Spok Holdings, Inc.

     8,305        144,175   

Vonage Holdings Corp. (a)

     67,764        258,181   

West Corp.

     14,914        492,162   
    

 

 

 
               6,648,513   

Utilities: Water — 0.2%

  

American States Water Co.

     15,025        565,842   

Artesian Resources Corp., Class A

     2,959        66,844   

California Water Service Group

     18,553        456,589   

Connecticut Water Service, Inc.

     4,196        152,273   

Middlesex Water Co.

     6,124        141,219   

SJW Corp.

     6,104        196,060   

York Water Co.

     5,057        117,373   
    

 

 

 
               1,696,200   
Total Common Stocks — 97.7%        684,391,234   
    
                  
Other Interests (d) — 0.0%    Beneficial
Interest
(000)
        

Gerber Scientific, Inc.

   $ 13        129   
    
                  
Rights — 0.0%    Shares         

Utilities: Telecommunications — 0.0%

  

Leap Wireless, CVR (a)

     28,200        71,064   
    
                  
Warrants (e) — 0.0%               

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp., (Issued 10/15/13, 1 Share for 10 Warrants, Expires 4/15/16, Strike Price $8.50)

     7,791          
Total Long-Term Investments
(Cost — $419,203,067) — 97.7%
        684,462,427   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    51


Schedule of Investments (continued)

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

Short-Term Securities    Shares     Value  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class, 0.04% (c)(f)

     14,055,813      $ 14,055,813   
    
     

Beneficial
Interest

(000)

        

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC,
Money Market Series, 0.20% (c)(f)(g)

   $ 18,352        18,352,402   
Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $32,408,215) — 4.6%
             32,408,215   
Total Investments (Cost — $451,611,282) — 102.3%        716,870,642   
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.3)%        (15,935,736
    

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $ 700,934,906   
    

 

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

(a)   Non-income producing security.

 

(b)   Security, or a portion of security, is on loan.

 

(c)   During the year ended December 31, 2014 investments in issuers considered to be an affiliate of the Series, 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,  2013
   

Shares/

Beneficial
Interest
Purchased

    Shares/
Beneficial
Interest
Sold
    Shares/
Beneficial
Interest Held at
December 31,  2014
    Value at
December 31, 2014
    Income     Realized
Loss
 

BlackRock Kelso Capital Corp.1

    37,065        2,009        (39,074                 $ 17,111      $ (620

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, TempFund, Institutional Class

    48,629,247               (34,573,434 )2      14,055,813      $ 14,055,813      $ 5,797          

BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series

  $ 45,115,062             $ (26,762,660 )2    $ 18,352,402      $ 18,352,402      $ 1,546,926          

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

    5,912                      5,912      $ 102,278                 

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

    28,588        8,169        (7,940     28,817      $ 607,751      $ 94,190      $ (24,758

1   No longer held by the Series as of report date.

      

 

2  Represents net shares/beneficial interest sold.

     

       

 

(d)   Other interests represent beneficial interests in liquidation trusts and other reorganization or private entities.

 

(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)   Represents the current yield as of report date.

 

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

 

Ÿ  

As of December 31, 2014, financial futures contracts outstanding were as follows:

 

Contracts
Purchased
    Issue   Exchange   Expiration   Notional
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
 
  151      Russell 2000 Mini Index   ICE Futures U.S. Indices   March 2015   $ 18,130,570      $ 340,563   

 

Ÿ  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The categorization of a value determined for investments and derivative financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and derivative financial instrument and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

  Ÿ  

Level 1 — unadjusted quoted prices in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Series has the ability to access

 

  Ÿ  

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)

 

  Ÿ  

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 derivative financial instruments)

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
52    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Schedule of Investments (concluded)

  

Master Small Cap Index Series

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Series’ policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value disclosure hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. For information about the Series’ policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments, refer to Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements.

As of December 31, 2014, the following tables summarize the Series’ investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy:

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets:

                
Investments:                 
Long-Term Investments1                 

Common Stocks

  $ 684,361,204                   $ 30,030         $ 684,391,234   

Other Interests

                        129           129   

Rights

                        71,064           71,064   

Short-Term Securities

    14,055,813         $ 18,352,402                     32,408,215   
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 698,417,017         $ 18,352,402         $ 101,223         $ 716,870,642   
 

 

 

 

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

 

       

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  
Derivative Financial Instruments 2                 

Assets:

                

Equity contracts

  $ 340,563                             $ 340,563   

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

       

The Series may hold assets and/or liabilities in which the fair value approximates the carrying amount for financial statement purposes. As of December 31, 2014, such assets and/or liabilities are categorized within the disclosure hierarchy as follows:

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3      Total  

Assets:

                

Cash

  $ 979                        $ 979   

Cash pledged for financial futures contracts

    628,000                          628,000   

Liabilities:

                

Collateral on securities loaned at value

            $ (18,352,402             (18,352,402
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 628,979         $ (18,352,402           $ (17,723,423
 

 

 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, there were no transfers between levels.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    53


Statements of Assets and Liabilities     
December 31, 2014   Master
International
Index Series
    Master Small Cap
Index Series
 
   
Assets                

Investments at value — unaffiliated1,2

  $ 2,603,781,825      $ 683,752,398   

Investments at value — affiliated3

    7,980,132        33,118,244   

Cash

    200        979   

Cash pledged for financial futures contracts

    3,900,000        628,000   

Foreign currency at value4

    62,016,065          

Investments sold receivable

    27,506        20,780,001   

Dividends receivable — unaffiliated

    4,102,800        835,846   

Securities lending income receivable — affiliated

    28,645        133,046   

Dividends receivable — affiliated

           18,248   

Income receivable — affiliated

           261   

Prepaid expenses

    5,362        3,725   

Other assets

    14,612          
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    2,681,857,147        739,270,748   
 

 

 

 
   
Liabilities                

Collateral on securities loaned at value

    4,107,347        18,352,402   

Variation margin payable on financial futures contracts

    1,039,495        123,744   

Investments purchased payable

           233,984   

Professional fees payable

    45,560          

Directors’ fees payable

    11,433        5,630   

Investment advisory fees payable

    13,081        3,420   

Other affiliates payable

    7,593        4,027   

Withdrawals payable to investors

    6,062,063        19,457,778   

Other accrued expenses payable

    209,336        154,857   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    11,495,908        38,335,842   
 

 

 

 

Net Assets

  $ 2,670,361,239      $ 700,934,906   
 

 

 

 
   
Net Assets Consist of                

Investors’ capital

  $ 2,521,660,758      $ 435,335,387   

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    148,700,481        265,599,923   
 

 

 

 

Net Assets

  $ 2,670,361,239      $ 700,934,906   
 

 

 

 

1    Investments at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 2,456,264,285      $ 418,516,529   

2    Securities loaned at value

  $ 3,871,237      $ 17,267,756   

3    Investments at cost — affiliated

  $ 7,980,132      $ 33,094,753   

4    Foreign currency at cost

  $ 62,490,064          

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.      
                
54    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Statements of Operations     
Year Ended December 31, 2014   Master
International
Index Series
    Master Small
Cap Index
Series
 
   
Investment Income                

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 43,904,393      $ 9,294,295   

Securities lending — affiliated — net

    81,222        1,546,926   

Dividends — affiliated

    10,577        117,098   

Foreign taxes withheld

    (3,572,572     (9,030
 

 

 

 

Total income

    40,423,620        10,949,289   
 

 

 

 
   
Expenses                

Investment advisory

    123,905        78,122   

Accounting services

    266,900        187,068   

Custodian

    233,866        219,743   

Professional

    79,166        73,638   

Directors

    35,433        25,877   

Printing

    18,124        11,221   

Miscellaneous

    91,788        43,315   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    849,182        638,984   

Less fees waived and/or reimbursed by Manager

    (18,747     (43,702
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    830,435        595,282   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    39,593,185        10,354,007   
 

 

 

 
   
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)                
Net realized gain (loss) from:    

Investments

    (7,953,570     50,876,239   

Investments — affiliated

           (25,378

Financial futures contracts

    29,542        2,527,898   

Foreign currency transactions

    (2,092,089       
 

 

 

 
    (10,016,117     53,378,759   
 

 

 

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:    

Investments

    (154,591,003     (28,620,736

Financial futures contracts

    901,984        (1,170,914

Foreign currency translations

    (750,854       
 

 

 

 
    (154,439,873     (29,791,650
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (164,455,990     23,587,109   
 

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

  $ (124,862,805   $   33,941,116   
 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.      
                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    55


Statements of Changes in Net Assets     
    Master International Index Series         Master Small Cap Index Series  
    Year Ended December 31,         Year Ended December 31,  
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:   2014     2013         2014     2013  
         
Operations                                    

Net investment income

  $ 39,593,185      $ 26,032,478        $ 10,354,007      $ 10,262,296   

Net realized gain (loss)

    (10,016,117     (8,862,796       53,378,759        37,795,072   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    (154,439,873     155,441,911          (29,791,650     181,146,437   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (124,862,805     172,611,593          33,941,116        229,203,805   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
         
Capital Transactions                                    

Proceeds from contributions

    2,104,755,673        274,848,943          181,052,493        223,976,607   

Value of withdrawals

    (322,345,637     (192,790,156       (373,456,979     (175,553,424
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

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

    1,782,410,035        82,058,787          (192,404,490     48,423,183   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 
         
Net Assets                                    

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    1,657,547,230        254,670,380          (158,463,374     277,626,988   

Beginning of year

    1,012,814,009        758,143,629          859,398,280        581,771,292   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 2,670,361,239      $ 1,012,814,009        $ 700,934,906      $ 859,398,280   
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.      
                
56    BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014   


Financial Highlights    Master International Index Series
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2014     2013     2012     2011     2010  
         
Total Return                                        

Total return

    (6.02)%        21.94%        19.01%        (12.34)%        7.66%   
 

 

 

 
         
Ratios to Average Net Assets                                        

Total expenses

    0.07%        0.07%        0.06%        0.08%        0.11%   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and paid indirectly

    0.07%        0.07%        0.06%        0.08%        0.10%   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    3.20%        2.97%        3.36%        3.38%        2.73%   
 

 

 

 
         
Supplemental Data                                        

Net assets, end of year (000)

    $2,670,361        $1,012,814        $758,144        $855,781        $922,700   
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

    6%        8%        21%        6%        8%   
 

 

 

 

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

    Year Ended December 31,  
    2014     2013     2012     2011     2010  
         
Total Return                                        

Total return

    5.05%        39.11%        16.52%        (4.30)%        27.19%   
 

 

 

 
         
Ratios to Average Net Assets                                        

Total expenses

    0.09%        0.07%        0.14%        0.09%        0.12%   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    0.08%        0.06%        0.08%        0.07%        0.08%   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.45%        1.46%        2.13%        1.46%        1.27%   
 

 

 

 
         
Supplemental Data                                        

Net assets, end of year (000)

    $700,935        $859,398        $581,771        $529,054        $338,172   
 

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

    21%        22%        68%        31%        42%   
 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.      
                
   BLACKROCK INDEX FUNDS, INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2014    57


Notes to Financial Statements    Quantitative Master Series LLC

1. Organization:

Master International Index Series (“Master International Index”) and Master Small Cap Index Series (“Master Small Cap Index”) (collectively, the “Series”, or individually, a “Series”) are series of Quantitative Master Series LLC (the “Master LLC”) which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a diversified open-end management investment company. The Series is organized as a Delaware statutory trust. 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, together with certain other registered investment companies advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”) or its affiliates, is a complex of open-end funds referred to as the Equity-Liquidity Complex.

2. Significant Accounting Policies:

The Series financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Series is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Series:

Valuation: The Series’ investments are valued at fair value as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 p.m., Eastern time). U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price the Series would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Series determine the fair value of their financial instruments at market value using independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board. The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to provide oversight of the pricing function for the Series for all financial instruments.

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at the official close each day, if available. For equity investments traded on more than one exchange, the official close 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 may be valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price. Financial futures contracts traded on exchanges are valued at their last sale price.

Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates determined as of the close of business on the NYSE. Forward 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.

The Series values its investment 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 underlying fund’s net assets. 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 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 the application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Value Investments”). When determining the price for Fair Value Investments, the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, seeks to determine the price that each Series might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, deems relevant consistent with the principles of fair value measurement, which include the market approach, income approach and/or in the case of recent investments, the cost approach, as appropriate. The market approach generally consists of using comparable market transactions. The income approach generally is used to discount future cash flows to present value and is adjusted for liquidity as appropriate. These factors include but are not limited to: (i) attributes specific to the investment or asset; (ii) the principal market for the investment or asset; (iii) the customary participants in the principal market for the investment or asset; (iv) data assumptions by market participants for the investment or asset, if reasonably available; (v) quoted prices for similar investments or assets in active markets; and (vi) other factors, such as future cash flows, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, recovery rates, liquidation amounts and/or default rates. Due to the inherent uncertainty of valuations of such investments, the fair values may differ from the values that would have been used had an active market existed. The Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, employs various methods for calibrating valuation approaches for investments where an active market does not exist, including regular due diligence of the Series’ pricing vendors, regular reviews of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis to compare unrealized gains and losses to realized gains and losses, reviews of missing or stale prices and large movements in market values and reviews of any market related activity. The pricing of all Fair Value Investments is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof on a quarterly basis.

 

                
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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 (e.g., 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 Investments and be valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, 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 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: The Series’ books and records are maintained in U.S. dollars. Purchases and sales of investment securities are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective date of such transactions. Generally, when the U.S. dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, the Series investments denominated in that currency will lose value because that currency is worth fewer U.S. dollars; the opposite effect occurs if the U.S. dollar falls in relative value.

The Series does not isolate the portion of the results of operations arising as a result of changes in the foreign exchange rates from the changes in the market prices of investments held or sold for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments are not segregated in the Statements of Operations from the effects of changes in market prices of those investments but are included as a component of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments. The Series reports realized currency gains (losses) on foreign currency related transactions as components of net realized gain (loss) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are generally treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases where a Series enters into certain investments (e.g., financial futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange contracts) that would be “senior securities” for 1940 Act purposes, the Series may segregate or designate on its books and records cash or liquid securities having a market value at least equal to the amount of the Series’ future obligations under such investments. Doing so allows the investment to be excluded from treatment as a “senior security.” Furthermore, if required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Series may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments or obligations.

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 is informed of 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. 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.

Recent Accounting Standard: In June 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued guidance to improve the financial reporting of reverse repurchase agreements and other similar transactions. The guidance will require expanded disclosure for entities that enter into reverse repurchase agreements and similar transactions accounted for as secured borrowings. It is effective for financial statements with fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2014 and interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is evaluating the impact, if any, of this guidance on the Series financial statement disclosures.

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

The Series have 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 Statements 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.

3. Securities and Other Investments:

Preferred Stock: The Series may invest in preferred stock. Preferred stock has a preference over common stock in liquidation (and generally in receiving dividends as well) but is subordinated to the liabilities of the issuer in all respects. As a general rule, the market value of preferred stock with a fixed dividend rate and no conversion element varies inversely with interest rates and perceived credit risk, while the market price of convertible preferred stock generally also reflects some element of conversion value. Because preferred stock is junior to debt securities and other obligations of the issuer, deterioration in the credit quality of the issuer will cause greater changes in the value of a preferred stock than in a more senior debt security with similar stated yield characteristics. Unlike interest payments on debt securities, preferred stock dividends are payable only if declared by the issuer’s board of directors. Preferred stock also may be subject to optional or mandatory redemption provisions.

Securities Lending: The Series may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Series collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by

 

                
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the U.S. government. The initial collateral received by each Series is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter, at a value equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Series and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Series on the next business day. During the term of the loan, the Series is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities. 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.

The market value of securities on loan and the value of the related collateral are shown separately in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as a component of investments at value-unaffiliated, and collateral on securities loaned at value, respectively. As of December 31, 2014, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash. The cash collateral invested by the securities lending agent, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”), if any, is disclosed in the Schedules of Investments.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Series under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”) which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency), for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Series, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Series can reinvest cash collateral, or, upon an event of default, resell or re-pledge the collateral.

As of December 31, 2014, the following table is a summary of the Series’ securities lending agreements by counterparty, which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

Master International Index                     
Counterparty   Securities
Loaned
at Value
     Cash
Collateral
Received1
     Net
Amount

CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.

  $ 153,459       $ (153,459   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    445,869         (445,869   

JP Morgan Clearing Corp.

    508,217         (508,217   

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

    1,492,834         (1,492,834   

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

    1,090,319         (1,090,319   

SG Americas Securities LLC

    180,539         (180,539   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

Total

  $ 3,871,237       $ (3,871,237   
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  1   

Collateral with a value of $4,107,347 has been received in connection with securities lending agreements. Excess of collateral received from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes.

 

Master Small Cap Index                       
Counterparty   Securities
Loaned
at Value
     Cash
Collateral
Received2
     Net
Amount
 

Barclays Capital, Inc.

  $ 1,674,414       $ (1,674,414        

BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc.

    482,856         (482,856        

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    280,710         (280,710        

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    135,239         (135,239        

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    905,370         (905,370        

Goldman Sachs & Co.

    3,926,709         (3,926,709        

JP Morgan Clearing Corp.

    2,367,436         (2,367,436        

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.

    1,776,714         (1,776,714        

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

    4,990,757         (4,990,757        

National Financial Services LLC

    85,373         (85,373        

SG Americas Securities LLC

    95,913         (95,913        

UBS Securities LLC

    546,265         (546,265        
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 17,267,756       $ (17,267,756        
 

 

 

 

 

  2   

Collateral with a value of $18,352,402 has been received in connection with securities lending agreements. Excess of collateral received from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes.

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks the Series benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BIM. BIM’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities lent if the collateral received does not cover the value on the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. The Series 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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4. Derivative Financial Instruments:

The Series engage in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Series and/or to economically hedge their exposure to certain risks such as equity risk or foreign currency exchange rate risk. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange or over-the-counter (“OTC”).

Financial Futures Contracts: The Series purchase and/or sell financial futures contracts and options on financial futures contracts to gain exposure to, or economically hedge against, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk), changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk). Financial futures contracts are agreements between the Series and a 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, financial 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 the settlement date.

Upon entering into a financial futures contract, the Series are required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated on the Schedules of Investments and cash deposited, if any, is recorded on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged for financial futures contracts. Pursuant to the contract, the Series agree 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 variation margin. Variation margin is recorded by the Series as unrealized appreciation or depreciation and, if applicable, as a receivable or payable for variation margin in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

When the contract is closed, the Series record 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 contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of financial futures contracts, interest or foreign currency exchange rates and the underlying assets.

The following is a summary of the Series’ derivative financial instruments categorized by risk exposure:

 

Fair Values of Derivative Financial Instruments Year Ended December 31, 2014  
         Value  
           Master
International Index
     Master
Small Cap Index
 
     Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location    Derivative
Assets
     Derivative
Liabilities
     Derivative
Assets
 

Equity contracts

  Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation1    $ 2,067,902       $ 407,203         340,563   
 

 

 

 

1  

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

 

The Effect of Derivative Financial Instruments in the Statements of Operations
Year Ended December 31, 2014
 
    Net Realized Gain From           Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation/Depreciation on
 
     Master
International Index
     Master
Small Cap Index
           Master
International Index
     Master
Small Cap Index
 
Equity Contracts:              

Financial futures contracts

  $ 29,542       $ 2,527,898          $ 901,984       $ (1,170,914
 

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2014, the average quarterly balances of outstanding derivative financial instruments were as follows:

 

          Master
International Index
     Master
Small Cap Index
 
Financial futures contracts:       

Average notional value of contracts purchased

    $ 36,294,523       $ 19,409,645   
 

 

 

 

 

 

Counterparty Credit Risk: A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Series since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, a Series does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency) of the clearing broker or clearinghouse. Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that

 

                
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time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Series.

5. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is the largest stockholder and an affiliate, for 1940 Act purposes of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”).

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with 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’ portfolios 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 Series’ average daily net assets.

The Manager contractually agreed to waive or reimburse fees or expenses, in order to limit expenses, excluding interest expense, dividend expense, acquired fund fees and expenses and certain other Series expenses, which constitute extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Series’ business. The expense limitation as a percentage of average daily net assets is 0.12% for Master International Index and 0.08% for Master Small Cap Index.

The Manager has agreed not to reduce or discontinue this contractual waiver or reimbursement prior to May 1, 2015 unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors. For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Manager waived $7,283 and $32,284 with respect to Master International Index and Master Small Cap Index, respectively, which is included in fees waived by manager in the Statements of Operations.

The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees each 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 in connection with the Series’ investment in other affiliated investment companies, if any. These amounts are included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by Manager in the Statements of Operations. For the year ended December 31, 2014 the amounts waived for Master International Index and Master Small Cap Index were $11,464 and $11,418, respectively.

Prior to July 1, 2014, BIM, an affiliate of the Manager, served as a sub-advisor to each Series pursuant to sub-advisory agreements with the Manager, and received for its services a monthly fee from the Manager at an annual rate equal to a percentage of the investment advisory fees paid by each Series to the Manager under the Investment Advisory Agreement. Effective July 1, 2014, the sub-advisory agreements between the Manager and BIM, with respect to each Series, expired.

For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Series reimbursed the Manager for certain accounting services, which is included in accounting services in the Statements of Operations.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an exemptive order which permits BIM, an affiliate of the Manager, to serve as securities lending agent for the Series subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BIM bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending. The Series are responsible for expenses in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment expenses”). The cash collateral is invested in a private investment company managed by the Manager or its affiliates. However, BIM has agreed to cap the collateral investment expenses of the private investment company to an annual rate of 0.04%. The investment advisor to the private investment company will not charge any advisory fees with respect to shares purchased by the Series.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment expenses. The Series retains a portion of securities lending income and remits a remaining portion to BIM as compensation for its services as securities lending agent. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement effective February 1, 2014, BIM may lend securities only when the difference between the borrower rebate rate and the risk free rate exceeds a certain level (such securities, the “specials only securities”).

Pursuant to such agreement, each Series retains 80% of securities lending income. In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income earned across the Equity-Liquidity Complex in a calendar year exceeds the aggregate securities lending income earned across the Equity-Liquidity Complex through the lending of specials only securities in the calendar year 2013, each Series, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of the calendar year securities lending income in an amount equal to 85% of securities lending income. Prior to February 1, 2014 each Series retained 65% of securities lending income and paid a fee to BIM equal to 35% of such income. The share of securities lending income earned by each Series is shown as securities lending — affiliated — net in the Statements of Operations. For the year ended December 31, 2014, each Series paid BIM the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

Master International Index

  $ 18,165   

Master Small Cap Index

  $ 366,193   

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

 

 

                
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The Series may purchase securities from, or sell securities to, an affiliated fund provided the affiliation is due solely to having a common investment advisor, common officers, or common trustees.

6. Purchases and Sales:

For the year ended December 31, 2014, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities, were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

Master International Index

  $ 1,855,870,783       $ 76,632,340   

Master Small Cap Index

  $ 156,571,896       $ 317,309,448   

7. Income Tax Information:

The Series are classified as partnerships 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 the owner of the Series can satisfy the requirements of subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Series files U.S. federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Series U.S. federal tax returns remains open for each of the four years ended December 31, 2014. The statutes of limitations on the Series’ state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Series’ facts and circumstances and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

As of December 31, 2014, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purpose were as follows:

 

     Master
International
Index
     Master
Small Cap
Index
 

Tax cost

  $ 2,509,080,004       $ 469,633,898   
 

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation.

    166,452,542       $ 275,685,225   

Gross unrealized depreciation.

    (63,770,589      (28,448,481
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

  $ 102,681,953       $ 247,236,744   
 

 

 

 

8. Bank Borrowings:

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Series, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates (“Participating Funds”), was a party to a 364-day, $1.1 billion credit agreement with a group of lenders, under which the Series may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. Excluding commitments designated for a certain individual fund, the Participating Funds, including the Series, could borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $650 million, subject to asset coverage and other limitations as specified in the agreement. Effective November 25, 2014, the credit agreement was amended to an aggregate commitment amount of $2.1 billion, of which, the Participating Funds, including the Series, can borrow up to $1.6 billion at any time outstanding, subject to asset coverage and other limitations as specified in the agreement. The agreement terminates on April 23, 2015, unless otherwise extended to November 24, 2015 or renewed for a period of 364 days from April 23, 2015. The amended agreement has the following terms: a fee of 0.06% per annum on unused commitment amounts and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) one month LIBOR (but in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum or (b) the Fed Funds rate (but in any event, not less than 0.00%) in effect from time to time plus 0.80% per annum on amounts borrowed. Participating Funds paid administration, legal and arrangement fees, which are included in miscellaneous expenses in the Statement of Operations, and along with commitment fees, were allocated among such funds based upon portions of the aggregate commitment available to them and relative net assets of Participating Funds. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Series did not borrow under the credit agreement.

9. Principal Risks:

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 have 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 counter-

 

                
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parties. 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 Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Series.

Master International Index 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. Foreign issuers may not be subject to the same uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices as used in the United States. Foreign securities markets may also be less liquid, more volatile, and less subject to governmental supervision not typically associated with investing in U.S. securities. Investment percentages in specific countries are presented in the Schedules of Investments.

Master International Index invests a significant portion of its assets in securities of issuers located in Europe or with significant exposure to European issuers or countries. The European financial markets have recently experienced volatility and adverse trends due to concerns about economic downturns in, or rising government debt levels of, several European countries. These events may spread to other countries in Europe and may affect the value and liquidity of certain of the Series investments.

As of December 31, 2014, Master Small Cap Index invested a significant portion of its assets in securities in the financial sector. Changes in economic conditions affecting such sectors would have a greater impact on the Series and could affect the value, income and/or liquidity of positions in such securities.

As of December 31, 2014, the Series’ investments had the following industry classifications:

 

Master International Index       
Industry   Percent of Long-Term  Investments  

Banks

    13

Pharmaceuticals

    10   

Insurance

    6   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    5   

Other

    66   

 

Master Small Cap Index       
Industry   Percent of Long-Term  Investments  

Computer Services Software & Systems

    9

Real Estate Investment Trusts

    9   

Banks

    8   

Biotechnology

    6   

Other

    68   

10. 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    Quantitative Master Series LLC

To the Investors of Master International Index Series and Master Small Cap Index Series and Board of Directors of Quantitative Master Series LLC:

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments of Master International Index Series and Master Small Cap Index Series, each one of the series constituting Quantitative Master Series LLC, (the “Series”) as of December 31, 2014, and the related statements 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 Series’ 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 audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Series 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 Series’ 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, 2014, 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 and Master Small Cap Index Series, of Quantitative Master Series LLC, as of December 31, 2014, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their 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

Boston, Massachusetts

February 18, 2015

 

                
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Officers and Directors     

 

Name, Address1
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held with
Corporation/
Master LLC
  Length
of Time
Served as
a Director3
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   Number of BlackRock-
Advised Registered
Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios
(“Portfolios”) Overseen
  Public
Directorships
Independent Directors2                    

Ronald W. Forbes

 

1940

  Co-Chairman of the Board and Director   Since 2007   Professor Emeritus of Finance, School of Business, State University of New York at Albany since 2000.   33 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios   None

Rodney D. Johnson

 

1941

  Co-Chairman of the Board and Director   Since 2007   President, Fairmount Capital Advisors, Inc. from 1987 to 2013; Member of the Archdiocesan Investment Committee of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from 2004 to 2012; Director, The Committee of Seventy (civic) from 2006 to 2012; Director, Fox Chase Cancer Center from 2004 to 2011.   33 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios   None

David O. Beim

 

1940

  Director   Since 2007   Professor of Professional Practice at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business since 1991; Trustee, Phillips Exeter Academy from 2002 to 2012; Chairman, Wave Hill, Inc. (public garden and cultural center) from 1990 to 2006.   33 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios   None

Frank J. Fabozzi

 

1948

  Director  

Since 2014

  Editor of and Consultant for The Journal of Portfolio Management since 2006; Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School since 2011; Professor in the Practice of Finance and Becton Fellow, Yale University School of Management from 2006 to 2011; Adjunct Professor of Finance and Becton Fellow, Yale University from 1994 to 2006.  

112 RICs consisting of

232 Portfolios

  None

Dr. Matina S. Horner

 

1939

  Director   Since 2007   Executive Vice President, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities Fund from 1989 to 2003.   33 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios   NSTAR (electric and gas utility)

Herbert I. London

 

1939

  Director   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 Emeritus, Hudson Institute (policy research organization) from 2011 to 2012, President thereof from 1997 to 2011 and Trustee from 1980 to 2012; Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Grantham University since 2006; Director, InnoCentive, Inc. (global internet services) since 2005; Director, Cerego, LLC (educational software) since 2005; Director, Cybersettle (online adjudication) since 2009; Director, AIMS Worldwide, Inc. (marketing) from 2007 to 2012.   33 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios  

None

Ian A. MacKinnon

 

1948

  Director   Since 2012   Director, Kennett Capital, Inc. (investments) since 2006; Director, Free Library of Philadelphia from 1998 to 2008.   33 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios   None

Cynthia A. Montgomery

 

1952

  Director   Since 2007   Professor, Harvard Business School since 1989; Director, McLean Hospital from 2005 to 2012; Director, Harvard Business School Publishing from 2005 to 2010.   33 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios   Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. (manufacturing)

Joseph P. Platt

 

1947

  Director   Since 2007   Director, Jones and Brown (Canadian insurance broker) since 1998; General Partner, Thorn Partners, LP (private investments) since 1998; Director, WQED Multi-Media (public broadcasting not-for-profit) since 2001; Director, The West Penn Allegheny Health System (a not-for-profit health system) from 2008 to 2013; Partner, Amarna Corporation, LLC (private investment company) from 2002 to 2008.   33 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios   Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (reinsurance company)

Robert C. Robb, Jr.

 

1945

  Director   Since 2007   Partner, Lewis, Eckert, Robb and Company (management and financial consulting firm) since 1981.   33 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios   None

Toby Rosenblatt

 

1938

  Director   Since 2007   President, Founders Investments Ltd. (private investments) since 1999; Director, Forward Management, LLC since 2007; Director, College Futures Foundation (philanthropic foundation) since 2009; Director, The James Irvine Foundation (philanthropic foundation) from 1998 to 2008.   33 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios   None

 

                
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Officers and Directors (continued)     
Name, Address1
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held with
Corporation/
Master LLC
  Length
of Time
Served as
a Director3
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   Number of BlackRock-
Advised Registered
Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of
Investment Portfolios
(“Portfolios”) Overseen
  Public
Directorships
Independent Directors2 (concluded)                    

Kenneth L. Urish

 

1951

  Director   Since 2007   Managing Partner, Urish Popeck & Co., LLC (certified public accountants and consultants) since 1976; Immediate past-Chairman 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; Principal, UP Strategic Wealth Investment Advisors, LLC since 2013; Trustee, The Holy Family Institute from 2001 to 2010; President and Trustee, Pittsburgh Catholic Publishing Associates from 2003 to 2008; Director, Inter-Tel from 2006 to 2007.   33 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios   None

Frederick W. Winter

 

1945

  Director   Since 2007   Director, Alkon Corporation (pneumatics) since 1992; Professor and Dean Emeritus of the Joseph M. Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh from 2005 to 2013 and Dean thereof from 1997 to 2005; Director, Tippman Sports (recreation) from 2005 to 2013; Director, Indotronix International (IT services) from 2004 to 2008.   33 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios   None
 

1   The address of each Officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., Park Avenue Plaza, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055.

 

2   Directors serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 75. The Board has determined to extend the terms of Directors on a case-by-case basis, as appropriate.

 

3   Date shown is the earliest date a person has served 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 certain Directors as joining the Corporation’s/Master LLC’s board in 2007, those Directors first became members of the boards 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. Frank Fabozzi first became a member of the board of other funds advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC or its affiliates in 1988.

Interested Directors4                         

Paul L. Audet

 

1953

  Director   Since 2011   Senior Managing Director of BlackRock and Head of U.S. Mutual Funds since 2011; Chair of the U.S. Mutual Funds Committee reporting to the Global Executive Committee since 2011; Head of BlackRock’s Real Estate business from 2008 to 2011; Member of BlackRock’s Global Operating and Corporate Risk Management Committees and of the BlackRock Alternative Investors Executive Committee and Investment Committee for the Private Equity Fund of Funds business since 2008; Head of BlackRock’s Global Cash Management business from 2005 to 2010; Acting Chief Financial Officer of BlackRock from 2007 to 2008; Chief Financial Officer of BlackRock from 1998 to 2005.   141 RICs consisting of 329 Portfolios   None

Henry Gabbay

 

1947

  Director   Since 2007   Consultant, BlackRock from 2007 to 2008; Managing Director, BlackRock from 1989 to 2007; Chief Administrative Officer, BlackRock Advisors, LLC from 1998 to 2007; President of BlackRock Funds and BlackRock Allocation Target Shares (formerly 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.   29 RICs consisting of 97 Portfolios   None
 

4   Mr. Audet is an “interested person,” as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Corporation/Master LLC based on his position with BlackRock and its affiliates. Mr. Gabbay is an “interested person” of the Corporation/Master LLC based on his former positions with BlackRock and its affiliates as well as his ownership of BlackRock and The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. securities. Mr. Audet and Mr. Gabbay are also Directors of the BlackRock registered closed-end funds and Directors of other BlackRock registered open-end funds. Directors serve until their resignation, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 75. The Board has determined to extend the terms of Directors on a case-by-case basis, as appropriate.

 

                
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Officers and Directors (concluded)     
Name, Address1
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held with
Corporation/
Master LLC
  Length
of Time
Served
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years        
Officers2                    

John M. Perlowski

 

1964

  President and Chief Executive Officer   Since 2010   Managing Director of BlackRock since 2009; Global Head of BlackRock Fund Services 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; Director of Family Resource Network (charitable foundation) since 2009.

Jennifer McGovern

 

1977

 

Vice President

 

Since 2014

 

Director of BlackRock since 2011; Head of Product Structure and Oversight for BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Group since 2013; Vice President of BlackRock, Inc. from 2008 to 2010.

Neal Andrews

 

1966

 

  Chief Financial Officer   Since 2007   Managing Director of BlackRock 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

 

1970

  Treasurer   Since 2007   Managing Director of BlackRock since 2007; Director of BlackRock in 2006; Assistant Treasurer of the MLIM and Fund Asset Management, L.P. advised funds from 2005 to 2006; Director of MLIM Fund Services Group from 2001 to 2006.

Charles Park

 

1967

 

Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

 

Since 2014

 

Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the Equity-Bond Complex, the Equity-Liquidity Complex and the Closed-End Complex since 2014; Principal of and Chief Compliance Officer for iShares® Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC since 2012 and BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”) since 2006; Chief Compliance Officer for the BFA-advised iShares exchange traded funds since 2006; Chief Compliance Officer for BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. since 2012.

Benjamin Archibald

 

1975

  Secretary   Since 2012   Managing Director of BlackRock since 2014; Director of BlackRock from 2010 to 2013; Assistant Secretary of the BlackRock-advised funds from 2010 to 2012; General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer of Uhuru Capital Management from 2009 to 2010; Executive Director and Counsel of Goldman Sachs Asset Management from 2005 to 2009.
 

1   The address of each Officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., Park Avenue Plaza, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055.

 

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

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

 

Effective September 10, 2014, Brendan Kyne resigned as a Vice President of the Fund and Jennifer McGovern became a Vice President of the Fund.

Effective December 31, 2014, Paul L. Audet and Henry Gabbay resigned as a Director of the Corporation and Ronald W. Forbes resigned as a Director of the Corporation and Co-Chair of the Board.

Effective January 1, 2015, Collette Chilton, Barbara G. Novick and Mark Stalnecker was appointed to serve as a Director of the Corporation.

 

         

Investment Advisor

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and
Trust Company
Boston, MA 02110

 

Accounting Agent

State Street Bank and

Trust Company

Boston, MA 02110

 

Distributor

BlackRock Investments, LLC

New York, NY 10022

 

Address of the Funds

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment

Servicing (US) Inc.

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

Independent Registered

Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, MA 02116

 

Legal Counsel

Sidley Austin LLP

New York, NY 10019

 

 

                
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Additional Information     
General Information      

Householding

The Funds 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 the Funds at (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds/Series file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’/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, DC. Information on how to access documents on the SEC’s website without charge may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330. The Funds’/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 Funds/Series use 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 Funds/Series voted proxies relating to securities held in the Funds’/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.

BlackRock’s 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. Visit http://www.blackrock.com for more information.

 

                
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Additional Information (concluded)     
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.

 

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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This report is intended for existing shareholders. It is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of a Fund unless preceded or accompanied by that Funds’ 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 – Each registrant (or “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, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. During the period covered by this report, the code of ethics was amended to update certain information and to make other non-material changes. During the period covered by this report, there have been no 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 – Each registrant’s board of directors (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 of a person 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
  The following table presents fees billed by Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”) in each of the last two fiscal years for the services rendered to the Funds:

 

      (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.

   $7,437    $7,363    $0    $0    $9,100    $9,100    $0    $0

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

   $7,437    $7,363    $0    $0    $11,200    $11,200    $0    $0

Master International Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC

   $39,706    $37,563    $0    $0    $17,000    $17,000    $0    $0

Master Small Cap Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC

   $39,681    $38,763    $0    $0    $17,000    $17,000    $0    $0

The following table presents fees billed by D&T that were required to be approved by each registrant’s audit committee (each a “Committee”) for services that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the Fund and that are rendered on behalf of BlackRock Advisors, LLC (“Investment Adviser” or “BlackRock”) and entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with BlackRock (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“Fund Service Providers”):

 

 

2


     Current Fiscal Year End   Previous Fiscal Year End

(b) Audit-Related Fees1

  $0   $0

(c) Tax Fees2

  $0   $0

(d) All Other Fees3

  $2,555,000   $2,865,000

1 The nature of the services includes 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 includes tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.

3 Aggregate fees borne by BlackRock in connection with the review of compliance procedures and attestation thereto performed by D&T with respect to all of the registered closed-end funds and some of the registered open-end funds advised by BlackRock.

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

Each 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 registrant’s Committee. The Committee also must approve other non-audit services provided to the registrant and those non-audit services provided to the Investment Adviser and Fund 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 registrants which have a direct impact on the operations 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 registrant’s 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 either Committee pursuant to the de minimus exception in paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) Not Applicable

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees paid to the accountant for services rendered by the accountant to the registrant, the Investment Adviser and the Fund Service Providers were:

 

            Entity Name    Current Fiscal Year  
End
   Previous Fiscal Year
End

BlackRock International Index Fund of BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

   $9,100    $9,100

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

   $11,200    $11,200

Master International Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC

   $17,000    $17,000

Master Small Cap Index Series of Quantitative Master Series LLC

   $17,000    $17,000

 

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Additionally, SSAE 16 Review (Formerly, SAS No. 70) fees for the current and previous fiscal years of $2,555,000 and $2,865,000, respectively, were billed by D&T to the Investment Adviser.
(h) Each Committee has considered and determined that the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Investment Adviser and the Fund Service Providers 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.
Item 5 – Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not Applicable
Item 6 – Investments
(a) The registrants’ Schedules of Investments are 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 – There have been no material changes to these procedures.
Item 11 – Controls and Procedures
(a) – The registrants’ principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrants’ disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by
Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 15(d)-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(b) – There were no changes in the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12 – Exhibits attached hereto
(a)(1) – Code of Ethics – See Item 2
(a)(2) – Certifications – Attached hereto
(a)(3) – Not Applicable
(b) – Certifications – Attached hereto

 

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

BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. and Quantitative Master Series LLC

 

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: February 27, 2015

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

 

By:

/s/ John M. Perlowski

John M. Perlowski
Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
BlackRock Index Funds, Inc. and Quantitative Master Series LLC

Date: February 27, 2015

 

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: February 27, 2015

 

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