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BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. BlackRock Funds II (continued)
    BlackRock Multi-Sector Bond Portfolio
BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.   BlackRock Prepared Portfolio 2015
    BlackRock Prepared Portfolio 2020
BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.   BlackRock Prepared Portfolio 2025
  BlackRock Total Return Fund   BlackRock Prepared Portfolio 2030
    BlackRock Prepared Portfolio 2035
BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust   BlackRock Prepared Portfolio 2040
  BlackRock California Municipal Bond Fund   BlackRock Prepared Portfolio 2045
    BlackRock Prepared Portfolio 2050
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.   BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio
    BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund  
  BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock EuroFund   BlackRock ACWI ex-US Index Fund
    BlackRock Bond Index Fund
BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc   BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund
    BlackRock Russell® 1000 Index Fund
BlackRock FundsSM   BlackRock S&P 500 Stock Fund
  BlackRock All-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio   LifePath® Retirement Portfolio
  BlackRock Asset Allocation Portfolio   LifePath 2020 Portfolio®
  BlackRock China Fund   LifePath® 2025 Portfolio
  BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund   LifePath 2030 Portfolio®
  BlackRock Emerging Markets Long/Short Equity Fund   LifePath® 2035 Portfolio
  BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio   LifePath 2040 Portfolio®
  BlackRock Exchange Portfolio   LifePath® 2045 Portfolio
  BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund   LifePath® 2050 Portfolio
  BlackRock Global Opportunities Portfolio   LifePath® 2055 Portfolio
  BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio   LifePath® Index Retirement Portfolio
  BlackRock Index Equity Portfolio   LifePath® Index 2020 Portfolio
  BlackRock India Fund   LifePath® Index 2025 Portfolio
  BlackRock International Opportunities Portfolio   LifePath® Index 2030 Portfolio
  BlackRock Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio   LifePath® Index 2035 Portfolio
  BlackRock Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio   LifePath® Index 2040 Portfolio
  BlackRock Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio   LifePath® Index 2045 Portfolio
  BlackRock Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio   LifePath® Index 2050 Portfolio
  BlackRock U.S. Opportunities Portfolio   LifePath® Index 2055 Portfolio
  BlackRock World Gold Fund  
  BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Funds II  
  BlackRock Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund
  BlackRock Conservative Prepared Portfolio  
  BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio BlackRock Global Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.
  BlackRock Emerging Market Debt Portfolio  
  BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc.
  BlackRock Global Dividend Income Portfolio  
  BlackRock GNMA Portfolio BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.
  BlackRock Growth Prepared Portfolio   BlackRock International Index Fund
  BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio   BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund
  BlackRock Income Portfolio   BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund
  BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio  
  BlackRock International Bond Portfolio  
  BlackRock Long Duration Bond Portfolio  
  BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio  
  BlackRock Moderate Prepared Portfolio  

 

 
  
BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc. BlackRock Natural Resources Trust
  BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund  
  BlackRock Large Cap Core Plus Fund BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc.
  BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund  
  BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund BlackRock Series, Inc.
  BlackRock Large Cap Core Retirement Portfolio   BlackRock International Fund
  BlackRock Large Cap Growth Retirement Portfolio   BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II
  BlackRock Large Cap Value Retirement Portfolio  
  BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.  
  BlackRock World Income Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series, Inc.  
  BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund FDP Series, Inc.
    Franklin Templeton Total Return FDP Fund
BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust   Marsico Growth FDP Fund
  BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund   MFS Research International FDP Fund
  BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund   Van Kampen Value FDP Fund
  BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund  
  BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares
BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.   BATS:  Series C Portfolio
  BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund   BATS:  Series M Portfolio
    BATS:  Series P Portfolio
  BlackRock National Municipal Fund   BATS:  Series S Portfolio
  BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund  
  Managed Account Series
BlackRock Municipal Series Trust   Global SmallCap Portfolio
  BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund   Mid Cap Value Opportunities Portfolio
    U.S. Mortgage Portfolio
   

(each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”)


Supplement dated October 28, 2011 to the
Statement of Additional Information of each Fund

Effective October 28, 2011, the Statements of Additional Information of the Funds are amended as follows:

The last paragraph under the section entitled “Purchase of Shares – Other Compensation to Selling Dealers” in Part II of each Fund’s current Statement of Additional Information is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

As of the date of this Statement of Additional Information, as amended or supplemented from time to time, the following Service Organizations are receiving such payments: Ameriprise Financial Services, AXA Advisors, Chase Investment Services Corp, CCO Investment Services, Commonwealth Equity Services (Commonwealth Financial Network), Donegal Securities, Financial Network Investment Corporation, FSC Securities Corporation, ING Financial Partners, LPL Financial Corporation, Merrill Lynch, MetLife Securities, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Multi-Financial Securities Corporation, New England Securities Corporation, Oppenheimer & Co., PFS Investments, PrimeVest Financial Services, Raymond James, RBC Capital Markets, Royal Alliance Associates, SagePoint Financial, Securities America, Tower Square Securities, UBS Financial Services, Walnut Street Securities, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Wells Fargo and/or broker dealers and other financial services firms under common control with the above organizations (or their successors or assignees). The level of payments made to these Service Organizations in any year will vary, may be limited to specific Funds or share classes, and normally will not exceed the sum of (a) 0.25% of such year’s Fund sales by that Service Organization, and (b) 0.21% of the assets attributable to that Service Organization invested in a Fund. In certain cases, the payments described in the preceding sentence are subject to certain minimum payment levels.

Shareholders should retain this Supplement for future reference.