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BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares   BlackRock Funds II

Series C Portfolio

 

Total Return Portfolio

Series M Portfolio

 

Total Return Portfolio II

Series S Portfolio

 

Delaware Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund, Inc.  

Enhanced Income Portfolio

BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.  

AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Natural Resources Trust  

GNMA Portfolio

BlackRock Global Growth Fund, Inc.  

Government Income Portfolio

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.  

High Yield Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc.  

Intermediate Bond Portfolio II

BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.  

Prepared Portfolio 2010

BlackRock Bond Fund

 

Prepared Portfolio 2015

BlackRock High Income Fund

 

Prepared Portfolio 2020

BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.  

Prepared Portfolio 2025

BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund

 

Prepared Portfolio 2030

BlackRock National Municipal Fund

 

Prepared Portfolio 2035

BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund

 

Prepared Portfolio 2040

BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund

 

Prepared Portfolio 2045

BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund  

Prepared Portfolio 2050

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.  

Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio

BlackRock EuroFund  

International Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Municipal Series Trust  

Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund

 

Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund  

Low Duration Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc.  

Managed Income Portfolio

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series, Inc.  

Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund

 

BlackRock Strategic Portfolio I

Managed Account Series  

Conservative Prepared Portfolio

High Income Portfolio

 

Moderate Prepared Portfolio

US Mortgage Portfolio

 

Growth Prepared Portfolio

Global SmallCap Portfolio

 

Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio

Mid Cap Value Opportunities Portfolio

  BlackRock Short Term Bond Series, Inc.
BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.  

BlackRock Short Term Bond Fund

BlackRock Balanced Capital V.I. Fund

  BlackRock Focus Value Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund

  BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock Bond V.I. Fund

 

BlackRock Florida Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Fundamental Growth V.I. Fund

 

BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Global Growth V.I. Fund

 

BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock S&P 500 Index V.I. Fund

 

BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Large Cap Core V.I. Fund

  BlackRock Fundamental Growth Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Large Cap Growth V.I. Fund

  BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust

BlackRock Large Cap Value V.I. Fund

 

BlackRock California Insured Municipal Bond Fund

BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund

  BlackRock Focus Twenty Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications V.I. Fund

  BlackRock World Income Fund, Inc.

BlackRock Value Opportunities V.I. Fund

  BlackRock International Value Trust

BlackRock International Value V.I. Fund

 

BlackRock International Value Fund

BlackRock Government Income V.I. Fund

  Master Value Opportunities LLC

BlackRock High Income V.I. Fund

  Master Basic Value LLC

BlackRock Money Market V.I. Fund

  Master Focus Twenty LLC
FDP Series, Inc.   Short-Term Bond Master LLC

Franklin Templeton Total Return FDP Fund

 

Short-Term Bond Master Portfolio

Marsico Growth FDP Fund

  Master Commodity Strategies LLC

MFS Research International FDP Fund

  Master Bond LLC

Van Kampen Value FDP Fund

 

Master Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund   BlackRock Series Fund, Inc.
The GNMA Fund Investment Accumulation Program, Inc.  

BlackRock Balanced Capital Portfolio

 

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BlackRock Principal Protected Trust  

BlackRock Bond Portfolio

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Principal Protected Fund

 

BlackRock Fundamental Growth Portfolio

BlackRock Basic Value Principal Protected Fund

 

BlackRock Global Allocation Portfolio

BlackRock Core Principal Protected Fund

 

BlackRock Government Income Portfolio

BlackRock FundsSM  

BlackRock High Income Portfolio

Asset Allocation Portfolio

 

BlackRock Money Market Portfolio

All-Cap Global Resources Portfolio

 

BlackRock Large Cap Core Portfolio

Aurora Portfolio

  Merrill Lynch U.S. Treasury Money Fund

Investment Trust

  BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.

Exchange Portfolio

 

BlackRock International Index Fund

Global Opportunities Portfolio

 

BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund

Global Resources Portfolio

 

BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund

Global Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio

  Merrill Lynch Ready Assets Trust

Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio

  BlackRock Healthcare Fund, Inc.

International Opportunities Portfolio

  BlackRock Global Technology Fund, Inc.

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

  CMA Money Fund

Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

  CMA Government Securities Fund

Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio

  CMA Tax-Exempt Fund

Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio

  CMA Treasury Fund

Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio

  WCMA Government Securities Fund

Small Cap Value Equity Portfolio

  WCMA Money Fund

Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

  WCMA Tax-Exempt Fund

U.S. Opportunities Portfolio

  WCMA Treasury Fund

Index Equity Portfolio

  BlackRock Developing Capital Markets Fund, Inc.

Money Market Portfolio

  BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.

Municipal Money Market Portfolio

  BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc.

U.S. Treasury Money Market Portfolio

  BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund, Inc.

North Carolina Municipal Money Market Portfolio

  BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.

New Jersey Municipal Money Market Portfolio

 

BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund

Ohio Municipal Money Market Portfolio

 

BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund

Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Portfolio

 

BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund

Virginia Municipal Money Market Portfolio

  Merrill Lynch Retirement Series Trust
Merrill Lynch U.S.A. Government Reserves  

Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves Money Fund

BlackRock Series, Inc.   Merrill Lynch Funds For Institutions Series

BlackRock International Fund

 

Merrill Lynch Government Fund

BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II

 

Merrill Lynch Treasury Fund

BlackRock Financial Institution Series Trust  

Merrill Lynch Institutional Fund

BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund

 

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Fund

CMA Multi-State Municipal Series Trust  

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund

CMA Arizona Municipal Money Fund

  Global Financial Services Master LLC

CMA California Municipal Money Fund

  Master Large Cap Series LLC

CMA Connecticut Municipal Money Fund

 

Master Large Cap Core Portfolio

CMA Florida Municipal Money Fund

 

Master Large Cap Growth Portfolio

CMA Massachusetts Municipal Money Fund

 

Master Large Cap Value Portfolio

CMA Michigan Municipal Money Fund

  Master Institutional Money Market LLC

CMA New Jersey Municipal Money Fund

 

Merrill Lynch Premier Institutional Portfolio

CMA New York Municipal Money Fund

 

Merrill Lynch Institutional Portfolio

CMA North Carolina Municipal Money Fund

 

Merrill Lynch Institutional Tax-Exempt Portfolio

CMA Ohio Municipal Money Fund

  BlackRock Master LLC

CMA Pennsylvania Municipal Money Fund

 

BlackRock Master Small Cap Growth Portfolio

 

BlackRock Master International Portfolio

  Master Treasury LLC
  Master Tax-Exempt LLC
  Master Government Securities LLC
  Master Money LLC

 

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Quantitative Master Series LLC

Master Enhanced Small Cap Series

Master Core Bond Enhanced Index Series

Master Enhanced International Series

Master Enhanced S&P 500 Series

Master Extended Market Index Series

Master International Index Series

Master Mid Cap Index Series

Master S&P 500 Index Series

Master Small Cap Index Series

 

 


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Current Fund Boards

 

BlackRock

Funds/BlackRock

Funds II/BATS

      

BlackRock

Closed-End

Funds

      

BlackRock

Liquidity Funds

      

BlackRock

(formerly

MLIM) Cluster 1

      

BlackRock

(formerly

MLIM) Cluster 2

      

BlackRock

(formerly

MLIM) Cluster 3

      

BlackRock

(formerly

MLIM) Cluster 4

Bruce R. Bond

Richard S. Davis*

Stuart E. Eizenstat

Laurence D. Fink*

Robert M. Hernandez

Dr. Matina Horner

Toby Rosenblatt

David R. Wilmerding, Jr.

   

Richard E. Cavanagh

Kent Dixon

Frank J. Fabozzi

Kathleen F.

Feldstein

R. Glenn Hubbard

Ralph L.

Schlosstein*

   

Ralph L. Schlosstein*

Paul L. Audet*

Nicholas Beckwith, III

Jerrold B. Harris

Rodney D. Johnson

Joseph P. Platt, Jr.

Robert C. Robb, Jr.

Kenneth L. Urish

Frederick W. Winter

   

Donald W. Burton

John F. O’Brien

David H. Walsh

Fred G. Weiss

Robert C. Doll*

   

Robert C. Doll*

Ronald W. Forbes

Cynthia A. Montgomery

Jean Margo Reid

Roscoe S. Suddarth

Richard R. West

   

James H. Bodurtha

Robert C. Doll*

Kenneth A. Froot

Joe Grills

Herbert I. London,

Roberta Cooper Ramo

Robert S. Salomon, Jr.

   

David O. Beim

Robert C. Doll*

James T. Flynn

W. Carl Kester

Karen P. Robards


* Interested Director/Trustee.


Post-Consolidation Fund Boards

 

BlackRock Board A (Certain Open-End

Equity Funds, all Fixed Income Funds

and all Funds designed for sale through

insurance company separate accounts)

        

BlackRock Board B (Certain Open-End

Equity Funds and all Money Market

Funds)

        

BlackRock Board C (all Closed-End

Funds)

James H. Bodurtha       David O. Beim       G. Nicholas Beckwith, III
Bruce R. Bond       Richard S. Davis*       Richard E. Cavanagh (Chairman)
Donald W. Burton       Ronald W. Forbes (Co-Chair)       Richard S. Davis*
Richard S. Davis*       Henry Gabbay*,***       Kent Dixon
Stuart E. Eizenstat       Rodney D. Johnson (Co-Chair)       Frank J. Fabozzi
Laurence D. Fink*       Dr. Matina Horner       Kathleen F. Feldstein
Kenneth A. Froot       Herbert I. London       James T. Flynn
Henry Gabbay*, ***       Cynthia A. Montgomery       Henry Gabbay*,***
Robert M. Hernandez (Chairman)       Joseph P. Platt, Jr.       Jerrold B. Harris
John F. O’Brien       Robert C. Robb, Jr.       R. Glenn Hubbard
Roberta Cooper Ramo       Toby Rosenblatt       W. Carl Kester
Jean Margo Reid       Kenneth L. Urish       Karen P. Robards (Vice-Chair)
David H. Walsh       Frederick W. Winter       Robert S. Salomon, Jr.
Fred G. Weiss (Vice-Chairman)       David R. Wilmerding, Jr.**       Roscoe S. Suddarth**
Richard R. West            
Joe Grills**            

* Interested Director/Trustee.
** Advisory Board Member through 12/31/07, and not a Director/Trustee, after the Consolidation.
*** Not previously on a Board.

Messrs. Audet, Doll and Schlosstein will no longer serve on the Boards after the Consolidation.

 

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