MULTI-REGISTRANT SUPPLEMENT
BlackRock Allocation Target Shares
BATS: Series A Portfolio
BATS: Series C Portfolio
BATS: Series E Portfolio
BATS: Series M Portfolio
BATS: Series P Portfolio
BATS: Series S Portfolio
BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Total Return Fund
BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust
BlackRock
California Municipal Opportunities Fund
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.
BlackRock CoRI Funds
BlackRock CoRI 2015 Fund
BlackRock CoRI 2017 Fund
BlackRock CoRI 2019 Fund
BlackRock CoRI 2021 Fund
BlackRock CoRI 2023 Fund
BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund
BlackRock EuroFund
BlackRock Focus Growth Fund, Inc.
BlackRock FundsSM
BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Core Fund
BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund
BlackRock All-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio
BlackRock Alternative Capital Strategies Fund
BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund
BlackRock Developed Real Estate Index Fund
BlackRock Emerging Markets Dividend Fund
BlackRock Emerging Markets Equity Strategies Fund
BlackRock Emerging Markets Long/Short Equity Fund
BlackRock Energy & Resources Portfolio
BlackRock Exchange Portfolio
BlackRock Flexible Equity Fund
BlackRock Global Long/Short
Credit Fund
BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund
BlackRock Global Opportunities Portfolio
BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio
BlackRock Impact Bond Fund
BlackRock Impact U.S. Equity Fund
BlackRock International
Opportunities Portfolio
BlackRock Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio
BlackRock Midcap Index Fund
BlackRock Min Vol EAFE Index Fund
BlackRock Min Vol USA Index
Fund
BlackRock MSCI Asia ex Japan Index Fund
BlackRock MSCI World Index Fund
BlackRock Multifactor International Index Fund
BlackRock Multifactor USA Index Fund
BlackRock Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies Fund
BlackRock Real Estate Securities Fund
BlackRock Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio
BlackRock Short Obligations Fund
BlackRock Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund
BlackRock Small/Mid Cap Index Fund
BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund
BlackRock Total Emerging Markets Fund
BlackRock Total Factor Fund
BlackRock Total Stock Market Index Fund
BlackRock USA Momentum
Factor Index Fund
BlackRock USA Quality Factor Index Fund
BlackRock USA Size Factor Index Fund
BlackRock USA Value Factor Index Fund
BlackRock U.S. Opportunities Portfolio
BlackRock Funds II
BlackRock 20/80 Target Allocation
Fund
BlackRock 40/60 Target Allocation Fund
BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation Fund
BlackRock 80/20 Target Allocation Fund
BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio
BlackRock Credit Strategies Income Fund
BlackRock Dynamic High
Income Portfolio
BlackRock Emerging Markets Flexible Dynamic Bond Portfolio
BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio
BlackRock Global Dividend Portfolio
BlackRock GNMA Portfolio
BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio
BlackRock Inflation
Protected Bond Portfolio
BlackRock LifePath® Smart Beta 2020 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Smart Beta 2025 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Smart Beta 2030 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Smart Beta 2035 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Smart Beta 2040 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Smart Beta 2045 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Smart Beta 2050 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Smart Beta 2055 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Smart Beta Retirement Fund
BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio
BlackRock Managed Income Fund
BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio
BlackRock Strategic
Income Opportunities Portfolio
BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio
BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock Advantage International Fund
BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond
Fund
BlackRock Large Cap Index Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic Retirement Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2020 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2025 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2030 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2035 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2040 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2045 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2050 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2055 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Index Retirement Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2020 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2025 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2030 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2035 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2040 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2045 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2050 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2055 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Index 2060 Fund
BlackRock
S&P 500 Index Fund
BlackRock Total International ex U.S. Index Fund
BlackRock U.S. Total Bond Index Fund
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund,
Inc.
BlackRock Index Funds, Inc.
BlackRock International Index Fund
BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund
BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.
BlackRock Event
Driven Equity Fund
BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund
BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund
BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund
BlackRock Large Cap Value Retirement Portfolio
BlackRock Latin America Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Long-Horizon Equity Fund
BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Series, Inc.
BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund
BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust
BlackRock
New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund
BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund
BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund
BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
BlackRock High Yield
Municipal Fund
BlackRock National Municipal Fund
BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund
BlackRock Municipal Series Trust
BlackRock Strategic
Municipal Opportunities Fund
BlackRock Natural Resources Trust
BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Series Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Balanced Capital
Portfolio
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Portfolio
BlackRock Global Allocation Portfolio
BlackRock High Yield Portfolio
BlackRock Large Cap Core Portfolio
BlackRock Total Return Portfolio
BlackRock U.S. Government Bond Portfolio
BlackRock Series, Inc.
BlackRock International Fund
BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II
BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Value
Opportunities Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.
BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund
BlackRock Capital Appreciation V.I. Fund
BlackRock Equity Dividend V.I. Fund
BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund
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BlackRock Global Opportunities V.I. Fund
BlackRock High Yield V.I. Fund
BlackRock International V.I. Fund
BlackRock iShares® Alternative Strategies V.I. Fund
BlackRock iShares® Dynamic Allocation V.I. Fund
BlackRock iShares® Dynamic Fixed Income V.I. Fund
BlackRock iShares® Equity Appreciation V.I. Fund
BlackRock Large Cap Core V.I. Fund
BlackRock Large Cap Growth V.I. Fund
BlackRock Large Cap Value V.I. Fund
BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund
BlackRock S&P 500 Index V.I. Fund
BlackRock Total Return V.I. Fund
BlackRock U.S. Government Bond V.I. Fund
BlackRock Value Opportunities V.I. Fund
FDP Series, Inc.
FDP BlackRock CoreAlpha Bond Fund
FDP BlackRock Invesco Value Fund
FDP BlackRock Janus Growth Fund
FDP BlackRock MFS Research International Fund
Managed Account Series
BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio
Global SmallCap Portfolio
Mid Cap Value Opportunities Portfolio
(each, a
Fund and collectively, the Funds)
Supplement dated March 14, 2017 to the Statement of
Additional Information of each Fund
Each Funds Statement of Additional Information is amended as follows:
The section entitled Selective Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings Ongoing Arrangements in Part II of
each Funds current Statement of Additional Information is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Ongoing Arrangements. The Manager has entered into ongoing agreements to provide selective disclosure of Fund portfolio holdings
to the following persons or entities:
1. |
Funds Board of Directors and, if necessary, Independent Directors counsel and Fund counsel. |
2. |
Funds Transfer Agent. |
4. |
Funds Administrator, if applicable. |
5. |
Funds independent registered public accounting firm. |
6. |
Funds accounting services provider. |
7. |
Independent rating agencies Morningstar, Inc., Lipper Inc., S&P, Moodys, Fitch. |
8. |
Information aggregators Markit on Demand, Thomson Financial and Bloomberg, eVestments Alliance, Informa/PSN Investment Solutions, Crane Data
and iMoneyNet. |
9. |
Sponsors of 401(k) plans that include BlackRock-advised funds E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Company, Inc. |
10. |
Sponsors and consultants for pension and retirement plans that invest in BlackRock-advised funds Rocaton Investment Advisors, LLC, Mercer
Investment Consulting, Callan Associates, Brockhouse & Cooper, Cambridge Associates, Morningstar/Investorforce, Russell Investments (Mellon Analytical Solutions), Wilshire Associates and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A. |
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11. |
Pricing Vendors Reuters Pricing Service, Bloomberg, FT Interactive Data (FT IDC ), ITG, Telekurs Financial, FactSet Research Systems, Inc.,
JP Morgan Pricing Direct (formerly Bear Stearns Pricing Service), Standard and Poors Security Evaluations Service, Lehman Index Pricing, Bank of America High Yield Index, Loan Pricing Corporation (LPC), LoanX, Super Derivatives, IBoxx Index,
Barclays Euro Govt Inflation-Linked Bond Index, JPMorgan Emerging & Developed Market Index, Reuters/WM Company, Nomura BPI Index, Japan Securities Dealers Association, Valuation Research Corporation and Murray, Devine & Co.,
Inc. |
12. |
Portfolio Compliance Consultants Oracle/i-Flex Solutions, Inc. |
13. |
Third-party feeder funds Hewitt Money Market Fund, Hewitt Series Fund, Hewitt Financial Services LLC, Homestead, Inc., Transamerica, State
Farm Mutual Fund and Sterling Capital Funds and their respective boards, sponsors, administrators and other service providers. |
14. |
Affiliated feeder funds BlackRock Cayman Treasury Money Market Fund Ltd. and its board, sponsor, administrator and other service providers.
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15. |
Other Investment Company Institute, Mizuho Asset Management Co., Ltd., Nationwide Fund Advisors and State Street Bank and Trust Company.
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With respect to each such arrangement, a Fund has a legitimate business purpose for the release of
information. The release of the information is subject to confidential treatment to prohibit the entity from sharing with an unauthorized source or trading upon the information provided. The Funds, BlackRock and their affiliates do not receive any
compensation or other consideration in connection with such arrangements.
The Funds and the Manager monitor, to the extent
possible, the use of Confidential Information by the individuals or firms to which it has been disclosed. To do so, in addition to the requirements of any applicable confidentiality agreement and/or the terms and conditions of the Funds and
Managers Codes of Ethics all of which require persons or entities in possession of Confidential Information to keep such information confidential and not to trade on such information for their own benefit the Managers
compliance personnel under the supervision of the Funds CCO, monitor the Managers securities trading desks to determine whether individuals or firms who have received Confidential Information have made any trades on the basis of that
information. In addition, the Manager maintains an internal restricted list to prevent trading by the personnel of the Manager or its affiliates in securities including securities held by a Fund about which the Manager has Confidential
Information. There can be no assurance, however, that the Funds policies and procedures with respect to the selective disclosure of portfolio holdings will prevent the misuse of such information by individuals or firms that receive such
information.
Shareholders should retain this Supplement for future reference.
SAI-GLOBAL-0317SUP
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