12/13/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/13/2024 12:15
BlackRock Advantage SMID Cap Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Bond Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Sustainable Total Return Fund
BlackRock Total Return Fund
BlackRock California Municipal Series Trust
BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund
BlackRock Financial Institutions Series Trust
BlackRock Summit Cash Reserves Fund
BlackRock FundsSM
BlackRock Advantage Emerging Markets Fund
BlackRock Advantage International Fund
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Growth Fund
BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Core Fund
BlackRock Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund
BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund
BlackRock Defensive Advantage Emerging Markets Fund
BlackRock Emerging Markets ex-China Fund
BlackRock Energy Opportunities Fund
BlackRock Global Equity Absolute Return Fund
BlackRock Global Equity Market Neutral Fund
BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio
BlackRock High Equity Income Fund
BlackRock Infrastructure Sustainable Opportunities Fund
BlackRock Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio
BlackRock Real Estate Securities Fund
BlackRock SMID-Cap Growth Equity Fund
BlackRock Sustainable Advantage Emerging Markets Equity Fund
BlackRock Sustainable Advantage Global Equity Fund
BlackRock Sustainable Advantage International Equity Fund
BlackRock Sustainable Advantage Large Cap Core Fund
BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund
BlackRock Technology Opportunities Fund
BlackRock U.S. Insights Long/Short Equity Fund
BlackRock Wealth Liquid Environmentally Aware Fund
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 Global Dividend Portfolio
BlackRock Managed Income Fund
BlackRock Retirement Income 2030 Fund
BlackRock Retirement Income 2040 Fund
BlackRock Funds III
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic Retirement 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® Dynamic 2060 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2065 Fund
BlackRock LifePath® Dynamic 2070 Fund
BlackRock Funds IV
BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund
BlackRock Funds V
BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio
BlackRock GNMA Portfolio
BlackRock High Yield Portfolio
BlackRock Impact Mortgage Fund
BlackRock Income Fund
BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio
BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio
BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio
BlackRock Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund
BlackRock Funds VI
BlackRock Advantage CoreAlpha Bond Fund
BlackRock Funds VII, Inc.
BlackRock Sustainable Emerging Markets Equity Fund
BlackRock Sustainable U.S. Value Equity Fund
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Large Cap Series Funds, Inc.
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core Fund
BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value Fund
BlackRock Event Driven Equity Fund
BlackRock Mid-Cap Value Series, Inc.
BlackRock Mid-Cap Value Fund
BlackRock Multi-State Municipal Series Trust
BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund
BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund
BlackRock Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Impact Municipal Fund
BlackRock Municipal Series Trust
BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund
BlackRock Natural Resources Trust
BlackRock Series, Inc.
BlackRock International Fund
BlackRock Strategic Global Bond Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Sustainable Balanced Fund, Inc.
BlackRock Unconstrained Equity Fund
Managed Account Series II
BlackRock U.S. Mortgage Portfolio
(each, a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds")
Supplement dated December 13, 2024 to the Investor A and/or Investor C Shares Prospectus of each Fund (each, a "Prospectus")
The section of each Prospectus entitled "Intermediary-Defined Sales Charge Waiver Policies-Ameriprise Financial" is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Ameriprise Financial:
Front-end sales charge reductions on Investor A Shares purchased through Ameriprise Financial
Shareholders purchasing Investor A Shares of the Fund through an Ameriprise Financial platform or account are eligible only for the following sales charge reductions, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund's prospectus or SAI. Such shareholders can reduce their initial sales charge on the purchase of Investor A Shares as follows:
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Transaction size breakpoints, as described in this Fund's prospectus or SAI. |
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Rights of accumulation (ROA), as described in this Fund's prospectus or SAI. |
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Letter of intent, as described in this Fund's prospectus or SAI. |
Front-end sales charge waivers on Investor A shares purchased through Ameriprise Financial
Shareholders purchasing Fund shares through an Ameriprise Financial platform or account are eligible for the following front-end sales charge waivers, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund's prospectus or SAI. Such shareholders may purchase Investor A shares at NAV without payment of a sales charge as follows:
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Shares purchased by employer-sponsored retirement plans (e.g., 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer- sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans and defined benefit plans). For purposes of this provision, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs or SAR-SEPs. |
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Shares purchased through reinvestment of capital gains distributions and dividend reinvestment when purchasing shares of the same Fund (but not any other fund within BlackRock Funds). |
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Shares exchanged from Investor C Shares of the same fund in the month of or following the 7-year anniversary of the purchase date. To the extent that this prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Investor C Shares or conversion of Investor C Shares following a shorter holding period, that waiver will apply to exchanges following such shorter period. To the extent that this Fund's prospectus elsewhere provides for a waiver with respect to exchanges of Investor C Shares for load waived shares, that waiver will also apply to such exchanges. |
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Shares purchased by employees and registered representatives of Ameriprise Financial or its affiliates and their immediate family members. |
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Shares purchased by or through qualified accounts (including IRAs, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts, 401(k)s, 403(b) TSCAs subject to ERISA and defined benefit plans) that are held by a covered family member, defined as an Ameriprise financial advisor and/or the advisor's spouse, advisor's lineal ascendant (mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother, great grandfather), advisor's lineal descendant (son, step-son, daughter, step-daughter, grandson, granddaughter, great grandson, great granddaughter) or any spouse of a covered family member who is a lineal descendant. |
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Shares purchased from the proceeds of redemptions within BlackRock Funds, provided (1) the repurchase occurs within 90 days following the redemption, (2) the redemption and purchase occur in the same account, and (3) redeemed shares were subject to a front-end or deferred sales charge (i.e. Rights of Reinstatement). |
CDSC waivers on Investor A and C Shares purchased through Ameriprise Financial
Fund shares purchased through an Ameriprise Financial retail brokerage account are eligible only for the following CDSC waivers, which may differ from those disclosed elsewhere in this Fund's prospectus or SAI:
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Redemptions due to death or disability of the shareholder |
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Shares sold as part of a systematic withdrawal plan as described in this Fund's prospectus or SAI |
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Redemptions made in connection with a return of excess contributions from an IRA account |
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Shares purchased through a Right of Reinstatement (as defined above) |
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Redemptions made as part of a required minimum distribution for IRA and retirement accounts pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code |
Shareholders should retain this Supplement for future reference.
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