10/02/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/02/2024 08:03
October 2, 2024
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
RE: BlackRock U.S. Insights Long/Short Equity Fund, a series of BlackRock FundsSM
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1241 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 33-26305, Investment Company Act File No. 811-05742)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), BlackRock FundsSM (the "Registrant"), on behalf of its series BlackRock U.S. Insights Long/Short Equity Fund (the "Fund"), hereby certifies that:
(1) the form of Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the 1933 Act would not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1241 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of the Registrant with respect to the Fund; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 1241 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of the Registrant with respect to the Fund was filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 2024.
Sincerely, |
BlackRock FundsSM |
/s/ Janey Ahn |
Janey Ahn |
Secretary of the Registrant |