2019 Annual Report - Nationwide Advisory Solutions

DECEMBER 31, 2019

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2019 Annual Report

BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.

• BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core V.I. Fund

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Dear Shareholder,

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The Markets in Review

Rob KapitoPresident, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Total Returns as of December 31, 2019

6-Month 12-Month

U.S. large cap equities (S&P 500® Index)®

10.92% 31.49%

U.S. small cap equities (Russell 2000® Index)®

7.30 25.52

International equities(MSCI Europe, Australasia,Far East Index)

7.01 22.01

Emerging market equities(MSCI Emerging MarketsIndex)

7.09 18.42

3-month Treasury bills(ICE BofAML 3-Month U.S.Treasury Bill Index)

1.03 2.28

U.S. Treasury securities(ICE BofAML 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index)

1.36 8.91

U.S. investment grade bonds(Bloomberg Barclays U.S.Aggregate Bond Index)

2.45 8.72

Tax-exempt municipal bonds(S&P Municipal Bond Index)

2.21 7.26

U.S. high yield bonds(Bloomberg Barclays U.S.Corporate High Yield 2%Issuer Capped Index)

3.98 14.32

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Indexperformance is shown for illustrative purposes only. Youcannot invest directly in an index.

T H I S P A G E I S N O T P A R T O F Y O U R F U N D R E P O R T

Fund Summary as of December 31, 2019

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BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core V.I. Fund

Investment ObjectiveBlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core V.I. Fund’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to seek high total investment return.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?For the 12-month period ended on December 31, 2019, the Fund underperformed its benchmark, the Russell 1000® Index.®

The Fund’s relative returns were challenged during the latter half of the year, with underperformance primarily driven by the sentiment-based group of insights, which

of informed bond investors was the top individual detractor for the period. The signal’s more defensive properties went unrewarded through much of the year, and a steady decline in interest rates, most pronounced in the third quarter, created a challenging environment for the insight. Broadly speaking, the Fund’s sentiment-based insights were

value opportunities were very challenged early in the year as investors sought out speculative growth opportunities at the expense of company fundamentals. Macro thematic

sector- and industry-neutral approach, maintaining a modest overweight position in the biotechnology industry was a drag on relative performance, as the industry struggled early in the year and underperformed the broader market in 2019.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

transactions. In addition, an insight that evaluates trade volumes to determine broker concentration and identify overcrowded trades was introduced to the portfolio. Finally,the investment adviser improved upon an existing signal, expanding the data sources used to identify trends in company hiring as an indication of future company growth.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.Relative to the Russell 1000®®

industrials sectors and slight underweight positions in the real estate and consumer discretionary sectors.

These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.

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Fund Summary as of December 31, 2019 (continued)

3F U N D S U M M A R Y


TOTAL RETURN BASED ON A $10,000 INVESTMENT

(a)

(b) Under normal circumstances, the Fund seeks to invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in large cap equity securities and derivatives that have similar economic characteristics to such securities. The Fund’s total returns prior to June 12, 2017 are the returns of the Fund when it followed different investment strategies under

(c) ® Index and includes approximately 1,000 of the largest securities based on a combination of their market capitalization and current index membership. The index represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index.

Performance Summary for the Period Ended December 31, 2019

(a)

6-Month Total Returns (a) 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.87 % 28.92 % 10.68 % 12.12 %(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.75 28.67 10.49 11.94 (b) 8.69 28.56 10.36 11.82

Russell 1000® Index 10.59 31.43 11.48 13.54

(a) For a portion of the period, the Fund’s investment adviser waived a portion of its fee. Without such waiver, the Fund’s performance would have been lower.(b)

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Fund Summary as of December 31, 2019 (continued)

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Expense Example(a)

Beginning Account Value

(07/01/19)

Ending Account Value

(12/31/19)

Expenses Paid During

the Period (b)

Beginning Account Value

(07/01/19)

Ending Account Value

(12/31/19)

Expenses Paid During

the Period (b)

Annualized Expense

Ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000.00 $ 1,088.70 $ 3.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 1,022.33 $ 2.91 0.57 %. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 1,087.50 3.89 1,000.00 1,021.48 3.77 0.74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 1,086.90 4.47 1,000.00 1,020.92 4.33 0.85

(a)

(b)

year period shown).

SECTOR ALLOCATION

SectorPercent of Net Assets

Information Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 %. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Financials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Industrials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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Disclosure of Expenses

5D I S C L O S U R E O F E X P E N S E S / D E R I V A T I V E F I N A N C I A L I N S T R U M E N T S

fees, including 12b-1 fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, and other fund expenses. The expense example on the previous page (which is based on a hypotheticalinvestment of $1,000 invested on July 1, 2019 and held through December 31, 2019) is intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investmentin the Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The expense example provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number corresponding to their share class under the heading entitled

The expense example also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in the Fund and other funds, compare the 5%hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

if any. Therefore, the hypothetical example is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only, and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owningdifferent funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.

Derivative Financial Instruments

without owning or taking physical custody of securities, commodities and/or other referenced assets or to manage market, equity, credit, interest rate, foreign currency

assured. The use of these instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may limit the amount of appreciation the Fund can realize on an investment



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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

December 31, 2019

SecuritysharesShares Value

Common Stocks — 99.4%Aerospace & Defense — 2.9%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693 $ 225,752 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564 79,462

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,947 222,250. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,008 90,246

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,030 295,439 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,862 6,955,106

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,153 1,428,507 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,538 2,095,880

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . 7,435 2,576,525

13,969,167Air Freight & Logistics — 0.1%

. 3,731 291,093 . . . . . . 641 75,035

366,128Airlines — 0.5%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,849 735,020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,575 150,586

(b) . . . . . . . . . . 16,687 1,469,958

2,355,564Auto Components — 0.1%Dana, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,856 233,979

. . . . . . . 31,558 490,885

724,864Automobiles — 0.6%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,858 965,879 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,776 943,402

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,731 64,376Tesla, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,795 750,902

2,724,559Banks — 3.7%

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,593 4,035,965 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,817 116,438

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,543 1,348,047 . . . . . . . . . . 25,265 1,026,012

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,197 801,503 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,714 765,272

. . . . . . . . . . . . 9,153 151,574 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,791 5,686,265

PacWest Bancorp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,430 92,996 . . 1,171 186,927

Truist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,791 382,469 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,380 556,140

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,794 2,786,517

17,936,125Beverages — 1.2%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,782 375,384 . . . . . . . . 8,487 431,819

(a) . . . . . 4,896 263,894(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,242 1,159,279

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,176 3,577,474

5,807,850Biotechnology — 3.8%

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,973 3,185,049(b) . . . . . . . . . 3,615 390,962

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,070 2,186,505Biogen, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,981 1,181,282

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,833 6,617,108Incyte (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,614 402,895Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . 4,986 1,872,143


Biotechnology (continued)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,294 $ 554,376

(b) . . . . . . . . . . 10,237 2,241,391

18,631,711Building Products — 0.9%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,782 4,331,750Resideo Technologies, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . 11,723 139,856

4,471,606Capital Markets — 4.0%

(a) . . . . . . . . 5,628 476,917 . . . . . 12,916 650,062

. . . . . . . . . . . 37,517 1,784,308 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,470 1,700,098

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,691 350,699 . . . . . . . . . 7,251 1,945,443

. . . . . . . . . 31,546 2,919,582 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,187 1,231,446

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,365 3,443,699 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501 53,657

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,337 3,914,718 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,147 75,106

. . . . . . . . . . . 15,624 776,513

19,322,248Chemicals — 1.4%

. . . . . . . . . . 5,665 1,331,218 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,582 457,445

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,348 2,190,051LyondellBasell . . . . . 8,155 770,484

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,739 578,632 . . . . . . . . . . . 999 106,074

. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,535 1,479,274

6,913,178Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,027 142,954 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,628 438,062

, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,476 225,168

806,184Communications Equipment — 0.7%

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,537 577,895 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,596 2,570,464

3,148,359Construction & Engineering — 0.3%

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,488 107,308 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 58,511

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,464 499,640MasTec, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,655 940,265

1,605,724Consumer Finance — 1.2%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,558 1,270,012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,693 2,451,582

. . . . . . . . . . . . 18,034 1,855,879

5,577,473Containers & Packaging — 0.2%Westrock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,958 942,218

Distributors — 0.0% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638 135,498

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,268 781,133


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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) (continued)

December 31, 2019


(a) . . . . . . . . . . 7,575 $ 187,708(b) . . . . . . 36,384 8,240,976

8,428,684

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,999 3,360,841 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,787 512,376

. . . . . . . . . . 85,617 5,256,884

9,130,101Electric Utilities — 1.3%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,010 493,027 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,971 637,703

. . . . . . . . . . . 7,742 696,238 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,891 4,246,910

6,073,878Electrical Equipment — 0.9%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,563 2,749,134(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,222 122,921

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,160 1,501,851

4,373,906Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.9%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,837 205,282 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,664 2,523,126

. . . . . . . . . . . . 37,980 1,608,073

4,336,481Energy Equipment & Services — 0.2%

. . . . . . . . . . . . 23,527 247,033 plc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000 85,760

Transocean Ltd.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95,354 656,036

988,829Entertainment — 1.4%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,636 97,211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,627 461,274

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,648 607,217(b) . . . . . . . . 13,001 929,181

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,495 483,737(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,360 502,488

(b) . . . . . . 8,160 999,029 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,862 1,715,601

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,008 758,929

6,554,667Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.9%Boston Properties, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,642 915,666Brandywine Realty Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,556 87,507

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,809 550,984(a) . . . . . . . . . . . 18,174 337,128

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,403 1,330,758 . . . . . . . . . 19,829 1,769,936 . . . . . . . . . . 4,686 251,263

Media, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,658 419,948(a) . . . . . . . . . . . 90,394 2,338,493

Prologis, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,057 985,621 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,508 95,140

RLJ Lodging Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,885 1,238,362 . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,657 3,672,907

UDR, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,575 120,252

14,113,965Food & Staples Retailing — 1.7%

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,652 6,070,036(b) . . . . . . . . . 28,358 1,459,870


Food & Staples Retailing (continued)Walmart, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,676 $ 793,376

8,323,282Food Products — 0.9%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,007 3,822,509(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,412 334,355

4,156,864Gas Utilities — 0.2%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611 68,346 . . . . . . . . . . 12,338 937,318

1,005,664Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.5%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,028 311,257, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,738 817,650

(b) . . . . . . . . . . 10,410 2,428,549, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,605 1,127,997

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,164 1,087,345Medtronic plc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,008 1,135,408

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,972 5,242,622

12,150,828Health Care Providers & Services — 2.5%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,796 1,172,936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,500 3,775,375

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,681 752,728 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,102 2,904,888

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,545 566,273 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,325 183,274

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,842 2,599,371(b) . . . . . . . . . . . 728 240,393

12,195,238

(b) . . . . . . . . . 9,130 1,284,226

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.3% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,949 447,573

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,636 642,288(b) . . . . . . . . . . . 254 212,626

(a) . . . . . . . . 21,920 2,267,186Darden Restaurants, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,257 2,862,275

. . . . . . . . . . . . 988 74,633 . . . . . . . . . . . 81,215 1,206,855

. . . . . . . 7,426 111,167 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,388 2,250,383

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . 16,265 415,733Texas Roadhouse, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,246 577,055

11,067,774Household Durables — 0.3%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,498 1,186,769(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430 77,310

1,264,079Household Products — 1.5%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,042 2,324,174 . . . . . . . . . . . 38,255 4,778,050

7,102,224Industrial Conglomerates — 0.8%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973 157,470(a) . . . . . . . . . . 11,632 2,058,864

Roper Technologies, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,641 1,643,982

3,860,316



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Insurance — 3.1% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,667 $ 141,084

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,913 2,689,017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,936 1,327,125

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,403 292,270(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,802 1,030,680

. . . . . . . . . . 34,504 2,012,273 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,230 1,287,208

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,330 609,573(a) . . . . . . . . . 5,206 580,001

MetLife, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,410 632,538 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,623 551,829

Prudential Financial, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,239 1,897,204 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,051 828,684

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,358 506,159Willis Towers Watson plc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,041 412,160

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,116 353,516

15,151,321Interactive Media & Services — 4.7%(b)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,486 6,008,504 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,917 6,574,127 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,893 8,393,288

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,631 384,562 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,564 442,454

Twitter, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,955 511,358 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,772 340,359

22,654,652Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 3.0%

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,904 14,605,327

IT Services — 5.3% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,096 440,070

. . . . . . . . . 27,285 4,652,092 . . . . . . . 3,529 251,018

Broadridge . . . . . . 9,364 1,156,828 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,765 291,886

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,430 1,183,846 . . . . 348 46,646

. . . . . . . . . . 4,980 725,437Mastercard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,525 9,711,640Paychex, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,989 3,911,824

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 54,842 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,914 3,366,041

25,792,170Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%Thermo . . . . . . . . . . . 1,450 471,062

Machinery — 2.3% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,135 473,929

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,795 1,340,740Ingersoll-Rand plc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,064 141,427

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,714 2,528,480 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,019 5,775,803

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,943 1,006,744

11,267,123

(b) . . . . . . . . . . 25,092 991,134 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,496 1,731,165(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,696 1,234,167

. . . . . . 123,284 2,847,861(b) 1,362 65,839

(a) . . . 4,686 156,231


Media (continued)(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346,045 $ 2,474,222

9,500,619Metals & Mining — 0.3%

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,945 773,177 . . . . . . . . . 5,997 718,201

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,679 57,153

1,548,531Multiline Retail — 0.7%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,444 2,564,935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,351 814,262

3,379,197Multi-Utilities — 1.1%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,442 1,493,146 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,497 1,763,893

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,307 2,247,660

5,504,699Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.5%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,915 1,360,103(b) . . . . . . . . . . . 19,730 676,739

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,309 85,935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,549 2,139,984

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,554 7,225,998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,084 109,781

. . . . . . . . . . . . 29,413 1,772,133Phillips 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,598 289,443

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,570 1,035,496 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,773 1,008,891

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,926 1,065,645

16,770,148Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,514 1,166,855

Personal Products — 0.7% . . . . 15,900 3,283,986

Pharmaceuticals — 4.8% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,028 4,174,147

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,990 8,313,131(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,411 4,766,781

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,281 648,848 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,932 2,269,776 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,529 3,246,413

23,419,096Professional Services — 0.3%

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 284,192Markit Ltd.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,763 208,192

. . . . . . . . . . . 18,705 1,181,221

1,673,605

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,793 274,461Landstar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,945 1,246,307

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,834 207,959 . . . . . . . . . 1,787 339,137

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,564 247,871

2,315,735Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.8%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,058 2,811,380(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,019 1,649,766

. . . . . . . . . . 5,944 138,674 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,919 4,543,752




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Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,313 $ 2,138,321

Micron Technology, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,966 589,752 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,826 3,253,258

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,900 961,707 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,607 677,774

Texas Instruments, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,412 1,720,625

18,485,009Software — 7.7%

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,003 3,628,899(b) . . . . . . . . 741 51,396

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,856 212,341Intuit, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,315 3,749,528

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . 4,120 328,570 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,475 20,575,908

Paylocity (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,142 742,076salesforce.com, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,560 4,157,078

, Inc.(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,268 2,898,862(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,953 1,143,421

37,488,079Specialty Retail — 1.2%

(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,223 59,475(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 213,245

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,501 4,913,768(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 243,234

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,569 299,083(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,301 215,005

5,943,810Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 4.7%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,843 22,271,297 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,135 537,074

22,808,371Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.0%Lululemon (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,151 729,992

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,368 3,380,512(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,748 556,561

4,667,065Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.2%

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,196 426,110LendingTree, Inc.(a)(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 64,936

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,537 234,329

725,375Tobacco — 0.5%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,298 1,711,813Philip Morris International, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 9,047 769,809

2,481,622Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3%

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,993 1,573,570Watsco, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 57,648

1,631,218Water Utilities — 0.8%

. . . . . . . . . 31,277 3,842,379

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4% . . . . . . . . . 44,883 1,141,375

(b) . . . . . . . . . . 22,643 820,356

1,961,731

Total Common Stocks — 99.4% (Cost: $426,311,770) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481,169,380


Rights — 0.0%Pharmaceuticals — 0.0%(b)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,568 $ 34,820

Total Rights — 0.0% (Cost: $24,640) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,820

Total Long-Term Investments — 99.4%(Cost: $426,336,410) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481,204,200

Short-Term Securities — 4.9%(c)*BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,174,969 3,174,969

1.80%(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,681,570 20,685,706

Total Short-Term Securities — 4.9% (Cost: $23,860,482). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,860,675

Total Investments — 104.3% (Cost: $450,196,892). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505,064,875

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (4.3)% . . . . . . . . . . . . (20,805,323)

Net Assets — 100.0% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 484,259,552



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(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

*

Shares Held at

12/31/18 Net

Activity

Shares Held at

12/31/19Value at

12/31/19 Income

Net Realized

Gain (Loss) (a)

Change inUnrealized

Appreciation (Depreciation)

. . . . . . . . 4,753,078 (1,578,109) 3,174,969 $ 3,174,969 $ 82,866 $ 7 $ — . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,426,942 7,254,628 20,681,570 20,685,706 69,576(b) 2,911 1,024

$ 23,860,675 $ 152,442 $ 2,918 $ 1,024

(a) Includes net capital gain distributions, if applicable.(b) Represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from

borrowers of securities.




Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

DescriptionNumber of Contracts

Expiration Date

Notional Amount (000)

Value/ Unrealized

Appreciation (Depreciation)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 03/20/20 $ 4,039 $ 60,977

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

Commodity Contracts

Credit Contracts

Equity Contracts

Foreign Currency

Exchange Contracts

Interest Rate

ContractsOther

Contracts TotalAssets — Derivative Financial InstrumentsFutures contracts

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts (a) . . . . . $ — $ — $ 60,977 $ — $ — $ — $ 60,977

(a)

variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

Credit Contracts

Equity Contracts

Foreign Currency

Exchange Contracts

Interest

Rate Contracts

Other Contracts

TotalNet Realized Gain (Loss) from:Futures contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ — $ — $ 1,168,506 $ — $ — $ — $ 1,168,506

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:Futures contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — — 147,737 — — — 147,737

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,315,594



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Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

The following tables

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total

Long-Term Investments (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 481,204,200 $ — $ — $ 481,204,200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,174,969 — — 3,174,969

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 484,379,169 $ — $ — $ 484,379,169

(b) 20,685,706 $ —

Total Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 505,064,875 $ —

Derivative Financial Instruments (c)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 60,977 $ — $ — $ 60,977

(a)

(b)

(c)

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BlackRock

ASSETS19,757,126) (cost — $426,336,410). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 481,204,200

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,860,675 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172,000

– . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,134

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,765

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580,461 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,482

Prepaid expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,759 Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505,842,246

LIABILITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,682,368

– Board realignment and consolidation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,325

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175,401 Distribution fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,387 Investment advisory fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188,384

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,373 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,982

Printing fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,316 Professional fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,886 Transfer agent fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255,263

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,009 Total liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,582,694

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 484,259,552

NET ASSETS CONSIST OFPaid-in capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 424,021,524

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,238,028 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 484,259,552

NET ASSET VALUEClass I — Based on net assets of $169,742,735 and 6,177,583 shares outstanding, 200 million shares authorized, $0.10 par value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 27.48 Class II — Based on net assets of $4,986,393 and 181,226 shares outstanding, 100 million shares authorized, $0.10 par value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 27.51 Class III — Based on net assets of $309,530,424 and 11,369,472 shares outstanding, 100 million shares authorized, $0.10 par value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 27.22

2 0 1 9 B L A C K R O C K A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S14

BlackRock

INVESTMENT INCOME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 82,866

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,340,392 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,576

Foreign taxes withheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4,230 )Total investment income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,488,604

Investment advisory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,198,740 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 967,049

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768,217 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,840

Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,215 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,609

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,671 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,629

Transfer agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,999 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,271

Total expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,188,240 –

Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2,888 ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (636,907 )

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,548,445 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,940,159

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN $ 112,742,867 $ –

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,911 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,576,023

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Futures contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,168,506

35,747,447

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,024 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,846,659

Futures contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,737 76,995,420

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,742,867 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 118,683,026

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Fund

2019 2018

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

OPERATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,940,159 $ 6,497,867

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,747,447 48,029,877 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,995,420 (75,978,029 )

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,683,026 (21,450,285 )

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10,956,570 ) (24,262,357 ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (313,065 ) (685,736 ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (19,446,891 ) (44,148,933 )

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (30,716,526 ) (69,097,026 )

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONSfrom capital share transactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (39,726,187 ) (5,862,992 )

NET ASSETS

Total increase (decrease) in net assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,240,313 (96,410,303 )Beginning of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436,019,239 532,429,542

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 484,259,552 $ 436,019,239

(a)

Financial Highlights(For a share outstanding throughout each period)


2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

Net asset value, beginning of year $ 22.80 $ 28.45 $ 31.91 $ 31.40 $ 33.26 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.38 0.42 (b) 0.44 0.39 0.36

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.20 (1.90 ) 6.64 2.91 (0.16 ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.58 (1.48 ) 7.08 3.30 0.20

Distributions (c) – – – – –From net investment income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (0.39 ) (0.44 ) (0.47 ) (0.40 ) (0.39 )From net realized gain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1.51 ) (3.73 ) (10.07 ) (2.39 ) (1.67 )

Total distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1.90 ) (4.17 ) (10.54 ) (2.79 ) (2.06 )

Net asset value, end of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 27.48 $ 22.80 $ 28.45 $ 31.91 $ 31.40

Total Return (d) 28.92% (5.22)% 22.33% — —Based on net asset value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.92% (5.22)% 22.33% 10.55% 0.52%

Ratios to Average Net Assets Total expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.72% 0.74% 0.73% 0.72% 0.71%Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.57% 0.58% 0.58% 0.58% 0.56%

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.43% 1.45%(b) 1.27% 1.26% 1.08%

Supplemental Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 169,743 $ 152,717 $ 185,938 $ 175,947 $ 184,151

Portfolio turnover rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129% 149% 149% 50% 31%

(a) Based on average shares outstanding.(b)

(c)

(d) Where applicable, excludes insurance-related fees and expenses and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

Financial Highlights (continued)(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

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2019 2018 2017 2016 2015


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.19 (1.89 ) 6.64 2.90 (0.16 ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.53 (1.52 ) 7.02 3.24 0.14






. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.26% 1.28%(b) 1.08% 1.09% 0.91%




(c)


Financial Highlights (continued)(For a share outstanding throughout each period)


2019 2018 2017 2016 2015


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.14 (1.89 ) 6.59 2.88 (0.17 ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.44 (1.55 ) 6.93 3.19 0.10






. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.15% 1.17%(b) 0.98% 0.98% 0.80%




(c)


Notes to Financial Statements

19N O T E S T O F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S

1. ORGANIZATION

related to the distribution of such shares.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition:

foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Under the applicable foreign

from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain. Income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.

Foreign Currency Translation:

The Fund does not isolate the portion of the results of operations arising as a result of changes in the exchange rates from the changes in the market prices of investments

from the effects of changes in market prices of those investments, but are included as a component of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments. The Fund

Segregation and Collateralization:

agreement, the Fund may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments or obligations.

Distributions:

maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Fund, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

Other:

other shared expenses prorated to the Fund are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets or other appropriate methods.

3. INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS Investment Valuation Policies:

instruments.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies:

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


•

which there were no sales on that day may be valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price.

•

•

• Futures contracts traded on exchanges are valued at their last sale price.

If events (e.g., a company announcement, market volatility or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investments, or in the eventthat the application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a

might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based

Fair Value Hierarchy:

• Level 1 — Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access

•similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)

•

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to

companies or funds. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for investments and

associated with investing in those securities.

the fair value hierarchy.

4. SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS Securities Lending:

105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund, or excess collateral returnedby the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, the Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities, but does not receiveinterest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.



(including bankruptcy or insolvency), for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral.In the event that a borrower defaults, the Fund, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the

connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation

Counterparty Securities

Loaned at ValueCash Collateral

Received (a)Net

Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,586,825 $ (10,586,825 ) $ —

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,728,943 (1,728,943 ) — . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95,118 (95,118 ) —

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801,905 (801,905 ) — . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,638,311 (1,638,311 ) —

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,378,012 (4,378,012 ) — Toronto Dominion Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528,012 (528,012 ) —

$ 19,757,126 $ (19,757,126 ) $ — (a)

and Liabilities.

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate

collateral received does not cover the value on the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. The Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash

5. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS The Fund engages in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Fund and/or to manage its exposure to certain risks

Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in thevalue of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that

difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

6. INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES Investment Advisory:

the Fund’s portfolio and provides the personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Fund.



Average Daily Net AssetsInvestment

Advisory FeesFirst $250 Million . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.500%$250 Million - $300 Million . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.450$300 Million - $400 Million . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.425

Million . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.400

Distribution Fees:

Distribution Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.15 %. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.25

BRIL and broker-dealers, pursuant to sub-agreements with BRIL, provide shareholder distribution services to the Fund. The ongoing distribution fee compensates BRIL andeach broker-dealer for providing shareholder distribution related services to shareholders.

Distribution Fees

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,360

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760,857 $ 768,217

Transfer Agent:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 334,083 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,958 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623,008

$ 967,049

Expense Limitations, Waivers and Reimbursements: The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees

$2,888.

of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2019, there were no fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager pursuant to thisarrangement.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.05 %. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.08

Independent Directors, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.



Transfer Agent Fees Waived and/or Reimbursed

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 251,164 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,519 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379,224

$ 636,907

The Manager contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit expenses, excluding interest expense, dividend expense, tax expense,acquired fund fees and expenses, and certain other fund expenses, which constitute extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.25 %. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50

Independent Directors, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2019, there were no fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager.

Securities Lending:

private investment company to an annual rate of 0.04%. The investment adviser to the private investment company will not charge any advisory fees with respect to shares purchased by the Fund. The private investment company in which the cash collateral has been invested may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to2% of the value withdrawn or temporarily restrict withdrawals for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the private investment company’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds.

and less the collateral investment expenses. The Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits a remaining portion to BIM as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, the Fund retains 73.5% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment expenses), and this amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment expenses.

an amount equal to 80% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment expenses), and this amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment expenses.

December 31, 2019, the Fund paid BIM $21,718 for securities lending agent services.

Interfund Lending:

and restrictions. The Fund is currently permitted to borrow under the Interfund Lending Program.

lower threshold provided for by the fund’s investment restrictions). If a borrowing BlackRock fund’s total outstanding borrowings exceed 10% of its total assets, each of its

purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the highest current overnight repurchase agreement rate available to a lending fund and the bank loanrate, as calculated according to a formula established by the Board.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund did not participate in the Interfund Lending Program.

7. PURCHASES AND SALES For the year ended December 31, 2019, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities, were $603,653,794 and $664,389,469, respectively.



8. INCOME TAX INFORMATION

tax returns generally remains open for each of the four years ended December 31, 2019. The statutes of limitations on the Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Fund as of December 31, 2019, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe

12/31/19 12/31/18

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,466,519 $ 43,577,979 Long-term capital gains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,250,007 25,519,047

$ 30,716,526 $ 69,097,026

Undistributed ordinary income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,099,354 Undistributed long-term capital gains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,407,219

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,731,455 $ 60,238,028

(a) The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains/losses on certain futures contracts and the timing and recognition of partnership income.

Tax cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 451,518,141

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 57,362,979

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3,816,245 )

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 53,546,734

9. BANK BORROWINGS

individual funds, the Participating Funds, including the Fund, can borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $1.75 billion at any time outstanding, subject to asset

aggregate commitment available to them and relative net assets of Participating Funds. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Fund did not borrow under the creditagreement.

10. PRINCIPAL RISKS In the normal course of business, the Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various

the risks to which the Fund is subject.

may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due



of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Fund may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to

Fund.

instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Fund since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against

rights may exist under applicable law, the Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the

accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes intobankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.

11. CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

12/31/19

12/31/18

Shares Amount Shares Amount

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,377 $ 3,193,650 77,175 $ 2,212,730 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403,253 10,956,570 1,041,683 24,262,358

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,044,097 ) (27,816,664 ) (956,268 ) (28,134,590 ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (521,467 ) $ (13,666,444 ) 162,590 $ (1,659,502 )

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,719 $ 577,422 36,314 $ 1,069,473 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,505 313,065 29,415 685,735

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (44,326 ) (1,190,547 ) (44,166 ) (1,311,866 ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (11,102 ) $ (300,060 ) 21,563 $ 443,342

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411,381 $ 10,712,715 375,928 $ 10,947,281 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722,384 19,446,891 1,909,440 44,148,933

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2,104,593 ) (55,919,289 ) (2,048,354 ) (59,743,046 ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (970,828 ) $ (25,759,683 ) 237,014 $ (4,646,832 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,503,397 ) $ (39,726,187 ) 421,167 $ (5,862,992 )

12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights

Basis for Opinion

a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Boston, MassachusettsFebruary 14, 2020

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 1992.

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report


Portfolio Abbreviation


Disclosure of Sub-Advisory Agreements

D I S C L O S U R E O F S U B - A D V I S O R Y A G R E E M E N T S

The Board of Directors (the “Board,” and the members of which are referred to as “Board Members”) of BlackRock Variable Series Funds II, Inc. (the “Corporation”), on behalf of its series BlackRock Total Return V.I. Fund (the “Fund”), met in person on July 29, 2019 (the “July Meeting”) to consider the initial approval of the sub-advisory agreements (the “Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Fund’s investment advisor, and (a) BlackRock International Limited and (b) BlackRock (Singapore) Limited with respect to the Fund. The Sub-Advisory Agreements were substantially similar to the sub-advisory agreements previously approvedwith respect to certain other portfolios in the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex.

Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independent Board Members”). Pursuant to the 1940 Act, the Board is required to consider the initial approval of the Sub-Advisory Agreements.

At the July Meeting, the Board reviewed materials relating to its consideration of the proposed Sub-Advisory Agreements. The Fund’s investment advisory agreement withthe Manager was most recently approved by the Board at in-person meetings on May 1, 2019 (the “May Meeting”) and June 5-6, 2019 (the “June Meeting”). A discussion of

30, 2019. The factors considered by the Board at the July Meeting in connection with approval of the proposed Sub-Advisory Agreements were substantially the same as thefactors considered at the May and June Meetings.

Following discussion, all the Board Members present at the July Meeting, including all the Independent Board Members present, approved the Sub-Advisory Agreements between the Manager and (a) BlackRock International Limited and (b) BlackRock (Singapore) Limited with respect to the Fund for a two-year term beginning on the effective date of the Sub-Advisory Agreements. Based upon its evaluation of all of the aforementioned factors in their totality, the Board, including the Independent Board Members,

to approve the Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, but considered all factors together, and different Board Members may have attributed different weights to the various factors considered. The Independent Board Members were also assisted by the advice of independent legal counsel in making this determination.

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”) to promote effective liquidity risk management throughout the open-end investment company industry, thereby reducing the risk that funds will be unable to meet their redemption obligations and mitigating dilution of the interests of fund shareholders.

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc., on behalf of BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation ETF V.I. Fund, BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Core V.I. Fund, BlackRock Advantage Large Cap Value V.I. Fund, BlackRock Advantage U.S. Total Market V.I. Fund, BlackRock Basic Value V.I. Fund, BlackRock Capital Appreciation V.I. Fund, BlackRock Equity Dividend V.I. Fund, BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund, BlackRock International Index V.I. Fund, BlackRock International V.I. Fund, BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth V.I. Fund, BlackRock Managed Volatility V.I. Fund, BlackRock S&P 500 Index V.I. Fund and BlackRock Small Cap Index V.I. Fund met on November 12-13, 2019 and the Board of BlackRock Variable Series Funds II, Inc., on behalf of BlackRock High Yield V.I. Fund, BlackRock Total Return V.I. Fund and BlackRock U.S. Government Bond V.I. Fund met on November 14-15, 2019 (each, the “Meeting”) to review the liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) applicable to the BlackRock open-end funds, excluding money market funds (each, a “Fund”), pursuant to the Liquidity Rule. The Board has appointed BlackRock Advisors, LLC or BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BlackRock”), each an investment adviser to certain Funds, as the program administrator for each Fund’s Program, as applicable. BlackRock has delegated oversight of the Program to the 40 Act Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”). At the Meeting, the Committee, on behalf of BlackRock, providedthe Board with a report that addressed the operation of the Program and assessed its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including the operation of each Fund’sHighly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, and any material changes to the Program (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from December 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019 (the “Program Reporting Period”).

less frequently than annually.

The Report noted that the Program complied with the key factors for consideration under the Liquidity Rule for assessing, managing and periodically reviewing a Fund’s liquidity risk, as follows:

A. The Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions: During the Program

borrowings were factored into the Program’s calculation of a Fund’s liquidity bucketing. Derivative exposure was also considered in such calculation.

During the Program Reporting Period, the

The Committee may also take into consideration a Fund’s shareholder ownership concentration (which, depending on product type and distribution channel, may or may not be available), a Fund’s distribution channels, and the

The Committee considered the terms of the credit facility applicable to the Funds, the

Committee also considered other types of borrowing available to the Funds, such as the ability to use reverse repurchase agreements and interfund lending, as applicable.

There were no material changes to the Program during the Program Reporting Period. The Report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that basedon the operation of the functions, as described in the Report, the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Liquidity Rule.


D I R E C T O R A N D O F F I C E R I N F O R M A T I O N

BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.

Independent Directors (a)

Name Year of Birth (b)

Position(s) Held (Length of Service) (c) Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Number of BlackRock-Advised Registered Investment Companies(“RICs”) Consisting of Investment Portfolios (“Portfolios”) Overseen

Public Company andOther Investment

Company DirectorshipsHeld During Past Five

YearsMark Stalnecker1951

Chair of the Board andDirector(Since 2019)

to 2013; Trustee and Chair of the Finance and InvestmentNone

Bruce R. Bond Director(Since 2007)

None

Susan J. Carter1956

Director(Since 2019)

None

Collette Chilton Director(Since 2019)

None

Neil A. Cotty Director(Since 2019)

None

Lena G. Goldberg Director(Since 2016)

None

Robert M. Hernandez Director(Since 2007)

(continued)






YearsHenry R. Keizer1956


reinsurance) from 2013

Cynthia A. Montgomery1952


Donald C. Opatrny1952


None

Joseph P. Platt Director(Since 2019)

Kenneth L. Urish1951


None

Claire A. Walton1957


None

Independent Directors (a) (continued)


(continued)


Interested Directors (a)(d)






YearsRobert Fairbairn 1965


®

None

John M. Perlowski (e) Director(Since 2015);Presidentand Chief

(Since 2010)

None

(a)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(continued)

(a)

NameYear of Birth(b)

Position(s) Held (Length of Service) Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Jennifer McGovern1977

Neal J. Andrews1966 (Since 2007)

®®

Jay M. Fife1970

Treasurer(Since 2007)

Charles Park1967

®®

iShares®®

Lisa Belle

(Since 2019)Janey Ahn1975 (Since 2019)

(a)

Investment Adviser and Administrator

Sub-Advisers(a)

(c)

(c)

Accounting Agent

Transfer Agent

Custodians

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Distributor

Legal Counsel

Address of the Funds

(a)

(c)



BlackRock Variable Series Funds II, Inc.

Independent Directors (a)






YearsRichard E. Cavanagh1946

Co-Chair of the Board andDirector(Since 2019)

Director, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

organization) from 2015 to 2018 (board member since 2009);Director, Arch Chemicals (chemical and allied products) from1999 to 2011; Trustee, Educational Testing Service from 1997 to2009 and Chairman thereof from 2005 to 2009; Senior Advisor,The Fremont Group since 2008 and Director thereof since 1996;Faculty Member/Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard University since 2007and Executive Dean from 1987 to 1995; President and Chief

86 RICs consisting of 110 Portfolios None

Karen P. Robards1950

Co-Chair of the Board andDirector(Since 2019)

Principal of Robards & Company, LLC (consulting andprivate investing) since 1987; Co-founder and Director of the

organization) since 1987; Director of Enable Injections, LLC(medical devices) since 2019; Investment Banker at Morgan

86 RICs consisting of 110 Portfolios

devices) from 2000 until2017

Michael J. Castellano1946


June 2015 and since 2017; Director, National Advisory Board of Church Management at Villanova University since 2010; Trustee,Domestic Church Media Foundation since 2012; Director,


Cynthia L. Egan1955


86 RICs consisting of 110 Portfolios Unum (insurance); TheHanover Insurance Group(insurance); Envestnet(investment platform) from2013 until 2016

Frank J. Fabozzi (d)

1948Director(Since 2019)

Editor of The Journal of Portfolio Management since 1986;Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School (France) since 2011; Visiting Professor, Princeton University for the 2013 to 2014 academic year and Spring 2017 semester; Professor in thePractice of Finance, Yale University School of Management from

Programs; Board Member, BlackRock Equity-Liquidity Funds


Henry Gabbay1947


Board Member, BlackRock Equity-Bond Board from 2007 to 2018; Board Member, BlackRock Equity-Liquidity andBlackRock Closed-End Fund Boards from 2007 through 2014;

of BlackRock Funds and BlackRock Allocation Target Shares(formerly, BlackRock Bond Allocation Target Shares) from 2005 to2007 and Treasurer of certain closed-end funds in the BlackRock


R. Glenn Hubbard1958


Dean, Columbia Business School from 2004 to 2019; Faculty 86 RICs consisting of 110 Portfolios ADP (data and information services); Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

2004 until 2014

(continued)






YearsW. Carl Kester (d)

1951Director(Since 2019) Harvard Business School since 2008; Deputy Dean for Academic

Affairs from 2006 to 2010; Chairman of the Finance Unit, from 2005 to 2006; Senior Associate Dean and Chairman of the MBA Program from 1999 to 2005; Member of the faculty of Harvard


Catherine A. Lynch (d)

1961Director(Since 2019) other positions, National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust

from 2003 to 2016; Associate Vice President for Treasury Management, The George Washington University from 1999 to2003; Assistant Treasurer, Episcopal Church of America from


Interested Directors (a)(e)

Robert Fairbairn 1965


Product Management Group from 2012 to 2019; Member of the Board of Managers of BlackRock Investments, LLC from

®


John M. Perlowski (d)

1964Director(Since 2015);Presidentand ChiefExecutive

(Since 2010)

BlackRock Global Accounting and Product Services since 124 RICs consisting of 288 Portfolios None

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

Independent Directors (a) (continued)


(continued)


(a)

NameYear of Birth(b)

Position(s) Held (Length of Service) Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Jennifer McGovern1977

Vice President (Since 2014)

Neal J. Andrews1966 (Since 2007)

®®

Jay M. Fife1970

Treasurer(Since 2007)

Charles Park1967 (Since 2014)

®®

iShares®®

Lisa Belle1968

Anti-Money Laundering

(Since 2019)JP Morgan from 2013 to 2019; Managing Director of RBS Securities from 2012 to 2013; Head of Financial Crimes for

Janey Ahn 1975

Secretary(Since 2019)

(a)

(b)

Investment Adviser and AdministratorBlackRock Advisors, LLCWilmington, DE 19809

Sub-Advisers(a)

BlackRock International LimitedEdinburgh, EH3 8BL

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited079912 Singapore

Accounting Agent

Transfer Agent

Wilmington, DE 19809

Custodian

Independent Registered Public Accounting FirmDeloitte & Touche LLPBoston, MA 02116

DistributorBlackRock Investments, LLC

Legal CounselWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Address of the Funds

Wilmington, DE 19809

(a)

Additional Information

General Information

Householding

The Funds will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports and proxy statements, to shareholders with multipleaccounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder

be combined with those for other members of your household, please call the Funds at (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

(1) by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) at blackrock.com/prospectus/insurance

Availability of Proxy Voting Record

blackrock.com/prospectus/insurance

BlackRock’s Mutual Fund Family

blackrock.com for more information.

Shareholder Privileges

Account Information

also visit blackrock.com for more information.

Automatic Investment Plans

any of the BlackRock funds.

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personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information BlackRock collects, how we protect that information and why in certain cases we share such information with select parties.

receive from a consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.

to use it only for its intended purpose.

procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.

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This report is only for distribution to shareholders of the Funds of BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. and BlackRock

Variable Series Funds II, Inc. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of

future performance. Investment return and principal value of non-money market fund shares will fluctuate so that shares,

when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. You could lose money by investing in the Funds.

Although BlackRock Government Money Market V.I. Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per

share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in BlackRock Government Money Market V.I. Fund is not insured or

guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. BlackRock Government Money

Market V.I. Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund at any time. Performance data

quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Total return information assumes reinvestment

of all distributions. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. For current month-end

performance information, call (800) 626-1960. BlackRock Government Money Market V.I. Fund’s current 7-day yield more

closely reflects the current earnings of the Fund than the total returns quoted. Statements and other information herein are

as dated and are subject to change.

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