BlackRock® is a premier provider of global investment management, risk management and advisory services to institutional and retail clients around the world. As of 31 March 2009, BlackRock's assets under management total US$1.28 trillion across equity, fixed income, cash management, alternative investment and real estate strategies. Through BlackRock Solutions® - the natural evolution of our long-standing investment in developing sophisticated and highly integrated systems - we offer risk management, strategic advisory and enterprise investment system services to a broad base of clients with portfolios totaling approximately US$7 trillion as of 31 March 2009.

BlackRock is a truly global enterprise. We serve clients in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Japan, Australia and the Middle East. Headquartered in New York, the firm maintains offices in 21 countries around the world. Over one-third of our total assets are managed on behalf of non-U.S. investors, and nearly one-third of our employees live and work outside of the United States.