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This excerpt taken from the BAF DEFA14A filed Jun 22, 2006. Private Client Business Post-merger, BlackRock will be an industry leader in U.S. retail asset management with over $270 billion in assets invested for over 10 million individual investors. Our product line will feature considerable strength in equity, fixed income and liquidity products. The firm will manage $98 billion in open-end and variable funds, $44 billion in closed-end funds and $41 billion in separately managed accounts. Additionally, the firm will act as sub-advisor to $37 billion of assets and manage $48 billion in open-end liquidity funds.* We are proud to report that 84 funds in the combined open-end and closed-end fund families have Morningstar Ratings of 4 or 5 stars as of May 31, 2006.** The combined firm’s extensive resources, including our award-winning call center and shareholder statements, will allow BlackRock to focus on serving financial advisors and their individual clients. We also anticipate ongoing product innovations as we continue to serve our investors’ needs. |
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