MERRILL LYNCH VARIABLE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SERIES FUNDS, INC. -------------------------------------------------------------------------Merrill Lynch Variable Series Funds Inc • March 16th, 2001
Exhibit 5(k) FORM OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made this day of , 2000 between Merrill Lynch Variable Series Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), and Merrill Lynch Asset Management L.P., a Delaware limited partnership...Investment Advisory Agreement • April 17th, 2000 • Merrill Lynch Variable Series Funds Inc • New York
Exhibit 5 BLACKROCK VARIABLE SERIES FUNDS, INC. DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT AGREEMENT dated as of October 1, 2008 between BLACKROCK VARIABLE SERIES FUNDS, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of Maryland (the "Company"), and BLACKROCK INVESTMENTS,...Distribution Agreement • April 13th, 2009 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. • New York
Exhibit 4(b) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, dated September 29, 2006, between BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a Maryland corporation, on behalf of each of its series named in Schedule A attached hereto (each, a...Investment Management Agreement • April 23rd, 2007 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. • New York
Exhibit 8(b) AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSFER AGENCY AGREEMENT BlackRock Funds, a Massachusetts business trust (formerly known as The PNC(R) Fund, the "Fund") and PFPC Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (formerly known as Provident Financial Processing...Transfer Agency Agreement • April 23rd, 2007 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.
Exhibit 17(m) MERRILL LYNCH LARGE CAP GROWTH V.I. FUND OF MERCURY V.I. FUNDS, INC. ANNUAL REPORT DECEMBER 31, 2002 MERRILL LYNCH LARGE CAP GROWTH V.I. FUND Annual Report -- December 31, 2002 --------------------------------------------...Merrill Lynch Variable Series Funds Inc • October 15th, 2003
Exhibit 4(n) FORM OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made this day of November, 2003 between Merrill Lynch Variable Series Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers L.P., a Delaware limited...Investment Advisory Agreement • November 20th, 2003 • Merrill Lynch Variable Series Funds Inc • New York
MERRILL LYNCH VARIABLE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SERIES FUNDS, INC. -------------------------------------------------------------------------Merrill Lynch Variable Series Funds Inc • March 16th, 2001
Exhibit 17(n) MERRILL LYNCH LARGE CAP GROWTH V.I. FUND OF MERCURY V.I. FUNDS, INC. SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT JUNE 30, 2003 MERRILL LYNCH LARGE CAP GROWTH V.I. FUND Semi-Annual Report -- June 30, 2003 -------------------------------------------...Merrill Lynch Variable Series Funds Inc • October 15th, 2003
The Fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of equity securities of large cap companies that Fund management selects from among those included in the Russell 1000 Growth Index. Our investment process attempts to add value through both security selection and portfolio construction. Security selection involves the use of quantitative selection criteria, including earnings momentum, earnings surprise and valuation. These criteria are input into a proprietary quantitative model and are subject to selective fundamental overrides. Portfolio construction consists of an optimization process with risk management controlling style, capitalization, sector and individual security selection.
OFMerrill Lynch Variable Series Funds Inc • April 25th, 1997
ARTICLE ISub-Advisory Agreement • April 25th, 1997 • Merrill Lynch Variable Series Funds Inc • New York
Exhibit 4(c) SUB-INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AGREEMENT dated September 29, 2006, between BlackRock Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Advisor"), and BlackRock Investment Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company...Sub-Investment Advisory Agreement • April 23rd, 2007 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. • New York
FORM OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTInvestment Management Agreement • August 28th, 2014 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. • New York
AGREEMENT, dated [ ], 2014, between BlackRock Cayman iShares Alternative Strategies V.I. Fund, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempt company (the “Fund”), and BlackRock Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Advisor”).
Exhibit 99.6(b) CLASS B SHARES DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTShares Distribution Agreement • April 25th, 1997 • Merrill Lynch Variable Series Funds Inc • New York
Exhibit 5(c) CLASS III SHARES FORM OF DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, made this ____ day of April, 2003, between MERRILL LYNCH VARIABLE SERIES FUNDS, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of Maryland (the "Company"), and FAM DISTRIBUTORS,...Distribution Agreement • November 20th, 2003 • Merrill Lynch Variable Series Funds Inc • New York
DISTRIBUTION PLANSub-Agreement • April 23rd, 2007 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. • New York
Exhibit 4(a) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, dated October 30, 2006, between BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a Maryland corporation, on behalf of BlackRock Large Cap Value V.I. Fund (the "Fund"), and BlackRock...Investment Management Agreement • April 23rd, 2007 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. • New York
Exhibit 4(f) SUB-INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AGREEMENT dated September 29, 2006, between BlackRock Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Advisor"), and BlackRock Asset Management U.K. Limited, a corporation organized under the...Sub-Investment Advisory Agreement • April 23rd, 2007 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. • New York
ANDCustodian Agreement • April 25th, 1997 • Merrill Lynch Variable Series Funds Inc
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTInvestment Management Agreement • April 18th, 2019 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. • New York
AGREEMENT, dated December 14, 2018, between BlackRock Cayman Global Allocation V.I. Fund I, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Fund”), and BlackRock Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Advisor”).
Exhibit 13(b) DISTRIBUTION PLAN CLASS III SHARES OF BLACKROCK VARIABLE SERIES FUNDS, INC. PURSUANT TO RULE 12b-1 DISTRIBUTION PLAN made as of the 1st day of October, 2008, by and between BLACKROCK VARIABLE SERIES FUNDS, INC., a Maryland corporation...Sub-Agreement • April 13th, 2009 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. • New York
Exhibit 77Q1(e) SUB-INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AGREEMENT dated [_________], 2012, between BlackRock Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Adviser"), and BlackRock (Singapore) Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of...Sub-Investment Advisory Agreement Agreement • August 26th, 2013 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. • New York
SUB-INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AGREEMENT dated [_________], 2012, between BlackRock Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Adviser"), and BlackRock (Singapore) Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of Singapore (the "Sub-Adviser"). WHEREAS, the Adviser has agreed to furnish investment advisory services to the Funds listed on Appendix A (each, a "Fund"), each a series of BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"), an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"); and WHEREAS, the Adviser wishes to retain the Sub-Adviser to provide it with certain sub-advisory services as described below in connection with Adviser's advisory activities on behalf of the Funds; and WHEREAS, the advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Corporation, dated September 29, 2006 and Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated June 1, 2011 (such agreement or the most recent succ
Exhibit 4(f) SUB-INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AGREEMENT dated December 31, 2008, between BlackRock Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Advisor"), and BlackRock International Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of...Sub-Investment Advisory Agreement • April 13th, 2009 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. • New York
SUB-INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTSub-Investment Advisory Agreement • April 19th, 2024 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. • New York
This SUB-INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT dated [ ], 2024 (this “Agreement”), between BlackRock Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Advisor”), and BlackRock International Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of Scotland (the “Sub-Advisor”).
SUB-INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTSub-Investment Advisory Agreement • January 22nd, 2013 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. • New York
AGREEMENT dated [_________], 2012, between BlackRock Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”), and BlackRock (Hong Kong) Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of Hong Kong (the “Sub-Adviser”).
SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTSub-Advisory Agreement • April 19th, 2024 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. • New York
AGREEMENT dated as of [ ], 2021, between BlackRock Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Adviser”), and BlackRock (Singapore) Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Singapore (“Sub-Adviser”).
FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITIES LENDING AGENCY AGREEMENTSecurities Lending Agency Agreement • April 15th, 2011 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. • New York
This Amended and Restated Agreement, dated as of ________________, between each investment company severally and not jointly, identified on Schedule A, as such schedule may be amended from time to time (each a “Client”), acting on behalf of the funds listed on Schedule A thereto and any future series of a Client (each, a “Fund”), by and through BlackRock Advisors, LLC or BlackRock Investment Management Corporation, as applicable, not in its individual capacity but as agent and investment advisor, and BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (the “Lending Agent”), a Delaware limited liability company.
Amendment No. 1 to the Distribution AgreementDistribution Agreement • June 30th, 2014 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.
This Amendment No. 1 dated as of [ ], 2014 to the Distribution Agreement (the “Amendment”) is entered into by and between BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”) and BlackRock Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Distributor”).
Amendment No. 3 to the Investment Management AgreementInvestment Management Agreement • May 31st, 2018 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.
This Amendment No. 3 dated as of April 23, 2018 to the Investment Management Agreement (the “Amendment”) is entered into by and between BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”), on behalf of the series named in Appendix A attached hereto (the “Fund”), and BlackRock Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Advisor”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning as set forth in the Management Agreement (as defined below).
Form of Amendment No. 2 to the Investment Management AgreementInvestment Management Agreement • April 30th, 2014 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.
This Amendment No. 2 dated as of [ ], 2014 to the Investment Management Agreement (the “Amendment”) is entered into by and between BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”) and BlackRock Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Advisor”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning as set forth in the Management Agreement (as defined below).
PURCHASE AGREEMENTPurchase Agreement • May 31st, 2018 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.
BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. (the “Company”), a Maryland corporation, on behalf of its series BlackRock International Index V.I. Fund and BlackRock Small Cap Index V.I. Fund (each, a “Fund”), and BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. (“Holdco 2”), a Delaware corporation, hereby agree as follows:
PURCHASE AGREEMENTPurchase Agreement • October 30th, 2018 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.
BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. (the “Company”), a Maryland corporation, on behalf of its series BlackRock International Index V.I. Fund and BlackRock Small Cap Index V.I. Fund (each, a “Fund”), and BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. (“BFM”), a Delaware corporation, hereby agree as follows:
PURCHASE AGREEMENTPurchase Agreement • February 9th, 2021 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.
BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. (the “Company”), a Maryland corporation, on behalf of its series BlackRock International Index V.I. Fund and BlackRock Small Cap Index V.I. Fund (each, a “Fund”), and BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. (“BFM”), a Delaware corporation, hereby agree as follows:
Exhibit 77Q1(e) SUB-INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AGREEMENT dated [_______], 2012, between BlackRock Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Adviser "), and BlackRock International Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of...Sub-Investment Advisory Agreement • August 26th, 2013 • BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. • New York
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 787 SEVENTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10019 +1 212 839 5300 +1 212 839 5599 FAX AMERICA • ASIA PACIFIC • EUROPEBlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. • September 22nd, 2023
BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), on behalf of BlackRock Capital Appreciation V.I. Fund, a series of the Company (the “Target Fund”), and the Company, on behalf of BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth V.I. Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), a series of the Company, has requested our opinion as to certain federal income tax consequences of the Acquiring Fund’s proposed acquisition of the assets of the Target Fund pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated as of [•], 2023 (the “Agreement”). The Agreement contemplates (i) the transfer of substantially all of the assets of the Target Fund to the Acquiring Fund (the “Assets”), in exchange for the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of the liabilities of the Target Fund (the “Target Fund Stated Liabilities”) and shares of the Acquiring Fund, including fractional shares (the “Acquiring Fund Shares”), (ii) the distribution of the Acquiring Fund Shares to the shareholders of the Target Fund, (iii)
