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Exhibit 7(d)
BlackRock Funds(SM)
Appendix B to Custodian
Agreement dated as of October 4, 1989
The Fund hereby appoints Bank to act as custodian of the securities,
cash and other property belonging to the additional Portfolios listed below
("Additional Portfolios") for the period and on the terms set forth in this
Agreement. Bank accepts such appointment and agrees to furnish the services
herein set forth in return for the compensation as provided in Paragraph 21 of
this Agreement. Bank agrees to comply with all relevant provisions of the 1940
Act and applicable rules and regulations thereunder.
The additional Portfolios are as follows:
Government Income Portfolio
International Emerging Markets Portfolio
International Bond Portfolio
Virginia Municipal Money Market Portfolio
New Jersey Municipal Money Market Portfolio
New Jersey Tax-Free Income Portfolio
Core Bond Portfolio
Multi-Sector Mortgage Securities Portfolio III
Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio
Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio
BlackRock Strategic Portfolio I
BlackRock Strategic Portfolio II
International Small Cap Equity Portfolio
Micro-Cap Equity Portfolio
GNMA Portfolio
Delaware Tax-Free Income Portfolio
Kentucky Tax-Free Income Portfolio
High Yield Bond Portfolio
Multi-Sector Mortgage Securities Portfolio IV
Global Science & Technology Portfolio
European Equity Portfolio
Asia Pacific Equity Portfolio
Core Equity Portfolio
Global Communications Portfolio
Core Plus Portfolio
Release. "BlackRock Funds" and "Trustees of BlackRock Funds" refer respectively
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to the trust created and the Trustees, as trustees but not individually or
personally, acting from time to time under a Declaration of Trust dated December
22, 1988 which is hereby referred to and a copy of
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which is on file at the office of the State Secretary of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and at the principal office of the Fund. The obligations of
"BlackRock Funds" entered into in the name or on behalf thereof by any of the
Trustees, officers, representatives or agents are made not individually, but in
such capacities, and are not binding upon any of the Trustees, shareholders,
officers, representatives or agents of the Fund personally, but bind only the
Trust Property (as defined in the Declaration of Trust), and all persons dealing
with any class of shares of the Fund must look solely to the Trust Property
belonging to such class for the enforcement of any claims against the Fund.
Agreed to and accepted as of ________ __, 2001:
BlackRock Funds(SM)
By:_________________________
Name:
Title:
PFPC Trust Company
By:__________________________
Name:
Title:
