NOVEMBER 27, 2024
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Summary Prospectus |
BlackRock FundsSM | Class K Shares
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iShares Russell Small/Mid-Cap Index Fund
Class K: BSMKX
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s prospectus, which contains more
information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s prospectus (including amendments and supplements), reports to shareholders and other information about the Fund, including the Fund’s statement of additional information, online at
https://www.blackrock.com/prospectus. You can
also get this information at no cost by calling (800) 537-4942 or by sending an e-mail request to prospectus.request@blackrock.com, or from your financial professional. The Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated November 27, 2024, as amended and supplemented from time to time, are incorporated by reference into (legally made a part of) this Summary Prospectus.
This Summary
Prospectus contains information you should know before investing, including information about risks. Please read it before you invest and keep it for future reference.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these
securities or passed upon the adequacy of this Summary Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Not FDIC Insured ● May
Lose Value ● No Bank Guarantee
Summary Prospectus
Key Facts About iShares Russell Small/Mid-Cap Index Fund
Investment Objective
The investment objective of iShares Russell Small/Mid-Cap Index Fund (the
“Fund”), a series of BlackRock FundsSM (the “Trust”), is to seek to track the performance of the small to mid-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell
Class K Shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage
commissions and other fees to your financial professional or your selected securities dealer, broker, investment adviser, service provider or industry
professional (including BlackRock Advisors, LLC (“BlackRock”) and its affiliates) (each, a “Financial Intermediary”), which are not reflected in the table and example below.
| Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
|
Class K Shares |
| Management Fee1 |
|
0.03% |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees |
|
None |
| Other Expenses |
|
0.07% |
| Miscellaneous Other Expenses |
0.06% |
|
| Interest Expense |
0.01% |
|
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
|
0.10% |
| Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements1,2 |
|
(0.02)% |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements1,2 |
|
0.08% |
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As
described in the “Management of the Fund” section of the Fund’s prospectus beginning on page 25, BlackRock has contractually agreed to waive the management fee with respect to any portion of the Fund’s assets
estimated to be attributable to investments in other equity and fixed-income mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) managed by BlackRock or its affiliates that have a contractual management fee, through June 30, 2026. In addition,
BlackRock has contractually agreed to waive its management fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Fund pays to BlackRock indirectly through its investment in money
market funds managed by BlackRock or its affiliates, through June 30, 2026. The contractual agreements may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the
non-interested trustees of the Trust or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.
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As described in the “Management of the Fund” section of the Fund’s
prospectus beginning on page 25, BlackRock has contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements (excluding Dividend Expense, Interest Expense, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses and certain other Fund expenses) to 0.07% of average daily net assets through June 30, 2026. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the non-interested trustees of the Trust or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund.
Example:
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated and
then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
| |
1 Year |
3 Years |
5 Years |
10 Years |
| Class K Shares |
$8 |
$30 |
$54 |
$126 |
Portfolio Turnover:
The Fund pays
transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher
transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the
Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 43% of the average value of its portfolio.
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Principal
Investment Strategies of the Fund
The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Russell 2500TM Index (the “Underlying Index”), which measures the performance of the small to mid-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe, commonly referred to as “smid” cap. The Underlying Index is a subset of the Russell 3000® Index. It includes approximately 2500 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current
index membership. Components primarily include industrials, financials, consumer discretionary and health care companies. The components of the Underlying Index, and the degree to which these components represent certain industries, may change over time.
BlackRock uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment
profile similar to that of the Underlying Index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market capitalization and industry weightings), fundamental
characteristics (such as return variability and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of the Underlying Index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Underlying Index.
The Fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets, plus the amount of any borrowing for investment purposes, in
securities of the Underlying Index.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
Risk is inherent in all investing. The value of your investment in the Fund, as well as
the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly from day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the Fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a
summary description of the principal risks of investing in the Fund. The relative significance of each risk factor below may change over time and you should review each risk factor carefully.
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Equity Securities Risk — Stock markets are volatile. The price of equity securities fluctuates based on changes in a company’s
financial condition and overall market and economic conditions.
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Index-Related Risk — The index provider may rely on various sources of information to assess the criteria of components of the
Underlying Index, including information that may be based on assumptions and estimates. Neither the Fund nor BlackRock can offer assurances that the index provider’s
methodology or sources of information will provide an accurate assessment of included components. Errors in index data, index computations or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its methodology may occur, and the index provider may not
identify or correct them promptly or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. Unusual market conditions or other unforeseen circumstances (such
as natural disasters, political unrest or war) may impact the Index Provider or a third-party data provider and could cause the Index Provider to postpone a scheduled rebalance. This could cause the Underlying Index to vary from its normal or expected
composition.
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Small and Mid-Capitalization Company Risk — Companies with small or mid-size market capitalizations will normally have more limited product lines, markets
and financial resources and will be dependent upon a more limited management group than larger capitalized companies. In addition, it is more difficult to get information on
smaller companies, which tend to be less well known, have shorter operating histories, do not have significant ownership by large investors and are followed by relatively few securities analysts.
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Tracking Error Risk — The Fund may be subject to tracking error, which is the divergence of the Fund’s performance from that of
the Underlying Index. Tracking error may occur because of differences between the securities and other instruments held in the Fund’s portfolio and those included in the
Underlying Index, pricing differences (including, as applicable, differences between a security’s price at the local market close and the Fund’s valuation of a security at the time of calculation of the Fund’s net asset value), differences in transaction costs, the Fund’s holding of uninvested cash, differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or other distributions, interest, the requirements to maintain pass-through tax treatment, portfolio transactions carried
out to minimize the distribution of capital gains to shareholders, acceptance of custom baskets, changes to the Underlying Index and the cost to the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. These risks
may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions. In addition, tracking error may result because the Fund incurs fees and
expenses, while the Underlying Index does not.
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Asset Class Risk — The securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or in the Fund’s portfolio may underperform in
comparison to the financial markets generally, a particular financial market, another index, or other asset classes.
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Concentration Risk — The Fund reserves the right to concentrate its investments (i.e., invest 25% or more of its total assets in securities
of issuers in a particular industry) to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index concentrates in a particular industry. To the extent the Fund concentrates in a
particular industry, it may be more susceptible to economic conditions and risks affecting that industry.
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Consumer Discretionary Sector Risk — The consumer discretionary sector may be affected by changes in domestic and international economies, exchange and interest rates, supply chains, competition, consumers’
disposable income, consumer preferences, social trends and marketing campaigns.
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Healthcare Sector Risk — The profitability of companies in the healthcare sector may be affected by government regulations and government
healthcare programs, increases or decreases in the cost of medical products and services, an increased emphasis on outpatient services, demand for medical products and services
and product liability claims, among other factors. Many healthcare companies are heavily dependent on patent protection, and the expiration of a company’s patent may adversely affect that company’s profitability. Healthcare companies are subject to competitive forces that may result in price discounting, and may be thinly capitalized and susceptible to
product obsolescence.
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Industrials Sector Risk — Companies in the industrials sector may be adversely affected by changes in the supply of and demand for
products and services, product obsolescence, claims for environmental damage or product liability and changes in general economic conditions, among other factors.
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Issuer Risk — Fund performance depends on the performance of individual
securities to which the Fund has exposure. Changes in the financial condition or credit rating of an issuer of those securities may cause the value of the securities to decline.
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Management Risk — The Fund is not actively managed, and BlackRock generally does not attempt to take defensive positions under
any market conditions, including declining markets. As the Fund will not fully replicate the Underlying Index and may hold securities or other assets not included in the
Underlying Index, it is subject to the risk that the investment strategy of BlackRock may not produce the intended results. There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment results will have a high degree of correlation to those of the Underlying Index or that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
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Market Risk and Selection Risk — Market risk is the risk that one or more markets in which the Fund invests will go down in value, including the
possibility that the markets will go down sharply and unpredictably. The value of a security or other asset may decline due to changes in general market conditions, economic
trends or events that are not specifically related to the issuer of the security or other asset, or factors that affect a particular issuer or issuers, exchange, country, group of countries, region, market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues like pandemics or epidemics, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its
investments. Selection risk is the risk that the securities selected by Fund management will underperform the
markets, the relevant indices or the securities selected by other funds with similar investment objectives and investment strategies. This means you may lose money.
An outbreak of an infectious coronavirus (COVID-19) that was first
detected in December 2019 developed into a global pandemic that has resulted in numerous disruptions in the market and has had significant economic impact leaving general concern and uncertainty. Although vaccines have been developed and approved for use by various
governments, the duration of the pandemic and its effects cannot be predicted with certainty. The impact of this coronavirus, and other epidemics and pandemics that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations,
individual companies and the market in general ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time.
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Passive Investment Risk — Because BlackRock does not select individual companies in the index that the Fund tracks, the Fund may hold securities of companies that present risks that an investment adviser researching individual
securities might seek to avoid.
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Risk of Investing in the United States — Certain changes in the U.S. economy, such as when the U.S. economy weakens or when its financial markets decline, may have an adverse effect on the securities to which the Fund has
exposure.
Performance Information
The information shows you how the performance of the Fund has varied since inception
and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The table compares the Fund’s performance to that of the Russell 3000® Index and the
Russell 2500™ Index. The Russell 2500TM Index is relevant to the Fund
because it has characteristics similar to the Fund’s investment strategy. To the extent that dividends and distributions have been paid by the Fund, the
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performance information for the Fund in the
chart and table assumes reinvestment of the dividends and distributions. As with all such investments, past performance (before and after taxes) is not an indication of future
results. The table includes all applicable fees. If BlackRock and its affiliates had not waived or reimbursed certain Fund expenses during these periods, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Updated information on the Fund’s performance, including its current net asset value, can be obtained by visiting www.blackrock.com or can be obtained by phone at (800)
882-0052.
Class K Shares
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
iShares Russell Small/Mid-Cap Index Fund
As of 12/31
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
iShares Russell Small/Mid-Cap Index Fund
As of 12/31
During the periods shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was 27.32%
(quarter ended December 31, 2020) and the lowest return for a quarter was -29.47% (quarter ended March 31, 2020). The year-to-date return as of September 30, 2024 was 11.38%.
| For the periods ended 12/31/23
Average Annual Total Returns |
1 Year |
5 Years |
Since Inception
(August 13, 2015) |
| iShares Russell Small/Mid-Cap Index Fund — Class K Shares |
|
|
|
| Return Before Taxes |
17.19 % |
11.65 % |
8.78 % |
| Return After Taxes on Distributions |
16.70 % |
10.49 % |
7.74 % |
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
10.37 % |
9.02 % |
6.77 % |
| Russell 3000® Index1 (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
25.96 % |
15.16 % |
11.90 % |
| Russell 2500™ Index
(Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
17.42 % |
11.67 % |
8.77 % |
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The
Fund has added this broad-based index in response to new regulatory requirements.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may
differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Investment Manager
The Fund’s investment manager is BlackRock Advisors, LLC (previously defined as
“BlackRock”). The Fund’s sub-adviser is BlackRock Fund Advisors (the “Sub-Adviser”). Where applicable, “BlackRock” refers also to the Sub-Adviser.
Portfolio Managers
| Portfolio Manager |
Portfolio Manager of the Fund Since |
Title |
| Paul Whitehead |
2022 |
Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. |
| Jennifer Hsui, CFA |
2016 |
Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. |
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Purchase
and Sale of Fund Shares
Class K Shares of the Fund are available only to (i) certain employee benefit plans,
such as health savings accounts, and certain employer-sponsored retirement plans (not including SEP IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs and SARSEPs) (collectively, “Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans”), (ii) collective trust funds, investment companies and other pooled
investment vehicles, each of which may purchase shares of the Fund through a Financial Intermediary (as defined below) that has entered into an agreement with the Fund’s distributor to purchase such shares, (iii) “Institutional Investors,” which include, but are not limited to, endowments, foundations, family offices, banks and bank trusts,
local, city, and state governmental institutions, corporations and insurance company separate accounts, each of which may purchase shares of the Fund through a Financial Intermediary that has entered into an agreement with the Fund’s
distributor to purchase such shares, (iv) clients of private banks that purchase shares of the Fund through a Financial Intermediary that has entered into an agreement with the Fund’s distributor to sell such shares; (v) fee-based advisory platforms of a Financial Intermediary that (a) has specifically acknowledged in a written agreement with the Fund’s
distributor and/or its affiliate(s) that the Financial Intermediary shall offer such shares to fee-based advisory clients through an omnibus account held at the Fund or (b) transacts in the Fund’s shares through another intermediary that
has executed such an agreement and (vi) any other investors who met the eligibility criteria for BlackRock Shares or Class K Shares prior to August 15, 2016 and have continually held Class K Shares of the Fund in the same account since
August 15, 2016.
You may purchase or redeem shares of the Fund each
day the New York Stock Exchange is open. Purchase orders may also be placed by calling (800)
537-4942, by mail (c/o BlackRock, P.O. Box 534429, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15253-4429), or online at
www.blackrock.com. Institutional Investors are subject to a $5 million minimum initial investment requirement. Other investors, including Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans,
have no minimum initial investment requirement. There is no minimum investment amount for additional purchases.
Tax Information
Different income tax rules apply depending on whether you are invested through a
qualified tax-exempt plan described in section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. If you are invested through such a plan (and Fund shares are not “debt-financed property” to the plan), then the dividends paid by the Fund and the gain realized from a redemption or exchange of Fund shares will generally not be subject to U.S. federal income taxes until you
withdraw or receive distributions from the plan. If you are not invested through such a plan, then the Fund’s dividends and gain from a redemption or exchange may be subject to U.S. federal income taxes and may be taxed as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are a tax-exempt investor.
Payments to Broker/Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a financial professional or selected
securities dealer, broker, investment adviser, service provider or industry professional (including BlackRock and its affiliates) (each a “Financial Intermediary”), the Fund and BlackRock Investments, LLC, the Fund’s distributor, or its affiliates may pay the Financial
Intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the Financial Intermediary and your individual financial professional to recommend the Fund over another
investment.
Class K Shares are only available through a Financial Intermediary if the Financial Intermediary will not receive from
Fund assets, or the Fund’s distributor’s or an affiliate’s resources, any commission payments, shareholder servicing fees (including sub-transfer agent and networking fees), or distribution fees (including Rule 12b-1 fees) with respect to
assets invested in Class K Shares.
Ask your individual financial professional or visit your Financial Intermediary’s
website for more information.
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