NYSE, BLK - Blackrock Inc
BlackRock, Inc. (?BlackRock? or the ?Company?) is one of the largest publicly
traded investment management firms in the United States with $1.357 trillion of
assets under management (?AUM?) at December 31, 2007. BlackRock manages assets
on behalf of institutional and individual investors worldwide through a variety
of fixed income, cash management, equity and balanced and alternative investment
separate accounts and funds. In addition, BlackRock provides risk management,
investment system outsourcing and financial advisory services globally to
institutional investors.
BlackRock is independent in ownership and governance, with no single majority
stockholder and a majority of directors are independent. At December 31, 2007,
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (?Merrill Lynch?) owned approximately 45.1% of the
Company?s voting common stock and approximately 49.0% of the Company?s capital
stock on a fully diluted basis. The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. ...
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