UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 24, 2012 (March 10, 2011)
 
BlackRock, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
DELAWARE
  
001-33099
  
32-0174431
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  
(Commission
File Number)
  
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York
  
10055
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (212) 810-5300

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
[  ]           Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[  ]           Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[  ]           Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[  ]           Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 
 
 
Explanatory Note
 
This Form 8-K/A is being filed by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) to amend its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2011 (the “Original Form 8-K”) to include certain previously omitted schedules and exhibits to the Five-Year Revolving Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of March 10, 2011, by and among BlackRock, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, swingline lender, issuing lender, L/C agent and a lender, and the banks and other financial institutions referred to therein, that was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Original Form 8-K.  No other changes to the Original Form 8-K have been made hereby.
 
On March 30, 2012, BlackRock entered into an amendment to the Credit Agreement to increase the amount of the aggregate commitment size to $3.785 billion, among other things, as more fully described in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2012.
 
Item 9.01
  
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     
(d)
  
Exhibits
 

 
Exhibit Number
  
Description
       
 
10.1
  
Five-Year Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2011, by and among BlackRock, Inc., certain of its subsidiaries, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, swingline lender, issuing lender and L/C agent, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Japanese Yen lender, a group of lenders, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Citibank, N.A., as syndication agent and Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as documentation agents.


 
 
 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



 
BlackRock, Inc.
 
(Registrant)
   
   
 
By:
  
/s/ Daniel R. Waltcher
 
Name:
  
Daniel R. Waltcher
 
Title:
  
Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel
 
 
Date: August 24, 2012

 
 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 
Exhibit Number
  
Description
 
10.1
  
Five-Year Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2011, by and among BlackRock, Inc., certain of its subsidiaries, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, swingline lender, issuing lender and L/C agent, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Japanese Yen lender, a group of lenders, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Citibank, N.A., as syndication agent and Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as documentation agents.