# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001738074
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-245069
**Filing Date:** 2025-10
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-245069.hdr.sgml**: 20251021

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-245069

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251021

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251021

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20251021

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** BlackRock Funds IV
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001738074

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-224373
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251407015

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY
- **CITY:** WILMINGTON
- **STATE:** DE
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- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 800-441-7762

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund (Series ID: S000062369)

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|  |  |
|:---|:---|
| Class Name           | Class ID   |
| Investor A Shares    | C000202321 |
| Investor C Shares    | C000202322 |
| Institutional Shares | C000202323 |
| Class K              | C000222461 |

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund (Series ID: S000062369)

| Class ID   | Class Name           | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000202321 | Investor A Shares    |  |
| C000202322 | Investor C Shares    |  |
| C000202323 | Institutional Shares |  |
| C000222461 | Class K              |  |

**BLACKROCK FUNDS IV** 

**BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund** 

**(the "Fund")** 

Supplement dated October 21, 2025, to the Statement of Additional Information dated

April 30, 2025, as amended to date

**Effective immediately, the following changes are made to the Fund's Statement of Additional Information ("SAI"):**

**The section entitled "I. Investment Objective and Policies" is amended to add the following:** 

The Fund's primary vehicle for gaining exposure to the commodities markets is expected to be through investments in the BlackRock Cayman Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund, Ltd. (the "Subsidiary"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fund formed in the Cayman Islands, which invests primarily in commodity-related instruments. The Subsidiary may also hold cash and invest in other instruments, including fixed income securities, either as investments or to serve as margin or collateral for the Subsidiary's derivative positions.

*Investments in the Subsidiary.* The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the shares of its wholly-owned and controlled Subsidiary. Investments in the Subsidiary are expected to provide the Fund with exposure to the commodity markets within the limitations of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and recent Internal Revenue Service revenue rulings, as discussed below. The Subsidiary is advised by the Manager. The Subsidiary (unlike the Fund) may invest without limitation in commodity-related instruments. However, the Subsidiary is otherwise subject to the same fundamental, non-fundamental and certain other investment restrictions as the Fund, including the timing and method of the valuation of the Subsidiary's portfolio investments and shares of the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary is managed pursuant to compliance policies and procedures that are the same, in all material respects, as the policies and procedures adopted by the Fund. The Subsidiary is a company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and is overseen by its own board of directors, which is comprised of John M. Perlowski, a Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Fund, and Trent Walker, Chief Financial Officer of the Fund. The Fund is the sole shareholder of the Subsidiary, and shares of the Subsidiary will not be sold or offered to other investors.

The Subsidiary invests primarily in commodity-related instruments. Although the Fund may invest in these commodity-related instruments directly, the Fund will likely gain exposure to these commodity-related instruments indirectly by investing in the Subsidiary. To the extent that BlackRock believes that these commodity-related instruments provide suitable exposure to the commodities market, the Fund's investment in the Subsidiary will likely increase. The Subsidiary may also hold cash and invest in other instruments, including fixed income securities, either as investments or to serve as margin or collateral for the Subsidiary's derivative positions.

The Manager manages the assets of the Subsidiary pursuant to a separate investment management agreement (the "Subsidiary Management Agreement"), but receives no additional compensation for doing so. The Manager has entered into sub-advisory agreements with BlackRock International Limited and BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited with respect to the Subsidiary. BlackRock also provides certain administrative services for the Subsidiary, but receives no additional compensation for doing so. The Subsidiary will also enter into separate contracts for the provision of custody, accounting agent and audit services with the same or with affiliates of the same service providers that provide those services to the Fund.

The financial statements of the Subsidiary will be consolidated with the Fund's financial statements in the Fund's annual and semi-annual reports. The Fund's Annual and Semi-Annual Financial Statements and Additional Information are filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR and are provided without charge upon request as indicated on the front cover of this SAI.

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The Subsidiary is not registered under the Investment Company Act, and, unless otherwise noted in the Fund's prospectus or this SAI, is not subject to all the investor protections of the Investment Company Act. However, the Fund wholly owns and controls the Subsidiary, and the Fund and the Subsidiary are both managed by BlackRock, making it unlikely that the Subsidiary will take action contrary to the interests of the Fund and its shareholders. The Fund's Board of Trustees has oversight responsibility for the investment activities of the Fund, including the Fund's investment in the Subsidiary, and the Fund's role as sole shareholder of the Subsidiary. As noted above, the Subsidiary will be subject to the same investment restrictions and limitations as the Fund.

The Subsidiary is managed pursuant to compliance policies and procedures that are the same, in all material respects, as the policies and procedures adopted by the Fund. In addition, changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands could result in the inability of the Fund, the Fund and/or the Subsidiary to operate as described in the Fund's prospectus and this SAI and could adversely affect the Fund. For example, the Cayman Islands does not currently impose any income, corporate or capital gains tax, estate duty, inheritance tax, gift tax or withholding tax on the Subsidiary. If Cayman Islands law changes such that the Subsidiary must pay Cayman Islands taxes, Fund shareholders would likely suffer decreased investment returns.

The Fund, as a "regulated investment company" under the tax rules, is required to realize at least 90 percent of its annual gross income from investment-related sources, specifically from dividends, interest, proceeds from securities lending, gains from the sales of stocks, securities and foreign currencies, other income (including, but not limited to, gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities or currencies, or certain types of publicly traded partnerships (referred to as qualifying income). The Fund, through its investment in the Fund, invests in commodity-related instruments indirectly through the Subsidiary because direct investments by a regulated investment company in commodity-related instruments generally do not, under published IRS rulings, produce qualifying income. The Fund expects its income with respect to the Subsidiary to be qualifying income. However, in the future, if the IRS issues regulations or other guidance, or Congress enacts legislation limiting the circumstances in which the Fund's income with respect to the Subsidiary will be considered "qualifying income," the Fund might be required to make changes to its operations, which may reduce the Fund's ability to gain investment exposure to commodities. Fund shareholders may also experience adverse tax consequences in such circumstances.

The Subsidiary will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax. It will, however, be considered a controlled foreign corporation, and the Fund will be required to include as income annually amounts earned by the Subsidiary during that year, whether or not the Subsidiary distributes such amounts to the Fund. (Previously taxed income will not, however, be taxable again when distributed.) Furthermore, the requirement for the Fund to distribute net investment income, if any, and net realized capital gain, if any, at least annually, will apply to such Subsidiary income, whether or not the Subsidiary makes a distribution to the Fund during the taxable year. If the Subsidiary incurs net losses in any year, such losses will not offset the Fund's income or gains nor carryforward to future years.

**The section entitled "II. Investment Restrictions" is amended to add the following:** 

The Subsidiary will follow the Fund's fundamental and non-fundamental investment restrictions, described above, with respect to its investments.

**The fifth paragraph in the section entitled "IV. Management, Advisory and Other Service Arrangements — Fees and Expenses of the Fund" is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:** 

BlackRock has entered into sub-advisory agreements with each of BlackRock International Limited ("BIL") and BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited ("BAMNAL"), pursuant to which BlackRock pays

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each of BIL and BAMNAL for providing services to BlackRock with respect to that portion of the Fund for which BIL and BAMNAL, respectively, acts as sub-adviser a monthly fee at an annual rate equal to a percentage of the management fee paid to BlackRock under the Management Agreement.

**The section entitled "IV. Management, Advisory and Other Service Arrangements" is amended to add the following:** 

**Organization and Management of Wholly-Owned Subsidiary** 

The Fund intends to gain exposure to commodity markets by investing up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary invests primarily in commodity-related instruments.

The Subsidiary is a company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, whose registered office is located at the offices of Maples Corporate Services Limited, P.O. Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman KYI-1104, Cayman Islands. The Subsidiary's affairs are overseen by a board of directors, which is comprised of John M. Perlowski and Trent Walker.

The Manager provides investment management and administrative services to the Subsidiary. The Manager does not receive separate compensation from the Subsidiary for providing it with investment advisory or administrative services. However, the Fund pays the Manager based on the Fund's assets Portfolio's assets, respectively, including the assets invested in the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary entered into contracts for the provision of custody, accounting agent and audit services with the same service providers that provide those services to the Fund.

The Subsidiary is managed pursuant to compliance policies and procedures that are the same, in all material respects, as the policies and procedures adopted by the Fund. As a result, the Manager, in managing the Subsidiary's portfolio, is subject to the same investment policies and restrictions that apply to the management of the Fund, and, in particular, to the requirements relating to portfolio leverage, liquidity, brokerage, and the timing and method of the valuation of the Subsidiary's portfolio investments and shares of the Subsidiary. These policies and restrictions are described elsewhere in detail in this SAI. The Fund and the Subsidiary test for compliance with certain investment restrictions on a consolidated basis.

**The section entitled "VI. Computation of Offering Price Per Share" is amended to add the following:** 

The Subsidiary is subject to the same valuation policies as the Fund as described in "Pricing of Shares" in Part II of this SAI. The Fund's investment in the Subsidiary is valued based on the value of the Subsidiary's portfolio investments. The Subsidiary prices its portfolio investments pursuant to the same pricing and valuation methodologies and procedures used by the Fund, which require, among other things, that each of the Subsidiary's portfolio investments be marked-to-market (that is, the value on the Subsidiary's books changes) each business day to reflect changes in the market value of the investment.

**The section entitled "VII. Portfolio Transactions and Brokerage" is amended to add the following:** 

The Subsidiary follows the same brokerage practices as the Fund.

**Shareholders should retain this Supplement for future reference.** 

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