Certification of No Change in Definitive Materials. (497j)
27 Dicembre 2012 - 7:44PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
December 27, 2012
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
RE: BlackRock Global Long/Short Equity Fund, a series
of BlackRock Funds
SM
Post-Effective Amendment No. 257 to the Registration
Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 33-26305, Investment Company
Act File No. 811-05742)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), BlackRock Funds
SM
, on behalf of its series BlackRock Global Long/Short
Equity Fund (the “Fund”), hereby certifies that:
(1) the form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the 1933 Act would not have differed from that contained in
Post Effective Amendment No. 257 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of the Registrant with respect to the Fund; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 257 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A of the Registrant with respect to the Fund was filed electronically with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 19, 2012.
Sincerely,
BlackRock Funds
SM
/s/ Benjamin Archibald
Benjamin Archibald
Secretary of the Registrant