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BlackRock Merrill Lynch Investment Managers is rebranding

BlackRock Merrill Lynch Investment Managers is rebranding as BlackRock. This is to create a globally unified brand in both its retail and distribution businesses.

What’s changing?

All references to BlackRock Merrill Lynch or BlackRock Merrill Lynch Investment Managers are being replaced with BlackRock.

The names of our funds externally managed by BlackRock are also changing. Take a look at the table below for more details.

Existing fund name	New fund name
SE Merrill Lynch Balanced Managed	SE BlackRock Balanced Managed
SE Merrill Lynch Gold & General	SE BlackRock Gold & General
SE Merrill Lynch Olympian Growth	SE BlackRock Olympian Growth
SE Merrill Lynch UK	SE BlackRock UK
SE Merrill Lynch UK Smaller Companies	SE BlackRock UK Smaller Companies
SE Merrill Lynch UK Special Situations	SE BlackRock UK Special Situations
SE Merrill Lynch US Dynamic	SE BlackRock US Dynamic

No other changes are being made to the funds and you don’t need to do anything – we just wanted to keep you informed.