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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-154340"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001364742"
company_name: "BlackRock Finance, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T14:18:03.421234+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BlackRock issues $1.25B of 4.750% Notes due 2033 in public offering

## Summary
- Offering of $1.25B aggregate principal amount of 4.750% Notes due 2033 completed on May 25, 2023.
- Notes redeemable at make-whole prior to Feb 25, 2033; thereafter at par plus accrued interest.
- Event of default includes 30-day interest payment failure, 60-day covenant breach, or bankruptcy.
- Indenture requires consent for merger/sale of substantially all assets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-154340
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001364742
- company_name: BlackRock Finance, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364742/000119312523154340/0001193125-23-154340-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364742/000119312523154340/d466345d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-154340
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-154340.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-154340.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  BlackRock Finance, Inc. incurred senior notes of $1,250,000,000 with The Bank of New York Mellon at 4.750% maturing 2033.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $1,250,000,000
  - Counterparty: The Bank of New York Mellon
  - Rate: 4.750%
  - Maturity: 2033
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On May 25, 2023, BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock” or the “Company”) completed its underwritten public offering of $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.750% Notes due 2033 (the “Notes”) pursuant to BlackRock’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-255156).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364742/000119312523154340/0001193125-23-154340-index.htm

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