Edgar Filing: FINK LAURENCE

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

FINK LAURENCE

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BlackRock Inc. [BLK]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Chairman and CEO

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

BLACKROCK, INC., 55 EAST 52ND STREET

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/31/2018

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10055

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Shares Of Common Stock (par Value $0.01 Per Share)	01/31/2018		A		38,165 ⁽¹⁾	A	$ 0	1,107,445.28 ⁽²⁾	D
Shares Of Common Stock (par Value $0.01 Per Share)	01/31/2018		F		39,471 ⁽³⁾	D	$ 562.29	1,067,974.28 ⁽²⁾	D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
FINK LAURENCE BLACKROCK, INC. 55 EAST 52ND STREET NEW YORK, NY 10055	X		Chairman and CEO

Signatures

/s/ Daniel R. Waltcher as Attorney-in-Fact for Laurence Fink		02/02/2018
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Reflects a 2015 BlackRock Performance Incentive Plan award value of $11,984,722 (converted to 34,854 Restricted Stock Units by dividing the award value by $343.855, which was the average of the high and low price per share of Common Stock on January 16, 2015). The award was disclosed in the table on page 35 of BlackRock's 2015 Proxy Statement in the column headed "Long-Term Incentive Award (BPIP)". As outlined in BlackRock's 2015 Proxy Statement, the award was subject to adjustment based on certain performance metrics approved by the Management Development and Compensation Committee at the time of the award. Based on the Company's performance, the Restricted Stock Units vesting represent 109.5% of original award.
(2)	Includes Common Stock, Restricted Stock that will vest over a period of 1 to 3 years and Restricted Stock Units that will vest in whole or in part only on the satisfaction of one or more previously-disclosed Common Stock price targets. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units are payable solely by delivery of an equal number of shares of Common Stock.
(3)	Represents the withholding by BlackRock of common stock to satisfy tax obligation on the vesting of the reporting person's awards granted under the Second Amended and Restated BlackRock, Inc. 1999 Stock Award and Incentive Plan.

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