BlackRock : 2022 Virtual Annual Meeting

2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Time: 8:00 a.m. EDT

Virtual Meeting Location:www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/BLK2022

Your vote is important. Please vote as soon as possible even if you plan to attend the virtual 2022 Annual Meeting. The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials and the 2022 Proxy Statement contain instructions on how you can vote your shares over the internet, by telephone or by mail.

Attending the 2022 Annual Meeting: To attend the 2022 Annual Meeting, visit www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/BLK2022. You will be asked to enter the control number in the box

marked by the arrow found on your proxy card, voting instruction form or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials.

Technology Support for the 2022 Annual Meeting: We encourage you to access the Annual Meeting before it begins. You may login approximately fifteen minutes before the meeting start time. If you have difficulty accessing the Annual Meeting, please contact the technical support number that will be posted at

www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/BLK2022. Technicians will be available to assist you.

Proxy Materials

BlackRock, Inc. 2022 Proxy Statement

BlackRock, Inc. 2021 Annual Report

On April 14, 2022, we began mailing a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials to our shareholders that held shares as of March 28, 2022containing instructions on how to access our 2022 Proxy Statement and 2021 Annual Report and vote online. If after reviewing the above Proxy Materials, you would like to:

1. Vote your shares prior to the 2022 Annual Meeting, you may do so via the internet atwww.proxyvote.com. You will need to provide the control number in the box marked by the arrow found on your proxy card, voting instruction form or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials.
2. Request a paper copy of the Proxy Materials, you may do so via:
3. 1. Internet atwww.proxyvote.com;
   2. Telephone at 1-800-579-1639; or
   3. Email [e-mail].

You will need to provide your control number in the box marked by the arrow found on your proxy card, voting instruction form or Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. If requesting materials by e-mail, please send a blank e-mail with your control number in the subject line. Requests, instructions and other inquiries sent to this e-mail address will NOT be forwarded to your investment advisor.

Please make your request for printed copies on or before May 11, 2022 in order to facilitate timely delivery.

Submitting questions for the 2022 Annual Meeting: We have determined to enhance shareholder access, participation and communication by providing shareholders the ability to submit questions in advance of and during the meeting. For instructions on how to submit questions for the meeting, please refer to "Questions

and Answers About the Annual Meeting and Voting" in our 2022 Proxy Statement.

For questions, please contact Investor Relations at [phone] or via email at [e-mail].