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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Kushel J. Richard
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BlackRock Inc. [BLK] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Senior Managing Director
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
BLACKROCK, INC., 55 EAST 52ND STREET		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/15/2016
(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)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Shares Of Common Stock (par Value $0.01 Per Share) 04/15/2016   M   8,000 A $ 167.76 154,840 (1) D  
Shares Of Common Stock (par Value $0.01 Per Share) 04/15/2016   S   6,086 D $ 356.9018 (2) 148,754 (1) D  
Shares Of Common Stock (par Value $0.01 Per Share)               1,000 I By Family Trust
Shares Of Common Stock (par Value $0.01 Per Share)               1,000 I By Family Trust
Shares Of Common Stock (par Value $0.01 Per Share)               45,000 I By The Kushel Family 2011 Dynasty Trust

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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 V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 167.76 04/15/2016   M     8,000 09/29/2011 01/31/2017 Common Stock 8,000 (3) $ 0 16,007 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Kushel J. Richard
BLACKROCK, INC.
55 EAST 52ND STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10055		       Senior Managing Director  

Signatures

 /s/ Daniel R. Waltcher as Attorney-in-Fact for J. Richard Kushel   04/19/2016
**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) Includes Common Stock, Restricted Stock Units 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. Each Restricted Stock Unit is payable solely by delivery of an equal number of shares of Common Stock.
(2) This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $356.34 to $357.28. The price reported represents the weighted average sale price of these trades. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the shares sold at each separate price.
(3) Relates to a portion of a long-term plan option award of 28,007 options granted on 1/31/07 with an expiration date of 1/31/17.

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