BlackRock, Inc. Fourth Quarter 2003 Earnings Release and Teleconference Call Date.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 31, 2003

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) will report results for the fourth quarter of 2003 prior to market open on Wednesday, January 21, 2004. A teleconference call for investors and analysts will be held at 9:00 a.m. (eastern time) on January 21, 2004. Chairman and CEO, Laurence D. Fink, and CFO, Paul L. Audet, will host the call. BlackRock's fourth quarter earnings release will be available on the "News" section of BlackRock's website (www.blackrock.com) prior to the beginning of the conference call.

If you are interested in participating in the teleconference, please dial [phone] (domestic) or [phone] (international) at 9:00 a.m. (eastern time) and reference the BlackRock Conference Call. The teleconference will commence promptly at 9:00 a.m. Please note that the teleconference will be available for re-play beginning at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 and ending at midnight on Wednesday, January 28, 2004. To access the replay, please dial [phone] (domestic) or [phone] (international) and enter the Conference ID Number 4770641.

The conference call and earnings release may include forward-looking information, which is subject to the cautionary statements included therein and in the earnings release, and may include a discussion of non-GAAP financial measure items, which, to the extent not so qualified therein, is qualified by GAAP reconciliation information included in the earnings release or otherwise available on BlackRock's website under "Investor Relations."