UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-07171
Name of Fund: | | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. |
Fund Address: | | 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809 |
Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 441-7762
Date of fiscal year end: 06/30/2022
Date of reporting period: 12/31/2021
Item 1 – Reports to Stockholders
(a) The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.
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| | DECEMBER 31, 2021 |
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| | 2021 Semi-Annual Report (Unaudited) |
BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.
BlackRock EuroFund
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| | Not FDIC Insured • May Lose Value • No Bank Guarantee | | |
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The Markets in Review
Dear Shareholder,
The 12-month reporting period as of December 31, 2021 saw a continuation of the resurgent growth that followed the initial coronavirus (or “COVID-19”) pandemic reopening, albeit at a slower pace. The global economy weathered the emergence of several variant strains and the resulting peaks and troughs in infections amid optimism that increasing vaccinations and economic adaptation could help contain the pandemic’s disruptions. Continued growth meant that the U.S. economy regained and then surpassed its pre-pandemic output. However, a rapid rebound in consumer spending pushed up against supply constraints and led to elevated inflation.
Equity prices rose with the broader economy, as the implementation of mass vaccination campaigns and passage of an additional fiscal stimulus package and infrastructure bill further boosted stocks. In the United States, both large- and small-capitalization stocks posted a strong advance, and many equity indices neared or surpassed all-time highs late in the reporting period. International equities from developed markets also gained, although emerging market stocks declined, pressured by a strengthening U.S. dollar.
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) rose during the reporting period as the economy expanded rapidly and inflation reached its highest annualized reading in decades. In the corporate bond market, support from the U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) assuaged credit concerns and led to solid returns for high-yield corporate bonds, outpacing investment-grade corporate bonds, which declined.
The Fed maintained accommodative monetary policy during the reporting period by maintaining near-zero interest rates and by asserting that inflation could exceed its 2% target for a sustained period without triggering a rate increase. However, the Fed’s tone shifted late in the year, as it reduced its bond-buying program and used its market guidance to raise the prospect of higher rates in 2022.
Looking ahead, we believe that the global expansion will continue to broaden as Europe and other developed market economies gain momentum, although the Delta and Omicron variants of the coronavirus remain a threat, particularly in emerging markets. While we expect inflation to abate somewhat as supply bottlenecks are resolved, we anticipate that inflation will remain higher than the pre-COVID norm. The Fed is poised to raise interest rates next year in response, but the Fed’s policy shift means that tightening is likely to be less aggressive than what we’ve seen in previous cycles.
In this environment, we favor an overweight to equities, as we believe low interest rates and continued economic growth will support further gains, albeit likely more modest than what we saw in 2021. Sectors that are better poised to manage the transition to a lower-carbon world, such as technology and health care, are particularly attractive in the long term. U.S. and other developed-market equities have room for further growth, while we believe Chinese equities stand to gain from a more accommodative monetary and fiscal environment as the Chinese economy slows. We are underweight long-term credit, but inflation-protected U.S. Treasuries, Asian fixed income, and emerging market local-currency bonds offer potential opportunities. We believe that international diversification and a focus on sustainability can help provide portfolio resilience, and the disruption created by the coronavirus appears to be accelerating the shift toward sustainable investments.
In this environment, our view is that investors need to think globally, extend their scope across a broad array of asset classes, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit blackrock.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.
Sincerely,
Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC
Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC
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Total Returns as of December 31, 2021 |
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| | 6-Month | | 12-Month |
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U.S. large cap equities (S&P 500® Index) | | 11.67% | | 28.71% |
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U.S. small cap equities (Russell 2000® Index) | | (2.31) | | 14.82 |
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International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index) | | 2.24 | | 11.26 |
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Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index) | | (9.30) | | (2.54) |
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3-month Treasury bills (ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index) | | 0.02 | | 0.05 |
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U.S. Treasury securities (ICE BofA 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index) | | 0.44 | | (3.68) |
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U.S. investment grade bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) | | 0.06 | | (1.54) |
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Tax-exempt municipal bonds (S&P Municipal Bond Index) | | 0.52 | | 1.77 |
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U.S. high yield bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index) | | 1.59 | | 5.26 |
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Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
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Table of Contents
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Fund Summary as of December 31, 2021 | | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. |
Investment Objective
BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation.
Portfolio Management Commentary
How did the Fund perform?
For the six-month period ended December 31, 2021, the Fund underperformed its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index.
What factors influenced performance?
The Fund struggled against a highly changeable backdrop during the period. Initially investor preference for value styles was driven by a continuation of the strong reflationary market tone from broad economic reopening in 2021. However, a surprisingly hawkish pivot from the Fed in June 2021 prompted a rotation back toward secular growth positions. This resurrected 2020 themes, which were further supported by declining bond yields as well as concerns around the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant strain. The pro-growth theme persisted until another sharp rotation in September 2021 to value, which was also instigated by a more hawkish Fed. The announcement of the expected tapering of Fed bond purchases resulted in a sharp spike in bond yields supporting cyclical exposures. This was compounded by the simultaneous sharp rise in commodities prices that put further pressure on inflation. Ultimately, investor attention remained on sustained robust company earnings with market dips viewed as buying opportunities. The focus was also on inflation as the Consumer Price Index reached its highest level since 1982, which led to a rotation at period end back to value styles.
Unsurprisingly, the inflection points during the period proved challenging to performance with noted weakness led by both quality and value fundamental insights, as well as macro thematic insights. Within fundamentals, valuation-based measures came under pressure beginning in June 2021 through the summer as the market rotated toward a growth preference.
Quality measures also weighed on performance as insights related to environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors ran against the strong commodities price inflation during the period. Specifically, this was observed across environmental transition measures that look toward “green” patent filings as well as companies that stand to benefit from the European Union’s green stimulus package. Elsewhere, luxury goods companies, which were favored quality long positions, sharply declined in the back half of the period. These stocks proved overly sensitive to regulatory uncertainty from China and the resulting concerns for Chinese consumption. Notably, a measure that penalizes companies that pay lower levels of taxes versus peers, typically growth-oriented technology stocks, and favors those with higher taxation levels, generally blue chips, also detracted from performance.
Further compounding the challenges, macro thematic positioning broadly failed to keep pace with the speed of market rotation and amid the interest rate volatility. In particular, insights looking to capture the economic recovery reopening trade were wrong-footed. Finally, a measure evaluating technology firms positioned to benefit from rising rates ran against the reemergence of 2020 themes and was a top detractor.
Sentiment-based stock selection insights were broadly additive, helping to offset the broader weakness. Most notably, trend-based sentiment measures correctly captured the evolving market backdrop. Specifically, insights evaluating text analyses of broker reports and company executive commentaries to capture both short-term results and long-term fundamentals performed well. Other faster moving alternative data insights that evaluate online search trends were able to correctly position the portfolio around the shifting market backdrop. The real time nature of these types of measures proved helpful in evaluating the quickly evolving marketplace.
Elsewhere, select macro thematic insights were additive. An insight designed to track company events such as mergers helped the portfolio capture shifts across these company actions and was a top contributor during the period.
Describe recent portfolio activity.
The Fund maintained a balanced allocation of risk across all major return drivers over the period. There were, however, several new signals added within the stock selection group of insights. The Fund built upon its alternative data capabilities by adding an insight that captures brand sentiment around retail names. Additionally, given the dynamism of the current environment, the Fund has instituted enhanced signal constructs to best identify emerging trends, such as sentiment around supply chain disruptions and wage inflation.
Describe portfolio positioning at period end.
At period end, the Fund’s positioning with respect to both geographical and sector allocation was largely neutral. The Fund had slightly underweight allocations to the materials and consumer staples sectors and slight overweights to industrials and information technology. In country and regional terms, the Fund had a slight overweight to Canada and a slight underweight to Japan.
The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.
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Fund Summary as of December 31, 2021 (continued) | | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. |
Performance
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| | Average Annual Total Returns(a)(b) | |
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| | 6-Month Total Returns | | | Without Sales Charge | | | With Sales Charge | | | Without Sales Charge | | | With Sales Charge | | | Without Sales Charge | | | With Sales Charge | |
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Institutional | | | 5.26 | % | | | 17.89 | % | | | N/A | | | | 13.52 | % | | | N/A | | | | 11.92 | % | | | N/A | |
Investor A | | | 5.13 | | | | 17.62 | | | | 11.44 | % | | | 13.21 | | | | 12.00 | % | | | 11.58 | | | | 10.98 | % |
Investor C | | | 4.71 | | | | 16.72 | | | | 15.76 | | | | 12.37 | | | | 12.37 | | | | 10.88 | | | | 10.88 | |
Class K | | | 5.27 | | | | 17.99 | | | | N/A | | | | 13.56 | | | | N/A | | | | 11.95 | | | | N/A | |
Class R | | | 5.02 | | | | 17.36 | | | | N/A | | | | 12.91 | | | | N/A | | | | 11.23 | | | | N/A | |
MSCI All Country World Index(c) | | | 5.55 | | | | 18.54 | | | | N/A | | | | 14.40 | | | | N/A | | | | 11.85 | | | | N/A | |
| (a) | Assuming maximum sales charges, if any. Average annual total returns with and without sales charges reflect reductions for distribution and service fees. See “About Fund Performance” for a detailed description of share classes, including any related sales charges and fees, and how performance was calculated for certain share classes. | |
| (b) | The Fund primarily intends to invest in equity securities or other financial instruments that are components of, or have characteristics similar to, the securities included in the MSCI All Country World Index. The Fund’s returns prior to October 26, 2017, are the returns of the Fund when it followed a different investment objective and different investment strategies under the name “BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc.” | |
| (c) | An index that captures large- and mid-cap representation across certain developed and emerging markets. | |
N/A — Not applicable as the share class and index do not have a sales charge.
Past performance is not an indication of future results.
Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Expense Example
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(a) | | | | Annualized Expense Ratio |
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Institutional | | | $ 1,000.00 | | | | $ 1,052.60 | | | | $ 3.67 | | | | | | | | $ 1,000.00 | | | | $ 1,021.63 | | | | $ 3.62 | | | | | 0.71% |
Investor A | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,051.30 | | | | 4.96 | | | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,020.37 | | | | 4.89 | | | | | 0.96 |
Investor C | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,047.10 | | | | 8.82 | | | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,016.59 | | | | 8.69 | | | | | 1.71 |
Class K | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,052.70 | | | | 3.41 | | | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,021.88 | | | | 3.36 | | | | | 0.66 |
Class R | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,050.20 | | | | 6.25 | | | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,019.11 | | | | 6.16 | | | | | 1.21 |
| (a) | For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). | |
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Fund Summary as of December 31, 2021 (continued) | | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. |
Portfolio Information
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
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Microsoft Corp. | | 4% |
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Apple, Inc. | | 4 |
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Amazon.com, Inc. | | 2 |
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Johnson & Johnson | | 2 |
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ASML Holding NV | | 2 |
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NVIDIA Corp. | | 1 |
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Alphabet, Inc., Class C | | 1 |
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Tesla, Inc. | | 1 |
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Intuit, Inc. | | 1 |
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AT&T, Inc. | | 1 |
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GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION
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Country/Geographic Region | | Percent of Net Assets |
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United States | | 60% |
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Canada | | 5 |
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Japan | | 4 |
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China | | 4 |
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Germany | | 3 |
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France | | 3 |
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United Kingdom | | 3 |
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Netherlands | | 2 |
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Taiwan | | 2 |
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Finland | | 2 |
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Ireland | | 2 |
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Sweden | | 1 |
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Norway | | 1 |
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Denmark | | 1 |
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Switzerland | | 1 |
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India | | 1 |
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South Korea | | 1 |
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Hong Kong | | 1 |
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Malaysia | | 1 |
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Israel | | 1 |
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Brazil | | 1 |
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Other# | | — |
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Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets | | (—)(a) |
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(a) | Rounds to more than (1)% of net assets. |
# | Includes holdings within countries/geographic regions that are less than 1% of net assets. Please refer to the Schedule of Investments for such countries/geographic regions. |
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Fund Summary as of December 31, 2021 | | BlackRock EuroFund |
Investment Objective
BlackRock EuroFund’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to seek capital appreciation primarily through investment in equities of corporations domiciled in European countries.
Portfolio Management Commentary
How did the Fund perform?
For the six-month period ended December 31, 2021, the Fund outperformed its benchmark, the MSCI EMU Index.
What factors influenced performance?
The Fund’s outperformance was driven by positive effects from both stock selection and sector allocations. Generally speaking, the stocks in the portfolio benefited from robust earnings results.
Positioning in the industrials sector was the largest contributor to returns, led by the chemicals distributor IMCD NV (Netherlands). The company benefited from a supportive environment for distribution businesses given the supply constraints many industries are facing. Investments in Schneider Electric SE (France) and Kingspan Group PLC (Ireland) further helped performance in industrials.
The semiconductor supplier ASML Holding NV (Netherlands), which gained ground due to exceptional demand and a large order backlog, was also among the top contributors. STMicroelectronics NV (France) further aided Fund returns in the semiconductor space. In health care, Merck KGaA (Germany) delivered robust results in its key life sciences and performance materials businesses. Ferrari NV (Italy) was a top contributor in consumer discretionary thanks to strong third quarter 2021 orders and the presentation of a new model that was well received by investors.
On the negative side, the payment provider Worldline SA (France) was the largest detractor. The company was unable to capitalize on the shift from cash to card payments, causing its growth to come in below expectations. The investment adviser sold the stock from the portfolio. Positions in the travel-related companies MTU Aero Engines AG (Germany) and Safran SA (France) also detracted, as the broader industry experienced a sell-off late in the year due to the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Describe recent portfolio activity.
The Fund participated in a number of initial public offerings over the course of the period, including that of the specialty chemical and food ingredients distributor Azelis Holding SA (Belgium). The Fund also added Netherlands-listed Universal Music Group NV (“UMG”), which came to the market following a spin-off from the media giant Vivendi. UMG is the leading music business in the world, with a strong competitive positioning and exposure to the fast-growing streaming business.
The Fund also added Siemens AG (Germany) and increased its weighting in the health care sector by initiating a position in Sartorius AG (Germany). The Dutch payment company Adyen NV and the French semiconductor materials producer Soitec SA were other notable additions in the second half of 2021.
These purchases were funded through sales of Sanofi SA (France), Worldline SA and the travel-related company Amadeus IT Group SA (Spain). In addition, the Fund exited Enel SpA (Italy) in utilities and rotated to Energias de Portugal SA (Portugal) on the belief the latter is well positioned in the renewables business.
Describe portfolio positioning at period end.
The Fund was overweight in the industrials and information technology sectors, and it was underweight financials, consumer staples, utilities, energy, consumer discretionary, materials, real estate, health care and communication services.
The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.
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Fund Summary as of December 31, 2021 (continued) | | BlackRock EuroFund |
Performance
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| | 6-Month Total Returns | | | | | | Without Sales Charge | | | With Sales Charge | | | | | | Without Sales Charge | | | With Sales Charge | | | | | | Without Sales Charge | | | With Sales Charge | |
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Institutional | | | 5.90 | % | | | | | | | 19.53 | % | | | N/A | | | | | | | | 11.89 | % | | | N/A | | | | | | | | 8.88 | % | | | N/A | |
Investor A | | | 5.77 | | | | | | | | 19.30 | | | | 13.04 | % | | | | | | | 11.66 | | | | 10.46 | % | | | | | | | 8.65 | | | | 8.07 | % |
Investor C | | | 5.43 | | | | | | | | 18.37 | | | | 17.37 | | | | | | | | 10.81 | | | | 10.81 | | | | | | | | 7.96 | | | | 7.96 | |
Class K | | | 5.96 | | | | | | | | 19.70 | | | | N/A | | | | | | | | 12.02 | | | | N/A | | | | | | | | 8.95 | | | | N/A | |
Class R | | | 5.48 | | | | | | | | 18.72 | | | | N/A | | | | | | | | 11.12 | | | | N/A | | | | | | | | 8.12 | | | | N/A | |
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MSCI EMU Index(c) | | | 1.62 | | | | | | | | 13.54 | | | | N/A | | | | | | | | 9.94 | | | | N/A | | | | | | | | 8.67 | | | | N/A | |
| (a) | Assuming maximum sales charges, if any. Average annual total returns with and without sales charges reflect reductions for distribution and service fees. See “About Fund Performance” for a detailed description of share classes, including any related sales charges and fees, and how performance was calculated for certain share classes. | |
| (b) | Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities, including common stock and convertible securities, of companies located in Europe. The Fund currently expects that a majority of the Fund’s assets will be invested in equity securities of companies located in countries participating in the European Monetary Union (the ‘‘Eurozone’’). The Fund’s total returns prior to October 23, 2018, are the returns of the Fund when it followed different investment strategies. | |
| (c) | An index that captures large- and mid-cap representation across certain Developed Markets countries in the European Economic and Monetary Union. | |
N/A — Not applicable as the share class and index do not have a sales charge.
Past performance is not an indication of future results.
Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Expense Example
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Institutional | | | $ 1,000.00 | | | | $ 1,059.00 | | | | $ 5.45 | | | | | | | | $ 1,000.00 | | | | $ 1,019.91 | | | | $ 5.35 | | | | 1.05 | % |
Investor A | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,057.70 | | | | 6.69 | | | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,018.70 | | | | 6.56 | | | | 1.29 | |
Investor C | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,054.30 | | | | 10.72 | | | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,014.77 | | | | 10.51 | | | | 2.07 | |
Class K | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,059.60 | | | | 4.93 | | | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,020.42 | | | | 4.84 | | | | 0.95 | |
Class R | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,054.80 | | | | 9.37 | | | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,016.08 | | | | 9.20 | | | | 1.81 | |
| (a) | For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). | |
Portfolio Information
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
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Security | | Percent of Net Assets |
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ASML Holding NV | | 9% |
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LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE | | 7 |
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Schneider Electric SE | | 5 |
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Siemens AG, Registered Shares | | 4 |
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BNP Paribas SA | | 4 |
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IMCD NV | | 3 |
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DSV A/S | | 3 |
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Merck KGaA | | 3 |
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Teleperformance | | 3 |
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Linde PLC | | 2 |
GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION
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Country/Geographic Region | | Percent of Net Assets |
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France | | 32% |
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Netherlands | | 21 |
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Germany | | 18 |
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Italy | | 5 |
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United Kingdom | | 5 |
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Finland | | 5 |
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Switzerland | | 4 |
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Denmark | | 3 |
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Portugal | | 2 |
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Ireland | | 2 |
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Belgium | | 1 |
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Luxembourg | | 1 |
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Europe | | 1 |
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United States | | —(a) |
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Other Assets Less Liabilities | | —(a) |
(a) | Rounds to less than 1% of net assets. | |
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About Fund Performance
Institutional and Class K Shares are not subject to any sales charge. These shares bear no ongoing distribution or service fees and are available only to certain eligible investors. Class K Shares performance shown prior to the Class K Shares inception date of January 25, 2018 is that of Institutional Shares. The performance of each Fund’s Class K Shares would be substantially similar to Institutional Shares because Class K Shares and Institutional Shares invest in the same portfolio of securities and performance would only differ to the extent that Class K Shares and Institutional Shares have different expenses. The actual returns of Class K Shares would have been higher than those of the Institutional Shares because Class K Shares have lower expenses than the Institutional Shares.
Investor A Shares are subject to a maximum initial sales charge (front-end load) of 5.25% and a service fee of 0.25% per year (but no distribution fee). Certain redemptions of these shares may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase. These shares are generally available through financial intermediaries.
Investor C Shares are subject to a 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within one year of purchase. In addition, these shares are subject to a distribution fee of 0.75% per year and a service fee of 0.25% per year. These shares are generally available through financial intermediaries. These shares automatically convert to Investor A Shares after approximately eight years.
Class R Shares are not subject to any sales charge. These shares are subject to a distribution fee of 0.25% per year and a service fee of 0.25% per year. These shares are available only to certain employer-sponsored retirement plans.
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Refer to blackrock.com to obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Figures shown in the performance table(s) assume reinvestment of all distributions, if any, at net asset value (“NAV”) on the ex-dividend date or payable date, as applicable. Investment return and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Distributions paid to each class of shares will vary because of the different levels of service, distribution and transfer agency fees applicable to each class, which are deducted from the income available to be paid to shareholders.
BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), each Fund’s investment adviser, has contractually and/or voluntarily agreed to waive and/or reimburse a portion of each Fund’s expenses. Without such waiver(s) and/or reimbursement(s), each Fund’s performance would have been lower. With respect to each Fund’s voluntary waiver(s), if any, the Manager is under no obligation to waive and/or reimburse or to continue waiving and/or reimbursing its fees and such voluntary waiver(s) may be reduced or discontinued at any time. With respect to each Fund’s contractual waiver(s), if any, the Manager is under no obligation to continue waiving and/or reimbursing its fees after the applicable termination date of such agreement. See the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information on waivers and/or reimbursements.
Disclosure of Expenses
Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (a) transactional expenses, such as sales charges; and (b) operating expenses, including investment advisory fees, service and distribution fees, including 12b-1 fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period (or from the commencement of operations if less than 6 months) and held through the end of the period) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The expense examples provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number corresponding to their Fund and share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”
The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in these Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.
The expenses shown in the expense examples are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect transactional expenses, such as sales charges, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.
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Derivative Financial Instruments
The Funds may invest in various derivative financial instruments. These instruments are used to obtain exposure to a security, commodity, index, market, and/or other assets without owning or taking physical custody of securities, commodities and/or other referenced assets or to manage market, equity, credit, interest rate, foreign currency exchange rate, commodity and/or other risks. Derivative financial instruments may give rise to a form of economic leverage and involve risks, including the imperfect correlation between the value of a derivative financial instrument and the underlying asset, possible default of the counterparty to the transaction or illiquidity of the instrument. The Funds’ successful use of a derivative financial instrument depends on the investment adviser’s ability to predict pertinent market movements accurately, which cannot be assured. The use of these instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may limit the amount of appreciation a Fund can realize on an investment and/or may result in lower distributions paid to shareholders. The Funds’ investments in these instruments, if any, are discussed in detail in the Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) December 31, 2021 | | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Security | | Shares | | | Value | |
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|
Common Stocks | |
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Argentina — 0.0% | |
Globant SA(a) | | | 225 | | | $ | 70,670 | |
| | | | | | | | |
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Australia — 0.4% | |
Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. | | | 7,466 | | | | 236,841 | |
BHP Group Ltd. | | | 2,991 | | | | 90,303 | |
CSL Ltd. | | | 2,591 | | | | 547,997 | |
Iluka Resources Ltd. | | | 19,279 | | | | 142,123 | |
Insignia Financial Ltd. | | | 14,826 | | | | 39,066 | |
Medibank Pvt Ltd. | | | 147,589 | | | | 359,468 | |
Metcash Ltd. | | | 8,431 | | | | 27,577 | |
Perpetual Ltd. | | | 785 | | | | 20,544 | |
REA Group Ltd. | | | 5,645 | | | | 688,360 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 2,152,279 | |
|
Austria — 0.1% | |
ANDRITZ AG | | | 968 | | | | 49,787 | |
BAWAG Group AG(b) | | | 940 | | | | 57,651 | |
Erste Group Bank AG | | | 2,431 | | | | 113,966 | |
Verbund AG | | | 545 | | | | 61,250 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 282,654 | |
|
Belgium — 0.0% | |
D’ieteren Group | | | 104 | | | | 20,274 | |
| | | | | | | | |
|
Brazil — 0.2% | |
Ambev SA | | | 120,209 | | | | 336,372 | |
B3 SA - Brasil Bolsa Balcao | | | 95,640 | | | | 190,456 | |
Banco do Brasil SA | | | 5,894 | | | | 30,462 | |
Cogna Educacao(a) | | | 29,148 | | | | 12,784 | |
CPFL Energia SA | | | 4,636 | | | | 22,331 | |
Embraer SA(a) | | | 13,617 | | | | 60,819 | |
Energisa SA | | | 6,384 | | | | 50,768 | |
Equatorial Energia SA | | | 13,177 | | | | 53,433 | |
Klabin SA | | | 3,440 | | | | 15,819 | |
Locaweb Servicos de Internet SA(a)(b) | | | 11,405 | | | | 26,460 | |
Marfrig Global Foods SA | | | 35,118 | | | | 139,148 | |
Minerva SA | | | 9,765 | | | | 18,604 | |
Porto Seguro SA | | | 9,178 | | | | 34,379 | |
Telefonica Brasil SA | | | 2,130 | | | | 18,491 | |
Ultrapar Participacoes SA | | | 42,365 | | | | 112,330 | |
XP, Inc., Class A(a) | | | 1,535 | | | | 44,116 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 1,166,772 | |
|
Canada — 4.6% | |
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | | | 10,660 | | | | 566,224 | |
Alamos Gold Inc. | | | 2,856 | | | | 21,968 | |
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. | | | 14,388 | | | | 602,841 | |
AltaGas Ltd. | | | 936 | | | | 20,208 | |
ARC Resources Ltd. | | | 7,546 | | | | 68,603 | |
Aritzia Inc.(a) | | | 652 | | | | 26,983 | |
Atco Ltd., Class I | | | 2,156 | | | | 72,779 | |
B2Gold Corp. | | | 8,265 | | | | 32,539 | |
Bank of Montreal | | | 3,937 | | | | 423,875 | |
Barrick Gold Corp. | | | 15,665 | | | | 297,833 | |
BCE, Inc. | | | 10,138 | | | | 527,437 | |
BRP, Inc. | | | 770 | | | | 67,446 | |
Canada Goose Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | 10,902 | | | | 404,028 | |
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT | | | 961 | | | | 45,552 | |
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. | | | 36,885 | | | | 1,558,562 | |
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. | | | 22,262 | | | | 1,601,167 | |
Canadian Utilities Ltd., Class A | | | 3,456 | | | | 100,242 | |
Cargojet, Inc. | | | 136 | | | | 17,909 | |
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Security | | Shares | | | Value | |
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Canada (continued) | | | | | | | | |
CI Financial Corp. | | | 5,214 | | | $ | 108,983 | |
Crescent Point Energy Corp. | | | 196,557 | | | | 1,048,863 | |
Descartes Systems Group Inc. (The)(a) | | | 255 | | | | 21,090 | |
Element Fleet Management Corp. | | | 3,770 | | | | 38,387 | |
Emera, Inc. | | | 3,302 | | | | 165,028 | |
Enbridge, Inc. | | | 8,661 | | | | 338,306 | |
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. | | | 1,431 | | | | 703,921 | |
Finning International, Inc. | | | 559 | | | | 14,088 | |
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust | | | 1,358 | | | | 20,247 | |
FirstService Corp. | | | 3,617 | | | | 710,847 | |
Franco-Nevada Corp. | | | 6,358 | | | | 879,298 | |
George Weston Ltd. | | | 893 | | | | 103,536 | |
GFL Environmental, Inc. | | | 2,898 | | | | 109,579 | |
Gildan Activewear, Inc. | | | 455 | | | | 19,291 | |
Great-West Lifeco, Inc. | | | 24,590 | | | | 737,924 | |
IGM Financial, Inc. | | | 991 | | | | 35,740 | |
Intact Financial Corp. | | | 4,952 | | | | 643,668 | |
Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. | | | 1,707 | | | | 71,535 | |
Manulife Financial Corp. | | | 15,411 | | | | 293,734 | |
MEG Energy Corp.(a) | | | 1,895 | | | | 17,528 | |
NexGen Energy Ltd.(a) | | | 9,354 | | | | 40,967 | |
Onex Corp. | | | 6,904 | | | | 541,863 | |
Open Text Corp. | | | 6,519 | | | | 309,420 | |
Parex Resources, Inc. | | | 2,895 | | | | 49,457 | |
Pretium Resources Inc.(a) | | | 1,748 | | | | 24,625 | |
Royal Bank of Canada | | | 19,971 | | | | 2,119,536 | |
Shopify, Inc., Class A(a) | | | 1,462 | | | | 2,013,005 | |
Stantec, Inc. | | | 3,224 | | | | 181,137 | |
TFI International, Inc. | | | 2,077 | | | | 232,945 | |
Thomson Reuters Corp. | | | 4,510 | | | | 539,332 | |
TMX Group Ltd. | | | 210 | | | | 21,291 | |
Toromont Industries Ltd. | | | 95 | | | | 8,589 | |
Tourmaline Oil Corp. | | | 50,494 | | | | 1,630,242 | |
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. | | | 55,643 | | | | 2,387,685 | |
Whitecap Resources, Inc. | | | 6,083 | | | | 36,019 | |
Yamana Gold, Inc. | | | 17,001 | | | | 71,501 | |
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| | |
| | | | | | | 22,745,403 | |
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China — 3.6% | |
3SBio, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 35,500 | | | | 29,584 | |
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.(a) | | | 35,300 | | | | 518,754 | |
Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., Class A(a) | | | 222,600 | | | | 214,448 | |
Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., Class H(a) | | | 26,000 | | | | 14,326 | |
Angang Steel Co. Ltd., Class H | | | 30,000 | | | | 13,377 | |
Anta Sports Products Ltd. | | | 6,200 | | | | 93,114 | |
Asymchem Laboratories Tianjin Co. Ltd., Class A | | | 200 | | | | 13,685 | |
Autohome, Inc., ADR | | | 482 | | | | 14,209 | |
BAIC Motor Corp. Ltd., Class H(b) | | | 81,000 | | | | 34,794 | |
Baidu, Inc., ADR(a)(c) | | | 9,120 | | | | 1,356,965 | |
Baidu, Inc., Class A(a) | | | 7,800 | | | | 145,477 | |
BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd. | | | 205,500 | | | | 673,938 | |
Brii Biosciences Ltd.(a) | | | 3,500 | | | | 14,767 | |
BYD Co. Ltd., Class A | | | 28,671 | | | | 1,207,460 | |
BYD Co. Ltd., Class H | | | 16,000 | | | | 541,190 | |
China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd., Class H | | | 32,000 | | | | 74,746 | |
China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd., Class H | | | 3,500 | | | | 27,228 | |
China Suntien Green Energy Corp. Ltd. | | | 56,000 | | | | 43,687 | |
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., Class A | | | 12,600 | | | | 1,163,538 | |
COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A(a) | | | 76,900 | | | | 227,017 | |
COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Ltd., Class H(a) | | | 121,000 | | | | 234,614 | |
Country Garden Services Holdings Co. Ltd. | | | 5,000 | | | | 30,020 | |
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. | | | 128,080 | | | | 139,465 | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) December 31, 2021 | | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Security | | Shares | | | Value | |
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China (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Dali Foods Group Co. Ltd.(b) | | | 89,000 | | | $ | 46,568 | |
Dongyue Group Ltd. | | | 17,000 | | | | 26,555 | |
East Money Information Co. Ltd., Class A | | | 16,360 | | | | 95,611 | |
Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., Class A | | | 11,800 | | | | 265,721 | |
Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., Class H(b) | | | 6,200 | | | | 97,628 | |
Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd., Class H | | | 3,500 | | | | 12,024 | |
Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd., Class H | | | 4,000 | | | | 11,523 | |
Guangzhou Tinci Materials Technology Co. Ltd., Class A | | | 3,600 | | | | 64,921 | |
Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network Co. Ltd., Class A | | | 24,000 | | | | 545,737 | |
Huadian Power International Corp. Ltd., Class H | | | 120,000 | | | | 52,336 | |
Imeik Technology Development Co. Ltd. | | | 1,500 | | | | 126,491 | |
Industrial Bank Co. Ltd., Class A | | | 6,172 | | | | 18,481 | |
Innovent Biologics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 2,500 | | | | 15,481 | |
JD Logistics, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 4,900 | | | | 16,644 | |
JD.com, Inc., ADR(a) | | | 616 | | | | 43,163 | |
JiuGui Liquor Co. Ltd. | | | 1,300 | | | | 43,453 | |
JOYY, Inc., ADR | | | 732 | | | | 33,255 | |
KE Holdings, Inc., ADR(a) | | | 4,068 | | | | 81,848 | |
Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd.(a) | | | 10,000 | | | | 30,782 | |
Kuaishou Technology(a)(b) | | | 19,400 | | | | 179,866 | |
Lenovo Group Ltd. | | | 202,000 | | | | 232,156 | |
Li Auto, Inc., ADR(a) | | | 1,167 | | | | 37,461 | |
Li Ning Co. Ltd. | | | 19,500 | | | | 213,916 | |
Logan Group Co. Ltd. | | | 52,000 | | | | 39,746 | |
Meituan, Class B(a)(b) | | | 31,600 | | | | 913,792 | |
Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd., Class H | | | 94,000 | | | | 24,015 | |
NetEase, Inc. | | | 18,710 | | | | 378,290 | |
Pharmaron Beijing Co. Ltd. | | | 700 | | | | 15,555 | |
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd., Class H | | | 74,500 | | | | 536,855 | |
Postal Savings Bank of China Co. Ltd., Class H(b) | | | 179,000 | | | | 125,702 | |
Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co. Ltd., Class A | | | 56,700 | | | | 42,181 | |
Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co. Ltd.(a) | | | 4,470 | | | | 47,094 | |
Shanghai Putailai New Energy Technology Co. Ltd., Class A | | | 700 | | | | 17,684 | |
Shanxi Xinghuacun Fen Wine Factory Co. Ltd., Class A | | | 2,979 | | | | 147,873 | |
Shenzhen Capchem Technology Co. Ltd., Class A | | | 5,030 | | | | 89,389 | |
Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co. Ltd., Class A | | | 16,000 | | | | 172,822 | |
Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co. Ltd., Class A | | | 11,102 | | | | 665,143 | |
Shui On Land Ltd. | | | 75,000 | | | | 10,096 | |
Sinotruk Hong Kong Ltd. | | | 26,000 | | | | 40,031 | |
Sunac China Holdings Ltd. | | | 171,000 | | | | 258,677 | |
Tencent Holdings Ltd. | | | 52,500 | | | | 3,063,433 | |
Uni-President China Holdings Ltd. | | | 42,000 | | | | 40,713 | |
Vipshop Holdings Ltd., ADR(a) | | | 31,130 | | | | 261,492 | |
WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd., Class H(b) | | | 14,616 | | | | 252,540 | |
Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 19,000 | | | | 224,939 | |
Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co. Ltd., Class A | | | 7,200 | | | | 84,188 | |
XPeng, Inc., ADR(a) | | | 9,723 | | | | 489,359 | |
XPeng, Inc., Class A(a) | | | 900 | | | | 21,431 | |
Xtep International Holdings Ltd. | | | 8,500 | | | | 14,180 | |
Yadea Group Holdings Ltd.(b) | | | 64,000 | | | | 124,730 | |
Yunnan Aluminium Co. Ltd., Class A(a) | | | 25,300 | | | | 44,697 | |
Yunnan Energy New Material Co. Ltd., Class A | | | 2,700 | | | | 106,222 | |
Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. Ltd., Class A | | | 10,500 | | | | 182,353 | |
Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd., Class A | | | 168,300 | | | | 257,513 | |
Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd., Class H | | | 112,000 | | | | 133,760 | |
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| | | | | | | 17,944,519 | |
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Security | | Shares | | | Value | |
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Colombia — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Tecnoglass, Inc. | | | 469 | | | $ | 12,283 | |
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Czech Republic — 0.0% | | | | | | |
CEZ A/S | | | 3,514 | | | | 133,005 | |
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Denmark — 1.0% | | | | | | |
AP Moeller - Maersk A/S, Class A | | | 91 | | | | 301,898 | |
AP Moeller - Maersk A/S, Class B | | | 498 | | | | 1,777,518 | |
Coloplast A/S, Class B | | | 1,285 | | | | 226,257 | |
FLSmidth & Co. A/S | | | 558 | | | | 20,859 | |
Genmab A/S(a) | | | 1,074 | | | | 428,690 | |
Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B | | | 17,329 | | | | 1,946,495 | |
Novozymes A/S, B Shares | | | 1,716 | | | | 140,900 | |
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| | | | | | | 4,842,617 | |
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Finland — 1.9% | |
Kone OYJ, Class B | | | 41,412 | | | | 2,971,670 | |
Nokia OYJ(a) | | | 673,343 | | | | 4,264,743 | |
Nordea Bank Abp | | | 191,305 | | | | 2,333,754 | |
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| | | | | | | 9,570,167 | |
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France — 2.7% | |
Air Liquide SA | | | 302 | | | | 52,670 | |
Airbus SE(a) | | | 330 | | | | 42,221 | |
AXA SA | | | 14,502 | | | | 431,627 | |
Engie SA | | | 39,417 | | | | 583,584 | |
Hermes International | | | 905 | | | | 1,581,373 | |
Kering SA | | | 945 | | | | 758,222 | |
Legrand SA | | | 7,861 | | | | 920,688 | |
L’Oreal SA | | | 11,231 | | | | 5,355,083 | |
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE | | | 573 | | | | 473,546 | |
Pernod Ricard SA | | | 3,222 | | | | 775,141 | |
Remy Cointreau SA | | | 142 | | | | 34,516 | |
Rexel SA | | | 34,929 | | | | 707,398 | |
Rubis SCA | | | 5,578 | | | | 166,800 | |
Sanofi | | | 181 | | | | 18,162 | |
Sartorius Stedim Biotech | | | 295 | | | | 162,016 | |
Schneider Electric SE | | | 767 | | | | 150,789 | |
Societe Generale SA | | | 24,709 | | | | 849,216 | |
Sodexo SA(a) | | | 543 | | | | 47,604 | |
SPIE SA | | | 5 | | | | 130 | |
Teleperformance | | | 429 | | | | 191,796 | |
Valeo | | | 8,781 | | | | 264,803 | |
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| | | | | | | 13,567,385 | |
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Germany — 3.2% | |
Allianz SE, Registered Shares | | | 2,204 | | | | 519,832 | |
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG | | | 8,612 | | | | 861,564 | |
Beiersdorf AG | | | 467 | | | | 47,870 | |
Covestro AG(b) | | | 607 | | | | 37,360 | |
Deutsche Post AG, Registered Shares | | | 25,523 | | | | 1,641,659 | |
DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA(b) | | | 361 | | | | 14,558 | |
Evonik Industries AG | | | 9,671 | | | | 312,426 | |
Fielmann AG | | | 1,057 | | | | 70,960 | |
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide(a) | | | 743 | | | | 49,749 | |
Freenet AG | | | 7,649 | | | | 202,148 | |
Gerresheimer AG | | | 177 | | | | 17,018 | |
HelloFresh SE(a) | | | 5,480 | | | | 419,976 | |
HUGO BOSS AG | | | 3,265 | | | | 197,643 | |
Jenoptik AG | | | 4 | | | | 169 | |
K+S AG(a) | | | 1,229 | | | | 21,141 | |
MTU Aero Engines AG | | | 1,053 | | | | 213,805 | |
Rheinmetall AG | | | 1,604 | | | | 150,953 | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) December 31, 2021 | | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Security | | | Shares | | | | Value | |
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Germany (continued) | | | | | | | | |
SAP SE | | | 37,869 | | | $ | 5,329,664 | |
Scout24 AG(b) | | | 3,948 | | | | 275,674 | |
Siemens AG, Registered Shares | | | 28,892 | | | | 5,004,175 | |
Siemens Healthineers AG(b) | | | 1,345 | | | | 100,282 | |
Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG | | | 89,988 | | | | 249,608 | |
TUI AG(a) | | | 7 | | | | 22 | |
Wacker Chemie AG | | | 814 | | | | 121,010 | |
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| | | | | | | 15,859,266 | |
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Greece — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. | | | 1,059 | | | | 24,008 | |
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Hong Kong — 0.6% | | | | | | |
AIA Group Ltd. | | | 157,600 | | | | 1,590,632 | |
ASM Pacific Technology Ltd. | | | 1,400 | | | | 15,129 | |
Hang Seng Bank Ltd. | | | 11,800 | | | | 216,076 | |
Kerry Properties Ltd. | | | 7,500 | | | | 19,533 | |
Link REIT | | | 67,600 | | | | 595,507 | |
Orient Overseas International Ltd. | | | 1,500 | | | | 36,871 | |
Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A | | | 10,000 | | | | 56,880 | |
Swire Properties Ltd. | | | 85,000 | | | | 213,085 | |
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. | | | 20,500 | | | | 408,665 | |
Towngas China Co. Ltd. | | | 27,000 | | | | 23,493 | |
Yuexiu Property Co. Ltd. | | | 23,600 | | | | 20,814 | |
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Hungary — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC | | | 79,938 | | | | 620,414 | |
OTP Bank Nyrt(a) | | | 7,999 | | | | 407,879 | |
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| | | | | | | 1,028,293 | |
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India — 0.8% | | | | | | | | |
Asian Paints Ltd. | | | 8,770 | | | | 398,506 | |
City Union Bank Ltd. | | | 6,503 | | | | 11,756 | |
HDFC Bank Ltd. | | | 30,478 | | | | 603,380 | |
HDFC Life Insurance Co. Ltd.(b) | | | 25,344 | | | | 220,902 | |
Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. | | | 14,725 | | | | 509,472 | |
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd.(b) | | | 8,461 | | | | 63,695 | |
IndusInd Bank Ltd. | | | 5,044 | | | | 60,026 | |
InterGlobe Aviation Ltd.(a)(b) | | | 897 | | | | 24,312 | |
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. | | | 30,714 | | | | 739,311 | |
L&T Finance Holdings Ltd.(a) | | | 21,198 | | | | 22,083 | |
SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd.(b) | | | 22,819 | | | | 365,904 | |
State Bank of India | | | 14,320 | | | | 88,359 | |
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. | | | 7,967 | | | | 399,589 | |
Titan Co. Ltd. | | | 1,474 | | | | 49,864 | |
TVS Motor Co. Ltd. | | | 4,578 | | | | 38,474 | |
Wipro Ltd. | | | 13,413 | | | | 128,528 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 3,724,161 | |
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Ireland — 1.8% | | | | | | | | |
Accenture PLC, Class A | | | 7,759 | | | | 3,216,493 | |
Alkermes PLC(a) | | | 2,094 | | | | 48,706 | |
Allegion plc | | | 1,021 | | | | 135,221 | |
CRH PLC | | | 1,955 | | | | 103,587 | |
Experian PLC | | | 26,341 | | | | 1,297,449 | |
Flutter Entertainment PLC(a) | | | 2,813 | | | | 448,253 | |
Icon PLC(a) | | | 145 | | | | 44,907 | |
James Hardie Industries PLC | | | 15,176 | | | | 610,867 | |
Kingspan Group PLC | | | 3,836 | | | | 457,577 | |
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Medtronic PLC | | | 23,439 | | | $ | 2,424,765 | |
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | | | 1,451 | | | | 163,934 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 8,951,759 | |
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Israel — 0.5% | | | | | | | | |
Bank Hapoalim BM | | | 83,596 | | | | 860,367 | |
Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM | | | 14,601 | | | | 156,610 | |
Israel Discount Bank Ltd., Class A(a) | | | 46,075 | | | | 309,360 | |
Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd. | | | 412 | | | | 15,866 | |
Nice Ltd.(a) | | | 896 | | | | 271,717 | |
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(a) | | | 20,204 | | | | 165,019 | |
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR(a)(c) | | | 105,662 | | | | 846,353 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 2,625,292 | |
| | |
Italy — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Amplifon SpA | | | 356 | | | | 19,156 | |
Banca Mediolanum SpA | | | 7,315 | | | | 72,115 | |
BPER Banca | | | 35,881 | | | | 74,156 | |
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA | | | 108,377 | | | | 279,930 | |
Italgas SpA | | | 3,565 | | | | 24,505 | |
Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA | | | 7,046 | | | | 80,891 | |
Telecom Italia SpA/Milano | | | 349,424 | | | | 171,908 | |
Unipol Gruppo SpA | | | 4,242 | | | | 22,972 | |
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| | |
| | | | | | | 745,633 | |
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Japan — 3.8% | | | | | | | | |
Advantest Corp. | | | 600 | | | | 56,820 | |
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. | | | 5,200 | | | | 158,299 | |
Alps Alpine Co. Ltd. | | | 24,100 | | | | 227,311 | |
Amada Co. Ltd. | | | 37,100 | | | | 367,360 | |
Asahi Kasei Corp. | | | 35,500 | | | | 334,422 | |
BayCurrent Consulting, Inc. | | | 100 | | | | 38,543 | |
Benesse Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,800 | | | | 35,347 | |
Bridgestone Corp. | | | 17,500 | | | | 751,321 | |
Calbee, Inc. | | | 2,300 | | | | 53,407 | |
Canon, Inc. | | | 5,500 | | | | 134,165 | |
Casio Computer Co. Ltd. | | | 1,300 | | | | 16,739 | |
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | | | 3,200 | | | | 104,307 | |
Daifuku Co. Ltd. | | | 800 | | | | 65,420 | |
Daikin Industries Ltd. | | | 2,000 | | | | 453,038 | |
DMG Mori Co. Ltd. | | | 1,600 | | | | 27,528 | |
Ebara Corp. | | | 400 | | | | 22,221 | |
Eisai Co. Ltd. | | | 700 | | | | 39,737 | |
Fuji Media Holdings, Inc. | | | 4,200 | | | | 40,415 | |
FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. | | | 700 | | | | 51,894 | |
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. | | | 1,300 | | | | 36,986 | |
Hoya Corp. | | | 6,300 | | | | 934,868 | |
Inpex Corp. | | | 4,000 | | | | 34,782 | |
Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd. | | | 4,600 | | | | 35,835 | |
Japan Tobacco, Inc. | | | 122,200 | | | | 2,467,455 | |
Kaneka Corp. | | | 600 | | | | 19,700 | |
Kao Corp. | | | 16,300 | | | | 853,701 | |
KDDI Corp. | | | 5,300 | | | | 154,992 | |
Keyence Corp. | | | 1,300 | | | | 817,386 | |
Konica Minolta, Inc. | | | 10,900 | | | | 49,737 | |
Kuraray Co. Ltd. | | | 2,200 | | | | 19,132 | |
Lawson, Inc. | | | 3,000 | | | | 142,348 | |
Lintec Corp. | | | 700 | | | | 16,057 | |
Nikon Corp. | | | 40,300 | | | | 434,119 | |
Nippon Shokubai Co. Ltd. | | | 700 | | | | 32,410 | |
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. | | | 4,800 | | | | 131,272 | |
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS | | 13 |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) December 31, 2021 | | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Japan (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Nippon Television Holdings, Inc. | | | 2,800 | | | $ | 28,411 | |
Nitto Denko Corp. | | | 1,700 | | | | 131,329 | |
Olympus Corp. | | | 12,700 | | | | 292,446 | |
Omron Corp. | | | 2,100 | | | | 209,259 | |
Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd. | | | 41,500 | | | | 2,525,511 | |
Ricoh Co. Ltd. | | | 54,500 | | | | 508,000 | |
Secom Co. Ltd. | | | 400 | | | | 27,795 | |
Seiko Epson Corp. | | | 2,400 | | | | 43,225 | |
Sekisui House Ltd. | | | 4,400 | | | | 94,669 | |
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. | | | 100 | | | | 17,358 | |
SMC Corp. | | | 200 | | | | 135,172 | |
Softbank Corp. | | | 20,700 | | | | 261,453 | |
SoftBank Group Corp. | | | 8,500 | | | | 407,491 | |
Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. | | | 380,000 | | | | 1,792,008 | |
Sumitomo Corp. | | | 23,100 | | | | 341,866 | |
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | | | 3,400 | | | | 116,101 | |
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. | | | 19,500 | | | | 198,903 | |
Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd. | | | 3,300 | | | | 119,503 | |
Sysmex Corp. | | | 300 | | | | 40,494 | |
Teijin Ltd. | | | 11,500 | | | | 141,546 | |
Terumo Corp. | | | 12,700 | | | | 536,456 | |
Tokyo Electron Ltd. | | | 1,900 | | | | 1,093,587 | |
Toshiba Corp. | | | 2,600 | | | | 106,986 | |
Unicharm Corp. | | | 5,100 | | | | 221,887 | |
Yamada Holdings Co. Ltd. | | | 67,600 | | | | 231,104 | |
Yamazaki Baking Co. Ltd. | | | 1,600 | | | | 21,267 | |
ZOZO, Inc. | | | 1,000 | | | | 31,180 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 18,834,081 | |
| | |
Luxembourg — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
APERAM SA | | | 3 | | | | 163 | |
RTL Group SA(a) | | | 2,957 | | | | 156,726 | |
SES SA | | | 17 | | | | 135 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 157,024 | |
| | |
Malaysia — 0.6% | | | | | | | | |
AirAsia Group Bhd(a) | | | 155,600 | | | | 29,468 | |
CIMB Group Holdings Bhd | | | 265,500 | | | | 347,294 | |
Hartalega Holdings Bhd | | | 18,100 | | | | 24,895 | |
Hong Leong Bank Bhd | | | 3,200 | | | | 14,295 | |
Inari Amertron Bhd | | | 15,900 | | | | 15,231 | |
Kossan Rubber Industries | | | 69,100 | | | | 31,846 | |
Malayan Banking Bhd | | | 272,200 | | | | 542,188 | |
MR DIY Group M Bhd(b) | | | 16,400 | | | | 14,211 | |
Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd | | | 138,800 | | | | 192,574 | |
Public Bank Bhd | | | 1,229,600 | | | | 1,227,220 | |
QL Resources Bhd | | | 18,750 | | | | 20,568 | |
RHB Bank Bhd | | | 11,900 | | | | 15,328 | |
Supermax Corp. Bhd | | | 151,412 | | | | 53,427 | |
Telekom Malaysia Bhd | | | 92,200 | | | | 121,629 | |
Tenaga Nasional Bhd | | | 143,800 | | | | 322,340 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 2,972,514 | |
| | |
Mexico — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
America Movil SAB de CV, Series L | | | 68,177 | | | | 72,221 | |
Cemex SAB de CV(a) | | | 51,147 | | | | 34,946 | |
Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV | | | 7,365 | | | | 57,307 | |
Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Class O | | | 16,826 | | | | 109,311 | |
Megacable Holdings SAB de CV, CPO | | | 6,900 | | | | 23,508 | |
Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV | | | 12,300 | | | | 31,400 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 328,693 | |
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Netherlands — 2.4% | | | | | | | | |
ABN AMRO Bank NV(b) | | | 17,003 | | | $ | 249,939 | |
ASML Holding NV | | | 8,516 | | | | 6,821,485 | |
ASR Nederland NV | | | 930 | | | | 42,830 | |
Heineken NV | | | 4,657 | | | | 524,097 | |
IMCD NV | | | 1,416 | | | | 312,940 | |
JDE Peet’s NV | | | 6,214 | | | | 192,335 | |
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV | | | 15,215 | | | | 522,123 | |
Koninklijke KPN NV | | | 37,979 | | | | 118,043 | |
Koninklijke Philips NV | | | 503 | | | | 18,617 | |
PostNL NV | | | 3,396 | | | | 14,766 | |
Randstad NV | | | 19,404 | | | | 1,323,687 | |
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, A Shares | | | 2,759 | | | | 60,462 | |
Signify NV(b) | | | 10,911 | | | | 506,617 | |
Wereldhave NV | | | 1 | | | | 15 | |
Wolters Kluwer NV | | | 8,312 | | | | 978,330 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 11,686,286 | |
| | |
New Zealand — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd. | | | 11,107 | | | | 248,836 | |
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| | |
Norway — 1.0% | | | | | | |
Aker BP ASA | | | 9,474 | | | | 291,312 | |
DNB Bank ASA | | | 29,503 | | | | 674,844 | |
Equinor ASA | | | 130,284 | | | | 3,449,827 | |
Gjensidige Forsikring ASA | | | 762 | | | | 18,487 | |
Mowi ASA | | | 2,534 | | | | 59,971 | |
Nordic Semiconductor ASA(a) | | | 642 | | | | 21,531 | |
Norsk Hydro ASA | | | 34,492 | | | | 271,403 | |
Telenor ASA | | | 16,718 | | | | 262,791 | |
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| �� | | | | | | 5,050,166 | |
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Peru — 0.2% | | | | | | | | |
Southern Copper Corp. | | | 12,269 | | | | 757,120 | |
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| | |
Poland — 0.0% | | | | | | |
PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA(a) | | | 9,153 | | | | 18,264 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Portugal — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA | | | 15,869 | | | | 363,144 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Russia — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Alrosa AO(a) | | | 18,331 | | | | 29,848 | |
LUKOIL PJSC | | | 2,916 | | | | 259,650 | |
MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC | | | 219 | | | | 66,615 | |
Mobile TeleSystems PJSC, ADR | | | 1,880 | | | | 14,946 | |
Novatek PJSC, GDR, Registered Shares | | | 634 | | | | 148,232 | |
Tatneft PJSC | | | 9,936 | | | | 66,011 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 585,302 | |
| | |
Saudi Arabia — 0.4% | | | | | | | | |
Al Rajhi Bank | | | 23,573 | | | | 888,991 | |
Riyad Bank | | | 2,736 | | | | 19,749 | |
Saudi Arabian Mining Co.(a) | | | 2,637 | | | | 55,034 | |
Saudi Arabian Oil Co.(b) | | | 88,147 | | | | 840,147 | |
Saudi National Bank | | | 9,230 | | | | 158,324 | |
Saudi Telecom Co. | | | 2,705 | | | | 80,910 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 2,043,155 | |
| | |
Singapore — 0.1% | | | | | | | | |
Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. | | | 16,300 | | | | 248,952 | |
United Overseas Bank Ltd. | | | 7,600 | | | | 151,785 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 400,737 | |
| | |
South Africa — 0.4% | | | | | | | | |
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. | | | 1,768 | | | | 37,226 | |
Bidvest Group Ltd. | | | 1,879 | | | | 22,339 | |
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14 | | 2 0 2 1 BLACK ROCK SEMI - ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) December 31, 2021 | | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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South Africa (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd. | | | 266 | | | $ | 34,050 | |
FirstRand Ltd. | | | 28,024 | | | | 106,916 | |
Foschini Group Ltd.(a) | | | 13,817 | | | | 107,432 | |
Gold Fields Ltd. | | | 3,206 | | | | 35,472 | |
MTN Group Ltd.(a) | | | 5,261 | | | | 56,392 | |
Naspers Ltd., N Shares | | | 7,919 | | | | 1,229,116 | |
Pepkor Holdings Ltd.(a)(b) | | | 19,777 | | | | 27,168 | |
Standard Bank Group Ltd. | | | 6,217 | | | | 54,619 | |
Woolworths Holdings Ltd. | | | 19,971 | | | | 64,995 | |
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| | |
| | | | | | | 1,775,725 | |
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South Korea — 0.7% | | | | | | |
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. Ltd. | | | 1,114 | | | | 14,877 | |
Hugel, Inc.(a) | | | 97 | | | | 12,515 | |
Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. | | | 271 | | | | 57,928 | |
Kakao Corp.(a) | | | 3,079 | | | | 290,757 | |
Kolon Industries, Inc.(a) | | | 207 | | | | 12,329 | |
Korea Gas Corp.(a) | | | 1,510 | | | | 49,657 | |
KT Corp.(a) | | | 2,538 | | | | 65,105 | |
LG Chem Ltd. | | | 1,303 | | | | 673,601 | |
NAVER Corp. | | | 4,100 | | | | 1,301,427 | |
Osstem Implant Co. Ltd. | | | 218 | | | | 26,104 | |
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | | | 8,071 | | | | 530,062 | |
Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd.(a) | | | 2,378 | | | | 45,722 | |
SillaJen, Inc.(a)(d) | | | 770 | | | | 5,095 | |
SK Innovation Co. Ltd.(a) | | | 1,499 | | | | 300,147 | |
S-Oil Corp. | | | 705 | | | | 50,670 | |
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| | |
| | | | | | | 3,435,996 | |
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Spain — 0.2% | | | | | | |
Banco de Sabadell SA(a) | | | 37,145 | | | | 24,756 | |
Fluidra SA | | | 1,099 | | | | 43,830 | |
Industria de Diseno Textil SA | | | 23,202 | | | | 748,265 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 816,851 | |
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Sweden — 1.4% | | | | | | |
Assa Abloy AB, Class B | | | 19,276 | | | | 587,551 | |
Atlas Copco AB, A Shares | | | 20,876 | | | | 1,442,549 | |
Castellum AB | | | 5 | | | | 134 | |
Elekta AB, -B Shares | | | 15,181 | | | | 191,941 | |
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, B Shares | | | 20,224 | | | | 396,837 | |
Hexagon AB, B Shares | | | 18,212 | | | | 288,488 | |
Holmen AB | | | 419 | | | | 20,066 | |
Husqvarna AB, B Shares | | | 3,559 | | | | 56,904 | |
Indutrade AB | | | 662 | | | | 20,212 | |
Intrum AB | | | 6 | | | | 155 | |
Investment AB Latour, B Shares | | | 613 | | | | 24,905 | |
Lundin Energy AB | | | 1,104 | | | | 39,504 | |
Pandox AB(a) | | | 6 | | | | 97 | |
Saab AB | | | 10,422 | | | | 264,716 | |
Sagax AB, Class B | | | 676 | | | | 22,739 | |
Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB | | | 4,442 | | | | 32,572 | |
Spotify Technology SA(a) | | | 4,018 | | | | 940,333 | |
Swedish Match AB | | | 129,006 | | | | 1,024,138 | |
Tele2 AB, B Shares | | | 16,162 | | | | 230,562 | |
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, B Shares | | | 92,504 | | | | 1,017,825 | |
Trelleborg AB | | | 16,542 | | | | 434,019 | |
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| | | | | | | 7,036,247 | |
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Switzerland — 0.9% | | | | | | |
ABB Ltd., Registered Shares | | | 10,028 | | | | 382,195 | |
Givaudan SA, Registered Shares | | | 182 | | | | 954,882 | |
Partners Group Holding AG | | | 262 | | | | 432,512 | |
Sika AG, Registered Shares | | | 5,890 | | | | 2,447,985 | |
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Switzerland (continued) | | | | | | | | |
Tecan Group AG, Registered Shares | | | 56 | | | $ | 34,012 | |
VAT Group AG(b) | | | 319 | | | | 158,072 | |
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| | |
| | | | | | | 4,409,658 | |
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Taiwan — 2.4% | | | | | | |
Anpec Electronics Corp. | | | 3,000 | | | | 30,068 | |
ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd. | | | 26,000 | | | | 100,469 | |
ASPEED Technology, Inc. | | | 1,000 | | | | 128,944 | |
AU Optronics Corp. | | | 65,000 | | | | 53,733 | |
Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd. | | | 87,595 | | | | 197,338 | |
China Airlines Ltd.(a) | | | 62,000 | | | | 61,620 | |
China Steel Corp. | | | 40,000 | | | | 51,043 | |
CTBC Financial Holding Co. Ltd. | | | 471,000 | | | | 441,233 | |
Delta Electronics, Inc. | | | 53,000 | | | | 525,876 | |
Eva Airways Corp.(a) | | | 747,000 | | | | 753,232 | |
Evergreen Marine Corp. Taiwan Ltd. | | | 84,000 | | | | 430,325 | |
Faraday Technology Corp. | | | 28,000 | | | | 241,222 | |
Global Unichip Corp. | | | 1,000 | | | | 21,120 | |
Kinsus Interconnect Technology Corp. | | | 5,000 | | | | 41,913 | |
Largan Precision Co. Ltd. | | | 1,000 | | | | 88,966 | |
MediaTek, Inc. | | | 57,000 | | | | 2,445,842 | |
momo.com Inc. | | | 1,300 | | | | 76,110 | |
Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corp. | | | 4,000 | | | | 82,394 | |
Nanya Technology Corp. | | | 45,000 | | | | 126,748 | |
Novatek Microelectronics Corp. | | | 8,000 | | | | 155,346 | |
Parade Technologies Ltd. | | | 3,000 | | | | 228,240 | |
Realtek Semiconductor Corp. | | | 22,000 | | | | 459,652 | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | | | 183,000 | | | | 4,048,142 | |
Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp. | | | 33,500 | | | | 81,240 | |
Unimicron Technology Corp. | | | 3,000 | | | | 24,966 | |
Uni-President Enterprises Corp. | | | 262,000 | | | | 648,664 | |
USI Corp. | | | 15,000 | | | | 17,083 | |
Visual Photonics Epitaxy Co. Ltd. | | | 7,000 | | | | 36,297 | |
Wisdom Marine Lines Co. Ltd. | | | 28,000 | | | | 82,191 | |
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| | |
| | | | | | | 11,680,017 | |
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Thailand — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Precious Shipping PCL, NVDR | | | 34,100 | | | | 16,903 | |
PTT Exploration & Production PCL, NVDR | | | 14,500 | | | | 51,119 | |
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| | | | | | | 68,022 | |
| | |
Turkey — 0.2% | | | | | | |
Akbank TAS | | | 63,387 | | | | 34,232 | |
Arcelik AS | | | 8,421 | | | | 30,809 | |
KOC Holding A/S | | | 15,484 | | | | 33,218 | |
Koza Altin Isletmeleri AS(a) | | | 3,497 | | | | 30,514 | |
Migros Ticaret AS(a) | | | 4,570 | | | | 13,067 | |
Petkim Petrokimya Holding AS(a) | | | 72,430 | | | | 42,860 | |
Sok Marketler Ticaret | | | 15,986 | | | | 15,359 | |
Turk Hava Yollari AO(a) | | | 26,795 | | | | 40,550 | |
Turk Telekomunikasyon AS | | | 23,910 | | | | 17,405 | |
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A/S | | | 228,296 | | | | 318,569 | |
Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A/S | | | 135,020 | | | | 114,909 | |
Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri A/S(a) | | | 3,558 | | | | 41,549 | |
Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS | | | 57,729 | | | | 14,750 | |
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| | |
| | | | | | | 747,791 | |
| | |
United Kingdom — 2.7% | | | | | | |
Anglo American PLC | | | 23,030 | | | | 943,543 | |
Ashtead Group PLC | | | 1,413 | | | | 113,908 | |
Aviva PLC | | | 40,388 | | | | 225,130 | |
Babcock International Group PLC(a) | | | 5 | | | | 22 | |
Bellway PLC | | | 471 | | | | 21,407 | |
BP PLC | | | 375,928 | | | | 1,684,391 | |
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British American Tobacco PLC | | | 116,693 | | | $ | 4,333,010 | |
Capri Holdings Ltd.(a) | | | 294 | | | | 19,084 | |
Coca-Cola European Partners PLC | | | 6,479 | | | | 362,370 | |
Compass Group PLC(a) | | | 12,040 | | | | 271,065 | |
Diageo PLC | | | 21,239 | | | | 1,161,264 | |
Direct Line Insurance Group PLC | | | 23,450 | | | | 88,608 | |
Dunelm Group PLC | | | 8 | | | | 150 | |
HomeServe PLC | | | 13,288 | | | | 157,287 | |
IG Group Holdings PLC | | | 7,079 | | | | 78,247 | |
Imperial Brands PLC | | | 8,372 | | | | 183,471 | |
Intertek Group PLC | | | 748 | | | | 57,063 | |
ITV PLC(a) | | | 22,816 | | | | 34,306 | |
J Sainsbury PLC | | | 16,372 | | | | 61,198 | |
Janus Henderson Group PLC | | | 2,232 | | | | 93,610 | |
JD Sports Fashion PLC | | | 42,035 | | | | 123,940 | |
Johnson Matthey PLC | | | 8,600 | | | | 238,976 | |
Kingfisher PLC | | | 140,146 | | | | 644,636 | |
Lloyds Banking Group PLC | | | 641,014 | | | | 416,269 | |
Marks & Spencer Group PLC(a) | | | 4,846 | | | | 15,245 | |
Micro Focus International PLC | | | 22,584 | | | | 127,880 | |
Phoenix Group Holdings PLC | | | 4,714 | | | | 41,728 | |
RELX PLC | | | 5,763 | | | | 188,144 | |
Rentokil Initial PLC | | | 72,263 | | | | 572,015 | |
Rightmove PLC | | | 79,406 | | | | 856,853 | |
Royal Mail PLC | | | 3,912 | | | | 26,822 | |
Smiths Group PLC | | | 4,091 | | | | 87,569 | |
Tate & Lyle PLC | | | 2,260 | | | | 20,333 | |
Vistry Group PLC | | | 1,442 | | | | 23,067 | |
WH Smith PLC(a) | | | 1,871 | | | | 37,607 | |
WPP PLC | | | 15,761 | | | | 240,004 | |
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Abbott Laboratories | | | 20,120 | | | | 2,831,689 | |
AbbVie, Inc. | | | 13,928 | | | | 1,885,851 | |
Adobe, Inc.(a) | | | 4,238 | | | | 2,403,200 | |
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a) | | | 20,301 | | | | 2,921,314 | |
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | | | 22,140 | | | | 3,534,651 | |
Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | 231 | | | | 27,036 | |
Alcoa Corp. | | | 2,869 | | | | 170,935 | |
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | | | 76 | | | | 16,945 | |
Align Technology, Inc.(a) | | | 2,685 | | | | 1,764,528 | |
Alleghany Corp.(a) | | | 1,227 | | | | 819,133 | |
Ally Financial, Inc. | | | 1,865 | | | | 88,793 | |
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a) | | | 1,758 | | | | 5,092,996 | |
Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a) | | | 2,115 | | | | 6,119,943 | |
Altice USA, Inc., Class A(a) | | | 17,705 | | | | 286,467 | |
Amazon.com, Inc.(a) | | | 2,723 | | | | 9,079,408 | |
Ambarella, Inc.(a) | | | 206 | | | | 41,795 | |
American Express Co. | | | 2,727 | | | | 446,137 | |
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A | | | 15,981 | | | | 696,931 | |
American International Group, Inc. | | | 1,568 | | | | 89,156 | |
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | | | 1,117 | | | | 336,954 | |
Amgen, Inc. | | | 5,044 | | | | 1,134,749 | |
Anthem, Inc. | | | 2,713 | | | | 1,257,584 | |
Aon PLC, Class A | | | 77 | | | | 23,143 | |
Apple, Inc. | | | 108,628 | | | | 19,289,074 | |
Arista Networks, Inc.(a) | | | 972 | | | | 139,725 | |
AT&T, Inc. | | | 221,682 | | | | 5,453,377 | |
Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A(a) | | | 4,717 | | | | 1,798,545 | |
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | | | 2,017 | | | | 509,474 | |
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Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a) | | | 4,168 | | | $ | 654,376 | |
Bank of America Corp. | | | 35,445 | | | | 1,576,948 | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a) | | | 3,540 | | | | 1,058,460 | |
Biogen, Inc.(a) | | | 2,058 | | | | 493,755 | |
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a) | | | 3,975 | | | | 351,191 | |
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A | | | 5,351 | | | | 163,848 | |
Booking Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | 648 | | | | 1,554,701 | |
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. | | | 2,343 | | | | 198,663 | |
Boston Scientific Corp.(a) | | | 9,255 | | | | 393,152 | |
Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a) | | | 6,247 | | | | 323,595 | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | | 39,311 | | | | 2,451,041 | |
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | | | 3,575 | | | | 90,841 | |
Bruker Corp. | | | 863 | | | | 72,414 | |
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | | | 5,032 | | | | 541,594 | |
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a) | | | 308 | | | | 57,396 | |
Campbell Soup Co. | | | 7,830 | | | | 340,292 | |
Capital One Financial Corp. | | | 5,839 | | | | 847,180 | |
Caterpillar, Inc. | | | 4,490 | | | | 928,263 | |
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a) | | | 8,513 | | | | 923,746 | |
Charles Schwab Corp. | | | 347 | | | | 29,183 | |
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)(c) | | | 144 | | | | 93,884 | |
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | | | 1,207 | | | | 77,876 | |
Chevron Corp. | | | 640 | | | | 75,104 | |
Cigna Corp. | | | 9,193 | | | | 2,110,989 | |
Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a) | | | 273 | | | | 25,121 | |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | | | 19,248 | | | | 1,219,746 | |
Citigroup, Inc. | | | 6,111 | | | | 369,043 | |
Clean Harbors, Inc.(a) | | | 439 | | | | 43,799 | |
CMS Energy Corp. | | | 10,158 | | | | 660,778 | |
Coca-Cola Co. | | | 347 | | | | 20,546 | |
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | | | 20,336 | | | | 1,735,474 | |
Comcast Corp., Class A | | | 53,722 | | | | 2,703,828 | |
Continental Resources, Inc. | | | 3,170 | | | | 141,889 | |
Costco Wholesale Corp. | | | 3,416 | | | | 1,939,263 | |
Coterra Energy, Inc. | | | 48,656 | | | | 924,464 | |
Credit Acceptance Corp.(a) | | | 207 | | | | 142,350 | |
Crocs, Inc.(a) | | | 599 | | | | 76,804 | |
Crown Castle International Corp. | | | 10,364 | | | | 2,163,381 | |
CubeSmart | | | 8,335 | | | | 474,345 | |
CVS Health Corp. | | | 22,085 | | | | 2,278,289 | |
D.R. Horton, Inc. | | | 163 | | | | 17,677 | |
Danaher Corp. | | | 6,415 | | | | 2,110,599 | |
Devon Energy Corp. | | | 23,889 | | | | 1,052,310 | |
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | | | 1,500 | | | | 161,775 | |
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | | | 2,542 | | | | 292,305 | |
Donaldson Co., Inc. | | | 2,405 | | | | 142,520 | |
DTE Energy Co. | | | 25,154 | | | | 3,006,909 | |
DTE Midstream LLC(a) | | | 349 | | | | 16,745 | |
Duke Energy Corp. | | | 2,672 | | | | 280,293 | |
East West Bancorp, Inc. | | | 1,911 | | | | 150,357 | |
EastGroup Properties, Inc. | | | 114 | | | | 25,975 | |
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a) | | | 184 | | | | 23,837 | |
Electronic Arts, Inc. | | | 684 | | | | 90,220 | |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | | 5,067 | | | | 1,399,607 | |
Entergy Corp. | | | 4,908 | | | | 552,886 | |
EOG Resources, Inc. | | | 27,131 | | | | 2,410,047 | |
EQT Corp.(a) | | | 10,512 | | | | 229,267 | |
Equifax, Inc. | | | 4,870 | | | | 1,425,887 | |
Equitable Holdings, Inc. | | | 875 | | | | 28,691 | |
Equity Residential | | | 11,161 | | | | 1,010,070 | |
Essent Group Ltd. | | | 2,925 | | | | 133,175 | |
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Essex Property Trust, Inc. | | | 59 | | | $ | 20,782 | |
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A | | | 9,986 | | | | 3,696,817 | |
Etsy, Inc.(a) | | | 199 | | | | 43,569 | |
Everest Re Group Ltd. | | | 161 | | | | 44,101 | |
Evergy, Inc. | | | 4,651 | | | | 319,105 | |
Expedia Group, Inc.(a) | | | 4,834 | | | | 873,600 | |
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | | | 7,173 | | | | 963,262 | |
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | | | 422 | | | | 95,680 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | 3,201 | | | | 195,869 | |
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. | | | 936 | | | | 454,905 | |
Federal Realty Investment Trust | | | 143 | | | | 19,494 | |
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. | | | 7,769 | | | | 405,386 | |
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | | | 16,916 | | | | 1,846,381 | |
First American Financial Corp. | | | 1,359 | | | | 106,315 | |
First Horizon Corp. | | | 4,090 | | | | 66,790 | |
First Republic Bank | | | 2,276 | | | | 470,017 | |
Fortinet, Inc.(a) | | | 592 | | | | 212,765 | |
Fortive Corp. | | | 204 | | | | 15,563 | |
Fox Corp., Class A | | | 2,774 | | | | 102,361 | |
Fox Corp., Class B | | | 1,145 | | | | 39,239 | |
Gartner, Inc.(a) | | | 4,112 | | | | 1,374,724 | |
Genuine Parts Co. | | | 10,148 | | | | 1,422,750 | |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | | | 5,315 | | | | 385,922 | |
GoDaddy, Inc., Class A(a) | | | 3,416 | | | | 289,882 | |
H&R Block, Inc. | | | 10,067 | | | | 237,179 | |
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | | | 1,494 | | | | 103,146 | |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | | | 54,045 | | | | 852,290 | |
Highwoods Properties, Inc. | | | 417 | | | | 18,594 | |
Hologic, Inc.(a) | | | 1,916 | | | | 146,689 | |
Honeywell International, Inc. | | | 20,902 | | | | 4,358,276 | |
HP, Inc. | | | 4,034 | | | | 151,961 | |
HubSpot, Inc.(a) | | | 1,076 | | | | 709,245 | |
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a) | | | 3,243 | | | | 2,135,386 | |
Illumina, Inc.(a) | | | 791 | | | | 300,928 | |
Incyte Corp.(a) | | | 1,469 | | | | 107,825 | |
Intel Corp. | | | 60,255 | | | | 3,103,132 | |
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A | | | 1,540 | | | | 122,307 | |
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | | | 1,134 | | | | 155,097 | |
International Game Technology PLC | | | 8,844 | | | | 255,680 | |
Intuit, Inc. | | | 8,628 | | | | 5,549,702 | |
Invesco Ltd. | | | 21,699 | | | | 499,511 | |
Invitation Homes, Inc. | | | 5,811 | | | | 263,471 | |
Iridium Communications, Inc.(a) | | | 1,543 | | | | 63,710 | |
Iron Mountain, Inc. | | | 1,763 | | | | 92,258 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | | 45,412 | | | | 7,768,631 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 15,511 | | | | 2,456,167 | |
Juniper Networks, Inc. | | | 9,781 | | | | 349,280 | |
Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | 3,456 | | | | 713,699 | |
Kimco Realty Corp. | | | 2,475 | | | | 61,009 | |
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. | | | 634 | | | | 38,636 | |
Kohl’s Corp. | | | 5,634 | | | | 278,263 | |
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a) | | | 4,572 | | | | 1,436,568 | |
Landstar System, Inc. | | | 128 | | | | 22,915 | |
Life Storage, Inc. | | | 1,308 | | | | 200,359 | |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | | | 5,621 | | | | 1,997,760 | |
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | | | 5,023 | | | | 1,298,345 | |
Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | 351 | | | | 37,125 | |
Lyft, Inc., Class A(a) | | | 1,685 | | | | 72,000 | |
M&T Bank Corp. | | | 2,874 | | | | 441,389 | |
Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a) | | | 1,844 | | | | 286,724 | |
Marathon Oil Corp. | | | 9,978 | | | | 163,839 | |
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Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | | | 12,357 | | | $ | 2,147,894 | |
Masco Corp. | | | 5,031 | | | | 353,277 | |
MasTec, Inc.(a) | | | 3,261 | | | | 300,925 | |
McKesson Corp. | | | 2,442 | | | | 607,008 | |
Merck & Co., Inc. | | | 36,242 | | | | 2,777,587 | |
Meritage Homes Corp.(a) | | | 988 | | | | 120,595 | |
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a) | | | 4,937 | | | | 1,660,560 | |
MetLife, Inc. | | | 57,338 | | | | 3,583,052 | |
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a) | | | 690 | | | | 1,171,075 | |
Microsoft Corp. | | | 57,995 | | | | 19,504,878 | |
Moderna, Inc.(a) | | | 1,564 | | | | 397,225 | |
Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a) | | | 81 | | | | 25,764 | |
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B | | | 350 | | | | 16,222 | |
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | | | 2,252 | | | | 1,110,979 | |
Moody’s Corp. | | | 2,998 | | | | 1,170,959 | |
Motorola Solutions, Inc. | | | 524 | | | | 142,371 | |
National Vision Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | 7,841 | | | | 376,290 | |
NetApp, Inc. | | | 1,467 | | | | 134,949 | |
Netflix, Inc.(a) | | | 642 | | | | 386,766 | |
Newmont Corp. | | | 982 | | | | 60,904 | |
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A | | | 480 | | | | 72,470 | |
NextEra Energy, Inc. | | | 10,721 | | | | 1,000,913 | |
NiSource, Inc. | | | 15,737 | | | | 434,499 | |
Norfolk Southern Corp. | | | 103 | | | | 30,664 | |
Northrop Grumman Corp. | | | 1,146 | | | | 443,582 | |
nVent Electric PLC | | | 701 | | | | 26,638 | |
NVIDIA Corp. | | | 22,449 | | | | 6,602,475 | |
OGE Energy Corp. | | | 4,032 | | | | 154,748 | |
Okta, Inc.(a) | | | 5,294 | | | | 1,186,756 | |
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | | | 861 | | | | 308,565 | |
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a) | | | 751 | | | | 530,379 | |
Otis Worldwide Corp. | | | 16,912 | | | | 1,472,528 | |
Ovintiv Inc. | | | 1,101 | | | | 37,044 | |
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.(a) | | | 1,003 | | | | 18,937 | |
Paychex, Inc. | | | 14,855 | | | | 2,027,707 | |
Paycom Software, Inc.(a) | | | 407 | | | | 168,982 | |
Paylocity Holding Corp.(a) | | | 273 | | | | 64,472 | |
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | | | 426 | | | | 45,676 | |
Penumbra, Inc.(a) | | | 77 | | | | 22,124 | |
Pfizer, Inc. | | | 48,397 | | | | 2,857,843 | |
Philip Morris International, Inc. | | | 32,970 | | | | 3,132,150 | |
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. | | | 400 | | | | 38,200 | |
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | | | 3,443 | | | | 690,390 | |
Pool Corp. | | | 103 | | | | 58,298 | |
PotlatchDeltic Corp. | | | 2 | | | | 120 | |
Procter & Gamble Co. | | | 3,202 | | | | 523,783 | |
Prologis, Inc. | | | 9,950 | | | | 1,675,182 | |
Public Storage | | | 186 | | | | 69,668 | |
Pure Storage, Inc., Class A(a) | | | 3,455 | | | | 112,460 | |
Ralph Lauren Corp. | | | 9,578 | | | | 1,138,441 | |
Rapid7, Inc.(a) | | | 150 | | | | 17,653 | |
Regency Centers Corp. | | | 950 | | | | 71,582 | |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | 542 | | | | 342,284 | |
Regions Financial Corp. | | | 25,040 | | | | 545,872 | |
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | | | 1,047 | | | | 169,844 | |
Repligen Corp.(a) | | | 261 | | | | 69,123 | |
Republic Services, Inc. | | | 18,844 | | | | 2,627,796 | |
RingCentral, Inc., Class A(a) | | | 208 | | | | 38,969 | |
Roku, Inc.(a) | | | 4,184 | | | | 954,789 | |
Royal Gold, Inc. | | | 2,438 | | | | 256,502 | |
Ryder System, Inc. | | | 5,556 | | | | 457,981 | |
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S&P Global, Inc. | | | 10,186 | | | $ | 4,807,079 | |
salesforce.com, Inc.(a) | | | 4,802 | | | | 1,220,332 | |
Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,264 | | | | 53,113 | |
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.(a) | | | 475 | | | | 42,774 | |
SBA Communications Corp. | | | 6,960 | | | | 2,707,579 | |
Schlumberger NV | | | 21,566 | | | | 645,902 | |
Seagen, Inc.(a) | | | 108 | | | | 16,697 | |
Service Corp. International | | | 16,403 | | | | 1,164,449 | |
ServiceNow, Inc.(a) | | | 5,960 | | | | 3,868,696 | |
Signature Bank | | | 879 | | | | 284,330 | |
Simon Property Group, Inc. | | | 3,140 | | | | 501,678 | |
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(c) | | | 154,878 | | | | 983,475 | |
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.(a) | | | 552 | | | | 133,739 | |
Skechers USA, Inc., Class A(a) | | | 13,956 | | | | 605,690 | |
SLM Corp. | | | 1,840 | | | | 36,193 | |
Snap-on, Inc. | | | 5,305 | | | | 1,142,591 | |
Southern Co. | | | 17,909 | | | | 1,228,199 | |
Stifel Financial Corp. | | | 4,336 | | | | 305,341 | |
Sun Communities, Inc. | | | 2,138 | | | | 448,916 | |
Sunnova Energy International, Inc.(a) | | | 449 | | | | 12,536 | |
SVB Financial Group(a) | | | 36 | | | | 24,417 | |
Switch, Inc., Class A | | | 880 | | | | 25,203 | |
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.(a) | | | 2,174 | | | | 327,230 | |
Tapestry, Inc. | | | 12,855 | | | | 521,913 | |
TE Connectivity Ltd. | | | 185 | | | | 29,848 | |
Tesla, Inc.(a) | | | 5,540 | | | | 5,854,561 | |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | | | 4,800 | | | | 904,656 | |
Texas Pacific Land Corp. | | | 16 | | | | 19,982 | |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | | | 1,340 | | | | 894,102 | |
TransUnion | | | 167 | | | | 19,803 | |
Travel + Leisure Co. | | | 372 | | | | 20,560 | |
Travelers Cos., Inc. | | | 23,451 | | | | 3,668,440 | |
Truist Financial Corp. | | | 1,581 | | | | 92,568 | |
Twilio, Inc., Class A(a) | | | 135 | | | | 35,551 | |
Twitter, Inc.(a) | | | 8,662 | | | | 374,372 | |
U.S. Bancorp | | | 16,952 | | | | 952,194 | |
UDR, Inc. | | | 659 | | | | 39,533 | |
UGI Corp. | | | 10,561 | | | | 484,855 | |
Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a) | | | 1,556 | | | | 641,601 | |
Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a) | | | 7,452 | | | | 157,908 | |
Union Pacific Corp. | | | 2,774 | | | | 698,854 | |
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | | | 10,953 | | | | 2,347,666 | |
United Rentals, Inc.(a) | | | 43 | | | | 14,288 | |
United Therapeutics Corp.(a) | | | 194 | | | | 41,920 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 2,722 | | | | 1,366,825 | |
Unum Group | | | 761 | | | | 18,698 | |
Valvoline, Inc. | | | 759 | | | | 28,303 | |
Ventas, Inc. | | | 4,256 | | | | 217,567 | |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | | | 1,848 | | | | 405,821 | |
Visa, Inc., Class A | | | 18,036 | | | | 3,908,582 | |
VMware, Inc., Class A | | | 1,214 | | | | 140,678 | |
Voya Financial, Inc. | | | 13,545 | | | | 898,169 | |
W.R. Berkley Corp. | | | 522 | | | | 43,008 | |
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | | | 2,615 | | | | 136,398 | |
Walmart, Inc. | | | 35,303 | | | | 5,107,991 | |
Waste Connections, Inc. | | | 6,909 | | | | 941,489 | |
Waters Corp.(a) | | | 139 | | | | 51,791 | |
Wendy’s Co. | | | 2,950 | | | | 70,357 | |
Western Alliance Bancorp | | | 637 | | | | 68,573 | |
Western Digital Corp.(a) | | | 1,662 | | | | 108,379 | |
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Willis Towers Watson PLC | | | 4,748 | | | $ | 1,127,603 | |
Wintrust Financial Corp. | | | 469 | | | | 42,595 | |
Workday, Inc., Class A(a) | | | 9,194 | | | | 2,511,617 | |
Xerox Holdings Corp. | | | 2,807 | | | | 63,550 | |
Xilinx, Inc. | | | 252 | | | | 53,432 | |
XPO Logistics, Inc.(a) | | | 3,784 | | | | 292,995 | |
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a) | | | 79 | | | | 47,021 | |
Zoetis, Inc. | | | 1,291 | | | | 315,043 | |
Zscaler, Inc.(a) | | | 795 | | | | 255,457 | |
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Preferred Securities | | | | | | | | |
| | |
Preferred Stocks — 0.5% | | | | | | |
| | |
Brazil — 0.2% | | | | | | |
Azul SA, Preference Shares(a) | | | 15,504 | | | | 67,840 | |
Banco Bradesco SA, Preference Shares | | | 308,456 | | | | 1,069,358 | |
Braskem SA, Preference Shares, Class A(a) | | | 2,889 | | | | 30,532 | |
Lojas Americanas SA, Preference Shares | | | 13,932 | | | | 14,675 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 1,182,405 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Germany — 0.3% | | | | | | |
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Preference Shares | | | 228 | | | | 18,907 | |
Fuchs Petrolub SE, Preference Shares | | | 2,117 | | | | 95,665 | |
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Preference Shares | | | 4,896 | | | | 395,064 | |
Sartorius AG, Preference Shares | | | 1,037 | | | | 701,365 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 1,211,001 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| |
Total Preferred Securities — 0.5% (Cost: $2,441,015) | | | | 2,393,406 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| |
Total Long-Term Investments — 97.9% (Cost: $398,430,700) | | | | 484,655,699 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Short-Term Securities | | | | | | | | |
| | |
Money Market Funds — 2.6% | | | | | | | | |
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 0.00%(e)(f) | | | 9,934,539 | | | | 9,934,539 | |
SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series, 0.15%(e)(f)(g) | | | 2,799,119 | | | | 2,799,399 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 12,733,938 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | Par (000) | | | | |
|
Time Deposits — 0.0% | |
| |
Australia — 0.0% | | | | |
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., 0.01%, 01/05/22 | | NZD | 2 | | | | 1,293 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Canada — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., 0.01%, 01/01/22 | | CAD | 24 | | | | 19,283 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Europe — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
BNP Paribas SA, (0.91%), 01/01/22 | | EUR | 2 | | | | 2,706 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Hong Kong — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., 0.01%, 01/03/22 | | HKD | 119 | | | | 15,276 | |
| | | | | | | | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) December 31, 2021 | | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
| | | | | | | | |
Security | | Par (000) | | | Value | |
| |
| | |
South Africa — 0.0% | | | | | | | | |
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., 4.00%, 01/04/22 | | ZAR | 45 | | | $ | 2,795 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
United Kingdom — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Citibank NA, New York, 0.01%, 01/03/22 | | GBP | 13 | | | | 17,083 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 58,436 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Total Short-Term Securities — 2.6% (Cost: $12,792,414) | | | | | | | 12,792,374 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Total Investments — 100.5% (Cost: $411,223,114) | | | | | | | 497,448,073 | |
| |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.5)% | | | (2,324,555) | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 495,123,518 | |
| | | | | | | | |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. |
(c) | All or a portion of this security is on loan. |
(d) | Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. |
(e) | Affiliate of the Fund. |
(f) | Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
(g) | All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended December 31, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Affiliated Issuer | | Value at 06/30/21 | | | Purchases at Cost | | | Proceeds from Sales | | | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | | | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | | Value at 12/31/21 | | | Shares Held at 12/31/21 | | | Income | | | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds | |
| | | | | | | | | |
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class | | $ | 15,097,478 | | | $ | — | | | $ | (5,162,939 | )(a) | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 9,934,539 | | | | 9,934,539 | | | $ | 220 | | | $ | — | |
SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series | | | 1,213,407 | | | | 1,586,329 | (a) | | | — | | | | (291 | ) | | | (46 | ) | | | 2,799,399 | | | | 2,799,119 | | | | 2,062 | (b) | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (291 | ) | | $ | (46 | ) | | $ | 12,733,938 | | | | | | | $ | 2,282 | | | $ | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (a) | Represents net amount purchased (sold). | |
| (b) | All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. | |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | |
Description | | Number of Contracts | | | Expiration Date | | | Notional Amount (000) | | | Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
| | | | |
Long Contracts | | | | | | | | | | | | |
MSCI EAFE Index | | | 22 | | | | 03/18/22 | | | $ | 2,554 | | | $ | 54,796 | |
MSCI Emerging Markets Index | | | 19 | | | | 03/18/22 | | | | 1,165 | | | | 8,540 | |
S&P 500 E-Mini Index | | | 24 | | | | 03/18/22 | | | | 5,710 | | | | 83,274 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 146,610 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | Commodity Contracts | | | Credit Contracts | | | Equity Contracts | | | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | | | Interest Rate Contracts | | | Other Contracts | | | Total | |
| | | | | | | |
Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Futures contracts | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a) | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 146,610 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 146,610 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (a) | Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss). | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) December 31, 2021 | | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. |
For the period ended December 31, 2021, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | Commodity Contracts | | | Credit Contracts | | | Equity Contracts | | | Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | | | Interest Rate Contracts | | | Other Contracts | | | Total | |
| | | | | | | |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) from: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Futures contracts | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 592,969 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 592,969 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Futures contracts | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 145,573 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 145,573 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
| | | | |
| |
Futures contracts: | | | | |
Average notional value of contracts — long | | $ | 9,208,047 | |
For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | |
| | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Total | |
| | | | |
Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-Term Investments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stocks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | |
Argentina | | $ | 70,670 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 70,670 | |
Australia | | | — | | | | 2,152,279 | | | | — | | | | 2,152,279 | |
Austria | | | — | | | | 282,654 | | | | — | | | | 282,654 | |
Belgium | | | — | | | | 20,274 | | | | — | | | | 20,274 | |
Brazil | | | 183,264 | | | | 983,508 | | | | — | | | | 1,166,772 | |
Canada | | | 22,745,403 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 22,745,403 | |
China | | | 2,665,111 | | | | 15,279,408 | | | | — | | | | 17,944,519 | |
Colombia | | | 12,283 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 12,283 | |
Czech Republic | | | 133,005 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 133,005 | |
Denmark | | | — | | | | 4,842,617 | | | | — | | | | 4,842,617 | |
Finland | | | — | | | | 9,570,167 | | | | — | | | | 9,570,167 | |
France | | | — | | | | 13,567,385 | | | | — | | | | 13,567,385 | |
Germany | | | — | | | | 15,859,266 | | | | — | | | | 15,859,266 | |
Greece | | | 24,008 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 24,008 | |
Hong Kong | | | — | | | | 3,196,685 | | | | — | | | | 3,196,685 | |
Hungary | | | — | | | | 1,028,293 | | | | — | | | | 1,028,293 | |
India | | | — | | | | 3,724,161 | | | | — | | | | 3,724,161 | |
Ireland | | | 6,034,026 | | | | 2,917,733 | | | | — | | | | 8,951,759 | |
Israel | | | 846,353 | | | | 1,778,939 | | | | — | | | | 2,625,292 | |
Italy | | | — | | | | 745,633 | | | | — | | | | 745,633 | |
Japan | | | — | | | | 18,834,081 | | | | — | | | | 18,834,081 | |
Luxembourg | | | — | | | | 157,024 | | | | — | | | | 157,024 | |
Malaysia | | | 337,521 | | | | 2,634,993 | | | | — | | | | 2,972,514 | |
Mexico | | | 328,693 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 328,693 | |
Netherlands | | | 118,043 | | | | 11,568,243 | | | | — | | | | 11,686,286 | |
New Zealand | | | — | | | | 248,836 | | | | — | | | | 248,836 | |
Norway | | | — | | | | 5,050,166 | | | | — | | | | 5,050,166 | |
Peru | | | 757,120 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 757,120 | |
Poland | | | — | | | | 18,264 | | | | — | | | | 18,264 | |
Portugal | | | 363,144 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 363,144 | |
Russia | | | 14,946 | | | | 570,356 | | | | — | | | | 585,302 | |
Saudi Arabia | | | 178,073 | | | | 1,865,082 | | | | — | | | | 2,043,155 | |
Singapore | | | — | | | | 400,737 | | | | — | | | | 400,737 | |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) December 31, 2021 | | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. |
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | |
| | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Total | |
| | | | |
Common Stocks (continued) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | |
South Africa | | $ | 255,984 | | | $ | 1,519,741 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,775,725 | |
South Korea | | | — | | | | 3,430,901 | | | | 5,095 | | | | 3,435,996 | |
Spain | | | — | | | | 816,851 | | | | — | | | | 816,851 | |
Sweden | | | 940,333 | | | | 6,095,914 | | | | — | | | | 7,036,247 | |
Switzerland | | | — | | | | 4,409,658 | | | | — | | | | 4,409,658 | |
Taiwan | | | — | | | | 11,680,017 | | | | — | | | | 11,680,017 | |
Thailand | | | — | | | | 68,022 | | | | — | | | | 68,022 | |
Turkey | | | 470,660 | | | | 277,131 | | | | — | | | | 747,791 | |
United Kingdom | | | 632,501 | | | | 12,917,721 | | | | — | | | | 13,550,222 | |
United States | | | 286,633,317 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 286,633,317 | |
Preferred Securities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Preferred Stocks | | | — | | | | 2,393,406 | | | | — | | | | 2,393,406 | |
| | | | |
Short-Term Securities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Money Market Funds | | | 9,934,539 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 9,934,539 | |
Time Deposits | | | — | | | | 58,436 | | | | — | | | | 58,436 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | |
| | $ | 333,678,997 | | | $ | 160,964,582 | | | $ | 5,095 | | | | 494,648,674 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | |
Investments Valued at NAV(a) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,799,399 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 497,448,073 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | |
Derivative Financial Instruments(b) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Equity Contracts | | $ | 146,610 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 146,610 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (a) | Certain investments of the Fund were fair valued using NAV per share as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy. | |
| (b) | Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. | |
See notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) December 31, 2021 | | BlackRock EuroFund (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
| | | | | | | | |
Security | | Shares | | | Value | |
| | |
Common Stocks | | | | | | | | |
| | |
Belgium — 1.1% | | | | | | | | |
Azelis Group NV(a) | | | 49,392 | | | $ | 1,410,562 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Denmark — 3.0% | | | | | | | | |
DSV A/S | | | 17,428 | | | | 4,061,217 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Finland — 4.5% | | | | | | |
Kone OYJ, Class B | | | 37,016 | | | | 2,656,219 | |
Metso Outotec OYJ | | | 161,895 | | | | 1,719,348 | |
Neste OYJ | | | 31,733 | | | | 1,561,764 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 5,937,331 | |
| | |
France — 31.9% | | | | | | |
BNP Paribas SA | | | 67,721 | | | | 4,682,300 | |
Dassault Systemes SE | | | 38,174 | | | | 2,265,449 | |
Eiffage SA | | | 12,480 | | | | 1,286,734 | |
Kering SA | | | 2,203 | | | | 1,767,580 | |
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE | | | 12,085 | | | | 9,987,450 | |
Pernod Ricard SA | | | 13,408 | | | | 3,225,665 | |
Safran SA | | | 22,811 | | | | 2,792,595 | |
Sartorius Stedim Biotech | | | 5,748 | | | | 3,156,834 | |
Schneider Electric SE | | | 31,599 | | | | 6,212,218 | |
Soitec SA(a) | | | 5,091 | | | | 1,247,351 | |
Teleperformance | | | 7,835 | | | | 3,502,840 | |
Vinci SA | | | 23,383 | | | | 2,469,591 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 42,596,607 | |
| | |
Germany — 18.2% | | | | | | |
Adidas AG | | | 6,562 | | | | 1,889,497 | |
Allianz SE, Registered Shares | | | 12,684 | | | | 2,991,631 | |
CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA(a) | | | 23,200 | | | | 1,695,756 | |
Merck KGaA | | | 14,154 | | | | 3,641,216 | |
MTU Aero Engines AG | | | 11,729 | | | | 2,381,501 | |
Puma SE | | | 15,110 | | | | 1,845,297 | |
Rational AG | | | 1,720 | | | | 1,759,153 | |
Siemens AG, Registered Shares | | | 34,403 | | | | 5,958,695 | |
Symrise AG | | | 14,628 | | | | 2,163,403 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 24,326,149 | |
| | |
Ireland — 1.6% | | | | | | |
Kingspan Group PLC | | | 17,887 | | | | 2,133,650 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Italy — 5.3% | | | | | | |
Ferrari NV | | | 8,857 | | | | 2,279,844 | |
FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA | | | 152,921 | | | | 2,678,032 | |
Moncler SpA | | | 28,889 | | | | 2,087,757 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 7,045,633 | |
| | |
Luxembourg — 0.9% | | | | | | |
Majorel Group Luxembourg SA(a) | | | 36,286 | | | | 1,151,767 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Netherlands — 21.4% | | | | | | |
Adyen NV(a)(b) | | | 1,138 | | | | 2,987,250 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Security | | Shares | | | Value | |
| | |
Netherlands (continued) | | | | | | | | |
ASM International NV | | | 5,959 | | | $ | 2,630,406 | |
ASML Holding NV | | | 15,130 | | | | 12,119,430 | |
BE Semiconductor Industries NV | | | 25,671 | | | | 2,182,360 | |
IMCD NV | | | 18,680 | | | | 4,128,338 | |
QIAGEN NV(a) | | | 30,953 | | | | 1,716,361 | |
Universal Music Group NV | | | 98,705 | | | | 2,784,667 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 28,548,812 | |
| | |
Portugal — 1.9% | | | | | | |
EDP - Energias de Portugal SA | | | 471,630 | | | | 2,590,806 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Switzerland — 3.9% | | | | | | |
Sika AG, Registered Shares | | | 5,143 | | | | 2,137,519 | |
STMicroelectronics NV | | | 62,272 | | | | 3,062,221 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 5,199,740 | |
| | |
United Kingdom — 5.3% | | | | | | |
Allfunds Group PLC(a) | | | 97,559 | | | | 1,921,082 | |
Linde PLC(a) | | | 9,515 | | | | 3,301,777 | |
RELX PLC | | | 54,864 | | | | 1,791,140 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | | | | | | 7,013,999 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| |
Total Long-Term Investments — 99.0% (Cost: $82,402,007) | | | | 132,016,273 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Short-Term Securities | | | | | | | | |
| | |
Money Market Funds — 0.3% | | | | | | | | |
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 0.00%(c)(d) | | | 431,419 | | | | 431,419 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
| | Par (000) | | | | |
| | |
Time Deposits — 0.7% | | | | | | | | |
| | |
Europe — 0.7% | | | | | | |
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., (0.70%), 01/01/22 | | DKK | 738 | | | | 840,678 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| |
Total Short-Term Securities — 1.0% (Cost: $1,272,097) | | | | 1,272,097 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| |
Total Investments — 100.0% (Cost: $83,674,104) | | | | 133,288,370 | |
| |
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.0% | | | | 35,478 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | |
Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | $ | 133,323,848 | |
| | | | | | | | |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. |
(c) | Affiliate of the Fund. |
(d) | Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) | | BlackRock EuroFund |
December 31, 2021
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended December 31, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
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Affiliated Issuer | | Value at 06/30/21 | | | Purchases at Cost | | | Proceeds from Sales | | | | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | | | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | | | Value at 12/31/21 | | | Shares Held at 12/31/21 | | | Income | | | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds | |
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BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class | | $ | 562,543 | | | $ | — | | | $ (131,124)(a) | | | | $ | — | | | $ — | | | | $ | 431,419 | | | | 431,419 | | | $ | (1 | ) | | $ | — | |
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| (a) | Represents net amount purchased (sold). | |
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
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| | Level 1 | | | Level 2 | | | Level 3 | | | Total | |
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Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-Term Investments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stocks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Belgium | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,410,562 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 1,410,562 | |
Denmark | | | — | | | | 4,061,217 | | | | — | | | | 4,061,217 | |
Finland | | | — | | | | 5,937,331 | | | | — | | | | 5,937,331 | |
France | | | — | | | | 42,596,607 | | | | — | | | | 42,596,607 | |
Germany | | | — | | | | 24,326,149 | | | | — | | | | 24,326,149 | |
Ireland | | | — | | | | 2,133,650 | | | | — | | | | 2,133,650 | |
Italy | | | — | | | | 7,045,633 | | | | — | | | | 7,045,633 | |
Luxembourg | | | 1,151,767 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,151,767 | |
Netherlands | | | 2,784,667 | | | | 25,764,145 | | | | — | | | | 28,548,812 | |
Portugal | | | — | | | | 2,590,806 | | | | — | | | | 2,590,806 | |
Switzerland | | | — | | | | 5,199,740 | | | | — | | | | 5,199,740 | |
United Kingdom | | | 1,921,082 | | | | 5,092,917 | | | | — | | | | 7,013,999 | |
Short-Term Securities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Money Market Funds | | | 431,419 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 431,419 | |
Time Deposits | | | — | | | | 840,678 | | | | — | | | | 840,678 | |
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| | $ | 6,288,935 | | | $ | 126,999,435 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 133,288,370 | |
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See notes to financial statements.
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)
December 31, 2021
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| | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. | | | BlackRock EuroFund | |
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ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b) | | | | | | $ | 484,714,135 | | | $ | 132,856,951 | |
Investments, at value — affiliated(c) | | | | | | | 12,733,938 | | | | 431,419 | |
Cash | | | | | | | 6,476 | | | | 60 | |
Cash pledged for futures contracts | | | | | | | 484,000 | | | | — | |
Foreign currency, at value(d) | | | | | | | 47,732 | | | | 253 | |
Receivables: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Securities lending income — affiliated | | | | | | | 1,217 | | | | — | |
Capital shares sold | | | | | | | 115,070 | | | | 39,636 | |
Dividends — unaffiliated | | | | | | | 681,632 | | | | 193,591 | |
Dividends — affiliated | | | | | | | 38 | | | | 2 | |
Prepaid expenses | | | | | | | 46,573 | | | | 47,754 | |
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Total assets | | | | | | | 498,830,811 | | | | 133,569,666 | |
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LIABILITIES | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collateral on securities loaned | | | | | | | 2,799,736 | | | | — | |
Payables: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments purchased | | | | | | | 270 | | | | — | |
Accounting services fees | | | | | | | 23,384 | | | | 8,598 | |
Capital shares redeemed | | | | | | | 211,892 | | | | 31,771 | |
Custodian fees | | | | | | | 176,941 | | | | 1,699 | |
Deferred foreign capital gain tax | | | | | | | 66,608 | | | | — | |
Dividends on short sales | | | | | | | 1,719 | | | | 871 | |
Investment advisory fees | | | | | | | 188,324 | | | | 76,329 | |
Directors’ and Officer’s fees | | | | | | | 2,834 | | | | 2,712 | |
Other accrued expenses | | | | | | | 30,402 | | | | 9,257 | |
Other affiliate fees | | | | | | | 786 | | | | 156 | |
Printing fees | | | | | | | 15,962 | | | | 12,781 | |
Professional fees | | | | | | | 15,359 | | | | 42,975 | |
Service and distribution fees | | | | | | | 72,589 | | | | 20,341 | |
Transfer agent fees | | | | | | | 75,925 | | | | 38,328 | |
Variation margin on futures contracts | | | | | | | 24,562 | | | | — | |
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Total liabilities | | | | | | | 3,707,293 | | | | 245,818 | |
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NET ASSETS | | | | | | $ | 495,123,518 | | | $ | 133,323,848 | |
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NET ASSETS CONSIST OF | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Paid-in capital | | | | | | $ | 408,479,868 | | | $ | 103,743,023 | |
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Accumulated earnings | | | | | | | 86,643,650 | | | | 29,580,825 | |
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NET ASSETS | | | | | | $ | 495,123,518 | | | $ | 133,323,848 | |
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(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated | | | | | | $ | 398,489,137 | | | $ | 83,242,685 | |
(b) Securities loaned, at value | | | | | | $ | 2,654,907 | | | $ | — | |
(c) Investments, at cost — affiliated | | | | | | $ | 12,733,977 | | | $ | 431,419 | |
(d) Foreign currency, at cost | | | | | | $ | 48,541 | | | $ | 253 | |
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited) (continued)
December 31, 2021
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| | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. | | | BlackRock EuroFund | |
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NET ASSET VALUE | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Institutional | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net assets | | | | | | $ | 98,207,261 | | | $ | 38,105,805 | |
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Shares outstanding | | | | | | | 3,807,410 | | | | 1,768,753 | |
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Net asset value | | | | | | $ | 25.79 | | | $ | 21.54 | |
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Shares authorized | | | | | | | 100 million | | | | Unlimited | |
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Par value | | | | | | $ | 0.10 | | | $ | 0.10 | |
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Investor A | | | | | | | | | |
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Net assets | | | | | | $ | 326,505,220 | | | $ | 91,160,600 | |
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Shares outstanding | | | | | | | 13,497,672 | | | | 4,323,876 | |
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Net asset value | | | | | | $ | 24.19 | | | $ | 21.08 | |
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Shares authorized | | | | | | | 100 million | | | | Unlimited | |
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Par value | | | | | | $ | 0.10 | | | $ | 0.10 | |
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Investor C | | | | | | | | | |
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Net assets | | | | | | $ | 5,911,575 | | | $ | 1,990,897 | |
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Shares outstanding | | | | | | | 309,834 | | | | 138,586 | |
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Net asset value | | | | | | $ | 19.08 | | | $ | 14.37 | |
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Shares authorized | | | | | | | 100 million | | | | Unlimited | |
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Par value | | | | | | $ | 0.10 | | | $ | 0.10 | |
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Class K | | | | | | | | | |
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Net assets | | | | | | $ | 61,014,467 | | | $ | 1,517,228 | |
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Shares outstanding | | | | | | | 2,365,608 | | | | 70,541 | |
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Net asset value | | | | | | $ | 25.79 | | | $ | 21.51 | |
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Shares authorized | | | | | | | 2 billion | | | | Unlimited | |
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Par value | | | | | | $ | 0.10 | | | $ | 0.10 | |
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Class R | | | | | | | | | |
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Net assets | | | | | | $ | 3,484,995 | | | $ | 549,318 | |
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Shares outstanding | | | | | | | 163,647 | | | | 35,211 | |
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Net asset value | | | | | | $ | 21.30 | | | $ | 15.60 | |
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Shares authorized | | | | | | | 100 million | | | | Unlimited | |
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Par value | | | | | | $ | 0.10 | | | $ | 0.10 | |
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See notes to financial statements.
Statements of Operations (unaudited)
Six Months Ended December 31, 2021
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| | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. | | | BlackRock EuroFund | |
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INVESTMENT INCOME | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividends — unaffiliated | | | | | | $ | 4,630,274 | | | $ | 563,170 | |
Dividends — affiliated | | | | | | | 220 | | | | (1 | ) |
Securities lending income — affiliated — net | | | | | | | 2,062 | | | | — | |
Foreign withholding tax claims | | | | | | | 56,223 | | | | 89,283 | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | | | | | | (260,097 | ) | | | (72,883 | ) |
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Total investment income | | | | | | | 4,428,682 | | | | 579,569 | |
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EXPENSES | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment advisory | | | | | | | 2,093,667 | | | | 531,651 | |
Service and distribution — class specific | | | | | | | 452,359 | | | | 125,688 | |
Transfer agent — class specific | | | | | | | 315,302 | | | | 79,414 | |
Custodian | | | | | | | 229,002 | | | | 20,252 | |
Professional | | | | | | | 68,405 | | | | 48,788 | |
Registration | | | | | | | 44,837 | | | | 45,402 | |
Accounting services | | | | | | | 44,563 | | | | 21,317 | |
Directors and Officer | | | | | | | 4,845 | | | | 4,446 | |
Miscellaneous | | | | | | | 42,327 | | | | 29,821 | |
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Total expenses | | | | | | | 3,295,307 | | | | 906,779 | |
Less: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager | | | | | | | (901,580 | ) | | | (42,572 | ) |
Transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed — class specific | | | | | | | (206,631 | ) | | | — | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | | 2,187,096 | | | | 864,207 | |
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Net investment income (loss) | | | | | | | 2,241,586 | | | | (284,638 | ) |
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REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) from: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments — unaffiliated | | | | | | | 16,872,943 | | | | 8,593,786 | |
Investments — affiliated | | | | | | | (291 | ) | | | — | |
Foreign currency transactions | | | | | | | (25,638 | ) | | | 124,368 | |
Futures contracts | | | | | | | 592,969 | | | | — | |
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| | | | | | | 17,439,983 | | | | 8,718,154 | |
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Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments — unaffiliated(a) | | | | | | | 4,879,403 | | | | 256,038 | |
Investments — affiliated | | | | | | | (46 | ) | | | — | |
Foreign currency translations | | | | | | | (6,414 | ) | | | (12,190 | ) |
Futures contracts | | | | | | | 145,573 | | | | — | |
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| | | | | | | 5,018,516 | | | | 243,848 | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain | | | | | | | 22,458,499 | | | | 8,962,002 | |
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NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | | | | | | $ | 24,700,085 | | | $ | 8,677,364 | |
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(a) Net of reduction in deferred foreign capital gain tax of | | | | | | $ | 70,874 | | | $ | — | |
See notes to financial statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
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| | | | | | | | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. | | | | | BlackRock EuroFund | |
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| | Six Months Ended 12/31/21 | | | | | | Year Ended | | | | | | Six Months Ended 12/31/21 | | | | | | Year Ended | |
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INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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OPERATIONS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net investment income (loss) | | | | | | | | | | $ | 2,241,586 | | | | | | | $ | 3,185,477 | | | | | | | | | $ | (284,638 | ) | | | | | | $ | 25,043 | |
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Net realized gain | | | | | | | | | | | 17,439,983 | | | | | | | | 81,888,204 | | | | | | | | | | 8,718,154 | | | | | | | | 7,193,178 | |
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Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | | | | | | | | 5,018,516 | | | | | | | | 47,798,581 | | | | | | | | | | 243,848 | | | | | | | | 32,945,770 | |
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | | | | | | | | | 24,700,085 | | | | | | | | 132,872,262 | | | | | | | | | | 8,677,364 | | | | | | | | 40,163,991 | |
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DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Institutional | | | | | | | | | | | (14,118,216 | ) | | | | | | | (3,176,488 | ) | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | — | |
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Investor A | | | | | | | | | | | (50,223,238 | ) | | | | | | | (11,106,083 | ) | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | — | |
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Investor C | | | | | | | | | | | (1,286,438 | ) | | | | | | | (373,623 | ) | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | — | |
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Class K | | | | | | | | | | | (8,570,266 | ) | | | | | | | (566,796 | ) | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | — | |
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Class R | | | | | | | | | | | (633,981 | ) | | | | | | | (162,627 | ) | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | — | |
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Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders | | | | | | | | | | | (74,832,139 | ) | | | | | | | (15,385,617 | ) | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | — | |
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CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions | | | | | | | | | | | 53,431,511 | | | | | | | | 4,363,008 | | | | | | | | | | (48,406,817 | ) | | | | | | | 36,478,327 | |
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NET ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | | | | | | | | | | 3,299,457 | | | | | | | | 121,849,653 | | | | | | | | | | (39,729,453 | ) | | | | | | | 76,642,318 | |
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Beginning of period | | | | | | | | | | | 491,824,061 | | | | | | | | 369,974,408 | | | | | | | | | | 173,053,301 | | | | | | | | 96,410,983 | |
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End of period | | | | | | | | | | $ | 495,123,518 | | | | | | | $ | 491,824,061 | | | | | | | | | $ | 133,323,848 | | | | | | | $ | 173,053,301 | |
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(a) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
See notes to financial statements.
Financial Highlights
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
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| | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. | |
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| | Institutional | |
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| | Six Months Ended 12/31/21 | | | Year Ended June 30, | |
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| | (unaudited) | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | | | 2018 | | | 2017 | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | $ | 28.57 | | | $ | 21.48 | | | $ | 21.66 | | | $ | 21.63 | | | $ | 25.83 | | | $ | 21.85 | |
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Net investment income(a) | | | | | | | 0.14 | | | | 0.24 | | | | 0.31 | | | | 0.36 | | | | 0.29 | | | | 0.11 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | | | | | 1.24 | | | | 7.82 | | | | (0.06 | ) | | | 0.43 | | | | 2.82 | | | | 4.15 | |
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Net increase from investment operations | | | | | | | 1.38 | | | | 8.06 | | | | 0.25 | | | | 0.79 | | | | 3.11 | | | | 4.26 | |
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Distributions(b) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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From net investment income | | | | | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (0.35 | ) | | | (0.43 | ) | | | (0.32 | ) | | | (0.37 | ) | | | (0.28 | ) |
From net realized gain | | | | | | | (3.83 | ) | | | (0.62 | ) | | | — | | | | (0.44 | ) | | | (6.94 | ) | | | — | |
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Total distributions | | | | | | | (4.16 | ) | | | (0.97 | ) | | | (0.43 | ) | | | (0.76 | ) | | | (7.31 | ) | | | (0.28 | ) |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | $ | 25.79 | | | $ | 28.57 | | | $ | 21.48 | | | $ | 21.66 | | | $ | 21.63 | | | $ | 25.83 | |
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Total Return(c) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Based on net asset value | | | | | | | 5.26 | %(d) | | | 38.23 | % | | | 1.08 | % | | | 4.03 | % | | | 12.43 | % | | | 19.60 | % |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(e) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses | | | | | | | 1.12 | %(f) | | | 1.19 | % | | | 1.15 | % | | | 1.14 | % | | | 1.16 | % | | | 1.17 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | | 0.71 | %(f) | | | 0.71 | % | | | 0.71 | % | | | 0.72 | % | | | 0.88 | % | | | 1.13 | % |
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Net investment income | | | | | | | 1.09 | %(f) | | | 0.96 | % | | | 1.46 | % | | | 1.72 | % | | | 1.20 | % | | | 0.47 | % |
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Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | $ | 98,207 | | | $ | 95,405 | | | $ | 75,805 | | | $ | 87,759 | | | $ | 114,870 | | | $ | 258,047 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Portfolio turnover rate | | | | | | | 77 | % | | | 311 | % | | | 182 | % | | | 137 | % | | | 189 | % | | | 59 | % |
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(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. |
(b) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(c) | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(d) | Aggregate total return. |
(e) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
See notes to financial statements.
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28 | | 2 0 2 1 BLACK ROCK SEMI - ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. (continued) | |
| |
| | Investor A | |
| | |
| | Six Months Ended 12/31/21 | | | Year Ended June 30, | |
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| | (unaudited) | | | 20 21 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | | | 2018 | | | 2017 | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | $ | 27.02 | | | $ | 20.36 | | | $ | 20.55 | | | $ | 20.56 | | | $ | 24.85 | | | $ | 21.00 | |
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Net investment income(a) | | | | | | | 0.10 | | | | 0.17 | | | | 0.24 | | | | 0.30 | | | | 0.25 | | | | 0.01 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | | | | | 1.17 | | | | 7.41 | | | | (0.05 | ) | | | 0.40 | | | | 2.67 | | | | 3.99 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net increase from investment operations | | | | | | | 1.27 | | | | 7.58 | | | | 0.19 | | | | 0.70 | | | | 2.92 | | | | 4.00 | |
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Distributions(b) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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From net investment income | | | | | | | (0.27 | ) | | | (0.30 | ) | | | (0.38 | ) | | | (0.27 | ) | | | (0.27 | ) | | | (0.15 | ) |
From net realized gain | | | | | | | (3.83 | ) | | | (0.62 | ) | | | — | | | | (0.44 | ) | | | (6.94 | ) | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Total distributions | | | | | | | (4.10 | ) | | | (0.92 | ) | | | (0.38 | ) | | | (0.71 | ) | | | (7.21 | ) | | | (0.15 | ) |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | $ | 24.19 | | | $ | 27.02 | | | $ | 20.36 | | | $ | 20.55 | | | $ | 20.56 | | | $ | 24.85 | |
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Total Return(c) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Based on net asset value | | | | | | | 5.13 | %(d) | | | 37.91 | % | | | 0.84 | % | | | 3.77 | % | | | 12.10 | % | | | 19.10 | % |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(e) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses | | | | | | | 1.43 | %(f) | | | 1.51 | % | | | 1.46 | % | | | 1.46 | % | | | 1.53 | % | | | 1.54 | % |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | | 0.96 | %(f) | | | 0.96 | % | | | 0.96 | % | | | 0.97 | % | | | 1.16 | % | | | 1.50 | % |
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Net investment income | | | | | | | 0.84 | %(f) | | | 0.71 | % | | | 1.21 | % | | | 1.48 | % | | | 1.06 | % | | | 0.06 | % |
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Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | $ | 326,505 | | | $ | 327,701 | | | $ | 242,123 | | | $ | 289,752 | | | $ | 324,978 | | | $ | 395,690 | |
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| | | | | | | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | | | | | 77 | % | | | 311 | % | | | 182 | % | | | 137 | % | | | 189 | % | | | 59 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. |
(b) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(c) | Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(d) | Aggregate total return. |
(e) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
See notes to financial statements.
Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. (continued) | |
| |
| | Investor C | |
| | |
| | Six Months Ended 12/31/21 | | | Year Ended June 30, | |
| | | | | | |
| | (unaudited) | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | | | 2018 | | | 2017 | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | $ | 22.06 | | | $ | 16.58 | | | $ | 16.79 | | | $ | 16.87 | | | $ | 21.45 | | | $ | 18.15 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net investment income (loss)(a) | | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | (0.01 | ) | | | 0.08 | | | | 0.11 | | | | 0.04 | | | | (0.16 | ) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | | | | | 0.92 | | | | 6.04 | | | | (0.05 | ) | | | 0.34 | | | | 2.31 | | | | 3.46 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net increase from investment operations | | | | | | | 0.93 | | | | 6.03 | | | | 0.03 | | | | 0.45 | | | | 2.35 | | | | 3.30 | |
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Distributions(b) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From net investment income | | | | | | | (0.14 | ) | | | — | | | | (0.24 | ) | | | (0.09 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
From net realized gain | | | | | | | (3.77 | ) | | | (0.55 | ) | | | — | | | | (0.44 | ) | | | (6.93 | ) | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Total distributions | | | | | | | (3.91 | ) | | | (0.55 | ) | | | (0.24 | ) | | | (0.53 | ) | | | (6.93 | ) | | | — | |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | $ | 19.08 | | | $ | 22.06 | | | $ | 16.58 | | | $ | 16.79 | | | $ | 16.87 | | | $ | 21.45 | |
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Total Return(c) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Based on net asset value | | | | | | | 4.71 | %(d) | | | 36.88 | % | | | 0.11 | % | | | 2.99 | % | | | 11.23 | % | | | 18.18 | % |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(e) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses | | | | | | | 2.25 | %(f) | | | 2.42 | % | | | 2.32 | % | | | 2.28 | % | | | 2.34 | % | | | 2.32 | % |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | | 1.71 | %(f) | | | 1.71 | % | | | 1.71 | % | | | 1.72 | % | | | 1.95 | % | | | 2.29 | % |
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Net investment income (loss) | | | | | | | 0.10 | %(f) | | | (0.06 | )% | | | 0.46 | % | | | 0.65 | % | | | 0.23 | % | | | (0.81 | )% |
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Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | $ | 5,912 | | | $ | 7,922 | | | $ | 35,626 | | | $ | 52,125 | | | $ | 90,299 | | | $ | 135,507 | |
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Portfolio turnover rate | | | | | | | 77 | % | | | 311 | % | | | 182 | % | | | 137 | % | | | 189 | % | | | 59 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. |
(b) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(c) | Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(d) | Aggregate total return. |
(e) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
See notes to financial statements.
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30 | | 2 0 2 1 BLACK ROCK SEMI - ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. (continued) | |
| |
| | Class K | |
| | | Six Months Ended | | | | | | | | Period from | |
| | | 12/31/21 | | | | Year Ended June 30, | | | | | | | | 01/25/18 | (a) |
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| | (unaudited) | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | | | | | | to 06/30/18 | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | $ | 28.58 | | | $ | 21.48 | | | $ | 21.66 | | | $ | 21.63 | | | | | | | $ | 23.12 | |
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Net investment income(b) | | | | | | | 0.15 | | | | 0.27 | | | | 0.32 | | | | 0.41 | | | | | | | | 0.29 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | | | | | 1.24 | | | | 7.81 | | | | (0.06 | ) | | | 0.39 | | | | | | | | (1.78 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | | 1.39 | | | | 8.08 | | | | 0.26 | | | | 0.80 | | | | | | | | (1.49 | ) |
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Distributions(c) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
From net investment income | | | | | | | (0.35 | ) | | | (0.36 | ) | | | (0.44 | ) | | | (0.33 | ) | | | | | | | — | |
From net realized gain | | | | | | | (3.83 | ) | | | (0.62 | ) | | | — | | | | (0.44 | ) | | | | | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Total distributions | | | | | | | (4.18 | ) | | | (0.98 | ) | | | (0.44 | ) | | | (0.77 | ) | | | | | | | — | |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | $ | 25.79 | | | $ | 28.58 | | | $ | 21.48 | | | $ | 21.66 | | | | | | | $ | 21.63 | |
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Total Return(d) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Based on net asset value | | | | | | | 5.27 | %(e) | | | 38.34 | % | | | 1.13 | % | | | 4.09 | % | | | | | | | (6.44 | )%(e) |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(f) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses | | | | | | | 1.03 | %(g) | | | 1.13 | % | | | 1.09 | % | | | 1.03 | % | | | | | | | 1.07 | %(g)(h) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | | 0.66 | %(g) | | | 0.66 | % | | | 0.66 | % | | | 0.66 | % | | | | | | | 0.66 | %(g) |
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Net investment income | | | | | | | 1.13 | %(g) | | | 1.04 | % | | | 1.53 | % | | | 1.98 | % | | | | | | | 3.09 | %(g) |
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Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | $ | 61,014 | | | $ | 56,800 | | | $ | 12,108 | | | $ | 10,625 | | | | | | | $ | 4,616 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Portfolio turnover rate | | | | | | | 77 | % | | | 311 | % | | | 182 | % | | | 137 | % | | | | | | | 189 | % |
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(a) | Commencement of operations. |
(b) | Based on average shares outstanding. |
(c) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(d) | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(e) | Aggregate total return. |
(f) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
(h) | Offering costs were not annualized in the calculation of the expense ratios. If these expenses were annualized, the total expenses would have been 1.07%. |
See notes to financial statements.
Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
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| | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. (continued) | |
| |
| | Class R | |
| | |
| | Six Months Ended 12/31/21 | | | Year Ended June 30, | |
| | | | | | |
| | (unaudited) | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | | | 2018 | | | 2017 | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | $ | 24.24 | | | $ | 18.33 | | | $ | 18.52 | | | $ | 18.60 | | | $ | 23.07 | | | $ | 19.48 | |
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Net investment income (loss)(a) | | | | | | | 0.07 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 0.18 | | | | 0.21 | | | | 0.17 | | | | (0.07 | ) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | | | | | 1.03 | | | | 6.65 | | | | (0.06 | ) | | | 0.37 | | | | 2.47 | | | | 3.70 | |
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Net increase from investment operations | | | | | | | 1.10 | | | | 6.75 | | | | 0.12 | | | | 0.58 | | | | 2.64 | | | | 3.63 | |
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Distributions(b) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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From net investment income | | | | | | | (0.21 | ) | | | (0.22 | ) | | | (0.31 | ) | | | (0.22 | ) | | | (0.17 | ) | | | (0.04 | ) |
From net realized gain | | | | | | | (3.83 | ) | | | (0.62 | ) | | | — | | | | (0.44 | ) | | | (6.94 | ) | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Total distributions | | | | | | | (4.04 | ) | | | (0.84 | ) | | | (0.31 | ) | | | (0.66 | ) | | | (7.11 | ) | | | (0.04 | ) |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | $ | 21.30 | | | $ | 24.24 | | | $ | 18.33 | | | $ | 18.52 | | | $ | 18.60 | | | $ | 23.07 | |
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Total Return(c) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Based on net asset value | | | | | | | 5.02 | %(d) | | | 37.52 | % | | | 0.58 | % | | | 3.52 | % | | | 11.79 | % | | | 18.67 | % |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(e) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses | | | | | | | 1.87 | %(f) | | | 1.79 | % | | | 1.77 | % | | | 1.79 | % | | | 1.87 | % | | | 1.92 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | | 1.21 | %(f) | | | 1.21 | % | | | 1.21 | % | | | 1.22 | % | | | 1.43 | % | | | 1.88 | % |
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Net investment income (loss) | | | | | | | 0.59 | %(f) | | | 0.45 | % | | | 0.98 | % | | | 1.18 | % | | | 0.80 | % | | | (0.33 | )% |
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Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | $ | 3,485 | | | $ | 3,996 | | | $ | 4,313 | | | $ | 10,407 | | | $ | 16,716 | | | $ | 19,642 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | | | | | 77 | % | | | 311 | % | | | 182 | % | | | 137 | % | | | 189 | % | | | 59 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. |
(b) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(c) | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(d) | Aggregate total return. |
(e) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
See notes to financial statements.
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32 | | 2 0 2 1 BLACK ROCK SEMI - ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | BlackRock EuroFund | |
| |
| | Institutional | |
| | |
| | Six Months Ended 12/31/21 | | | Year Ended June 30, | |
| | | | | | |
| | (unaudited) | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | | | 2018 | | | 2017 | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | $ | 20.34 | | | $ | 14.31 | | | $ | 14.40 | | | $ | 15.06 | | | $ | 14.78 | | | $ | 13.25 | |
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Net investment income (loss)(a) | | | | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | 0.03 | | | | 0.02 | | | | 0.13 | | | | 0.13 | | | | 0.16 | (b) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | | | | | 1.22 | | | | 6.00 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (0.45 | ) | | | 0.33 | | | | 1.67 | |
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | | 1.20 | | | | 6.03 | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | (0.32 | ) | | | 0.46 | | | | 1.83 | |
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Distributions from net investment income(c) | | | | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (0.07 | ) | | | (0.34 | ) | | | (0.18 | ) | | | (0.30 | ) |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | $ | 21.54 | | | $ | 20.34 | | | $ | 14.31 | | | $ | 14.40 | | | $ | 15.06 | | | $ | 14.78 | |
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Total Return(d) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Based on net asset value | | | | | | | 5.90 | %(e) | | | 42.14 | % | | | (0.17 | )% | | | (1.77 | )% | | | 3.12 | % | | | 14.14 | % |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(f) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses | | | | | | | 1.11 | %(g) | | | 1.18 | % | | | 1.24 | % | | | 1.23 | % | | | 1.11 | % | | | 1.10 | % |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | | 1.05 | %(g) | | | 1.12 | % | | | 1.18 | % | | | 1.17 | % | | | 1.08 | % | | | 1.10 | % |
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Net investment income (loss) | | | | | | | (0.19 | )%(g) | | | 0.19 | % | | | 0.14 | % | | | 0.92 | % | | | 0.87 | % | | | 1.19 | %(b) |
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Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | $ | 38,106 | | | $ | 81,809 | | | $ | 26,476 | | | $ | 33,178 | | | $ | 43,686 | | | $ | 146,685 | |
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Portfolio turnover rate | | | | | | | 22 | % | | | 26 | % | | | 39 | % | | | 153 | % | | | 98 | % | | | 93 | % |
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(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. |
(b) | Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include $0.01 per share and 0.10%, respectively, resulting from a special dividend. |
(c) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(d) | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(e) | Aggregate total return. |
(f) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
See notes to financial statements.
Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
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| | BlackRock EuroFund (continued) | |
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| | Investor A | |
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| | Six Months Ended 12/31/21 | | | Year Ended June 30, | |
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| | (unaudited) | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | | | 2018 | | | 2017 | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | $ | 19.93 | | | $ | 14.05 | | | $ | 14.11 | | | $ | 14.78 | | | $ | 14.49 | | | $ | 12.98 | |
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Net investment income (loss)(a) | | | | | | | (0.05 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) | | | (0.00 | )(b) | | | 0.08 | | | | 0.18 | | | | 0.13 | (c) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | | | | | 1.20 | | | | 5.89 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (0.44 | ) | | | 0.26 | | | | 1.64 | |
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | | 1.15 | | | | 5.88 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (0.36 | ) | | | 0.44 | | | | 1.77 | |
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Distributions from net investment income(d) | | | | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | (0.31 | ) | | | (0.15 | ) | | | (0.26 | ) |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | $ | 21.08 | | | $ | 19.93 | | | $ | 14.05 | | | $ | 14.11 | | | $ | 14.78 | | | $ | 14.49 | |
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Total Return(e) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Based on net asset value | | | | | | | 5.77 | %(f) | | | 41.85 | % | | | (0.30 | )% | | | (2.08 | )% | | | 3.02 | % | | | 13.92 | % |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(g) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses | | | | | | | 1.35 | %(h) | | | 1.39 | % | | | 1.40 | % | | | 1.45 | % | | | 1.31 | % | | | 1.32 | % |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | | 1.29 | %(h) | | | 1.33 | % | | | 1.34 | % | | | 1.39 | % | | | 1.28 | % | | | 1.32 | % |
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Net investment income (loss) | | | | | | | (0.49 | )%(h) | | | (0.03 | )% | | | (0.01 | )% | | | 0.56 | % | | | 1.19 | % | | | 0.97 | %(c) |
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Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | $ | 91,161 | | | $ | 87,462 | | | $ | 65,887 | | | $ | 78,418 | | | $ | 149,540 | | | $ | 165,427 | |
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Portfolio turnover rate | | | | | | | 22 | % | | | 26 | % | | | 39 | % | | | 153 | % | | | 98 | % | | | 93 | % |
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(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. |
(b) | Amount is greater than $(0.005) per share. |
(c) | Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include $0.01 per share and 0.10%, respectively, resulting from a special dividend. |
(d) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(e) | Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(f) | Aggregate total return. |
(g) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
See notes to financial statements.
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34 | | 2 0 2 1 BLACK ROCK SEMI - ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
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| | BlackRock EuroFund (continued) | |
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| | Investor C | |
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| | Six Months Ended 12/31/21 | | | Year Ended June 30, | |
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| | (unaudited) | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | | | 2018 | | | 2017 | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | $ | 13.63 | | | $ | 9.68 | | | $ | 9.79 | | | $ | 10.36 | | | $ | 10.16 | | | $ | 9.17 | |
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Net investment income (loss)(a) | | | | | | | (0.09 | ) | | | (0.10 | ) | | | (0.08 | ) | | | (0.02 | ) | | | 0.05 | | | | 0.01 | (b) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | | | | | 0.83 | | | | 4.05 | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | (0.31 | ) | | | 0.18 | | | | 1.15 | |
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | | 0.74 | | | | 3.95 | | | | (0.11 | ) | | | (0.33 | ) | | | 0.23 | | | | 1.16 | |
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Distributions from net investment income(c) | | | | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (0.24 | ) | | | (0.03 | ) | | | (0.17 | ) |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | $ | 14.37 | | | $ | 13.63 | | | $ | 9.68 | | | $ | 9.79 | | | $ | 10.36 | | | $ | 10.16 | |
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Total Return(d) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Based on net asset value | | | | | | | 5.43 | %(e) | | | 40.81 | % | | | (1.12 | )% | | | (2.82 | )% | | | 2.27 | % | | | 12.94 | % |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(f) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses | | | | | | | 2.13 | %(g) | | | 2.17 | % | | | 2.19 | % | | | 2.20 | % | | | 2.08 | % | | | 2.13 | % |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | | 2.07 | %(g) | | | 2.11 | % | | | 2.13 | % | | | 2.14 | % | | | 2.04 | % | | | 2.13 | % |
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Net investment income (loss) | | | | | | | (1.25 | )%(g) | | | (0.86 | )% | | | (0.85 | )% | | | (0.17 | )% | | | 0.43 | % | | | 0.14 | %(b) |
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Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | $ | 1,991 | | | $ | 2,451 | | | $ | 3,088 | | | $ | 4,179 | | | $ | 7,533 | | | $ | 8,038 | |
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Portfolio turnover rate | | | | | | | 22 | % | | | 26 | % | | | 39 | % | | | 153 | % | | | 98 | % | | | 93 | % |
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(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. |
(b) | Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include $0.01 per share and 0.10%, respectively, resulting from a special dividend. |
(c) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(d) | Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(e) | Aggregate total return. |
(f) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
See notes to financial statements.
Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
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| | BlackRock EuroFund (continued) | |
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| | Class K | |
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| | Six Months Ended | | | | | | Period from | |
| | | 12/31/21 | | | | Year Ended June 30, | | | | | | | | 01/25/18 | (a) |
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| | (unaudited) | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | | | to 06/30/18 | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | $ | 20.30 | | | $ | 14.26 | | | $ | 14.34 | | | $ | 15.08 | | | | | | | $ | 16.57 | |
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Net investment income (loss)(b) | | | | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | 0.06 | | | | 0.03 | | | | 0.14 | | | | | | | | 0.26 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | | | | | 1.23 | | | | 5.98 | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | (0.46 | ) | | | | | | | (1.75 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | | 1.21 | | | | 6.04 | | | | 0.01 | | | | (0.32 | ) | | | | | | | (1.49 | ) |
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Distributions from net investment income(c) | | | | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (0.09 | ) | | | (0.42 | ) | | | | | | | — | |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | $ | 21.51 | | | $ | 20.30 | | | $ | 14.26 | | | $ | 14.34 | | | | | | | $ | 15.08 | |
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Total Return(d) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Based on net asset value | | | | | | | 5.96 | %(e) | | | 42.36 | % | | | 0.03 | % | | | (1.70 | )% | | | | | | | (8.99 | )%(e) |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(f) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses | | | | | | | 1.01 | %(g) | | | 1.04 | % | | | 1.06 | % | | | 1.11 | % | | | | | | | 0.98 | %(g)(h) |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | | 0.95 | %(g) | | | 0.98 | % | | | 1.00 | % | | | 1.05 | % | | | | | | | 0.95 | %(g) |
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Net investment income (loss) | | | | | | | (0.16 | )%(g) | | | 0.34 | % | | | 0.18 | % | | | 1.00 | % | | | | | | | 3.86 | %(g) |
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Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | $ | 1,517 | | | $ | 860 | | | $ | 601 | | | $ | 710 | | | | | | | $ | 1,005 | |
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Portfolio turnover rate | | | | | | | 22 | % | | | 26 | % | | | 39 | % | | | 153 | % | | | | | | | 98 | % |
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(a) | Commencement of operations. |
(b) | Based on average shares outstanding. |
(c) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(d) | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(e) | Aggregate total return. |
(f) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
(h) | Offering costs were not annualized in the calculation of the expense ratios. If these expenses were annualized, the total expenses would have been 0.99%. |
See notes to financial statements.
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36 | | 2 0 2 1 BLACK ROCK SEMI - ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS |
Financial Highlights (continued)
(For a share outstanding throughout each period)
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| | BlackRock EuroFund (continued) | |
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| | Class R | |
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| | Six Months Ended 12/31/21 | | | Year Ended June 30, | |
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| | (unaudited) | | | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | | | 2018 | | | 2017 | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | | | | | $ | 14.79 | | | $ | 10.46 | | | $ | 10.54 | | | $ | 11.14 | | | $ | 10.96 | | | $ | 9.89 | |
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Net investment income (loss)(a) | | | | | | | (0.08 | ) | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) | | | 0.09 | | | | 0.05 | (b) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | | | | | 0.89 | | | | 4.37 | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (0.33 | ) | | | 0.18 | | | | 1.24 | |
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | | | | | | 0.81 | | | | 4.33 | | | | (0.08 | ) | | | (0.34 | ) | | | 0.27 | | | | 1.29 | |
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Distributions from net investment income(c) | | | | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (0.26 | ) | | | (0.09 | ) | | | (0.22 | ) |
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Net asset value, end of period | | | | | | $ | 15.60 | | | $ | 14.79 | | | $ | 10.46 | | | $ | 10.54 | | | $ | 11.14 | | | $ | 10.96 | |
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Total Return(d) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Based on net asset value | | | | | | | 5.48 | %(e) | | | 41.40 | % | | | (0.76 | )% | | | (2.66 | )% | | | 2.46 | % | | | 13.42 | % |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(f) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total expenses | | | | | | | 1.87 | %(g) | | | 1.73 | % | | | 1.87 | % | | | 2.07 | % | | | 1.81 | % | | | 1.83 | % |
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Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed | | | | | | | 1.81 | %(g) | | | 1.67 | % | | | 1.81 | % | | | 2.01 | % | | | 1.77 | % | | | 1.83 | % |
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Net investment income (loss) | | | | | | | (1.01 | )%(g) | | | (0.32 | )% | | | (0.42 | )% | | | (0.07 | )% | | | 0.76 | % | | | 0.54 | %(b) |
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Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000) | | | | | | $ | 549 | | | $ | 471 | | | $ | 359 | | | $ | 363 | | | $ | 786 | | | $ | 1,017 | |
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Portfolio turnover rate | | | | | | | 22 | % | | | 26 | % | | | 39 | % | | | 153 | % | | | 98 | % | | | 93 | % |
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(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. |
(b) | Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include $0.01 per share and 0.10%, respectively, resulting from a special dividend. |
(c) | Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
(d) | Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(e) | Aggregate total return. |
(f) | Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
See notes to financial statements.
Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)
BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc., (the “Corporation”) and BlackRock EuroFund (the “Trust”) are each registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as open-end management investment companies. BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. is organized as a Maryland corporation. BlackRock EuroFund is organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The following are referred to herein collectively as the “Funds” or individually as a “Fund”:
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Fund Name | | Herein Referred To As | | Diversification Classification |
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BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. | | Advantage Global | | Diversified |
BlackRock EuroFund | | EuroFund | | Diversified |
Each Fund offers multiple classes of shares. All classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and are subject to the same terms and conditions, except that certain classes bear expenses related to the shareholder servicing and distribution of such shares. Institutional and Class K Shares are sold only to certain eligible investors. Investor A, Investor C and Class R Shares bear certain expenses related to shareholder servicing of such shares, and Investor C and Class R Shares also bear certain expenses related to the distribution of such shares. Investor A and Investor C Shares are generally available through financial intermediaries. Class R Shares are sold only to certain employer-sponsored retirement plans. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters relating to its shareholder servicing and distribution expenditures (except that Investor C shareholders may vote on material changes to the Investor A Shares distribution and service plan).
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Share Class | | Initial Sales Charge | | CDSC | | | Conversion Privilege |
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Institutional, Class K and Class R Shares | | No | | | No | | | None |
Investor A Shares | | Yes | | | No | (a) | | None |
Investor C Shares | | No | | | Yes | (b) | | To Investor A Shares after approximately 8 years |
| (a) | Investor A Shares may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) for certain redemptions where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase. | |
| (b) | A CDSC of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Investor C Shares made within one year after purchase. | |
The Board of Trustees of the Trust and the Board of Directors of the Corporation are collectively referred to throughout this report as the “Board,” and the directors/trustees thereof are collectively referred to throughout this report as “Directors.”
The Funds, together with certain other registered investment companies advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”) or its affiliates, are included in a complex of open-end equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds referred to as the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex.
2. | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:
Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend dates at fair value. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend dates may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Funds are informed of the ex-dividend dates. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain. Income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.
Foreign Currency Translation: Each Fund’s books and records are maintained in U.S. dollars. Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates determined as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Purchases and sales of investments are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Generally, when the U.S. dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, the investments denominated in that currency will lose value; the opposite effect occurs if the U.S. dollar falls in relative value.
Each Fund does not isolate the effect of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates from the effect of fluctuations in the market prices of investments for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the effects of changes in exchange rates on investments are not segregated in the Statements of Operations from the effects of changes in market prices of those investments, but are included as a component of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments. Each Fund reports realized currency gains (losses) on foreign currency related transactions as components of net realized gain (loss) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are generally treated as ordinary income for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Foreign Taxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Foreign taxes withheld”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of December 31, 2021, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
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The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations include tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.
Segregation and Collateralization: In cases where a Fund enters into certain investments (e.g., futures contracts) that would be treated as “senior securities” for 1940 Act purposes, a Fund may segregate or designate on its books and records cash or liquid assets having a market value at least equal to the amount of its future obligations under such investments. Doing so allows the investments to be excluded from treatment as a “senior security.” Furthermore, if required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments or obligations.
Distributions: Distributions paid by the Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.
Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, a Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. A Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against a Fund, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.
Other: Expenses directly related to a Fund or its classes are charged to that Fund or the applicable class. Expenses directly related to the Funds and other shared expenses prorated to the Funds are allocated daily to each class based on their relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Other operating expenses shared by several funds, including other funds managed by the Manager, are prorated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods.
The Funds have an arrangement with their custodian whereby credits are earned on uninvested cash balances, which could be used to reduce custody fees and/or overdraft charges. The Funds may incur charges on overdrafts, subject to certain conditions.
3. | INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS |
Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund is open for business and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value. The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments.
Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:
| • | | Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day may be valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price. |
| • | | Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published net asset value (“NAV”). |
| • | | The Funds value their investment in SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series (the “Money Market Series”) at fair value, which is ordinarily based upon their pro rata ownership in the underlying fund’s net assets. |
| • | | Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded. |
Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of trading on the NYSE. Each business day, the Funds use current market factors supplied by independent pricing services to value certain foreign instruments (“Systematic Fair Value Price”). The Systematic Fair Value Price is designed to value such foreign securities at fair value as of the close of trading on the NYSE, which follows the close of the local markets.
If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Global Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof on a quarterly basis.
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
For investments in equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds (“Private Company” or collectively, the “Private Companies”) and other Fair Valued Investments, the fair valuation approaches that are used by the Global Valuation Committee and third-party pricing services utilize one or a combination of, but not limited to, the following inputs.
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Market approach | | (i) recent market transactions, including subsequent rounds of financing, in the underlying investment or comparable issuers; (ii) recapitalizations and other transactions across the capital structure; and (iii) market multiples of comparable issuers. |
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Income approach | | (i) future cash flows discounted to present and adjusted as appropriate for liquidity, credit, and/or market risks; (ii) quoted prices for similar investments or assets in active markets; and (iii) other risk factors, such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, recovery rates, liquidation amounts and/or default rates. |
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Cost approach | | (i) audited or unaudited financial statements, investor communications and financial or operational metrics issued by the Private Company; (ii) changes in the valuation of relevant indices or publicly traded companies comparable to the Private Company; (iii) relevant news and other public sources; and (iv) known secondary market transactions in the Private Company’s interests and merger or acquisition activity in companies comparable to the Private Company. |
Investments in series of preferred stock issued by Private Companies are typically valued utilizing market approach in determining the enterprise value of the company. Such investments often contain rights and preferences that differ from other series of preferred and common stock of the same issuer. Enterprise valuation techniques such as an option pricing model (“OPM”), a probability weighted expected return model (“PWERM”), current value method or a hybrid of those techniques are used as deemed appropriate under the circumstances. The use of these valuation techniques involve a determination of the exit scenarios of the investment in order to appropriately allocate the enterprise value of the company among the various parts of its capital structure.
The Private Companies are not subject to the public company disclosure, timing, and reporting standards applicable to other investments held by a Fund. Typically, the most recently available information by a Private Company is as of a date that is earlier than the date a Fund is calculating its NAV. This factor may result in a difference between the value of the investment and the price a Fund could receive upon the sale of the investment.
Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:
| • | | Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access; |
| • | | Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs); and |
| • | | Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Global Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments). |
The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by Private Companies that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.
As of December 31, 2021, certain investments of Advantage Global were fair valued using NAV per share as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy.
4. | SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS |
Preferred Stocks: Preferred stock has a preference over common stock in liquidation (and generally in receiving dividends as well), but is subordinated to the liabilities of the issuer in all respects. As a general rule, the market value of preferred stock with a fixed dividend rate and no conversion element varies inversely with interest rates and perceived credit risk, while the market price of convertible preferred stock generally also reflects some element of conversion value. Because preferred stock is junior to debt securities and other obligations of the issuer, deterioration in the credit quality of the issuer will cause greater changes in the value of a preferred stock than in a more senior debt security with similar stated yield characteristics. Unlike interest payments on debt securities, preferred stock dividends are payable only if declared by the issuer’s board of directors. Preferred stock also may be subject to optional or mandatory redemption provisions.
Securities Lending: Certain Funds may lend their securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Funds collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value
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of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund, or excess collateral returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, the Funds are entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities, but do not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.
As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested by the securities lending agent, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”), if any, is disclosed in the Schedules of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are disclosed in the Funds’ Schedules of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related collateral are shown separately in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as a component of investments at value – unaffiliated and collateral on securities loaned at value, respectively.
Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”), which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency), for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.
As of period end, the following table is a summary of the Funds’ securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:
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Fund Name/Counterparty | |
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Received |
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Received at Fair Value |
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Amount |
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Advantage Global | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
BofA Securities, Inc. | | $ | 973,639 | | | $ | (973,639 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. | | | 92,580 | | | | (92,580 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. | | | 862,982 | | | | (862,982 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | | | 725,706 | | | | (725,706 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
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| | $ | 2,654,907 | | | $ | (2,654,907 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
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| (a) | Collateral received in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s Statements of Assets and Liabilities. | |
The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the Funds benefit from a borrower default indemnity provided by BIM. BIM’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value on the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by the Funds.
5. | DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS |
The Funds engage in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Funds and/or to manage their exposure to certain risks such as credit risk, equity risk, interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, commodity price risk or other risks (e.g., inflation risk). Derivative financial instruments categorized by risk exposure are included in the Schedules of Investments. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange or over-the-counter (“OTC”).
Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).
Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedules of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
6. | INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES |
Investment Advisory: Each Fund entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Manager, the Funds’ investment adviser and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”), to provide investment advisory and administrative services. The Manager is responsible for the management of each Fund’s portfolio and provides the personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of each Fund.
For such services, each Fund pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate equal to the following percentages of the average daily value of each Fund’s net assets:
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Average Daily Net Assets | | Advantage Global | | | EuroFund | |
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First $1 billion | | | 0.85 | % | | | 0.75% | |
$1 billion — $3 billion | | | 0.80 | | | | 0.71 | |
$3 billion — $5 billion | | | 0.77 | | | | 0.68 | |
$5 billion — $10 billion | | | 0.74 | | | | 0.65 | |
Greater than $10 billion | | | 0.72 | | | | 0.64 | |
With respect to EuroFund, the Manager entered into a sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock International Limited (“BIL”), an affiliate of the Manager. The Manager pays BIL for services it provides for that portion of the Fund for which BIL acts as sub-adviser, a monthly fee that is equal to a percentage of the investment advisory fees paid by EuroFund to the Manager.
Service and Distribution Fees: The Funds entered into a Distribution Agreement and Distribution and Service Plans with BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of the Manager. Pursuant to the Distribution and Service Plan and in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, each Fund pays BRIL ongoing service and distribution fees. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly at annual rates based upon the average daily net assets of the relevant share class of each Fund as follows:
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Share Class | | Service Fees | | | Distribution Fees |
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Investor A | | | 0.25 | % | | N/A |
Investor C | | | 0.25 | | | 0.75% |
Class R | | | 0.25 | | | 0.25 |
BRIL and broker-dealers, pursuant to sub-agreements with BRIL, provide shareholder servicing and distribution services to the Funds. The ongoing service and/or distribution fee compensates BRIL and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder servicing and/or distribution related services to shareholders.
For the six months ended December 31, 2021, the following table shows the class specific service and distribution fees borne directly by each share class of each Fund:
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Fund Name | | Investor A | | | Investor C | | | Class R | | | Total |
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Advantage Global | | $ | 409,192 | | | $ | 33,797 | | | $ | 9,370 | | | $452,359 |
EuroFund | | | 113,310 | | | | 11,048 | | | | 1,330 | | | 125,688 |
Transfer Agent: Pursuant to written agreements, certain financial intermediaries, some of which may be affiliates, provide the Funds with sub-accounting, recordkeeping, sub-transfer agency and other administrative services with respect to servicing of underlying investor accounts. For these services, these entities receive an asset-based fee or an annual fee per shareholder account, which will vary depending on share class and/or net assets. For the six months ended December 31, 2021, the Funds did not pay any amounts to affiliates in return for these services.
The Manager maintains a call center that is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Funds. Shareholder services include responding to inquiries and processing purchases and sales based upon instructions from shareholders. For the six months ended December 31, 2021, each Fund reimbursed the Manager the following amounts for costs incurred in running the call center, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the Statements of Operations:
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Fund Name | | Institutional | | | Investor A | | | Investor C | | | Class K | | | Class R | | | Total |
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Advantage Global | | $ | 368 | | | $ | 4,354 | | | $ | 982 | | | $ | 18 | | | $ | 25 | | | $ 5,747 |
EuroFund | | | 1,042 | | | | 2,024 | | | | 172 | | | | 6 | | | | 18 | | | 3,262 |
For the six months ended December 31, 2021, the following table shows the class specific transfer agent fees borne directly by each share class of each Fund:
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Fund Name | | Institutional | | | Investor A | | | Investor C | | | Class K | | | Class R | | | Total |
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Advantage Global | | $ | 47,712 | | | $ | 253,093 | | | $ | 7,431 | | | $ | 605 | | | $ | 6,461 | | | $ 315,302 |
EuroFund | | | 29,427 | | | | 47,387 | | | | 1,496 | | | | 92 | | | | 1,012 | | | 79,414 |
Other Fees: For the six months ended December 31, 2021, affiliates earned underwriting discounts, direct commissions and dealer concessions on sales of each Fund’s Investor A Shares as follows:
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Fund Name | | Investor A |
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Advantage Global | | $ 676 |
EuroFund | | 208 |
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For the six months ended December 31, 2021, affiliates received CDSCs as follows:
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Advantage Global | | $ | — | | | $ | 28 | |
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EuroFund | | | 700 | | | | — | |
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Expense Limitations, Waivers and Reimbursements: With respect to each Fund, the Manager contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees each Fund pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds (the “affiliated money market fund waiver”) through June 30, 2023. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the directors who are not “interested persons” of the Funds, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Directors”), or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. The amount of waivers and/or reimbursements of fees and expenses made pursuant to the expense limitation described below will be reduced by the amount of the affiliated money market fund waiver. These amounts are included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended December 31, 2021, the amounts waived were as follows:
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Fund Name | | Fees Waived and/or Reimbursed by the Manager | |
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Advantage Global | | $ | 1,160 | |
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EuroFund | | | 40 | |
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The Manager has contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee with respect to any portion of each Fund’s assets invested in affiliated equity and fixed-income mutual funds and affiliated exchange-traded funds that have a contractual management fee through June 30, 2023. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the Independent Directors, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. For the six months ended December 31, 2021, there were no fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager pursuant to this arrangement.
With respect to EuroFund, the Manager voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of its investment advisory fees equal to the annual rate of 0.06% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The voluntary waiver may be reduced or discontinued at any time. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations. During the six months ended December 31, 2021, the Manager waived $42,532 pursuant to this agreement.
With respect to Advantage Global, the Manager contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit expenses, excluding interest expense, dividend expense, tax expense, acquired fund fees and expenses, and certain other fund expenses, which constitute extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business (“expense limitation”). The expense limitations as a percentage of average daily net assets are as follows:
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Fund Name | | Institutional | | | Investor A | | | Investor C | | | Class K | | | Class R |
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Advantage Global | | | 0.71 | % | | | 0.96 | % | | | 1.71 | % | | | 0.66 | % | | 1.21% |
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The Manager has agreed not to reduce or discontinue the contractual expense limitations through June 30, 2023, unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of Advantage Global. For the six months ended December 31, 2021, the Manager waived and/or reimbursed $900,420 which is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations.
These amounts waived and/or reimbursed are included in transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed — class specific in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended December 31, 2021, class specific expense waivers and/or reimbursements are as follows:
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Advantage Global | | $ | 23,507 | | | $ | 171,253 | | | $ | 5,742 | | | $ | 605 | | | $ | 5,524 | | | $ | 206,631 | |
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Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BIM, an affiliate of the Manager, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BIM bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending. The Funds are responsible for expenses in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment expenses”). The cash collateral is invested in a private investment company, Money Market Series, managed by the Manager or its affiliates. However, BIM has agreed to cap the collateral investment expenses of the Money Market Series to an annual rate of 0.04%. The investment adviser to the Money Market Series will not charge any advisory fees with respect to shares purchased by the Funds. The Money Market Series may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value withdrawn or temporarily restrict withdrawals for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the private investment company’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds. The Money Market Series seeks current income consistent with maintaining liquidity and preserving capital. Although the Money Market Series is not registered under the 1940 Act, its investments may follow the parameters of investments by a money market fund that is subject to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act.
Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment expenses. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits a remaining portion to BIM as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.
Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 82% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment expenses), and this amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment expenses.
In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income earned across the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex in a calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year securities lending income in an
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amount equal to 85% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment expenses), and this amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment expenses.
The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income — affiliated — net in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended December 31, 2021, each Fund paid BIM the following amounts for securities lending agent services:
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Interfund Lending: In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, each Fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing facility for temporary purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by each Fund’s investment policies and restrictions. EuroFund is currently permitted to borrow under the Interfund Lending Program. Advantage Global is currently permitted to borrow and lend under the Interfund Lending Program.
A lending BlackRock fund may lend in aggregate up to 15% of its net assets but may not lend more than 5% of its net assets to any one borrowing fund through the Interfund Lending Program. A borrowing BlackRock fund may not borrow through the Interfund Lending Program or from any other source more than 33 1/3% of its total assets (or any lower threshold provided for by the fund’s investment restrictions). If a borrowing BlackRock fund’s total outstanding borrowings exceed 10% of its total assets, each of its outstanding interfund loans will be subject to collateralization of at least 102% of the outstanding principal value of the loan. All interfund loans are for temporary or emergency purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the highest current overnight repurchase agreement rate available to a lending fund and the bank loan rate, as calculated according to a formula established by the Board.
During the six months ended December 31, 2021, the Funds did not participate in the Interfund Lending Program.
Directors and Officers: Certain directors and/or officers of the Funds are directors and/or officers of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Funds reimburse the Manager for a portion of the compensation paid to the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer, which is included in Directors and Officer in the Statements of Operations.
For the six months ended December 31, 2021, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, were as follows:
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Advantage Global | | $ | 364,700,443 | | | $ | 378,146,432 | |
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EuroFund | | | 30,099,017 | | | | 75,778,205 | |
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It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.
Each Fund files U.S. federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on each Fund’s U.S. federal tax returns generally remains open for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. The statutes of limitations on each Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.
Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of December 31, 2021, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.
As of June 30, 2021, the EuroFund had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:
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Non-expiring capital loss carryforwards | | $ | 27,181,381 | |
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As of December 31, 2021, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
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Advantage Global | | $ | 415,836,901 | | | $ | 95,797,956 | | | $ | (14,040,174 | ) | | $ | 81,757,782 | |
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EuroFund | | | 84,879,298 | | | | 50,243,708 | | | | (1,834,636 | ) | | | 48,409,072 | |
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The Funds, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates (“Participating Funds”), are a party to a 364-day, $2.25 billion credit agreement with a group of lenders. Under this agreement, the Funds may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. Excluding commitments designated for certain individual funds, the Participating Funds, including the Funds, can borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $1.75 billion at any time outstanding, subject to asset coverage and other
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limitations as specified in the agreement. The credit agreement has the following terms: a fee of 0.10% per annum on unused commitment amounts and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) one-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum or (b) the Fed Funds rate (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) in effect from time to time plus 0.80% per annum on amounts borrowed. The agreement expires in April 2022 unless extended or renewed. These fees were allocated among such funds based upon portions of the aggregate commitment available to them and relative net assets of Participating Funds. During the six months ended December 31, 2021, the Funds did not borrow under the credit agreement.
In the normal course of business, the Funds invest in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject each Fund to various risks, including among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate and price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which each Fund is subject.
The Funds may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.
Market Risk: An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund’s investments. The duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.
Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A Fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A Fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause each Fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a Fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a Fund invests.
The price a Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from a Fund’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore a Fund’s results of operations. As a result, the price received upon the sale of an investment may be less than the value ascribed by a Fund, and a Fund could realize a greater than expected loss or lesser than expected gain upon the sale of the investment. A Fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third-party service providers.
Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that the Manager believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.
A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.
With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, a Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Funds.
Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.
Certain Funds invest a substantial amount of their assets in issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions in those countries may have a significant impact on their investment performance and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the Fund’s portfolio. Unanticipated or sudden political or social developments may cause uncertainty in the markets and
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
as a result adversely affect the Fund’s investments. Foreign issuers may not be subject to the same uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices as used in the United States. Foreign securities markets may also be more volatile and less liquid than U.S. securities and may be less subject to governmental supervision not typically associated with investing in U.S. securities. Investment percentages in specific countries are presented in the Schedules of Investments.
Certain Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities of issuers located in Europe or with significant exposure to European issuers or countries. The European financial markets have recently experienced volatility and adverse trends due to concerns about economic downturns in, or rising government debt levels of, several European countries. These events may spread to other countries in Europe and may affect the value and liquidity of certain of the Funds’ investments.
Responses to the financial problems by European governments, central banks and others, including austerity measures and reforms, may not work, may result in social unrest and may limit future growth and economic recovery or have other unintended consequences. Further defaults or restructurings by governments and others of their debt could have additional adverse effects on economies, financial markets and asset valuations around the world. In addition, the United Kingdom has withdrawn from the European Union, and one or more other countries may withdraw from the European Union and/or abandon the Euro, the common currency of the European Union. The impact of these actions, especially if they occur in a disorderly fashion, is not clear but could be significant and far reaching.
LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the LIBOR. Although many LIBOR rates will cease to be published or no longer will be representative of the underlying market they seek to measure after December 31, 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Funds may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Funds is uncertain.
11. | CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS |
Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:
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Fund Name / Share Class | | Shares | | | Amounts | | | | | Shares | | | Amounts | |
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Advantage Global | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Institutional | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 221,449 | | | $ | 5,757,931 | | | | | | 353,005 | | | $ | 8,961,654 | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | 523,855 | | | | 13,448,762 | | | | | | 122,734 | | | | 3,013,121 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (276,819 | ) | | | (7,224,489 | ) | | | | | (666,077 | ) | | | (16,543,928 | ) |
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| | | 468,485 | | | $ | 11,982,204 | | | | | | (190,338 | ) | | $ | (4,569,153 | ) |
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Investor A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares | | | 188,932 | | | $ | 4,702,072 | | | | | | 1,602,254 | | | $ | 35,969,989 | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | 1,904,545 | | | | 45,920,653 | | | | | | 434,436 | | | | 10,100,634 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (724,181 | ) | | | (17,847,151 | ) | | | | | (1,800,248 | ) | | | (42,539,915 | ) |
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| | | 1,369,296 | | | $ | 32,775,574 | | | | | | 236,442 | | | $ | 3,530,708 | |
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Investor C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 2,407 | | | $ | 47,085 | | | | | | 20,365 | | | $ | 401,104 | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | 66,995 | | | | 1,282,263 | | | | | | 19,276 | | | | 367,401 | |
Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares | | | (118,744 | ) | | | (2,359,924 | ) | | | | | (1,829,663 | ) | | | (33,139,792 | ) |
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| | | (49,342 | ) | | $ | (1,030,576 | ) | | | | | (1,790,022 | ) | | $ | (32,371,287 | ) |
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Class K | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 327,678 | | | $ | 8,497,211 | | | | | | 1,547,022 | | | $ | 42,438,784 | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | 333,878 | | | | 8,570,267 | | | | | | 23,087 | | | | 566,795 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (283,430 | ) | | | (7,309,807 | ) | | | | | (146,256 | ) | | | (3,754,533 | ) |
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| | | 378,126 | | | $ | 9,757,671 | | | | | | 1,423,853 | | | $ | 39,251,046 | |
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Class R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 12,672 | | | $ | 273,995 | | | | | | 35,430 | | | $ | 758,871 | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | 29,767 | | | | 633,880 | | | | | | 7,784 | | | | 162,607 | |
Shares redeemed | | | (43,648 | ) | | | (961,237 | ) | | | | | (113,713 | ) | | | (2,399,784 | ) |
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| | | 2,165,356 | | | $ | 53,431,511 | | | | | | (390,564 | ) | | $ | 4,363,008 | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)
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EuroFund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Institutional | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 60,814 | | | $ | 1,288,098 | | | | | | | | 2,405,942 | | | $ | 47,228,958 | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | — | | | | — | | | | | | | | — | | | | — | |
Shares redeemed | | | (2,313,686 | ) | | | (48,437,657 | ) | | | | | | | (234,616 | ) | | | (4,179,416 | ) |
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| | | (2,252,872 | ) | | $ | (47,149,559 | ) | | | | | | | 2,171,326 | | | $ | 43,049,542 | |
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Investor A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares | | | 145,011 | | | $ | 2,985,832 | | | | | | | | 266,022 | | | $ | 4,557,168 | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | — | | | | — | | | | | | | | — | | | | — | |
Shares redeemed | | | (209,375 | ) | | | (4,317,197 | ) | | | | | | | (568,313 | ) | | | (9,533,418 | ) |
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| | | (64,364 | ) | | $ | (1,331,365 | ) | | | | | | | (302,291 | ) | | $ | (4,976,250 | ) |
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Investor C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 13,666 | | | $ | 195,185 | | | | | | | | 22,480 | | | $ | 275,997 | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | — | | | | — | | | | | | | | — | | | | — | |
Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares | | | (54,860 | ) | | | (766,717 | ) | | | | | | | (161,601 | ) | | | (1,858,944 | ) |
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| | | (41,194 | ) | | $ | (571,532 | ) | | | | | | | (139,121 | ) | | $ | (1,582,947 | ) |
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Class K | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 34,272 | | | $ | 722,684 | | | | | | | | 8,761 | | | $ | 160,552 | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | — | | | | — | | | | | | | | — | | | | — | |
Shares redeemed | | | (6,090 | ) | | | (128,209 | ) | | | | | | | (8,545 | ) | | | (149,452 | ) |
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| | | 28,182 | | | $ | 594,475 | | | | | | | | 216 | | | $ | 11,100 | |
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Class R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | 3,840 | | | $ | 58,589 | | | | | | | | 4,460 | | | $ | 56,788 | |
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions | | | — | | | | — | | | | | | | | — | | | | — | |
Shares redeemed | | | (490 | ) | | | (7,425 | ) | | | | | | | (6,936 | ) | | | (79,906 | ) |
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| | | 3,350 | | | $ | 51,164 | | | | | | | | (2,476 | ) | | $ | (23,118 | ) |
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| | | (2,326,898 | ) | | $ | (48,406,817 | ) | | | | | | | 1,727,654 | | | $ | 36,478,327 | |
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As of December 31, 2021, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., an affiliate of the Fund, owned 12,070 Class K Shares of EuroFund.
Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.
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Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program
In compliance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”), BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. and BlackRock EuroFund (the “Funds”) have adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”), which is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Funds’ liquidity risk.
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Funds, on behalf of the Funds, met on November 9-10, 2021 (the “Meeting”) to review the Program. The Board previously appointed BlackRock Advisors, LLC or BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BlackRock”), each an investment adviser to certain BlackRock funds, as the program administrator for each Fund’s Program, as applicable. BlackRock also previously delegated oversight of the Program to the 40 Act Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”). At the Meeting, the Committee, on behalf of BlackRock, provided the Board with a report that addressed the operation of the Program and assessed its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including the management of each Fund’s Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, and any material changes to the Program (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021 (the “Program Reporting Period”).
The Report described the Program’s liquidity classification methodology for categorizing each Fund’s investments (including derivative transactions) into one of four liquidity buckets. It also referenced the methodology used by BlackRock to establish each Fund’s HLIM and noted that the Committee reviews and ratifies the HLIM assigned to each Fund no less frequently than annually. The Report also discussed notable events affecting liquidity over the Program Reporting Period, including the imposition of capital controls in certain countries.
The Report noted that the Program complied with the key factors for consideration under the Liquidity Rule for assessing, managing and periodically reviewing each Fund’s liquidity risk, as follows:
| a) | The Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed whether each Fund’s strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund structure with a focus on funds with more significant and consistent holdings of less liquid and illiquid assets. The Committee also factored a fund’s concentration in an issuer into the liquidity classification methodology by taking issuer position sizes into account. Where a fund participated in borrowings for investment purposes (such as tender option bonds or reverse repurchase agreements), such borrowings were factored into the Program’s calculation of a fund’s liquidity bucketing. Derivative exposure was also considered in such calculation. |
| b) | Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed historical redemption activity and used this information as a component to establish each Fund’s reasonably anticipated trading size (“RATS”). Each Fund has adopted an in-kind redemption policy which may be utilized to meet larger redemption requests. The Committee may also take into consideration a fund’s shareholder ownership concentration (which, depending on product type and distribution channel, may or may not be available), a fund’s distribution channels, and the degree of certainty associated with a fund’s short-term and long-term cash flow projections. |
| c) | Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements. The Committee considered the terms of the credit facility committed to each Fund, the financial health of the institution providing the facility and the fact that the credit facility is shared among multiple funds (including that a portion of the aggregate commitment amount is specifically designated for BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V). The Committee also considered other types of borrowing available to the Funds, such as the ability to use reverse repurchase agreements and interfund lending, as applicable. |
There were no material changes to the Program during the Program Reporting Period other than the enhancement of certain model components in the Program’s methodology. The Report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that based on the operation of the functions, as described in the Report, the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Liquidity Rule.
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Additional Information
Regulation Regarding Derivatives
On October 28, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted regulations governing the use of derivatives by registered investment companies (“Rule 18f-4”). The Funds will be required to implement and comply with Rule 18f-4 by August 19, 2022. Once implemented, Rule 18f-4 will impose limits on the amount of derivatives a fund can enter into, eliminate the asset segregation framework currently used by funds to comply with Section 18 of the 1940 Act, treat derivatives as senior securities and require funds whose use of derivatives is more than a limited specified exposure amount to establish and maintain a comprehensive derivatives risk management program and appoint a derivatives risk manager.
General Information
Quarterly performance, semi-annual and annual reports, current net asset value and other information regarding the Funds may be found on BlackRock’s website, which can be accessed at blackrock.com. Any reference to BlackRock’s website in this report is intended to allow investors public access to information regarding the Funds and does not, and is not intended to, incorporate BlackRock’s website in this report.
Householding
The Funds will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports, Rule 30e-3 notices and proxy statements, to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please call the Funds at (800) 441-7762.
Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments
The Funds file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at blackrock.com/fundreports.
Availability of Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Voting Records
A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the Funds voted proxies relating to securities held in the Funds’ portfolios during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) on the BlackRock website at blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.
BlackRock’s Mutual Fund Family
BlackRock offers a diverse lineup of open-end mutual funds crossing all investment styles and managed by experts in equity, fixed-income and tax-exempt investing. Visit blackrock.com for more information.
Shareholder Privileges
Account Information
Call us at (800) 441-7762 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM ET on any business day to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also visit blackrock.com for more information.
Automatic Investment Plans
Investor class shareholders who want to invest regularly can arrange to have $50 or more automatically deducted from their checking or savings account and invested in any of the BlackRock funds.
Systematic Withdrawal Plans
Investor class shareholders can establish a systematic withdrawal plan and receive periodic payments of $50 or more from their BlackRock funds, as long as their account balance is at least $10,000.
Retirement Plans
Shareholders may make investments in conjunction with Traditional, Rollover, Roth, Coverdell, Simple IRAs, SEP IRAs and 403(b) Plans.
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Additional Information (continued)
BlackRock Privacy Principles
BlackRock is committed to maintaining the privacy of its current and former fund investors and individual clients (collectively, “Clients”) and to safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information BlackRock collects, how we protect that information and why in certain cases we share such information with select parties.
If you are located in a jurisdiction where specific laws, rules or regulations require BlackRock to provide you with additional or different privacy-related rights beyond what is set forth below, then BlackRock will comply with those specific laws, rules or regulations.
BlackRock obtains or verifies personal non-public information from and about you from different sources, including the following: (i) information we receive from you or, if applicable, your financial intermediary, on applications, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from a consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.
BlackRock does not sell or disclose to non-affiliated third parties any non-public personal information about its Clients, except as permitted by law or as is necessary to respond to regulatory requests or to service Client accounts. These non-affiliated third parties are required to protect the confidentiality and security of this information and to use it only for its intended purpose.
We may share information with our affiliates to service your account or to provide you with information about other BlackRock products or services that may be of interest to you. In addition, BlackRock restricts access to non-public personal information about its Clients to those BlackRock employees with a legitimate business need for the information. BlackRock maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that are designed to protect the non-public personal information of its Clients, including procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.
Fund and Service Providers
Investment Adviser
BlackRock Advisors, LLC
Wilmington, DE 19809
Sub-Adviser
BlackRock International Limited(a)
Edinburgh, EH3 8BL
United Kingdom
Accounting Agent
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Boston, MA 02111
Custodian
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Boston, MA 02109
Transfer Agent
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
Wilmington, DE 19809
(a) | For BlackRock EuroFund. |
Distributor
BlackRock Investments, LLC
New York, NY 10022
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, MA 02116
Legal Counsel
Sidley Austin LLP
New York, NY 10019
Address of the Funds
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report
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Currency Abbreviation |
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CAD | | Canadian Dollar |
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DKK | | Danish Krone |
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EUR | | Euro |
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GBP | | British Pound |
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HKD | | Hong Kong Dollar |
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NZD | | New Zealand Dollar |
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ZAR | | South African Rand |
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Portfolio Abbreviation |
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ADR | | American Depositary Receipt |
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CPO | | Certificates of Participation (Ordinary) |
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GDR | | Global Depositary Receipt |
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MSCI | | Morgan Stanley Capital International |
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NVDR | | Non-Voting Depositary Receipt |
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PCL | | Public Company Limited |
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PJSC | | Public Joint Stock Company |
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REIT | | Real Estate Investment Trust |
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S&P | | Standard & Poor’s |
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SAB | | Special Assessment Bonds |
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SCA | | Societe en Commandite par Actions |
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Want to know more?
blackrock.com | 800-441-7762
This report is intended for current holders. It is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Funds unless preceded or accompanied by the Funds’ current prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Investment returns and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change.
EGSC-12/21-SAR
(b) Not Applicable
Item 2 – | Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report |
Item 3 – | Audit Committee Financial Expert – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report |
Item 4 – | Principal Accountant Fees and Services – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report |
Item 5 – | Audit Committee of Listed Registrant – Not Applicable |
(a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1(a) of this Form.
(b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.
Item 7 – | Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable |
Item 8 – | Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable |
Item 9 – | Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable |
Item 10 – | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders –There have been no material changes to these procedures. |
Item 11 – | Controls and Procedures |
(a) The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12 – | Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment |
Companies – Not Applicable
Item 13 – | Exhibits attached hereto |
(a)(1) Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report
(a)(2) Section 302 Certifications are attached
(a)(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 – Not Applicable
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(a)(4) Change in Registrant’s independent public accountant – Not Applicable
(b) Section 906 Certifications are attached
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.
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| | By: | | /s/ John M. Perlowski |
| | | | John M. Perlowski |
| | | | Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of |
| | | | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. |
Date: February 23, 2022
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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| | By: | | /s/ John M. Perlowski |
| | | | John M. Perlowski |
| | | | Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of |
| | | | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. |
Date: February 23, 2022
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| | By: | | /s/ Trent Walker |
| | | | Trent Walker |
| | | | Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of |
| | | | BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. |
Date: February 23, 2022
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