N-CSR 1 d294579dncsr.htm BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.

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: 811-05576

 

Name of Fund:   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

Fund Address:   100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Global Allocation 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: 04/30/2022

Date of reporting period: 04/30/2022

 


Item 1 –

Report to Stockholders

(a) The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.

 


 

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  APRIL 30, 2022

 

   

  

2022 Annual Report

 

 

 

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Not FDIC Insured • May Lose Value • No Bank Guarantee  

 


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of April 30, 2022 saw the emergence of significant challenges that disrupted the economic recovery and strong financial markets which characterized 2021. The U.S. economy shrank in the first quarter of 2022, ending the run of robust growth which followed reopening and the development of the COVID-19 vaccines. Rapid changes in consumer spending led to supply constraints and elevated inflation, which reached a 40-year high. Moreover, while the foremost effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a severe humanitarian crisis, the invasion has presented challenges for both investors and policymakers.

Equity prices were mixed but mostly down, as persistently high inflation drove investors’ expectations for higher interest rates, particularly weighing on relatively high valuation growth stocks and economically sensitive small-capitalization stocks. Overall, small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined, while large-capitalization U.S. stocks were nearly flat. Both emerging market stocks and international equities from developed markets fell significantly, pressured by rising interest rates and 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 increasing inflation drove investors’ expectations for higher interest rates. The corporate bond market also faced inflationary headwinds, and increasing uncertainty led to higher corporate bond spreads (the difference in yield between U.S. Treasuries and similarly-dated corporate bonds).

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”), acknowledging that inflation is growing faster than expected, raised interest rates in March 2022, the first increase of this business cycle. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and raised the prospect of reversing the flow and reducing its balance sheet. Continued high inflation and the Fed’s new tone led many analysts to anticipate that the Fed will continue to raise interest rates multiple times throughout the year.

Looking ahead, however, the horrific war in Ukraine has significantly clouded the outlook for the global economy, leading to major volatility in energy and metal markets. Sanctions on Russia, Europe’s top energy supplier, and general wartime disruption are likely to drive already-high commodity prices even higher. We believe sharp increases in energy prices will exacerbate inflationary pressure while also constraining economic growth. Combating inflation without stifling a recovery, while buffering against ongoing supply and price shocks amid the ebb and flow of the pandemic, will be an especially challenging environment for setting effective monetary policy. Despite the likelihood of more rate increases on the horizon, we believe the Fed will err on the side of protecting employment, even at the expense of higher inflation.

In this environment, we favor an overweight to equities, as valuations have become more attractive and inflation-adjusted interest rates remain low. Sectors that are better poised to manage the transition to a lower-carbon world, such as technology and healthcare, are particularly attractive in the long term. We favor U.S. equities due to strong earnings momentum, while Japanese equities should benefit from supportive monetary and fiscal policy. We are underweight credit overall, but inflation-protected U.S. Treasuries, Asian fixed income, and emerging market local-currency bonds offer potential opportunities for additional yield. We believe that international diversification and a focus on sustainability and quality can help provide portfolio resilience.

Overall, 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,

 

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

Total Returns as of April 30, 2022
     
      6-Month     12-Month 
   

U.S. large cap equities
(S&P 500® Index)

    (9.65)%      0.21% 
   

U.S. small cap equities
(Russell 2000® Index)

    (18.38)        (16.87)   
   

International equities
(MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index)

    (11.80)        (8.15)   
   

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

    (14.15)        (18.33)   
   

3-month Treasury bills
(ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index)

    0.07         0.08    
   

U.S. Treasury securities
(ICE BofA 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index)

     (10.29)        (8.86)   
   

U.S. investment grade bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)

    (9.47)        (8.51)   
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds
(Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

    (7.90)        (7.88)   
   

U.S. high yield bonds
(Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

    (7.40)        (5.22)   
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

 

      Page

The Markets in Review

   2

Annual Report:

  

Fund Summary

   4

About Fund Performance

   7

Disclosure of Expenses

   7

Derivative Financial Instruments

   8

Financial Statements:

  

Consolidated Schedule of Investments

   9

Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities

   54

Consolidated Statement of Operations

   57

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   58

Consolidated Financial Highlights

   59

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

   64

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   79

Important Tax Information

   80

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

   81

Director and Officer Information

   82

Additional Information

   86

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

   88

 

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of April 30, 2022    BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

Investment Objective

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to provide high total investment return through a fully managed investment policy utilizing United States and foreign equity securities, debt and money market securities, the combination of which will be varied from time to time both with respect to types of securities and markets in response to changing market and economic trends. Total return means the combination of capital growth and investment income.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the 12-month period ended April 30, 2022, the Fund underperformed its reference benchmark, which is comprised of the S&P 500® Index (36%), FTSE World (ex-U.S.) Index (24%), ICE BofA Current 5-Year U.S. Treasury Index (24%) and FTSE Non-U.S. Dollar World Government Bond Index (16%) (the “Reference Benchmark”), and underperformed the broad-based all-equity benchmark, the FTSE World Index. The Fund invests in both equities and bonds; therefore, Fund management believes that the Reference Benchmark provides a more accurate representation of the Fund’s composition and a more comparable means for measurement. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to the Reference Benchmark. The following commentary (and referenced allocation percentages) are based on the economic exposures of the Fund, which reflect adjustments for futures, swaps, and options (except with respect to fixed income securities), and convertible bonds, and may vary relative to the market value.

What factors influenced performance?

From an equity sector perspective, stock selection within and an overweight to consumer discretionary negatively impacted returns. Security selection within information technology, industrials, financials, healthcare and materials weighed on performance as well. Tactical hedges on equity positioning to manage the Fund’s overall beta (market sensitivity) detracted from returns, most notably short positions on select U.S. equity markets futures. Within the fixed income allocation, positioning in U.S. Treasuries to manage duration and corresponding interest rate sensitivity detracted from performance.

From an equity sector perspective, an overweight to energy was additive to performance. Within fixed income, a broad underweight to developed market government bonds as compared to the reference benchmark positively impacted performance. Exposure to corporate credit, securitized assets and Chinese sovereign bonds added to returns as well. Exposure to cash and cash equivalents also aided performance. Finally, currency management, notably an overweight to the U.S. dollar and underweight to the euro, contributed over the period.

Reflecting the changes in the Fund’s overall allocations to equity and fixed income during the period, the Fund’s exposure to cash and cash equivalent holdings increased from 9% to 25% of net assets. During the 12-month period, cash helped manage portfolio volatility and served as a source of funds for new investments. Exposure to cash and cash equivalents was additive to performance for the period.

The Fund uses derivatives, which may include options, futures, swaps and forward contracts both to seek to enhance returns of the Fund and to hedge (or protect) against adverse movements in currency exchange rates, interest rates and movements in the securities markets. During the period, the Fund’s use of derivatives detracted from the Fund’s performance.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

During the 12-month period, the Fund’s overall equity allocation decreased from 67% to 56% of net assets. Within equities, the Fund decreased exposure to Europe, the United States and Asia. On a sector basis, the Fund increased exposure to energy and consumer staples, and reduced exposure to financials, information technology, industrials, communication services, consumer discretionary, utilities and healthcare.

The Fund’s allocation to fixed income decreased from 23% to 19% of net assets. Within fixed income, the Fund increased exposure to securitized debt and bank loans, and decreased exposure to government and corporate bonds, primarily in the United States.

The Fund’s exposure to commodity-related securities remained essentially unchanged at less than 1% of net assets.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

Relative to its Reference Benchmark, the Fund ended the period underweight in equities and fixed income, with modest exposure to gold-related securities and a larger allocation to cash and cash equivalents. Within equities, the Fund was overweight in China and select developed European countries, and underweight in Japan and Australia. From a sector perspective, the Fund was overweight in energy, consumer discretionary and materials, and underweight in financials, consumer staples, information technology, real estate, industrials and utilities. Within fixed income, the Fund was underweight in U.S. Treasuries, developed European sovereign debt and Japanese government bonds. In addition, the Fund was overweight in corporate credit, securitized debt and bank loans. With respect to currency exposure, the Fund was overweight to the U.S. dollar and underweight to the euro and the Japanese yen.

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 April 30, 2022  (continued)    BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

TOTAL RETURN BASED ON A $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

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  (a) 

Assuming maximum sales charges, if any, transaction costs and other operating expenses including advisory fees. Institutional Shares do not have a sales charge.

 
  (b) 

The Fund invests in a portfolio of U.S. and foreign equity securities, debt and money market securities, the combination of which will be varied from time to time with respect to types of securities and markets in response to changing market and economic trends.

 
  (c) 

A market cap weighted index representing the performance of the large- and mid-cap stocks from the Developed and Advanced Emerging segments of the FTSE Global Equity Index Series and covers approximately 90-95% of the investable market capitalization.

 
  (d) 

The Reference Benchmark is an unmanaged weighted index comprised as follows: 36% S&P 500® Index; 24% FTSE World (ex-U.S.) Index; 24% ICE BofA Current 5-Year U.S. Treasury Index; and 16% FTSE Non-U.S. Dollar World Government Bond Index.

 

Performance

 

    Average Annual Total Returns(a)  
    1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  
    

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

  Charge

   

  Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

  Charge

   

  Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

  Charge

 

Institutional

    (10.58 )%      N/A       5.92     N/A       5.83     N/A  

Investor A

    (10.78     (15.47 )%      5.64       4.51     5.54       4.98

Investor C

    (11.50     (12.30     4.85       4.85       4.92       4.92  

Class K

    (10.51     N/A       6.01       N/A       5.88       N/A  

Class R

    (11.15     N/A       5.29       N/A       5.19       N/A  

 

           

FTSE World Index

    (3.80     N/A       10.37       N/A       10.15       N/A  

Reference Benchmark

    (6.48     N/A       6.56       N/A       6.50       N/A  

U.S. Stocks: S&P 500® Index(b)

    0.21       N/A       13.66       N/A       13.67       N/A  

Non-U.S. Stocks: FTSE World (ex-U.S.) Index(c)

    (7.17     N/A       5.97       N/A       6.02       N/A  

Non-U.S. Bonds: FTSE Non-U.S. Dollar World Government Bond Index(d)

    (18.45     N/A       (1.17     N/A       (1.33     N/A  

U.S. Bonds: ICE BofA Current 5-Year U.S. Treasury Index(e)

    (7.90     N/A       0.72       N/A       0.87       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) 

An unmanaged index that covers 500 leading companies and captures approximately 80% coverage of available market capitalization.

 
  (c) 

An index comprised of large- and mid-cap stocks, providing coverage of developed and emerging markets excluding the United States. The index is derived from the FTSE Global Equity Index Series, which covers approximately 98% of the world’s investable market capitalization.

 
  (d) 

This unmanaged market capitalization-weighted index tracks 22 government bond indexes, excluding the United States.

 
  (e) 

An unmanaged index designed to track the total return of the current coupon 5-year U.S. Treasury bond.

 

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.

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of April 30, 2022 (continued)    BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

Expense Example

 

        Actual           Hypothetical 5% Return                  
   

 

 

     

 

 

       
                    

Expenses Paid During the

Period

               

Including Dividend

Expense and

Professional

Fees for

Foreign

Withholding

Tax Claims

   

Excluding Dividend

Expense and

Professional

Fees for

Foreign

Withholding

Tax Claims

    Annualized Expense Ratio      
       

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
       

Beginning

Account

Value

(11/01/21)

 

 

 

 

   

Ending

Account

Value

(04/30/22)

 

 

 

 

   

Including

Dividend

Expense and

Professional

Fees for

Foreign

Withholding

Tax Claims

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a) 

   

Excluding

Dividend

Expense and

Professional

Fees for

Foreign

Withholding

Tax Claims(

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a) 

           

Beginning

Account

Value

(11/01/21)

 

 

 

 

   

Ending

Account

Value

(04/30/22)

 

 

 

 

   

Expenses

Paid

During

the

Period(

 

 

 

 

a)  

   

Ending

Account

Value

(04/30/22)

 

 

 

 

   

Expenses

Paid

During

the

Period(

 

 

 

 

a) 

   

Including

Dividend

Expense and

Professional

Fees for

Foreign

Withholding

Tax Claims

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Excluding

Dividend

Expense and

Professional

Fees for

Foreign

Withholding

Tax Claims

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Institutional

    $ 1,000.00       $    878.40       $           3.91       $           3.77         $ 1,000.00       $ 1,020.63       $       4.21       $ 1,020.78     $ 4.06       0.84     0.81  
 

Investor A

    1,000.00       877.40       5.07       4.93         1,000.00       1,019.39       5.46       1,019.54       5.31       1.09       1.06    
 

Investor C

    1,000.00       874.00       8.64       8.50         1,000.00       1,015.57       9.30       1,015.72       9.15       1.86       1.83    
 

Class K

    1,000.00       878.90       3.54       3.45         1,000.00       1,021.03       3.81       1,021.12       3.71       0.76       0.74    
 

Class R

    1,000.00       875.60       6.84       6.70               1,000.00       1,017.50       7.35       1,017.65       7.20       1.47       1.44    

 

  (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 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

 

See “Disclosure of Expenses” for further information on how expenses were calculated.

Portfolio Information

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS (EQUITY INVESTMENTS)

   
Security(a)  

Percent of

Total Investments

 

Microsoft Corp.

    2

Apple, Inc.

    2  

Alphabet, Inc.

    2  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    2  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    1  

ConocoPhillips.

    1  

Mastercard, Inc.

    1  

Enbridge, Inc.

    1  

Siemens AG

    1  

Abbott Laboratories

    1  

GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION

   
    Percent of      
              Total Investments(b)  
       
Country/Geographic Region   Long     Short     Total  

United States

    64     % (c)      64

Japan

    5       (c)      5  

United Kingdom

    4       (c)      4  

Germany

    4       (c)      4  

China

    3       (c)      3  

Netherlands

    3             3  

Canada

    2       (c)      2  

France

    2       (c)      2  

Australia

    2       (c)      2  

South Korea

    1       (c)      1  

Switzerland

    1       (c)      1  

Spain

    1       (c)      1  

Other#

    7       1       8  
    99     1     100
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

 

(a) 

Excludes short-term securities.

(b) 

Total investments include the gross values of long and short equity securities of the underlying derivative contracts utilized by the Fund and exclude short-term securities.

(c) 

Rounds to less than 1% of total investments.

# 

Includes holdings within countries/geographic regions that are less than 1% of total investments. Please refer to the Consolidated Schedule of Investments for such countries/geographic regions.

 

 

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About Fund Performance   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

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 June 8, 2016 is that of Institutional Shares. The performance of the 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 the 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”), the Fund’s investment adviser, has contractually and/or voluntarily agreed to waive and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses. Without such waiver(s) and/or reimbursement(s), the Fund’s performance would have been lower. With respect to the 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 the 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 Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on waivers and/or reimbursements.

Disclosure of Expenses

Shareholders of the 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 example shown (which is 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) is intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in the Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The expense example provides 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 share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

The expense example also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the 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 the Fund and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

The expenses shown in the expense example are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect transactional expenses, such as sales charges, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical example is 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   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

The Fund 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 Fund’s 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 the Fund can realize on an investment and/or may result in lower distributions paid to shareholders. The Fund’s investments in these instruments, if any, are discussed in detail in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Asset-Backed Securities

 

Cayman Islands(a)(b) — 0.4%

 

522 Funding CLO Ltd., Series 2019-4A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.40%), 3.46%, 04/20/30

    USD       500     $ 495,111  

ACRES Commercial Realty Ltd., Series 2021- FL1, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.20%), 1.75%, 06/15/36

      8,460       8,358,235  

AGL CLO 5 Ltd.

     

Series 2020-5A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.40%), 2.46%, 07/20/34

      1,260       1,252,034  

Series 2020-5A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 2.76%, 07/20/34

      1,752       1,717,687  

ALM 2020 Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.85%), 2.89%, 10/15/29

      373       371,117  

AMMC CLO 22 Ltd., Series 2018-22A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 2.63%, 04/25/31

      375       369,018  

Anchorage Capital CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2015-7A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.09%), 2.33%, 01/28/31

      250       248,932  

Series 2018-10A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 2.54%, 10/15/31

      250       250,078  

Apidos CLO XX, Series 2015-20A, Class A2RR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 2.59%, 07/16/31

      400       394,568  

Apidos CLO XXII, Series 2015-7A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 2.56%, 04/20/31

      500       493,106  

Apidos CLO XXIII, Series 2015-23A, Class B1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 2.64%, 04/15/33

      250       246,670  

Apollo Credit Funding IV Ltd., Series 4A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 2.64%, 07/15/30

      250       247,337  

Arbor Realty Commercial Real Estate Notes 2021-FL4 Ltd., Series 2021-FL4, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 1.90%, 11/15/36

      656       647,115  

ARES LII CLO Ltd., Series 2019-52A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 2.59%, 04/22/31

      250       249,464  

Ares LV CLO Ltd., Series 2020-55A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 2.74%, 07/15/34

      2,786           2,753,149  

Ares XXXVII CLO Ltd., Series 2015-4A, Class A3R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 2.54%, 10/15/30

      250       246,629  

ASSURANT CLO I Ltd., Series 2017-1A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.15%), 3.21%, 10/20/34

      720       703,459  

Atrium XII, Series 12A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 2.49%, 04/22/27

      695       690,544  

Atrium XIII, Series 13A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 2.68%, 11/21/30

      600       593,165  

Bain Capital Credit CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2018-2A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 2.64%, 07/19/31

      750       736,565  

Series 2020-2A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 2.74%, 07/19/34

      2,425       2,374,499  

Battalion CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2015-8A, Class A1R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.07%), 2.11%, 07/18/30

      500       497,365  

Series 2016-10A, Class A2R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 2.73%, 01/25/35

      1,465       1,420,409  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Cayman Islands (continued)

 

Battalion CLO Ltd. (continued)

     

Series 2017-11A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.72%), 2.90%, 04/24/34

    USD       712     $ 693,569  

Series 2021-20A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.18%), 2.22%, 07/15/34

      1,848       1,826,145  

Benefit Street Partners CLO II Ltd., Series 2013- IIA, Class A2R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 2.49%, 07/15/29

      1,845       1,827,769  

Benefit Street Partners CLO III Ltd., Series 2013- IIIA, Class A2R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 2.71%, 07/20/29

      667       660,907  

Benefit Street Partners CLO Ltd., Series 2015- VIBR, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.19%), 2.25%, 07/20/34

      250       247,128  

Benefit Street Partners CLO XIX Ltd., Series 2019-19A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%), 3.04%, 01/15/33

      250       247,668  

Birch Grove CLO Ltd., Series 19A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 2.58%, 06/15/31

      500       490,839  

BlueMountain CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2013-2A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 2.74%, 10/22/30

      500       491,930  

Series 2014-2A, Class BR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 2.81%, 10/20/30

      465       456,349  

BlueMountain CLO XXII Ltd., Series 2018-22A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 2.54%, 07/15/31

      1,495           1,473,940  

BlueMountain CLO XXIII Ltd., Series 2018-23A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 2.21%, 10/20/31

      250       248,235  

BlueMountain CLO XXIX Ltd., Series 2020-29A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 2.93%, 07/25/34

      625       613,331  

Canyon Capital CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2016-1A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.90%), 2.94%, 07/15/31

      250       243,750  

Series 2019-1A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 2.14%, 04/15/32

      250       248,138  

Series 2019-1A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 2.74%, 04/15/32

      300       295,175  

Canyon CLO Ltd., Series 2020-3A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 2.74%, 01/15/34

      250       245,286  

Catskill Park CLO Ltd., Series 2017-1A, Class A1B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 2.41%, 04/20/29

      892       887,607  

CBAM Ltd.

     

Series 2018-7A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 2.16%, 07/20/31

      250       248,410  

Series 2019-9A, Class B2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.90%), 2.94%, 02/12/30

      450       446,416  

Cedar Funding IX CLO Ltd., Series 2018-9A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.98%), 2.04%, 04/20/31

      1,050       1,040,331  

Cedar Funding V CLO Ltd., Series 2016-5A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 2.14%, 07/17/31

      250       248,259  

Cedar Funding XI Clo Ltd., Series 2019-11A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 1.86%, 05/29/32

      250       247,939  
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Cayman Islands (continued)

 

CIFC Funding Ltd.

     

Series 2013-4A, Class BRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 2.82%, 04/27/31

    USD       450     $ 445,311  

Series 2014-5A, Class A1R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.20%), 2.24%, 10/17/31

      250       248,935  

Series 2015-3A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 2.19%, 04/19/29

      712       699,618  

Series 2020-1A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 2.69%, 07/15/36

      2,475       2,442,382  

Series 2021-4A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.58%), 2.62%, 07/15/33

      250       246,651  

Dryden 45 Senior Loan Fund, Series 2016-45A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 2.74%, 10/15/30

      250       247,344  

Dryden 65 CLO Ltd., Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 2.64%, 07/18/30

      250       247,241  

Elmwood CLO I Ltd., 2.51%, 10/20/33

      500       497,489  

Elmwood CLO II Ltd.

     

Series 2019-2A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 2.21%, 04/20/34

      650       646,793  

Series 2019-2A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 2.71%, 04/20/34

      975       962,268  

Elmwood CLO IV Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.24%), 2.28%, 04/15/33

      300       297,630  

FS Rialto 2021-FL3, Series 2021-FL3, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.25%), 1.80%, 11/16/36

      389       378,877  

Galaxy XV CLO Ltd., Series 2013-15A, Class ARR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.97%), 2.01%, 10/15/30

      600       595,829  

Galaxy XVIII CLO Ltd., Series 2018-28A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 2.14%, 07/15/31

      250       248,154  

Generate CLO 3 Ltd., Series 2016-1A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 2.81%, 10/20/29

      2,025           2,015,281  

Goldentree Loan Management US CLO Ltd., Series 2018-3A, Class B1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 2.61%, 04/20/30

      250       247,828  

GoldenTree Loan Opportunities IX Ltd., Series 2014-9A, Class BR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 2.84%, 10/29/29

      500       496,021  

Goldentree Loan Opportunities XI Ltd., Series 2015-11A, Class AR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.07%), 2.11%, 01/18/31

      250       248,544  

Greywolf CLO III Ltd., Series 2020-3RA, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.29%), 2.43%, 04/15/33

      500       500,776  

Gulf Stream Meridian 4 Ltd., Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.85%), 2.89%, 07/15/34

      500       492,497  

Gulf Stream Meridian 5 Ltd., Series 2021-5A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.80%), 2.84%, 07/15/34

      350       344,268  

HPS Loan Management Ltd., Series 6A-2015, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.00%), 1.32%, 02/05/31

      497       492,922  

Jamestown CLO XII Ltd., Series 2019-1A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.15%), 3.21%, 04/20/32

      442       438,699  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Cayman Islands (continued)

 

Jamestown CLO XV Ltd., Series 2020-15A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.34%), 2.38%, 04/15/33

    USD       250     $ 248,207  

KKR CLO 17 Ltd., Series 17, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.08%), 2.12%, 04/15/34

      500       495,663  

LoanCore Issuer Ltd., Series 2021-CRE5, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.30%), 1.85%, 07/15/36

      4,520       4,458,125  

Longfellow Place CLO Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class BR3, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 2.79%, 04/15/29

      500       496,887  

Madison Park Funding XXV Ltd., Series 2017- 25A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 2.83%, 04/25/29

      712       707,014  

Madison Park Funding XXVI Ltd., Series 2007- 4A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.20%), 2.44%, 07/29/30

      461       461,310  

Madison Park Funding XXXI Ltd., Series 2018- 31A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 2.88%, 01/23/31

      250       247,832  

Mariner CLO 2016-3 LLC, Series 2016-3A, Class BR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 2.68%, 07/23/29

      500       493,101  

MF1 Ltd., Series 2021-FL6, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.65%, 07/16/36

      2,970           2,929,396  

Myers Park CLO Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class B1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 2.66%, 10/20/30

      250       245,769  

Neuberger Berman CLO Ltd.

     

Series 14A, Class AR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.03%), 2.27%, 01/28/30

      248       247,063  

Series 20A, Class BRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 2.69%, 07/15/34

      250       246,584  

Neuberger Berman CLO XXII Ltd., Series 2016- 22A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 2.69%, 10/17/30

      250       247,655  

Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers CLO 37 Ltd., Series 2020-37A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 2.51%, 07/20/31

      333       328,675  

OCP CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2014-5A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.40%), 2.61%, 04/26/31

      450       441,101  

Series 2014-7A, Class A2RR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 2.71%, 07/20/29

      250       246,884  

Series 2016-11A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 2.96%, 10/26/30

      500       495,168  

Series 2020-19A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 2.76%, 10/20/34

      500       489,499  

Octagon Investment Partners 29 Ltd., Series 2016-1A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.18%), 2.36%, 01/24/33

      250       247,742  

Octagon Investment Partners 37 Ltd., Series 2018-2A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.58%), 2.76%, 07/25/30

      250       246,534  

Octagon Investment Partners 46 Ltd., Series 2020-2A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 2.69%, 07/15/36

      800       789,224  

Octagon Investment Partners XV Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 2.39%, 07/19/30

      487       484,534  
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  

Cayman Islands (continued)

     

Octagon Investment Partners XVII Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class A2R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 2.28%, 01/25/31

    USD       300     $ 297,084  

OHA Credit Funding 3 Ltd., Series 2019-3A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 2.71%, 07/02/35

      936           924,409  

OHA Credit Funding 7 Ltd., Class AR, (SOFR + 1.30%), 2.15%, 02/24/37

      250       246,418  

OHA Loan Funding 2013-2 Ltd., Series 2013-2A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.04%), 1.50%, 05/23/31

      500       495,594  

OHA Loan Funding 2016-1 Ltd., Series 2016-1A, Class B1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 2.66%, 01/20/33

          250       246,812  

Palmer Square CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2015-1A, Class A2R4, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 2.18%, 05/21/34

      500       494,209  

Series 2018-1A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.03%), 2.07%, 04/18/31

      250       247,429  

Park Avenue Institutional Advisers CLO Ltd.

     

Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.20%), 1.66%, 08/23/31

      500       497,313  

Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 1.94%, 02/14/34

      500       483,912  

Series 2019-1A, Class A2A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%), 2.51%, 05/15/32

      250       247,422  

Pikes Peak CLO 1, Series 2018-1A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.18%), 2.36%, 07/24/31

      555       552,709  

Pikes Peak CLO 8, Series 2021-8A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.17%), 2.23%, 07/20/34

      600       592,643  

RAD CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2019-3A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 2.59%, 04/15/32

      250       245,527  

Series 2020-7A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.20%), 2.24%, 04/17/33

      250       248,059  

Recette Clo Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class BRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.40%), 2.46%, 04/20/34

      250       244,229  

Regatta VII Funding Ltd., Series 2016-1A, Class A1R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 2.08%, 06/20/34

      450       442,788  

Regatta XVIII Funding Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 2.49%, 01/15/34

      350       343,569  

Rockford Tower CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2017-1A, Class BR2A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 2.71%, 04/20/34

      500       492,515  

Series 2017-2A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 2.54%, 10/15/29

      500       493,836  

Series 2018-1A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.58%, 05/20/31

      250       248,041  

Romark CLO II Ltd., Series 2018-2A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.18%), 2.36%, 07/25/31

      250       247,416  

Signal Peak CLO 5 Ltd., Series 2018-5A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.11%), 2.29%, 04/25/31

      300       298,235  

Signal Peak CLO 8 Ltd.

     

Series 2020-8A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.27%), 2.33%, 04/20/33

      250       247,447  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Cayman Islands (continued)

     

Signal Peak CLO 8 Ltd. (continued)

     

Series 2020-8A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 2.71%, 04/20/33

    USD       300     $ 291,924  

Sixth Street CLO XVI Ltd.

     

Series 2020-16A, Class A1A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.32%), 2.38%, 10/20/32

      948       943,591  

Series 2020-16A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.85%), 2.91%, 10/20/32

      710       702,251  

Sound Point CLO XV Ltd., Series 2017-1A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 2.68%, 01/23/29

      250       247,041  

Symphony CLO XVI Ltd., Series 2015-16A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 2.19%, 10/15/31

      250       248,124  

TICP CLO VI Ltd.

     

Series 2016-6A, Class AR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.12%), 2.16%, 01/15/34

      500       493,737  

Series 2016-6A, Class BR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 2.54%, 01/15/34

      500       491,561  

TICP CLO XII Ltd., Series 2018-12A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 2.69%, 07/15/34

      700       689,579  

TRESTLES CLO III Ltd., Series 2020-3A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.33%), 2.39%, 01/20/33

      2,489       2,472,236  

Trimaran Cavu Ltd., Series 2019-1A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.20%), 3.26%, 07/20/32

      500       495,187  

Trinitas CLO XIV Ltd.

     

Series 2020-14A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%), 3.18%, 01/25/34

      473       467,688  

Series 2020-14A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%), 4.18%, 01/25/34

          1,023       1,019,584  

Voya CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2013-3A, Class A1RR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 2.19%, 10/18/31

      249       247,320  

Series 2017-3A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.04%), 2.10%, 04/20/34

      250       244,666  

Series 2017-4A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 2.49%, 10/15/30

      250       246,366  

Series 2018-3A, Class A1A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 2.19%, 10/15/31

      250       248,248  

Whitebox CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2020-2A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.22%), 2.40%, 10/24/34

      1,390       1,373,441  

Series 2020-2A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 2.93%, 10/24/34

      726       717,083  
     

 

 

 
            88,077,945  

Ireland(a) — 0.0%

     

Avoca CLO XV DAC, Series 15X, Class B2R, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.05%), 1.05%, 04/15/31(c)

    EUR       134       139,937  

CIFC European Funding CLO II DAC, Series 2X, Class B1, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.60%), 1.60%, 04/15/33(c)

      593       611,007  

Harvest CLO XVIII DAC, Series 18X, Class B, 1.20%, 10/15/30

      662       684,260  

Holland Park CLO DAC, Series 1X, Class A1RR, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 0.92%), 0.92%, 11/14/32(c)

      390       409,212  
 

 

 

C O N S O L I D A T E D   S C H E D U L E   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

    11  


Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  

Ireland (continued)

     

OAK Hill European Credit Partners V Designated Activity Co., Series 2016-5A, Class BR, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.90%), 1.90%, 01/21/35(b)

    EUR       590     $ 617,243  

OAK Hill European Credit Partners VI DAC, Series 2017-6X, Class B1, 0.75%, 01/20/32

      456       470,463  

OCP Euro CLO DAC, Series 2017-2X, Class B, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.35%), 1.35%, 01/15/32(c)

      456       473,261  

Prodigy Finance DAC(b)

     

Series 2021-1A, Class B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.50%), 2.96%, 07/25/51

    USD       1,900       1,886,458  

Series 2021-1A, Class C, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.75%), 4.21%, 07/25/51

      1,100       1,093,868  

Series 2021-1A, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 5.90%), 6.36%, 07/25/51

      720       715,092  

Rockford Tower Europe CLO DAC, Series 2018- 1X, Class B, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.85%), 1.85%, 12/20/31(c)

    EUR       593       624,226  
     

 

 

 
        7,725,027  

United States — 1.4%

     

AccessLex Institute, Series 2007-A, Class A3, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.30%), 0.80%, 05/25/36(a)

    USD       2,413       2,344,190  

AIMCO CLO, Series 2018-AA, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.40%), 2.44%, 04/17/31(a)(b)

      466       459,347  

Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust(a)(b)

     

Series 2021-E, Class A1, 1.74%, 12/25/60

          25,672           23,240,124  

Series 2021-E, Class A2, 2.69%, 12/25/60

      3,304       2,899,814  

Series 2021-E, Class B1, 3.73%, 12/25/60

      2,184       1,884,897  

Series 2021-E, Class M1, 2.94%, 12/25/60

      1,332       1,122,178  

Anchorage Capital CLO Ltd., Series 2014-3RA, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.05%), 2.29%, 01/28/31(a)(b)

      249       248,399  

Apidos CLO XII, Series 2013-12A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.08%), 2.12%, 04/15/31(a)(b)

      550       545,714  

Apidos CLO XV, Series 2013-15A, Class A1RR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.01%), 2.07%, 04/20/31(a)(b)

      1,770       1,755,706  

Bankers Healthcare Group Securitization Trust, Series 2020-A, Class C, 5.17%, 09/17/31(b)

      730       737,345  

BHG Securitization Trust(b)

     

Series 2021-A, Class A, 1.42%, 11/17/33

      3,332       3,151,649  

Series 2021-A, Class B, 2.79%, 11/17/33

      510       468,601  

Series 2021-A, Class C, 3.69%, 11/17/33

      230       212,288  

Brex Commercial Charge Card Master Trust, Series 2021-1, Class A, 2.09%, 07/15/24(b)

      5,560       5,476,550  

Chenango Park CLO Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 2.59%, 04/15/30(a)(b)

      1,143       1,127,033  

CIFC Funding Ltd.(a)(b)

     

Series 2013-1A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 2.79%, 07/16/30

      250       248,686  

Series 2017-3A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.80%), 2.86%, 07/20/30

      637       632,131  

Clear Creek CLO, Series 2015-1A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.20%), 2.26%, 10/20/30(a)(b)

      313       312,051  
Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  

United States (continued)

     

College Avenue Student Loans LLC, Series 2021-B, Class D, 3.78%, 06/25/52(b)

    USD       230     $ 211,479  

Cook Park CLO Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.40%), 2.44%, 04/17/30(a)(b)

      1,148       1,127,799  

FS RIALTO, Series 2021-FL2, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.22%), 1.77%, 05/16/38(a)(b)

      1,160       1,146,104  

GoodLeap Sustainable Home Solutions Trust, Series 2021-3CS, Class A, 2.10%, 05/20/48(b)

      14,080       12,364,143  

Gracie Point International Funding(a)(b)

     

Class B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.40%), 1.86%, 11/01/23

      1,240       1,232,631  

Class C, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.40%), 2.86%, 11/01/23

      1,640       1,621,935  

Gulf Stream Meridian 1 Ltd., Series 2020-IA, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.37%), 2.41%, 04/15/33(a)(b)

      4,718       4,697,700  

Lendmark Funding Trust(b)

     

Series 2021-1A, Class A, 1.90%, 11/20/31

      11,350       10,114,298  

Series 2021-1A, Class B, 2.47%, 11/20/31

      2,920       2,584,209  

Series 2021-1A, Class C, 3.41%, 11/20/31

      2,220       1,972,955  

Series 2021-1A, Class D, 5.05%, 11/20/31

      1,900       1,669,027  

Series 2021-2A, Class D, 4.46%, 04/20/32

      2,210       1,890,893  

Loanpal Solar Loan Ltd., Series 2020-2GF, Class A, 2.75%, 07/20/47(b)

      3,974       3,653,882  

Madison Park Funding XIII Ltd., Series 2014- 13A, Class BR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 2.54%, 04/19/30(a)(b)

      900       892,024  

Mariner Finance Issuance Trust, Series 2020- AA, Class A, 2.19%, 08/21/34(b)

      5,860       5,633,978  

Mercury Financial Credit Card Master Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A, 1.54%, 03/20/26(b)

          20,710       20,048,587  

Mosaic Solar Loans LLC(b)

     

Series 2017-2A, Class A, 3.82%, 06/22/43

      1,132       1,100,628  

Series 2021-2A, Class B, 2.09%, 04/22/47

      3,441       3,108,497  

Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust(b)

     

Series 2021-DA, Class A, (Prime - 1.99%), 1.51%, 04/15/60(a)

      14,741           14,124,990  

Series 2021-DA, Class B, 2.61%, 04/15/60

      2,900       2,766,503  

Series 2021-DA, Class C, 3.48%, 04/15/60

      7,450       6,778,473  

Series 2021-DA, Class D, 4.00%, 04/15/60

      2,370       2,160,241  

Nelnet Student Loan Trust(b)

     

Series 2021-A, Class B2, 2.85%, 04/20/62

      24,290       21,789,782  

Series 2021-A, Class C, 3.75%, 04/20/62

      14,080       13,132,265  

Series 2021-A, Class D, 4.93%, 04/20/62

      6,030       5,473,839  

Series 2021-BA, Class C, 3.57%, 04/20/62

      6,450       5,609,348  

Series 2021-BA, Class D, 4.75%, 04/20/62

      1,880       1,653,428  

Series 2021-CA, Class C, 3.36%, 04/20/62

      850       737,320  

Series 2021-CA, Class D, 4.44%, 04/20/62

      2,610       2,273,944  

Oportun Issuance Trust(b)

     

Series 2021-B, Class A, 1.47%, 05/08/31

      7,060       6,619,500  

Series 2021-B, Class B, 1.96%, 05/08/31

      1,340       1,266,838  

Series 2021-B, Class C, 3.65%, 05/08/31

      630       608,183  

Pagaya AI Debt Selection Trust, Series 2021-2, Class NOTE, 3.00%, 01/25/29(b)

      11,620       11,305,171  

Palmer Square Loan Funding Ltd., Series 2019- 3A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 2.08%, 08/20/27(a)(b)

      500       497,690  
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  

United States (continued)

     

Park Avenue Institutional Advisers CLO Ltd., Series 2016-1A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.80%), 2.26%, 08/23/31(a)(b)

    USD       610     $ 599,986  

Progress Residential, Series 2021-SFR3, Class F, 3.44%, 05/17/26(b)

      2,736       2,427,513  

Regional Management Issuance, 3.88%, 10/17/33(b)(d)

      27,070       25,242,775  

SLM Private Education Loan Trust, Series 2010-C, Class A5, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 4.75%), 5.30%, 10/15/41(a)(b)

      15,373       17,010,180  

SMB Private Education Loan Trust(b)

     

Series 2021-A, Class C, 2.99%, 01/15/53

      14,420       13,118,928  

Series 2021-A, Class D1, 3.86%, 01/15/53

      7,740       7,191,534  

Series 2021-A, Class D2, 3.86%, 01/15/53

      4,220       3,902,814  

Series 2021-C, Class B, 2.30%, 01/15/53

      1,490       1,364,507  

Series 2021-C, Class C, 3.00%, 01/15/53

      1,240       1,166,529  

Series 2021-C, Class D, 3.93%, 01/15/53

      590       549,604  

Upstart Pass-Through Trust Series(b)

     

Series 2021-ST4, Class A, 2.00%, 07/20/27

      1,281       1,235,260  

Series 2021-ST5, Class A, 2.00%, 07/20/27

      659       633,401  

York CLO 1 Ltd., Series 2014-1A, Class BRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 2.79%, 10/22/29(a)(b)

      466       463,449  
   

 

 

 
        293,641,467  
   

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities — 1.8%
(Cost: $411,054,176)

 

        389,444,439  
   

 

 

 
            Shares         

Common Stocks

     

Australia — 0.6%

     

BHP Group Ltd.(e)

      676,106       22,657,958  

BHP Group Ltd.

      137,303       4,588,038  

CSL Ltd.

      10,694       2,040,951  

Endeavour Group Ltd.

      624,139       3,416,572  

Glencore PLC

      9,906,580       61,041,018  

Goodman Group

      191,301       3,183,993  

IGO Ltd.

      30,118       273,844  

Northern Star Resources Ltd.

      88,516       608,440  

Quintis HoldCo. Pty. Ltd.(d)(f)

          43,735,802       6,458,420  

Rio Tinto PLC

      256,110       18,095,745  

Santos Ltd.

      30,971       173,068  

South32 Ltd.

      3,306,176       11,010,678  

Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.

      276,454       2,187,216  

Wesfarmers Ltd.

      8,480       293,434  

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

      94,884       2,064,304  
   

 

 

 
        138,093,679  

Belgium — 0.0%

     

Etablissements Franz Colruyt NV

      63,654       2,337,426  

Solvay SA

      2,758       259,355  
   

 

 

 
        2,596,781  

Brazil — 0.1%

     

Banco do Brasil SA

      136,236       915,414  

Embraer SA(g)

      254,336       731,017  

Engie Brasil Energia SA

      241,538       2,047,036  

Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos SA(b)

      87,406       155,048  

Locaweb Servicos de Internet SA(b)(g)

      323,923       469,772  
Security  

    

Shares

    Value  

Brazil (continued)

   

Natura & Co. Holding SA

    77,440     $ 291,186  

NU Holdings Ltd., Class A(e)(g)

    1,522,428       9,149,792  

Rede D’Or Sao Luiz SA(b)

    20,586       152,939  

Sendas Distribuidora SA

    634,742       1,961,763  

Ultrapar Participacoes SA

    100,291       265,133  

WEG SA

    160,080       974,607  
   

 

 

 
      17,113,707  

Canada — 1.3%

   

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc.

    44,262       1,970,454  

Bank of Montreal

    4,949       524,737  

Barrick Gold Corp.

    91,808       2,047,483  

Canadian National Railway Co.

    22,246       2,616,219  

Cenovus Energy, Inc.

    4,713,611       87,138,401  

CGI, Inc.(g)

    4,035       321,757  

Enbridge, Inc.

    3,814,653       166,465,144  

George Weston Ltd.

    12,055       1,499,732  

Great-West Lifeco, Inc.

    20,255       558,780  

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.(g)

    2,331       826,643  

Nutrien Ltd.

    43,062       4,231,617  

Power Corp. of Canada

    7,539       221,830  

Restaurant Brands International, Inc.

    25,540       1,459,059  

Royal Bank of Canada

    1,635       165,135  

Shopify, Inc., Class A(g)

    1,992       852,111  

Sun Life Financial, Inc.

    7,126       354,511  

Thomson Reuters Corp.

    13,154       1,315,144  

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    8,966       647,612  
   

 

 

 
          273,216,369  

Cayman Islands — 0.0%

   

Salt Pay Co., Ltd., Series C, (Acquired 11/16/21,
Cost: $10,172,087)(b)(d)(h)

    5,237       8,140,707  
   

 

 

 

Chile — 0.0%

   

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, ADR

    63,285       4,670,433  
   

 

 

 

China — 2.2%

   

AAC Technologies Holdings, Inc.

    348,500       814,021  

Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., Class H

        9,831,000       3,687,233  

Aier Eye Hospital Group Co. Ltd., Class A

    931,793       4,985,835  

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.(g)

    1,830,600       22,329,069  

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR(g)

    210,338       20,421,716  

Amoy Diagnostics Co. Ltd., Class A

    545,350       3,730,100  

Anhui Gujing Distillery Co. Ltd., Class B

    14,700       195,584  

Asymchem Laboratories Tianjin Co. Ltd., Class A

    95,203       3,796,576  

Bank of China Ltd., Class H

    6,604,000       2,591,294  

BYD Co. Ltd., Class A

    739,800       26,690,363  

BYD Co. Ltd., Class H

    65,500       1,906,163  

BYD Electronic International Co. Ltd.

    370,000       737,539  

China Construction Bank Corp., Class H

    8,650,000       6,162,251  

China Feihe Ltd.(b)

    1,844,000       1,753,216  

China Hongqiao Group Ltd.

    2,642,000       3,287,253  

China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Class H

    762,000       1,107,317  

China Literature Ltd.(b)(g)

    112,600       473,159  

China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd., Class H

    198,000       1,193,394  

China National Building Material Co. Ltd., Class H

    4,032,000       5,365,833  

China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd., Class H

    734,800       1,629,032  

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Class H

    11,484,000       5,621,092  

China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd.

    746,000       618,983  
 

 

 

C O N S O L I D A T E D   S C H E D U L E   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

China (continued)

   

China Resources Gas Group Ltd.

    338,000     $ 1,269,997  

China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp. Ltd., Class A

    168,600       4,549,088  

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., Class A

    554,200       33,589,056  

COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A(g)

    496,100       1,062,035  

COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Ltd., Class H(g)

    964,400       1,500,376  

Country Garden Services Holdings Co. Ltd.

    179,000       754,446  

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.

    1,066,000       1,089,820  

Dali Foods Group Co. Ltd.(b)

    406,000       206,615  

Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd., Class H

    1,500,000       1,094,242  

Enn Energy Holdings Ltd.

    76,700       1,027,402  

Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food Co. Ltd., Class A

    614,130       7,487,530  

Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., Class H(b)

    1,018,400       12,189,447  

Glodon Co. Ltd., Class A

    521,830       3,597,674  

Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd., Class H

    2,523,000       3,533,276  

Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai, Class A

    617,700       2,884,574  

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Co. Ltd., Class A

    2,430,771       4,340,734  

Haidilao International Holding Ltd.(b)(e)

    1,547,000       3,002,723  

Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd., Class H

    238,600       842,925  

Hangzhou Robam Appliances Co. Ltd., Class A

    1,402,733       6,476,881  

Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting Co. Ltd., Class H(b)

    257,800       2,498,467  

Hundsun Technologies, Inc., Class A

    796,299       4,538,632  

Hygeia Healthcare Holdings Co. Ltd.(b)(e)

    840,600       4,062,087  

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., Class H

    9,658,000       5,821,903  

Innovent Biologics, Inc.(b)(g)

    173,500       538,100  

Jafron Biomedical Co. Ltd., Class A

    131,900       816,390  

JD Health International, Inc.(b)(g)

    2,071,100       12,911,357  

JD.com, Inc., Class A(g)

    285,497       8,901,378  

Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd., Class A

    753,300       3,327,110  

Jinxin Fertility Group Ltd.(b)(g)

    4,535,000       2,842,499  

JiuGui Liquor Co. Ltd., Class A

    42,300       946,880  

Jiumaojiu International Holdings Ltd.(b)(e)

    1,647,000       3,623,533  

Kindstar Globalgene Technology, Inc.(b)(g)

    7,490,500       2,010,199  

Kingsoft Corp. Ltd.

    1,132,800       3,399,541  

Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd., Class A

    28,100       7,713,338  

Lenovo Group Ltd.

    4,402,000       4,274,354  

Li Auto, Inc., ADR(g)

    744,003           16,687,987  

Li Ning Co. Ltd.

    158,000       1,231,478  

Meituan, Class B(b)(g)

    351,500       7,531,378  

Microport Cardioflow Medtech
Corp.(b)(e)(g)

        13,018,000       4,543,922  

Ming Yuan Cloud Group Holdings Ltd.(e)

    1,255,000       1,630,018  

NetEase, Inc.

    137,590       2,635,573  

Nongfu Spring Co. Ltd., Class H(b)

    351,000       1,857,466  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    189,967       32,465,360  

PetroChina Co. Ltd., Class H

    2,622,000       1,244,647  

Pharmaron Beijing Co. Ltd., Class A

    54,700       1,026,033  

Pharmaron Beijing Co. Ltd., Class H(b)

    177,400       2,228,578  

PICC Property & Casualty Co. Ltd., Class H

    2,412,000       2,467,039  

Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd., Class H

    329,000       2,079,515  

Shanghai Jinjiang International Hotels Co. Ltd., Class A

    579,800       4,654,597  
Security   Shares     Value  

China (continued)

   

TBEA Co. Ltd., Class A

    294,500     $ 848,207  

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

    1,614,400       76,078,415  

Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding Corp.

    724,000       1,321,416  

Venustech Group, Inc., Class A

    1,034,688       2,706,166  

Want Want China Holdings Ltd.

    1,160,000       1,047,093  

Wilmar International Ltd.

    161,300       514,175  

Wuhan Raycus Fiber Laser Technologies Co. Ltd., Class A

    570,587       2,476,662  

WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd., Class A

    247,553       3,815,051  

WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd., Class H(b)

    11,100       150,980  

Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc.(b)(g)

    759,806       5,607,984  

Yifeng Pharmacy Chain Co. Ltd., Class A

    544,856       3,001,182  

Yonyou Network Technology Co. Ltd., Class A

    1,506,909       4,295,951  

Yum China Holdings, Inc.(e)

    104,000       4,305,099  

Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd.

    103,500       683,909  

Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd., Class A

    305,700       502,993  

Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd., Class H

    616,000       896,962  

ZTE Corp., Class H

    731,000       1,534,812  
   

 

 

 
      469,892,280  

Denmark — 0.3%

   

AP Moller - Maersk A/S, Class B

    1,511       4,373,176  

DSV A/S

    100,978       16,555,511  

GN Store Nord A/S

    31,339       1,176,138  

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

    169,628       19,375,967  

Pandora A/S

    238,894       20,976,420  
   

 

 

 
      62,457,212  

Finland — 0.0%

   

Fortum OYJ

    60,685       1,008,940  

Wartsila OYJ Abp

    207,979       1,670,038  
   

 

 

 
      2,678,978  

France — 1.7%

   

Airbus SE

    2,251       246,421  

Arkema SA

    387,714       44,177,798  

BNP Paribas SA

    707,091       36,663,640  

Cie de Saint-Gobain

        1,152,690       67,245,814  

Credit Agricole SA

    26,227       283,201  

Danone SA

    508,028       30,721,088  

Electricite de France SA

    337,983       3,072,617  

Engie SA

    110,410       1,302,890  

EssilorLuxottica SA

    111,456       18,975,130  

Faurecia SE

    7,812       169,817  

Kering SA

    4,659       2,478,925  

La Francaise des Jeux SAEM(b)

    89,223       3,331,673  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

    184,212       119,210,034  

Orpea SA

    88,732       3,173,260  

Pernod Ricard SA

    9,385       1,936,915  

Remy Cointreau SA

    6,462       1,280,987  

Schneider Electric SE

    23,263       3,337,522  

Societe Generale SA

    533,325       12,817,956  

TotalEnergies SE

    268,338       13,176,191  

Veolia Environnement SA

    12,949       377,807  
   

 

 

 
          363,979,686  

Germany — 2.8%

   

Adidas AG

    8,115       1,636,464  

Allianz SE, Registered Shares

    1,204       271,663  

Auto1 Group SE(b)(e)(g)

    820,992       8,595,913  

BASF SE

    56,599       2,980,672  

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

    15,077       1,231,275  

Covestro AG(b)

    13,332       574,016  
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Germany (continued)

   

Daimler Truck Holding AG(g)

    94,910     $ 2,552,578  

Deutsche Boerse AG

    7,356       1,280,639  

Deutsche Telekom AG, Registered Shares

    7,204,333       132,712,090  

E.ON SE

    40,668       423,230  

Infineon Technologies AG

    434,611       12,335,657  

LANXESS AG

    7,381       285,320  

LEG Immobilien SE

    2,263       232,027  

Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Registered Shares

    2,059,337       143,744,126  

Rheinmetall AG

    868       195,668  

SAP SE

    539,021       54,627,594  

Siemens AG, Registered Shares

    1,295,286       159,261,855  

Siemens Energy AG(g)

    42,653       821,593  

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

    959,724       2,886,398  

Uniper SE

    81,475       2,094,286  

Vantage Towers AG

    2,293,086       77,968,780  

Vonovia SE(e)

    8,351       332,712  
   

 

 

 
      607,044,556  

Hong Kong — 0.3%

   

AIA Group Ltd.

    5,205,200       51,134,622  

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.

    165,600       1,668,881  

China Gas Holdings Ltd.

    787,000       959,327  

Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.

    173,000       190,805  

Link REIT

    345,500       2,984,354  

Orient Overseas International Ltd.

    32,000       883,011  

SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd.

    1,231,000       4,092,420  

SJM Holdings Ltd.(g)

    565,000       237,336  

WH Group Ltd.(b)

    2,255,500       1,557,646  
   

 

 

 
      63,708,402  

India — 0.1%

   

HCL Technologies Ltd.

    129,264       1,810,541  

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.

    494,327       806,431  

Think & Learn Private Ltd., (Acquired 12/11/20, Cost: $8,580,000)(b)(d)(h)

    5,720       26,657,291  
   

 

 

 
      29,274,263  

Ireland — 0.1%

   

Accenture PLC, Class A

    1,968       591,108  

Experian PLC

    13,792       476,298  

Icon PLC(g)

    39,884       9,022,160  

Kingspan Group PLC

    76,697       7,139,497  

Medtronic PLC

    10,828       1,130,010  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    29,449       2,415,996  

Trane Technologies PLC

    56,556       7,911,619  
   

 

 

 
          28,686,688  

Israel(e)(g) — 0.3%

   

Nice Ltd., ADR

    330,129       68,141,927  

SimilarWeb Ltd.

    129,735       1,643,742  
   

 

 

 
      69,785,669  

Italy — 0.4%

   

Enel SpA

    631,623       4,107,376  

Ferrari NV

    74,688       15,725,913  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

        26,931,819       54,879,414  

UniCredit SpA

    17,978       166,388  
   

 

 

 
      74,879,091  

Japan — 1.0%

   

AGC, Inc.

    9,200       344,903  

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

    168,250       2,561,727  

Capcom Co. Ltd.

    900       23,748  
Security   Shares     Value  

Japan (continued)

   

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.

    23,200     $ 234,206  

CyberAgent, Inc.

    116,000       1,225,524  

Eisai Co. Ltd.

    49,000       2,133,996  

ENEOS Holdings, Inc.

    52,200       183,672  

FANUC Corp.

    497,300       76,200,310  

Fujitsu Ltd.

    11,400       1,723,100  

GLP J-REIT

    123       165,973  

Hino Motors Ltd.

    269,900       1,393,221  

Hoya Corp.

    428,450       42,520,277  

Inpex Corp.

    62,400       742,445  

ITOCHU Corp.

    9,400       283,701  

Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd.

    193,400       1,459,065  

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

    13,100       222,854  

Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.

    50,900       446,189  

Kao Corp.

    57,500       2,304,512  

Keyence Corp.

    28,929       11,629,577  

Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd.

    62,400       909,650  

Kose Corp.

    203,200       20,860,713  

Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd.

    93,000       1,960,140  

Mazda Motor Corp.

    203,800       1,447,133  

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

    241,500       2,529,541  

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

    189,300       2,298,614  

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

    13,700       407,811  

NEC Corp.

    55,700       2,160,930  

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

    650,100       2,503,179  

Obic Co. Ltd.

    2,200       325,026  

Olympus Corp.

    46,300       814,932  

Oracle Corp.

    34,200       2,197,738  

Oriental Land Co. Ltd.

    2,500       378,175  

Otsuka Corp.

    6,400       209,742  

Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd.

    13,600       456,993  

Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp.

    117,800       1,803,913  

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.

    487,163       17,675,049  

Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd.

    266,700       2,396,866  

Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    52,500       427,071  

Shionogi & Co. Ltd.

    38,700       2,152,723  

Ship Healthcare Holdings Inc.

    7,700       128,620  

Softbank Corp.

    25,000       290,947  

Sony Group Corp.

    2,700       233,013  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

    21,600       670,410  

Suzuki Motor Corp.

    10,500       316,524  

Sysmex Corp.

    32,400       2,125,361  

Terumo Corp.

    79,500       2,366,328  

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

    6,800       367,667  

Toray Industries, Inc.

    52,700       249,760  

Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd.

    10,800       333,465  

Toyota Motor Corp.

    36,300       621,953  

Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd.

    88,600       1,657,883  
   

 

 

 
          219,076,870  

Luxembourg — 0.1%

   

ArcelorMittal SA

    246,442       7,185,681  

Arrival SA(e)(g)

        1,150,069       2,219,633  
   

 

 

 
      9,405,314  

Macau — 0.0%

   

Sands China Ltd.(g)

    318,000       700,928  
   

 

 

 

Mexico — 0.0%

   

America Movil SAB de CV, Series L

    238,828       232,432  
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Mexico (continued)

   

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV

    122,085     $     917,978  

Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, Series A

    351,629       1,083,844  
   

 

 

 
      2,234,254  
Netherlands — 1.9%            

Adyen NV(b)(g)

    29,434       49,369,453  

Akzo Nobel NV

    487,241       42,266,442  

ASML Holding NV

    196,148       111,321,537  

ING Groep NV

        10,211,279       96,743,798  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

    133,860       3,948,330  

Koninklijke Philips NV

    87,094       2,275,864  

Randstad NV

    40,738       2,154,190  

Shell PLC(i)

    2,294,365       61,948,872  

Shell PLC, ADR

    817,109       43,658,134  

Stellantis NV

    178,851       2,401,190  

Wolters Kluwer NV

    11,825       1,194,121  
   

 

 

 
          417,281,931  
Norway — 0.1%            

LINK Mobility Group Holding ASA(g)

    574,319       927,993  

Norsk Hydro ASA

    1,202,298       10,096,322  

Orkla ASA

    18,875       153,164  

Yara International ASA

    65,836       3,347,642  
   

 

 

 
      14,525,121  
Poland — 0.0%            

Dino Polska SA(b)(g)

    1,731       111,982  

Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA

    72,445       1,223,917  
   

 

 

 
      1,335,899  
Saudi Arabia — 0.0%            

Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group Co.

    7,143       379,131  
   

 

 

 
South Africa — 0.1%            

Anglo American PLC

    542,190       24,014,122  

FirstRand Ltd.

    51,218       220,580  

Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

    28,785       372,346  

Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.(i)

    43,598       1,447,388  
   

 

 

 
      26,054,436  
South Korea — 0.8%            

Amorepacific Corp.

    175,135       24,922,722  

Coupang, Inc.(e)(g)

    501,395       6,452,954  

DL E&C Co. Ltd.(e)

    3,314       155,865  

Fila Holdings Corp.(e)

    21,608       552,106  

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

    71,846       2,667,405  

Kakao Corp.

    159,484       11,140,518  

KB Financial Group, Inc.

    32,660       1,519,476  

Kia Corp.

    25,027       1,641,527  

KT&G Corp.

    2,937       192,869  

LG Chem Ltd.

    38,158       15,628,180  

LG Display Co. Ltd.(e)

    44,186       577,344  

LG Energy Solution(e)(g)

    240,586       79,876,084  

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

    59,851       3,189,672  

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.

    6,708       1,111,905  

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.(e)

    52,232       24,880,937  

SK Hynix, Inc.

    7,690       673,860  
   

 

 

 
      175,183,424  
Spain — 0.4%            

Cellnex Telecom SA(b)

    1,932,446       90,071,848  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Spain (continued)

   

Endesa SA

    68,848     $     1,442,878  

Iberdrola SA

    188,662       2,167,878  
   

 

 

 
      93,682,604  
Sweden — 0.5%            

Atlas Copco AB, A Shares

    224,870       10,194,898  

Epiroc AB, Class A

    517,710       10,495,567  

Evolution AB(b)

    1,584       162,516  

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, B Shares

    126,453       1,591,926  

Hexagon AB, B Shares

    735,516       9,490,305  

Holmen AB

    6,973       403,031  

Husqvarna AB, B Shares

    160,218       1,531,541  

Kinnevik AB, Class B(g)

    11,459       224,281  

Lundin Energy AB

    66,243       2,738,873  

Skanska AB, B Shares

    19,290       368,481  

SKF AB, B Shares

    108,651       1,774,562  

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, B Shares

    353,843       2,822,684  

Telia Co. AB

    377,571       1,567,151  

Volvo AB, B Shares

        4,203,876       67,066,240  
   

 

 

 
          110,432,056  
Switzerland — 0.8%            

ABB Ltd., Registered Shares

    94,655       2,839,833  

Cie Financiere Richemont SA, Class A, Registered Shares

    94,212       10,946,557  

Coca-Cola HBC AG

    141,496       2,868,673  

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

    13,918       665,111  

Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Registered Shares

    2,503       700,205  

Lonza Group AG, Registered Shares

    28,909       17,045,724  

Nestle SA, Registered Shares

    134,716       17,391,037  

Novartis AG, Registered Shares

    35,229       3,113,160  

On Holding AG, Class A(e)(g)

    52,816       1,318,816  

Partners Group Holding AG

    2,460       2,606,363  

Roche Holding AG

    1,569       581,807  

SGS SA, Registered Shares

    128       328,899  

Sika AG, Registered Shares

    59,898       18,296,322  

STMicroelectronics NV

    302,198       11,165,358  

Straumann Holding AG, Registered Shares

    56,396       6,648,613  

Swatch Group AG

    3,807       977,039  

Swisscom AG, Registered Shares

    409       241,842  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    630,833       78,715,342  

Temenos AG, Registered Shares

    26,358       2,660,728  

UBS Group AG, Registered Shares

    31,613       536,682  
   

 

 

 
      179,648,111  
Taiwan — 0.5%            

ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd.

    200,000       638,072  

Evergreen Marine Corp. Taiwan Ltd.

    385,000       1,850,669  

MediaTek, Inc.

    139,000       3,831,949  

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

    157,000       2,076,886  

SinoPac Financial Holdings Co. Ltd.

    475,000       292,516  

Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

    854,000       821,227  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    5,776,000       104,445,354  

Unimicron Technology Corp.

    143,000       1,003,020  

United Microelectronics Corp.

    644,000       1,023,051  

Wan Hai Lines Ltd.

    135,000       654,376  

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp.(g)

    323,000       1,347,530  
   

 

 

 
      117,984,650  
Turkey — 0.0%            

BIM Birlesik Magazalar A/S

    50,900       285,961  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

United Arab Emirates(d) — 0.0%

   

Jawbone Health Hub, Inc., (Acquired 01/24/17,
Cost: $0)(b)(h)

    1,518,232     $     15  

NMC Health PLC(g)

    1,077,976       14  
   

 

 

 
      29  
United Kingdom — 2.3%            

Alphawave IP Group PLC(e)(g)

    2,084,903       3,932,493  

Ashtead Group PLC

    83,072       4,295,423  

AstraZeneca PLC

    908,336           121,209,516  

Auto Trader Group PLC(b)

    1,172,878       9,256,539  

Barclays PLC

    2,997,600       5,510,011  

BP PLC

    2,785,178       13,446,264  

BP PLC, ADR

    322,550       9,263,636  

British American Tobacco PLC

    5,136       215,262  

Burberry Group PLC

    102,769       2,028,193  

Compass Group PLC

    2,651,636       55,954,391  

Diageo PLC

    102,891       5,133,114  

Dr. Martens PLC

    304,896       797,187  

Exscientia PLC, (Acquired 03/31/22, Cost: $15,553,138)(b)(h)

    2,220,600       23,893,656  

Ferguson PLC

    2,308       289,537  

Genius Sports Ltd.(g)

    796,159       3,041,327  

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

    68,957       1,554,469  

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

    28,082       321,492  

Hedosophia European Growth(g)

    1,041,660       8,082,406  

Intertek Group PLC

    5,515       343,667  

Kingfisher PLC

    595,738       1,878,701  

Legal & General Group PLC

    445,873       1,389,829  

Linde PLC(g)

    49,711       15,507,844  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

        199,781,912       113,468,670  

National Grid PLC

    67,689       1,005,654  

Natwest Group PLC

    756,310       2,029,019  

RELX PLC

    19,995       595,661  

Royal Mail PLC

    104,054       446,006  

Smith & Nephew PLC

    44,594       722,804  

Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC

    80,818       12,195,075  

THG PLC(g)

    1,558,352       2,092,241  

Unilever PLC

    1,920,739       89,295,382  

Vodafone Group PLC

    117,823       178,379  
   

 

 

 
      509,373,848  
United States — 37.9%            

3M Co.

    19,590       2,825,270  

Abbott Laboratories(j)

    1,293,472       146,809,062  

AbbVie, Inc.(j)

    706,673       103,796,140  

Adobe, Inc.(g)

    7,197       2,849,652  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    82,233       16,416,174  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(g)

    88,840       7,597,597  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    12,566       1,498,747  

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    375,312       87,849,280  

Airbnb, Inc., Class A(g)

    8,684       1,330,476  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(g)

    8,282       929,903  

Albemarle Corp.

    387,277       74,678,624  

Alcoa Corp.

    363,683       24,657,707  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(g)

    692       1,579,275  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C(g)(j)

    136,086       312,906,622  

Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A(g)

    259,122       14,075,507  

AltC Acquisition Corp., Class A(g)

    620,753       6,046,134  

Altice USA, Inc., Class A(g)

    73,828       685,124  

Altus Power, Inc., (Acquired 01/21/22,
Cost: $4,543,500)(b)(h)

    454,350       2,617,056  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

United States (continued)

   

Amazon.com, Inc.(g)(j)

    121,207     $     301,275,755  

American Tower Corp.

    569,690       137,306,684  

Amgen, Inc.

    7,764       1,810,487  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    5,566       397,969  

ANSYS, Inc.(g)

    68,568       18,903,512  

Anthem, Inc.

    1,967       987,296  

Apple, Inc.(j)

        2,500,046       394,132,252  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    577,918       63,773,251  

Aptiv PLC(g)

    344,404       36,644,586  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    354,868       31,781,978  

Arthur J Gallagher and Co.

    1,805       304,124  

Astra Space, Inc., (Acquired 08/20/21,
Cost: $7,485,660)(b)(h)

    748,566       2,395,411  

Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A(g)

    24,985       5,617,378  

AutoZone, Inc.(g)

    1,009       1,973,069  

AvidXchange Holdings, Inc.(g)

    17,910       146,683  

Baker Hughes Co.

    451,914       14,018,372  

Ball Corp.

    25,978       2,108,374  

Bank of America Corp.(j)

    3,967,337           141,554,584  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    6,712       282,307  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    327,103       17,300,478  

Baxter International, Inc.

    10,401       739,095  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    2,809       694,357  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(g)

    7,904       2,551,648  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    32,309       2,905,548  

Blend Labs, Inc., Class A(e)(g)

    269,644       1,162,166  

Boeing Co.(g)

    17,930       2,668,701  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(g)

    1,226       2,709,840  

Boston Scientific Corp.(g)(j)

    2,568,631       108,165,051  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    792,430       59,646,206  

Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A

    6,590       236,638  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    3,014       186,808  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

    79,166       5,338,955  

Bunge Ltd.

    413,546       46,780,324  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(g)

    128,532       19,389,052  

California Resources Corp.

    387,781       15,592,674  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    6,481       807,662  

Capri Holdings Ltd.(g)

    739,848       35,290,750  

Catalent, Inc.(g)

    3,984       360,791  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(g)

    21,250       1,764,600  

CDW Corp.

    2,546       415,456  

Centene Corp.(g)

    3,061       246,564  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    933,170       90,358,851  

Charles Schwab Corp.(j)

    1,785,796       118,451,849  

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(g)

    93,693       40,146,514  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

    28,480       2,335,930  

Citigroup, Inc.

    5,387       259,707  

CME Group, Inc.

    72,973       16,005,898  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    1,482,269       58,935,015  

ConocoPhillips(j)

    2,313,868       221,020,671  

Constellation Energy Corp.

    59,561       3,526,607  

Corteva, Inc.

    89,553       5,166,313  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    253,188       134,625,123  

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A(g)

    182,829       36,339,092  

Crown Castle International Corp.

    19,181       3,552,513  

Crown Holdings, Inc.

    20,542       2,260,442  

Crown PropTech Acquisitions(g)

    487,104       4,856,427  

Crown Proptech Acquisitions Pvt Ltd.(d)

    186,720       618,043  

CSX Corp.

    260,117       8,932,418  

Danaher Corp.

    4,010       1,007,031  
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

United States (continued)

   

Datadog, Inc., Class A(g)

    117,537     $     14,196,119  

Davidson Kempner Merchant Co-investment Fund LP, (Acquired 04/01/21, Cost: $17,262,094)(h)(i)(k)

        26,559,000       27,844,456  

DaVita, Inc.(g)

    28,652       3,105,017  

Deere & Co.

    50,321       18,998,694  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C

    83,552       3,927,780  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.(g)

    227,911       9,807,010  

Devon Energy Corp.

    172,760       10,049,449  

DexCom, Inc.(g)

    118,725       48,508,660  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    66,965       6,456,765  

Diversey Holdings Ltd.(g)

    2,498,387       19,337,515  

DocuSign, Inc.(g)

    9,120       738,720  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    2,272       185,486  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    17,714       5,987,332  

Dr. Horton, Inc.

    900,485       62,664,751  

Duke Realty Corp.

    3,359       183,905  

Dynatrace, Inc.(g)

    822,587       31,554,437  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(g)

    612,200       64,758,516  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    23,886       2,819,742  

Element Solutions, Inc.

    183,943       3,792,905  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    1,005       293,591  

Emerson Electric Co.

    27,175       2,450,641  

Energy Transfer LP

    887,316       9,831,461  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    2,631       307,196  

EPAM Systems, Inc.(g)

    3,167       839,223  

Epic Games, Inc., (Acquired 07/02/20, Cost: $23,484,725)(b)(d)(h)

    40,843       37,983,990  

EQT Corp.

    3,666,753       145,753,432  

Equifax, Inc.

    1,303       265,187  

Equity Residential

    14,328       1,167,732  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    6,553       2,157,706  

Excelerate Energy, Inc., Class A(e)

    86,660       2,340,687  

Expedia Group, Inc.(g)

    81,745       14,284,939  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    13,148       2,498,120  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    434,405       37,033,026  

F5, Inc.(g)

    227,940       38,159,435  

Fanatics Holdings, Inc., (Acquired 12/15/21,
Cost: $40,652,984)(b)(d)(h)

    599,248       40,652,984  

Fastenal Co.

    4,725       261,340  

FedEx Corp.

    15,605       3,101,338  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    1,511       149,816  

First Republic Bank

    12,081       1,802,727  

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A(g)

    161,847       12,902,443  

Ford Motor Co.

    1,475,979       20,899,863  

Fortinet, Inc.(g)

    92,964       26,867,526  

Fortive Corp.

    1,677,489       96,455,617  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

    3,269       232,916  

FQT Private(d)

    2,439,185       2,805,063  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.(j)

    2,212,516       89,717,524  

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(g)

    443,789       11,711,592  

Gartner, Inc.(g)

    3,918       1,138,375  

Generac Holdings, Inc.(g)

    49,318       10,819,383  

General Dynamics Corp.

    1,584       374,664  

General Motors Co.(g)

    1,416,496       53,699,363  

Genuine Parts Co.

    12,949       1,684,017  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    50,216       2,979,817  

Gitlab, Inc., Class A(g)

    1,784       85,507  

Globalfoundries, Inc.(g)

    296,721       15,515,541  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    11,415       2,449,088  

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund

    201,333       26,231,677  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

United States (continued)

   

Hess Corp.

    10,708     $     1,103,674  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    210,851       3,249,214  

Highland Transcend Partners I Corp.,
Class A(g)

    641,909       6,329,223  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(g)

    451,346       70,089,520  

Hologic, Inc.(g)

    9,530       686,065  

Home Depot, Inc.

    327,434       98,361,174  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    1,252       242,275  

HP, Inc.

    31,372       1,149,156  

Humana, Inc.

    303,627           134,980,419  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    5,721       1,217,086  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(g)

    4,214       1,814,043  

iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A(g)

    10,778       172,340  

Informatica, Inc., Class A(e)(g)

    495,177       9,636,144  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

    6,959       305,918  

Intel Corp.

    9,606       418,726  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    28,504       3,301,048  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    452,182       54,849,677  

Intuit, Inc.

    40,585       16,994,969  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(g)

    242,977       58,144,396  

Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust

    208,538       2,175,051  

Invesco Municipal Trust

    206,960       2,156,523  

Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust

    205,405       2,127,996  

Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals(l)

    210,256       2,281,278  

Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust

    175,143       2,262,848  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(g)

    40,651       8,861,511  

Johnson & Johnson

    537,771       97,046,155  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    108,852       6,516,969  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    32,438       3,871,800  

Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co.(g)

    549,309       5,372,242  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    223,840       4,062,696  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(g)

    12,949       3,111,386  

Lam Research Corp.

    8,274       3,853,698  

Latch, Inc., (Acquired 07/12/21, Cost: $5,208,540)(b)(h)

    520,854       1,713,610  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    99,791       7,633,014  

Liberty Media Acquisition Corp.(g)

        1,579,349       15,888,251  

Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty SiriusXM,
Class A(g)

    887,408       37,120,277  

Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty SiriusXM,
Class C(g)

    1,226,248       51,355,266  

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class A(g)

    552,092       7,447,721  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(g)

    93,715       9,828,829  

LKQ Corp.

    27,871       1,383,238  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    3,806       1,644,649  

Loews Corp.

    6,002       377,166  

Lookout, Inc., (Acquired 03/04/15, Cost: $2,002,652)(b)(d)(h)

    175,316       1,881,141  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    108,526       21,458,846  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    461,671       48,950,976  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    1,073       282,854  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A(g)

    1,379       244,800  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    858,532       138,824,624  

Masco Corp.

    287,916       15,170,294  

Masimo Corp.(g)

    56,872       6,424,830  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    503,017       182,786,317  

McDonald’s Corp.

    181,366       45,189,153  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    33,389       2,961,270  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(g)

    25,138       5,039,415  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(g)

    2,975       3,800,652  

MGM Resorts International

    23,131       949,296  
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

United States (continued)

   

Micron Technology, Inc.

    832,630     $     56,777,040  

Microsoft Corp.(j)

        1,740,898       483,134,013  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    1,660       326,489  

Mirion Technologies, Inc., (Acquired 11/04/21,
Cost: $26,727,100)(b)(h)

    2,672,710       21,087,682  

Mirion Technologies, Inc.(g)

    270,185       2,131,760  

Moderna, Inc.(g)

    19,457       2,615,215  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(g)

    3,959       1,240,949  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    6,079       391,974  

MongoDB, Inc.(g)

    50,466       17,911,897  

Moody’s Corp.

    6,031       1,908,691  

Morgan Stanley

    850,263       68,522,695  

Mosaic Co.

    86,712       5,412,563  

Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.(g)

    106,908       4,807,653  

MSCI, Inc.

    3,474       1,463,422  

NetApp, Inc.

    18,670       1,367,577  

Netflix, Inc.(g)

    7,066       1,345,084  

New Relic, Inc.(g)

    127,653       8,076,605  

Newmont Corp.

    4,214       306,990  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    1,490,864           105,881,161  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

    86,425       2,317,054  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    109,678       13,676,847  

NiSource, Inc.

    7,994       232,785  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    4,495       1,159,171  

Northern Trust Corp.

    13,260       1,366,443  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    1,941       852,875  

Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc.

    324,048       2,978,001  

NVIDIA Corp.(j)

    219,045       40,626,276  

Offerpad Solutions, Inc., (Acquired 10/01/21,
Cost: $7,437,940)(b)(h)

    743,794       3,726,408  

Okta, Inc.(g)

    64,801       7,731,407  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    919       257,430  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    3,550       270,262  

ONEOK, Inc.

    81,884       5,185,714  

Opendoor Technologies, Inc.(g)

    744,088       5,201,175  

Oracle Corp.

    35,396       2,598,066  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(g)

    23,148       14,040,419  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    11,796       859,221  

Palantir Technologies, Inc., Class A(g)

    88,631       921,762  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(g)

    61,938       34,764,561  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    134,442       2,649,852  

Paycom Software, Inc.(g)

    3,576       1,006,537  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(g)

    5,905       519,227  

Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A(g)

    628,174       11,030,735  

Penn National Gaming, Inc.(g)

    143,339       5,241,907  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    100,719       17,294,459  

Pfizer, Inc.

    52,257       2,564,251  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    225,350       52,387,114  

Planet Labs Inc., (Acquired 01/06/22,
Cost: $5,833,600)(b)(h)

    583,360       2,934,301  

Playstudios, Inc., (Acquired 07/30/21,
Cost: $8,313,480)(b)(h)

    831,348       4,813,505  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    24,895       4,135,059  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    1,839       295,251  

Project Barkley, (Acquired 02/11/22,
Cost: $31,181,561)(b)(d)(h)

    11,562,554       22,431,355  

Prologis, Inc.

    37,857       6,068,099  

Proof Acquisition Corp.(d)

    108,512       118,278  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    29,168       2,031,843  

Public Storage

    971       360,727  

PVH Corp.

    66,933       4,871,384  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

United States (continued)

   

Qualcomm, Inc.

    14,588     $ 2,037,798  

Quanta Services, Inc.

    2,375       275,453  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    5,491       734,915  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    615,865       60,022,203  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

    3,346       317,569  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(g)

    31,564       20,804,148  

ResMed, Inc.

    100,985       20,193,970  

Rocket Lab USA, Inc.(e)(g)

    447,252       3,300,720  

Rollins, Inc.

    25,132       842,927  

Rotor Acqusition Ltd.(d)

    87,039       302,896  

S&P Global, Inc.

    64,319       24,216,103  

salesforce.com, Inc.(g)

    673,397           118,477,468  

Samsonite International SA(b)(g)

    435,900       955,303  

Sarcos Tech & Robot, (Acquired 10/21/21,
Cost: $35,605,660)(b)(h)

    3,560,566       16,734,660  

Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corp.(e)(g)

    164,137       771,444  

SBA Communications Corp.

    15,517       5,386,106  

Schlumberger NV

    152,690       5,956,437  

Seagen, Inc.(e)(g)

    242,128       31,721,189  

Sema4 Holdings Corp., (Acquired 01/24/22,
Cost: $10,527,953)(b)(h)

        2,124,370       4,567,395  

Sema4 Holdings Corp., (Acquired 08/13/21,
Cost: $5,804,730)(b)(h)

    580,473       1,248,017  

Sempra Energy

    889,695       143,561,185  

ServiceNow, Inc.(e)(g)

    88,992       42,547,075  

Signature Bank

    587       142,201  

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

    175,123       12,293,635  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    1,921       226,678  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    2,224       251,979  

SmartRent, Inc.(e)(g)

    740,379       3,598,242  

Snorkel AI, Inc., (Acquired 06/30/21,
Cost: $1,060,929)(b)(d)(h)

    70,636       873,767  

Snowflake, Inc., Class A(g)

    14,354       2,460,850  

Sonder Holdings, Inc., Class A, (Acquired 02/09/22,
Cost: $7,460,055)(b)(h)

    830,701       3,729,847  

Sonos, Inc.(g)

    337,566       7,703,256  

Southwest Airlines Co.(g)

    24,125       1,127,120  

SPDR S&P Biotech ETF

    37,238       2,749,282  

Splunk, Inc.(g)

    50,141       6,118,205  

Starbucks Corp.

    855,444       63,850,340  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

    402,651       9,212,655  

State Street Corp.

    4,572       306,187  

Stryker Corp.

    179,654       43,343,324  

Sun Country Airlines, (Acquired 09/17/21,
Cost: $21,728,687)(b)(h)

    963,151       26,496,284  

Taboola.com Ltd., (Acquired 09/02/21,
Cost: $6,718,980)(b)(h)

    671,898       2,895,880  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(g)

    1,127       134,688  

Tapestry, Inc.

    102,730       3,381,872  

Target Corp.

    9,884       2,259,977  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.(g)

    29,579       2,144,773  

Tesla, Inc.(g)

    36,726       31,979,532  

Textron, Inc.

    7,994       553,585  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    179,654       99,334,290  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    884,307       54,190,333  

T-Mobile U.S., Inc.(g)

    2,428       298,984  

Toast, Inc., Class A(e)(g)

    483,897       9,015,001  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    49,482       2,294,480  

TPB Acquisition Corp. I, Class A(g)

    287,026       2,787,022  

Tractor Supply Co.

    138,003       27,800,704  

TransDigm Group, Inc.(g)

    24,075       14,320,051  
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

 

Security

       

 

Shares

   

 

Value

 

 

 

United States (continued)

     

Travelers Cos., Inc.

      5,057     $     865,050  

Trimble, Inc.(g)

      8,071       538,336  

Truist Financial Corp.

      5,951       287,731  

Twilio, Inc., Class A(e)(g)

      19,130       2,139,117  

U.S. Bancorp

      193,174       9,380,529  

Uber Technologies, Inc.(g)

      131,530       4,140,564  

UDR, Inc.

      4,805       255,674  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(g)

      16,621       6,595,213  

Union Pacific Corp.

      2,580       604,468  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

      592,205       106,585,056  

United Rentals, Inc.(g)

      48,768       15,436,047  

United States Steel Corp.

      346,205       10,555,790  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

      468,414       238,211,940  

Univar Solutions, Inc.(g)

      72,162       2,101,357  

Valero Energy Corp.

      1,223,886       136,438,811  

VeriSign, Inc.(g)

      109,531       19,572,094  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

      93,279       19,033,580  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

      149,884       6,939,629  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(g)

      5,977       1,633,036  

Vertiv Holdings, (Acquired 09/15/21,
Cost: $43,516,130)(b)(h)

          4,351,613       54,525,711  

VF Corp.

      3,729       193,908  

Visa, Inc., Class A

      7,362       1,569,063  

VMware, Inc., Class A

      29,895       3,229,856  

Vulcan Materials Co.

      649,063       111,827,064  

W R Berkley Corp.

      2,638       175,401  

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

      410       205,012  

Walmart, Inc.

      393,505       60,202,330  

Walt Disney Co.(g)

      610,255       68,122,766  

Waste Connections, Inc.

      38,530       5,315,984  

Waters Corp.(g)

      5,620       1,702,972  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

      10,115       1,012,006  

Wells Fargo & Co.

      354,599       15,471,154  

Welltower, Inc.

      16,014       1,454,231  

Western Digital Corp.(g)

      101,557       5,389,630  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

      342,293       14,109,317  

Williams Cos., Inc.

      6,590       225,971  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

      67,058       8,749,728  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

      10,278       2,208,331  

WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.(g)

      340,676       11,957,728  

Workday, Inc., Class A(g)

      24,851       5,136,702  

XPO Logistics, Inc.(g)

      438,292       23,575,727  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

      11,257       1,317,182  

Zebra Technologies Corp.,
Class A(g)

      4,563       1,686,759  

Zoetis, Inc.

      83,604       14,818,809  

Zscaler, Inc.(g)

      123,638       25,066,368  
     

 

 

 
            8,333,480,703  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 56.6%
(Cost: $9,671,341,946)

 

    12,427,283,771  
     

 

 

 
         

Par

(000)

       

 

 
Corporate Bonds                  

Australia — 0.9%

     

National Australia Bank Ltd., 3.38%, 01/14/26

    USD       155       154,239  

Oceana Australian Trust(d)

     

10.00%, 08/31/23

    AUD       7,008       5,100,047  
Security         Par
(000)
    Value  

 

 

Australia (continued)

     

Oceana Australian Trust(d) (continued)

     

10.25%, 08/31/25

    AUD       13,002     $     9,611,901  

Quintis Australia Pty. Ltd.(b)(d)(f)(m)

     

(12.00% PIK), 12.00%, 10/01/28

    USD       82,685       82,684,528  

(7.50% Cash or 8.00% PIK), 7.50%, 10/01/26

      92,389       92,389,186  
   

 

 

 
            189,939,901  
Bermuda(c) — 0.0%                  

Li & Fung Ltd.

     

4.38%, 10/04/24

      1,920       1,860,960  

4.50%, 08/18/25

      760       725,230  

Star Energy Geothermal Darajat II/Star Energy Geothermal Salak, 4.85%, 10/14/38

      2,710       2,575,008  
   

 

 

 
        5,161,198  
British Virgin Islands(c) — 0.0%                  

HKT Capital No 6 Ltd., 3.00%, 01/18/32

      3,170       2,733,650  

New Metro Global Ltd., 4.50%, 05/02/26

      1,568       956,480  
   

 

 

 
        3,690,130  
Canada — 0.1%                  

First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 6.88%, 10/15/27(b)

      4,329       4,310,872  

Rogers Communications, Inc., 2.95%, 03/15/25(b)

      1,246       1,214,916  

Royal Bank of Canada

     

0.65%, 07/29/24

      175       164,481  

0.75%, 10/07/24

      451       423,214  

1.20%, 04/27/26

      85       76,695  

Thomson Reuters Corp., 3.35%, 05/15/26

      97       95,304  

Toronto-Dominion Bank

     

2.35%, 03/08/24

      7,002       6,897,863  

2.80%, 03/10/27

      179       170,318  
   

 

 

 
        13,353,663  
Cayman Islands — 0.1%                  

Agile Group Holdings Ltd., 5.50%, 04/21/25(c)

      1,530       512,550  

Central China Real Estate Ltd., 7.90%, 11/07/23(c)

      510       196,286  

China Aoyuan Group Ltd.(c)(n)

     

7.95%, 06/21/24

      1,502       330,440  

6.20%, 03/24/26

      3,132       682,776  

China Evergrande Group(c)(n)

     

8.25%, 03/23/22

      2,289       276,540  

10.00%, 04/11/23

      1,139       126,927  

China SCE Group Holdings Ltd.(c)

     

7.38%, 04/09/24

      1,139       768,825  

7.00%, 05/02/25

      714       435,540  

CIFI Holdings Group Co. Ltd.(c)

     

6.45%, 11/07/24

      1,139       933,980  

6.00%, 07/16/25

      569       447,234  

4.45%, 08/17/26

      200       150,000  

Fantasia Holdings Group Co. Ltd.(c)(n)

     

7.95%, 07/05/22

      510       79,050  

10.88%, 01/09/23

      3,132       485,460  

9.25%, 07/28/23

      902       139,810  

9.88%, 10/19/23

      481       74,555  

Hilong Holding Ltd., 9.75%, 11/18/24(c)

      1,375       852,500  

Jingrui Holdings Ltd., 12.00%, 07/25/22(c)

      1,269       250,859  

Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd.(c)(n)

     

10.88%, 07/23/23

      1,571       329,910  

9.75%, 09/28/23

      1,386       278,933  
 

 

 

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2 0 2 2   B L A C K R O C K   A N N U A L   R E P O R T   T O   S H A R E H O L D E R S


Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security        

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 

Cayman Islands (continued)

     

Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd.(c)(n) (continued)

     

11.25%, 04/16/25

    USD           1,800     $ 376,088  

Logan Group Co. Ltd., 4.50%, 01/13/28(c)

      909       231,795  

Melco Resorts Finance Ltd.(c)

     

5.25%, 04/26/26

      1,247       1,086,449  

5.38%, 12/04/29

      2,234       1,798,370  

MGM China Holdings Ltd., 5.38%, 05/15/24(c)

      2,000       1,862,500  

Modern Land China Co. Ltd.(c)(g)(n)

     

11.50%, 11/13/22

      569       91,040  

9.80%, 04/11/23

      2,170       347,200  

11.95%, 03/04/24

      569       91,040  

Powerlong Real Estate Holdings Ltd., 6.25%, 08/10/24(c)

      1,139       472,685  

Redsun Properties Group Ltd., 10.50%, 10/03/22(c)

      769       361,430  

Ronshine China Holdings Ltd.(c)

     

7.35%, 12/15/23

      245       46,550  

6.75%, 08/05/24

      200       33,000  

7.10%, 01/25/25

      2,778       430,590  

Sable International Finance Ltd., 5.75%, 09/07/27(c)

      221       217,616  

Sands China Ltd., 4.38%, 06/18/30

      1,500       1,279,312  

Shimao Group Holdings Ltd., 3.45%, 01/11/31(c)

      1,899       379,800  

Shui On Development Holding Ltd., 5.50%, 03/03/25(c)

      2,098       1,888,200  

Sinic Holdings Group Co. Ltd.(c)(n)

     

8.50%, 01/24/22

      490       9,800  

10.50%, 06/18/22

      1,188       23,760  

Sunac China Holdings Ltd.(c)

     

6.50%, 01/10/25

      594       133,650  

7.00%, 07/09/25

      1,900       418,000  

Times China Holdings Ltd.(c)

     

6.75%, 07/08/25

      493       219,385  

5.75%, 01/14/27

      1,924       779,220  

Yuzhou Group Holdings Co. Ltd.(c)(n)

     

8.50%, 02/04/23

      539       78,155  

8.50%, 02/26/24

      1,970       265,950  

8.38%, 10/30/24

      480       64,800  

8.30%, 05/27/25

      1,423       192,105  

Zhenro Properties Group Ltd., 6.63%, 01/07/26(c)(g)(n)

      363       32,670  
   

 

 

 
            20,563,335  
Chile — 0.0%                  

VTR Comunicaciones SpA, 4.38%, 04/15/29(b)

      999       849,150  
   

 

 

 
China — 0.1%                  

China Aoyuan Group Ltd.(c)(n)

     

7.95%, 02/19/23

      2,573       564,934  

6.35%, 02/08/24

      801       178,123  

China Evergrande Group(n)

     

9.50%, 10/11/22(a)

      2,289       258,657  

11.50%, 01/22/23(c)

      2,277       258,724  

China Milk Products Group Ltd., 0.00%, 01/15/49(d)(l)(n)

      39,500       40  

China SCE Group Holdings Ltd., 7.25%, 04/19/23(c)

      478       372,840  

CIFI Holdings Group Co. Ltd., 5.95%, 10/20/25(c)

      569       438,130  

Easy Tactic Ltd.(c)
11.75%, 08/02/23

      1,908       404,615  
Security        

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 

China (continued)

     

Easy Tactic Ltd.(c) (continued)

     

8.63%, 03/05/24

    USD       1,520     $     313,310  

Fantasia Holdings Group Co. Ltd., 11.75%, 10/17/22(a)(n)

      2,110       327,050  

Fortune Star BVI Ltd.(c)

     

6.85%, 07/02/24

      732       688,080  

5.00%, 05/18/26

      579       500,835  

Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd., 11.50%, 01/30/23(c)(n)

      1,746       371,898  

KWG Group Holdings Ltd., 7.40%, 03/05/24(c)

      2,713       1,112,330  

RKPF Overseas Ltd., Series 2019-A, 6.00%, 09/04/25(c)

          1,877       1,417,135  

Sunac China Holdings Ltd., 6.65%, 08/03/24(c)

      1,545       347,625  

Wanda Properties Overseas Ltd., 6.88%, 07/23/23(c)

      325       281,531  

ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance Co. Ltd., 3.50%, 03/08/26(c)

      2,632       2,342,480  
   

 

 

 
            10,178,337  
Germany — 0.2%                  

Adler Pelzer Holding GmbH, 4.13%, 04/01/24(b)

    EUR       18,415       16,512,873  

APCOA Parking Holdings GmbH, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 5.00%),
5.00%, 01/15/27(a)(b)

      9,529       9,957,121  

Deutsche Bank AG, (SOFR + 1.32%), 2.55%, 01/07/28(a)

    USD       1,781       1,581,525  

Douglas GmbH, 6.00%, 04/08/26(b)

    EUR       11,938       11,285,480  

Kirk Beauty SUN GmbH, (8.25% Cash or 9.00% PIK), 8.25%, 10/01/26(b)(m)

      9,048       8,158,978  

KME SE, 6.75%, 02/01/23(c)

      4,393       4,513,110  
   

 

 

 
        52,009,087  
Hong Kong — 0.1%                  

AIA Group Ltd., (5 year CMT + 1.76%), 2.70%(a)(c)(o)

    USD       3,760       3,493,040  

Bank of East Asia Ltd.(a)(c)(o)

     

(5 year CMT + 4.26%), 5.88%

      733       734,512  

(5 year CMT + 5.53%), 5.83%

      733       731,168  

Nanyang Commercial Bank Ltd., (5 year CMT + 2.18%), 3.80%, 11/20/29(a)(c)

      2,470       2,420,291  

NWD MTN Ltd., 4.13%, 07/18/29(c)

      1,968       1,746,969  

Wanda Group Overseas Ltd., 8.88%, 03/21/23(c)

      860       743,900  

Yango Justice International Ltd.(n)

     

10.25%, 09/15/22

      503       41,277  

9.25%, 04/15/23(c)

      1,154       80,780  

7.88%, 09/04/24(c)

      1,223       85,610  

Yanlord Land HK Co. Ltd., 5.13%, 05/20/26(c)

      1,139       1,036,490  
   

 

 

 
        11,114,037  
India — 0.2%                  

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd., 4.00%, 05/08/25(c)

      760       750,642  

Bharti Airtel Ltd., 3.25%, 06/03/31(c)

      1,320       1,129,986  

GMR Hyderabad International Airport
Ltd.(c)

     

5.38%, 04/10/24

      397       397,199  

4.25%, 10/27/27

      996       909,776  

HDFC Bank Ltd., (5 year CMT + 2.93%), 3.70%(a)(c)(o)

      1,549       1,417,335  

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd., 4.00%, 07/12/27(c)

      3,230       3,119,574  

HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd., 5.45%, 10/22/26(c)

      569       546,240  

ICICI Bank Ltd./Dubai, 3.80%, 12/14/27(c)

      3,840       3,712,320  
 

 

 

C O N S O L I D A T E D   S C H E D U L E   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

    21  


Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security        

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 

India (continued)

     

Indian Railway Finance Corp. Ltd., 3.25%, 02/13/30(c)

    USD       3,260     $ 2,871,449  

JSW Steel Ltd., 5.38%, 04/04/25(c)

      1,391       1,370,135  

Oil India Ltd., 5.13%, 02/04/29(c)

      1,210       1,200,396  

Power Finance Corp. Ltd.(c)

     

6.15%, 12/06/28

      760       802,417  

4.50%, 06/18/29

      2,840       2,666,050  

REC Ltd., 2.75%, 01/13/27(c)

      2,000       1,831,700  

REI Agro Ltd.(n)

     

5.50%, 11/13/21

          44,430       368,535  

5.50%, 11/13/21(c)(d)

      8,271       1  

ReNew Power Pvt Ltd., 5.88%, 03/05/27(c)

      1,721       1,613,437  

ReNew Power Synthetic, 6.67%, 03/12/24(c)

      569       576,219  

Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd.(c)

     

5.95%, 10/24/22

      1,139       1,134,729  

5.10%, 07/16/23

      631       616,014  

4.40%, 03/13/24

      703       666,093  

Summit Digitel Infrastructure Pvt Ltd., 2.88%, 08/12/31(c)

      2,805       2,295,416  

Vedanta Resources Finance II PLC, 13.88%, 01/21/24(c)

      1,398       1,458,551  
   

 

 

 
            31,454,214  
Indonesia(c) — 0.1%                  

Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT, 3.75%, 03/30/26

      1,222       1,159,507  

Bank Tabungan Negara Persero Tbk PT, 4.20%, 01/23/25

      1,399       1,350,189  

Global Prime Capital Pte Ltd., 5.95%, 01/23/25

      1,139       1,089,169  

Pertamina Persero PT, 6.00%, 05/03/42

      1,500       1,514,812  

Perusahaan Perseroan Persero PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara

     

5.45%, 05/21/28

      750       773,813  

5.38%, 01/25/29

      2,650       2,719,854  

Star Energy Geothermal Wayang Windu Ltd., 6.75%, 04/24/33

      398       415,807  

Theta Capital Pte. Ltd., 8.13%, 01/22/25

      1,398       1,375,282  
   

 

 

 
        10,398,433  
Ireland — 0.0%                  

Metalloinvest Finance DAC, 3.38%, 10/22/28(b)

      1,746       349,200  
   

 

 

 
Isle of Man — 0.0%                  

Gohl Capital Ltd., 4.25%, 01/24/27(c)

      2,310       2,128,665  
   

 

 

 
Italy(b) — 0.3%                  

Castor SpA

     

6.00%, 02/15/29

    EUR       2,764       2,836,337  

(3 mo. EURIBOR + 5.25%), 5.25%, 02/15/29(a)

      8,819       9,198,941  

Forno d’Asolo SpA, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 5.50%), 5.50%, 04/30/27(a)

      21,390       20,778,207  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, (5 year USD Swap + 5.46%), 7.70%(a)(o)

    USD       3,450       3,475,875  

Marcolin SpA, 6.13%, 11/15/26

    EUR       10,346       10,423,362  
Security        

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 

Italy (continued)

     

Shiba Bidco SpA, 4.50%, 10/31/28

    EUR       9,744     $ 9,611,272  

Taurus Law 130 Securities SRL, (Acquired 12/21/21,
Cost: $18,677,880),
1.78%, 05/21/26(a)(d)(h)

      16,554       17,463,647  
   

 

 

 
        73,787,641  
Japan — 0.0%                  

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., 3.52%, 09/17/25(b)

    USD       1,964       1,896,238  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., 2.35%, 01/15/25

      1,668       1,603,942  
   

 

 

 
        3,500,180  
Jersey — 0.0%                  

Wheel Bidco Ltd., 6.75%, 07/15/26(b)

    GBP       4,123       4,747,677  
   

 

 

 
Luxembourg — 0.2%                  

EIG Pearl Holdings SARL, 3.55%, 08/31/36(c)

    USD       2,975       2,632,399  

FEL Energy VI SARL, 5.75%, 12/01/40(c)

      295       254,062  

Garfunkelux Holdco 3 SA(b)

     

6.75%, 11/01/25

    EUR       4,916       5,062,965  

7.75%, 11/01/25

    GBP       8,358       10,260,163  

Herens Midco SARL, 5.25%, 05/15/29(b)

    EUR           12,016       10,445,257  

Picard Bondco SA, 5.38%, 07/01/27(b)

      8,380       8,667,210  

Sani/Ikos Financial Holdings 1 SARL, 5.63%, 12/15/26(b)

      8,042       8,195,796  
   

 

 

 
            45,517,852  
Macau(c) — 0.0%                  

Champion Path Holdings Ltd.

     

4.50%, 01/27/26

    USD       1,398       1,069,470  

4.85%, 01/27/28

      1,396       997,093  

MGM China Holdings Ltd., 5.88%, 05/15/26

      796       709,335  

Studio City Finance Ltd., 5.00%, 01/15/29

      1,884       1,284,417  
   

 

 

 
        4,060,315  
Malaysia(c) — 0.0%                  

CIMB Bank BHD, 2.13%, 07/20/27

      2,800       2,583,525  

Dua Capital Ltd., 2.78%, 05/11/31

      2,000       1,708,640  

TNB Global Ventures Capital BHD, 4.85%, 11/01/28

      2,650       2,738,278  
   

 

 

 
        7,030,443  
Mauritius(c) — 0.0%                  

CA Magnum Holdings, 5.38%, 10/31/26

      1,775       1,704,000  

India Green Power Holdings, 4.00%, 02/22/27

      1,246       1,078,787  

Network i2i Ltd., (5 year CMT + 4.27%), 5.65%(a)(o)

      2,143       2,114,605  

UPL Corp. Ltd.

     

4.63%, 06/16/30

      2,990       2,714,920  

(5 year CMT + 3.87%), 5.25%(a)(o)

      530       490,515  
   

 

 

 
        8,102,827  
Mexico(b) — 0.0%                  

Cydsa SAB de CV, 6.25%, 10/04/27

      302       284,975  

Operadora de Servicios Mega SA de CV Sofom ER, 8.25%, 02/11/25

      749       471,870  
   

 

 

 
        756,845  
MultiNational — 0.0%                  

Connect Finco SARL/Connect U.S. Finco LLC, 6.75%, 10/01/26(b)

      6,460       6,282,350  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security        

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 

Netherlands — 0.1%

     

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, 4.38%, 08/04/25

    USD       405     $ 405,440  

Greenko Dutch BV, 3.85%, 03/29/26(c)

      3,118       2,836,998  

ING Groep NV

     

4.63%, 01/06/26(b)

      372       375,216  

(1 year CMT + 1.10%), 1.40%, 07/01/26(a)(b)

      163       148,652  

(SOFR + 1.64%), 3.87%, 03/28/26(a)

      1,085       1,072,573  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, 5.75%, 04/15/24

      748       773,470  

Minejesa Capital BV(c)

     

4.63%, 08/10/30

      1,900       1,710,209  

5.63%, 08/10/37

      1,450       1,216,006  

Mondelez International Holdings Netherlands BV, 1.25%, 09/24/26(b)

      124       111,561  

Titan Holdings II BV, 5.13%, 07/15/29(b)

    EUR       6,277       5,926,621  

Trivium Packaging Finance BV, 5.50%, 08/15/26(b)

    USD       2,265       2,188,556  

Vivo Energy Investments BV, 5.13%, 09/24/27(b)

      313       305,175  
   

 

 

 
            17,070,477  
Oman — 0.0%                  

OQ SAOC, 5.13%, 05/06/28(b)

      351       340,865  
   

 

 

 
Paraguay — 0.0%                  

Frigorifico Concepcion SA, 7.70%, 07/21/28(b)

      210       181,493  
   

 

 

 
Peru — 0.0%                  

Kallpa Generacion SA, 4.88%, 05/24/26(c)

      773       747,539  
   

 

 

 
Philippines — 0.0%                  

Globe Telecom, Inc., (5 year CMT + 5.53%), 4.20%(a)(c)(o)

      1,015       974,400  
   

 

 

 
Republic of Korea(c) — 0.0%                  

Hanwha Life Insurance Co., Ltd., (5 year CMT + 1.85%), 3.38%, 02/04/32(a)

      600       561,144  

LG Chem Ltd., 2.38%, 07/07/31

      2,500       2,140,050  
   

 

 

 
        2,701,194  
Singapore(c) — 0.1%                  

ABJA Investment Co. Pte Ltd., 5.45%, 01/24/28

      2,796       2,754,060  

BOC Aviation Ltd., 3.50%, 09/18/27

      2,560       2,474,624  

BPRL International Singapore Pte Ltd., 4.38%, 01/18/27

      2,990       2,928,892  

Continuum Energy Levanter Pte Ltd., 4.50%, 02/09/27

      489       445,154  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd., (5 year CMT + 1.92%), 3.30%(a)(o)

      2,370       2,281,125  

GLP Pte Ltd., (5 year CMT + 3.74%),
4.50%(a)(o)

      1,281       1,136,727  

LLPL Capital Pte. Ltd., 6.88%, 02/04/39

      2,153       2,103,039  

LMIRT Capital Pte Ltd., 7.50%, 02/09/26

      1,139       1,093,440  

Oil India International Pte. Ltd., 4.00%, 04/21/27

      760       735,918  

ONGC Videsh Vankorneft Pte Ltd., 3.75%, 07/27/26

      3,910       3,775,105  

TML Holdings Pte. Ltd., 4.35%, 06/09/26

      1,139       1,040,761  
   

 

 

 
        20,768,845  
South Korea(c) — 0.1%                  

Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd., (5 year CMT + 2.00%), 4.70%(a)(o)

      2,890       2,906,798  

Kookmin Bank 2.50%, 11/04/30

      1,710       1,455,415  
Security        

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 

South Korea (continued)

     

Kookmin Bank (continued)

     

(5 year CMT + 2.64%), 4.35%(a)(o)

    USD       2,310     $ 2,285,890  

Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd., (5 year CMT + 2.06%), 2.88%(a)(o)

      1,550       1,387,250  

SK Hynix, Inc., 2.38%, 01/19/31

      3,160       2,621,757  
   

 

 

 
        10,657,110  
Thailand(c) — 0.0%                  

Bangkok Bank PCL(a)

     

(5 year CMT + 1.90%), 3.73%, 09/25/34

      832       752,752  

(5 year CMT + 2.15%), 3.47%, 09/23/36

      1,500       1,285,763  

(5 year CMT + 4.73%), 5.00%

      1,512       1,470,704  

GC Treasury Center Co. Ltd., 2.98%, 03/18/31

      820       704,841  

Kasikornbank PCL, (5 year CMT + 1.70%), 3.34%, 10/02/31(a)

      819       755,425  

Krung Thai Bank PCL, (5 year CMT + 3.53%), 4.40%(a)(o)

      996       915,075  

Muang Thai Life Assurance PCL, (10 year CMT + 2.40%), 3.55%, 01/27/37(a)

      2,350       2,168,133  
   

 

 

 
        8,052,693  
Turkey — 0.1%                  

Bio City Development Co. BV, 8.00%, 07/06/22(a)(b)(d)(f)(n)

          140,850       10,394,730  
   

 

 

 
United Kingdom — 0.6%                  

Avianca Midco 2 Ltd., 9.00%, 12/01/28(b)

      156       148,337  

BCP V Modular Services Finance II PLC, 6.13%, 11/30/28(b)

    GBP       12,036       13,553,100  

BCP V Modular Services Finance PLC, 6.75%, 11/30/29(b)

    EUR       16,262       14,788,128  

Boparan Finance PLC, 7.63%, 11/30/25(c)

    GBP       11,406       10,828,572  

Constellation Automotive Financing PLC, 4.88%, 07/15/27(b)

      3,529       3,816,286  

Deuce Finco PLC, 5.50%, 06/15/27(b)

      26,802       30,699,927  

GlaxoSmithKline Capital PLC, 3.00%, 06/01/24

    USD       6,813       6,793,759  

HSBC Holdings PLC, (SOFR + 0.71%), 0.98%, 05/24/25(a)

      1,870       1,753,188  

Inspired Entertainment Financing PLC, 7.88%, 06/01/26(b)

    GBP       7,442       9,404,736  

Kane Bidco Ltd.(b)

     

5.00%, 02/15/27

    EUR       6,662       6,610,119  

6.50%, 02/15/27

    GBP       8,008       9,317,660  

Lloyds Bank PLC, 3.50%, 05/14/25

    USD       402       397,470  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 4.65%, 03/24/26

      864       868,421  

Market Bidco Finco PLC, 5.50%, 11/04/27(b)(i)

    GBP       21,204       23,730,051  

Natwest Group PLC, 5.13%, 05/28/24

    USD       405       412,205  

Sky PLC, 3.75%, 09/16/24(b)

      263       264,232  

Vedanta Resources Finance II PLC, 8.00%, 04/23/23(c)

      1,048       1,001,036  
   

 

 

 
            134,387,227  
United States — 2.6%                  

AbbVie, Inc.

     

3.80%, 03/15/25

      100       100,089  

3.20%, 05/14/26

      202       196,696  

4.25%, 11/21/49

      5,737       5,254,279  

Aetna, Inc., 3.50%, 11/15/24

      634       633,120  

Affinity Gaming, 6.88%, 12/15/27(b)

      981       918,844  
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security        

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 

United States (continued)

     

Albertsons Cos., Inc./Safeway, Inc./New

     

Albertsons LP/Albertsons LLC, 3.50%, 03/15/29(b)

    USD           11,309     $ 9,526,702  

Allegiant Travel Co., 8.50%, 02/05/24(b)

      19,212       19,788,360  

American Express Co.

     

2.25%, 03/04/25

      171       164,912  

4.05%, 05/03/29

      4,085       4,046,791  

Amgen, Inc.

     

1.90%, 02/21/25

      167       159,886  

3.13%, 05/01/25

      967       955,440  

Amphenol Corp., 4.35%, 06/01/29

      91       91,858  

Anthem, Inc., 2.38%, 01/15/25

      120       116,197  

AT&T, Inc., 1.70%, 03/25/26

      1,462       1,349,919  

Avaya, Inc., 6.13%, 09/15/28(b)

      5,920       5,492,300  

Bank of America Corp.

     

3.50%, 04/19/26

      199       195,311  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.87%), 2.46%, 10/22/25(a)

      621       597,875  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.97%), 3.46%, 03/15/25(a)

      257       254,600  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.51%), 3.71%, 04/24/28(a)

      182       175,542  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.58%), 3.82%, 01/20/28(a)

      427       415,125  

(SOFR + 0.65%), 1.53%, 12/06/25(a)

      385       360,885  

(SOFR + 1.11%), 3.84%, 04/25/25(a)

      10,415       10,404,380  

(SOFR + 1.33%), 3.38%, 04/02/26(a)

      2,210       2,161,984  

Series N, (SOFR + 0.91%), 1.66%, 03/11/27(a)

      187       169,333  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp., 3.85%, 04/26/29

      11,484           11,360,067  

Berry Global, Inc., 4.88%, 07/15/26(b)

      396       393,565  

Blackstone Private Credit Fund(b)

     

4.70%, 03/24/25

      968       954,399  

2.63%, 12/15/26

      194       170,041  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 3.25%, 02/27/27

      330       326,737  

Broadcom, Inc.(b)

     

1.95%, 02/15/28

      1,280       1,107,971  

4.93%, 05/15/37

      2,649       2,476,418  

Capital One Financial Corp., (SOFR + 1.29%), 2.64%, 03/03/26(a)

      591       566,932  

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc., 5.88%, 07/01/29(b)

      1,580       1,196,850  

CDI Escrow Issuer, Inc., 5.75%, 04/01/30(b)

      2,179       2,100,360  

Charles Schwab Corp.

     

4.20%, 03/24/25

      164       167,142  

3.45%, 02/13/26

      321       319,493  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter

     

Communications Operating Capital, 4.20%, 03/15/28

      983       949,812  

Churchill Downs, Inc., 5.50%, 04/01/27(b)

      70       68,734  

Cigna Corp., 1.25%, 03/15/26

      270       245,249  

Cisco Systems, Inc., 2.50%, 09/20/26

      91       88,042  

Citigroup, Inc.

     

3.40%, 05/01/26

      68       66,272  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.90%), 3.35%, 04/24/25(a)

      1,030       1,013,673  

(SOFR + 0.67%), 0.98%, 05/01/25(a)

      786       741,109  

(SOFR + 1.53%), 3.29%, 03/17/26(a)

      1,065       1,038,554  

Comcast Corp.

     

3.95%, 10/15/25

      540       546,242  
Security        

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 

United States (continued)

     

Comcast Corp. (continued)

     

3.55%, 05/01/28

    USD       86     $ 83,558  

Conagra Brands, Inc., 4.30%, 05/01/24

      313       316,927  

CVS Health Corp., 5.05%, 03/25/48

      6,189       6,226,282  

Deere & Co., 2.75%, 04/15/25

      898       881,749  

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., 6.02%, 06/15/26

      1,514       1,599,023  

Discover Bank, 4.25%, 03/13/26

      1,597       1,601,095  

DISH DBS Corp., 5.25%, 12/01/26(b)

      7,420       6,812,673  

Earthstone Energy Holding Co., 8.00%, 04/15/27(b)

      8,929       8,897,257  

eBay, Inc., 1.90%, 03/11/25

      180       171,375  

Edison International, Series A, (5 year CMT + 4.70%), 5.38%(a)(o)

      3,028       2,792,815  

Equinix, Inc., 2.50%, 05/15/31

      2,145       1,801,943  

Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.13%, 03/24/25(b)

      44       43,138  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., 1.15%, 03/01/26

      133       120,258  

Fiserv, Inc., 3.20%, 07/01/26

      1,406       1,361,677  

Freed Corp., 10.00%, 12/02/23(d)

      17,175       16,745,625  

Freedom Mortgage Corp.(b)

     

8.13%, 11/15/24

      5,170       5,008,024  

8.25%, 04/15/25

      4,519       4,338,240  

Freewire Tech Notes & WTS Pvt Ltd., 9.68%, 03/31/25

      8,301       8,176,485  

Fresh Market, Inc., 9.75%, 05/01/23(b)

      3,262       3,180,450  

Frontier Communications Holdings LLC(b)

     

5.88%, 10/15/27

      4,505       4,313,538  

5.00%, 05/01/28

      5,269       4,808,200  

6.75%, 05/01/29

      8,434       7,599,877  

Frontier North Inc., Series G, 6.73%, 02/15/28

      5,875       5,875,000  

Full House Resorts, Inc., 8.25%, 02/15/28(b)

      349       345,576  

GATX Corp., 3.50%, 03/15/28

      124       118,996  

GCI LLC, 4.75%, 10/15/28(b)

      1,436       1,331,890  

General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 2.70%, 08/20/27

      8,499       7,662,685  

Georgia-Pacific LLC, 3.60%, 03/01/25(b)

      148       148,097  

Gilead Sciences, Inc., 4.75%, 03/01/46

      5,473       5,419,052  

Global Payments, Inc., 2.65%, 02/15/25

      647       624,349  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., (SOFR + 0.61%), 0.86%, 02/12/26(a)

      234       213,637  

Green Plains SPE LLC, 11.75%, 02/08/26(b)(d)

          91,561           92,247,708  

Greenland Global Investment Ltd.(c)

     

6.13%, 04/22/23

      635       419,100  

6.75%, 09/26/23

      849       526,380  

GSK Consumer Healthcare Capital US LLC, 3.02%, 03/24/24(b)

      1,577       1,561,129  

Homes By West Bay LLC, 9.50%, 04/30/27(d)

      19,399       18,865,528  

HP, Inc., 3.00%, 06/17/27

      320       299,985  

Humana, Inc., 1.35%, 02/03/27

      106       93,616  

Intel Corp., 3.40%, 03/25/25

      1,602       1,603,028  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.(a)

     

(SOFR + 0.58%), 0.97%, 06/23/25

      259       243,678  

(SOFR + 0.61%), 1.56%, 12/10/25

      952       896,125  

(SOFR + 1.32%), 4.08%, 04/26/26

      6,548       6,531,391  

(SOFR + 1.56%), 4.32%, 04/26/28

      6,890       6,859,214  

(SOFR + 1.85%), 2.08%, 04/22/26

      942       885,883  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 4.38%, 06/01/46

      6,053       5,303,257  

Kroger Co., 2.65%, 10/15/26

      703       666,740  

Lam Research Corp., 3.75%, 03/15/26

      723       727,755  
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security        

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 

United States (continued)

     

Lightning eMotors, Inc., 7.50%, 05/15/24(b)(p)

    USD       3,362     $ 2,663,548  

Lions Gate Capital Holdings LLC, 5.50%, 04/15/29(b)

      915       811,138  

LogMeIn, Inc., 5.50%, 09/01/27(b)

      2,370       2,073,750  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     

4.00%, 04/15/25

      125       126,650  

3.35%, 04/01/27

      3,320       3,239,210  

4.25%, 04/01/52

      7,108       6,387,279  

Lumen Technologies, Inc., 5.13%, 12/15/26(b)

      6,218       5,596,200  

Magallanes, Inc.(b)

     

3.43%, 03/15/24

      2,196       2,181,469  

3.64%, 03/15/25

      2,720       2,675,233  

McDonald’s Corp., 3.30%, 07/01/25

      226       225,243  

MCM Trust, 1.00%, 01/01/59(a)(d)

          15,622           15,622,429  

Merck & Co., Inc., 2.75%, 02/10/25

      1,625       1,607,341  

Meritor, Inc., 4.50%, 12/15/28(b)

      78       77,903  

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I, 1.88%, 01/11/27(b)

      81       74,222  

Morgan Stanley

     

3.63%, 01/20/27

      610       594,863  

(SOFR + 0.53%), 0.79%, 05/30/25(a)

      2,022       1,891,081  

(SOFR + 0.86%), 1.51%, 07/20/27(a)

      198       176,261  

(SOFR + 1.16%), 3.62%, 04/17/25(a)

      8,567       8,522,704  

Mozart Debt Merger Sub, Inc., 3.88%, 04/01/29(b)

      1,282       1,120,160  

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.(b)

     

6.00%, 01/15/27

      893       866,210  

5.50%, 08/15/28

      4,584       4,171,440  

5.13%, 12/15/30

      4,013       3,490,467  

New Home Co., Inc., 7.25%, 10/15/25(b)

      2,144       2,026,080  

Novartis Capital Corp., 3.00%, 11/20/25

      147       145,737  

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC, 5.75%, 03/15/29

      187       205,240  

ONEOK Partners LP, 4.90%, 03/15/25

      9,738       9,940,351  

Oracle Corp.

     

3.40%, 07/08/24

      1,059       1,055,813  

2.50%, 04/01/25

      209       199,308  

3.95%, 03/25/51

      4,968       3,773,597  

Owens Corning, 3.95%, 08/15/29

      401       392,154  

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., 4.50%, 07/01/40

      3,468       2,843,069  

Peninsula Pacific Entertainment LLC/Peninsula Pacific Entertainment Finance, Inc., 8.50%, 11/15/27(b)

      2,506       2,747,265  

PepsiCo, Inc., 2.38%, 10/06/26

      296       283,350  

Periama Holdings LLC, 5.95%, 04/19/26(c)

      1,139       1,119,068  

PG&E Corp., 5.00%, 07/01/28

      865       795,964  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.(b)

     

6.88%, 03/15/27

      7,658       7,077,907  

7.25%, 03/15/29

      6,205       5,672,487  

Playtika Holding Corp., 4.25%, 03/15/29(b)

      2,097       1,889,313  

PNC Bank NA

     

3.25%, 06/01/25

      5,655       5,620,491  

4.20%, 11/01/25

      326       331,242  

Principal Life Global Funding II(b)

     

0.75%, 04/12/24

      125       118,622  

1.25%, 08/16/26

      116       103,943  

Regions Financial Corp., 2.25%, 05/18/25

      238       228,359  

Ryder System, Inc., 2.50%, 09/01/24

      305       296,556  

Sabre GLBL, Inc., 9.25%, 04/15/25(b)

      4,690       5,002,026  
Security        

Par

(000)

    Value  

 

 

United States (continued)

     

Select Medical Corp., 6.25%, 08/15/26(b)

    USD       13,256     $ 13,156,580  

Service Properties Trust

     

5.00%, 08/15/22

      5,600       5,576,861  

4.50%, 06/15/23

      1,814       1,768,650  

7.50%, 09/15/25

      247       246,538  

Simon Property Group LP, 3.38%, 10/01/24

      179       178,847  

SK Battery America, Inc., 2.13%, 01/26/26(c)

      3,100       2,827,572  

Southern California Edison Co., Series E, 3.70%, 08/01/25

      1,602       1,598,056  

Stem, Inc., 0.50%, 12/01/28(b)(p)

      749       480,933  

Talen Energy Supply LLC(b)

     

7.25%, 05/15/27

      3,625       3,470,938  

6.63%, 01/15/28

      3,044       2,880,385  

7.63%, 06/01/28

      2,995       2,871,456  

Tap Rock Resources LLC, 7.00%, 10/01/26(b)

      10,358       10,463,755  

Texas Capital Bank NA, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 4.50%), 5.51%, 09/30/24(a)(b)

      11,008       10,764,125  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., 1.22%, 10/18/24

      95       90,125  

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.

     

1.80%, 02/13/25

      517       494,667  

3.05%, 03/22/27

      306       297,302  

TransDigm, Inc., 6.25%, 03/15/26(b)

          34,664       34,490,680  

Truist Bank

     

3.30%, 05/15/26

      713       700,440  

3.80%, 10/30/26

      822       814,603  

TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp., 3.15%, 09/17/25

      202       200,013  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 3.10%, 03/15/26

      430       423,571  

US Bancorp, 3.10%, 04/27/26

      261       255,370  

Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.63%, 08/15/26

      111       105,490  

VICI Properties LP/VICI Note Co.,
Inc.(b)

     

5.63%, 05/01/24

      600       606,000  

3.88%, 02/15/29

      3,441       3,262,990  

Vistra Operations Co. LLC, 5.63%, 02/15/27(b)

      10,588       10,429,180  

Wells Fargo & Co., (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.75%), 2.16%, 02/11/26(a)

      3,042       2,885,610  

Workday, Inc., 3.50%, 04/01/27

      2,195       2,139,584  

WRKCo, Inc., 4.90%, 03/15/29

      167       171,606  

Xerox Holdings Corp.(b)

     

5.00%, 08/15/25

      6,354       6,099,840  

5.50%, 08/15/28

      3,330       2,997,000  

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., 4.00%, 03/01/27(b)

      4,505       3,919,350  
   

 

 

 
        578,508,958  
Vietnam — 0.0%                  

Mong Duong Finance Holdings BV, 5.13%, 05/07/29(c)

      2,785       2,485,613  
   

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds — 5.9%
(Cost: $1,662,026,858)

            1,292,246,624  
   

 

 

 
Floating Rate Loan Interests  
Australia(a)(d) — 0.0%                  

Oafit A Note Upsize

     

1.00%, 03/28/26

    AUD       10,036       7,090,936  

(1 mo. LIBOR + 5.50%), 8.00%, 01/21/24

      1,940       1,370,707  
   

 

 

 
        8,461,643  
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
Belgium — 0.1%                  

Apollo Finco, 2021 EUR Term Loan B, (EURIBOR + 4.87%), 4.42%, 06/30/22(a)

    EUR       20,021     $ 20,276,313  
   

 

 

 
Canada(a) — 0.2%                  

Bausch Health Companies Inc., 2018 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.76%, 06/02/25

    USD       9,872       9,812,035  

Knowlton Development Corp. Inc., 2020 EUR Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 5.00%), 5.00%, 12/21/25

    EUR           23,182       24,256,932  

Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc., 2021 1st Lien Term Loan, (SOFR + 6.00%, 1.00% Floor), 7.00%, 06/23/22

    USD       1,924       1,898,932  
   

 

 

 
            35,967,899  
Cayman Islands — 0.0%                  

Vita Global Finco Ltd., Term Loan B, (EURIBOR + 7.00%), 6.51%, 06/22/22(a)(d)

    EUR       8,834       9,203,135  
   

 

 

 
France — 0.1%                  

Babilou Group, 2021 EUR Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%), 4.00%, 05/23/22(a)

      26,693       27,869,460  
   

 

 

 
Jersey — 0.0%                  

Vita Global FinCo Ltd., GBP Incremental Term Loan, (SONIA CMPD + 7.00%), 7.69%, 06/23/22(a)(d)

    GBP       5,301       6,581,819  
   

 

 

 
Luxembourg(a) — 0.3%                  

Jazz Financing Lux SARL, USD Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%), 4.26%, 05/05/28

    USD       16,500       16,466,663  

Luxembourg Life Fund(d)

     

2021 1st Lien Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 9.25%), 10.26%, 06/30/22

      14,732       14,621,718  

2021 Term Loan, (LIBOR + 9.25%), 10.26%, 06/30/22

      16,777       16,735,058  

Pronovias SL

     

EUR Term Loan B1, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.50%), 4.50%, 05/10/22

    EUR       7,864       5,734,414  

EUR Term Loan B3, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.50%), 4.50%, 05/10/22

      19,852       14,477,046  
   

 

 

 
        68,034,899  
Netherlands(a) — 0.3%                  

Median BV, 2021 EUR Term Loan B, (EURIBOR + 5.00%), 5.00%, 06/30/22

      14,250       14,826,336  

Ziggo BV, 2019 EUR Term Loan H, (6 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.00%, 01/31/29

      39,843       40,333,679  
   

 

 

 
        55,160,015  
Spain — 0.1%                  

Challenger, EUR Term Loan, (EURIBOR + 2.75%), 2.75%, 05/19/22(a)(d)

      23,328       24,548,775  
   

 

 

 
United Kingdom(a) — 0.2%                  

Constellation Automative Ltd., (SONIA + 7.50%), 8.19%, 08/30/22

    GBP       4,151       5,092,473  

Mercia(d)

     

(3 mo. LIBOR + 2.40%), 2.99%, 05/25/22

      10,564       13,284,206  

(SONIA CMPD + 2.40%), 2.99%, 05/25/22

      19,526       24,552,476  
     

 

 

 
        42,929,155  
Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
United States — 2.6%                  

ACProducts, Inc., 2021 Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%), 4.75%, 05/17/28(a)(d)

    USD       7,892     $ 6,550,348  

Aimbridge Acquisition Co., Inc., 2020 Incremental Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.75%), 5.50%, 02/01/26(a)

      9,187       9,041,930  

Altar Bidco, Inc., 2021 Term Loan, (SOFR + 3.35%), 3.85%, 05/03/22(a)(i)

          12,600           12,417,300  

American Auto Auction Group, LLC, 2021 Term Loan B, (SOFR + 5.00%), 5.80%, 06/30/22(a)

      11,006       10,786,287  

American Rock Salt Company LLC, 2021 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%), 4.76%, 06/11/28(a)

      1,596       1,579,621  

Avaya, Inc.(a)

     

2020 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%), 4.80%, 05/16/22.

      4,157       4,088,957  

2021 Term Loan B2, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%), 4.55%, 05/16/22

      3,155       3,102,406  

Change Healthcare Holdings, LLC, 2017 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.50%, 1.00% Floor), 3.50%, 03/01/24(a)

      2,236       2,230,532  

City Brewing Co. LLC, Closing Date Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%), 4.47%, 04/05/28(a)

      2,670       2,492,262  

CML Hyatt Lost Pines, Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.43%), 3.92%, 05/10/22(a)(d)

      16,300       16,218,500  

CML La Quinta Resort, Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%),
3.39%, 05/16/22(a)(d)(i)

      15,500       15,500,000  

CML Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel, Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.90%), 3.02%, 05/11/22(a)(d)

      7,840       7,840,452  

CML Paradise Plaza, Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.60%),
4.53%, 06/21/22(a)(d)(i)

      14,450       14,264,993  

CML ST Regis Aspen, Term Loan,
02/09/27(a)(d)(i)(q)

      16,508       16,265,303  

CML Trigrams, Term Loan,
09/15/24(a)(d)(i)(q)

      68,117       56,579,245  

Cypher Bidco, (EURIBOR + 4.50%), 4.50%, 10/25/22(a)(d)

    EUR       19,970       19,935,960  

Davis-Standard, LLC, Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 5.75%), 6.76%, 06/30/22(a)(d)

    USD       5,817       5,642,842  

Digital Room Holdings, Inc., 2021 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 5.25%), 5.75%, 12/21/28(a)

      3,632       3,552,096  

Directv Financing LLC, Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 5.00%), 5.76%, 08/02/27(a)

      6,154       6,122,625  

ECL Entertainment LLC, Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 7.50%), 8.26%, 05/31/22(a)

      6,457       6,435,702  

Emerald Technologies (U.S.) Acquisitionco, Inc, Term Loan, (SOFR + 6.25%, 1.00% Floor), 7.25%, 06/30/22(a)

      4,381       4,233,141  

Fanatics Commerce Intermediate Holdco LLC, Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 4.06%, 05/31/22(a)

      3,189       3,164,664  

Frontier Communications Corp., 2021 DIP Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%), 4.81%, 05/01/28(a)

      8,530       8,373,298  

Galaxy Universal LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 5.75%, 1.00% Floor), 6.75%, 05/14/22(a)(d)(i)

      18,829       18,452,857  

Gores Metropoulos II, Inc., 0.00%, 01/19/27(d)(l)

      19,714       18,531,160  
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
United States (continued)                  

GoTo Group, Inc., Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.75%), 5.30%, 08/31/27(a)

    USD       12,529     $ 12,020,505  

Green Plains Operating Company LLC, Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 5.00%), 6.24%, 07/29/22(a)(d)

      15,919       16,038,392  

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC, 2019 Term Loan B2, (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.75%), 2.37%, 06/22/26(a)

      19,245       19,004,515  

Hydrofarm Holdings LLC, 2021 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 5.50%), 6.50%, 05/31/22(a)(d)

      2,745       2,649,041  

Informatica LLC, 2021 USD Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.75%), 3.56%, 10/12/28(a)

      10,125       9,963,607  

J&J Ventures Gaming LLC, Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%), 4.76%, 04/26/28(a)

      4,135       4,088,108  

Jack Ohio Finance LLC, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.75%), 5.51%, 10/04/28(a)(d)

      2,133       2,095,334  

Jo-Ann Stores, Inc., 2021 Term Loan B1, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.75%), 5.96%, 07/07/28(a)

      7,260       6,083,817  

LBM Acquisition LLC, Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%), 4.51%, 12/18/27(a)

      14,987       14,112,751  

LSF11 A5 Holdco LLC, Term Loan, (SOFR + 3.50%), 4.31%, 10/15/28(a)

      1,014       996,181  

Maverick Gaming LLC, Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 7.50%, 1.00% Floor), 8.50%, 05/31/22(a)

      3,544       3,473,306  

MetroNet Systems Holdings, LLC, 2021 1st Lien Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%), 4.50%, 06/02/28(a)

      2,698       2,671,277  

Michaels Cos., Inc., 2021 Term Loan B, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%), 5.26%, 04/15/28(a)

      1,401       1,273,996  

MKS Instruments, Inc., 2022 Term Loan B, 04/08/29(a)(i)(q)

      7,862       7,822,690  

Naked Juice LLC, 2nd Lien Term Loan, (SOFR + 6.00%), 6.65%, 06/30/22(a)

      523       519,077  

Opendoor GP II LLC, Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 10.00%), 10.00%, 07/14/22(a)(d)

      42,036       40,774,773  

OVG Business Services LLC, Initial Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 6.25%, 1.00% Floor), 7.25%, 05/23/22(a)

      7,213       6,960,545  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 2020 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.81%, 06/23/25(a)

      5,966       5,880,374  

Profrac Services LLC, 9.00%, 03/04/25(a)(d)

      9,904       9,705,920  

Project Ruby Ultimate Parent Corp., 2021 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 4.01%, 03/10/28(a)

          11,213           11,088,391  

Redstone Holdco 2 LP(a)

     

2021 2nd Lien Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 7.75%), 8.97%, 04/27/29

      6,772       6,203,423  

2021 Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.75%), 5.93%, 04/27/28

      12,416       11,907,315  

SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc., 2021 Incremental Term Loan B, (6 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%), 4.75%, 03/16/27(a)

      5,809       5,608,217  

Sheraton Austin, CML Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.48%),
3.94%, 05/25/22(a)(d)(i)

      18,180       17,970,969  

Signal Parent, Inc, Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%), 4.26%, 04/01/28(a)

      8,694       7,417,081  
Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
United States (continued)                  

Sovos Brands Intermediate, Inc., 2021 Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%), 4.25%, 06/08/28(a)

    USD       1,257     $ 1,244,689  

Springs Windows Fashions LLC, 2021 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.00%), 4.75%, 10/06/28(a)

      2,444       2,259,185  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc., (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.05%), 4.05%, 06/30/22(a)(d)(i)

      19,000       18,652,680  

The Enterprise Development Authority, Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%), 5.01%, 05/31/22(a)

      12,224       12,157,248  

Univision Communications, Inc.(a)

     

2021 First Lien Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 4.01%, 05/31/22

      2,853       2,826,701  

2022 Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.25%), 4.01%, 07/07/28.

      2,005       1,977,431  

Vaco Holdings LLC, 2022 Term Loan, (SOFR + 5.00%), 5.80%, 06/30/22(a)

      4,314       4,303,402  

VS Buyer LLC, Term Loan B, (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.00%), 3.76%, 02/28/27(a)

      5,923       5,859,558  

Western Digital Corp., 2018 Term Loan B4, 04/29/23(a)(q)

      (r)      2  

White Cap Buyer LLC, Term Loan B, (SOFR + 3.75%), 6.25%, 10/19/27(a)

          11,142       10,867,029  
   

 

 

 
            559,880,011  
   

 

 

 

Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 3.9%
(Cost: $898,977,441)

 

    858,913,124  
   

 

 

 
Foreign Agency Obligations                  
Argentina — 0.1%                  

Argentine Republic Government International Bond

     

1.00%, 07/09/29

      3,751       1,196,466  

0.75%, 07/09/30(s)

      35,805       11,242,845  

1.50%, 07/09/35(s)

      44,033       12,483,547  

3.88%, 01/09/38(s)

      14,865       5,314,137  
   

 

 

 
        30,236,995  
Austria — 0.1%                  

Republic of Austria Government Bond, 2.10%, September 20, 2117(b)(c)

    EUR       15,700       16,904,308  
   

 

 

 
Brazil — 0.4%                  

Brazil Letras do Tesouro Nacional, 0.00%, 07/01/24(l)

    BRL       591,234       92,907,611  
   

 

 

 
Canada — 0.5%                  

Canadian Government Bond, 0.25%, 03/01/26

    CAD       142,065       100,632,647  
   

 

 

 
China — 0.3%                  

China Government Bond, 2.68%, 05/21/30

    CNY       448,170       66,351,872  
   

 

 

 
Indonesia(c) — 0.0%                  

Indonesia Government International Bond

     

8.50%, 10/12/35

    USD       750       999,984  

6.63%, 02/17/37

      968       1,110,356  
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
Indonesia (continued)                  

Indonesia Government International Bond (continued)

     

7.75%, 01/17/38

    USD       950     $ 1,198,366  

Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III, 4.45%, 02/20/29

      3,000       3,082,125  
   

 

 

 
        6,390,831  
Mongolia(c) — 0.0%                  

Mongolia Government International Bond

     

5.13%, 04/07/26

      489       457,269  

3.50%, 07/07/27

      1,000       862,500  
   

 

 

 
        1,319,769  
Morocco — 0.0%                  

Morocco Government International Bond, 4.00%, 12/15/50(c)

      226       155,940  
   

 

 

 
Panama — 0.0%                  

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA, 2.38%, 09/14/25(b)

      291       276,450  
   

 

 

 
Philippines — 0.0%                  

Philippine Government International Bond

     

6.38%, 01/15/32

      2,000       2,300,220  

6.38%, 10/23/34

      700       810,327  
   

 

 

 
        3,110,547  
Spain — 0.3%                  

Spain Government Bond, 3.45%, 07/30/66(b)(c)

    EUR           46,272       55,976,744  
   

 

 

 

Total Foreign Agency Obligations — 1.7%
(Cost: $446,864,644)

 

          374,263,714  
   

 

 

 

 

     Shares         
Investment Companies            
United States — 0.8%            

Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund

    112,009       10,656,536  

iShares Biotechnology ETF(f)

    19,698       2,297,772  

iShares China Large-Cap ETF(f)

    363,056       11,232,953  

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF(e)(f)

    1,361       106,879  

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF(e)(f)

    27,149       3,056,977  

iShares Latin America 40 ETF(f)

    371,046       9,684,301  

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF(e)(f)

    436,853       14,315,673  

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF(f)

    56,435       2,391,715  

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A ETF, Class A

    171,614       5,810,507  

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF

    1,217,960       34,431,729  

SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF(e)

    29,407       2,870,417  

SPDR Gold Shares(g)(j)(k)

    274,365             48,537,912  
Security  

    

Shares

    Value  
United States (continued)            

United States Oil Fund LP(e)(g)(k)

    97,467     $ 16,448,969  

VanEck Semiconductor ETF(e)

    29,977       6,890,214  
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies — 0.8%
(Cost: $175,254,627)

 

        168,732,554  
   

 

 

 

 

           

Par

(000)

        
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities  
United States — 3.5%                  

1211 Avenue of the Americas Trust, Series 2015-1211, Class D, 4.28%, 08/10/35(a)(b)

    USD       4,330       4,117,523  

Alen Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-ACEN, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.10%), 3.65%, 04/15/34(a)(b)

      5,222       5,081,144  

Arbor Multifamily Mortgage Securities Trust, Series E, Class MF1, 1.75%, 05/15/53(b)

      1,650       1,174,224  

BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2015-200P, Class D, 3.72%, 04/14/33(a)(b)

      730       699,567  

Bank

     

Series 2017-BNK8, Class B, 4.06%, 11/15/50(a)

      1,551       1,494,576  

Series 2017-BNK9, Class A4, 3.54%, 11/15/54

          1,990             1,944,820  

Bayview Commercial Asset Trust(a)(b)

     

Series 2005-3A, Class M6, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.05%), 1.72%, 11/25/35

      383       348,138  

Series 2006-3A, Class M1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.34%), 1.18%, 10/25/36

      448       423,352  

BBCMS Mortgage Trust(a)(b)

     

Series 2017-DELC, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.50%), 3.05%, 08/15/36

      1,677       1,632,661  

Series 2018-TALL, Class C, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.12%), 1.68%, 03/15/37

      4,880       4,596,371  

Beast Mortgage Trust(a)(b)

     

Series 2021-SSCP, Class B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.65%, 04/15/36

      4,655       4,512,531  

Series 2021-SSCP, Class C, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 1.90%, 04/15/36

      5,803       5,627,143  

Series 2021-SSCP, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 2.15%, 04/15/36

      5,329       5,167,503  

Series 2021-SSCP, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.10%), 2.65%, 04/15/36

      4,614       4,466,792  

Series 2021-SSCP, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.90%), 3.45%, 04/15/36

      4,410       4,239,630  

Series 2021-SSCP, Class G, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.80%), 4.35%, 04/15/36

      4,993       4,803,439  

Series 2021-SSCP, Class H, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 4.90%), 5.46%, 04/15/36

      3,541       3,409,644  

Benchmark Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2021-B23, Class XA, 1.38%, 02/15/54(a)

      54,885       4,385,010  
 

 

 

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April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
United States (continued)                  

Benchmark Mortgage Trust (continued)

     

Series 2021-B25, Class A5, 2.58%, 04/15/54

    USD       5,050     $ 4,520,057  

BHMS(a)(b)

     

Series 2018-ATLS, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.25%), 1.80%, 07/15/35

      6,720       6,642,532  

Series 2018-ATLS, Class C, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.90%), 2.45%, 07/15/35

      1,583       1,531,364  

Boca Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2.27%, 05/15/39(a)(b)(i)

      2,411       2,407,498  

BWAY Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-1515, Class D, 3.63%, 03/10/33(b)

      3,735       3,536,167  

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust(b)

     

Series 2018-BIOA, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.32%), 1.88%, 03/15/37(a)

      1,181       1,159,995  

Series 2018-BIOA, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.95%), 2.51%, 03/15/37(a)

      8,016       7,864,913  

Series 2018-BIOA, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.47%), 3.03%, 03/15/37(a)

      7,017       6,841,347  

Series 2019-XL, Class G, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.30%), 2.85%, 10/15/36(a)

      8,011       7,830,432  

Series 2019-XL, Class J, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.65%), 3.20%, 10/15/36(a)

          13,304           12,986,069  

Series 2020-VIV4, Class A, 2.84%, 03/09/44 .

      1,425       1,294,058  

Series 2020-VKNG, Class G, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.25%), 3.80%, 10/15/37(a)

      1,168       1,131,246  

Series 2021-21M, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.17%), 2.73%, 10/15/36(a)

      14,735       14,210,680  

Series 2021-CIP, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.82%), 3.37%, 12/15/38(a)

      13,130       12,637,131  

Series 2021-NWM, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.91%), 1.46%, 02/15/33(a)(d)

      22,496       22,046,080  

Series 2021-NWM, Class B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.15%), 2.70%, 02/15/33(a)(d)

      13,191       12,927,180  

Series 2021-NWM, Class C, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 4.25%), 4.80%, 02/15/33(a)(d)

      8,710       8,535,800  

Series 2021-SOAR, Class G, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.80%), 3.36%, 06/15/38(a)

      17,100       16,339,501  

Series 2021-VINO, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.80%), 3.36%, 05/15/38(a)

      12,592       12,055,916  

Series 2021-XL2, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.24%), 2.80%, 10/15/38(a)

      15,609       15,091,972  

BX Trust(a)(b)

     

Series 2019-OC11, Class D, 4.08%, 12/09/41

      8,408       7,511,010  

Series 2019-OC11, Class E, 4.08%, 12/09/41.

      11,784       10,064,647  

Series 2021-ARIA, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.24%), 2.80%, 10/15/36

      9,187       8,922,112  

Series 2021-MFM1, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.25%), 2.80%, 01/15/34

      3,160       3,068,927  

Series 2021-MFM1, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%), 3.55%, 01/15/34

      4,900       4,703,867  

CAMB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019- LIFE, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.15%), 2.70%, 12/15/37(a)(b)

      2,181       2,138,508  

CD Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-CD6, Class B, 3.91%, 11/13/50(a)

      864       823,850  

CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust(b)

     

Series 2018-TAN, Class C, 5.29%, 02/15/33

      1,060       1,059,020  
Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
United States (continued)                  

CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust(b) (continued)

     

Series 2018-TAN, Class E, 6.66%, 02/15/33(a)

    USD       1,178     $ 1,172,910  

Citigroup COmmercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-C6, Class A4, 4.41%, 11/10/51

      2,000       2,043,283  

COMM Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2014-CR17, Class C, 4.95%, 05/10/47(a)

      1,366       1,351,038  

Series 2014-CR21, Class A3, 3.53%, 12/10/47

      3,956       3,926,602  

Connecticut Avenue Securities Trust(a)(b)

     

Series 2021-R01, Class 1B1, (30 day SOFR + 3.10%), 3.39%, 10/25/41

      4,028       3,773,257  

Series 2022-R01, Class 1B1, (30 day SOFR + 3.15%), 3.44%, 12/25/41

      1,823       1,695,293  

CORE Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-CORE, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.35%), 2.90%, 12/15/31(a)(b)

      1,606       1,541,569  

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates(a)(b)

     

Series 2019-ICE4, Class B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.23%), 1.78%, 05/15/36

      1,765       1,750,649  

Series 2019-ICE4, Class C, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.43%), 1.98%, 05/15/36

      1,829       1,809,539  

Series 2019-ICE4, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 2.15%, 05/15/36

      5,897       5,826,559  

Series 2019-ICE4, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.15%), 2.70%, 05/15/36

      5,411       5,305,633  

Series 2019-ICE4, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.65%), 3.20%, 05/15/36

      8,135       7,970,677  

CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2020-C19, Class A3, 2.56%, 03/15/53 .

          11,759           10,473,817  

Series C, Class C5, 4.80%, 11/15/48(a)

      1,260       1,211,875  

CSMC NET, Series 2020-NET, Class A, 2.26%, 08/15/37(b)

      3,951       3,707,662  

CSMC-FACT, Series 2020-FACT, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 4.86%), 5.42%, 10/15/37(a)(b)

      1,935       1,931,592  

DBGS Mortgage Trust(a)(b)

     

Series 2018-BIOD, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.30%), 1.79%, 05/15/35

      1,865       1,834,840  

Series 2018-BIOD, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%), 2.49%, 05/15/35

      7,767       7,548,527  

DBWF Mortgage Trust(a)(b)

     

Series 2018-GLKS, Class B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 1.90%, 12/19/30

      2,175       2,130,985  

Series 2018-GLKS, Class C, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 2.30%, 12/19/30

      1,650       1,608,667  

ELP Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2021- ELP, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.67%), 3.22%, 11/15/38(a)(b)

      6,593       6,345,404  

Extended Stay America Trust(a)(b)

     

Series 2021-ESH, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.25%), 2.81%, 07/15/38

      15,306       15,029,485  

Series 2021-ESH, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.85%), 3.41%, 07/15/38

      9,909       9,699,284  

Freddie Mac(a)(b)

     

Series 2021-DNA2, Class B1, (30 day SOFR + 3.40%), 3.69%, 08/25/33

      2,381       2,247,696  
 

 

 

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April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
United States (continued)                  

Freddie Mac(a)(b) (continued)

     

Series 2021-DNA2, Class B2, (30 day SOFR + 6.00%), 6.29%, 08/25/33

    USD       2,151     $ 2,045,444  

Series 2021-DNA6, Class B1, (30 day SOFR + 3.40%), 3.69%, 10/25/41

      6,839       6,415,110  

Series 2021-DNA7, Class B1, (30 day SOFR + 3.65%), 3.94%, 11/25/41

      6,782       6,323,219  

Series 2021-HQA1, Class B1, (30 day SOFR + 3.00%), 3.29%, 08/25/33

      4,104       3,652,686  

Series 2021-HQA1, Class B2, (30 day SOFR + 5.00%), 5.29%, 08/25/33

      2,457       2,146,278  

Freddie Mac STACR REMIC Trust(a)(b)

     

Series 2021-DNA3, Class B1, (30 day SOFR + 3.50%), 3.79%, 10/25/33

      5,537       5,227,217  

Series 2022-DNA1, Class B1, (30 day SOFR + 3.40%), 3.69%, 01/25/42

      2,121       1,931,878  

GCT Commercial Mortgage Trust, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.35%), 2.90%, 02/15/38(a)(b)

      810       789,073  

GS Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2021-DM, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.94%), 3.49%, 11/15/36(a)(b)

          12,756           12,396,081  

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, Series 2021- ROSS, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 1.71%, 05/15/26(a)(b)

      1,480       1,451,722  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

     

Series 2020-GC47, Class AS, 2.73%, 05/12/53

      4,426       3,951,889  

Series 2020-GSA2, Class XA, 1.85%, 12/12/53(a)(b)

      2,203       236,375  

Hudson Yards Mortgage Trust, Series 2016- 10HY, Class E, 3.08%, 08/10/38(a)(b)

      897       818,563  

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust(b)

     

Class C, 3.56%, 01/05/39(a)

      3,082       2,825,522  

Series 2018-WPT, Class DFL, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.50%), 2.94%, 07/05/33(a)

      1,253       1,242,468  

Series 2018-WPT, Class DFX, 5.35%, 07/05/33

      2,168       2,173,979  

Series 2019-MFP, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%), 3.55%, 07/15/36(a)

      6,311       6,083,022  

Series 2021-MHC, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.45%), 3.00%, 04/15/38(a)

      7,630       7,381,496  

Series 2021-MHC, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.95%), 3.50%, 04/15/38(a)

      8,020       7,738,717  

JP Morgan Mortgage Trust(a)(b)

     

Class A2A, 2.50%, 12/25/51

      74,662       65,892,161  

Class A3A, 2.50%, 02/25/52

      29,695       26,617,915  

Series 2021-INV7, Class A4A, 2.50%, 02/25/52

      10,574       8,421,555  

JPMCC Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2019-COR4, Class A5, 4.03%, 03/10/52

      4,308       4,297,880  

Life Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-BMR, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.35%), 2.90%, 03/15/38(a)(b)

      14,958       14,359,469  

LUXE Trust, Series 2021-TRIP, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.75%), 3.30%, 10/15/38(a)(b)

      1,215       1,185,756  
Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
United States (continued)                  

MCM Trust, 3.00%, 08/25/28(d)

    USD       6,479     $ 4,368,419  

MED Trust(a)(b)

     

Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 4.00%), 4.56%, 11/15/38

      16,410       15,957,948  

Class G, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 5.25%), 5.81%, 11/15/38

      17,632       17,159,378  

MF1 Ltd., Series 2021-W10, Class F, (SOFR + 3.37%), 3.88%, 12/15/34(a)(b)

      8,512       8,506,144  

MHC Commercial Mortgage Trust(a)(b)

     

Series 2021-MHC, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.10%), 2.65%, 04/15/38

      15,980       15,500,106  

Series 2021-MHC, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.60%), 3.15%, 04/15/38

      12,280       11,849,658  

MHP 2021-STOR, Series 2021-STOR, Class G, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.75%), 3.30%, 07/15/38(a)(b)

      3,936       3,778,299  

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust

     

Series 2015-C24, Class C, 4.49%, 05/15/48(a)

      647       618,865  

Series 2016-C32, Class A4, 3.72%, 12/15/49

      3,377       3,354,862  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust

     

Series 2018-MP, Class A, 4.42%, 07/11/40(a)(b)

          2,110       2,091,202  

Series 2020-L4, Class A3, 2.70%, 02/15/53

      2,855       2,571,967  

PKHL Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2021- MF, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.35%), 3.91%, 07/15/38(a)(b)

      1,881       1,804,704  

Rial 2022 FL8 Issuer Ltd., 1.00%, 01/19/37(a)(b)(i)

      7,597       7,597,000  

SREIT Trust 2021-MFP, Series 2021-MFP, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.62%), 3.18%, 11/15/38(a)(b)

      9,828       9,558,841  

SREIT Trust 2021-MFP2, Series 2021-MFP2, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.62%), 3.17%, 11/15/36(a)(b)

      4,565       4,422,359  

STWD Trust, Series 2021-FLWR, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.92%), 2.48%, 07/15/36(a)(b)

      3,290       3,141,699  

TPGI Trust, Series 2021-DGWD, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%), 3.55%, 06/15/26(a)(b)

      3,599       3,454,332  

TVC DSCR(d)

     

0.00%, 02/01/51

      25,362           25,361,555  

0.00%, 02/01/51(l)

      6,340       7,755,565  

UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019- C17, Class A4, 2.92%, 10/15/52

      1,175       1,078,134  

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-C3, Class D, 5.22%, 08/10/49(a)(b)

      1,766       1,760,460  

VNDO Trust, Series 2016-350P, Class D, 4.03%, 01/10/35(a)(b)

      2,150       1,972,884  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust(a)

     

Series 2015-C28, Class AS, 3.87%, 05/15/48

      3,230       3,190,672  

Series 2017-C38, Class C, 3.90%, 07/15/50

      1,305       1,227,224  

Series 2017-C41, Class B, 4.19%, 11/15/50

      3,149       2,926,273  

Series 2018-1745, Class A, 3.87%, 06/15/36(b)

      2,162       2,069,459  

Series 2020-C58, Class XA, 2.00%, 07/15/53

      31,592       3,628,741  
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  

United States (continued)

     

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust(a) (continued)

     

Series 2021-C59, Class XA, 1.68%, 04/15/54

    USD       25,070     $ 2,426,969  

Western Alliance Bank, 6.47%, 12/28/24(a)(b)

      33,610       33,580,833  
     

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed
Securities — 3.5%
(Cost: $809,610,937)

 

        768,262,817  
     

 

 

 
            Benefical
Interest (000)
        
Other Interests                  

Canada — 0.1%

     

Sprott Private Resource Streaming and Royalty LP(d)

    USD           21,280       27,182,620  
     

 

 

 

Total Other Interests — 0.1%
(Cost: $21,471,327)

            27,182,620  
     

 

 

 
           

Par

(000)

        
Preferred Securities                  

Capital Trusts — 0.1%(a)

     

Colombia — 0.0%

     

Banco Davivienda SA, 6.65%(b)(o)

    USD       301       268,793  
   

 

 

Philippines — 0.0%                  

Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., 6.50%(c)(o)

      1,395       1,357,771  
   

 

 

Thailand(c)(o) — 0.0%

     

Kasikornbank PCL, 5.28%

      1,500       1,463,438  

TMBThanachart Bank PCL, 4.90%

      1,396       1,336,059  
   

 

 

        2,799,497  
   

 

 

United Kingdom — 0.0%

     

Vodafone Group PLC, 4.13%, 06/04/81

      3,899       3,369,009  
     

 

 

 

United States — 0.1%

     

General Motors Financial Co., Inc., Series C, 5.70%(o)

      2,573       2,511,891  

NWD Finance BVI Ltd.,
4.13%(c)(o)

      1,356       1,220,400  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     

5.63%, 06/15/43

      5,623       5,622,269  

5.88%, 09/15/42

      8,044       8,023,890  

USB Capital IX, 3.50%(o)

      3,935       3,042,519  

Vistra Corp., 7.00%(b)(o)

          2,990       2,907,775  
   

 

 

        23,328,744  
   

 

 

            31,123,814  
            Shares         

Preferred Stocks — 2.9%

     

Brazil — 0.1%

     

Neon Payments Ltd.(d)

      39,435       23,231,947  

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Preference Shares

          624,296       3,823,599  
     

 

 

 
            27,055,546  
     

 

 

 
Security  

    

Shares

    Value  

Germany — 0.2%

       

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Preference Shares

    16,091     $ 1,033,224  

Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Preference Shares

    101,347       8,359,090  

Volkswagen AG, Preference Shares

    54,839       8,492,720  

Volocopter GMBH, (Acquired 03/03/21,
Cost: $22,418,516)(b)(d)(h)

    4,218       23,484,649  
   

 

 

 
      41,369,683  
   

 

 

 

India — 0.1%

   

Think & Learn Private Ltd., Series F,
(Acquired 12/11/20,
Cost: $13,030,114)(b)(d)(h)

    4,047       18,860,500  
   

 

 

 

Sweden — 0.0%

   

Volta(d)

    30,817       3,385,958  
   

 

 

 

United Kingdom — 0.1%

   

10x Future Technologies Holdings Ltd., (Acquired 05/13/21,
Cost: $24,142,699)(b)(d)(h)

    637,808       13,658,263  
   

 

 

 

United States — 2.4%

   

Aptiv PLC, Series A, 5.50%, 06/15/23(p)

    132,372       16,362,503  

Becton Dickinson and Co., Series B, 6.00%, 06/01/23(p)

    509,265       26,028,534  

Boston Scientific Corp., Series A, 5.50%, 06/01/23(p)

    88,689       10,008,554  

Breeze Aviation Group, Inc., Series B, (Acquired 07/30/21,
Cost: $17,069,096)(b)(d)(h)

    31,603       16,674,375  

ByteDance Ltd., Series E-1, (Acquired 11/11/20,
Cost: $34,233,056)(b)(d)(h)

    312,419       48,069,869  

Caresyntax, Inc.(d)

    39,141       4,406,885  

Cash Mandatory Exchangeable Trust, 5.25%, 06/01/23(b)(e)(p)

    34,289       37,480,620  

Cruise, Series G, (Acquired 03/25/21,
Cost: $9,841,593)(b)(d)(h)

    373,495       8,287,854  

Databricks, Inc.(b)(d)(h)

   

Series F, (Acquired 10/22/19,
Cost: $11,769,837)

    274,046       53,737,680  

Series G, (Acquired 02/01/21,
Cost: $13,141,188)

    74,090       14,528,308  

Deep Instinct Ltd., Series D-2,
(Acquired 03/19/21,
Cost: $11,638,040)(b)(d)(h)

    1,914,819       11,067,654  

Dream Finders Homes, Inc.(d)

    38,156       37,440,575  

Exo Imaging, Inc., Series C,
(Acquired 06/24/21,
Cost: $8,339,244)(b)(d)(h)

        1,423,565       6,776,169  

Farmer’s Business Network, Inc.(b)(d)(h)

   

(Acquired 09/15/21,
Cost: $2,533,428)

    40,758       2,209,084  

Series F, (Acquired 07/31/20,
Cost: $8,907,002)

    269,447       14,604,027  

Jumpcloud, Inc., Series E-1,
(Acquired 10/30/20,
Cost: $11,778,091)(b)(d)(h)

    6,458,349       37,200,090  

JumpCloud, Inc., (Acquired 09/03/21,
Cost: $2,543,928)(b)(d)(h)

    424,788       2,446,779  

Lessen, Inc., Series B(d)

    841,086       7,115,588  

Loadsmart Inc., (Acquired 01/27/22,
Cost: $2,628,040)(b)(d)(h)

    131,402       2,402,029  

Loadsmart, Inc., Series C,
(Acquired 10/05/20,
Cost: $10,694,460)(b)(d)(h)

    1,250,814       22,864,880  

Lookout, Inc., Series F, (Acquired 09/19/14,
Cost: $50,945,689)(b)(d)(h)

    4,459,883           47,854,545  
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

    

Shares

    Value  

United States (continued)

   

MNTN Digital, Inc., (Acquired 11/05/21, Cost: $7,559,970)(b)(d)(h)

    329,191     $ 6,205,250  

Mythic AI, Inc., Series C, (Acquired 01/26/21,
Cost: $6,129,221)(b)(d)(h)

    892,159       5,236,973  

Noodle Partners, Inc., Series C, (Acquired 08/26/21,
Cost: $9,816,152)(b)(d)(h)

    1,099,886       8,359,134  

PsiQuantum Corp., Series C, (Acquired 05/21/21,
Cost: $5,269,814)(b)(d)(h)

    200,937       5,150,015  

Relativity Space, Inc., Series E, (Acquired 05/27/21,
Cost: $9,126,025)(b)(d)(h)

    399,649       7,980,991  

SambaNova Systems, Inc.(b)(d)(h)

   

Series C, (Acquired 02/19/20,
Cost: $11,739,902)

    220,503       21,115,367  

Series D, (Acquired 04/09/21,
Cost: $6,878,356)

    72,390       6,932,066  

Snorkel AI, Inc., Series C, (Acquired 06/30/21,
Cost: $3,799,839)(b)(d)(h)

    252,991       3,129,499  

Ursa Major Technologies, Inc., (Acquired 09/13/21,
Cost: $9,742,600)(b)(d)(h)

    1,633,349       7,840,075  

Verge Genomics, (Acquired 11/05/21,
Cost: $9,084,160)(b)(d)(h)

        1,705,369       8,697,382  

Zero Mass Water, Inc., Series C-1,
(Acquired 05/07/20,
Cost: $8,796,956)(b)(d)(h)

    558,055       15,614,379  
   

 

 

 
          523,827,733  
   

 

 

 
      628,157,683  

Trust Preferreds — 0.1%

   

United States — 0.1%

   

Citigroup Capital XIII, 7.70%, 10/30/40(a)

    629,905       17,076,725  

Wells Fargo & Co., Series L, 7.50%(o)(p)

    5,825       7,056,929  
   

 

 

 
      24,133,654  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Securities — 3.1%
(Cost: $582,022,172)

      683,415,151  
   

 

 

 

 

       Par
(000)
        
U.S. Government Sponsored Agency Securities  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.0%

 

 

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities, Series 2020-DNA6, Class B1, (30 day SOFR + 3.00%), 3.29%, 12/25/50(a)(b)

    USD       2,200       2,040,629  
     

 

 

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.1%

 

 

Freddie Mac, Series K116, Class X1, 1.53%, 07/25/30(a)

 

    7,777       715,701  

Freddie Mac Structured Pass-Through Certificates(a)

     

Series K105, Class X1, 1.64%, 01/25/30

 

    35,984           3,449,199  

Series K109, Class X1, 1.70%, 04/25/30

 

    15,146       1,519,879  

Series K110, Class X1, 1.81%, 04/25/30

 

    8,667       919,684  

Series K120, Class X1, 1.13%, 10/25/30

 

    50,275       3,470,247  

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities

     

1.36%, 12/25/29

 

    8,414       642,033  
Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  

Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)

 

Uniform Mortgage-Backed

     

Securities (continued)

     

Class A2, 3.87%, 09/25/30(a)(d)

    USD       1,945     $ 2,062,614  

Series KW09, Class X1, 0.94%, 05/25/29(a)

      58,217       2,591,709  
   

 

 

 
        15,371,066  
   

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Sponsored Agency
Securities — 0.1%
(Cost: $18,773,756)

 

    17,411,695  
   

 

 

 
U.S. Treasury Obligations                  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     

1.75%, 08/15/41

      49,807       39,456,245  

2.38%, 02/15/42

      31,131       27,507,157  

2.25%, 02/15/52(t)

          165,072       141,729,444  

U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.88%, 02/15/32(t)

      66,037       60,300,401  
   

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations — 1.2%
(Cost: $281,529,230)

 

          268,993,247  
   

 

 

 

 

     Shares         
Warrants            

Israel — 0.0%

   

Innovid Corp., (Expires: 11/30/26)(g)

    49,253       42,358  
   

 

 

 

Switzerland — 0.0%

   

Cie Financiere Richemont SA, (Expires: 11/22/23)(g)

    4,654       3,301  
   

 

 

 

United Kingdom — 0.0%

   

Genius Sports Ltd., (Expires: 12/31/28)(g)

    157,776       118,316  
   

 

 

 

United States — 0.1%

   

Altus Power, Inc., (Expires: 12/31/27)(g)

    69,059       80,109  

Cano Health, Inc., (Expires: 06/03/26)(g)

    268,681       292,862  

Crown Proptech Acquisitions Pvt Ltd., (Expires: 02/01/26)(d)(g)

    271,336       86,828  

Embark Technology, Inc.,
(Expires: 12/31/27)(g)

    126,570       142,391  

EVgo, Inc., (Expires: 09/15/25)(g)

    146,070       314,051  

Gores Holdings VIII, Inc. Class A, (Expires: 12/31/27)(g)

    49,055       46,023  

GPRE, (Expires: 02/08/26)(g)

        1,464,976           23,060,890  

Highland Transcend Partners I Corp., (Expires: 12/31/27)(g)

    213,969       59,954  

Hippo Holdings, Inc., (Expires: 07/30/26)(g)

    123,393       41,954  

Latch, Inc., (Expires: 06/04/26)(e)(g)

    111,795       57,552  

Lightning eMotors, Inc., (Expires: 05/18/25)

    292,348       227,157  

Offerpad Solutions, Inc.,
(Expires: 09/01/26)(g)

    226,443       178,867  

Proof Acquisition Corp.(d)(g)

    271,282       46,118  

Rotor Acqusition Ltd.

    92,406       67,456  

Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corp., Class A, (Expires: 06/15/27)(g)

    254,485       190,864  

Sonder, (Expires: 11/19/26)(d)

    295,710       130,112  

TPB Acquisition Corp. I, Class A, (Expires: 02/19/23)(g)

    95,675       33,496  
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

United States (continued)

   

TPG Pace Beneficial Finance Corp., Class A, (Expires: 10/09/27)(g)

    65,280     $ 35,904  

Volta, Inc., Series C,
(Expires: 08/26/26)(g)

        150,460       97,679  
   

 

 

 
      25,190,267  
   

 

 

 

Total Warrants — 0.1%
(Cost: $5,899,800)

      25,354,242  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 78.8%
(Cost: $14,984,826,914)

 

        17,301,503,998  
   

 

 

 
Short-Term Securities            

 

           

Par

(000)

        

Foreign Agency Obligations — 2.9%

 

Japan Treasury Discount Bills(u)

     

(0.15%), 07/25/22(i)

    JPY       28,089,100       216,513,179  

Series 1062, , , (0.09), 06/06/22

      53,647,350       413,439,364  
   

 

 

 
        629,952,543  
   

 

 

 
            Shares         

Money Market Funds — 19.3%

 

   

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 0.29%(f)(v)

 

        4,077,927,563       4,077,927,563  

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series, 0.47%(f)(v)

      174,319,310       174,301,878  
   

 

 

 
            4,252,229,441  
   

 

 

 
           

Par

(000)

        

Time Deposits — 0.1%

     

Australia — 0.0%

     

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., (0.10%), 05/02/22.

    AUD       6,335       4,475,994  
   

 

 

 

Canada — 0.0%

     

Royal Bank of Canada, 0.09%, 05/02/22

    CAD       4,244       3,303,625  
   

 

 

 

Europe — 0.1%

     

Citibank, New York, (0.78%), 05/02/22

    EUR       6,332       6,679,696  
   

 

 

 

United Kingdom — 0.0%

     

Citibank NA, New York, 0.25%, 05/02/22

    GBP       1,962       2,467,185  
   

 

 

 
        16,926,500  
     

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations — 0.3%

 

 

U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.13%, 11/30/22(k)(w)

    USD       60,000       59,486,719  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 22.6%
(Cost: $5,006,269,471)

 

    4,958,595,203  
     

 

 

 

Options Purchased — 0.4%
(Cost: $118,645,531)

 

    106,067,657  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Options Written — 101.8%
(Cost: $20,109,741,916)

 

    22,366,166,858  
     

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  

Investments Sold Short

   
Common Stocks            

United States — (0.0)%

   

JM Smucker Co

    (51,256   $ (7,018,484
   

 

 

 

Total Investments Sold Short — (0.0)%
(Proceeds: $(5,738,335))

      (7,018,484
   

 

 

 

Options Written — (0.7)%
(Premiums Received: $(93,607,612))

      (151,183,465
   

 

 

 

Total Investments, Net of Options
Written — 101.1%
(Cost: $20,010,395,969)

 

        22,207,964,909  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.1)%

 

    (233,113,878
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 21,974,851,031  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of period end. Security description also includes the reference rate and spread if published and available.

(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) 

This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933.

(d) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(f) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(g) 

Non-income producing security.

(h) 

Restricted security as to resale, excluding 144A securities. The Fund held restricted securities with a current value of $798,296,662, representing 3.6% of its net assets as of period end, and an original cost of $709,137,081.

(i) 

When-issued security.

(j) 

All or a portion of the security has been pledged and/or segregated as collateral in connection with outstanding exchange-traded options written.

(k) 

All or a portion of the security is held by a wholly-owned subsidiary. See Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for details on the wholly-owned subsidiary.

(l) 

Zero-coupon bond.

(m) 

Payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares and/or in cash. Rates shown are the current rate and possible payment rates.

(n) 

Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default.

(o) 

Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.

(p) 

Convertible security.

(q) 

Represents an unsettled loan commitment at period end. Certain details associated with this purchase are not known prior to the settlement date, including coupon rate.

(r) 

Rounds to less than 1,000.

(s) 

Step coupon security. Coupon rate will either increase (step-up bond) or decrease (step-down bond) at regular intervals until maturity. Interest rate shown reflects the rate currently in effect.

(t) 

All or a portion of the security has been pledged as collateral in connection with outstanding OTC derivatives.

(u) 

Rates are discount rates or a range of discount rates as of period end.

(v) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(w) 

All or a portion of the security has been pledged in connection with outstanding futures contracts.

 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended April 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
    Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

04/30/21

    

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sales

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

04/30/22

    

Par/Shares

Held at

04/30/22

     Income    

Capital Gain

Distributions

from

Underlying

Funds

     
 

Bio City Development Co. BV

  $ 13,211,730      $     $     $     $ (2,817,000   $ 10,394,730        140,850,000      $     $         

    

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class

    182,812,980        3,895,114,583 (a)                        4,077,927,563        4,077,927,563        1,245,931          
 

iShares Biotechnology ETF

    3,046,099                          (748,327     2,297,772        19,698        6,037          
 

iShares China Large-Cap ETF

    21,369,605        17,981,481       (20,103,163     (2,655,843     (5,359,127     11,232,953        363,056        270,541          
 

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

    130,740,288              (129,755,275     12,086,829       (12,964,963     106,879        1,361        833,631          
 

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

    3,560,591        191,655,592       (195,319,835     2,840,835       319,794       3,056,977        27,149        81,651          
 

iShares Latin America 40 ETF

    10,530,285                          (845,984     9,684,301        371,046        737,220          
 

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF

    7,878,674        13,209,899       (3,929,868     (553,924     (2,289,108     14,315,673        436,853        1,278,743          
 

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

    3,046,361                          (654,646     2,391,715        56,435        54,948          
 

iShares MSCI Japan ETF(b)

           15,705,319       (16,777,858     1,072,539                                    
 

iShares Russell 2000 ETF(b)

    174,659,694              (164,717,255     37,791,497       (47,733,936                            
 

iShares S&P 500 Value ETF(b)

    33,281,181              (33,772,076     5,479,357       (4,988,462                   487,815          
 

Quintis Australia Pty. Ltd.

    85,418,997        6,970,189                   16,507       92,389,186        92,389,186        6,994,505          
 

Quintis Australia Pty. Ltd.

    82,684,528                          261,941       82,684,528        82,684,528                 
 

Quintis HoldCo Pty. Ltd.

    37,734,907                          (31,276,487     6,458,420        43,735,802                 
 

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series

           174,401,284 (a)            (158,717     59,311       174,301,878        174,319,310        2,386,727 (c)         
          

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

   
           $ 55,902,573     $ (109,020,487   $ 4,487,242,575         $ 14,377,749     $    
          

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

As of period end, the entity is no longer held.

 
  (c) 

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

          

Exchange Traded Bitcoin Futures(a)

    77        05/27/22      $ 14,740      $ (771,723

Euro BTP

    534        06/08/22        73,426        (7,923,437

10-Year Australian Treasury Bonds

    3,644        06/15/22        319,619        (19,258,993

FTSE/MIB Index

    124        06/17/22        15,460        550,251  

MSCI Emerging Markets Index

    611        06/17/22        32,304        718,900  

Russell 2000 E-Mini Index

    2,129        06/17/22        198,135        (8,115,602

10-Year U.S. Treasury Note

    6,849        06/21/22        815,352        (3,758,898

U.S. Long Bond

    633        06/21/22        88,937        (8,942,040

Ultra U.S. Treasury Bond

    2,872        06/21/22        458,892        (31,093,498

2-Year U.S. Treasury Note

    1,424        06/30/22        300,108        (667,489

5-Year U.S. Treasury Note

    17,763        06/30/22        1,999,448        (19,209,646
          

 

 

 
             (98,472,175
          

 

 

 

Short Contracts

          

30-Year Euro Buxl Bond

    501        06/08/22        90,368        16,636,713  

Euro Bund

    394        06/08/22        63,840        675,112  

Nikkei 225 Yen-Denominated

    27        06/09/22        2,781        (190,740

10-Year Japanese Government Treasury Bonds

    184        06/13/22        212,137        (653,137

SPI 200 Index

    35        06/16/22        4,526        (119,015

Euro Stoxx 50 Index

    1,650        06/17/22        64,199        (688,822

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

Futures Contracts (continued)

 

         
Description  

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

    

Notional

Amount (000)

    

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

Short Contracts (continued)

          

FTSE 100 Index

    73        06/17/22      $ 6,816      $ (303,102

NASDAQ 100 E-Mini Index

    2,082        06/17/22        535,157        9,004,528  

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

    2,232        06/17/22        460,629        37,446,826  

10-Year U.S. Ultra Long Treasury Note

    19,049        06/21/22        2,454,940        180,915,891  

Long Gilt

    650        06/28/22        96,806        3,267,816  
          

 

 

 
             245,992,070  
          

 

 

 
           $  147,519,895  
          

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

All or a portion of the security is held by a wholly-owned subsidiary. See Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for details on the wholly-owned subsidiary.

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

             
Currency Purchased             Currency Sold      Counterparty    Settlement Date            

Unrealized

Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

NOK

    575,142,928                         CHF      59,625,686     

Deutsche Bank AG

     05/05/22                         $ 18,672  

USD

    100,635,313        HKD      784,359,181     

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     05/12/22          663,571  

NOK

    363,891,429        CHF      37,661,741     

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     05/19/22          52,186  

USD

    23,530,729        EUR      21,164,306     

Deutsche Bank AG

     05/20/22          1,187,784  

USD

    1,380,468        EUR      1,211,173     

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     05/20/22          101,845  

USD

    232,020,315        JPY      27,304,450,000     

Bank of America N.A.

     06/06/22          21,414,533  

USD

    113,371,867        JPY      13,145,850,000     

Deutsche Bank AG

     06/06/22          11,974,767  

USD

    114,152,405        JPY      13,197,050,000     

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     06/06/22          12,360,388  

BRL

    209,549,518        USD      40,411,447     

Citibank N.A.

     06/15/22          1,408,022  

USD

    34,156,000        CNH      219,640,158     

Bank of America N.A.

     06/15/22          1,187,639  

USD

    11,435,079        CNH      74,003,600     

HSBC Bank USA N.A.

     06/15/22          327,013  

USD

    43,363,612        EUR      40,537,538     

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     06/15/22          514,341  

GBP

    37,008,973        EUR      43,940,681     

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     06/16/22          89,781  

USD

    23,611,397        CHF      21,898,919     

Barclays Bank PLC

     06/16/22          1,048,984  

USD

    5,978,215        EUR      5,370,756     

Deutsche Bank AG

     06/16/22          300,868  

USD

    189,684,447        EUR      171,678,000     

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     06/16/22          8,206,152  

USD

    37,122,795        INR      2,848,283,545     

Citibank N.A.

     06/16/22          94,117  

USD

    63,744,634        SEK      608,683,527     

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     06/16/22          1,682,134  

JPY

    11,975,895,509        EUR      86,087,970     

UBS AG

     07/21/22          1,387,504  

USD

    63,186,697        CNH      404,782,764     

Barclays Bank PLC

     07/21/22          2,534,199  

USD

    88,633,343        CNH      568,567,120     

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     07/21/22          3,439,458  

USD

    57,061,592        NOK      502,175,427     

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     07/21/22          3,498,722  

USD

    219,641,369        JPY      28,089,100,000     

HSBC Bank USA N.A.

     07/25/22          2,464,033  
                    

 

 

 
                           75,956,713  
                    

 

 

 

AUD

    52,489,867        USD      37,437,085     

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     05/05/22          (349,290

CHF

    52,217,276        USD      56,753,035     

BNP Paribas SA

     05/05/22          (3,068,389

CHF

    39,019,258        USD      42,396,799     

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     05/05/22          (2,281,052

GBP

    18,279,134        USD      24,724,777     

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     05/05/22          (1,739,720

JPY

    7,113,902,022        USD      61,909,545     

BNP Paribas SA

     05/06/22          (7,092,346

JPY

    28,089,100,000        USD      218,929,728     

HSBC Bank USA N.A.

     05/06/22          (2,485,112

AUD

    52,321,083        USD      37,508,241     

Deutsche Bank AG

     05/12/22          (535,614

AUD

    34,388,065        USD      24,526,944     

Goldman Sachs International

     05/12/22          (226,661

AUD

    68,866,546        USD      49,467,735     

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     05/12/22          (803,277

CHF

    45,582,620        USD      49,358,276     

Barclays Bank PLC

     05/12/22          (2,480,208

CHF

    57,453,565        USD      62,282,110     

Citibank N.A.

     05/12/22          (3,195,727

CHF

    57,723,567        USD      62,319,641     

UBS AG

     05/12/22          (2,955,582

EUR

    59,936,479        USD      68,589,053     

Bank of America N.A.

     05/12/22          (5,336,519

EUR

    43,211,690        USD      48,960,629     

Deutsche Bank AG

     05/12/22          (3,358,202

GBP

    18,515,280        USD      25,038,487     

Deutsche Bank AG

     05/12/22          (1,756,780

GBP

    36,335,055        USD      49,086,995     

HSBC Bank USA N.A.

     05/12/22          (3,398,131

JPY

    5,513,698,501        USD      47,826,358     

Deutsche Bank AG

     05/12/22          (5,331,759

JPY

    5,715,481,276        USD      49,474,333     

Deutsche Bank AG

     05/12/22          (5,424,575

JPY

    5,780,311,373        USD      49,786,844     

HSBC Bank USA N.A.

     05/12/22          (5,237,435

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (continued)

 

             
Currency Purchased             Currency Sold      Counterparty    Settlement Date            

Unrealized

Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

AUD

    148,661,097                         USD      106,340,048      HSBC Bank USA N.A.      05/19/22                         $ (1,274,956

GBP

    27,171,460        USD      36,753,720      JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.      05/19/22          (2,587,513

JPY

    8,719,310,504        USD      75,520,485      Deutsche Bank AG      05/19/22          (8,304,960

JPY

    5,643,596,565        USD      48,832,628      Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC      05/19/22          (5,327,203

KRW

    113,609,672,346        USD      94,733,936      Citibank N.A.      05/19/22          (4,800,393

CHF

    21,809,576        USD      23,618,669      JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.      05/20/22          (1,180,647

CHF

    44,555,373        USD      48,645,225      JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.      05/20/22          (2,805,983

EUR

    883,699        USD      978,206      Deutsche Bank AG      05/20/22          (45,294

EUR

    21,164,306        USD      23,998,370      HSBC Bank USA N.A.      05/20/22          (1,655,424

DKK

    110,991,650        USD      16,633,123      JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.      06/02/22          (873,009

PLN

    50,611,624        USD      11,780,282      Citibank N.A.      06/02/22          (402,430

USD

    48,506,532        BRL      256,138,740      Deutsche Bank AG      06/02/22          (2,800,507

JPY

    4,421,495,499        USD      34,458,000      Bank of America N.A.      06/15/22          (339,930

AUD

    31,708,969        USD      23,354,544      Goldman Sachs International      06/16/22          (932,869

AUD

    68,139,940        USD      49,601,911      JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.      06/16/22          (1,419,594

CAD

    56,058,963        USD      43,843,834      Deutsche Bank AG      06/16/22          (210,763

CHF

    21,898,919        USD      23,716,248      Citibank N.A.      06/16/22          (1,153,834

EUR

    469,359,593        USD      515,213,678      Barclays Bank PLC      06/16/22          (19,060,539

EUR

    19,924,789        USD      21,962,497      Citibank N.A.      06/16/22          (900,295

EUR

    54,946,523        USD      60,103,743      Deutsche Bank AG      06/16/22          (2,020,580

EUR

    85,393,703        USD      94,296,637      JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.      06/16/22          (4,028,207

EUR

    286,015,840        USD      315,288,131      UBS AG      06/16/22          (12,944,983

GBP

    48,824,043        USD      63,649,083      Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC      06/16/22          (2,252,786

JPY

    82,392,426,078        USD      698,036,812      BNP Paribas SA      06/16/22          (62,234,076

JPY

    50,011,565,338        USD      433,676,425      Deutsche Bank AG      06/16/22          (47,749,082

NZD

    1,296,500        USD      883,395      JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.      06/16/22          (46,455

NZD

    18,521,217        USD      12,619,339      UBS AG      06/16/22          (663,196

USD

    14,498,714        INR      1,124,955,255      Citibank N.A.      06/16/22          (126,095

USD

    48,238,119        INR      3,761,029,682      Citibank N.A.      06/16/22          (656,576

USD

    28,772,194        SEK      286,792,716      BNP Paribas SA      06/16/22          (469,723

AUD

    66,356,243        USD      47,764,949      UBS AG      07/21/22          (816,404

CAD

    153,426,833        USD      121,601,323      HSBC Bank USA N.A.      07/21/22          (2,206,155

IDR

    355,818,431,371        USD      24,507,089      Citibank N.A.      07/21/22          (218,313

JPY

    7,068,305,669        EUR      51,907,036      UBS AG      07/21/22          (343,019

MXN

    1,042,721,925        USD      51,421,340      Bank of America N.A.      07/21/22          (1,093,560

USD

    97,008,462        HKD      759,967,201      HSBC Bank USA N.A.      07/21/22          (4,664
                    

 

 

 
                       (251,006,396
                    

 

 

 
                     $  (175,049,683
                    

 

 

 

Exchange-Traded Options Purchased

 

           
Description  

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

     Exercise Price     

Notional

Amount (000)

     Value  

Call

                   

InvesCo QQQ Trust

    5,942        05/06/22        USD        328.00        USD        186,133      $ 1,123,038  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    39        05/20/22        USD        3,200.00        USD        9,694        8,541  

Apple, Inc.

    729        05/20/22        USD        180.00        USD        11,493        19,683  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    4,277        05/20/22        USD        60.00        USD        22,621        374,237  

BP PLC

    3,496        05/20/22        USD        30.00        USD        10,041        220,248  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    2,666        05/20/22        USD        75.00        USD        25,815        6,251,770  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    2,476        05/20/22        USD        115.00        USD        23,975        408,540  

Chevron Corp.

    1,057        05/20/22        USD        155.00        USD        16,560        681,765  

Coupang, Inc.

    4,617        05/20/22        USD        25.00        USD        5,942        13,851  

CSX Corp.

    3,317        05/20/22        USD        40.00        USD        11,391        24,878  

Devon Energy Corp.

    1,018        05/20/22        USD        65.00        USD        5,922        136,412  

Devon Energy Corp.

    6,109        05/20/22        USD        70.00        USD        35,536        345,159  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    582        05/20/22        USD        150.00        USD        7,347        71,295  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    709        05/20/22        USD        155.00        USD        8,950        58,493  

Dynatrace, Inc.

    1,385        05/20/22        USD        55.00        USD        5,313        27,700  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    3,102        05/20/22        USD        85.00        USD        26,445        911,988  

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

Exchange-Traded Options Purchased (continued)

 

           
Description  

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

     Exercise Price     

Notional

Amount (000)

     Value  

Call (continued)

                   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    739        05/20/22        USD        45.00        USD        2,997      $ 46,557  

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

    6,028        05/20/22        USD        82.00        USD        47,338        15,070  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

    11,474        05/20/22        GBP        0.50        GBP        5,264        50,498  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    2,492        05/20/22        USD        28.00        USD        6,210        150,766  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    1,762        05/20/22        USD        55.00        USD        9,707        682,775  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    1,761        05/20/22        USD        60.00        USD        9,701        343,395  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    1,761        05/20/22        USD        65.00        USD        9,701        161,132  

Ovintiv Inc.

    4,021        05/20/22        USD        55.00        USD        20,583        784,095  

Schlumberger NV

    1,551        05/20/22        USD        45.00        USD        6,050        51,183  

ServiceNow, Inc.

    610        05/20/22        USD        520.00        USD        29,164        585,600  

SPDR Gold Shares(a)

    1,356        05/20/22        USD        185.00        USD        23,989        105,090  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

    1,620        05/20/22        USD        440.00        USD        66,744        231,660  

Tapestry, Inc.

    1,884        05/20/22        USD        40.00        USD        6,202        37,680  

Tesla, Inc.

    272        05/20/22        USD        1,150.00        USD        23,685        76,840  

Western Digital Corp.

    1,379        05/20/22        USD        57.50        USD        7,318        137,211  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    940        05/20/22        USD        23.00        USD        1,636        9,400  

Anthem, Inc.

    154        06/17/22        USD        560.00        USD        7,730        62,370  

BP PLC

    8,229        06/17/22        USD        35.00        USD        23,634        148,122  

Daimler AG

    1,086        06/17/22        EUR        66.00        EUR        7,287        198,202  

InvesCo QQQ Trust

    2,972        06/17/22        USD        330.00        USD        93,098        2,440,012  

LyondellBasell Industries, NV Ordinary Shares Class

    2,468        06/17/22        USD        115.00        USD        26,168        499,770  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    5,139        06/17/22        USD        28.00        USD        12,806        601,263  

MGM Resorts International

    3,706        06/17/22        USD        55.00        USD        15,209        63,002  

NVIDIA Corp.

    896        06/17/22        USD        280.00        USD        16,618        75,712  

Schlumberger NV

    2,785        06/17/22        USD        45.00        USD        10,864        264,575  

SPDR S&P Biotech ETF

    2,044        06/17/22        USD        100.00        USD        15,091        55,188  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    154        06/17/22        USD        570.00        USD        7,832        37,345  

Valero Energy Corp.

    1,174        06/17/22        USD        120.00        USD        13,088        437,315  

Warner Bros Discovery Inc., Series A

    594        06/17/22        USD        45.00        USD        1,078        3,267  

Alcoa Corp.

    2,142        07/15/22        USD        100.00        USD        14,523        235,620  

Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA

    1,141        07/15/22        CHF        130.00        CHF        13,179        395,875  

Devon Energy Corp.

    4,781        07/15/22        USD        70.00        USD        27,811        989,667  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    1,677        07/15/22        USD        160.00        USD        21,169        490,522  

Invesco DB Agriculture Fund(a)

    5,177        07/15/22        USD        23.00        USD        11,426        271,793  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    2,491        07/15/22        USD        26.00        USD        6,208        571,684  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    4,515        07/15/22        USD        27.00        USD        11,251        869,137  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    4,119        07/15/22        USD        30.00        USD        10,265        463,387  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    1,789        07/15/22        USD        70.00        USD        9,856        375,690  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    370        07/15/22        USD        30.00        USD        644        12,025  

CSX Corp.

    4,274        08/19/22        USD        40.00        USD        14,677        245,755  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

    1,352        08/19/22        USD        450.00        USD        55,702        891,644  

General Motors Co.

    4,499        09/16/22        USD        45.00        USD        17,056        751,333  

Pandora A/S

    531        09/16/22        DKK        696.25        DKK        33,734        235,332  
                   

 

 

 
                      25,832,157  
                   

 

 

 

Put
iShares Russell 2000 ETF

    1,058        05/06/22        USD        178.00        USD        19,568        160,287  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

    1,890        05/06/22        USD        415.00        USD        77,868        1,536,570  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

    1,889        05/06/22        USD        435.00        USD        77,827        4,175,634  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

    1,880        05/06/22        USD        430.00        USD        77,456        3,340,760  

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

    2,057        05/20/22        USD        90.00        USD        19,971        822,800  

Apple, Inc.

    789        05/20/22        USD        140.00        USD        12,439        99,809  

Apple, Inc.

    2,303        05/20/22        USD        155.00        USD        36,307        1,088,167  

Euro Stoxx 50

    690        05/20/22        EUR        3,600.00        EUR        26,240        372,329  

Ford Motor Co.

    641        05/20/22        USD        14.00        USD        908        39,422  

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

    661        05/20/22        USD        78.00        USD        5,191        76,015  

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

    4,060        05/20/22        USD        118.00        USD        45,716        2,334,500  

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

    1        05/20/22        USD        113.00        USD        11        181  

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

    2,099        05/20/22        USD        200.00        USD        38,821        3,218,816  

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

    2,078        05/20/22        USD        190.00        USD        38,433        1,751,754  

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

    727        05/20/22        USD        170.00        USD        13,446        133,768  

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

    927        05/20/22        USD        172.00        USD        17,145        202,086  

 

 

C O N S O L I D A T E D   S C H E D U L E   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

Exchange-Traded Options Purchased (continued)

 

           
Description  

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

     Exercise Price     

Notional

Amount (000)

     Value  

Put (continued)

                   

Micron Technology, Inc.

    1,404        05/20/22        USD        75.00        USD        9,574      $ 1,116,180  

SPDR Euro Stoxx 50 ETF

    1,325        05/20/22        USD        35.00        USD        5,030        46,375  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

    5,214        05/20/22        USD        410.00        USD        214,817        5,307,852  

United States Steel Corporation

    847        05/20/22        USD        29.00        USD        2,583        119,004  

VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF

    625        05/20/22        USD        215.00        USD        14,366        328,125  

Xerox Holdings Corp.

    463        05/20/22        USD        16.00        USD        806        15,048  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    119        06/17/22        USD        2,900.00        USD        29,579        5,236,000  

Avaya Holdings Corp.

    336        06/17/22        USD        11.00        USD        311        77,280  

Ford Motor Co.

    603        06/17/22        USD        13.00        USD        854        34,070  

InvesCo QQQ Trust

    310        06/17/22        USD        300.00        USD        9,711        327,825  

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

    330        06/17/22        USD        75.00        USD        2,591        29,205  

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

    8,121        06/17/22        USD        114.00        USD        91,442        2,598,720  

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

    4,323        06/17/22        USD        185.00        USD        79,954        3,806,401  

PG&E Corp.

    579        06/17/22        USD        9.00        USD        732        13,896  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

    301        06/17/22        USD        410.00        USD        12,401        460,530  

United States Steel Corporation

    641        06/17/22        USD        26.00        USD        1,954        78,843  

Apple, Inc.

    2,714        07/15/22        USD        160.00        USD        42,786        2,998,970  

Invesco Senior Loan ETF

    811        07/15/22        USD        20.00        USD        1,749        16,220  

Pitney Bowes Inc.

    462        07/15/22        USD        4.00        USD        243        5,775  

Anglo American PLC

    491        08/19/22        GBP        32.00        GBP        18,135        1,174,881  

BHP Group Ltd.

    651        08/19/22        GBP        25.00        GBP        17,740        1,051,901  

ConocoPhillips

    2,160        08/19/22        USD        90.00        USD        20,632        1,463,400  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    513        08/19/22        USD        125.00        USD        6,566        461,700  

Rio Tinto PLC, ADR

    224        08/19/22        GBP        52.00        GBP        13,344        888,803  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

    266        09/16/22        USD        240.00        USD        7,314        206,150  

Avaya Holdings Corp.

    172        01/20/23        USD        7.50        USD        159        21,500  
                   

 

 

 
                      47,237,552  
                   

 

 

 
                    $   73,069,709  
                   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

All or a portion of the security is held by a wholly-owned subsidiary. See Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for details on the wholly-owned subsidiary.

 

OTC Barrier Options Purchased

 

                 
Description   Type of Option       Counterparty   

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

     Exercise Price     

Barrier

Price/Range

    

Notional

Amount (000)

     Value  

Call

                  

S&P 500 Index

  Up-and-out   Citibank N.A.      38,283        06/17/22        USD        4,550.00        USD        4,600.00        USD        174,187      $ 495,255  
                              

 

 

 

Put

                        

JPY Currency

  One Touch   HSBC Bank PLC             08/24/22        JPY        118.00        JPY        118.00        USD        2,440        172,805  
                              

 

 

 
                         $  668,060  
                              

 

 

 

OTC Options Purchased

 

             
Description   Counterparty   

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

     Exercise Price     

Notional

Amount (000)

     Value  

Call

                      

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

 

Citibank N.A.

     192,600        05/20/22        USD        115.00        USD        18,649      $ 177,506  

Mosaic Co.

 

Citibank N.A.

     340,100        05/20/22        USD        75.00        USD        21,229        389,415  

Amazon.com, Inc.

 

Citibank N.A.

     10,155        06/17/22        USD        4,150.00        USD        25,242         

Essilorluxottica SA

 

Goldman Sachs International

     126,926        06/17/22        EUR        200.00        EUR        20,790        27,434  

Euro Stoxx 50

 

Credit Suisse International

     8,502        06/17/22        EUR        4,650.00        EUR        32,332        3,139  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

 

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     396,202        06/17/22        USD        260.00        USD        92,105        2,114,526  

Shell plc, ADR

 

Nomura International PLC

     821,084        06/17/22        USD        60.00        USD        43,871        636,340  

USD Currency

 

Bank of America N.A.

            06/23/22        CNH        6.60        USD        83,828        1,273,182  

USD Currency

 

Bank of America N.A.

            06/23/22        JPY        132.00        USD        288,144        2,928,118  

Essilorluxottica SA

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     75,988        09/16/22        EUR        200.00        EUR        12,447        117,725  
                      

 

 

 
                             7,667,385  
                      

 

 

 

Put

                      

EUR Currency

 

Goldman Sachs International

            05/04/22        USD        1.06        EUR        182,186        1,489,147  

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

OTC Options Purchased (continued)

 

             
Description   Counterparty   

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

     Exercise Price     

Notional

Amount (000)

     Value  

Put (continued)

                      

EUR Currency

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

            05/04/22        USD        1.09        EUR        182,187      $ 6,382,307  

EUR Currency

 

BNP Paribas SA

            05/12/22        USD        1.06        EUR        88,963        937,482  

EUR Currency

 

Deutsche Bank AG

            05/12/22        USD        1.08        EUR        177,926        4,557,239  

USD Currency

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

            05/12/22        JPY        116.00        USD        226,221        5,203  

EUR Currency

 

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

            05/27/22        USD        1.06        EUR        338,022        4,863,266  
                      

 

 

 
                         18,234,644  
                      

 

 

 
                       $  25,902,029  
                      

 

 

 

OTC Credit Default Swaptions Purchased

 

 

 

   
        Paid by the Fund    

Received by the Fund

                                                         
    Description           Rate/Reference     Rate/Reference    Frequency      Counterparty   

Expiration

Date

    

Credit

Rating(a)

    

Exercise

Price

    

Notional

Amount (000)(b)

     Value      
 

 

   

    

 

Put

                             

    

 

Bought Protection on 5-Year Credit Default Swap, 06/20/27

    0.98  

Bought Protection on 5-Year

     Quarterly      Deutsche Bank AG      05/18/22        NR        USD 0.98        USD        11,245      $ 36,996    
 

Bought Protection on 5-Year Credit Default Swap, 06/20/27

    1.02  

Bought Protection on 5-Year

     Quarterly      Credit Suisse International      05/18/22        NR        USD 1.02        USD        11,245        159,910    
                             

 

 

   
                              $  196,906    
                             

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Using the rating of the issuer or the underlying securities of the index, as applicable, provided by S&P Global Ratings.

 
  (b) 

The maximum potential amount the Fund may pay should a negative credit event take place as defined under the terms of the agreement.

 

OTC Interest Rate Swaptions Purchased

 

 

 

   
       

Paid by the Fund

    

Received by the Fund

         

Expiration

Date

    

Exercise

Rate

   

Notional

Amount (000)

    

Value

     
  Description  

 

Rate

     Frequency      Rate      Frequency      Counterparty  
 

 

   

    

 

Call

                            

    

 

30-Year Interest Rate Swap, 07/07/52

  3-Month LIBOR, 1.33%      Quarterly      0.02%      Semi-Annual     

Citibank N.A.

     07/05/22        1.52     USD       106,627      $ 44,600    
 

30-Year Interest Rate Swap, 07/08/52

  3-Month LIBOR, 1.33%      Quarterly      0.02%      Semi-Annual     

Deutsche Bank AG

     07/06/22        1.55       USD       22,513        10,957    
 

30-Year Interest Rate Swap, 07/08/52

  3-Month LIBOR, 1.33%      Quarterly      0.02%      Semi-Annual     

Deutsche Bank AG

     07/06/22        1.55       USD       22,513        10,958    
 

1-Year Interest Rate Swap, 03/18/24

  3-Month LIBOR, 1.33%      Quarterly      0.80%      Semi-Annual     

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     03/16/23        0.80       USD       1,362,004        286,361    
                            

 

 

   
                               352,876    
                            

 

 

   
 

Put

                            
 

5-Year Interest Rate Swap, 07/07/27

  2.91%      Semi-Annual      1-Day SOFR, 0.33%      Quarterly     

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     07/05/22        2.91       USD       259,533        2,522,325    
 

10-Year Interest Rate Swap, 08/10/32

  0.42%      Annual      1-Day JPOIS, 0.00%      Annual     

BNP Paribas SA

     08/08/22        0.42       JPY       10,107,522        3,774    
 

10-Year Interest Rate Swap, 08/10/32

  0.42%      Annual      1-Day JPOIS, 0.00%      Annual     

BNP Paribas SA

     08/08/22        0.42       JPY       5,053,761        1,887    
 

1-Year Interest Rate Swap, 04/03/24

  2.47%      Annual      1-Day SONIA, 0.69%      Annual     

Goldman Sachs International

     04/03/23        2.47       GBP       512,248        3,350,091    
                            

 

 

   
                               5,878,077    
                            

 

 

   
                             $  6,230,953    
                            

 

 

   

Exchange-Traded Options Written

 

 

 
Description  

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

    

Exercise

Price

    

Notional

Amount (000)

     Value  

 

 

Call

             

InvesCo QQQ Trust

    5,942        05/06/22      US D    340.00      USD   186,133      $   (222,825)  

 

 

C O N S O L I D A T E D   S C H E D U L E   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

    39  


Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

Exchange-Traded Options Written (continued)

 

           
Description  

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

     Exercise Price     

Notional

Amount (000)

     Value  

Call (continued)

                   

Amazon.com, Inc.

    39        05/20/22        USD        3,600.00        USD        9,694      $ (3,062

BP PLC

    3,142        05/20/22        USD        32.00        USD        9,024        (72,266

Capri Holdings Limited

    1,847        05/20/22        USD        80.00        USD        8,810        (18,470

Capri Holdings Limited

    2,611        05/20/22        USD        55.00        USD        12,454        (110,968

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    2,666        05/20/22        USD        90.00        USD        25,815        (3,092,560

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    436        05/20/22        USD        110.00        USD        4,222        (114,450

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

    2,476        05/20/22        USD        130.00        USD        23,975        (123,800

Chevron Corp.

    1,057        05/20/22        USD        190.00        USD        16,560        (8,456

Devon Energy Corp.

    1,018        05/20/22        USD        75.00        USD        5,922        (22,396

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    2,785        05/20/22        USD        55.00        USD        11,293        (15,318

Microsoft Corp.

    1,402        05/20/22        USD        320.00        USD        38,908        (51,173

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    1,164        05/20/22        USD        270.00        USD        27,060        (238,620

SPDR Gold Shares(a)

    2,712        05/20/22        USD        210.00        USD        47,978        (23,052

Tesla, Inc.

    272        05/20/22        USD        1,350.00        USD        23,685        (11,424

Western Digital Corp.

    723        05/20/22        USD        65.00        USD        3,837        (15,183

Alcoa Corp.

    1,111        06/17/22        USD        85.00        USD        7,533        (195,536

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

    680        06/17/22        USD        130.00        USD        6,602        (126,140

Amazon.com, Inc.

    119        06/17/22        USD        3,500.00        USD        29,579        (42,840

Apple, Inc.

    3,191        06/17/22        USD        185.00        USD        50,306        (237,730

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    575        06/17/22        USD        640.00        USD        30,574        (70,150

EQT Corp.

    7,353        06/17/22        USD        28.00        USD        29,228        (9,044,190

InvesCo QQQ Trust

    2,972        06/17/22        USD        350.00        USD        93,098        (695,448

NXP Semiconductors NV

    578        06/17/22        USD        210.00        USD        9,878        (93,925

Valero Energy Corp.

    2,427        06/17/22        USD        105.00        USD        27,056        (2,566,552

Apple, Inc.

    2,714        07/15/22        USD        195.00        USD        42,786        (187,266

Anglo American PLC

    247        08/19/22        GBP        41.00        GBP        9,123        (422,278

BHP Group Ltd.

    325        08/19/22        GBP        32.00        GBP        8,856        (276,875

ConocoPhillips

    6,519        08/19/22        USD        120.00        USD        62,269        (1,215,793

Rio Tinto PLC, ADR

    112        08/19/22        GBP        65.90        GBP        6,672        (193,346

General Motors Co.

    4,499        09/16/22        USD        52.50        USD        17,056        (254,194
                   

 

 

 
                      (19,766,286
                   

 

 

 

Put
iShares Russell 2000 ETF

    1,058        05/06/22        USD        165.00        USD        19,568        (28,037

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

    2,057        05/20/22        USD        75.00        USD        19,971        (198,501

Apple, Inc.

    2,303        05/20/22        USD        135.00        USD        36,307        (180,786

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

    4,277        05/20/22        USD        50.00        USD        22,621        (876,785

CSX Corp.

    3,317        05/20/22        USD        30.00        USD        11,391        (49,755

Delphi Automotive PLC

    865        05/20/22        USD        135.00        USD        9,204        (2,460,925

Dynatrace, Inc.

    1,385        05/20/22        USD        40.00        USD        5,313        (526,300

Euro Stoxx 50

    690        05/20/22        EUR        3,025.00        EUR        26,240        (37,488

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    739        05/20/22        USD        35.00        USD        2,997        (36,950

Home Depot, Inc.

    344        05/20/22        USD        290.00        USD        10,334        (264,020

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

    5,397        05/20/22        USD        76.00        USD        42,383        (313,026

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

    661        05/20/22        USD        74.00        USD        5,191        (19,500

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

    4,061        05/20/22        USD        110.00        USD        45,727        (300,514

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

    2,099        05/20/22        USD        185.00        USD        38,821        (1,258,350

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

    2,078        05/20/22        USD        175.00        USD        38,433        (580,801

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

    727        05/20/22        USD        150.00        USD        13,446        (29,080

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

    927        05/20/22        USD        162.00        USD        17,145        (87,138

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

    11,474        05/20/22        GBP        0.44        GBP        5,264        (137,066

Micron Technology, Inc.

    2,808        05/20/22        USD        65.00        USD        19,148        (662,688

Nice Ltd.

    465        05/20/22        USD        220.00        USD        9,598        (811,425

Schlumberger NV

    1,551        05/20/22        USD        35.00        USD        6,050        (107,795

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

    5,241        05/20/22        USD        380.00        USD        215,929        (1,750,494

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

    1,620        05/20/22        USD        405.00        USD        66,744        (1,374,570

Starbucks Corp.

    1,303        05/20/22        USD        80.00        USD        9,726        (889,297

Tapestry, Inc.

    1,884        05/20/22        USD        27.50        USD        6,202        (70,650

Tesla, Inc.

    137        05/20/22        USD        950.00        USD        11,929        (1,460,077

United States Steel Corporation

    847        05/20/22        USD        24.00        USD        2,583        (24,987

VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF

    625        05/20/22        USD        185.00        USD        14,366        (77,188

Albemarle Corp.

    527        06/17/22        USD        180.00        USD        10,162        (569,160

 

 

40  

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

Exchange-Traded Options Written (continued)

 

 

 
Description   

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

    Exercise Price    

Notional

Amount (000)

       Value  

 

 

Put (continued)

                  

Alcoa Corp.

     1,111        06/17/22     USD     55.00     USD     7,533        $ (218,312

Amazon.com, Inc.

     119        06/17/22     USD     2,600.00     USD     29,579          (2,567,127

Anthem, Inc.

     154        06/17/22     USD     500.00     USD     7,730          (342,650

Autodesk, Inc.

     738        06/17/22     USD     180.00     USD     13,969          (800,730

BP PLC

     8,229        06/17/22     USD     27.00     USD     23,634          (933,991

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A

     349        06/17/22     USD     470.00     USD     14,954          (1,745,000

Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA

     1,019        06/17/22     CHF     100.00     CHF     11,769          (263,458

CSX Corp.

     3,056        06/17/22     USD     30.83     USD     10,494          (175,720

Daimler AG

     1,086        06/17/22     EUR     50.00     EUR     7,287          (89,363

Deere & Co.

     382        06/17/22     USD     380.00     USD     14,422          (895,790

Hermes International SCA

     127        06/17/22     EUR     1,150.00     EUR     15,069          (610,139

InvesCo QQQ Trust

     1,527        06/17/22     USD     310.00     USD     47,833          (2,142,381

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     5,209        06/17/22     USD     76.00     USD     40,906          (578,199

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

     8,121        06/17/22     USD     110.00     USD     91,442          (1,153,182

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

     4,323        06/17/22     USD     170.00     USD     79,954          (1,722,715

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

     255        06/17/22     EUR     560.00     EUR     15,797          (201,087

Marathon Oil Corp.

     5,139        06/17/22     USD     21.00     USD     12,806          (449,662

Masco Corp.

     2,071        06/17/22     USD     50.00     USD     10,912          (357,247

MGM Resorts International

     3,706        06/17/22     USD     40.00     USD     15,209          (961,707

NVIDIA Corp.

     896        06/17/22     USD     215.00     USD     16,618          (3,299,520

Schlumberger NV

     2,785        06/17/22     USD     35.00     USD     10,864          (413,572

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     1,352        06/17/22     USD     390.00     USD     55,702          (1,227,616

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     154        06/17/22     USD     500.00     USD     7,832          (279,895

Valero Energy Corp.

     1,174        06/17/22     USD     95.00     USD     13,088          (263,563

Walt Disney Co.

     3,043        06/17/22     USD     115.00     USD     33,969          (2,639,802

Alcoa Corp.

     2,142        07/15/22     USD     70.00     USD     14,523          (2,024,190

Apple, Inc.

     5,432        07/15/22     USD     135.00     USD     85,635          (1,751,820

Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA

     1,141        07/15/22     CHF     100.00     CHF     13,179          (433,996

Invesco DB Agriculture Fund(a)

     2,588        07/15/22     USD     20.00     USD     5,712          (32,350

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, ADR

     619        07/15/22     USD     60.00     USD     4,568          (156,298

Anglo American PLC

     491        08/19/22     GBP     28.69     GBP     18,135          (639,110

BHP Group Ltd.

     651        08/19/22     GBP     22.00     GBP     17,740          (540,276

ConocoPhillips

     2,160        08/19/22     USD     75.00     USD     20,632          (528,120

CSX Corp.

     4,274        08/19/22     USD     30.00     USD     14,677          (416,715

Rio Tinto PLC, ADR

     224        08/19/22     GBP     46.01     GBP     13,344          (434,477

General Motors Co.

     4,499        09/16/22     USD     32.00     USD     17,056          (843,562

Pandora A/S

     531        09/16/22     DKK     550.00     DKK     33,400          (235,332
                  

 

 

 
                     (47,552,027
                  

 

 

 
                   $ (67,318,313
                  

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

All or a portion of the security is held by a wholly-owned subsidiary. See Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for details on the wholly-owned subsidiary.

 

OTC Barrier Options Written    

 

 

 

   
    Description    Type of Option      Counterparty     

Number of

Contracts

      

Expiration

Date

       Exercise Price       

Barrier

Price/Range

      

Notional

Amount (000)

    Value        
 

 

   
  Put                                     
      

Euro Stoxx 50

   Down-and-in      Credit Suisse International        12,753          06/17/22        EUR  3,400.00        EUR  3,000.00        EUR  43,360     $  (649,728           
                                    

 

 

   

OTC Options Written    

 

 

 
Description    Counterparty     

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

       Exercise Price       

Notional

Amount (000)

    Value  

 

 

Call

                                  

Essilorluxottica SA

   Goldman Sachs International      126,926        06/17/22          EUR          220.00          EUR          20,790     $ (2,935

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

   Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC      396,202        06/17/22          USD          285.00          USD          92,105       (1,157,100

Shell plc, ADR

   Nomura International PLC      821,084        06/17/22          USD          65.00          USD          43,871       (205,271

USD Currency

   Bank of America N.A.             06/23/22          JPY          135.00          USD          144,072       (739,521

 

 

C O N S O L I D A T E D   S C H E D U L E   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

    41  


Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

OTC Options Written (continued)

 

 

 
Description    Counterparty     

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

       Exercise Price       

Notional

Amount (000)

    Value  

 

 

Call (continued)

                                  

USD Currency

   Bank of America N.A.             06/23/22          CNH          6.80          USD          83,828     $ (360,461

Essilorluxottica SA

   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.      75,988        09/16/22          EUR          225.00          EUR          12,447       (22,512
                                  

 

 

 
                                     (2,487,800
                                  

 

 

 

Put

                                  

EUR Currency

   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.             05/04/22          USD          1.07          EUR          182,187       (2,883,349

EUR Currency

   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.             05/04/22          USD          1.06          EUR          182,187       (1,489,147

EUR Currency

   Deutsche Bank AG             05/12/22          USD          1.06          EUR          177,926       (1,874,964

USD Currency

   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.             05/12/22          JPY          112.00          USD          226,221       (1,357

EUR Currency

   Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC             05/27/22          USD          1.04          EUR          338,022       (1,923,840

Amazon.com, Inc.

   Citibank N.A.      5,078        06/17/22          USD          2,800.00          USD          12,622       (2,240,640

Essilorluxottica SA

   Goldman Sachs International      126,926        06/17/22          EUR          160.00          EUR          20,790       (850,033

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

   Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC      198,102        06/17/22          USD          220.00          USD          46,053       (2,588,658

Essilorluxottica SA

   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.      75,988        09/16/22          EUR          160.00          EUR          12,447       (876,637

S&P 500 Index

   Citibank N.A.      17,185        09/16/22          USD          3,700.00          USD          71,007       (2,247,016
                                  

 

 

 
                                     (16,975,641
                                  

 

 

 
                                   $ (19,463,441
                                  

 

 

 

OTC Interest Rate Swaptions Written

 

               
 

 

  Paid by the Fund  

Received by the Fund

   

 

  Expiration     Exercise     Notional      

 

 
Description   Rate     Frequency   Rate   Frequency     Counterparty   Date     Rate     Amount (000)     Value  

Call

                   

2-Year Interest Rate Swap, 02/17/25

    1.40%     Semi-Annual   1-Day SOFR, 0.33%   Quarterly  

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    02/15/23       1.40     USD       526,238     $ (606,331

1-Year Interest Rate Swap, 03/18/24

    0.40%     Semi-Annual   3-Month LIBOR, 1.33%   Quarterly  

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    03/16/23       0.40       USD       1,362,004       (185,096

1-Year Interest Rate Swap, 03/18/24

    0.60%     Semi-Annual   3-Month LIBOR, 1.33%   Quarterly  

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    03/16/23       0.60       USD       1,362,004       (229,566
                   

 

 

 
                      (1,020,993
                   

 

 

 

Put

                   

5-Year Interest Rate Swap, 10/06/27

   
1-Day SOFR,
0.33%
 
 
  Quarterly   2.91%   Semi-Annual  

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    10/04/22       2.91       USD       259,533       (4,037,736

2-Year Interest Rate Swap, 02/17/25

   
1-Day SOFR,
0.33%
 
 
  Quarterly   2.60%   Semi-Annual  

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    02/15/23       2.60       USD       526,237       (8,242,721

2-Year Interest Rate Swap, 02/17/25

   
1-Day SOFR,
0.33%
 
 
  Quarterly   2.70%   Semi-Annual  

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    02/15/23       2.70       USD       526,237       (7,611,236

10-Year Interest Rate Swap, 03/25/33

   
1-Day SOFR,
0.33%
 
 
  Quarterly   3.27%   Semi-Annual  

Goldman Sachs International

    03/23/23       3.27       USD       390,214       (8,315,033

10-Year Interest Rate Swap, 03/26/33

   
1-Day SOFR,
0.33%
 
 
  Quarterly   3.28%   Semi-Annual  

Goldman Sachs International

    03/24/23       3.28       USD       126,383       (2,667,165

1-Year Interest Rate Swap, 04/03/24

   
1-Day SONIA,
0.69%
 
 
  Annual   3.22%   Annual  

Goldman Sachs International

    04/03/23       3.22       GBP       1,024,497       (3,401,583

10-Year Interest Rate Swap, 04/08/33

   
1-Day SOFR,
0.33%
 
 
  Quarterly   3.40%   Semi-Annual  

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    04/06/23       3.40       USD       129,333       (2,444,226

10-Year Interest Rate Swap, 04/20/33

   
1-Day SOFR,
0.33%
 
 
  Quarterly   3.45%   Semi-Annual  

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    04/18/23       3.45       USD       253,893       (4,644,628

5-Year Interest Rate Swap, 06/17/31

   
3-Month
LIBOR, 1.33%
 
 
  Quarterly   0.03%   Semi-Annual  

Barclays Bank PLC

    06/15/26       3.04       USD       215,500       (7,325,403

5-Year Interest Rate Swap, 06/17/31

   
3-Month
LIBOR, 1.33%
 
 
  Quarterly   0.03%   Semi-Annual  

Barclays Bank PLC

    06/15/26       3.04       USD       215,505       (7,325,555

5-Year Interest Rate Swap, 07/02/31

   
3-Month
LIBOR, 1.33%
 
 
  Quarterly   0.03%   Semi-Annual  

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    06/30/26       3.04       USD       197,160       (6,715,704
                   

 

 

 
                      (62,730,990
                   

 

 

 
                    $  (63,751,983
                   

 

 

 

 

 

42  

2 0 2 2   B L A C K R O C K   A N N U A L   R E P O R T   T O   S H A R E H O L D E R S


Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps — Buy Protection

 

 

 
Reference Obligation/Index    Financing
Rate Paid
by the Fund
     Payment
Frequency
     Termination
Date
    

Notional

Amount (000)

     Value     

Upfront

Premium

Paid

(Received)

    

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

 

 

CDX.NA.IG.36.V1

     1.00      Quarterly        06/20/26        USD       66,387      $ (808,452    $ (1,118,562    $ 310,110  

AVIS Budget Car Rental LLC

     5.00        Quarterly        12/20/26        USD       12,271        (1,101,788      (1,643,803      542,015  

CDX.NA.HY.37.V1

     5.00        Quarterly        12/20/26        USD       143,237        (4,748,272      (11,433,875      6,685,603  

ITRAXX.XO.36.V1

     5.00        Quarterly        12/20/26        EUR       27,315        (1,304,552      (2,673,682      1,369,130  
                

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                 $ (7,963,064    $ (16,869,922    $ 8,906,858  
                

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps — Sell Protection

 

 

 

 
       Reference Obligation/Index    

Financing

Rate Received

by the Fund

 

 

 

   

Payment

Frequency

 

 

    

Termination

Date

 

 

    

Credit

Rating

 

(a) 

   

Notional

Amount (000)

 

(b) 

    Value       

Upfront

Premium

Paid

(Received)

 

 

 

 

    

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

iTRAXX.XO.34.V2

    5.00     Quarterly        12/20/25        CCC     EUR  15,870     $ 969,603      $ 1,596,716      $ (627,113
 

iTRAXX.XO.35.V1

    5.00       Quarterly        06/20/26        CCC+     EUR 52,175       2,792,838        6,514,635        (3,721,797
               

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                $     3,762,441      $     8,111,351      $    (4,348,910
               

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Using the rating of the issuer or the underlying securities of the index, as applicable, provided by S&P Global Ratings.

 
  (b) 

The maximum potential amount the Fund may pay should a negative credit event take place as defined under the terms of the agreement.

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

 

 

   
   

Paid by the Fund

 

        Received by the Fund        

  Effective     Termination     Notional    

 

   

Upfront
Premium

Paid

   

Unrealized

Appreciation

   

    

    Rate   Frequency   Rate   Frequency   Date     Date     Amount (000)   Value     (Received)     (Depreciation)      
 

 

   
       3-Month LIBOR, 1.33%   Quarterly   0.88%   Semi-Annual     N/A       08/17/22     USD   45,459   $ (27,606   $ (46,094   $ 18,488    
  1-Month MXIBOR, 6.72%   Monthly   4.42%   Monthly     N/A       02/28/23     MXN   958,091     (1,617,254     145       (1,617,399  
  1-Month MXIBOR, 6.72%   Monthly   4.50%   Monthly     N/A       03/03/23     MXN   957,790     (1,597,931     146       (1,598,077  
  1-Month MXIBOR, 6.72%   Monthly   4.68%   Monthly     N/A       02/27/24     MXN   679,790     (2,575,263     154       (2,575,417  
  1-Month MXIBOR, 6.72%   Monthly   4.86%   Monthly     N/A       03/01/24     MXN   679,790     (2,481,387     155       (2,481,542  
  1-Day SOFR, 0.33%   Annual   2.65%   Annual     N/A       05/02/24     USD   1,549,701     (2,508,092     337,688       (2,845,780  
  0.53%   Semi-Annual   3-Month LIBOR, 1.33%   Quarterly     06/06/22 (a)      06/06/24     USD   204,209     10,479,680       1,593       10,478,087    
  2.00%   Annual   1-Day SOFR, 0.33%   Annual     02/17/23 (a)      02/18/25     USD   148,033     3,148,453       655       3,147,798    
  2.72%   Annual   1-Day SOFR, 0.33%   Annual     N/A       05/02/25     USD   1,840,036     4,448,364       (528,422     4,976,786    
  1-Month MXIBOR, 6.72%   Monthly   6.48%   Monthly     N/A       08/12/26     MXN   580,343     (2,706,398     310       (2,706,708  
  1-Month MXIBOR, 6.72%   Monthly   6.43%   Monthly     N/A       08/13/26     MXN   801,213     (3,808,475     429       (3,808,904  
  1-Month MXIBOR, 6.72%   Monthly   6.47%   Monthly     N/A       08/13/26     MXN   796,887     (3,735,229     427       (3,735,656  
  1-Month MXIBOR, 6.72%   Monthly   6.42%   Monthly     N/A       08/14/26     MXN   649,632     (3,103,913     345       (3,104,258  
  1-Month MXIBOR, 6.72%   Monthly   6.44%   Monthly     N/A       08/14/26     MXN   394,136     (1,865,797     211       (1,866,008  
  1-Month MXIBOR, 6.72%   Monthly   6.42%   Monthly     N/A       08/17/26     MXN   585,216     (2,799,558     308       (2,799,866  
  1-Day SOFR, 0.33%   Annual   2.67%   Annual     N/A       05/03/27     USD   205,746     (787,149     (154,301     (632,848  
  1.08%   Semi-Annual   3-Month LIBOR, 1.33%   Quarterly     N/A       08/19/30     USD   26,559     3,744,617       3,654,159       90,458    
  2.18%   Semi-Annual   3-Month LIBOR, 1.33%   Quarterly     06/17/26 (a)      06/17/31     USD   142,234     4,549,500       2,212       4,547,288    
  2.18%   Semi-Annual   3-Month LIBOR, 1.33%   Quarterly    
06/17/26
(a) 
    06/17/31     USD   144,380     4,625,614       2,245       4,623,369    
  2.16%   Semi-Annual   3-Month LIBOR, 1.33%   Quarterly     06/18/26 (a)      06/18/31     USD   144,390     4,728,913       2,246       4,726,667    
  1.99%   Semi-Annual   3-Month LIBOR, 1.33%   Quarterly     07/02/26 (a)      07/02/31     USD   59,148     2,356,273       920       2,355,353    
  1.99%   Semi-Annual   3-Month LIBOR, 1.33%   Quarterly     07/02/26 (a)      07/02/31     USD   138,012     5,475,098       2,147       5,472,951    
  0.02%   Annual   6-Month EURIBOR, (0.23%)   Semi-Annual     N/A       08/26/31     EUR   103,788     15,794,666       2,200       15,792,466    
  1-Day SOFR, 0.33%   Annual   2.65%   Annual     N/A       05/03/32     USD   839,546     (3,853,489     785,529       (4,639,018  
  2.61%   Annual   1-Day SOFR, 0.33%   Annual     N/A       05/02/42     USD   19,667     120,984       48,458       72,526    
  2.43%   Annual   1-Day SOFR, 0.33%   Annual     N/A       05/02/52     USD   577,068     4,905,489       (1,272,179     6,177,668    
                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
                  $ 30,910,110     $ 2,841,686     $ 28,068,424    
                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Forward Swap.

 

 

 

C O N S O L I D A T E D   S C H E D U L E   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

   
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

OTC Credit Default Swaps — Buy Protection

 

 

 
Reference Obligations/Index   

Financing

Rate Paid

by the Fund

    

Payment

Frequency

     Counterparty   

Termination

Date

    

Notional

Amount (000)

     Value     

Upfront

Premium

Paid

(Received)

    

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

 

 

Bombardier, Inc.

     5.00      Quarterly      Barclays Bank PLC      06/20/23        USD        8,698      $ (129,220    $       556,208      $ (685,428

Borgwarner Inc.

     1.00        Quarterly      BNP Paribas SA      06/20/27        USD        1,330        26,353        20,154        6,199  

Ford Motor Company

     5.00        Quarterly      JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.      06/20/27        USD        1,695        (163,245      (174,252      11,007  

Ford Motor Company

     5.00        Quarterly      JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.      06/20/27        USD        960        (92,457      (89,203      (3,254

United States Steel Corporation

     5.00        Quarterly      JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.      06/20/27        USD        848        (45,469      (60,372      14,903  

United States Steel Corporation

     5.00        Quarterly      JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.      06/20/27        USD        852        (45,682      (59,306      13,624  
                    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                     $       (449,720    $ 193,229      $ (642,949
                    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

OTC Credit Default Swaps — Sell Protection    

 

 

 
Reference Obligation/Index    

Financing

Rate Received

by the Fund

 

 

 

   

Payment

Frequency

 

 

  Counterparty    

Termination

Date

 

 

   

Credit

Rating

 

(a) 

 

 

Notional

Amount (000)

 

(b) 

    Value      

Upfront

Premium

Paid

(Received)

 

 

 

 

   

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

 

 

 

 

Verizon Communications Inc.

    1.00     Quarterly     BNP Paribas SA     06/20/27       BBB+     USD 3,020     $  (1,363   $ (2,821   $ 1,458  
             

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Using the rating of the issuer or the underlying securities of the index, as applicable, provided by S&P Global Ratings.

 
  (b) 

The maximum potential amount the Fund may pay should a negative credit event take place as defined under the terms of the agreement.

 

OTC Interest Rate Swaps    

 

 

 

   
                                                        Upfront             
                                                        Premium      Unrealized      
      

Paid by the Fund

 

        Received by the Fund        

      Effective     Termination     Notional             Paid      Appreciation         
    Rate   Frequency      Rate   Frequency   Counterparty   Date     Date     Amount (000)      Value      (Received)      (Depreciation)      
 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   
 

1-Day BZDIOVER, 0.04%

  Monthly   9.39%   Monthly   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     N/A       01/02/25       BRL       289,615       $ (3,495,575    $      $ (3,495,575  
 

1-Day BZDIOVER, 0.04%

  Monthly   9.42%   Monthly   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     N/A       01/02/25       BRL       315,948        (3,752,860             (3,752,860  
 

1-Day BZDIOVER, 0.04%

  Monthly   9.54%   Monthly   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     N/A       01/02/25       BRL       314,783        (3,497,506             (3,497,506  
                    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   
                     $  (10,745,941    $      $ (10,745,941  
                    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

 

 
                                            Upfront        

Paid by the Fund

 

Received by the Fund

                              Premium     Unrealized  
                    Effective     Termination     Notional           Paid     Appreciation  
Rate/Reference   Frequency   Rate/Reference   Frequency   Counterparty   Date     Date     Amount (000)     Value     (Received)     (Depreciation)  

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Universal Health Service Inc.

  Quarterly  

1-Day SOFR minus 0.08%, 0.33%

  Quarterly   BNP Paribas SA     N/A       06/10/22       USD       2,950     $        548,116     $     $ 548,116  

1-Day SOFR minus 1.90%, 0.33%

  Monthly  

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

  Monthly   BNP Paribas SA     N/A       06/17/22       USD       20,940       (1,009,144           (1,009,144

1-Day SOFR minus 1.25%, 0.33%

  Monthly  

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

  Monthly   Goldman Sachs International     N/A       06/17/22       USD       14,082       (556,506           (556,506

1-Day SOFR minus 1.25%, 0.33%

  Monthly  

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

  Monthly   Goldman Sachs International     N/A       06/17/22       USD       20,889       (960,363           (960,363

1-Day SOFR minus 1.80%, 0.33%

  Monthly  

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

  Monthly   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     N/A       06/17/22       USD       20,909       (980,636           (980,636

Snap Inc., Class A

  Monthly  

1-Day SOFR minus 0.18%, 0.33%

  Monthly   BNP Paribas SA     N/A       06/17/22       USD       2,442       307,767             307,767  

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

OTC Total Return Swaps (continued)

 

 

 

   
                                                Upfront              
   

Paid by the Fund

 

Received by the Fund

                              Premium     Unrealized        
                        Effective     Termination     Notional           Paid     Appreciation        
    Rate/Reference   Frequency      Rate/Reference   Frequency      Counterparty   Date     Date     Amount (000)     Value     (Received)     (Depreciation)        
 

 

   
 

Snap Inc., Class A

  Monthly  

1-Day SOFR minus
0.18%, 0.33%

  Monthly   BNP Paribas SA     N/A       06/17/22       USD       6,855     $ 1,112,762     $     $ 1,112,762             

    

 

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

  Monthly  

1-Day SOFR minus
0.90%, 0.33%

  Monthly   Citibank N.A.     N/A       07/19/22       USD       27,173       232,049             232,049    
 

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

  Monthly  

1-Day SOFR minus
0.90%, 0.33%

  Monthly   Citibank N.A.     N/A       07/19/22       USD       13,417       110,850             110,850    
 

Universal Health Service Inc.

  Quarterly  

1-Day SOFR minus
0.07%, 0.33%

  Quarterly   BNP Paribas SA     N/A       08/10/22       USD       2,379       195,835             195,835    
 

PPG Industries Inc.

  Quarterly  

1-Day SOFR minus
0.12%, 0.33%

  Quarterly   BNP Paribas SA     N/A       09/02/22       USD       116       (8,031           (8,031  
 

Sherwin Williams

  Quarterly  

1-Day SOFR minus
0.10%, 0.33%

  Quarterly   BNP Paribas SA     N/A       09/02/22       USD       230       (37,223           (37,223  
 

PPG Industries Inc.

  Quarterly  

1-Day SOFR minus
0.08%, 0.33%

  Quarterly   BNP Paribas SA     N/A       09/02/22       USD       2,401       (5,941           (5,941  
 

Sherwin Williams

  Quarterly  

1-Day SOFR minus
0.08%, 0.33%

  Quarterly   BNP Paribas SA     N/A       09/02/22       USD       2,429       (156,191           (156,191  
 

Treehouse Foods Inc.

  Quarterly  

1-Day SOFR minus
0.25%, 0.33%

  Quarterly   Citibank N.A.     N/A       09/09/22       USD       281       11,323             11,323    
 

Treehouse Foods Inc.

  Quarterly  

1-Day SOFR minus
0.25%, 0.33%

  Quarterly   Citibank N.A.     N/A       09/09/22       USD       46       2,716             2,716    
 

Treehouse Foods Inc.

  Quarterly  

1-Day SOFR minus
0.25%, 0.33%

  Quarterly   Citibank N.A.     N/A       09/09/22       USD       859       34,448             34,448    
 

Treehouse Foods Inc.

  Quarterly  

1-Day SOFR minus
0.25%, 0.33%

  Quarterly   Citibank N.A.     N/A       09/09/22       USD       648       27,961             27,961    
 

Treehouse Foods Inc.

  Quarterly  

1-Day SOFR minus
0.25%, 0.33%

  Quarterly   Citibank N.A.     N/A       09/09/22       USD       180       8,963             8,963    
 

Treehouse Foods Inc.

  Quarterly  

1-Day SOFR minus
0.25%, 0.33%

  Quarterly   Citibank N.A.     N/A       09/09/22       USD       338       16,804             16,804    
 

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

  Quarterly  

1-Day SOFR minus
0.25%, 0.33%

  Quarterly   Citibank N.A.     N/A       12/27/22       USD       107       (11,128           (11,128  
                   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
                    $   (1,115,569   $     $ (1,115,569  
                   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

               
Reference Entity   

Payment

Frequency

   Counterparty(a)   

Termination

Date

     Net Notional     

Accrued

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

    

Net Value of

Reference

Entity

    

Gross

Notional

Amount

Net Asset

Percentage

 

Equity Securities Short

   Monthly    Citibank N.A.(b)      02/24/23 –02/27/23      $ (57,257,406    $ 1,414,923 (c)     $ (55,672,465      0.3
   Monthly    JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.(d)      02/08/23        (106,406,176      10,244,237 (e)       (96,030,629      0.5  
              

 

 

    

 

 

    
               $ 11,659,160      $ (151,703,094   
              

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

  (a) 

The Fund receives the total return on a portfolio of long positions underlying the total return swap. The Fund pays the total return on a portfolio of short positions underlying the total return swap. In addition, the Fund pays or receives a variable rate of interest, based on a specified benchmark. The benchmark and spread are determined based upon the country and/or currency of the individual underlying positions.

 
  (c) 

Amount includes $(170,018) of net dividends and financing fees.

 
  (e) 

Amount includes $(131,310) of net dividends and financing fees.

 

The following are the specified benchmarks (plus or minus a range) used in determining the variable rate of interest:

 

(b)

  

(d)

Range:

 

18-61 basis points

  

15-700 basis points

Benchmarks:

 

USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate (OBFR01)

  

USD - 1D Overnight Bank Funding Rate (OBFR01)

 

 

C O N S O L I D A T E D   S C H E D U L E   O F   I N V E S T M E N T S

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments   (continued)

April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

The following table represents the individual short positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with Citibank N.A. as of period end, termination dates February 24, 2023 and February 27, 2023:

 

Security   Shares     Value    

% of

Basket

Value

 

Reference Entity — Short

 

Common Stocks  
Brazil                  

Suzano SA.

    (129,836   $   (1,302,838     2.3
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
China                  

China Conch Venture Holdings Ltd.

    (436,500     (1,133,491     2.0  

China Vanke Co., Ltd.

    (1,362,300     (3,212,302     5.8  

Coinbase Global, Inc.

    (5,338     (601,646     1.1  

Kuaishou Technology

    (171,600     (1,401,248     2.5  

Longfor Group Holdings Ltd.

    (666,500     (3,300,896     5.9  

Microport Scientific Corp.

    (568,100     (1,116,635     2.0  

Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd.

    (550,000     (817,533     1.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (11,583,751  
Comoros                  

China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd.

    (420,000     (810,101     1.4  

Sunny Optical Tech

    (94,700     (1,380,147     2.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (2,190,248  
Finland                  

Sampo Oyj

    (26,312     (1,277,644     2.3  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
France                  

CNP Assurances S.A.

    (60,786     (1,335,742     2.4  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Germany                  

Beiersdorf AG

    (17,240     (1,731,595     3.1  

Commerzbank Ag

    (215,667     (1,407,944     2.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (3,139,539  
Hong Kong                  

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.

    (793,000     (2,449,797     4.4  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Italy                  

Nexi SpA

    (87,343     (856,653     1.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Japan                  

Open House Co. Ltd.

    (41,300     (1,598,089     2.9  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
South Korea                  

Celltrion Healthcare Co., Ltd.

    (46,575     (2,345,560     4.2  

HYBE Co., Ltd.

    (4,616     (906,525     1.7  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (3,252,085  
Spain                  

Ferrovial Sa

    (34,339     (880,602     1.6  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Sweden                  

Fastighets AB Balder, B Shares

    (16,009     (793,522     1.4  

Sagax AB

    (28,489     (727,735     1.3  

Sweco AB, B Shares

    (45,221     (638,210     1.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (2,159,467  
United Kingdom                  

BT Group PLC

    (334,979     (742,844     1.3  

Just Eat Takeaway.com NV

    (82,523     (2,241,534     4.0  

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC

    (1,101,326     (1,129,036     2.0  

Tesco PLC

    (219,881     (747,006     1.4  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (4,860,420  
United States                  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.

    (19,221     (1,273,968     2.3  
Security   Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 
United States (continued)  

CarMax, Inc.

    (16,218   $ (1,391,180     2.5

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    (10,878     (2,062,251     3.7  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

    (17,306     (1,791,344     3.2  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    (8,433     (2,987,137     5.4  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    (22,706     (948,203     1.7  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.

    (3,984     (1,719,295     3.1  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    (51,489     (4,629,376     8.3  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    (16,421     (1,982,836     3.6  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (18,785,590  
   

 

 

   

Net Value of Reference Entity — Citibank N.A.

    $ (55,672,465  
   

 

 

   

The following table represents the individual short positions and related values of the equity securities underlying the total return swap with JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. as of period end, termination date February 8, 2023:

 

Security   Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

Reference Entity — Short

 

Common Stocks  
Australia  

Crown Resorts Ltd.

    (290,912   $   (2,633,960     2.8

IDP Education Ltd.

    (135,926     (2,521,618     2.6  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (5,155,578  
Brazil                  

Localiza Rent A Car

    (149,284     (1,598,539     1.7  

Magazine Luiza SA

    (2,758,372     (2,722,692     2.8  

Petro Rio SA

    (91,147     (492,243     0.5  

Raia Drogasil SA

    (178,269     (754,694     0.8  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (5,568,168  
Canada                  

Teck Resources Ltd.

    (16,728     (659,927     0.7  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
China                  

China Resources Land Ltd.

    (172,000     (768,188     0.8  

China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd., Class H

    (1,358,000     (758,425     0.8  

Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd.

    (4,538,230     (3,138,987     3.3  

Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd.

    (41,700     (565,826     0.6  

Xiaomi Corp.

    (1,987,800     (3,026,104     3.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (8,257,530  
Comoros                  

Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co., Ltd.

    (113,600     (464,135     0.5  

Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd.

    (701,000     (1,083,878     1.1  

Ping An Healthcare and Technology Co., Ltd.

    (286,000     (703,905     0.8  

Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd., Class H

    (795,750     (1,469,810     1.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (3,721,728  
Germany                  

Delivery Hero SE

    (34,408     (1,209,543     1.3  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Hong Kong                  

Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd.

    (1,822,000     (1,026,559     1.1  

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

    (521,500     (3,535,321     3.7  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (4,561,880  
Italy                  

Telecom Italia Spa

    (7,313,222     (2,135,613     2.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

Security   Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 
Japan                  

Hitachi Metals Ltd.

    (65,500   $   (1,022,107     1.0

Kobe Bussan Co. Ltd.

    (66,700     (1,626,099     1.7  

Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.

    (44,000     (932,524     1.0  

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings, Inc.

    (135,900     (469,094     0.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (4,049,824  
Macau                  

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

    (125,000     (713,271     0.7  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Peru                  

Credicorp Ltd.

    (7,943     (1,103,203     1.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Poland                  

Cd Projekt Sa

    (88,910     (2,406,339     2.5  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Singapore                  

Sea Ltd., ADR

    (13,690     (1,132,984     1.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
South Africa                  

Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd.

    (8,392     (1,171,437     1.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
South Korea                  

Iljin Materials Co., Ltd.

    (8,552     (586,035     0.6  

Posco Chemical Co., Ltd.

    (28,544     (3,015,439     3.2  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (3,601,474  
Switzerland                  

Vifor Pharma AG

    (12,439     (2,200,082     2.3  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Taiwan                  

Compal Electronics

    (128,000     (96,049     0.1  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
United Kingdom                  

Informa PLC

    (209,406     (1,485,504     1.5  

Ocado Group PLC

    (142,977     (1,635,178     1.7  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (3,120,682  
Security   Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 
United States                  

Affirm Holdings, Inc.

    (101,346   $ (2,908,630     3.0

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    (14,141     (2,139,392     2.2  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    (6,002     (926,589     1.0  

Atmos Energy Corp.

    (21,991     (2,493,779     2.6  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.

    (1,003     (1,459,977     1.5  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.

    (28,044     (2,268,760     2.4  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

    (47,813     (1,376,536     1.4  

DISH Network Corp.

    (151,176     (4,310,028     4.5  

Dollar General Corp.

    (10,631     (2,525,181     2.6  

Dollar Tree, Inc.

    (25,617     (4,161,482     4.3  

DXC Technology Co.

    (22,195     (636,997     0.7  

Fiserv, Inc.

    (36,274     (3,551,950     3.7  

Marvell Technology, Inc.

    (25,924     (1,505,666     1.6  

Match Group, Inc.

    (17,802     (1,409,028     1.5  

Nucor Corp.

    (8,812     (1,363,921     1.4  

PACCAR, Inc.

    (24,670     (2,048,843     2.1  

Roku, Inc.

    (15,063     (1,399,353     1.5  

Ross Stores, Inc.

    (38,005     (3,791,759     3.9  

Snap, Inc.

    (25,771     (733,443     0.8  

STERIS PLC

    (8,275     (1,854,014     1.9  

Twitter, Inc.

    (26,971     (1,322,118     1.4  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    (23,063     (977,871     1.0  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (45,165,317  
   

 

 

   
      (96,030,629  
   

 

 

   

Net Value of Reference Entity — JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

 

  $   (96,030,629  
   

 

 

   
 

 

Balances Reported in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities for Centrally Cleared Swaps, OTC Swaps and Options Written    

 

 

 
Description   

Swap

Premiums

Paid

    

Swap

Premiums

Received

     Unrealized
Appreciation
    

Unrealized

Depreciation

     Value  

 

 

Centrally Cleared Swaps(a)

   $  12,954,033      $  (18,870,918    $  71,386,763      $  (38,760,391    $  

OTC Swaps

     576,362        (385,954      14,315,945        (15,159,786       

Options Written

     N/A        N/A        20,490,299        (78,066,152      (151,183,465

 

  (a) 

Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on centrally cleared swaps, as reported in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities and is net of any previously paid (received) swap premium amounts.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Consolidated Statement 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)

   $      $      $   47,720,505      $      $  201,495,532      $      $  249,216,037  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts

                          75,956,713                      75,956,713  

Options purchased

                    

Investments at value — unaffiliated(b)

            196,906        77,031,049        22,608,749        6,230,953               106,067,657  

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure (continued)

 

               
    

Commodity

Contracts

   

Credit

Contracts

   

Equity

Contracts

   

Foreign

Currency

Exchange
Contracts

   

Interest

Rate

Contracts

   

Other

    Contracts

    Total  

Swaps — centrally cleared

             

Unrealized appreciation on centrally cleared swaps(a)

  $     $ 8,906,858     $     $     $ 62,479,905     $     $ 71,386,763  

Swaps — OTC

             

Unrealized appreciation on OTC swaps; Swap premiums paid

          623,553       14,268,754                         14,892,307  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $     $ 9,727,317     $ 139,020,308     $ 98,565,462     $ 270,206,390     $     $ 517,519,477  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

             

Futures contracts

             

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

  $ 771,723     $     $ 9,417,281     $     $ 91,507,138     $     $ 101,696,142  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

             

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

                      251,006,396                   251,006,396  

Options written

             

Options written at value

                78,158,843       9,272,639       63,751,983             151,183,465  

Swaps — centrally cleared

             

Unrealized depreciation on centrally cleared swaps(a)

          4,348,910                   34,411,481             38,760,391  

Swaps — OTC

             

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps; Swap premiums received

          1,074,636       3,725,163             10,745,941             15,545,740  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 771,723     $ 5,423,546     $ 91,301,287     $ 260,279,035     $ 200,416,543     $     $ 558,192,134  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, are reported in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments. In the Consolidated Statement 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).

 
  (b) 

Includes options purchased at value as reported in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

For the period ended April 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Consolidated Statement 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

  $ 10,415,347     $     $ (355,970,740   $     $ (315,286,883   $     $ (660,842,276

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

                      (215,473,466                 (215,473,466

Options purchased(a)

          (1,992,775     (164,389,931     786,228       (28,695,311     (608,764     (194,900,553

Options written

          485,355       157,102,649       6,498,013       35,576,789             199,662,806  

Swaps

          (13,718,445     45,524,894             181,587,910             213,394,359  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 10,415,347     $ (15,225,865   $ (317,733,128   $ (208,189,225   $ (126,817,495   $ (608,764   $ (658,159,130
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:              

Futures contracts

  $ (1,652,117   $     $ 158,166,694     $     $ 116,465,515     $     $ 272,980,092  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

                      (149,654,210                 (149,654,210

Options purchased(b)

          127,286       (45,336,323     19,104,559       (23,422,376           (49,526,854

Options written

          (2,199     (17,675,375     (8,526,510     (19,910,158           (46,114,242

Swaps

          16,507,444       12,739,170             (20,419,756           8,826,858  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ (1,652,117   $ 16,632,531     $ 107,894,166     $ (139,076,161   $ 52,713,225     $     $ 36,511,644  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Options purchased are included in net realized gain (loss) from investments — unaffiliated.

 
  (b) 

Options purchased are included in net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments — unaffiliated.

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts:

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 5,805,696,121  

Average notional value of contracts — short

   $ 6,856,775,618  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts:

  

Average amounts purchased — in USD

   $ 2,189,442,946  

Average amounts sold — in USD

   $ 3,801,877,582  

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments (continued)

 

   

Options:

  

Average value of option contracts purchased

   $ 122,562,651  

Average value of option contracts written

   $ 66,845,895  

Average notional value of swaption contracts purchased

   $ 3,414,869,961  

Average notional value of swaption contracts written

   $ 6,841,216,480  

Credit default swaps:

  

Average notional value — buy protection

   $ 926,298,433  

Average notional value — sell protection

   $ 135,275,202  

Interest rate swaps:

  

Average notional value — pays fixed rate

   $ 9,230,819,818  

Average notional value — receives fixed rate

   $ 4,386,373,855  

Total return swaps:

  

Average notional value

   $ 48,190,073  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Derivative Financial Instruments — Offsetting as of Period End

The Fund’s derivative assets and liabilities (by type) were as follows:

 

     
      Assets      Liabilities  

Derivative Financial Instruments

     

Futures contracts

   $ 55,412,811      $ 21,711,282  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     75,956,713        251,006,396  

Options

     106,067,657 (a)       151,183,465  

Swaps — centrally cleared

     3,031,324         

Swaps — OTC(b)

     14,892,307        15,545,740  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     255,360,812        439,446,883  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to a Master Netting Agreement or similar agreement (“MNA”)

     (131,513,844      (89,029,595
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities subject to an MNA

   $ 123,846,968      $ 350,417,288  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Includes options purchased at value which is included in Investments at value — unaffiliated in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities and reported in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 
  (b) 

Includes unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC swaps and swap premiums (paid/received) in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The following table presents the Fund’s derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an MNA and net of the related collateral received (and pledged) by the Fund:

 

           

Counterparty

   

Derivative

Assets

Subject to

an MNA by

Counterparty

 

 

 

 

 

   

Derivatives

Available

for Offset

 

 

(a)  

   

Non-Cash

Collateral

Received

 

 

 

   

Cash

Collateral

Received

 

 

(b)  

   

Net Amount

of Derivative 

Assets

 

 

(c)(d)  

Bank of America N.A.

  $ 26,803,472     $ (7,869,991   $     $ (4,220,000   $ 14,713,481  

Barclays Bank PLC

    4,139,391       (4,139,391                  

BNP Paribas SA

    3,135,434       (3,135,434                  

Citibank N.A.

    4,468,952       (4,468,952                  

Credit Suisse International

    163,049       (163,049                  

Deutsche Bank AG

    18,098,241       (18,098,241                  

Goldman Sachs International

    4,866,672       (4,866,672                  

HSBC Bank PLC

    172,805                         172,805  

HSBC Bank USA N.A.

    2,791,046       (2,791,046                  

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

    22,022,048       (22,022,048                  

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    35,162,014       (35,162,014                  

Nomura International PLC

    636,340       (205,271           (430,000     1,069  

UBS AG

    1,387,504       (1,387,504                  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 123,846,968     $ (104,309,613   $     $  (4,650,000   $ 14,887,355  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

           

Counterparty

   


Derivative

Liabilities

Subject to 

an MNA by
Counterparty

 

 

 

 
 

   

Derivatives

Available

for Offset

 

 

(a)  

   

Non-Cash

Collateral

Pledged

 

 

(e) 

   

Cash

Collateral

Pledged

 

 

 

   

Net Amount

of Derivative 

Liabilities

 

 

(c)(e)  

Bank of America N.A.

  $ 7,869,991     $ (7,869,991   $     $     $  

Barclays Bank PLC

    36,877,133       (4,139,391     (13,125,841     (1,703,000     17,908,901  

BNP Paribas SA

    74,083,885       (3,135,434                 70,948,451  

Citibank N.A.

    15,952,447       (4,468,952     (2,760,379           8,723,116  

Credit Suisse International

    649,728       (163,049     (486,679            

Deutsche Bank AG

    79,413,080       (18,098,241                 61,314,839  

Goldman Sachs International

    17,913,148       (4,866,672     (11,172,519           1,873,957  

HSBC Bank USA N.A.

    16,261,877       (2,791,046                 13,470,831  

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

    32,608,426       (22,022,048     (7,486,979           3,099,399  

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    50,859,118       (35,162,014     (15,697,104            

Nomura International PLC

    205,271       (205,271                  

UBS AG

    17,723,184       (1,387,504                 16,335,680  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $  350,417,288     $  (104,309,613   $  (50,729,501   $  (1,703,000   $  193,675,174  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

The amount of derivatives available for offset is limited to the amount of derivative asset and/or liabilities that are subject to an MNA.

 
  (b) 

Excess of collateral received from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes.

 
  (c) 

Net amount may also include forward foreign currency exchange contracts that are not required to be collateralized.

 
  (d) 

Net amount represents the net amount receivable from the counterparty in the event of default.

 
  (e) 

Net amount represents the net amount payable due to counterparty in the event of default. Net amount may be offset further by the options written receivable/payable on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

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 Consolidated 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 Consolidated Schedule of Investments above.

 

         
      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Asset-Backed Securities

   $        $       364,201,664        $       25,242,775        $       389,444,439  

Common Stocks

                 

Australia

              131,635,259          6,458,420          138,093,679  

Belgium

              2,596,781                   2,596,781  

Brazil

     17,113,707                            17,113,707  

Canada

     273,216,369                            273,216,369  

Cayman Islands

                       8,140,707          8,140,707  

Chile

     4,670,433                            4,670,433  

China

     69,575,063          400,317,217                   469,892,280  

Denmark

              62,457,212                   62,457,212  

Finland

              2,678,978                   2,678,978  

France

              363,979,686                   363,979,686  

Germany

              607,044,556                   607,044,556  

Hong Kong

              63,708,402                   63,708,402  

India

              2,616,972          26,657,291          29,274,263  

Ireland

     21,070,893          7,615,795                   28,686,688  

Israel

     69,785,669                            69,785,669  

Italy

              74,879,091                   74,879,091  

Japan

              219,076,870                   219,076,870  

Luxembourg

     2,219,633          7,185,681                   9,405,314  

Macau

              700,928                   700,928  

Mexico

     2,234,254                            2,234,254  

Netherlands

     43,658,134          373,623,797                   417,281,931  

Norway

              14,525,121                   14,525,121  

Poland

              1,335,899                   1,335,899  

Saudi Arabia

              379,131                   379,131  

 

 

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April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

 

         
      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Common Stocks (continued)

                 

South Africa

   $        $ 26,054,436        $        $ 26,054,436  

South Korea

           86,329,038                88,854,386                   175,183,424  

Spain

              93,682,604                   93,682,604  

Sweden

              110,432,056                   110,432,056  

Switzerland

     80,034,158          99,613,953                   179,648,111  

Taiwan

              117,984,650                   117,984,650  

Turkey

              285,961                   285,961  

United Arab Emirates

                       29          29  

United Kingdom

     39,827,706          469,546,142                   509,373,848  

United States

     8,047,527,660          150,441,070                107,667,517                8,305,636,247  

Corporate Bonds

              931,121,254          361,125,370          1,292,246,624  

Floating Rate Loan Interests

              443,805,873          415,107,251          858,913,124  

Foreign Agency Obligations

              374,263,714                   374,263,714  

Investment Companies

     168,732,554                            168,732,554  

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

              687,268,218          80,994,599          768,262,817  

Other Interests

                       27,182,620          27,182,620  

Preferred Securities

                 

Capital Trusts

              31,123,814                   31,123,814  

Preferred Stocks

                 

Brazil

     3,823,599                   23,231,947          27,055,546  

Germany

              17,885,034          23,484,649          41,369,683  

United States

     52,399,591          37,480,620          433,947,522          523,827,733  

India

                       18,860,500          18,860,500  

United Kingdom

                       13,658,263          13,658,263  

Sweden

                       3,385,958          3,385,958  

Trust Preferreds

     24,133,654                            24,133,654  

U.S. Government Sponsored Agency Securities

              15,349,081          2,062,614          17,411,695  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

              268,993,247                   268,993,247  

Warrants

                 

Israel

     42,358                            42,358  

Switzerland

     3,301                            3,301  

United Kingdom

     118,316                            118,316  

United States

     1,571,706          23,355,503          263,058          25,190,267  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Foreign Agency Obligations

              629,952,543                   629,952,543  

Money Market Funds

     4,077,927,563                            4,077,927,563  

Time Deposits

              16,926,500                   16,926,500  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

              59,486,719                   59,486,719  

Options Purchased

                 

Credit Contracts

              196,906                   196,906  

Equity Contracts

     73,069,709          3,961,340                   77,031,049  

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

              22,608,749                   22,608,749  

Interest Rate Contracts

              6,230,953                   6,230,953  

Unfunded Floating Rate Loan Interests(a)

                                 

Unfunded SPAC PIPE Commitments(a)

                                 

Liabilities

                 

Investments

                 

Investments Sold Short

                 

Common Stocks

     (7,018,484                          (7,018,484

Unfunded Floating Rate Loan Interests(a)

                       (73,694        (73,694
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 13,152,066,584        $ 7,427,464,366        $ 1,577,397,396          22,156,928,346  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Investments Valued at NAV(b)

                    202,146,334  
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 22,359,074,680  
                 

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(c)

                 

Assets

                 

Credit Contracts

   $        $ 8,954,049        $        $ 8,954,049  

Equity Contracts

     47,170,254          14,819,005                   61,989,259  

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

              75,956,713                   75,956,713  

Interest Rate Contracts

     201,495,532          62,479,905                   263,975,437  

 

 

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Consolidated Schedule of Investments  (continued)

April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

 

         
      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Derivative Financial Instruments(c)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Commodity Contracts

   $ (771,723      $        $        $ (771,723

Credit Contracts

              (5,037,592                 (5,037,592

Equity Contracts

           (75,624,655              (15,676,632                 (91,301,287

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

              (260,279,035                     (260,279,035

Interest Rate Contracts

     (91,507,138        (108,909,405                 (200,416,543
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 80,762,270        $ (227,692,992      $                       —        $ (146,930,722
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Unfunded floating rate loan interests and SPAC PIPE commitments are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the commitment.

 
  (b) 

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.

 
  (c) 

Derivative financial instruments are swaps, futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and options written. Swaps, futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument and options written are shown at value.

 

A reconciliation of Level 3 financial instruments is presented when the Fund had a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the year in relation to net assets. The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used in determining fair value:

 

 

 

   
           Asset-Backed
Securities
   

Common

Stocks

   

Corporate

Bonds

   

Floating

Rate Loan

Interests

   

Non-Agency

Mortgage-

Backed

Securities

    Other
Interests
    Preferred
Stocks
   

U.S.
Government
Sponsored
Agency

Securities

    Unfunded
Floating
Rate Loan
Interests
   

Unfunded
SPAC PIPE

Commitments

    Warrants     Total        
 

 

   
 

Assets

                         
 

Opening balance, as of April 30, 2021

  $ 7,384,374     $ 122,825,013     $ 278,587,862     $ 198,447,991     $ 52,411,541     $ 25,501,528     $ 384,407,728     $     $     $     $ 1,939,596     $ 1,071,505,633             
 

Transfers into Level 3

                19,050,520                               2,505,557                         21,556,077    
 

Transfers out of Level 3

    (1,762,480     (26,559,000           (41,355,363                                         (100,518     (69,777,361  
 

Accrued discounts/premiums

                (150,288     470,756       (65,265                 (40,050                       215,153    
 

Net realized gain (loss)

    (13,246     (171,475           5,816,093                         (38,654                       5,592,718    
 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(a)(b)

    (1,854,038     (30,197,082     (3,721,189     (15,448,018     (757,570     1,681,092       18,080,961       (144,239     (73,694           (1,847,301     (34,281,078  
 

Purchases

    27,070,000       83,068,104       72,614,419       406,521,466       29,405,893             205,575,487                         271,282       824,526,651    
 

Sales

    (5,581,835     (41,596     (5,255,954     (139,345,674                 (91,495,337     (220,000                 (1     (241,940,397  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
 

Closing balance, as of April 30, 2022

  $ 25,242,775     $ 148,923,964     $ 361,125,370     $ 415,107,251     $ 80,994,599     $ 27,182,620     $ 516,568,839     $ 2,062,614     $ (73,694   $     $ 263,058     $ 1,577,397,396    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held at April 30, 2022(b)

  $ (1,827,225   $ (30,165,909   $ (3,384,566   $ (11,321,716   $ (757,570   $ 1,681,092     $ 52,293,466     $ (144,239   $ (73,694   $     $ (415,228   $ 5,884,411    
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

 
  (b) 

Any difference between net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held at April 30, 2022 is generally due to investments no longer held or categorized as Level 3 at period end.

 

The following table summarizes the valuation approaches used and unobservable inputs utilized by the BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) to determine the value of certain of the Fund’s Level 3 financial instruments as of period end. The table does not include Level 3 financial instruments with values based upon unadjusted third-party pricing information in the amount of $337,291,625. A significant change in third party information could result in a significantly lower or higher value of such Level 3 financial instruments.

 

           
       Value        Valuation
Approach
     Unobservable
Inputs
      

Range of
Unobservable

Inputs

Utilized

 
 

 

(a)  

    



Weighted
Average of
Unobservable
Inputs Based
on Fair Value
 
 
 
 
 

Assets

                    

Common Stocks

   $  148,923,935        Market      Revenue Multiple        3.63x - 19.00x      6.73x  
             Time to Exit        0.4 years - 2.1 years        1.4 years  
             Volatility        56% - 88%        65%  
        Income      Discount Rate        13% - 16%        15%  

Asset Backed Securities

     25,242,775        Income      Discount Rate        6%         

Corporate Bonds

     328,039,253        Income      Discount Rate        8% - 37%        14%  

Floating Rate Loan Interests(b)

     193,885,291        Income      Discount Rate        3% - 13%        9%  
        Market      Recent Transaction        $ 70.66         

 

 

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April 30, 2022

   BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

           
       Value        Valuation
Approach
     Unobservable
Inputs
      

Range of

Unobservable

Inputs

Utilized

 

 

 

(a)  

    


Weighted
Average of
Unobservable

Inputs Based

on Fair Value

 
 
 

 

 

Other Interests

     27,182,620        Income      Discount Rate        5%         

Preferred Stocks

   $ 516,568,839        Income      Discount Rate        10%         
        Market      Revenue Multiple        0.14x - 34.25x        14.00x  
             EBITDA Multiple        16.25x         
             Time to Exit        0.5 years - 5.0 years        3.3 years  
             Volatility        43% - 85%        63%  
             Recent Transaction        $ 26.23         

Warrants

     263,058        Market      Time to Exit        0.9 years - 4.7 years        2.8 years  
             Volatility        41% - 52%        45%  
  

 

 

                   
   $   1,240,105,771                    
  

 

 

                   

 

  (a) 

A significant change in unobservable input would have resulted in a correlated (inverse) significant change to value.

 
  (b) 

For the period ended April 30, 2022, the valuation technique for investments classified as Floating Rate Interests amounting to $51,292,735 changed to Discounted Cash Flow. The investments were previously valued utilizing Transaction Price approach. The change was due to consideration of the information that was available at the time the investments were valued.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities  

April 30, 2022

 

     BlackRock Global
Allocation Fund, Inc.
 

ASSETS

 

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $ 17,878,924,283  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    4,487,242,575  

Cash

    38,452,411  

Cash pledged:

 

Collateral — OTC derivatives

    1,703,000  

Futures contracts

    110,775,000  

Centrally cleared swaps

    76,639,000  

Receivables:

 

Investments sold

    276,471,175  

Options written

    6,840,123  

Securities lending income — affiliated

    427,083  

Swaps

    16,781,081  

Capital shares sold

    10,677,551  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    21,934,873  

Dividends — affiliated

    868,356  

Interest — unaffiliated

    29,956,994  

Principal paydowns

    374  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    55,412,811  

Variation margin on centrally cleared swaps

    3,031,324  

Swap premiums paid

    576,362  

Unrealized appreciation on:

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    75,956,713  

OTC swaps

    14,315,945  

Prepaid expenses

    334,888  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    23,107,321,922  
 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Investments sold short, at value(d)

    7,018,484  

Foreign bank overdraft(e)

    5,299,882  

Due to broker

    42,318,044  

Cash received as collateral for OTC derivatives

    8,800,000  

Collateral on securities loaned

    174,401,282  

Options written, at value(f)

    151,183,465  

Payables:

 

Investments purchased

    383,580,281  

Swaps

    13,065,296  

Accounting services fees

    1,032,950  

Capital shares redeemed

    30,836,477  

Custodian fees

    883,309  

Deferred foreign capital gain tax

    2,758,038  

Investment advisory fees

    13,269,888  

Directors’ and Officer’s fees

    9,206  

Options written

    214,357  

Other accrued expenses

    223,273  

Professional fees

    2,754,077  

Service and distribution fees

    3,077,905  

Transfer agent fees

    3,407,565  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    21,711,282  

Swap premiums received

    385,954  

Unrealized depreciation on:

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    251,006,396  

OTC swaps

    15,159,786  

Unfunded floating rate loan interests

    73,694  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    1,132,470,891  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 21,974,851,031  
 

 

 

 

 

 

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Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities  (continued)

April 30, 2022

 

     BlackRock Global
Allocation Fund, Inc.
 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 19,638,647,277  

Accumulated earnings

    2,336,203,754  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 21,974,851,031  
 

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $  15,463,110,476  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 143,589,140  

(c)  Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 4,646,631,440  

(d) Proceeds received from investments sold short

  $ 5,738,335  

(e) Foreign bank overdraft, at cost

  $ 4,933,010  

(f)  Premiums received

  $ 93,607,612  

 

 

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Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities  (continued)

April 30, 2022

 

     BlackRock Global
Allocation Fund, Inc.
 

NET ASSET VALUE

 
Institutional      

Net assets

  $ 8,836,844,278  
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    477,559,531  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 18.50  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    2 billion  
 

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10  
 

 

 

 
Investor A      

Net assets

  $ 10,557,692,701  
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    575,626,087  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 18.34  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    2 billion  
 

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10  
 

 

 

 
Investor C      

Net assets

  $ 780,450,633  
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    48,530,411  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 16.08  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    2 billion  
 

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10  
 

 

 

 
Class K      

Net assets

  $ 1,470,032,205  
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    79,471,452  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 18.50  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    2 billion  
 

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10  
 

 

 

 
Class R      

Net assets

  $ 329,831,214  
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    19,184,693  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 17.19  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    2 billion  
 

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10  
 

 

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Statement of Operations

Year Ended April 30, 2022

 

     BlackRock Global
Allocation Fund, Inc.
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 289,884,156  

Dividends — affiliated

    11,991,022  

Interest — unaffiliated

    211,211,838  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    2,386,727  

Other income — unaffiliated

    7,832,800  

Foreign withholding tax claims

    32,031,078  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (18,135,345
 

 

 

 

Total investment income

    537,202,276  
 

 

 

 

EXPENSES

 

Investment advisory

    194,727,483  

Service and distribution — class specific

    44,016,820  

Transfer agent — class specific

    21,300,505  

Professional

    4,353,186  

Accounting services

    2,297,035  

Custodian

    1,871,456  

Registration

    558,669  

Directors and Officer

    241,544  

Miscellaneous

    835,873  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses excluding dividend expense

    270,202,571  

Dividends expense — unaffiliated

    1,470,263  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    271,672,834  

Less:

 

Fees paid indirectly

    (4,625

Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager

    (12,730,408
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    258,937,801  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    278,264,475  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investments — unaffiliated(a)

    1,860,529,780  

Investments — affiliated

    55,902,573  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    (215,473,466

Foreign currency transactions

    19,564,226  

Futures contracts

    (660,842,276

Options written

    199,662,806  

Short sales — unaffiliated

    22,453,767  

Swaps

    213,394,359  
 

 

 

 
    1,495,191,769  
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments — unaffiliated(b)

    (4,413,415,594

Investments — affiliated

    (109,020,487

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    (149,654,210

Foreign currency translations

    1,603,491  

Futures contracts

    272,980,092  

Options written

    (46,114,242

Short sales — unaffiliated

    (19,435,331

Swaps

    8,826,858  

Unfunded floating rate loan interests

    (73,694
 

 

 

 
    (4,454,303,117
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (2,959,111,348
 

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (2,680,846,873
 

 

 

 

(a) Net of foreign capital gain tax and capital gain tax refund, if applicable of

  $ (4,513,234

(b) Net of increase in deferred foreign capital gain tax of

  $ (1,214,277

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets 

 

    BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.  
    

Year Ended

04/30/22

   

Period from

11/01/20

to 04/30/21

   

Year Ended

10/31/20

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     

OPERATIONS

     

Net investment income

  $ 278,264,475         $ 107,723,533         $ 148,676,346  

Net realized gain

    1,495,191,769       1,538,289,146       1,448,478,566  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (4,454,303,117     2,834,725,717       448,319,656  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (2,680,846,873     4,480,738,396       2,045,474,568  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

     

Institutional

    (980,540,274     (408,361,228     (554,927,544

Investor A

    (1,242,711,893     (573,407,320     (702,910,993

Investor C

    (107,675,473     (44,858,588     (190,636,849

Class K

    (177,923,588     (72,126,650     (83,133,683

Class R

    (39,866,949     (19,022,703     (35,376,625
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (2,548,718,177     (1,117,776,489     (1,566,985,694
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

     

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    141,980,707       1,325,743,653       (2,216,536,634
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

     

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (5,087,584,343     4,688,705,560       (1,738,047,760

Beginning of period

    27,062,435,374       22,373,729,814       24,111,777,574  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $  21,974,851,031     $  27,062,435,374     $  22,373,729,814  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Financial Highlights 

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.  
    

 

Institutional

 
          

 

Period from

                         
     Year Ended     11/01/20     Year Ended October 31,  
      04/30/22     to 04/30/21     2020     2019     2018     2017  
             

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 22.84     $ 19.93     $ 19.36     $ 18.81     $ 20.39     $ 18.43  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

    Net investment income(a)

     0.27       0.11       0.17       0.30       0.28       0.25  

    Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (2.45     3.82       1.75       1.45       (0.84     2.12  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

     (2.18     3.93       1.92       1.75       (0.56     2.37  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

            

    From net investment income

     (0.27     (0.14     (0.12     (0.22     (0.32     (0.26

    From net realized gain

     (1.89     (0.88     (1.23     (0.98     (0.70     (0.15
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (2.16     (1.02     (1.35     (1.20     (1.02     (0.41
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 18.50     $ 22.84     $ 19.93     $ 19.36     $ 18.81     $ 20.39  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

            

Based on net asset value

     (10.58 )%      20.07 %(d)       10.23 %(e)      9.96     (2.94 )%      13.10
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

            

Total expenses

     0.88     0.86 %(g)       0.86     0.85     0.87     0.90
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

     0.83     0.80 %(g)       0.81     0.80     0.80     0.82
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding dividend expense and professional fees for foreign withholding tax claims

     0.81     0.80 %(g)       0.81     0.80     0.79     0.80
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

     1.25     1.04 %(g)       0.91     1.59     1.43     1.28
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of period (000)

   $  8,836,844     $  9,749,544     $  7,907,317     $  8,617,256     $  12,963,106     $  16,164,754  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

     124     58     193     156     154     110
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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)   Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

    

(f)   Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

    

(g)   Annualized.

    

(h)   Includes mortgage dollar roll transactions (“MDRs”). Additional information regarding portfolio turnover rate is as follows:

 

    

 

             
              

Period from

11/01/20

                         
        

 

   Year Ended     Year Ended October 31,  
          04/30/22     to 04/30/21     2020     2019     2018     2017  
  Portfolio turnover rate (excluding MDRs)      112     58     193     156     154     110
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc. (continued)  
    

 

Investor A

 
          

 

Period from

                         
     Year Ended     11/01/20     Year Ended October 31,  
      04/30/22     to 04/30/21     2020     2019     2018     2017  
             

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 22.65     $ 19.75     $ 19.23     $ 18.68     $ 20.26     $ 18.29  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

    Net investment income(a)

     0.21       0.08       0.12       0.24       0.23       0.19  

    Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (2.42     3.80       1.72       1.46       (0.85     2.11  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

     (2.21     3.88       1.84       1.70       (0.62     2.30  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

            

    From net investment income

     (0.21     (0.10     (0.09     (0.17     (0.26     (0.18

    From net realized gain

     (1.89     (0.88     (1.23     (0.98     (0.70     (0.15
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (2.10     (0.98     (1.32     (1.15     (0.96     (0.33
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 18.34     $ 22.65     $ 19.75     $ 19.23     $ 18.68     $ 20.26  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

            

Based on net asset value

     (10.78 )%      19.95 %(d)       9.87 %(e)       9.71     (3.24 )%      12.77
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

            

Total expenses

     1.13     1.12 %(g)       1.13     1.13     1.14     1.18
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

     1.08     1.06 %(g)       1.08     1.08     1.07     1.10
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding dividend expense and professional fees for foreign withholding tax claims

     1.06     1.05 %(g)       1.08     1.08     1.07     1.07
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

     0.98     0.78 %(g)       0.63     1.29     1.14     1.00
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of period (000)

   $  10,557,693     $  13,806,271     $  11,184,639     $  10,601,653     $  10,547,464     $  12,809,356  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

     124     58     193     156     154     110
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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)   Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

    

(f)   Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

    

(g)   Annualized.

    

(h)   Includes mortgage dollar roll transactions (“MDRs”). Additional information regarding portfolio turnover rate is as follows:

 

    

 

             
              

 

Period from

11/01/20

                         
        

 

   Year Ended     Year Ended October 31,  
          04/30/22     to 04/30/21     2020     2019     2018     2017  
  Portfolio turnover rate (excluding MDRs)      112     58     193     156     154     110
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

         BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc. (continued)  
        

 

Investor C

 
               

 

Period from

                            
         Year Ended      11/01/20     Year Ended October 31,  
           04/30/22      to 04/30/21     2020      2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 20.11      $ 17.43     $ 17.17      $ 16.82      $ 18.33      $ 16.57  
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

    Net investment income (loss)(a)

     0.04        (0.00 )(b)       (0.02      0.09        0.07        0.04  

    Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (2.13      3.36       1.53        1.30        (0.76      1.91  
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

     (2.09      3.36       1.51        1.39        (0.69      1.95  
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

                

    From net investment income

     (0.05      (0.00 )(b)       (0.02      (0.06      (0.12      (0.04

    From net realized gain

     (1.89      (0.68     (1.23      (0.98      (0.70      (0.15
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (1.94      (0.68     (1.25      (1.04      (0.82      (0.19
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 16.08      $ 20.11     $ 17.43      $ 17.17      $ 16.82      $ 18.33  
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

                

Based on net asset value

     (11.50 )%       19.50 %(e)       9.06 %(f)        8.88      (3.95 )%       11.92
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(g)

                

Total expenses

     1.90      1.90 %(h)       1.89      1.88      1.88      1.92
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

     1.85      1.84 %(h)       1.85      1.83      1.81      1.84
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding dividend expense and professional fees for foreign withholding tax claims

     1.84      1.83 %(h)       1.84      1.82      1.81      1.82
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     0.21      (0.01 )%(h)       (0.13 )%       0.56      0.38      0.27
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                

Net assets, end of period (000)

   $  780,451      $  1,213,559     $  1,547,011      $  3,143,501      $  5,402,163      $  7,545,249  
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(i)

     124      58     193      156      154      110
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)   Based on average shares outstanding.

 

    

(b)   Amount is greater than $(0.005) per share.

    

(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)   Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

    

(g)   Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

    

(h)   Annualized.

    

(i) Includes mortgage dollar roll transactions (“MDRs”). Additional information regarding portfolio turnover rate is as follows:

 

  

 

                 

 

Period from

11/01/20

                                
     

 

   Year Ended     Year Ended October 31,  
          04/30/22      to 04/30/21     2020      2019      2018      2017  
       Portfolio turnover rate (excluding MDRs)      112      58     193      156      154      110
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

         BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc. (continued)  
         Class K  
               

 

Period from

                           
         Year Ended      11/01/20     Year Ended October 31,  
           04/30/22      to 04/30/21     2020     2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 22.84      $ 19.93     $ 19.36     $ 18.80      $ 20.39      $ 18.44  
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

    Net investment income(a)

     0.28        0.12       0.19       0.31        0.30        0.27  

    Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (2.44      3.83       1.73       1.46        (0.85      2.12  
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations.

     (2.16      3.95       1.92       1.77        (0.55      2.39  
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

               

    From net investment income

     (0.29      (0.16     (0.12     (0.23      (0.34      (0.29

    From net realized gain

     (1.89      (0.88     (1.23     (0.98      (0.70      (0.15
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (2.18      (1.04     (1.35     (1.21      (1.04      (0.44
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 18.50      $ 22.84     $ 19.93     $ 19.36      $ 18.80      $ 20.39  
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

               

Based on net asset value

     (10.51 )%       20.16 %(d)       10.28 %(e)       10.10      (2.91 )%       13.20
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

               

Total expenses

     0.80      0.78 %(g)       0.78     0.78      0.80      0.82
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

     0.75      0.72 %(g)       0.74     0.73      0.73      0.74
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding dividend expense and professional fees for foreign withholding tax claims

     0.73      0.71 %(g)       0.73     0.72      0.72      0.72
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

     1.31      1.13 %(g)       0.98     1.67      1.53      1.39
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of period (000)

   $  1,470,032      $  1,849,652     $  1,329,363     $  1,146,295      $  1,326,617      $  1,341,925  
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

     124      58     193     156      154      110
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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)   Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

    

(f)   Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

    

(g)   Annualized.

    

(h)   Includes mortgage dollar roll transactions (“MDRs”). Additional information regarding portfolio turnover rate is as follows:

 

    

 

             
               

 

Period from

11/01/20

                           
     

 

   Year Ended     Year Ended October 31,  
          04/30/22      to 04/30/21     2020     2019      2018      2017  
       Portfolio turnover rate (excluding MDRs)      112      58     193     156      154      110
    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

        BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc. (continued)  
        Class R  
             

 

Period from

                         
        Year Ended     11/01/20     Year Ended October 31,  
          04/30/22     to 04/30/21     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 21.37     $ 18.64     $ 18.24     $ 17.77     $ 19.32     $ 17.46  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

    Net investment income(a)

    0.12       0.04       0.06       0.17       0.15       0.13  

    Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (2.28     3.58       1.63       1.38       (0.80     2.01  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (2.16     3.62       1.69       1.55       (0.65     2.14  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

           

    From net investment income

    (0.13     (0.01     (0.06     (0.10     (0.20     (0.13

    From net realized gain

    (1.89     (0.88     (1.23     (0.98     (0.70     (0.15
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (2.02     (0.89     (1.29     (1.08     (0.90     (0.28
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 17.19     $ 21.37     $ 18.64     $ 18.24     $ 17.77     $ 19.32  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

           

Based on net asset value

    (11.15 )%      19.74 %(d)      9.54 %(e)       9.35     (3.56 )%      12.42
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

           

Total expenses

    1.50     1.47 %(g)       1.47     1.46     1.47     1.50
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed.

    1.46     1.41 %(g)       1.42     1.41     1.40     1.42
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding dividend expense and professional fees for foreign withholding tax claims

    1.44     1.40 %(g)       1.41     1.40     1.39     1.40
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    0.62     0.43 %(g)       0.31     0.98     0.81     0.68
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $  329,831     $  443,409     $  405,400     $  603,073     $  785,653     $  1,060,273  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(h)

    124     58     193     156     154     110
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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)   Includes payment from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

    

(f)   Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

    

(g)   Annualized.

    

(h)   Includes mortgage dollar roll transactions (“MDRs”). Additional information regarding portfolio turnover rate is as follows:

 

    

 

             
             

 

Period from

11/01/20

                         
     

 

  Year Ended     Year Ended October 31,  
         04/30/22     to 04/30/21     2020     2019     2018     2017  
       Portfolio turnover rate (excluding MDRs)     112     58     193     156     154     110
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Fund is organized as a Maryland corporation. The Fund is classified as diversified.

The 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).

 

       
Share Class   Initial Sales Charge      CDSC     Conversion Privilege  
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 Fund, together with certain other registered investment companies advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”) or its affiliates, is included in a complex of open-end equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds referred to as the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex.

Basis of Consolidation: The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Fund include the account of BlackRock Cayman Global Allocation Fund I, Ltd. (the “Subsidiary”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund and primarily invests in commodity-related instruments and other derivatives. The Subsidiary enables the Fund to hold these commodity-related instruments and satisfy regulated investment company tax requirements. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. The net assets of the Subsidiary as of period end were $144,575,505, which is 0.7% of the Fund’s consolidated net assets. Intercompany accounts and transactions, if any, have been eliminated. The Subsidiary is subject to the same investment policies and restrictions that apply to the Fund, except that the Subsidiary may invest without limitation in commodity-related instruments.

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated 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. The 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 Fund is 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. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized daily on an accrual basis. Income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets. For convertible securities, premiums attributable to the debt instrument are amortized, but premiums attributable to the conversion feature are not amortized.

Foreign Currency Translation: The 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.

The 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 Consolidated Statement 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. The 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 Fund 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 the Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by the Fund and are reflected in its Consolidated Statement 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 April 30, 2022, if any, are disclosed in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

 

The Fund files withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Fund may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Consolidated Statement of Operations includes 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 the Fund enters into certain investments (e.g., futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, options written, swaps and short sales) that would be treated as “senior securities” for 1940 Act purposes, the 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 Fund 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 Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Distributions of capital gains are recorded on the ex-dividend dates and made at least annually. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. Net income and realized gains from investments held by the Subsidiary are treated as ordinary income for tax purposes. If a net loss is realized by the Subsidiary in any taxable year, the loss will generally not be available to offset the Fund’s ordinary income and/or capital gains for that year.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Fund, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

Other: Expenses directly related to the Fund or its classes are charged to the Fund or the applicable class. Expenses directly related to the Fund and other shared expenses prorated to the Fund are allocated daily to each class based on its 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 Fund has an arrangement with its custodian whereby credits are earned on uninvested cash balances, which could be used to reduce custody fees and/or overdraft charges. The Fund may incur charges on overdrafts, subject to certain conditions.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: The 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. The Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board of Directors of the Fund (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 the 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.

 

   

Fixed-income investments for which market quotations are readily available are generally valued using the last available bid price or current market quotations provided by independent dealers or third-party pricing services. Floating rate loan interests are valued at the mean of the bid prices from one or more independent brokers or dealers as obtained from a third-party pricing service. Pricing services generally value fixed-income securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in such securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots may trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. The pricing services may use matrix pricing or valuation models that utilize certain inputs and assumptions to derive values, including transaction data (e.g., recent representative bids and offers), market data, credit quality information, perceived market movements, news, and other relevant information. Certain fixed-income securities, including asset-backed and mortgage related securities may be valued based on valuation models that consider the estimated cash flows of each tranche of the entity, establish a benchmark yield and develop an estimated tranche specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche. The amortized cost method of valuation may be used with respect to debt obligations with sixty days or less remaining to maturity unless the Manager determines such method does not represent fair value.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published net asset value (“NAV”).

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

 

   

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices and are determined as of the close of trading on the NYSE based on that day’s prevailing forward exchange rate for the underlying currencies.

 

   

Exchange-traded options are valued at the mean between the last bid and ask prices at the close of the options market in which the options trade. An exchange-traded option for which there is no mean price is valued at the last bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price. If no bid or ask price is available, the prior day’s price will be used, unless it is determined that the prior day’s price no longer reflects the fair value of the option. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) options and options on swaps (“swaptions”) are valued by an independent pricing service using a mathematical model, which incorporates a number of market data factors, such as the trades and prices of the underlying instruments.

 

 

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Swap agreements are valued utilizing quotes received daily by independent pricing services or through brokers, which are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments.

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 Fund uses 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 the 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.

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.

 

   
     Standard Inputs Generally Considered By Third-Party Pricing Services

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.

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.

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 the Fund. Typically, the most recently available information by a Private Company is as of a date that is earlier than the date the Fund is calculating its NAV. This factor may result in a difference between the value of the investment and the price the 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 the 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.

 

 

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As of April 30, 2022, certain investments of the Fund were fair valued using NAV per share (or its equivalent) as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Asset-Backed and Mortgage-Backed Securities: Asset-backed securities are generally issued as pass-through certificates or as debt instruments. Asset-backed securities issued as pass-through certificates represent undivided fractional ownership interests in an underlying pool of assets. Asset-backed securities issued as debt instruments, which are also known as collateralized obligations, are typically issued as the debt of a special purpose entity organized solely for the purpose of owning such assets and issuing such debt. Asset-backed securities are often backed by a pool of assets representing the obligations of a number of different parties. The yield characteristics of certain asset-backed securities may differ from traditional debt securities. One such major difference is that all or a principal part of the obligations may be prepaid at any time because the underlying assets (i.e., loans) may be prepaid at any time. As a result, a decrease in interest rates in the market may result in increases in the level of prepayments as borrowers, particularly mortgagors, refinance and repay their loans. An increased prepayment rate with respect to an asset-backed security will have the effect of shortening the maturity of the security. In addition, a fund may subsequently have to reinvest the proceeds at lower interest rates. If a fund has purchased such an asset-backed security at a premium, a faster than anticipated prepayment rate could result in a loss of principal to the extent of the premium paid.

For mortgage pass-through securities (the “Mortgage Assets”) there are a number of important differences among the agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. Government that issue mortgage-related securities and among the securities that they issue. For example, mortgage-related securities guaranteed by Ginnie Mae are guaranteed as to the timely payment of principal and interest by Ginnie Mae and such guarantee is backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. However, mortgage-related securities issued by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, including Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae guaranteed mortgage pass-through certificates, which are solely the obligations of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, are not backed by or entitled to the full faith and credit of the United States, but are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury.

Non-agency mortgage-backed securities are securities issued by non-governmental issuers and have no direct or indirect government guarantees of payment and are subject to various risks. Non-agency mortgage loans are obligations of the borrowers thereunder only and are not typically insured or guaranteed by any other person or entity. The ability of a borrower to repay a loan is dependent upon the income or assets of the borrower. A number of factors, including a general economic downturn, acts of God, terrorism, social unrest and civil disturbances, may impair a borrower’s ability to repay its loans.

Inflation-Indexed Bonds: Inflation-indexed bonds (other than municipal inflation-indexed and certain corporate inflation-indexed bonds) are fixed-income securities whose principal value is periodically adjusted according to the rate of inflation. If the index measuring inflation rises or falls, the principal value of inflation-indexed bonds (other than municipal inflation-indexed and certain corporate inflation-indexed bonds) will be adjusted upward or downward, and consequently the interest payable on these securities (calculated with respect to a larger or smaller principal amount) will be increased or reduced, respectively. Any upward or downward adjustment in the principal amount of an inflation-indexed bond is included as interest income in the Consolidated Statement of Operations, even though investors do not receive their principal until maturity. Repayment of the original bond principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed in the case of U.S. Treasury inflation-indexed bonds. For bonds that do not provide a similar guarantee, the adjusted principal value of the bond repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal. With regard to municipal inflation-indexed bonds and certain corporate inflation-indexed bonds, the inflation adjustment is typically reflected in the semi-annual coupon payment. As a result, the principal value of municipal inflation-indexed bonds and such corporate inflation-indexed bonds does not adjust according to the rate of inflation.

Multiple Class Pass-Through Securities: Multiple class pass-through securities, including collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”) and commercial mortgage-backed securities, may be issued by Ginnie Mae, U.S. Government agencies or instrumentalities or by trusts formed by private originators of, or investors in, mortgage loans. In general, CMOs are debt obligations of a legal entity that are collateralized by a pool of residential or commercial mortgage loans or Mortgage Assets. The payments on these are used to make payments on the CMOs or multiple pass-through securities. Multiple class pass-through securities represent direct ownership interests in the Mortgage Assets. Classes of CMOs include interest only (“IOs”), principal only (“POs”), planned amortization classes and targeted amortization classes. IOs and POs are stripped mortgage-backed securities representing interests in a pool of mortgages, the cash flow from which has been separated into interest and principal components. IOs receive the interest portion of the cash flow while POs receive the principal portion. IOs and POs can be extremely volatile in response to changes in interest rates. As interest rates rise and fall, the value of IOs tends to move in the same direction as interest rates. POs perform best when prepayments on the underlying mortgages rise since this increases the rate at which the principal is returned and the yield to maturity on the PO. When payments on mortgages underlying a PO are slower than anticipated, the life of the PO is lengthened and the yield to maturity is reduced. If the underlying Mortgage Assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, a fund’s initial investment in the IOs may not fully recoup.

Zero-Coupon Bonds: Zero-coupon bonds are normally issued at a significant discount from face value and do not provide for periodic interest payments. These bonds may experience greater volatility in market value than other debt obligations of similar maturity which provide for regular interest payments.

Capital Securities and Trust Preferred Securities: Capital securities, including trust preferred securities, are typically issued by corporations, generally in the form of interest-bearing notes with preferred securities characteristics. In the case of trust preferred securities, an affiliated business trust of a corporation issues these securities, generally in the form of beneficial interests in subordinated debentures or similarly structured securities. The securities can be structured with either a fixed or adjustable coupon that can have either a perpetual or stated maturity date. For trust preferred securities, the issuing bank or corporation pays interest to the trust, which is then distributed to holders of these securities as a dividend. Dividends can be deferred without creating an event of default or acceleration, although maturity cannot take place unless all cumulative payment obligations have been met. The deferral of payments does not affect the purchase or sale of these securities in the open market. These securities generally are rated below that of the issuing company’s senior debt securities and are freely callable at the issuer’s option.

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

 

 

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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.

Warrants: Warrants entitle a fund to purchase a specified number of shares of common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date of the warrants, if any. If the price of the underlying stock does not rise above the strike price before the warrant expires, the warrant generally expires without any value and a fund will lose any amount it paid for the warrant. Thus, investments in warrants may involve more risk than investments in common stock. Warrants may trade in the same markets as their underlying stock; however, the price of the warrant does not necessarily move with the price of the underlying stock.

Floating Rate Loan Interests: Floating rate loan interests are typically issued to companies (the “borrower”) by banks, other financial institutions, or privately and publicly offered corporations (the “lender”). Floating rate loan interests are generally non-investment grade, often involve borrowers whose financial condition is troubled or uncertain and companies that are highly leveraged or in bankruptcy proceedings. In addition, transactions in floating rate loan interests may settle on a delayed basis, which may result in proceeds from the sale not being readily available for a fund to make additional investments or meet its redemption obligations. Floating rate loan interests may include fully funded term loans or revolving lines of credit. Floating rate loan interests are typically senior in the corporate capital structure of the borrower. Floating rate loan interests generally pay interest at rates that are periodically determined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. Since the rates reset only periodically, changes in prevailing interest rates (and particularly sudden and significant changes) can be expected to cause some fluctuations in the NAV of a fund to the extent that it invests in floating rate loan interests. The base lending rates are generally the lending rate offered by one or more European banks, such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), the prime rate offered by one or more U.S. banks or the certificate of deposit rate. Floating rate loan interests may involve foreign borrowers, and investments may be denominated in foreign currencies. These investments are treated as investments in debt securities for purposes of a fund’s investment policies.

When a fund purchases a floating rate loan interest, it may receive a facility fee and when it sells a floating rate loan interest, it may pay a facility fee. On an ongoing basis, a fund may receive a commitment fee based on the undrawn portion of the underlying line of credit amount of a floating rate loan interest. Facility and commitment fees are typically amortized to income over the term of the loan or term of the commitment, respectively. Consent and amendment fees are recorded to income as earned. Prepayment penalty fees, which may be received by a fund upon the prepayment of a floating rate loan interest by a borrower, are recorded as realized gains. A fund may invest in multiple series or tranches of a loan. A different series or tranche may have varying terms and carry different associated risks.

Floating rate loan interests are usually freely callable at the borrower’s option. A fund may invest in such loans in the form of participations in loans (“Participations”) or assignments (“Assignments”) of all or a portion of loans from third parties. Participations typically will result in a fund having a contractual relationship only with the lender, not with the borrower. A fund has the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender selling the Participation and only upon receipt by the lender of the payments from the borrower. In connection with purchasing Participations, a fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement, nor any rights of offset against the borrower. A fund may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan in which it has purchased the Participation. As a result, a fund assumes the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender that is selling the Participation. A fund’s investment in loan participation interests involves the risk of insolvency of the financial intermediaries who are parties to the transactions. In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling the Participation, a fund may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not benefit from any offset between the lender and the borrower. Assignments typically result in a fund having a direct contractual relationship with the borrower, and a fund may enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement.

In connection with floating rate loan interests, the Fund may also enter into unfunded floating rate loan interests (“commitments”). In connection with these commitments, the fund earns a commitment fee, typically set as a percentage of the commitment amount. Such fee income, which is included in interest income in the Consolidated Statement of Operations, is recognized ratably over the commitment period. Unfunded floating rate loan interests are marked-to-market daily, and any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Consolidated Statement of Operations. As of period end, the Fund had the following unfunded floating rate loan interests:

 

           
Fund Name   Borrower    Par     

Commitment

Amount

     Value     

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

  CML Paradise Plaza    $     2,349,957    $ 2,349,957      $ 2,319,863      $ (30,094
  CML Trigrams      16,722,032        16,699,563        16,663,505        (36,058
  Opendoor Mezz Commitment      21,996,442        21,996,442        21,996,442         
    Starwood Property Trust, Inc.      1,777,579        1,769,635        1,762,093        (7,542

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies: Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are companies that have no operations but go public with the intention of merging with or acquiring a company using the proceeds of the SPAC’s initial public offering. The Fund may enter into a commitment with a SPAC for a private investment in a public equity (PIPE) and will satisfy the commitment if and when the SPAC completes its merger or acquisition. Securities purchased through PIPE transactions will be restricted from trading and considered illiquid until a registration statement for the shares is filed and declared effective. Unfunded SPAC PIPE commitments are marked-to-market and any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is separately presented in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Consolidated Statement of Operations. As of period end, the Fund had the following unfunded SPAC PIPE commitments:

 

         
Fund Name   Investment Name   

Commitment

Amount

     Value     

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

  Symbotic, Inc.      $  4,367,000        $  4,367,000        $               —  

Forward Commitments, When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Securities: The Fund may purchase securities on a when-issued basis and may purchase or sell securities on a forward commitment basis. Settlement of such transactions normally occurs within a month or more after the purchase or sale commitment is made. The Fund may purchase securities under such conditions with the intention of actually acquiring them but may enter into a separate agreement to sell the securities before the settlement date. Since

 

 

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the value of securities purchased may fluctuate prior to settlement, the Fund may be required to pay more at settlement than the security is worth. In addition, the fund is not entitled to any of the interest earned prior to settlement. When purchasing a security on a delayed delivery basis, the Fund assumes the rights and risks of ownership of the security, including the risk of price and yield fluctuations. In the event of default by the counterparty, the Fund’s maximum amount of loss is the unrealized appreciation of unsettled when-issued transactions.

TBA Commitments: TBA commitments are forward agreements for the purchase or sale of securities, including mortgage-backed securities for a fixed price, with payment and delivery on an agreed upon future settlement date. The specific securities to be delivered are not identified at the trade date. However, delivered securities must meet specified terms, including issuer, rate and mortgage terms. When entering into TBA commitments, a fund may take possession of or deliver the underlying mortgage-backed securities but can extend the settlement or roll the transaction. TBA commitments involve a risk of loss if the value of the security to be purchased or sold declines or increases, respectively, prior to settlement date, if there are expenses or delays in connection with the TBA transactions, or if the counterparty fails to complete the transaction.

In order to better define contractual rights and to secure rights that will help a fund mitigate its counterparty risk, TBA commitments may be entered into by a fund under Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreements (each, an “MSFTA”). An MSFTA typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of default and/or termination event. The collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of the collateral currently pledged by a fund and the counterparty. Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover the obligations of a fund and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, is reported separately in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral for TBA commitments or cash received as collateral for TBA commitments, respectively. Non-cash collateral pledged by a fund, if any, is noted in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments. Typically, a fund is permitted to sell, re-pledge or use the collateral it receives; however, the counterparty is not permitted to do so. To the extent amounts due to a fund are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, a fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance.

Mortgage Dollar Roll Transactions: The Fund may sell TBA mortgage-backed securities and simultaneously contract to repurchase substantially similar (i.e., same type, coupon and maturity) securities on a specific future date at an agreed upon price. During the period between the sale and repurchase, a fund is not entitled to receive interest and principal payments on the securities sold. Mortgage dollar roll transactions are treated as purchases and sales and a fund realizes gains and losses on these transactions. Mortgage dollar rolls involve the risk that the market value of the securities that a fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price of those securities.

Short Sale Transactions: In short sale transactions, a fund sells a security it does not hold in anticipation of a decline in the market price of that security. When a fund makes a short sale, it will borrow the security sold short from a broker/counterparty and deliver the security to the purchaser. To close out a short position, a fund delivers the same security to the broker and records a liability to reflect the obligation to return the security to the broker. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the market value of the short sale. A fund maintains a segregated account of securities or deposits cash with the broker-dealer as collateral for the short sales. Cash deposited with the broker is recorded as an asset in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities segregated as collateral are denoted in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments. A fund may pay a financing fee for the difference between the market value of the short position and the cash collateral deposited with the broker which would be recorded as interest expense. A fund is required to repay the counterparty any dividends received on the security sold short, which, if applicable, is shown as dividend expense in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. A fund may pay a fee on the assets borrowed from the counterparty, which, if applicable, is shown as broker fees and expenses on short sales in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. A fund is exposed to market risk based on the amount, if any, that the market value of the security increases beyond the market value at which the position was sold. Thus, a short sale of a security involves the risk that instead of declining, the price of the security sold short will rise. The short sale of securities involves the possibility of an unlimited loss since there is an unlimited potential for the market price of the security sold short to increase. A gain is limited to the price at which a fund sold the security short. A realized gain or loss is recognized upon the termination of a short sale if the market price is either less than or greater than the proceeds originally received. There is no assurance that a fund will be able to close out a short position at a particular time or at an acceptable price.

Securities Lending: The Fund may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund 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 the 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 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 Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities, but does 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 Consolidated Schedule 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 Fund’s Consolidated Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related collateral are shown separately in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a component of investments at value – unaffiliated and collateral on securities loaned, respectively.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Fund 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 Fund, 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 Fund 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.

 

 

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As of period end, the following table is a summary of the Fund’s securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

 

 

Counterparty

   

Securities

Loaned at Value

 

 

   

Cash Collateral

Received

 

(a)  

   

Non-Cash Collateral

Received at Fair Value

 

(a) 

   

Net

Amount


 

 

 

Barclays Capital, Inc.

  $ 8,048,751     $ (8,048,751   $     $  

BofA Securities, Inc.

    206,976       (206,976            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    8,955,397       (8,955,397            

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    108,636       (108,636            

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

    111,820       (111,820            

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

    13,253,074       (13,253,074            

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    63,614,379       (63,614,379            

Jefferies LLC

    219,154       (219,154            

Morgan Stanley

    35,145,514       (35,145,514            

National Financial Services LLC

    1,528,343       (1,528,343            

SG Americas Securities LLC

    9,383,199       (9,383,199            

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    3,000,169       (3,000,169            

Toronto Dominion Bank

    2,820       (2,820            

UBS Securities LLC

    10,908       (10,908            
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 143,589,140     $ (143,589,140   $  —     $  —  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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 the Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s Consolidated Statement 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 Fund benefits 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. The 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 Fund.

 

5.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Fund engages in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Fund and/or to manage its 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 Consolidated Schedule of Investments. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange or 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), foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk) or bitcoin (commodity risk).

Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Fund 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. The Fund may invest in cash-settled bitcoin futures that are traded on commodity exchanges registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission “CFTC”. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is 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 Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees 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 Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Consolidated Statement 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.

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts: Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are entered into to gain or reduce exposure to foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

A forward foreign currency exchange contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set exchange rate on a specified date. These contracts help to manage the overall exposure to the currencies in which some of the investments held by the Fund are denominated and in some cases, may be used to obtain exposure to a particular market. The contracts are traded OTC and not on an organized exchange.

The contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in market value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When a contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Operations equal to the difference between the value at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Non-deliverable forward foreign currency exchange contracts are settled with the counterparty in cash without the delivery of foreign currency. The use of forward foreign currency exchange contracts involves the risk that the value of a forward foreign currency exchange contract changes unfavorably due to movements in the value of the referenced foreign currencies, and such value may exceed the amount(s) reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Assets

 

 

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and Liabilities. Cash amounts pledged for forward foreign currency exchange contracts are considered restricted and are included in cash pledged as collateral for OTC derivatives in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. A Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral held by the Fund.

Options: The Fund may purchase and write call and put options to increase or decrease its exposure to the risks of underlying instruments, including equity risk, interest rate risk and/or commodity price risk and/or, in the case of options written, to generate gains from options premiums.

A call option gives the purchaser (holder) of the option the right (but not the obligation) to buy, and obligates the seller (writer) to sell (when the option is exercised) the underlying instrument at the exercise or strike price at any time or at a specified time during the option period. A put option gives the holder the right to sell and obligates the writer to buy the underlying instrument at the exercise or strike price at any time or at a specified time during the option period.

Premiums paid on options purchased and premiums received on options written, as well as the daily fluctuation in market value, are included in investments at value –unaffiliated and options written at value, respectively, in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When an instrument is purchased or sold through the exercise of an option, the premium is offset against the cost or proceeds of the underlying instrument. When an option expires, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Operations to the extent of the premiums received or paid. When an option is closed or sold, a gain or loss is recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Operations to the extent the cost of the closing transaction exceeds the premiums received or paid. When the Fund writes a call option, such option is typically “covered,” meaning that it holds the underlying instrument subject to being called by the option counterparty. When the Fund writes a put option, cash is segregated in an amount sufficient to cover the obligation. These amounts, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged as collateral for options written in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

   

Swaptions — The Fund may purchase and write options on swaps (“swaptions”) primarily to preserve a return or spread on a particular investment or portion of the Fund’s holdings, as a duration management technique or to protect against an increase in the price of securities it anticipates purchasing at a later date. The purchaser and writer of a swaption is buying or granting the right to enter into a previously agreed upon interest rate or credit default swap agreement (interest rate risk and/or credit risk) at any time before the expiration of the option.

 

   

Foreign currency options — The Fund may purchase and write foreign currency options, foreign currency futures and options on foreign currency futures to gain or reduce exposure to foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk). Foreign currency options give the purchaser the right to buy from or sell to the writer a foreign currency at any time before the expiration of the option.

 

   

Barrier options – The Fund may purchase and write a variety of options with non-standard payout structures or other features (“barrier options”) that are generally traded OTC.

The Fund may invest in various types of barrier options, including down-and-out options, down-and-in options, double no-touch options, one-touch options, instant one-touch options, up-and-out options and up-and-in options. Down-and-out options expire worthless to the purchaser if the price of the underlying instrument falls below a specific barrier price level prior to the expiration date. Down-and-in options expire worthless to the purchaser unless the price of the underlying instrument falls below a specific barrier price level prior to the expiration date. Double no-touch options provide the purchaser an agreed-upon payout if the price of the underlying instrument does not reach or surpass predetermined barrier price levels prior to the option’s expiration date. One-touch options and instant one-touch options provide the purchaser an agreed-upon payout if the price of the underlying instrument reaches or surpasses predetermined barrier price levels prior to the expiration date. Up-and-out options expire worthless to the purchaser if the price of the underlying instrument increases beyond a predetermined barrier price level prior to the expiration date. Up-and-in options can only be exercised when the price of the underlying instrument increases beyond a predetermined barrier price level.

In purchasing and writing options, the Fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the value of the underlying instrument or the risk that it may not be able to enter into a closing transaction due to an illiquid market. Exercise of a written option could result in the Fund purchasing or selling a security when it otherwise would not, or at a price different from the current market value.

Swaps: Swap contracts are entered into to manage exposure to issuers, markets and securities. Such contracts are agreements between the Fund and a counterparty to make periodic net payments on a specified notional amount or a net payment upon termination. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the OTC market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract (“OTC swaps”) or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”).

For OTC swaps, any upfront premiums paid and any upfront fees received are shown as swap premiums paid and swap premiums received, respectively, in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities and amortized over the term of the contract. The daily fluctuation in market value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC Swaps in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received or paid are recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Operations as realized gains or losses, respectively. When an OTC swap is terminated, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Operations equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Fund’s basis in the contract, if any. Generally, the basis of the contract is the premium received or paid.

In a centrally cleared swap, immediately following execution of the swap contract, the swap contract is novated to a central counterparty (the “CCP”) and the CCP becomes the Fund’s counterparty on the swap. The Fund is required to interface with the CCP through the broker. Upon entering into a centrally cleared swap, the Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on the size and risk profile of the particular swap. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments and cash deposited is shown as cash pledged for centrally cleared swaps in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted cash, are included in cash pledged for centrally cleared swaps in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees 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 shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on centrally cleared swaps in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received from (paid to) the counterparty are amortized over the term of the contract and recorded as realized gains (losses) in the Consolidated Statement of Operations, including those at termination.

 

 

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Credit default swaps — Credit default swaps are entered into to manage exposure to the market or certain sectors of the market, to reduce risk exposure to defaults of corporate and/or sovereign issuers or to create exposure to corporate and/or sovereign issuers to which a fund is not otherwise exposed (credit risk).

The Fund may either buy or sell (write) credit default swaps on single-name issuers (corporate or sovereign), a combination or basket of single-name issuers or traded indexes. Credit default swaps are agreements in which the protection buyer pays fixed periodic payments to the seller in consideration for a promise from the protection seller to make a specific payment should a negative credit event take place with respect to the referenced entity (e.g., bankruptcy, failure to pay, obligation acceleration, repudiation, moratorium or restructuring). As a buyer, if an underlying credit event occurs, the Fund will either (i) receive from the seller an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and deliver the referenced security or underlying securities comprising the index, or (ii) receive a net settlement of cash equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the security or underlying securities comprising the index. As a seller (writer), if an underlying credit event occurs, the Fund will either pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced security or underlying securities comprising the index or pay a net settlement of cash equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the security or underlying securities comprising the index.

 

   

Total return swaps — Total return swaps are entered into to obtain exposure to a security or market without owning such security or investing directly in such market or to exchange the risk/return of one security or market (e.g., fixed-income) with another security or market (e.g., equity or commodity prices) (equity risk, commodity price risk and/or interest rate risk).

Total return swaps are agreements in which there is an exchange of cash flows whereby one party commits to make payments based on the total return (distributions plus capital gains/losses) of an underlying instrument, or basket of underlying instruments, in exchange for fixed or floating rate interest payments. If the total return of the instrument(s) or index underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting fixed or floating interest rate obligation, the Fund receives payment from or makes a payment to the counterparty.

Certain total return swaps are designed to function as a portfolio of direct investments in long and short equity positions. This means that the Fund has the ability to trade in and out of these long and short positions within the swap and will receive the economic benefits and risks equivalent to direct investment in these positions, subject to certain adjustments due to events related to the counterparty. Benefits and risks include capital appreciation (depreciation), corporate actions and dividends received and paid, all of which are reflected in the swap’s market value. The market value also includes interest charges and credits (“financing fees”) related to the notional values of the long and short positions and cash balances within the swap. These interest charges and credits are based on a specified benchmark rate plus or minus a specified spread determined based upon the country and/or currency of the positions in the portfolio.

Positions within the swap and financing fees are reset periodically. During a reset, any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on positions and accrued financing fees become available for cash settlement between the Fund and the counterparty. The amounts that are available for cash settlement are recorded as realized gains or losses in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Cash settlement in and out of the swap may occur at a reset date or any other date, at the discretion of the Fund and the counterparty, over the life of the agreement. Certain swaps have no stated expiration and can be terminated by either party at any time.

 

   

Interest rate swaps — Interest rate swaps are entered into to gain or reduce exposure to interest rates or to manage duration, the yield curve or interest rate (interest rate risk).

Interest rate swaps are agreements in which one party pays a stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, in exchange for another party’s stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, on the same notional amount for a specified period of time. In more complex interest rate swaps, the notional principal amount may decline (or amortize) over time.

 

   

Currency swaps — Currency swaps are entered into to gain or reduce exposure to foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Currency swaps are interest rate swaps in which one party pays a stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, in exchange for another party’s stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, based on the notional amounts of two different currencies. The notional amounts are typically determined based on the spot exchange rates at the inception of the trade. Currency swaps may also involve an exchange of notional amounts at the start, during and/or at expiration of the contract, either at the current spot rate or another specified rate.

Swap transactions involve, to varying degrees, elements of interest rate, credit and market risk in excess of the amounts recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreements, and that there may be unfavorable changes in interest rates and/or market values associated with these transactions.

Master Netting Arrangements: In order to define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help it mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with its counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between a Fund and a counterparty that governs certain OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, a Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

Collateral Requirements: For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by the Fund and the counterparty.

 

 

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Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, is reported separately in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral and cash received as collateral, respectively. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Fund, if any, is noted in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a certain minimum transfer amount threshold before a transfer is required, which is determined at the close of business of the Fund. Any additional required collateral is delivered to/pledged by the Fund on the next business day. Typically, the counterparty is not permitted to sell, re-pledge or use cash and non-cash collateral it receives. The Fund generally agrees not to use non-cash collateral that it receives but may, absent default or certain other circumstances defined in the underlying ISDA Master Agreement, be permitted to use cash collateral received. In such cases, interest may be paid pursuant to the collateral arrangement with the counterparty. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from the counterparties are not fully collateralized, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. Likewise, to the extent the Fund has delivered collateral to a counterparty and stands ready to perform under the terms of its agreement with such counterparty, the Fund bears the risk of loss from a counterparty in the amount of the value of the collateral in the event the counterparty fails to return such collateral. Based on the terms of agreements, collateral may not be required for all derivative contracts.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements, if any, in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory: The Fund entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Manager, the Fund’s 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 the Fund’s portfolio and provides the personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Fund.

For such services, the Fund pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate equal to 0.75% of the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets.

For the year ended April 30, 2022, the Fund reimbursed the Manager for certain accounting services, which is included in accounting services in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The reimbursements were $45,562.

Effective May 11, 2021, the Manager entered into a sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock (Singapore) Limited (“BRS”), an affiliate of the Manager. The Manager pays BRS for services it provides for that portion of the Fund for which BRS acts as sub-adviser, a monthly fee that is equal to a percentage of the investment advisory fees paid by the Fund to the Manager.

The Manager provides investment management and other services to the Subsidiary. The Manager does not receive separate compensation from the Subsidiary for providing investment management or administrative services. However, the Fund pays the Manager based on the Fund’s net assets, which includes the assets of the Subsidiary.

Service and Distribution Fees: The Fund entered into a Distribution Agreement and a Distribution and Service Plan 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, the 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 the Fund as follows:

 

     
Share Class   Service Fees     Distribution Fees  

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 Fund. The ongoing service and/or distribution fee compensates/reimburses BRIL and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder servicing and/or distribution related services to shareholders.

For the year ended April 30, 2022, the following table shows the class specific service and distribution fees borne directly by each share class of the Fund:

 

         
     Investor A      Investor C      Class R      Total  

Service and distribution fees — class specific

  $  31,627,385      $  10,389,243      $  2,000,192      $  44,016,820  

Transfer Agent: Pursuant to written agreements, certain financial intermediaries, some of which may be affiliates, provide the Fund 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 year ended April 30, 2022, the Fund paid the following amounts to affiliates of BlackRock in return for these services, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the Consolidated Statement of Operations:

 

       
     Institutional      Investor A      Total  

Amounts paid to affiliates

  $ 43,107      $ 625      $  43,732  

The Manager maintains a call center that is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Fund. Shareholder services include responding to inquiries and processing purchases and sales based upon instructions from shareholders. For the year ended April 30, 2022, the 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 Consolidated Statement of Operations:

 

             
     Institutional      Investor A      Investor C      Class K      Class R      Total  

Reimbursed amounts

  $ 18,341      $ 205,516      $ 90,381      $ 1,610      $ 2,253      $ 318,101  

 

 

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For the year ended April 30, 2022, the following table shows the class specific transfer agent fees borne directly by each share class of the Fund:

 

             
     Institutional      Investor A      Investor C      Class K      Class R     Total  

Transfer agent fees — class specific

  $  8,230,604      $  11,012,928      $  1,146,611      $  71,296      $  839,066     $  21,300,505  

Other Fees: For the year ended April 30, 2022, affiliates earned underwriting discounts, direct commissions and dealer concessions on sales of the Fund’s Investor A Shares for a total of $145,152.

For the year ended April 30, 2022, affiliates received CDSCs as follows:

 

       
     Investor A      Investor C      Total  

CDSC

  $ 214,586      $ 81,175      $  295,761  

Expense Waivers and Reimbursements: The Manager contractually agreed to waive a portion of its investment advisory fees payable by the Fund through June 30, 2023, so that the Manager receives such fees as a percentage of average daily net assets of the Fund as follows:

 

   
Average Daily Net Assets   Investment
Advisory Fees
 

First $10 billion

    0.75

$10 billion — $15 billion

    0.69  

$15 billion — $20 billion

    0.68  

$20 billion — $25 billion

    0.67  

$25 billion — $30 billion

    0.65  

$30 billion — $40 billion

    0.63  

$40 billion — $60 billion

    0.62  

$60 billion — $80 billion

    0.61  

Greater than $80 billion

    0.60  

This contractual waiver may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the directors who are not “interested persons” of the Fund as defined in the 1940 Act (the “Independent Directors”), or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. During the year ended April 30, 2022, the Manager waived $11,534,230 pursuant to this agreement.

The Manager contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the 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 Independent Directors, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. For the year ended April 30, 2022, the amounts waived were $472,929.

The Manager has contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee with respect to any portion of the 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 the Fund. For the year ended April 30, 2022, the Manager waived $723,249 in investment advisory fees pursuant to this arrangement.

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 Fund, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BIM bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending. The Fund is 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 Fund. 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. The 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, the 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, the Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year securities lending income in an 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 the Fund is shown as securities lending income — affiliated — net in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. For the year ended April 30, 2022, the Fund paid BIM $539,387 for securities lending agent services.

 

 

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Interfund Lending: In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the 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 the Fund’s investment policies and restrictions. The Fund is currently permitted to borrow 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 year ended April 30, 2022, the Fund did not participate in the Interfund Lending Program.

Directors and Officers: Certain directors and/or officers of the Fund are directors and/or officers of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Fund reimburses the Manager for a portion of the compensation paid to the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer, which is included in Directors and Officer in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Other Transactions: The Fund may purchase securities from, or sell securities to, an affiliated fund provided the affiliation is due solely to having a common investment adviser, common officers, or common directors. For the year ended April 30, 2022, the purchase and sale transactions and any net realized gains (losses) with affiliated funds in compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

 

 

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

  $  31,947,321      $  19,760,676      $ (1,319,424

 

 

 

7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended April 30, 2022, purchases and sales of investments, including paydowns/payups and mortgage dollar rolls, excluding short-term investments, were as follows:

 

 

 
    U.S. Government Securities        Other Securities  
 

 

 

 

Fund Name

    Purchases        Sales        Purchases        Sales  

 

 

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

  $  929,674,932      $  941,903,256      $  28,806,891,627      $  35,910,650,263  

 

 

For the year ended April 30, 2022, purchases and sales related to mortgage dollar rolls were $2,827,678,965 and $2,833,684,447, respectively.

 

8.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

It is the 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.

The 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 the 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 the 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 Fund as of April 30, 2022, 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 Fund’s consolidated financial statements.

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAVs per share. As of period end, permanent differences attributable to certain deemed distributions and income recognized from the wholly owned subsidiary were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Paid-in Capital      Accumulated
Earnings (Loss)
 

 

 

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

  $ 50,090,778      $ (50,090,778

 

 

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

 

 
Fund Name  

Year Ended

04/30/22

    

Period from

11/01/20 to

04/30/21

    

Year Ended

10/31/20

 

 

 

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.(a)

       

Ordinary income

  $ 1,909,259,718      $ 828,015,381      $ 701,602,430  

Long-term capital gains

    639,458,459        324,273,863        1,005,848,390  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Fund Name   Year Ended
04/30/22
    

Period from
11/01/20

to 04/30/21

     Year Ended
10/31/20
 

 

 
  $ 2,548,718,177      $ 1,152,289,244      $ 1,707,450,820  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Distribution amounts may include a portion of the proceeds from redeemed shares.

 

As of April 30, 2022, the tax components of accumulated earnings (loss) were as follows:

 

 

 
Fund Name  

Undistributed

Ordinary Income

    

Undistributed

Long-Term

Capital Gains

    

Net Unrealized

Gains (Losses)(a)

    

Qualified

Late-Year Loss(b)

    Total  

 

 

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

  $ 565,089,169      $ 576,805,904      $ 1,376,669,460      $ (182,360,779   $ 2,336,203,754  

 

 

 

  (a) 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales and straddles, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains/losses on certain futures and foreign currency contracts, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains on investments in passive foreign investment companies, amortization methods for premiums and discounts on fixed income securities, the accounting for swap agreements, the timing and recognition of partnership income, the accrual of income on securities in default, the classification of investments, and the characterization of corporate actions.

 
  (b) 

The Fund has elected to defer certain qualified late-year losses and recognize such losses in the next taxable year.

 

As of April 30, 2022, 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:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Tax Cost     

Gross Unrealized

Appreciation

    

Gross Unrealized

Depreciation

    

Net Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

 

 

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

  $ 20,252,269,927      $ 4,142,519,185      $ (2,085,988,333    $ 2,056,530,852  

 

 

 

9.

BANK BORROWINGS

The Fund, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates (“Participating Funds”), is a party to a 364-day, $2.50 billion credit agreement with a group of lenders. Under this agreement, the Fund may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. Excluding commitments designated for certain individual funds, the Participating Funds, including the Fund, can borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $1.75 billion at any time outstanding, subject to asset coverage and other 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) Overnight Bank Funding Rate (“OBFR”) (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum, (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 or (c) the sum of (x) Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.10% and (y) 0.80% per annum. The agreement expires in April 2023 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 year ended April 30, 2022, the Fund did not borrow under the credit agreement.

 

10.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, the Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the 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 Fund and its investments. The Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.

The Fund 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: The Fund may be exposed to prepayment risk, which is the risk that borrowers may exercise their option to prepay principal earlier than scheduled during periods of declining interest rates, which would force the Fund to reinvest in lower yielding securities. The Fund may also be exposed to reinvestment risk, which is the risk that income from the Fund’s portfolio will decline if the Fund invests the proceeds from matured, traded or called fixed-income securities at market interest rates that are below the Fund portfolio’s current earnings rate.

Municipal securities are subject to the risk that litigation, legislation or other political events, local business or economic conditions, credit rating downgrades, or the bankruptcy of the issuer could have a significant effect on an issuer’s ability to make payments of principal and/or interest or otherwise affect the value of such securities. Municipal securities can be significantly affected by political or economic changes, including changes made in the law after issuance of the securities, as well as uncertainties in the municipal market related to, taxation, legislative changes or the rights of municipal security holders, including in connection with an issuer insolvency. Municipal securities backed by current or anticipated revenues from a specific project or specific assets can be negatively affected by the discontinuance of the tax benefits supporting the project or assets or the inability to collect revenues for the project or from the assets. Municipal securities may be less liquid than taxable bonds, and there may be less publicly available information on the financial condition of municipal security issuers than for issuers of other securities.

 

 

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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. Although vaccines have been developed and approved for use by various governments, 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. The Fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that the 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. The 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 the 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 the Fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests.

The price the Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from the 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 the 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 the Fund, and the Fund could realize a greater than expected loss or lesser than expected gain upon the sale of the investment. The 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 Fund 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 Fund manages 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 Fund to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Fund’s exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Fund.

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.

For OTC options purchased, the Fund bears the risk of loss in the amount of the premiums paid plus the positive change in market values net of any collateral held by the Fund should the counterparty fail to perform under the contracts. Options written by the Fund do not typically give rise to counterparty credit risk, as options written generally obligate the Fund, and not the counterparty, to perform. The Fund may be exposed to counterparty credit risk with respect to options written to the extent the Fund deposits collateral with its counterparty to a written option.

With exchange-traded options purchased and exchange-traded futures and centrally cleared swaps, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Fund 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, the 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 and centrally cleared swaps 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 Fund.

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 the Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

Significant Shareholder Redemption Risk: Certain shareholders may own or manage a substantial amount of fund shares and/or hold their fund investments for a limited period of time. Large redemptions of fund shares by these shareholders may force a Fund to sell portfolio securities, which may negatively impact the fund’s NAV, increase the fund’s brokerage costs, and/or accelerate the realization of taxable income/gains and cause the fund to make additional taxable distributions to shareholders.

The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in fixed-income securities and/or uses derivatives tied to the fixed-income markets. Changes in market interest rates or economic conditions may affect the value and/or liquidity of such investments. Interest rate risk is the risk that prices of bonds and other fixed-income securities will increase as interest rates fall and decrease as interest rates rise. The Fund may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates due to the current period of historically low rates.

The Fund invests a substantial amount of its 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 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 Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

 

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LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Although many LIBOR rates ceased to be published or no longer are 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 Fund 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 Fund is uncertain.

 

11.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

 

 
   

Year Ended

04/30/22

 

 

   

Period from

11/01/20

to 04/30/21

 

 

 

   

Year Ended

10/31/20

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

 

 

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

           

Institutional

           

Shares sold

    112,206,208     $ 2,425,678,802       52,184,951     $   1,147,477,917       60,012,764     $    1,165,102,853  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    42,161,228       897,692,084       17,333,353       372,320,424       26,172,269       505,101,847  

Shares redeemed

    (103,640,373     (2,170,736,899     (39,492,853     (868,663,017     (134,369,913     (2,548,330,718
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    50,727,063     $    1,152,633,987       30,025,451     $ 651,135,324       (48,184,880   $ (878,126,018
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A

           

Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares

    56,283,602     $ 1,200,338,507       63,193,306     $ 1,383,070,747       106,473,620     $ 2,061,125,684  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    54,435,080       1,152,860,845       24,962,356       532,197,425       34,097,475       653,789,198  

Shares redeemed

    (144,523,875     (3,082,883,351     (44,931,575     (981,580,809     (125,629,074     (2,384,215,581
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (33,805,193   $ (729,683,999     43,224,087     $ 933,687,363       14,942,021     $ 330,699,301  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor C

           

Shares sold

    5,027,108     $ 95,141,109       4,665,375     $ 90,681,638       5,032,820     $ 85,563,106  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    5,676,334       106,059,115       2,323,190       44,094,135       10,648,558       181,375,674  

Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares

    (22,527,616     (420,506,402     (35,378,800     (686,739,602     (109,980,242     (1,877,176,344
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (11,824,174   $ (219,306,178     (28,390,235   $ (551,963,829     (94,298,864   $ (1,610,237,564
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class K

           

Shares sold

    23,427,639     $ 506,528,605       18,219,996     $ 402,547,780       22,010,657     $ 426,992,355  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    8,273,872       176,619,803       3,345,444       71,826,686       4,276,611       82,541,947  

Shares redeemed

    (33,229,989     (713,022,978     (7,276,430     (160,853,349     (18,785,979     (368,238,193
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (1,528,478   $ (29,874,570     14,289,010     $ 313,521,117       7,501,289     $ 141,296,109  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class R

           

Shares sold

    2,027,790     $ 39,703,840       1,261,227     $ 26,068,999       2,333,994     $ 42,200,269  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    2,002,426       39,833,702       942,598       18,983,922       1,949,910       35,361,742  

Shares redeemed

    (5,597,411     (111,326,075     (3,202,736     (65,689,243     (15,591,980     (277,730,473
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (1,567,195   $ (31,788,533     (998,911   $ (20,636,322     (11,308,076   $ (200,168,462
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    2,002,023     $ 141,980,707       58,149,402     $ 1,325,743,653       (131,348,510   $ (2,216,536,634
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

12.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date the consolidated financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.:

Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statement of assets and liabilities of BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”), including the consolidated schedule of investments, as of April 30, 2022, the related consolidated statement of operations for the year then ended, the consolidated statements of changes in net assets for the year then ended, for the period from November 1, 2020 through April 30, 2021, and for the year ended October 31, 2020, the consolidated financial highlights for the year then ended, for the period from November 1, 2020 through April 30, 2021, and for each of the four years in the period ended October 31, 2020, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of April 30, 2022, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for the year then ended, for the period from November 1, 2020 through April 30, 2021 and for the year ended October 31, 2020, and the financial highlights for the year then ended, for the period from November 1, 2020 through April 30, 2021, and for each of the four years in the period ended October 31, 2020, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of April 30, 2022, by correspondence with the custodian or counterparties; when replies were not received, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

June 28, 2022

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 1992.

 

 

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Important Tax Information  (unaudited)   

 

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified dividend income for individuals for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022:

 

   
Fund Name  

Qualified Dividend

Income

 

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

  $     233,024,260  

The Fund hereby designates the following amount, or maximum amount allowable by law, as capital gain dividends, subject to a long-term capital gains tax rate as noted below, for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022:

 

   
Fund Name  

20% Rate Long-Term

Capital Gain Dividends

 

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

  $         663,261,996  

The Fund intends to pass through to its shareholders the following amount, or maximum amount allowable by law, of foreign source income earned and foreign taxes paid for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022:

 

     
Fund Name  

Foreign Source

Income Earned

    

Foreign

Taxes Paid

 

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

  $      $         3,931,051  

The following percentage, or maximum percentage allowable by law, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022 qualified for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders:

 

   
Fund Name  

Dividends-Received

Deduction

 

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

    4.53

The Fund hereby designates the following amount, or maximum amount allowable by law, as interest-related dividends and qualified short-term capital gains eligible for exemption from U.S. withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022:

 

     
Fund Name  

Interest

Related

Dividends

    

Qualified

Short-Term

Capital Gains

 

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

  $ 111,642,218          $ 1,666,026,766  

The Fund hereby designates the following amount, or maximum amount allowable by law, as interest income eligible to be treated as a Section 163(j) interest dividend for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022:

 

   
Fund Name  

Interest

Dividend

 

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

  $         95,533,245  

 

 

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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 Global Allocation Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”), which is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund’s liquidity risk.

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Fund 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 the 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 the 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 the Fund’s investments (including derivative transactions) into one of four liquidity buckets. It also referenced the methodology used by BlackRock to establish the Fund’s HLIM and noted that the Committee reviews and ratifies the HLIM assigned to the 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 the 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 the 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 the Fund’s reasonably anticipated trading size (“RATS”). The 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 the 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 Fund, 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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Director and Officer Information

 

Independent Directors(a)
         

Name

Year of Birth(b)

  

Position(s) Held

( Length of Service)(c)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   

Number of BlackRock-Advised

Registered Investment Companies

(“RICs”) Consisting of

Investment Portfolios

(“Portfolios”) Overseen

  

Public Company

and Other

Investment

Company

Directorships Held

During

Past Five Years

Mark Stalnecker

1951

  

Chair of the Board and Director

(Since 2019)

   Chief Investment Officer, University of Delaware from 1999 to 2013; Trustee and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committees, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate from 2005 to 2016; Member of the Investment Committee, Delaware Public Employees’ Retirement System since 2002; Member of the Investment Committee, Christiana Care Health System from 2009 to 2017; Member of the Investment Committee, Delaware Community Foundation from 2013 to 2014; Director and Chair of the Audit Committee, SEI Private Trust Co. from 2001 to 2014.    29 RICs consisting of 163 Portfolios    None

Susan J. Carter

1956

  

Director

(Since 2019)

   Trustee, Financial Accounting Foundation from 2017 to 2021; Advisory Board Member, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at Tuck School of Business from 1997 to 2021; Director, Pacific Pension Institute from 2014 to 2018; Senior Advisor, Commonfund Capital, Inc. (“CCI”) (investment adviser) in 2015; Chief Executive Officer, CCI from 2013 to 2014; President & Chief Executive Officer, CCI from 1997 to 2013; Advisory Board Member, Girls Who Invest from 2015 to 2018 and Board Member thereof since 2018; Advisory Board Member, Bridges Fund Management since 2016; Practitioner Advisory Board Member, Private Capital Research Institute (“PCRI”) since 2017; Lecturer in the Practice of Management, Yale School of Management since 2019; Advisor to Finance Committee, Altman Foundation since 2020; Investment Committee Member, Tostan since 2021.    29 RICs consisting of 163 Portfolios    None

Collette Chilton

1958

  

Director

(Since 2019)

   Chief Investment Officer, Williams College since 2006; Chief Investment Officer, Lucent Asset Management Corporation from 1998 to 2006; Director, Boys and Girls Club of Boston since 2017; Director, B1 Capital since 2018; Director, David and Lucile Packard Foundation since 2020.    29 RICs consisting of 163 Portfolios    None

Neil A. Cotty

1954

  

Director

(Since 2019)

   Bank of America Corporation from 1996 to 2015, serving in various senior finance leadership roles, including Chief Accounting Officer from 2009 to 2015, Chief Financial Officer of Global Banking, Markets and Wealth Management from 2008 to 2009, Chief Accounting Officer from 2004 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Consumer Bank from 2003 to 2004, Chief Financial Officer of Global Corporate Investment Bank from 1999 to 2002.    29 RICs consisting of 163 Portfolios    None

Lena G. Goldberg

1949

  

Director

(Since 2016)

   Director, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. since 2013; Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School from 2008 to 2021; FMR LLC/Fidelity Investments (financial services) from 1996 to 2008, serving in various senior roles including Executive Vice President - Strategic Corporate Initiatives and Executive Vice President and General Counsel; Partner, Sullivan & Worcester LLP from 1985 to 1996 and Associate thereof from 1979 to 1985.    29 RICs consisting of 163 Portfolios    None

 

 

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Independent Directors(a) (continued)
         

Name

Year of Birth(b)

  

Position(s) Held

( Length of Service)(c)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   

Number of BlackRock-Advised

Registered Investment Companies

(“RICs”) Consisting of

Investment Portfolios

(“Portfolios”) Overseen

  

Public Company

and Other

Investment

Company

Directorships Held

During

Past Five Years

Henry R. Keizer

1956

  

Director

(Since 2016)

   Director, Park Indemnity Ltd. (captive insurer) since 2010; Director, MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation and MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (financial and bank holding company) from 2014 to 2016; Director, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants from 2009 to 2011; Director, KPMG LLP (audit, tax and advisory services) from 2004 to 2005 and 2010 to 2012; Director, KPMG International in 2012, Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer thereof from 2010 to 2012 and U.S. Vice Chairman of Audit thereof from 2005 to 2010; Global Head of Audit, KPMGI (consortium of KPMG firms) from 2006 to 2010; Director, YMCA of Greater New York from 2006 to 2010.    29 RICs consisting of 163 Portfolios    Hertz Global Holdings (car rental); GrafTech International Ltd. (materials manufacturing); Montpelier Re Holdings, Ltd. (publicly held property and casualty reinsurance) from 2013 to 2015; WABCO (commercial vehicle safety systems) from 2015 to 2020; Sealed Air Corp. (packaging) from 2015 to 2021.

Cynthia A. Montgomery

1952

  

Director

(Since 2019)

   Professor, Harvard Business School since 1989.    29 RICs consisting of 163 Portfolios    Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. (manufacturing) from 1995 to 2016.

Donald C. Opatrny

1952

  

Director

(Since 2015)

   Director, Athena Capital Advisors LLC (investment management firm) from 2013 to 2020; Trustee, Vice Chair, Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Investment Committee, Cornell University from 2004 to 2019; President and Trustee, the Center for the Arts, Jackson Hole from 2011 to 2018; Member of the Board and Investment Committee, University School from 2007 to 2018; Trustee, Artstor (a Mellon Foundation affiliate) from 2010 to 2015; Member of the Investment Committee, Mellon Foundation from 2009 to 2015; President, Trustee and Member of the Investment Committee, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum from 2007 to 2014; Trustee and Chair of the Investment Committee, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole since 2014; Member of Affordable Housing Supply Board of Jackson, Wyoming since 2017; Member, Investment Funds Committee, State of Wyoming since 2017; Trustee, Phoenix Art Museum since 2018; Trustee, Arizona Community Foundation and Member of Investment Committee since 2020.    29 RICs consisting of 163 Portfolios    None

Joseph P. Platt

1947

  

Director

(Since 2019)

   General Partner, Thorn Partners, LP (private investments) since 1998; Director, WQED Multi-Media (public broadcasting not-for-profit) since 2001; Chair, Basic Health International (non-profit) since 2015.    29 RICs consisting of 163 Portfolios    Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (reinsurance company); Consol Energy Inc.

 

 

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Director and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Independent Directors(a) (continued)
         

Name

Year of Birth(b)

  

Position(s) Held

( Length of Service)(c)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   

Number of BlackRock-Advised

Registered Investment Companies

(“RICs”) Consisting of

Investment Portfolios

(“Portfolios”) Overseen

  

Public Company

and Other

Investment

Company

Directorships Held

During

Past Five Years

Kenneth L. Urish

1951

  

Director

(Since 2019)

   Managing Partner, Urish Popeck & Co., LLC (certified public accountants and consultants) since 1976; Past- Chairman of the Professional Ethics Committee of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Committee Member thereof since 2007; Member of External Advisory Board, The Pennsylvania State University Accounting Department since founding in 2001; Principal, UP Strategic Wealth Investment Advisors, LLC since 2013; Trustee, The Holy Family Institute from 2001 to 2010; President and Trustee, Pittsburgh Catholic Publishing Associates from 2003 to 2008; Director, Inter- Tel from 2006 to 2007; Member, Advisory Board, ESG Competent Boards since 2020.    29 RICs consisting of 163 Portfolios    None

Claire A. Walton

1957

  

Director

(Since 2019)

   Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Liberty Square Asset Management, LP from 1998 to 2015; General Partner of Neon Liberty Capital Management, LLC since 2003; Director, Boston Hedge Fund Group from 2009 to 2018; Director, Woodstock Ski Runners since 2013; Director, Massachusetts Council on Economic Education from 2013 to 2015.    29 RICs consisting of 163 Portfolios    None
Interested Directors(a)(d)
         

Name

Year of Birth(b)

  

Position(s) Held

( Length of Service)(c)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   

Number of BlackRock-Advised

Registered Investment Companies

(“RICs”) Consisting of

Investment Portfolios

(“Portfolios”) Overseen

  

Public Company

and Other

Investment

Company

Directorships

Held During

Past Five Years

Robert Fairbairn

1965

  

Director

(Since 2015)

   Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. since 2019; Member of BlackRock’s Global Executive and Global Operating Committees; Co-Chair of BlackRock’s Human Capital Committee; Senior Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2010 to 2019; oversaw BlackRock’s Strategic Partner Program and Strategic Product Management Group from 2012 to 2019; Member of the Board of Managers of BlackRock Investments, LLC from 2011 to 2018; Global Head of BlackRock’s Retail and iShares® businesses from 2012 to 2016.    98 RICs consisting of 262 Portfolios    None

John M. Perlowski(e)

1964

  

Director

(Since 2015)

President and Chief Executive Officer (Since 2010)

   Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Head of BlackRock Global Accounting and Product Services since 2009; Advisory Director of Family Resource Network (charitable foundation) since 2009.    100 RICs consisting of 264 Portfolios    None

(a)   The address of each Director is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.

(b)   Each Independent Director holds office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal as provided by the Fund’s by-laws or charter or statute, or until December 31 of the year in which he or she turns 75. Directors who are “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, serve until their successor is duly elected and qualifies or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal as provided by the Fund’s by-laws or statute, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72. The Board may determine to extend the terms of Independent Directors on a case-by-case basis, as appropriate.

(c)   Following the combination of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and BlackRock, Inc. in September 2006, the various legacy MLIM and legacy BlackRock fund boards were realigned and consolidated into three new fund boards in 2007. In addition, effective January 1, 2019, three BlackRock Fund Complexes were realigned and consolidated into two BlackRock Fund Complexes. As a result, although the chart shows the year that each Independent Director joined the Board, certain Independent Directors first became members of the boards of other BlackRock-advised Funds, legacy MLIM funds or legacy BlackRock funds as follows: Susan J. Carter, 2016; Collette Chilton, 2015; Neil A. Cotty, 2016; Cynthia A. Montgomery, 1994; Joseph P. Platt, 1999; Mark Stalnecker, 2015; Kenneth L. Urish, 1999; Claire A. Walton, 2016.

 

 

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(d) 

Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are both “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Corporation based on their positions with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are also board members of the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex.

(e) 

Mr. Perlowski is also a trustee of the BlackRock Credit Strategies Fund and BlackRock Private Investments Fund.

 

Officers Who Are Not Directors(a)
     

Name

Year of Birth(b)

  

Position(s) Held

(Length of Service)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Jennifer McGovern

1977

  

Vice President

(Since 2014)

   Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2016; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2011 to 2015; Head of Americas Product Development and Governance for BlackRock’s Global Product Group since 2019; Head of Product Structure and Oversight for BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Group from 2013 to 2019.

Trent Walker

1974

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Since 2021)

   Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since September 2019; Executive Vice President of PIMCO from 2016 to 2019; Senior Vice President of PIMCO from 2008 to 2015; Treasurer from 2013 to 2019 and Assistant Treasurer from 2007 to 2017 of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds.

Jay M. Fife

1970

  

Treasurer

(Since 2007)

   Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007.

Charles Park

1967

  

Chief Compliance Officer

(Since 2014)

   Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer for certain BlackRock-advised Funds from 2014 to 2015; Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex since 2014; Principal of and Chief Compliance Officer for iShares® Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC since 2012 and BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”) since 2006; Chief Compliance Officer for the BFA-advised iShares® exchange traded funds since 2006; Chief Compliance Officer for BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. since 2012.

Lisa Belle

1968

  

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

(Since 2019)

   Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2019; Global Financial Crime Head for Asset and Wealth Management of JP Morgan from 2013 to 2019; Managing Director of RBS Securities from 2012 to 2013; Head of Financial Crimes for Barclays Wealth Americas from 2010 to 2012.

Janey Ahn

1975

  

Secretary

(Since 2019)

   Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2018; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2009 to 2017.

 

(a)   The address of each Officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.

 

(b)   Officers of the Fund serve at the pleasure of the Board.

 

Further information about the Fund’s Directors and Officers is available in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.

 

Effective December 31, 2021, Bruce R. Bond retired as a Director of the Fund.

 

 

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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 Fund 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 Fund 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 Fund and does not, and is not intended to, incorporate BlackRock’s website in this report.

Householding

The Fund 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 Fund at (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT is available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, the 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 Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the Fund voted proxies relating to securities held in the Fund’s portfolio 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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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 (Singapore) Limited

079912 Singapore

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

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 Fund

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Currency Abbreviation
AUD    Australian Dollar
BRL    Brazilian Real
CAD    Canadian Dollar
CHF    Swiss Franc
CNH    Chinese Yuan
CNY    Chinese Yuan
DKK    Danish Krone
EUR    Euro
GBP    British Pound
HKD    Hong Kong Dollar
IDR    Indonesian Rupiah
INR    Indian Rupee
JPY    Japanese Yen
KRW    South Korean Won
MXN    Mexican Peso
NOK    Norwegian Krone
NZD    New Zealand Dollar
PLN    Polish Zloty
SEK    Swedish Krona
USD    United States Dollar
Portfolio Abbreviation
ADR    American Depositary Receipt
BZDIOVER    Overnight Brazil CETIP — Interbank Rate
CDI    CREST Depository Interest
CLO    Collateralized Loan Obligation
CMT    Constant Maturity Treasury
DAC    Designated Activity Company
DIP    Debtor-In-Possession
ETF    Exchange-Traded Fund
EURIBOR    Euro Interbank Offered Rate
FTSE    Financial Times Stock Exchange
LIBOR    London Interbank Offered Rate
MSCI    Morgan Stanley Capital International
MTN    Medium-Term Note
MXIBOR    Mexico Interbank Offered Rate
PCL    Public Company Limited
PIK    Payment-in-Kind
PIPE    Private Investment in Public Equity
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust
REMIC    Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
S&P    Standard & Poor’s
SCA    Societe en Commandite par Actions
SOFR    Secured Overnight Financing Rate
SONIA    Sterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate
SPAC    Special Purpose Acquisition Company
SPDR    Standard & Poor’s Depository Receipt
ST    Special Tax
STACR    Structured Agency Credit Risk
TAN    Tax Anticipation Notes
 

 

 

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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 Fund unless preceded or accompanied by the Fund’s 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.

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(b) Not Applicable

 

Item 2 –

Code of Ethics – The registrant (or the “Fund”) has adopted a code of ethics, as of the end of the period covered by this report, applicable to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. During the period covered by this report, the code of ethics was amended to update certain information and to make other non-material changes. During the period covered by this report, there have been no waivers granted under the code of ethics. The registrant undertakes to provide a copy of the code of ethics to any person upon request, without charge, who calls 1-800-441-7762.

 

Item 3 –

Audit Committee Financial Expert – The registrant’s board of directors (the “board of directors”), has determined that (i) the registrant has the following audit committee financial experts serving on its audit committee and (ii) each audit committee financial expert is independent:

Neil A. Cotty

Henry R. Keizer

Kenneth L. Urish

Under applicable securities laws, a person determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liabilities greater than the duties, obligations, and liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of directors in the absence of such designation or identification. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any other member of the audit committee or board of directors.

 

Item 4 –

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The following table presents fees billed by Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”) in each of the last two fiscal years for the services rendered to the Fund:

 

    

 

(a) Audit Fees

 

 

(b) Audit-Related Fees1

 

 

(c) Tax Fees2

 

 

(d) All Other Fees

Entity Name   Current
Fiscal Year    
End
  Previous
Fiscal Year    
End
  Current
Fiscal Year    
End
  Previous
Fiscal Year    
End
  Current
Fiscal Year    
End
  Previous
Fiscal Year    
End
  Current
Fiscal Year    
End
  Previous
Fisc
al Year    
End
                                 

BlackRock Global

Allocation Fund,

Inc.

  $79,184   $97,002   $0   $0   $20,000   $26,300   $0   $0

The following table presents fees billed by D&T that were required to be approved by the registrant’s audit committee (the “Committee”) for services that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the Fund and that are rendered on behalf of BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Investment Adviser” or “BlackRock”) and entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with BlackRock (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“Affiliated Service Providers”):

 

2


    

 

Current Fiscal Year End

 

 

Previous Fiscal Year End

 

(b) Audit-Related Fees1

  $0   $0

 

(c) Tax Fees2

  $0   $0

 

(d) All Other Fees3

  $2,098,000   $2,032,000

1 The nature of the services includes assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of financial statements not included in Audit Fees, including accounting consultations, agreed-upon procedure reports, attestation reports, comfort letters, out-of-pocket expenses and internal control reviews not required by regulators.

2 The nature of the services includes tax compliance and/or tax preparation, including services relating to the filing or amendment of federal, state or local income tax returns, regulated investment company qualification reviews, taxable income and tax distribution calculations.

3 Non-audit fees of $2,098,000 and $2,032,000 for the current fiscal year and previous fiscal year, respectively, were paid to the Fund’s principal accountant in their entirety by BlackRock, in connection with services provided to the Affiliated Service Providers of the Fund and of certain other funds sponsored and advised by BlackRock or its affiliates for a service organization review and an accounting research tool subscription. These amounts represent aggregate fees paid by BlackRock and were not allocated on a per fund basis.

(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures:

The Committee has adopted policies and procedures with regard to the pre-approval of services. Audit, audit-related and tax compliance services provided to the registrant on an annual basis require specific pre-approval by the Committee. The Committee also must approve other non-audit services provided to the registrant and those non-audit services provided to the Investment Adviser and Affiliated Service Providers that relate directly to the operations and the financial reporting of the registrant. Certain of these non-audit services that the Committee believes are (a) consistent with the SEC’s auditor independence rules and (b) routine and recurring services that will not impair the independence of the independent accountants may be approved by the Committee without consideration on a specific case-by-case basis (“general pre-approval”). The term of any general pre-approval is 12 months from the date of the pre-approval, unless the Committee provides for a different period. Tax or other non-audit services provided to the registrant which have a direct impact on the operations or financial reporting of the registrant will only be deemed pre-approved provided that any individual project does not exceed $10,000 attributable to the registrant or $50,000 per project. For this purpose, multiple projects will be aggregated to determine if they exceed the previously mentioned cost levels.

Any proposed services exceeding the pre-approved cost levels will require specific pre-approval by the Committee, as will any other services not subject to general pre-approval (e.g., unanticipated but permissible services). The Committee is informed of each service approved subject to general pre-approval at the next regularly scheduled in-person board meeting. At this meeting, an analysis of such services is presented to the Committee for ratification. The Committee may delegate to the Committee Chairman the authority to approve the provision of and fees for any specific engagement of permitted non-audit services, including services exceeding pre-approved cost levels.

(e)(2) None of the services described in each of Items 4(b) through (d) were approved by the Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception in paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) Not Applicable

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees, defined as the sum of the fees shown under “Audit-Related Fees,” “Tax Fees” and “All Other Fees,” paid to the accountant for services rendered by the accountant to the registrant, the Investment Adviser and the Affiliated Service Providers were:

 

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    Entity Name  

 

Current Fiscal Year

End

 

 

Previous Fiscal Year

End

   
 

BlackRock Global Allocation

Fund, Inc.

 

 

$20,000

 

 

 

$26,300

 

 

Additionally, the amounts billed by D&T in connection with services provided to the Affiliated Service Providers of the Fund and of other funds sponsored and advised by BlackRock or its affiliates during the current and previous fiscal years for a service organization review and an accounting research tool subscription were:

 

 

Current Fiscal Year

End

 

 

Previous Fiscal Year

End

$2,098,000

  $2,032,000

These amounts represent aggregate fees paid by BlackRock and were not allocated on a per fund basis.

(h) The Committee has considered and determined that the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Investment Adviser and the Affiliated Service Providers that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

(i) – Not Applicable

(j) – Not Applicable

 

Item 5 – Audit

Committee of Listed Registrant – Not Applicable

 

Item 6 –

Investments

(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.

 

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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 – See Item 2

(a)(2) Section 302 Certifications are attached

(a)(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 – Not Applicable

(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 Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

  By:     

/s/ John M. Perlowski                            

       John M. Perlowski
       Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
       BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

Date: June 28, 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.

 

  By:     

/s/ John M. Perlowski                            

       John M. Perlowski
       Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
       BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

Date: June 28, 2022

 

  By:     

/s/ Trent Walker                            

       Trent Walker
       Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
       BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.

Date: June 28, 2022

 

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