N-CSR 1 d351484dncsr.htm BLACKROCK ADVANTAGE GLOBAL FUND, INC. BLACKROCK ADVANTAGE GLOBAL 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: 811-07171

 

Name of Fund:   BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 

Fund Address:   100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 441-7762

Date of fiscal year end: 06/30/2022

Date of reporting period: 06/30/2022


Item 1– Report to Stockholders

(a) The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.


 

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  JUNE 30, 2022

 

  

2022 Annual Report

 

 

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

BlackRock EuroFund

 

 

 

 

 

Not FDIC Insured • May Lose Value • No Bank Guarantee


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of June 30, 2022 saw the emergence of significant challenges that disrupted the economic recovery and strong financial markets. The U.S. economy shrank in the first quarter of 2022, ending the run of robust growth that followed the reopening of global economies and the development of 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 ongoing war continued to present challenges for both investors and policymakers.

Equity prices fell, 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. While both large- and small-capitalization U.S. stocks fell, declines for small-capitalization U.S. stocks were particularly steep. 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 notably 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 three times while indicating that additional large rate hikes were likely. Furthermore, the Fed wound down its bond-buying programs and began to reduce its balance sheet. Continued high inflation and the Fed’s statements led many analysts to anticipate that interest rates have significant room to rise before peaking.

Furthermore, the horrific war in Ukraine has significantly clouded the outlook for the global economy, leading to major volatility in energy and metals markets. Sanctions on Russia, Europe’s top energy supplier, and general wartime disruption have magnified supply problems for key commodities. We believe elevated energy prices will continue to exacerbate inflationary pressure while also constraining economic growth. Combating inflation without stifling a recovery, while buffering against ongoing supply and price shocks, 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. However, markets have been primed to expect sharp tightening, which could weigh on valuations until central banks begin to tap the brakes.

In this environment, while we favor an overweight to equities in the long-term, the market’s concerns over excessive rate hikes from central banks moderate our outlook. Furthermore, the energy shock and a deteriorating economic backdrop in China and Europe are likely to challenge corporate earnings, so we are underweight equities overall in the near-term. We take the opposite view on credit, where higher spreads provide near-term opportunities, while the likelihood of a higher inflation regime leads us to take an underweight stance on credit in the long-term. We believe that investment-grade corporates, U.K. gilts, local-currency emerging market debt, and inflation-protected bonds (particularly in Europe) offer strong opportunities in a six- to twelve-month horizon.

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,

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

Total Returns as of June 30, 2022

 

     
     6-Month     12-Month  
   

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

  (19.96)%   (10.62)%
   

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

  (23.43)     (25.20)  
   

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

  (19.57)   (17.77)
   

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

  (17.63)   (25.28)
   

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

  0.15   0.18
   

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

  (11.34)   (10.94)
   

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

  (10.35)   (10.29)
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds
(Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index)

  (8.98)   (8.57)
   

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

  (14.19)   (12.82)
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

   10

Disclosure of Expenses

   10

Derivative Financial Instruments

   11

Financial Statements:

  

Schedules of Investments

  

12

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

  

25

Statements of Operations

  

27

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

  

28

Financial Highlights

   29

Notes to Financial Statements

   39

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   50

Important Tax Information

   51

Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreement

   52

Director and Officer Information

   56

Additional Information

   61

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

   63

 

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of June 30, 2022    BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 

Investment Objective

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the 12-month period ended June 30, 2022, the Fund’s Institutional and Class K shares outperformed the benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index, while the Investor A shares performed in line. For the same period, the Fund’s Investor C and Class R shares underperformed the benchmark.

What factors influenced performance?

Markets proved highly rotational in the first half of the period as leadership shifted between valuation and secular growth preferences for much of 2021. However, value styles became the dominant market driver in 2022 amid both inflationary pressures and expected policy normalization. The relatively orderly market reaction to 40-year high inflation figures soon turned disorderly as Russia invaded the Ukraine in February 2022. This brought a fresh surge in commodity prices further weighing on global markets and already stretched supply chains. Adding to the economic challenges, China’s COVID policy resulted in rolling lockdowns which adversely impacted its industrial production. Simultaneously, bond yields surged as central bankers began raising rates globally. Taken in combination, investors began to price in stagflation amid concerns that policy error would stifle growth.

Trend-based measures performed well against the evolving market environment. As the reopening theme quickly turned towards inflation concerns, sentiment measures correctly positioned the portfolio. Notably, insights that identify exposure to inflationary pressures through labor market tightness and wage growth were also additive across energy names. Additionally, faster moving trend-based measures were additive as they successfully captured the market evolution including insights looking at mobile application usage as well as those evaluating internet search levels.

Macro thematic insights delivered mixed results from top-down positioning. Several recently added signals that seek to identify themes such as stagflation were notable performers toward period-end as they correctly positioned the portfolio to capture the rising rates regime. Collectively these insights correctly motivated overweight positions across health care and underweight positions across discretionary stocks.

While results were also mixed within fundamental measures, performance was supported by fundamental value insights, which benefited from the market style preference. Traditional valuation measures based on company ownership structures and sources of financing, as well as other financial statement metrics, performed best.

On the downside, as noted, macro thematic insights delivered mixed results from top-down positioning. Insights designed to evaluate beneficiaries of policy normalization were wrong-footed across the European Union, motivating an unsuccessful overweight to German stocks.

Additionally, fundamental quality insights with more of a growth orientation struggled amid the market style preference for value. Nontraditional measures of company quality, such as environmental, social and governance factors, detracted from performance as markets continued to focus on macro dynamics over company results. Insights evaluating company culture, “green” patent issuances, and insights that predict firm-level controversy all struggled, motivating an unsuccessful overweight to information technology stocks.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

The Fund maintained a balanced allocation of risk across all major return drivers over the period. There were, however, several new signals added within the stock selection group of insights. The Fund built upon its alternative data capabilities with enhanced signal constructs to best identify emerging trends, such as sentiment around supply chain disruptions, wage inflation, consumer behavior changes and business sensitivity to the conflict in Ukraine. Additionally, new macro thematic insights were added that use historical observations of stagflation and policy normalization to motivate top-down positioning.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

At period end, the Fund’s positioning with respect to both geographical and sector allocation was largely neutral. The Fund had slightly overweight allocations to the health care and consumer staples sectors and slight underweights to communication services and utilities. The Fund had a slight overweight to the United States and a slight underweight to Switzerland.

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 June 30, 2022 (continued)    BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

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  (a) 

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

 
  (b) 

The Fund primarily intends to invest in equity securities or other financial instruments that are components of, or have characteristics similar to, the securities included in the MSCI All Country World Index. The Fund’s returns prior to October 26, 2017, are the returns of the Fund when it followed a different investment objective and different investment strategies under the name “BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc.”

 
  (c) 

An index that captures large- and mid-cap representation across certain developed and emerging markets.

 

Performance

 

     Average Annual Total Returns(a)(b)  
  

 

 

 
     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

     (15.52 )%      N/A       6.66      N/A       8.86     N/A  

Investor A

     (15.73     (20.16 )%      6.39        5.25     8.53       7.95

Investor C

     (16.36     (17.05     5.59        5.59       7.85       7.85  

Class K

     (15.46     N/A       6.72        N/A       8.88       N/A  

Class R

     (15.94     N/A       6.12        N/A       8.19       N/A  

MSCI ACWI

     (15.75     N/A       7.00        N/A       8.76       N/A  

 

  (a) 

Assuming maximum sales charges, if any. Average annual total returns with and without sales charges reflect reductions for distribution and service fees. See “About Fund Performance” for a detailed description of share classes, including any related sales charges and fees, and how performance was calculated for certain share classes.

 
  (b) 

The Fund primarily intends to invest in equity securities or other financial instruments that are components of, or have characteristics similar to, the securities included in the MSCI All Country World Index. The Fund’s returns prior to October 26, 2017, are the returns of the Fund when it followed a different investment objective and different investment strategies under the name “BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund, Inc.”

 

N/A — Not applicable as the share class and index do not have a sales charge.

Past performance is not an indication of future results.

Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Expense Example

 

   

Actual

         

Hypothetical 5% Return

         
     

Beginning
Account Value
(01/01/22)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(06/30/22)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a)
 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(01/01/22)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(06/30/22)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a)
 
     

Annualized  

Expense  

Ratio  

Institutional

    $        1,000.00       $         802.60       $           3.17         $        1,000.00       $            1,021.27       $         3.56       0.71%

Investor A

    1,000.00       801.60       4.29         1,000.00       1,020.03       4.81       0.96   

Investor C

    1,000.00       798.70       7.63         1,000.00       1,016.31       8.55       1.71   

Class K

    1,000.00       803.00       2.95         1,000.00       1,021.52       3.31       0.66   

Class R

    1,000.00       800.50       5.40               1,000.00       1,018.79       6.06         1.21   

 

  (a) 

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

 

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of June 30, 2022 (continued)    BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 

Portfolio Information

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security(a)   Percent of   
Net Assets   

 

Apple, Inc.

  4.5%

Microsoft Corp.

  4.1   

Johnson & Johnson

  1.6   

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

  1.6   

Alphabet, Inc., Class C

  1.5   

Visa, Inc., Class A

  1.5   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

  1.5   

Merck & Co., Inc.

  1.4   

Amazon.com, Inc.

  1.2   

Intel Corp.

  1.1   

 

GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION

 

Country/Geographic Region   Percent of   
Net Assets   

 

United States

  58.6%

Canada

  4.4   

China

  4.4   

Japan

  4.0   

Germany

  3.5   

United Kingdom

  3.2   

France

  2.6   

Taiwan

  2.3   

Australia

  2.1   

Netherlands

  1.8   

Ireland

  1.6   

Switzerland

  1.2   

Denmark

  1.1   

South Korea

  1.0   

Other#

  8.4   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

  (0.2) 

 

 

 

(a) 

Excludes short-term securities.

# 

Includes holdings within countries/geographic regions that are less than 1.0% of net assets. Please refer to the Schedule of Investments for such countries/geographic regions.

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of June 30, 2022    BlackRock EuroFund

 

Investment Objective

BlackRock EuroFund’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to seek capital appreciation primarily through investment in equities of corporations domiciled in European countries.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the 12-month period ended June 30, 2022, the Fund underperformed its benchmark, the MSCI EMU Index.

What factors influenced performance?

After performing reasonably well in the second half of 2021, the Eurozone markets moved lower amid the challenges of persistent inflation, expectations for rising interest rates and growing fears of an economic slowdown. These factors caused the performance of many individual stocks to become disconnected from fundamentals, even for higher-quality companies.

In this environment, the Fund’s positions in the freight forwarder DSV A/S (Denmark), and the pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment supplier Sartorius Stedim Biotech (France) lost ground despite reporting positive fundamental news.

Worldline SA (France) and Allfunds Group PLC (Netherlands) detracted due to stock-specific events. Worldline reported weaker-than-expected growth and a disappointing price for the sale of its terminals business. The investment adviser sold the stock from the portfolio. Allfunds lagged after providing weaker-than-expected results for the second half 2021. The investment adviser maintained the position based on the company’s longer-term growth potential. Underweight positions in Sanofi SA (France) and TotalEnergies SE (France) also detracted from relative performance.

On the positive side, Linde PLC (United Kingdom), an industrial gas company that is benefiting from long-term trends related to decarbonization, was the top contributor. Linde has strong pricing power and so far has been able to pass on higher input prices.

The chemicals distributor IMCD NV (Netherlands) also fared well, as its well-positioned distribution businesses benefited from the tightness in supply chains. RELX PLC (United Kingdom) further aided returns in industrials. Zero weightings in SAP SE (Germany) and Zalando SE (Germany) contributed to results, as well.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

During the second half of 2021, the Fund increased its weighting it the health care sector by initiating the position in Sartorius. It also consolidated its positioning in utilities by exiting Enel SpA (Italy) and boosting its weighting in Energias de Portugal SA based on view that the latter company is well positioned in the renewable energy business.

Later in the period, the Fund opened a new position in the Dutch payments company Adyen NV. The investment adviser believed the company had a winning offering in merchant services with best-in-class technology for in-store and online payments. The investment adviser viewed Adyen as a fast-growing and very profitable business that was positioned to benefit from the shift to more complex payment methods.

The Fund initiated a new position in Siemens AG (Germany) within the industrials sector. While the investment adviser typically prefers “pure play” stocks over conglomerates, it believes Siemens provides exposure to structural growth in automation, digitization and building efficiency at a material valuation discount to its key competitors.

The Fund made a number of changes in the first half of 2022 amid the rapidly changing market environment. It shifted its positioning in financials by increasing its weighting in banks the investment adviser believed were undervalued given their ability to benefit from rising rates. The investment adviser added the higher-quality bank KBC Group NV back into the portfolio. New positions in rate-sensitive banks, including Commerzbank AG (Germany) and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (Italy) were also opened.

The Fund established a position in the energy stock TotalEnergies on the view that the company is better managed than competitors, has sound financial discipline, and possesses a solid strategy to increase revenues from renewables.

In an effort to remain highly selective, particularly within the consumer space, the Fund sold its small remaining position in Adidas AG (Germany) and added to LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (France) and Puma SE (Germany). While the investment adviser believes Adidas trades at an attractive valuation given the strength of its brand, the company has been underperforming key competitors.

In industrials, the Fund sold its position in the elevator producer Kone Oyj (Finland) on concerns about the company’s ability to pass on higher commodity prices. Weakness in China’s property market was an additional headwind for the stock. The Fund used the proceeds of the sale to establish a new position in the French industrial group Legrand SA, a potential beneficiary of higher spending on renovations and modernizations across Europe.

Within the aerospace industry, the Fund switched from Safran SA (France) into Airbus SE (France) based on the higher upside potential in the latter company’s earnings.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

The Fund was overweight in the industrials and information technology sectors, and it had a neutral weighting in health care. The Fund was underweight in financials, consumer staples, utilities, consumer discretionary, communication services, real estate, materials and energy.

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 June 30, 2022 (continued)    BlackRock EuroFund

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

LOGO

 

  (a) 

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

 
  (b) 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities, including common stock and convertible securities, of companies located in Europe. The Fund currently expects that a majority of the Fund’s assets will be invested in equity securities of companies located in countries participating in the European Monetary Union (the ‘‘Eurozone’’). The Fund’s total returns prior to October 23, 2018, are the returns of the Fund when it followed different investment strategies.

 
  (c) 

An index that captures large- and mid-cap representation across certain Developed Markets countries in the European Economic and Monetary Union.

 

Performance

 

     Average Annual Total Returns(a)(b)  
  

 

 

 
     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

     (27.73 )%      N/A       0.76      N/A       4.11     N/A  

Investor A

     (27.90     (31.68 )%      0.57        (0.51 )%      3.90       3.34

Investor C

     (28.39     (29.11     (0.21      (0.21     3.23       3.23  

Class K

     (27.64     N/A       0.90        N/A       4.18       N/A  

Class R

     (28.26     N/A       0.08        N/A       3.39       N/A  

MSCI EMU Index

     (24.02     N/A       0.48        N/A       5.50       N/A  

 

  (a)

Assuming maximum sales charges, if any. Average annual total returns with and without sales charges reflect reductions for distribution and service fees. See “About Fund Performance” for a detailed description of share classes, including any related sales charges and fees, and how performance was calculated for certain share classes.

 
  (b)

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities, including common stock and convertible securities, of companies located in Europe. The Fund currently expects that a majority of the Fund’s assets will be invested in equity securities of companies located in countries participating in the European Monetary Union (the ‘‘Eurozone’’). The Fund’s total returns prior to October 23, 2018, are the returns of the Fund when it followed different investment strategies.

 

N/A — Not applicable as the share class and index do not have a sales charge.

Past performance is not an indication of future results.

Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Expense Example

 

   

Actual

         

Hypothetical 5% Return

         
     

Beginning
Account Value
(01/01/22)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(06/30/22)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a)
 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(01/01/22)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(06/30/22)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(a)
 
     

Annualized  

Expense  

Ratio  

Institutional

    $          1,000.00       $          682.40       $           4.88         $          1,000.00       $            1,018.99       $           5.86       1.17%

Investor A

    1,000.00       681.70       5.80         1,000.00       1,017.90       6.95       1.39   

Investor C

    1,000.00       679.20       8.99         1,000.00       1,014.08       10.79       2.16   

Class K

    1,000.00       682.90       4.51         1,000.00       1,019.44       5.41       1.08   

Class R

    1,000.00       680.10       7.79               1,000.00       1,015.52       9.35         1.87   

 

  (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).

 

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of June 30, 2022 (continued)    BlackRock EuroFund

 

Portfolio Information

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

Security(a)  

Percent of   

Net Assets   

 

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

  8.6%

ASML Holding NV

  7.8   

Schneider Electric SE

  4.1   

Siemens AG

  3.9   

TotalEnergies SE

  3.3   

BNP Paribas SA

  3.0   

Linde PLC

  3.0   

Teleperformance

  2.9   

Vinci SA

  2.9   

Airbus SE

  2.8   

 

GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION

 

Country/Geographic Region   Percent of   
Net Assets   

 

France

  37.8%

Netherlands

  18.8   

Germany

  16.1   

Italy

  6.5   

United Kingdom

  5.0   

United States

  4.1   

Switzerland

  3.0   

Denmark

  2.7   

Finland

  2.3   

Belgium

  1.9   

Portugal

  1.8   

Ireland

  1.2   

Sweden

  1.0   

Luxembourg

  0.8   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

  (3.0)  

 

 

 

(a) 

Excludes short-term securities.

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Institutional and Class K Shares are not subject to any sales charge. These shares bear no ongoing distribution or service fees and are available only to certain eligible investors. Class K Shares performance shown prior to the Class K Shares inception date of January 25, 2018 is that of Institutional Shares. The performance of each Fund’s Class K Shares would be substantially similar to Institutional Shares because Class K Shares and Institutional Shares invest in the same portfolio of securities and performance would only differ to the extent that Class K Shares and Institutional Shares have different expenses. The actual returns of Class K Shares would have been higher than those of the Institutional Shares because Class K Shares have lower expenses than the Institutional Shares.

Investor A Shares are subject to a maximum initial sales charge (front-end load) of 5.25% and a service fee of 0.25% per year (but no distribution fee). Certain redemptions of these shares may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase. These shares are generally available through financial intermediaries.

Investor C Shares are subject to a 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within one year of purchase. In addition, these shares are subject to a distribution fee of 0.75% per year and a service fee of 0.25% per year. These shares are generally available through financial intermediaries. These shares automatically convert to Investor A Shares after approximately eight years.

Class R Shares are not subject to any sales charge. These shares are subject to a distribution fee of 0.25% per year and a service fee of 0.25% per year. These shares are available only to certain employer-sponsored retirement plans.

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Refer to blackrock.com to obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Figures shown in the performance table(s) assume reinvestment of all distributions, if any, at net asset value (“NAV”) on the ex-dividend date or payable date, as applicable. Investment return and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Distributions paid to each class of shares will vary because of the different levels of service, distribution and transfer agency fees applicable to each class, which are deducted from the income available to be paid to shareholders.

BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), each Fund’s investment adviser, has contractually and/or voluntarily agreed to waive and/or reimburse a portion of each Fund’s expenses. Without such waiver(s) and/or reimbursement(s), each Fund’s performance would have been lower. With respect to each Fund’s voluntary waiver(s), if any, the Manager is under no obligation to waive and/or reimburse or to continue waiving and/or reimbursing its fees and such voluntary waiver(s) may be reduced or discontinued at any time. With respect to each Fund’s contractual waiver(s), if any, the Manager is under no obligation to continue waiving and/or reimbursing its fees after the applicable termination date of such agreement. See the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information on waivers and/or reimbursements.

Disclosure of Expenses

Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (a) transactional expenses, such as sales charges; and (b) operating expenses, including investment advisory fees, service and distribution fees, including 12b-1 fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the end of the period) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The expense examples provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number corresponding to their Fund and share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in these Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

The expenses shown in the expense examples are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect transactional expenses, such as sales charges, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.

 

 

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Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The Funds may invest in various derivative financial instruments. These instruments are used to obtain exposure to a security, commodity, index, market, and/or other assets without owning or taking physical custody of securities, commodities and/or other referenced assets or to manage market, equity, credit, interest rate, foreign currency exchange rate, commodity and/or other risks. Derivative financial instruments may give rise to a form of economic leverage and involve risks, including the imperfect correlation between the value of a derivative financial instrument and the underlying asset, possible default of the counterparty to the transaction or illiquidity of the instrument. The Funds’ successful use of a derivative financial instrument depends on the investment adviser’s ability to predict pertinent market movements accurately, which cannot be assured. The use of these instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may limit the amount of appreciation a Fund can realize on an investment and/or may result in lower distributions paid to shareholders. The Funds’ investments in these instruments, if any, are discussed in detail in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments 

June 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Australia — 2.1%

 

AGL Energy Ltd.

    38,746     $ 221,487  

AMP Ltd.(a)

    25,600       16,909  

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

    6,624       157,559  

BHP Group Ltd., Class DI

    138,153       3,955,819  

BlueScope Steel Ltd.

    757       8,341  

Charter Hall Group

    2,154       16,157  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

    5,371       335,561  

CSL Ltd.

    2,221       412,384  

Goodman Group

    3,546       43,785  

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

    4,709       12,074  

Iluka Resources Ltd.

    12,010       78,340  

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

    17,331       39,884  

Insignia Financial Ltd.

    14,826       27,628  

JB Hi-Fi Ltd.

    645       17,155  

Macquarie Group Ltd.

    2,693       306,614  

Medibank Pvt Ltd.

    97,441       219,162  

Metcash Ltd.

    8,431       24,713  

Origin Energy Ltd.

    15,242       60,504  

Perpetual Ltd.

    785       15,670  

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

    6,482       54,467  

REA Group Ltd.

    5,160       398,459  

Scentre Group

    15,613       28,034  

South32 Ltd.

    61,490       166,619  

Stockland

    25,424       63,478  

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

    137,286       365,150  

Wesfarmers Ltd.

    4,210       121,770  

Westpac Banking Corp.

    28,498       384,407  

Woodside Energy Group Ltd.

    22,496       494,429  
   

 

 

 
          8,046,559  
Austria — 0.0%  

ams-OSRAM AG(a)

    3,837       34,713  

ANDRITZ AG

    968       39,075  

Erste Group Bank AG

    1       25  

OMV AG

    397       18,671  
   

 

 

 
      92,484  
Belgium — 0.1%  

Ackermans & van Haaren NV

    97       14,512  

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA

    1,176       63,330  

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

    594       49,795  

KBC Group NV

    286       16,090  

Solvay SA

    3,474       283,013  

Warehouses De Pauw CVA

    413       13,032  
   

 

 

 
      439,772  
Brazil — 0.3%  

Ambev SA

    160,624       411,270  

B3 SA - Brasil Bolsa Balcao

    95,640       200,291  

CPFL Energia SA

    12,233       72,181  

EDP - Energias do Brasil SA

    5,803       22,742  

Energisa SA

    6,384       49,221  

Engie Brasil Energia SA

    2,266       17,882  

Marfrig Global Foods SA

    31,156       72,094  

Minerva SA

    9,765       24,760  

Porto Seguro SA

    9,178       31,146  

Qualicorp Consultoria e Corretora de Seguros SA

    5,785       12,325  

Sendas Distribuidora SA

    3,000       8,180  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Brazil (continued)

   

StoneCo Ltd., Class A(a)

    3,815     $ 29,376  

Ultrapar Participacoes SA

    42,365       99,650  

XP, Inc., Class A(a)

    760       13,650  
   

 

 

 
      1,064,768  
Canada — 4.4%  

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc.

    11,648       454,355  

AltaGas Ltd.

    936       19,750  

Aritzia, Inc.(a)

    652       17,652  

Atco Ltd., Class I

    2,707       92,743  

Bank of Nova Scotia

    2,445       144,702  

BCE, Inc.

    19,300       948,657  

BRP, Inc.

    770       47,389  

Canada Goose Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)

    7,813       140,712  

Canadian National Railway Co.

    10,514       1,182,662  

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

    40,643       2,184,025  

Canadian Utilities Ltd., Class A

    2,740       81,719  

Cenovus Energy, Inc.

    17,948       341,475  

Colliers International Group, Inc.

    189       20,708  

Crescent Point Energy Corp.

    177,140       1,259,191  

Dollarama, Inc.

    845       48,657  

Element Fleet Management Corp.

    3,770       39,305  

Emera, Inc.

    3,345       156,699  

Enbridge, Inc.

    44,577       1,882,540  

Enerplus Corp.

    1,991       26,311  

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.

    646       342,322  

FirstService Corp.

    3,494       423,829  

Franco-Nevada Corp.

    5,895       775,436  

George Weston Ltd.

    893       104,320  

Great-West Lifeco, Inc.

    24,554       599,543  

Hydro One Ltd.(c)

    4,552       122,393  

IGM Financial, Inc.

    991       26,561  

Imperial Oil Ltd.

    6,463       304,673  

Intact Financial Corp.

    2,823       398,185  

Manulife Financial Corp.

    54,576       946,346  

Methanex Corp.

    352       13,446  

Nutrien Ltd.

    1,596       127,102  

Onex Corp.

    5,717       284,695  

Parex Resources, Inc.

    1,973       33,415  

Pembina Pipeline Corp.

    6,307       222,940  

Stantec, Inc.

    3,224       141,238  

Suncor Energy, Inc.

    29,179       1,023,713  

Teck Resources Ltd., Class B(a)

    11,572       353,849  

TMX Group Ltd.

    210       21,372  

Tourmaline Oil Corp.

    1,367       71,079  

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

    871       66,834  

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

    38,683       1,393,814  
   

 

 

 
          16,886,357  
China — 4.4%  

37 Interactive Entertainment Network Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A

    8,100       25,796  

3SBio, Inc.(c)

    35,500       28,287  

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.(a)

    79,300       1,131,245  

Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., Class A(a)

    111,500       79,170  

Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., Class H

    26,000       9,774  

Angang Steel Co. Ltd., Class H

    30,000       11,231  

Anta Sports Products Ltd.

    6,200       76,300  

Asymchem Laboratories Tianjin Co. Ltd., Class A

    1,200       51,805  

Autohome, Inc., ADR

    942       37,049  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

China (continued)

   

BAIC Motor Corp. Ltd., Class H(c)

    81,000     $ 26,974  

Baidu, Inc., Class A(a)

    70,680       1,338,905  

BeiGene Ltd.(a)

    900       11,433  

Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy Enterprise Co. Ltd., Class A

    7,940       184,349  

BGI Genomics Co. Ltd., Class A

    6,600       70,760  

Bloomage Biotechnology Corp. Ltd., Class A

    1,394       29,733  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

    184,500       732,645  

BYD Co. Ltd., Class A

    31,971       1,597,891  

BYD Co. Ltd., Class H

    18,500       745,725  

China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd., Class H

    32,000       62,015  

China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd., Class H

    3,500       23,640  

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Class H

    38,000       17,123  

China Suntien Green Energy Corp. Ltd., Class H

    56,000       28,525  

Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products Co. Ltd., Class A

    4,200       69,772  

CMOC Group Ltd., Class H

    30,000       16,752  

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., Class A

    13,700       1,097,826  

COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Ltd., Class H

    85,000       119,310  

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.

    138,080       138,014  

Dali Foods Group Co. Ltd.(c)

    89,000       47,337  

Dongyue Group Ltd.

    17,000       21,326  

Eve Energy Co. Ltd., Class A

    5,000       73,265  

Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., Class A

    1,200       26,764  

Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., Class H(c)

    5,400       59,517  

Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd.

    25,000       57,259  

Gigadevice Semiconductor Beijing, Inc., Class A

    1,300       27,764  

GoerTek, Inc., Class A

    17,100       85,915  

Guangzhou Kingmed Diagnostics Group Co. Ltd., Class A

    1,800       22,209  

Guangzhou Tinci Materials Technology Co. Ltd., Class A

    7,200       66,908  

Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network Co. Ltd., Class A

    22,800       328,607  

Huadian Power International Corp. Ltd., Class H, Class H

    120,000       43,716  

Imeik Technology Development Co. Ltd., Class A

    2,300       206,734  

Innovent Biologics, Inc.(a)(c)

    6,500       29,081  

JD Logistics, Inc.(a)(c)

    4,900       10,737  

Jiangsu Yanghe Brewery Joint-Stock Co. Ltd., Class A

    900       24,688  

KE Holdings, Inc., ADR(a)

    4,267       76,593  

Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd.(a)

    10,000       23,560  

Kuaishou Technology(a)(c)

    1,600       17,982  

Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd., Class A

    800       244,746  

Lenovo Group Ltd.

    202,000       189,821  

Li Ning Co. Ltd.

    15,000       139,666  

Logan Group Co. Ltd.(d)

    52,000       13,724  

Luzhou Laojiao Co. Ltd., Class A

    1,000       36,919  

Meituan, Class B(a)(c)

    9,800       244,552  

Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd., Class H

    94,000       22,588  

NAURA Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A

    2,900       120,578  

NavInfo Co. Ltd., Class A

    7,000       15,782  

NetEase, Inc.

    19,710       371,326  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    2,552       377,773  

PetroChina Co. Ltd., Class A

    59,900       47,234  

PetroChina Co. Ltd., Class H

    106,000       49,715  

Pharmaron Beijing Co. Ltd., Class A

    4,950       70,470  

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

    79,000       543,776  

Postal Savings Bank of China Co. Ltd., Class H(c)

    179,000       142,648  

SF Holding Co. Ltd., Class A

    2,300       19,214  

SG Micro Corp., Class A

    3,600       98,306  

Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co. Ltd., Class A

    102,000       56,324  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

China (continued)

   

Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co. Ltd., Class A(a)

    7,264     $ 81,773  

Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co. Ltd.,
Class H(a)(c)

    2,000       10,761  

Shanghai Putailai New Energy Technology Co. Ltd., Class A

    2,800       35,484  

Shanxi Xinghuacun Fen Wine Factory Co. Ltd., Class A

    2,179       105,977  

Shenzhen Capchem Technology Co. Ltd., Class A

    15,414       121,430  

Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co. Ltd., Class A

    11,900       117,430  

Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products Co. Ltd., Class A

    13,440       90,919  

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co. Ltd., Class A

    11,402       534,783  

Shui On Land Ltd.

    75,000       10,156  

Sinotruk Hong Kong Ltd.

    26,000       36,593  

StarPower Semiconductor Ltd.

    1,900       109,835  

Sunac China Holdings Ltd.(d)

    171,000       88,025  

Sunwoda Electronic Co. Ltd., Class A

    15,700       74,429  

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

    35,100       1,588,806  

Uni-President China Holdings Ltd.

    42,000       36,116  

Vipshop Holdings Ltd., ADR(a)

    31,130       307,876  

WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd., Class A

    6,100       95,020  

WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd., Class H(c)

    23,616       315,934  

Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc.(a)(c)

    37,500       347,453  

Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co. Ltd., Class A

    9,600       90,811  

Yadea Group Holdings Ltd.(c)

    64,000       125,518  

Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A

    1,400       45,520  

Yunnan Energy New Material Co. Ltd., Class A

    2,700       101,251  

Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd., Class A

    225,000       313,613  

Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd., Class H

    172,000       209,305  
   

 

 

 
          16,811,991  
Colombia — 0.0%  

Tecnoglass, Inc.

    825       14,479  
   

 

 

 
Denmark — 1.1%  

AP Moller - Maersk A/S, Class A

    129       299,403  

AP Moller - Maersk A/S, Class B

    466       1,093,981  

Carlsberg A/S, Class B

    675       86,267  

Danske Bank A/S

    1,075       15,300  

Genmab A/S(a)

    1,053       341,640  

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

    20,486       2,271,945  
   

 

 

 
      4,108,536  
Finland — 0.7%  

Kone OYJ, Class B

    1,544       73,796  

Nokia OYJ

    458,848       2,126,782  

Nordea Bank Abp

    57,187       505,162  

Outokumpu OYJ

    4,680       19,533  
   

 

 

 
      2,725,273  
France — 2.6%  

Atos SE(a)

    775       10,507  

AXA SA

    13,661       312,038  

Electricite de France SA

    18,137       148,975  

Engie SA

    136,883       1,584,963  

Hermes International

    901       1,014,010  

Kering SA

    984       509,935  

Legrand SA

    8,011       594,805  

L’Oreal SA

    8,618       2,992,216  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

    740       453,529  

Pernod Ricard SA

    3,549       656,120  

Remy Cointreau SA

    142       24,916  

Rexel SA

    33,801       522,293  

Rubis SCA

    6,716       157,959  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

France (continued)

   

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

    70     $ 22,086  

Societe Generale SA

    24,669       545,424  

SPIE SA

    5       109  

Teleperformance

    429       132,468  

Valeo

    8,781       171,106  
   

 

 

 
          9,853,459  
Germany — 3.1%            

Allianz SE, Registered Shares

    11,070       2,122,231  

BASF SE

    6,505       284,608  

Bayer AG, Registered Shares

    12,371       738,751  

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

    22,856       1,771,811  

Commerzbank AG(a)

    12,591       89,335  

Deutsche Bank AG, Registered Shares

    57,656       506,664  

DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA(c)

    361       9,517  

E.ON SE

    17,913       150,883  

Evonik Industries AG

    9,044       193,959  

Fielmann AG

    1,057       52,802  

Freenet AG

    10,679       266,315  

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

    794       24,147  

Hochtief AG

    370       18,139  

HUGO BOSS AG

    1,836       97,223  

Infineon Technologies AG

    3,490       84,896  

Jenoptik AG

    4       90  

K&S AG

    2,163       52,643  

Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Registered Shares

    33,391       1,939,293  

Merck KGaA

    220       37,317  

Nemetschek SE

    245       14,905  

Rheinmetall AG

    1,145       264,226  

RWE AG

    702       25,964  

Scout24 SE(c)

    3,948       203,383  

Siemens AG, Registered Shares

    24,366       2,504,739  

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

    68,748       198,249  

TUI AG(a)

    7       11  

Volkswagen AG

    295       53,951  

Wacker Chemie AG

    690       100,065  
   

 

 

 
      11,806,117  
Hong Kong — 0.8%            

AIA Group Ltd.

    175,800       1,920,890  

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.

    1,400       11,916  

Kerry Properties Ltd.

    7,500       20,856  

Link REIT

    69,300       566,275  

Orient Overseas International Ltd.

    1,500       39,965  

Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A

    10,000       59,723  

Swire Properties Ltd.

    85,000       211,619  

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

    20,500       214,064  

Towngas Smart Energy Co. Ltd.

    27,000       14,398  

Yuexiu Property Co. Ltd.

    23,600       30,326  
   

 

 

 
      3,090,032  
Hungary — 0.2%            

MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC

    78,464       606,954  

OTP Bank Nyrt

    8,499       190,681  
   

 

 

 
      797,635  
India — 0.6%            

Asian Paints Ltd.

    5,276       180,628  

City Union Bank Ltd.

    6,503       10,987  

HDFC Bank Ltd.

    26,984       462,212  

HDFC Life Insurance Co. Ltd.(c)

    23,632       165,004  

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd.

    9,981       276,141  

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd.(c)

    8,461       52,573  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

India (continued)

   

IndusInd Bank Ltd.

    5,044     $ 51,033  

Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.

    28,527       603,339  

L&T Finance Holdings Ltd.(a)

    21,198       18,227  

PVR Ltd.(a)

    669       15,813  

Reliance Industries Ltd.

    1,965       64,883  

SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd.(c)

    22,819       313,377  

Titan Co. Ltd.

    1,474       36,332  

TVS Motor Co. Ltd.

    4,578       49,010  
   

 

 

 
          2,299,559  
Indonesia — 0.0%            

Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk PT

    139,800       14,946  
   

 

 

 
Ireland — 1.6%            

Accenture PLC, Class A

    3,916       1,087,277  

Alkermes PLC(a)

    2,496       74,356  

CRH PLC

    1,955       67,370  

Experian PLC

    26,776       786,165  

Flutter Entertainment PLC(a)

    1,497       151,285  

James Hardie Industries PLC

    13,598       297,699  

Kingspan Group PLC

    3,870       232,707  

Medtronic PLC

    36,070       3,237,283  
   

 

 

 
      5,934,142  
Israel — 0.9%            

Bank Hapoalim BM

    62,072       521,233  

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

    10,098       90,337  

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp. Ltd.

    10,019       15,617  

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.(a)

    12,094       1,472,807  

Israel Discount Bank Ltd., Class A

    34,132       178,730  

Nice Ltd.(a)

    347       66,960  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(a)

    22,246       168,400  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR(a)

    115,989       872,237  

Tower Semiconductor Ltd.(a)

    4,355       203,134  
   

 

 

 
      3,589,455  
Italy — 0.5%            

Banca Generali SpA

    471       13,335  

Banca Mediolanum SpA

    7,315       48,262  

Banco BPM SpA

    8,324       23,762  

BPER Banca

    58,466       96,371  

Buzzi Unicem SpA

    911       14,954  

Enel SpA

    163,782       898,217  

Eni SpA

    3,624       42,983  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

    32,530       60,879  

Leonardo SpA

    9,277       94,123  

Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA

    7,046       61,107  

Moncler SpA

    1,337       57,606  

Snam SpA

    5,037       26,426  

Telecom Italia SpA(a)

    65,840       17,264  

UniCredit SpA

    22,479       214,817  

Unipol Gruppo SpA

    10,577       48,178  
   

 

 

 
      1,718,284  
Japan — 4.0%            

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

    2,600       63,403  

Alps Alpine Co. Ltd.

    24,100       244,891  

Amada Co. Ltd.

    39,200       288,994  

Asahi Kasei Corp.

    23,700       180,295  

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

    3,100       48,365  

Calbee, Inc.

    2,300       46,354  

Canon, Inc.

    2,700       61,186  

Casio Computer Co. Ltd.

    1,300       12,063  

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    8,300       212,318  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Japan (continued)

   

Daifuku Co. Ltd.

    1,100     $ 62,953  

Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.

    900       22,889  

Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.

    2,200       51,451  

Eisai Co. Ltd.

    1,000       42,280  

Fuji Media Holdings, Inc.

    4,200       35,573  

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

    6,800       163,955  

Hoya Corp.

    6,500       556,289  

ITOCHU Corp.

    10,000       269,780  

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

    181,900       3,152,104  

JGC Holdings Corp.

    2,200       28,258  

Kao Corp.

    5,200       210,857  

KDDI Corp.

    1,800       56,762  

Kuraray Co. Ltd.

    2,200       17,749  

Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.

    2,600       16,717  

Lawson, Inc.

    2,200       73,217  

Lintec Corp.

    700       11,870  

Mitsubishi Corp.

    9,800       291,856  

Mitsui & Co. Ltd.

    26,000       571,338  

Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.

    800       17,188  

Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    3,300       179,610  

Nikon Corp.

    34,400       396,694  

Nippon Shokubai Co. Ltd.

    300       11,595  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

    18,400       528,690  

Nippon Television Holdings, Inc.

    2,800       24,915  

Nitto Denko Corp.

    1,100       71,146  

Olympus Corp.

    6,300       127,671  

Omron Corp.

    4,500       229,035  

Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd.

    700       24,988  

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.

    38,900       1,145,622  

Ricoh Co. Ltd.

    53,400       416,902  

Rohm Co. Ltd.

    400       28,040  

Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    2,000       15,778  

Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc.

    1,200       19,275  

Sekisui House Ltd.

    5,500       96,554  

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.

    1,300       146,134  

SoftBank Corp.

    19,500       216,499  

SoftBank Group Corp.

    8,200       317,820  

Subaru Corp.

    1,100       19,457  

Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.

    381,400       1,492,683  

Sumitomo Corp.

    20,800       282,744  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

    2,200       65,395  

Sundrug Co. Ltd.

    600       13,418  

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

    1,800       67,973  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    1,300       36,515  

Teijin Ltd.

    7,200       74,963  

Terumo Corp.

    10,200       308,561  

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

    300       17,494  

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

    4,900       1,599,327  

Toshiba Corp.

    2,600       105,639  

Tsuruha Holdings, Inc.

    500       27,207  

Unicharm Corp.

    3,200       107,383  

Yamada Holdings Co. Ltd.

    35,400       127,304  

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd.

    1,400       18,978  
   

 

 

 
      15,172,964  
Luxembourg — 0.2%            

ArcelorMittal SA

    21,224       475,956  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Luxembourg (continued)

   

RTL Group SA(a)

    2,957     $ 123,858  

SES SA

    17       149  
   

 

 

 
      599,963  
Malaysia — 0.7%            

Capital A Bhd(a)

    155,600       21,573  

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd

    268,500       302,149  

Hartalega Holdings Bhd

    18,100       12,566  

Hong Leong Bank Bhd

    3,200       14,869  

Inari Amertron Bhd

    15,900       9,557  

Malayan Banking Bhd

    210,000       409,280  

Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd

    138,800       150,162  

Public Bank Bhd

    1,258,400       1,248,288  

QL Resources Bhd

    18,750       22,122  

RHB Bank Bhd

    11,900       15,472  

Supermax Corp. Bhd

    151,412       30,101  

Telekom Malaysia Bhd

    92,200       109,891  

Tenaga Nasional Bhd

    152,500       276,092  
   

 

 

 
      2,622,122  
Mexico — 0.0%            

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV

    7,365       49,721  

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Class O

    16,826       93,855  

Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV

    12,300       28,784  
   

 

 

 
      172,360  
Netherlands — 1.8%            

Aalberts NV

    404       15,688  

ASML Holding NV

    7,697       3,636,355  

ASR Nederland NV

    2,174       87,649  

Heineken NV

    7,800       709,968  

IMCD NV

    1,252       171,192  

OCI NV

    1,212       39,869  

Randstad NV

    19,798       956,845  

Signify NV(c)

    9,435       311,263  

Stellantis NV

    4,024       49,957  

Wereldhave NV

    1       15  

Wolters Kluwer NV

    8,473       821,186  
   

 

 

 
      6,799,987  
New Zealand — 0.0%            

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.

    2,638       32,863  
   

 

 

 
Norway — 0.9%            

Equinor ASA

    92,625       3,227,554  

Mowi ASA

    2,534       57,946  

Telenor ASA

    6,230       83,253  
   

 

 

 
      3,368,753  
Poland — 0.0%            

PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA(a)

    9,153       21,854  
   

 

 

 
Portugal — 0.1%            

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

    10,201       47,540  

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

    14,524       314,856  
   

 

 

 
      362,396  
Russia(d) — 0.0%            

Alrosa PJSC(a)

    18,331       3  

Gazprom PJSC

    16,740       3  

LUKOIL PJSC

    2,916       1  

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC

    433        

Mobile TeleSystems PJSC, ADR

    1,880       19  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Russia (continued)

   

Novatek PJSC, GDR, Registered Shares(e)

    545     $ 5  

Tatneft PJSC

    9,355       2  
   

 

 

 
      33  
Saudi Arabia — 0.6%            

ACWA Power Co.(a)

    608       24,256  

Al Rajhi Bank

    38,032       837,899  

Riyad Bank

    2,736       23,477  

Saudi Arabian Mining Co.(a)

    5,274       70,390  

Saudi Arabian Oil Co.(c)

    99,003       1,023,206  

Saudi National Bank

    9,230       162,470  

Saudi Telecom Co.

    2,705       70,144  
   

 

 

 
          2,211,842  
Singapore — 0.1%            

City Developments Ltd.

    2,400       14,097  

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.

    17,500       356,713  

JOYY, Inc., ADR

    732       21,858  

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

    8,600       162,472  
   

 

 

 
      555,140  
South Africa — 0.4%            

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.

    737       10,882  

Bidvest Group Ltd.

    1,879       24,207  

Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd.

    266       32,601  

FirstRand Ltd.

    28,024       107,848  

Foschini Group Ltd.

    13,817       103,614  

Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

    2,045       22,688  

MTN Group Ltd.

    5,261       42,812  

Naspers Ltd., N Shares

    8,037       1,174,097  

Pepkor Holdings Ltd.(c)

    19,777       23,243  

Sibanye Stillwater Ltd.

    14,776       36,696  

Standard Bank Group Ltd.

    6,217       59,315  

Woolworths Holdings Ltd.

    19,971       66,596  
   

 

 

 
      1,704,599  
South Korea — 1.0%            

AfreecaTV Co. Ltd.

    229       14,222  

Celltrion, Inc.

    677       93,461  

Coupang, Inc.(a)

    2,226       28,382  

DB HiTek Co. Ltd.

    704       27,271  

Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. Ltd.

    1,114       11,059  

Hugel, Inc.(a)

    97       7,866  

Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.

    378       58,264  

Hyundai Motor Co.

    301       42,064  

Kakao Corp.

    4,303       233,158  

Kolon Industries, Inc.

    207       8,368  

Korea Gas Corp.

    1,510       46,161  

KT Corp.

    2,538       71,364  

LG Chem Ltd.

    2,238       889,117  

Mando Corp.

    468       17,190  

NAVER Corp.

    4,159       775,764  

POSCO Holdings, Inc.

    901       160,682  

Samsung C&T Corp.

    173       16,470  

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

    20,679       912,096  

Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd.(a)

    2,378       39,524  

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.

    69       28,455  

SillaJen, Inc.(a)(d)

    770       3,947  

SK Hynix, Inc.

    1,130       79,794  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

South Korea (continued)

   

SK Innovation Co. Ltd.(a)

    1,601     $ 237,680  

S-Oil Corp.

    705       56,191  
   

 

 

 
          3,858,550  
Spain — 0.2%            

Acciona SA

    147       27,086  

Banco Santander SA

    83,011       234,872  

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

    23,649       537,435  

Merlin Properties Socimi SA

    1,492       14,449  
   

 

 

 
      813,842  
Sweden — 0.7%            

Assa Abloy AB, Class B

    13,383       285,594  

Atlas Copco AB, A Shares

    71,884       672,837  

Castellum AB

    5       64  

Elekta AB, B Shares

    12,107       83,907  

Intrum AB

    6       115  

Investor AB, B Shares

    1,027       16,937  

Pandox AB(a)

    6       68  

Saab AB, Class B

    12,172       503,341  

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, B Shares

    115,169       860,199  

Trelleborg AB, B Shares

    14,448       292,320  
   

 

 

 
      2,715,382  
Switzerland — 1.2%            

ABB Ltd., Registered Shares

    4,132       110,813  

Belimo Holding AG

    35       12,323  

Cie Financiere Richemont SA, Class A, Registered Shares

    5,736       616,982  

Dufry AG(a)

    352       11,422  

Flughafen Zurich AG(a)

    134       20,304  

Givaudan SA, Registered Shares

    4       14,099  

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

    458       21,247  

Nestle SA, Registered Shares

    11,896       1,390,317  

Novartis AG, Registered Shares

    2,970       251,798  

Roche Holding AG

    993       335,069  

Sika AG, Registered Shares

    3,621       835,861  

Straumann Holding AG, Registered Shares

    1,051       126,610  

Swatch Group AG

    1,022       242,764  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    1,981       224,150  

UBS Group AG, Registered Shares

    24,391       394,323  

VAT Group AG(c)

    134       32,047  
   

 

 

 
      4,640,129  
Taiwan — 2.3%            

ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd.

    26,000       66,963  

ASPEED Technology, Inc.

    1,100       70,606  

Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

    62,595       107,186  

CTBC Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

    483,000       408,546  

Delta Electronics, Inc.

    54,000       402,638  

Eva Airways Corp.(a)

    270,000       288,084  

Evergreen Marine Corp. Taiwan Ltd.

    16,000       45,476  

Faraday Technology Corp.

    41,000       263,951  

Global Unichip Corp.

    2,000       32,438  

Hiwin Technologies Corp.

    3,000       24,109  

Kinsus Interconnect Technology Corp.

    5,000       24,080  

Largan Precision Co. Ltd.

    1,000       58,113  

MediaTek, Inc.

    58,000       1,273,169  

momo.com, Inc.

    1,560       33,562  

Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corp.

    4,000       35,186  

Nanya Technology Corp.

    45,000       74,892  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Taiwan (continued)

   

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

    8,000     $ 81,393  

Parade Technologies Ltd.

    3,000       116,792  

Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

    23,000       281,302  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    258,000       4,134,797  

Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp.

    14,500       25,315  

Unimicron Technology Corp.

    14,000       74,926  

Uni-President Enterprises Corp.

    251,000       565,932  

United Microelectronics Corp.

    18,000       24,060  

Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp.

    4,000       10,406  

Visual Photonics Epitaxy Co. Ltd.

    7,000       16,970  

Wisdom Marine Lines Co. Ltd.

    28,000       61,140  
   

 

 

 
          8,602,032  
Thailand — 0.0%            

Energy Absolute PCL, NVDR

    33,400       77,086  

JMT Network Services PCL

    26,100       54,144  

Precious Shipping PCL, NVDR

    34,100       17,822  
   

 

 

 
      149,052  
Turkey — 0.1%            

Arcelik A/S

    8,421       36,655  

Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret A/S, Class D

    143,020       96,914  

KOC Holding A/S

    15,484       34,189  

Koza Altin Isletmeleri A/S(a)

    987       10,034  

Migros Ticaret A/S(a)

    4,570       13,142  

Petkim Petrokimya Holding A/S(a)

    49,736       26,194  

Sok Marketler Ticaret A/S

    15,986       11,003  

Turk Telekomunikasyon A/S

    23,910       12,613  

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A/S

    240,065       234,201  

Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri A/S(a)

    3,558       56,086  
   

 

 

 
      531,031  
United Kingdom — 3.2%            

Anglo American PLC

    23,239       832,529  

Aviva PLC

    26,723       130,896  

Babcock International Group PLC(a)

    5       19  

Bellway PLC

    471       12,384  

BP PLC, ADR

    371,049       1,742,259  

British American Tobacco PLC

    93,720       4,017,238  

Centrica PLC(a)

    135,719       132,535  

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

    8,000       54,272  

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

    23,450       71,978  

Dunelm Group PLC

    8       80  

HomeServe PLC

    13,142       187,494  

IG Group Holdings PLC

    7,079       59,747  

Imperial Brands PLC

    4,162       93,178  

ITV PLC

    22,816       18,220  

J Sainsbury PLC

    11,813       29,398  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    1,879       44,175  

Johnson Matthey PLC

    7,280       171,667  

Kingfisher PLC

    95,442       285,227  

Linde PLC(a)

    10,958       3,150,754  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

    255,326       131,367  

Phoenix Group Holdings PLC

    4,714       33,962  

RELX PLC

    5,763       156,473  

Rentokil Initial PLC

    31,202       180,877  

Rightmove PLC

    81,966       568,011  

Smiths Group PLC

    4,091       69,960  

WPP PLC

    14,618       147,660  
   

 

 

 
      12,322,360  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

United States — 56.4%

   

Abbott Laboratories

    24,330     $ 2,643,455  

AbbVie, Inc.

    10,690       1,637,280  

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    5,483           2,007,107  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    77       13,328  

Aflac, Inc.

    314       17,373  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    25,602       3,040,750  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,734       5,958,097  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)

    2,647       5,790,180  

Altria Group, Inc.

    69,194       2,890,233  

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    42,342       4,497,144  

Ameren Corp.

    651       58,824  

American Express Co.

    7,446       1,032,165  

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    8,353       296,030  

American Tower Corp.

    615       157,188  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    1,546       367,453  

Amgen, Inc.

    4,524       1,100,689  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    1,355       87,235  

APA Corp.

    5,434       189,647  

Apple, Inc.

    124,784       17,060,469  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    12,628       1,148,895  

AT&T, Inc.

    63,428       1,329,451  

Atmos Energy Corp.

    492       55,153  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    112       23,524  

AutoNation, Inc.(a)

    290       32,410  

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

    5       10,746  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    937       182,012  

Bank of America Corp.

    132,842       4,135,371  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    16,933       706,275  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    4,197       1,145,865  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    1,893       386,058  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    3,360       278,443  

Black Hills Corp.

    765       55,669  

Boeing Co.(a)

    11,364       1,553,686  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

    597       1,044,147  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

    2,343       211,714  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    36,807       1,371,797  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)

    6,277       257,483  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    13,217       1,017,709  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    749       15,137  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

    4,584       321,613  

Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)

    309       16,593  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

    2,498       374,775  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    10,466       1,090,453  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    4,489       330,435  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    13,031       823,299  

Chevron Corp.

    7,030       1,017,803  

Ciena Corp.(a)

    455       20,794  

Cigna Corp.

    8,845       2,330,834  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    13,134       560,034  

Citigroup, Inc.

    14,486       666,211  

CMS Energy Corp.

    3,012       203,310  

Coca-Cola Co.

    9,305       585,378  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    10,664       719,713  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    1,288       103,220  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    69,667       2,733,733  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    5,525       2,648,022  

Crown Castle International Corp.

    10,087       1,698,449  

CubeSmart

    6,406       273,664  

CVS Health Corp.

    1,611       149,275  

Danaher Corp.

    5,646       1,431,374  

Devon Energy Corp.

    5,630       310,269  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

United States (continued)

   

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    619     $ 46,654  

Discover Financial Services

    4,582       433,366  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    6,347       506,554  

DTE Energy Co.

    14,334       1,816,835  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    5,862       325,810  

DXC Technology Co.(a)

    634       19,217  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    1,211       78,473  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    884       111,375  

eBay, Inc.

    1,801       75,048  

Ecolab, Inc.

    485       74,574  

Edison International

    1,006       63,619  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    4,047       384,829  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    171       20,802  

Elevance Health, Inc.

    679       327,672  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    6,954       2,254,695  

Entergy Corp.

    11,234       1,265,398  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    17,229       1,902,771  

EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)

    385       113,490  

Equinix, Inc.

    77       50,591  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

    875       22,811  

Equity Residential

    12,225       882,890  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    1,568       399,323  

Exelixis, Inc.(a)

    1,638       34,103  

Expedia Group, Inc.(a)

    2,392       226,833  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    2,693       262,460  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    48,353       4,140,951  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    3,144       288,211  

Flex Ltd.(a)

    1,834       26,538  

Fox Corp., Class A

    4,857       156,201  

Garmin Ltd.

    1,692       166,239  

Gartner, Inc.(a)

    3,783       914,843  

General Dynamics Corp.

    18,088           4,001,970  

General Electric Co.

    8,993       572,584  

General Motors Co.(a)

    5,548       176,205  

Genpact Ltd.

    511       21,646  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    11,473       709,146  

Global Payments, Inc.

    2,047       226,480  

Halliburton Co.

    1,465       45,942  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    625       19,788  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    5,008       327,673  

HEICO Corp., Class A

    510       53,744  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    58,831       780,099  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    417       14,257  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    1,916       132,779  

Home Depot, Inc.

    7,957       2,182,366  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    15,165       2,635,829  

HP, Inc.

    12,912       423,255  

IDACORP, Inc.

    114       12,075  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    2,201       771,957  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    489       37,149  

Intel Corp.

    116,771       4,368,403  

International Game Technology PLC

    1,362       25,279  

Intuit, Inc.

    2,629       1,013,322  

Invesco Ltd.

    7,698       124,169  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    2,988       106,313  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    665       18,367  

Johnson & Johnson

    34,835       6,183,561  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a)

    164       28,677  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    49,190       5,539,286  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    6,534       186,219  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    3,263       449,805  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

United States (continued)

   

KLA Corp.

    386     $ 123,165  

Lam Research Corp.

    194       82,673  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    164       14,427  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    5,154       363,718  

Lincoln National Corp.

    8,296       388,004  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    5,860           2,519,566  

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    1,941       101,728  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    6,973       1,217,974  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    3,412       298,414  

Macy’s, Inc.

    1,526       27,956  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)

    1,815       207,999  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    185       14,136  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    1,672       259,578  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    3,819       1,204,818  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    56,849       5,182,923  

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)

    19,376       3,124,380  

MetLife, Inc.

    60,155       3,777,132  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)

    673       773,122  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    744       43,212  

Micron Technology, Inc.

    1,978       109,344  

Microsoft Corp.

    61,064       15,683,067  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

    810       141,483  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

    993       141,850  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)

    453       56,213  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    2,383       915,167  

Moody’s Corp.

    1,040       282,849  

Mosaic Co.

    7,047       332,830  

NetApp, Inc.

    523       34,121  

Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A

    307       50,004  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    4,408       341,444  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    100       22,729  

NVIDIA Corp.

    12,001       1,819,232  

OGE Energy Corp.

    2,329       89,806  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    333       85,341  

Ovintiv, Inc.

    1,101       48,703  

Owens Corning

    2,779       206,508  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a)

    296       146,206  

Paychex, Inc.

    14,358       1,634,945  

Paycom Software, Inc.(a)

    216       60,506  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    5,981       417,713  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    783       130,495  

Pfizer, Inc.

    50,255       2,634,870  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    32,609       3,219,813  

Phillips 66

    2,310       189,397  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    4,608       727,004  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    2       88  

Power Integrations, Inc.

    242       18,152  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    1,229       82,085  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    460       66,143  

Prologis, Inc.

    6,759       795,196  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    135       12,917  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    8,076       511,049  

PVH Corp.

    487       27,710  

Qualcomm, Inc.

    9,586       1,224,516  

Qualys, Inc.(a)

    276       34,815  

Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A

    4,339       388,991  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

    357       34,311  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    407       240,590  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    1,456       247,316  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

    2,133       352,030  

SBA Communications Corp.

    1,956       626,018  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

United States (continued)

   

Schlumberger NV

    31,195     $ 1,115,533  

Semtech Corp.(a)

    668       36,720  

Service Corp. International

    2,559       176,878  

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)

    2,645       1,257,750  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    11,526       1,094,048  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(b)

    144,875       888,084  

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.(a)

    492       58,484  

Snap-on, Inc.

    4,849       955,398  

Southern Co.

    19,563       1,395,038  

State Street Corp.

    4,152       255,971  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    4,229       236,909  

STORE Capital Corp.

    880       22,950  

Sun Communities, Inc.

    215       34,262  

Synchrony Financial

    5,082       140,365  

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    2,563       1,725,975  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    4,672       717,853  

Textron, Inc.

    2,514       153,530  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    236       128,214  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    1,608       71,717  

Travel & Leisure Co.

    3,405       132,182  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    9,707       1,641,745  

Truist Financial Corp.

    1,327       62,940  

UDR, Inc.

    1,473       67,817  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)

    1,114       429,425  

Union Pacific Corp.

    9,167       1,955,138  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    9,183       1,676,265  

United Rentals, Inc.(a)

    927       225,178  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    97       22,857  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    4,254       2,184,982  

Unum Group

    761       25,889  

Valero Energy Corp.

    1,385       147,198  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    1,089       306,869  

Viatris, Inc.

    76,435       800,274  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    28,886       5,687,365  

Vistra Corp.

    5,805       132,644  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    14,017       834,432  

Walt Disney Co.(a)

    1,154       108,938  

Waste Management, Inc.

    126       19,275  

Waters Corp.(a)

    139       46,006  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    38,532       1,509,298  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

    1,568       70,293  

Whirlpool Corp.

    617       95,555  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    469       37,590  

Workday, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,778       806,493  

Zoetis, Inc., Class A

    8,409       1,445,423  
   

 

 

 
        215,643,206  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 97.3%
(Cost: $376,878,988)

      372,194,308  
   

 

 

 

Preferred Securities

   
Preferred Stocks — 0.6%            
Brazil — 0.2%            

Banco Bradesco SA, Preference Shares

    173,699       570,871  

Gerdau SA, Preference Shares

    1,514       6,466  
   

 

 

 
      577,337  
   

 

 

 
Germany — 0.4%            

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Preference Shares

    228       16,262  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Germany (continued)

   

Fuchs Petrolub SE, Preference Shares

    2,117     $ 59,227  

Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Preference Shares

    220       14,632  

Sartorius AG, Preference Shares

    523       183,557  

Volkswagen AG, Preference Shares

    9,746       1,312,198  
   

 

 

 
      1,585,876  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Securities — 0.6%
(Cost: $2,502,715)

      2,163,213  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 97.9%
(Cost: $379,381,703)

 

    374,357,521  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   

Money Market Funds — 2.3%

   

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 1.33%(f)(g)

    7,775,998       7,775,998  

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series, 1.73%(f)(g)(h)

    780,291       780,135  
   

 

 

 
      8,556,133  
   

 

 

 
    

Par

(000)

        

Time Deposits — 0.0%

 

Canada — 0.0%        

Royal Bank of Canada, 0.00%, 07/01/22

  CAD 28       22,061  
   

 

 

 
Hong Kong — 0.0%        

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., 0.00%, 07/03/22

  HKD 8       1,022  
   

 

 

 
Japan — 0.0%        

Sumitomo Bank Tokyo, (0.25%), 07/01/22

  JPY 4,523       33,335  
   

 

 

 
Sweden — 0.0%        

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., (0.35%), 07/01/22

  SEK 38       3,679  
   

 

 

 
United States — 0.0%        

Barclays, 0.83%, 07/01/22

  USD 68       68,104  
   

 

 

 
      128,201  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 2.3%
(Cost: $8,684,414)

      8,684,334  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.2%
(Cost: $388,066,117)

      383,041,855  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.2)%     (592,230)  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $  382,449,625  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

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.

(d) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(e) 

This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933.

(f) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(g) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(h) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

 

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

  19


Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended June 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
06/30/21
     Purchases
at Cost
    

Proceeds

from Sales

     Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Value at
06/30/22
     Shares
Held at
06/30/22
     Income      Capital Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class

   $ 15,097,478      $      $  (7,321,480 )(a)     $      $      $ 7,775,998        7,775,998      $ 12,882      $  

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series

     1,213,407               (432,257 )(a)        (930      (85      780,135        780,291        15,155 (b)        
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ (930    $ (85    $  8,556,133         $  28,037      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

 

  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

         
Description   

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

    

Notional

Amount (000)

    

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
Long Contracts                            

MSCI EAFE Index

     23        09/16/22      $ 2,135      $ (8,765

MSCI Emerging Markets Index

     18        09/16/22        902        4,676  

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     24        09/16/22        4,547        (112,522
           

 

 

 
            $ (116,611
           

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

               
      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
     Interest
Rate
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 4,676      $      $      $      $ 4,676  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 121,287      $      $      $      $       121,287  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended June 30, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

               
     

Commodity

Contracts

    

Credit

Contracts

    

Equity

Contracts

    

Foreign

Currency
Exchange

Contracts

    

Interest

Rate

Contracts

    

Other

Contracts

     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from:

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (1,003,072    $      $      $      $  (1,003,072
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (117,648    $      $      $      $ (117,648
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts:

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 8,743,300  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

         
      Level 1        Level 2              Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

                 

Australia

   $        $ 8,046,559        $        $ 8,046,559  

Austria

              92,484                   92,484  

Belgium

              439,772                   439,772  

Brazil

     1,064,768                            1,064,768  

Canada

     16,886,357                            16,886,357  

China

     881,064          15,829,178          101,749          16,811,991  

Colombia

     14,479                            14,479  

Denmark

              4,108,536                   4,108,536  

Finland

              2,725,273                   2,725,273  

France

              9,853,459                   9,853,459  

Germany

              11,806,117                   11,806,117  

Hong Kong

              3,090,032                   3,090,032  

Hungary

              797,635                   797,635  

India

              2,299,559                   2,299,559  

Indonesia

              14,946                   14,946  

Ireland

     4,398,916          1,535,226                   5,934,142  

Israel

     2,345,044          1,244,411                   3,589,455  

Italy

              1,718,284                   1,718,284  

Japan

              15,172,964                   15,172,964  

Luxembourg

              599,963                   599,963  

Malaysia

     34,688          2,587,434                   2,622,122  

Mexico

     172,360                            172,360  

Netherlands

              6,799,987                   6,799,987  

New Zealand

              32,863                   32,863  

Norway

              3,368,753                   3,368,753  

Poland

              21,854                   21,854  

Portugal

              362,396                   362,396  

Russia

                       33          33  

Saudi Arabia

              2,211,842                   2,211,842  

Singapore

     21,858          533,282                   555,140  

South Africa

     217,660          1,486,939                   1,704,599  

South Korea

     28,382          3,826,221          3,947          3,858,550  

Spain

              813,842                   813,842  

Sweden

              2,715,382                   2,715,382  

Switzerland

     224,150          4,415,979                   4,640,129  

Taiwan

              8,602,032                   8,602,032  

Thailand

     25,691          123,361                   149,052  

Turkey

     13,142          517,889                   531,031  

United Kingdom

     3,382,423          8,939,937                   12,322,360  

United States

     215,643,206                            215,643,206  

Preferred Securities

                 

Preferred Stocks

                 

Brazil

     577,337                            577,337  

Germany

              1,585,876                   1,585,876  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2022

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

 

         
      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

   $ 7,775,998        $        $        $ 7,775,998  

Time Deposits

              128,201                   128,201  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $  253,707,523        $   128,448,468        $           105,729          382,261,720  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Investments Valued at NAV(a)

                    780,135  
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 383,041,855  
                 

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(b)

                 

Assets

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ 4,676        $        $        $ 4,676  

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

     (121,287                          (121,287
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ (116,611      $        $        $ (116,611
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Certain investments of the Fund were fair valued using NAV per share as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy.

 
  (b)

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2022

  

BlackRock EuroFund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   

Belgium — 1.9%

   

Azelis Group NV

    44,197     $ 967,083  

KBC Group NV

    12,212       687,059  
   

 

 

 
      1,654,142  

Denmark — 2.7%

   

DSV A/S

    16,649       2,341,137  
   

 

 

 

Finland — 2.3%

   

Metso Outotec OYJ

    90,971       686,638  

Neste OYJ

    29,443       1,309,653  
   

 

 

 
      1,996,291  

France — 37.8%

   

Airbus SE

    25,013       2,446,518  

BNP Paribas SA

    55,345       2,647,260  

Dassault Systemes SE

    25,027       927,022  

Legrand SA

    21,087       1,565,678  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

    12,271       7,520,621  

Pernod Ricard SA

    12,808       2,367,876  

Sanofi

    18,879       1,903,872  

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

    6,524       2,058,437  

Schneider Electric SE

    30,188       3,597,066  

Teleperformance

    8,261       2,550,865  

TotalEnergies SE

    54,226       2,854,292  

Vinci SA

    27,554       2,473,286  
   

 

 

 
      32,912,793  

Germany — 16.1%

   

Commerzbank AG(a)

    102,973       730,607  

CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA(a)

    24,810       1,308,709  

Merck KGaA

    14,323       2,429,485  

MTU Aero Engines AG

    11,205       2,052,661  

Puma SE

    23,792       1,578,516  

Rational AG

    1,355       789,951  

Siemens AG, Registered Shares

    32,866       3,378,510  

Symrise AG

    16,551       1,805,138  
   

 

 

 
      14,073,577  

Ireland — 1.2%

   

Kingspan Group PLC

    17,088       1,027,520  
   

 

 

 

Italy — 6.5%

   

Ferrari NV

    8,461       1,557,142  

FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA

    138,140       1,657,205  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

    671,765       1,257,187  

Moncler SpA

    27,599       1,189,131  
   

 

 

 
      5,660,665  

Luxembourg — 0.8%

   

Majorel Group Luxembourg SA

    25,860       691,050  
   

 

 

 

Netherlands — 18.7%

   

Adyen NV(a)(b)

    960       1,385,407  

ASM International NV

    8,367       2,081,770  

ASML Holding NV

    14,455       6,829,090  
Security   Shares     Value  

Netherlands (continued)

   

BE Semiconductor Industries NV

    12,449     $ 594,865  

IMCD NV

    17,845       2,440,028  

QIAGEN NV(a)

    28,587       1,344,107  

Universal Music Group NV

    83,657       1,676,153  
   

 

 

 
      16,351,420  
Portugal — 1.8%            

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

    337,620       1,573,421  
   

 

 

 
Sweden — 1.0%            

Beijer Ref AB

    62,289       854,190  
   

 

 

 
Switzerland — 3.0%            

Sika AG, Registered Shares

    3,132       722,982  

STMicroelectronics NV

    59,490       1,881,375  
   

 

 

 
      2,604,357  
   

 

 

 
United Kingdom — 5.0%            

Allfunds Group PLC

    97,121       746,453  

Linde PLC(a)

    9,090       2,615,195  

RELX PLC

    38,584       1,047,608  
   

 

 

 
      4,409,256  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 98.8%
(Cost: $80,007,759)

 

    86,149,819  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

   

Money Market Funds — 3.8%

   

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 1.33%(c)(d)

    492,237       492,237  

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series, 1.73%(c)(d)

    2,813,819       2,813,256  
   

 

 

 
      3,305,493  
   

 

 

 
    

Par

(000)

        

Time Deposits — 0.4%

   
United States — 0.4%            

Citibank, (0.79%), 07/01/22

  EUR 307       321,547  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 4.2%
(Cost: $3,627,321)

 

    3,627,040  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 103.0%
(Cost: $83,635,080)

 

    89,776,859  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (3.0)%

 

    (2,634,678
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $  87,142,181  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2022

  

BlackRock EuroFund

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended June 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

06/30/21

      

Purchases

at Cost

    

Proceeds

from Sales

   

Net

Realized
Gain (Loss)

    

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

  

 

Value at

06/30/22

      

Shares

Held at

06/30/22

       Income     

Capital Gain

Distributions

from

Underlying

Funds

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class

   $ 562,543        $      $ (70,306 )(a)    $      $ —     $ 492,237          492,237        $ 661      $  

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series

              2,813,549 (a)             (12    (281)       2,813,256          2,813,819          73 (b)         
            

 

 

    

 

   

 

 

           

 

 

    

 

 

 
             $ (12    $ (281)     $ 3,305,493             $ 734      $  
            

 

 

    

 

   

 

 

           

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

         
      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

                 

Belgium

   $ 967,083        $ 687,059        $        $ 1,654,142  

Denmark

              2,341,137                   2,341,137  

Finland

              1,996,291                   1,996,291  

France

              32,912,793                   32,912,793  

Germany

              14,073,577                   14,073,577  

Ireland

              1,027,520                   1,027,520  

Italy

              5,660,665                   5,660,665  

Luxembourg

     691,050                            691,050  

Netherlands

              16,351,420                   16,351,420  

Portugal

              1,573,421                   1,573,421  

Sweden

              854,190                   854,190  

Switzerland

              2,604,357                   2,604,357  

United Kingdom

              4,409,256                   4,409,256  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     492,237                            492,237  

Time Deposits

              321,547                   321,547  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $   2,150,370        $  84,813,233        $          86,963,603  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Investments Valued at NAV(a)

                    2,813,256  
                 

 

 

 
                  $  89,776,859  
                 

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Certain investments of the Fund were fair valued using NAV per share as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2022

 

            BlackRock
Advantage Global
Fund, Inc.
    BlackRock
EuroFund
 

ASSETS

     

Investments, at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

    $ 374,485,722     $ 86,471,366  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

      8,556,133       3,305,493  

Cash pledged for futures contracts

      421,000        

Foreign currency, at value(d)

      123,374        

Receivables:

     

Investments sold

      5,126,423        

Securities lending income — affiliated

      2,267       72  

Capital shares sold

      113,710       1,486  

Dividends — unaffiliated

      848,874       396,939  

Dividends — affiliated

      5,941       325  

Prepaid expenses

      44,257       35,027  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

      389,727,701       90,210,708  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

     

Bank overdraft

      63,694        

Collateral on securities loaned

      781,151       2,813,537  

Payables:

     

Investments purchased

      5,279,267        

Accounting services fees

      60,610       25,359  

Capital shares redeemed

      517,566       26,480  

Custodian fees

      134,120       20,309  

Deferred foreign capital gain tax

      732        

Investment advisory fees

      182,704       45,112  

Directors’ and Officer’s fees

      2,364       1,695  

Other accrued expenses

      8,414       2,705  

Professional fees

      88,226       99,428  

Service and distribution fees

      59,052       13,782  

Transfer agent fees

      47,136       20,120  

Variation margin on futures contracts

      53,040        
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

      7,278,076       3,068,527  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

    $ 382,449,625     $ 87,142,181  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

     

Paid-in capital

    $ 391,909,993     $ 99,433,284  

Accumulated loss

      (9,460,368     (12,291,103
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

    $ 382,449,625     $ 87,142,181  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

    $ 379,509,906     $ 80,329,306  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

    $ 730,240     $  

(c)  Investments, at cost — affiliated

    $ 8,556,211     $ 3,305,774  

(d) Foreign currency, at cost

    $ 115,405     $  

 

 

F I N A N C I A L   S T A T E M E N T S

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

June 30, 2022

 

   

BlackRock

Advantage Global

Fund, Inc.

    

BlackRock

EuroFund

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

      

Institutional

      

Net assets

    $ 62,235,848      $ 25,025,022  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

      3,006,115        1,702,056  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

    $ 20.70      $ 14.70  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

      100 million        Unlimited  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

    $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Investor A                   

Net assets

    $  264,270,417      $  59,980,581  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

      13,628,405        4,173,212  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

    $ 19.39      $ 14.37  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

      100 million        Unlimited  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

    $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Investor C                   

Net assets

    $ 3,795,008      $ 1,054,892  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

      249,046        108,125  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

    $ 15.24      $ 9.76  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

      100 million        Unlimited  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

    $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Class K                   

Net assets

    $ 49,642,726      $ 886,194  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

      2,397,400        60,346  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

    $ 20.71      $ 14.69  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

      2 billion        Unlimited  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

    $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Class R                   

Net assets

    $ 2,505,626      $ 195,492  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

      146,955        18,424  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

    $ 17.05      $ 10.61  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

      100 million        Unlimited  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

    $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations   

Year Ended June 30, 2022

 

   

BlackRock

Advantage Global

Fund, Inc.

   

BlackRock

EuroFund

 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

     

Dividends — unaffiliated

    $ 10,257,145     $ 2,302,504  

Dividends — affiliated

      12,882       661  

Interest — unaffiliated

      230        

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

      15,155       73  

Foreign withholding tax claims

      91,703       239,553  

Foreign taxes withheld

      (665,840     (325,143
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

      9,711,275       2,217,648  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

     

Investment advisory

      3,952,451       930,957  

Service and distribution — class specific

      861,023       224,942  

Transfer agent — class specific

      584,933       140,574  

Custodian

      284,902       58,965  

Professional

      167,884       114,079  

Accounting services

      96,919       44,587  

Registration

      84,373       84,187  

Directors and Officer

      9,990       8,117  

Miscellaneous

      65,091       55,746  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

      6,107,566       1,662,154  

Less:

     

Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager

      (1,587,751     (81,818

Transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager — class specific

      (380,802     (6,081
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      4,139,013       1,574,255  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      5,572,262       643,393  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

     

Net realized gain (loss) from:

     

Investments — unaffiliated

      10,492,673       9,267,394  

Investments — affiliated

      (930     (12

Foreign currency transactions

      (27,398     139,486  

Futures contracts

      (1,003,072      
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      9,461,273       9,406,868  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

     

Investments — unaffiliated(a)

      (86,303,903     (43,216,168

Investments — affiliated

      (85     (281

Foreign currency translations

      (15,832     (28,376

Futures contracts

      (117,648      
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (86,437,468     (43,244,825
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

      (76,976,195     (33,837,957
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

    $ (71,403,933   $ (33,194,564
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)   Net of reduction in deferred foreign capital gain tax of

    $ 136,750     $  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.           BlackRock EuroFund  
   

 

Year Ended June 30,

         

 

Year Ended June 30,

 
   

 

2022

   

 

2021

         

 

2022

   

 

2021

 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

         

OPERATIONS

         

Net investment income

  $ 5,572,262     $ 3,185,477       $ 643,393     $ 25,043  

Net realized gain

    9,461,273       81,888,204         9,406,868       7,193,178  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (86,437,468     47,798,581         (43,244,825     32,945,770  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (71,403,933     132,872,262         (33,194,564     40,163,991  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

         

Institutional

    (14,118,216     (3,176,488              

Investor A

    (50,223,238     (11,106,083              

Investor C

    (1,286,438     (373,623              

Class K

    (8,570,266     (566,796              

Class R

    (633,981     (162,627              
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (74,832,139     (15,385,617              
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

         

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    36,861,636       4,363,008         (52,716,556     36,478,327  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

         

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (109,374,436     121,849,653         (85,911,120     76,642,318  

Beginning of year

    491,824,061       369,974,408         173,053,301       96,410,983  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $    382,449,625     $   491,824,061       $    87,142,181     $   173,053,301  
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.  
    

 

Institutional

 
    

 

Year Ended June 30,

 
     

 

2022

    

 

2021

    

 

2020

    

 

2019

    

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 28.57      $ 21.48      $ 21.66      $ 21.63      $ 25.83  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

     0.33        0.24        0.31        0.36        0.29  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (4.04      7.82        (0.06      0.43        2.82  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

     (3.71      8.06        0.25        0.79        3.11  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

              

From net investment income

     (0.33      (0.35      (0.43      (0.32      (0.37

From net realized gain

     (3.83      (0.62             (0.44      (6.94
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (4.16      (0.97      (0.43      (0.76      (7.31
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $ 20.70      $ 28.57      $ 21.48      $ 21.66      $ 21.63  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

              

Based on net asset value

     (15.52 )%       38.23      1.08      4.03      12.43
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

              

Total expenses

     1.10      1.19      1.15      1.14      1.16
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

     0.71      0.71      0.71      0.72      0.88
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding professional fees for foreign withholding taxes

     0.71      0.71      0.71      0.72      0.88
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

     1.33      0.96      1.46      1.72      1.20
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

              

Net assets, end of year (000)

   $   62,236      $   95,405      $   75,805      $   87,759      $   114,870  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

     136      311      182      137      189
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. (continued)  
   

 

Investor A

 
   

 

Year Ended June 30,

 
    

 

2022

   

 

2021

   

 

2020

   

 

2019

   

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 27.02     $ 20.36     $ 20.55     $ 20.56     $ 24.85  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.27       0.17       0.24       0.30       0.25  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (3.80     7.41       (0.05     0.40       2.67  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (3.53     7.58       0.19       0.70       2.92  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

         

From net investment income

    (0.27     (0.30     (0.38     (0.27     (0.27

From net realized gain

    (3.83     (0.62           (0.44     (6.94
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (4.10     (0.92     (0.38     (0.71     (7.21
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 19.39     $ 27.02     $ 20.36     $ 20.55     $ 20.56  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

         

Based on net asset value

    (15.73 )%      37.91     0.84     3.77     12.10
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

         

Total expenses

    1.40     1.51     1.46     1.46     1.53
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    0.96     0.96     0.96     0.97     1.16
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding professional fees for foreign withholding taxes

    0.96     0.96     0.96     0.97     1.16
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1.14     0.71     1.21     1.48     1.06
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $   264,270     $   327,701     $   242,123     $   289,752     $   324,978  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

    136     311     182     137     189
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. (continued)  
   

 

Investor C

 
   

 

Year Ended June 30,

 
    

 

2022

   

 

2021

   

 

2020

    

 

2019

    

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 22.06     $ 16.58     $ 16.79      $ 16.87      $ 21.45  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    0.06       (0.01     0.08        0.11        0.04  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (2.97     6.04       (0.05      0.34        2.31  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (2.91     6.03       0.03        0.45        2.35  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

           

From net investment income

    (0.14           (0.24      (0.09       

From net realized gain

    (3.77     (0.55            (0.44      (6.93
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (3.91     (0.55     (0.24      (0.53      (6.93
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 15.24     $ 22.06     $ 16.58      $ 16.79      $ 16.87  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

           

Based on net asset value

    (16.36 )%      36.88     0.11      2.99      11.23
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

           

Total expenses

    2.19     2.42     2.32      2.28      2.34
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    1.71     1.71     1.71      1.72      1.95
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding professional fees for foreign withholding taxes

    1.71     1.71     1.71      1.72      1.95
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    0.31     (0.06 )%      0.46      0.65      0.23
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $    3,795     $   7,922     $   35,626      $   52,125      $   90,299  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

    136     311     182      137      189
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. (continued)
    

 

Class K

                

Period from

01/25/18

to 06/30/18

 

(a)  

 

     Year Ended June 30,  
     

 

2022

    

 

2021

    

 

2020

    

 

2019

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 28.58      $ 21.48      $ 21.66      $ 21.63      $ 23.12  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

     0.36        0.27        0.32        0.41        0.29  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (4.05      7.81        (0.06      0.39        (1.78
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

     (3.69      8.08        0.26        0.80        (1.49
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

              

From net investment income

     (0.35      (0.36      (0.44      (0.33       

From net realized gain

     (3.83      (0.62             (0.44       
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (4.18      (0.98      (0.44      (0.77       
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 20.71      $ 28.58      $ 21.48      $ 21.66      $ 21.63  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

              

Based on net asset value

     (15.46 )%       38.34      1.13      4.09      (6.44 )%(e)  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

              

Total expenses

     1.00      1.13      1.09      1.03      1.07 %(g)(h)  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

     0.66      0.66      0.66      0.66      0.66 %(h)  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding professional fees for foreign withholding taxes

     0.66      0.66      0.66      0.66      0.66 %(h)  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

     1.45      1.04      1.53      1.98      3.09 %(h)  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

              

Net assets, end of period (000)

   $   49,643      $   56,800      $   12,108      $   10,625      $ 4,616  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

     136      311      182      137      189
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Aggregate total return.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Offering costs were not annualized in the calculation of the expense ratios. If these expenses were annualized, the total expenses would have been 1.07%.

(h) 

Annualized.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. (continued)  
    Class R  
    Year Ended June 30,  
    2022     2021     2020      2019      2018  
           

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 24.24     $ 18.33     $ 18.52      $ 18.60      $ 23.07  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.18       0.10       0.18        0.21        0.17  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (3.33     6.65       (0.06      0.37        2.47  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (3.15     6.75       0.12        0.58        2.64  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

           

From net investment income

    (0.21     (0.22     (0.31      (0.22      (0.17

From net realized gain

    (3.83     (0.62            (0.44      (6.94
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (4.04     (0.84     (0.31      (0.66      (7.11
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 17.05     $ 24.24     $ 18.33      $ 18.52      $ 18.60  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

           

Based on net asset value

    (15.94 )%      37.52     0.58      3.52      11.79
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

           

Total expenses

    1.82     1.79     1.77      1.79      1.87
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    1.21     1.21     1.21      1.22      1.43
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding professional fees for foreign withholding taxes

    1.21     1.21     1.21      1.22      1.43
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    0.85     0.45     0.98      1.18      0.80
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  2,506     $  3,996     $  4,313      $  10,407      $  16,716  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

    136     311     182      137      189
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock EuroFund  
    Institutional  
    Year Ended June 30,  
    2022     2021     2020      2019      2018  
           

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 20.34     $ 14.31     $ 14.40      $ 15.06      $ 14.78  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.13       0.03       0.02        0.13        0.13  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (5.77     6.00       (0.04      (0.45      0.33  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (5.64     6.03       (0.02      (0.32      0.46  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

                (0.07      (0.34      (0.18
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 14.70     $ 20.34     $ 14.31      $ 14.40      $ 15.06  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

           

Based on net asset value

    (27.73 )%      42.14     (0.17 )%       (1.77 )%       3.12
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

           

Total expenses

    1.17     1.18     1.24      1.23      1.11
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    1.10     1.12     1.18      1.17      1.08
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding professional fees for foreign withholding taxes

    1.09     1.12     1.18      1.17      1.08
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    0.65     0.19     0.14      0.92      0.87
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  25,025     $  81,809     $  26,476      $  33,178      $  43,686  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

    42     26     39      153      98
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock EuroFund (continued)  
    Investor A  
    Year Ended June 30,  
    2022     2021     2020      2019      2018  
           

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 19.93     $ 14.05     $ 14.11      $ 14.78      $ 14.49  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    0.09       (0.01     (0.00 )(b)       0.08        0.18  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (5.65     5.89       (0.04      (0.44      0.26  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (5.56     5.88       (0.04      (0.36      0.44  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

                (0.02      (0.31      (0.15
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 14.37     $ 19.93     $ 14.05      $ 14.11      $ 14.78  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

    (27.90 )%      41.85     (0.30 )%       (2.08 )%       3.02
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

           

Total expenses

    1.40     1.39     1.40      1.45      1.31
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    1.33     1.33     1.34      1.39      1.28
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding professional fees for foreign withholding taxes

    1.32     1.33     1.34      1.39      1.28
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    0.48     (0.03 )%      (0.01 )%       0.56      1.19
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  59,981     $  87,462     $  65,887      $  78,418      $  149,540  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

    42     26     39      153      98
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock EuroFund (continued)  
    Investor C  
    Year Ended June 30,  
    2022     2021     2020      2019      2018  
           

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 13.63     $ 9.68     $ 9.79      $ 10.36      $ 10.16  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    (0.06     (0.10     (0.08      (0.02      0.05  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (3.81     4.05       (0.03      (0.31      0.18  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (3.87     3.95       (0.11      (0.33      0.23  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

                       (0.24      (0.03
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 9.76     $ 13.63     $ 9.68      $ 9.79      $ 10.36  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

           

Based on net asset value

    (28.39 )%      40.81     (1.12 )%       (2.82 )%       2.27
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

           

Total expenses

    2.17     2.17     2.19      2.20      2.08
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    2.10     2.11     2.13      2.14      2.04
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding professional fees for foreign withholding taxes

    2.09     2.11     2.13      2.14      2.04
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.45 )%      (0.86 )%      (0.85 )%       (0.17 )%       0.43
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  1,055     $  2,451     $  3,088      $  4,179      $  7,533  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

    42     26     39      153      98
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock EuroFund (continued)
    Class K
    Year Ended June 30,   

Period from

01/25/18(a)

  to 06/30/18

 
     2022   2021   2020    2019

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  20.30     $  14.26     $  14.34      $  15.08      $  16.57
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.16       0.06       0.03        0.14        0.26

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      (5.77 )       5.98       (0.02 )        (0.46 )        (1.75 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      (5.61 )       6.04       0.01        (0.32 )        (1.49 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

                  (0.09 )        (0.42 )       
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 14.69     $ 20.30     $ 14.26      $ 14.34      $ 15.08
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

                     

Based on net asset value

      (27.64 )%       42.36 %       0.03 %        (1.70 )%        (8.99 )%(e)
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

                     

Total expenses

      1.08 %       1.04 %       1.06 %        1.11 %        0.98 %(g)(h)
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.01 %       0.98 %       1.00 %        1.05 %        0.95 %(h)
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding professional fees for foreign withholding taxes

      1.00 %       0.98 %       1.00 %        1.05 %        0.95 %(h)
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income

      0.83 %       0.34 %       0.18 %        1.00 %        3.86 %(h)
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                     

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 886     $ 860     $ 601      $ 710      $ 1,005
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      42 %       26 %       39 %        153 %        98 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Aggregate total return.

(f) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

(g) 

Offering costs were not annualized in the calculation of the expense ratios. If these expenses were annualized, the total expenses would have been 0.99%.

(h) 

Annualized.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock EuroFund (continued)  
    Class R  
    Year Ended June 30,  
    2022     2021     2020      2019      2018  
           

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 14.79     $ 10.46     $ 10.54      $ 11.14      $ 10.96  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    (0.06     (0.04     (0.04      (0.01      0.09  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (4.12     4.37       (0.04      (0.33      0.18  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    (4.18     4.33       (0.08      (0.34      0.27  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(b)

                       (0.26      (0.09
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $  10.61     $  14.79     $  10.46      $  10.54      $  11.14  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

           

Based on net asset value

    (28.26 )%      41.40     (0.76 )%       (2.66 )%       2.46
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(d)

           

Total expenses

    1.91     1.73     1.87      2.07      1.81
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    1.84     1.67     1.81      2.01      1.77
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding professional fees for foreign withholding taxes

    1.83     1.67     1.81      2.01      1.77
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.41 )%      (0.32 )%      (0.42 )%       (0.07 )%       0.76
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $ 195     $ 471     $ 359      $ 363      $ 786  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

    42     26     39      153      98
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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) 

Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  

 

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc., (the “Corporation”) and BlackRock EuroFund (the “Trust”) are each registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as open-end management investment companies. The Corporation, Inc. is organized as a Maryland corporation. The Trust is organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The following are referred to herein collectively as the “Funds” or individually as a “Fund”:

 

     
Fund Name   Herein Referred To As    Diversification
Classification

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

  Advantage Global    Diversified

BlackRock EuroFund

  EuroFund    Diversified

Each Fund offers multiple classes of shares. All classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and are subject to the same terms and conditions, except that certain classes bear expenses related to the shareholder servicing and distribution of such shares. Institutional and Class K Shares are sold only to certain eligible investors. Investor A, Investor C and Class R Shares bear certain expenses related to shareholder servicing of such shares, and Investor C and Class R Shares also bear certain expenses related to the distribution of such shares. Investor A and Investor C Shares are generally available through financial intermediaries. Class R Shares are sold only to certain employer-sponsored retirement plans. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters relating to its shareholder servicing and distribution expenditures (except that Investor C shareholders may vote on material changes to the Investor A Shares distribution and service plan).

 

       
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 Board of Trustees of the Trust and the Board of Directors of the Corporation are collectively referred to throughout this report as the “Board,” and the directors/trustees thereof are collectively referred to throughout this report as “Directors.”

The Funds, together with certain other registered investment companies advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”) or its affiliates, are included in a complex of open-end equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds referred to as the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex.

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend dates at fair value. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend dates may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Funds are informed of the ex-dividend dates. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain. Income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.

Foreign Currency Translation: Each Fund’s books and records are maintained in U.S. dollars. Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates determined as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Purchases and sales of investments are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Generally, when the U.S. dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, the investments denominated in that currency will lose value; the opposite effect occurs if the U.S. dollar falls in relative value.

Each Fund does not isolate the effect of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates from the effect of fluctuations in the market prices of investments for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the effects of changes in exchange rates on investments are not segregated in the Statements of Operations from the effects of changes in market prices of those investments, but are included as a component of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments. Each Fund reports realized currency gains (losses) on foreign currency related transactions as components of net realized gain (loss) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are generally treated as ordinary income for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Foreign Taxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Foreign taxes withheld”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of June 30, 2022, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

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The Funds file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Funds may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statements of Operations include tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases where a Fund enters into certain investments (e.g., futures contracts) that would be treated as “senior securities” for 1940 Act purposes, a Fund may segregate or designate on its books and records cash or liquid assets having a market value at least equal to the amount of its future obligations under such investments. Doing so allows the investments to be excluded from treatment as a “senior security.” Furthermore, if required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Funds may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments or obligations.

Distributions: Distributions paid by the Funds are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, a Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. A Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against a Fund, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

Other: Expenses directly related to a Fund or its classes are charged to that Fund or the applicable class. Expenses directly related to the Funds and other shared expenses prorated to the Funds are allocated daily to each class based on their relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Other operating expenses shared by several funds, including other funds managed by the Manager, are prorated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods.

The Funds have an arrangement with their custodian whereby credits are earned on uninvested cash balances, which could be used to reduce custody fees and/or overdraft charges. The Funds may incur charges on overdrafts, subject to certain conditions.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund is open for business and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Each Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value. The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of each Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day may be valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published net asset value (“NAV”).

 

   

The Funds value their investment in SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series (the “Money Market Series”) at fair value, which is ordinarily based upon their pro rata ownership in the underlying fund’s net assets.

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of trading on the NYSE. Each business day, the Funds use current market factors supplied by independent pricing services to value certain foreign instruments (“Systematic Fair Value Price”). The Systematic Fair Value Price is designed to value such foreign securities at fair value as of the close of trading on the NYSE, which follows the close of the local markets.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Global Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, seeks to determine the price that each Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof on a quarterly basis.

 

 

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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 a Fund. Typically, the most recently available information by a Private Company is as of a date that is earlier than the date a Fund is calculating its NAV. This factor may result in a difference between the value of the investment and the price a Fund could receive upon the sale of the investment.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Global Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by Private Companies that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

As of June 30, 2022, certain investments of Advantage Global were fair valued using NAV per share as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Preferred Stocks: Preferred stock has a preference over common stock in liquidation (and generally in receiving dividends as well), but is subordinated to the liabilities of the issuer in all respects. As a general rule, the market value of preferred stock with a fixed dividend rate and no conversion element varies inversely with interest rates and perceived credit risk, while the market price of convertible preferred stock generally also reflects some element of conversion value. Because preferred stock is junior to debt securities and other obligations of the issuer, deterioration in the credit quality of the issuer will cause greater changes in the value of a preferred stock than in a more senior debt security with similar stated yield characteristics. Unlike interest payments on debt securities, preferred stock dividends are payable only if declared by the issuer’s board of directors. Preferred stock also may be subject to optional or mandatory redemption provisions.

Securities Lending: Certain Funds may lend their securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Funds collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value

 

 

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of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund, or excess collateral returned by the Fund, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, the Funds are entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities, but do not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested by the securities lending agent, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”), if any, is disclosed in the Schedules of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Fund, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are disclosed in the Funds’ Schedules of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related collateral are shown separately in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as a component of investments at value – unaffiliated and collateral on securities loaned, respectively.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Funds under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”), which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency), for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the Advantage Global’s securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

         

Fund Name/Counterparty

   
Securities
Loaned at Value
 
 
   
Cash Collateral
Received
 
(a) 
   
Non-Cash Collateral
Received, at Fair Value
 
 
   

Net

Amount

 

 

Advantage Global

       

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

  $ 663,603     $ (663,603   $     $  

National Financial Services LLC

    66,637       (66,637            
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 730,240     $ (730,240   $     $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received, if any, in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by each Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

As of period end, EuroFund received cash collateral for securities loaned that were pending settlement.

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the Funds benefit from a borrower default indemnity provided by BIM. BIM’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value on the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. Each Fund could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by the Funds.

 

5.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Funds engage in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Funds and/or to manage their exposure to certain risks such as credit risk, equity risk, interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, commodity price risk or other risks (e.g., inflation risk). Derivative financial instruments categorized by risk exposure are included in the Schedules of Investments. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange or over-the-counter (“OTC”).

Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Funds and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedules of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statements of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

 

 

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6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory: Each Fund entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Manager, the Funds’ investment adviser and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”), to provide investment advisory and administrative services. The Manager is responsible for the management of each Fund’s portfolio and provides the personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of each Fund.

For such services, each Fund pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate equal to the following percentages of the average daily value of each Fund’s net assets:

 

   
    

      Investment Advisory Fees      

 
Average Daily Net Assets         Advantage Global      EuroFund     

First $1 billion

     0.85      0.75%  

$1 billion — $3 billion

     0.80        0.71     

$3 billion — $5 billion

     0.77        0.68     

$5 billion — $10 billion

     0.74        0.65     

Greater than $10 billion

     0.72        0.64     

With respect to EuroFund, the Manager entered into a sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock International Limited (“BIL”), an affiliate of the Manager. The Manager pays BIL for services it provides for that portion of the Fund for which BIL acts as sub-adviser, a monthly fee that is equal to a percentage of the investment advisory fees paid by EuroFund to the Manager.

Service and Distribution Fees: The Funds entered into a Distribution Agreement and Distribution and Service Plans with BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of the Manager. Pursuant to the Distribution and Service Plan and in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, each Fund pays BRIL ongoing service and distribution fees. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly at annual rates based upon the average daily net assets of the relevant share class of each Fund as follows:

 

     
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 Funds. The ongoing service and/or distribution fee compensates BRIL and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder servicing and/or distribution related services to shareholders.

For the year ended June 30, 2022, the following table shows the class specific service and distribution fees borne directly by each share class of each Fund:

 

         
Fund Name    Investor A      Investor C      Class R      Total  

Advantage Global

   $ 786,728      $ 57,559      $ 16,736      $ 861,023  

EuroFund

     204,610        18,127        2,205        224,942  

Transfer Agent: Pursuant to written agreements, certain financial intermediaries, some of which may be affiliates, provide the Funds with sub-accounting, recordkeeping, sub-transfer agency and other administrative services with respect to servicing of underlying investor accounts. For these services, these entities receive an asset-based fee or an annual fee per shareholder account, which will vary depending on share class and/or net assets. For the year ended June 30, 2022, the Funds did not pay any amounts to affiliates in return for these services.

The Manager maintains a call center that is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Funds. Shareholder services include responding to inquiries and processing purchases and sales based upon instructions from shareholders. For the year ended June 30, 2022, each Fund reimbursed the Manager the following amounts for costs incurred in running the call center, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the Statements of Operations:

 

             
Fund Name    Institutional      Investor A      Investor C      Class K      Class R      Total  

Advantage Global

   $ 374      $ 4,426      $ 997      $ 24      $ 25      $ 5,846  

EuroFund

     1,060        2,057        175        6        19        3,317  

For the year ended June 30, 2022, the following table shows the class specific transfer agent fees borne directly by each share class of each Fund:

 

             
Fund Name    Institutional      Investor A      Investor C      Class K      Class R      Total  

Advantage Global

   $ 84,819      $ 478,079      $ 10,283      $ 1,061      $ 10,691      $ 584,933  

EuroFund

     51,262        84,942        2,350        344        1,676        140,574  

Other Fees: For the year ended June 30, 2022, affiliates earned underwriting discounts, direct commissions and dealer concessions on sales of each Fund’s Investor A Shares as follows:

 

   
Fund Name   Investor A  

Advantage Global

  $         2,117  

EuroFund

    771  

 

 

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For the year ended June 30, 2022, affiliates received CDSCs as follows:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Investor A      Investor C  

 

 

Advantage Global

  $      $ 88  

EuroFund

    2,343        20  

 

 

Expense Limitations, Waivers and Reimbursements: With respect to each Fund, the Manager contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees each Fund pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds (the “affiliated money market fund waiver”) through June 30, 2023. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the directors who are not “interested persons” of the Funds, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Directors”), or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. The amount of waivers and/or reimbursements of fees and expenses made pursuant to the expense limitation described below will be reduced by the amount of the affiliated money market fund waiver. These amounts are included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations. For the year ended June 30, 2022, the amounts waived were as follows:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Fees Waived and/or Reimbursed
by the Manager
 

 

 

Advantage Global

  $ 2,996  

EuroFund

    127  

 

 

The Manager has contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee with respect to any portion of each Fund’s assets invested in affiliated equity and fixed-income mutual funds and affiliated exchange-traded funds that have a contractual management fee through June 30, 2023. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the Independent Directors, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. For the year ended June 30, 2022, there were no fees waived by the Manager pursuant to this arrangement.

With respect to EuroFund, the Manager voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of its investment advisory fees equal to the annual rate of 0.06% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Effective June 1, 2022, the voluntary waiver was discontinued. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations. During the year ended June 30, 2022, the Manager waived $69,924 pursuant to this agreement.

With respect to each Fund, the Manager (effective June 1, 2022, for EuroFund) contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit expenses, excluding interest expense, dividend expense, tax expense, acquired fund fees and expenses, and certain other fund expenses, which constitute extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business (“expense limitation”). The expense limitations as a percentage of average daily net assets are as follows:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Institutional     Investor A     Investor C     Class K     Class R    

 

 

Advantage Global

    0.71     0.96     1.71     0.66     1.21%  

EuroFund

    1.04       1.29       2.04       0.99       1.54    

 

 

The Manager has agreed not to reduce or discontinue this contractual expense limitation through June 30, 2023, unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. For the year ended June 30, 2022, the Manager waived and/or reimbursed the following amounts, which are included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations.

 

 

 
Fund Name  

Fees Waived and/or Reimbursed

by the Manager

 

 

 

Advantage Global

  $ 1,584,755  

EuroFund

    11,767  

 

 

In addition, these amounts waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager are included in transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager — class specific in the Statements of Operations. For the year ended June 30, 2022, class specific expense waivers and/or reimbursements are as follows:

 

 

 
   

Transfer Agent Fees Waived and/or

Reimbursed by the Manager - Class Specific

 
 

 

 

 
Fund Name   Institutional      Investor A      Investor C      Class K      Class R      Total  

 

 

Advantage Global

  $ 42,586      $ 320,734      $ 7,404      $ 1,060      $ 9,018      $  380,802  

EuroFund

    2,634        3,337        2        47        61        6,081  

 

 

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BIM, an affiliate of the Manager, to serve as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BIM bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending. The Funds are responsible for expenses in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment expenses”). The cash collateral is invested in a private investment company, Money Market Series, managed by the Manager or its affiliates. However, BIM has agreed to cap the collateral investment expenses of the Money Market Series to an annual rate of 0.04%. The investment adviser to the Money Market Series will not charge any advisory fees with respect to shares purchased by the Funds. The Money Market Series may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value withdrawn or temporarily restrict withdrawals for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the private investment company’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds. The Money Market Series seeks current income consistent with maintaining liquidity and preserving capital. Although the Money Market Series is not registered under the 1940 Act, its investments may follow the parameters of investments by a money market fund that is subject to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment expenses. Each Fund retains a portion of securities lending income and remits a remaining portion to BIM as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

 

 

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Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, each Fund retains 82% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment expenses), and this amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment expenses.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income earned across the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex in a calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, each Fund, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year securities lending income in an amount equal to 85% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment expenses), and this amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment expenses.

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income — affiliated — net in the Statements of Operations. For the year ended June 30, 2022, each Fund paid BIM the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Amounts  

 

 

Advantage Global

  $ 3,460  

EuroFund

    22  

 

 

Interfund Lending: In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, each Fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing facility for temporary purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by each Fund’s investment policies and restrictions. EuroFund is currently permitted to borrow under the Interfund Lending Program. Advantage Global is currently permitted to borrow and lend under the Interfund Lending Program.

A lending BlackRock fund may lend in aggregate up to 15% of its net assets but may not lend more than 5% of its net assets to any one borrowing fund through the Interfund Lending Program. A borrowing BlackRock fund may not borrow through the Interfund Lending Program or from any other source more than 33 1/3% of its total assets (or any lower threshold provided for by the fund’s investment restrictions). If a borrowing BlackRock fund’s total outstanding borrowings exceed 10% of its total assets, each of its outstanding interfund loans will be subject to collateralization of at least 102% of the outstanding principal value of the loan. All interfund loans are for temporary or emergency purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the highest current overnight repurchase agreement rate available to a lending fund and the bank loan rate, as calculated according to a formula established by the Board.

During the year ended June 30, 2022, the Funds did not participate in the Interfund Lending Program.

Directors and Officers: Certain directors and/or officers of the Funds are directors and/or officers of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Funds reimburse the Manager for a portion of the compensation paid to the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer, which is included in Directors and Officer in the Statements of Operations.

The Funds 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 June 30, 2022, the purchase and sale transactions and any net realized gains (losses) with an affiliated fund in compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

       
Fund Name    Purchases      Sales      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

Advantage Global

   $ 15,382,441      $ 9,818,856      $ (775,940

 

7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended June 30, 2022, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, were as follows:

 

     
Fund Name    Purchases      Sales  

Advantage Global

   $ 616,795,242      $ 642,417,681  

EuroFund

     51,548,141        100,299,212  

 

8.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.

Each Fund files U.S. federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on each Fund’s U.S. federal tax returns generally remains open for a period of three years after they are filed. The statutes of limitations on each Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of June 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 Funds’ financial statements.

 

 

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The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

     

Fund Name

   
Year Ended
06/30/22
 
 
    
Year Ended
06/30/21
 
 

Advantage Global

    

Ordinary income

  $ 52,270,653      $ 13,160,353  

Long-term capital gains

    22,561,486        3,856,802  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $ 74,832,139      $ 17,017,155  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of June 30, 2022, the tax components of accumulated earnings (loss) were as follows:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Undistributed
Ordinary Income
     Non-Expiring
Capital Loss
Carryforwards(a)
    Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)(b)
    Qualified
Late-Year Loss(c)
    Total  

 

 

Advantage Global

  $ 1,674,982      $     $ (8,945,624   $ (2,189,726   $ (9,460,368

EuroFund

    528,442        (18,424,399     5,604,854             (12,291,103

 

 

 

  (a) 

Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

 
  (b) 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains losses was attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains on investments in passive foreign investment companies, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains/losses on certain futures and foreign currency contracts, the timing and recognition of partnership income, and characterization of corporate actions.

 
  (c)

The Fund has elected to defer certain qualified late-year losses and recognize such losses in the next taxable year.

 

During the year ended June 30, 2022, EuroFund utilized $8,756,982 of its capital loss carryforward.

As of June 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)

 

 

 

Advantage Global

  $ 392,003,517      $ 37,394,628      $ (46,357,562   $ (8,962,934

EuroFund

    84,304,381        15,865,411        (10,392,933     5,472,478  

 

 

 

9.

BANK BORROWINGS

The Funds, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates (“Participating Funds”), are a party to a 364-day, $2.50 billion credit agreement with a group of lenders. Under this agreement, the Funds may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. Excluding commitments designated for certain individual funds, the Participating Funds, including the Funds, can borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $1.75 billion at any time outstanding, subject to asset coverage and other 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 June 30, 2022, the Funds did not borrow under the credit agreement.

 

10.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, the Funds invest in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject each Fund to various risks, including among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate and price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Funds and their investments. Each Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which each Fund is subject.

The Funds may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

Market Risk: An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund’s investments. 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.

 

 

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Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. A Fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that a Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. A Fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause each Fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of a Fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which a Fund invests.

The price a Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from a Fund’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore a Fund’s results of operations. As a result, the price received upon the sale of an investment may be less than the value ascribed by a Fund, and a Fund could realize a greater than expected loss or lesser than expected gain upon the sale of the investment. A Fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third-party service providers.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that the Manager believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Funds since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, a Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Funds.

Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within each Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

Certain Funds invest a substantial amount of their assets in issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions in those countries may have a significant impact on their investment performance and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the Fund’s portfolio. Unanticipated or sudden political or social developments may cause uncertainty in the markets and as a result adversely affect the Fund’s investments. Foreign issuers may not be subject to the same uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices as used in the United States. Foreign securities markets may also be more volatile and less liquid than U.S. securities and may be less subject to governmental supervision not typically associated with investing in U.S. securities. Investment percentages in specific countries are presented in the Schedules of Investments.

Certain Funds invest a significant portion of their assets in securities of issuers located in Europe or with significant exposure to European issuers or countries. The European financial markets have recently experienced volatility and adverse trends due to concerns about economic downturns in, or rising government debt levels of, several European countries as well as acts of war in the region. These events may spread to other countries in Europe and may affect the value and liquidity of certain of the Funds’ investments.

Responses to the financial problems by European governments, central banks and others, including austerity measures and reforms, may not work, may result in social unrest and may limit future growth and economic recovery or have other unintended consequences. Further defaults or restructurings by governments and others of their debt could have additional adverse effects on economies, financial markets and asset valuations around the world. The United Kingdom has withdrawn from the European Union, and one or more other countries may withdraw from the European Union and/or abandon the Euro, the common currency of the European Union. The impact of these actions, especially if they occur in a disorderly fashion, is not clear but could be significant and far reaching. In addition, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The extent and duration of the military action, resulting sanctions and resulting future market disruptions in the region are impossible to predict, but could be significant and have a severe adverse effect on the region, including significant negative impacts on the economy and the markets for certain securities and commodities, such as oil and natural gas, as well as other sectors.

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.

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 Funds may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine

 

 

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payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Funds is uncertain.

11. CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

     Year Ended
06/30/22
            Year Ended
06/30/21
 
                  
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares     Amounts             Shares     Amounts  

Advantage Global

          

Institutional

          

Shares sold

    516,799     $ 12,492,114          353,005     $ 8,961,654  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    523,855       13,448,762          122,734       3,013,121  

Shares redeemed

    (1,373,464     (33,811,641        (666,077     (16,543,928
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (332,810   $ (7,870,765        (190,338   $ (4,569,153
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A

          

Shares sold

    1,345,196     $ 30,806,933          1,602,254     $ 35,969,989  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    1,904,545       45,920,653          434,436       10,100,634  

Shares redeemed

    (1,749,712     (40,119,251        (1,800,248     (42,539,915
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    1,500,029     $ 36,608,335          236,442     $ 3,530,708  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor C

          

Shares sold

    14,474     $ 253,356          20,365     $ 401,104  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    66,995       1,282,263          19,276       367,401  

Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares

    (191,599     (3,624,007        (1,829,663     (33,139,792
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (110,130   $ (2,088,388        (1,790,022   $ (32,371,287
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class K

          

Shares sold

    437,784     $ 11,106,505          1,547,022     $ 42,438,784  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    333,878       8,570,267          23,087       566,795  

Shares redeemed

    (361,744     (9,088,358        (146,256     (3,754,533
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    409,918     $ 10,588,414          1,423,853     $ 39,251,046  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class R

          

Shares sold

    21,288     $ 436,343          35,430     $ 758,871  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    29,767       633,880          7,784       162,607  

Shares redeemed

    (68,956     (1,446,183        (113,713     (2,399,784
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (17,901   $ (375,960        (70,499   $ (1,478,306
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    1,449,106     $ 36,861,636          (390,564   $ 4,363,008  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
          
     Year Ended
06/30/22
            Year Ended
06/30/21
 
                  
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares     Amounts             Shares     Amounts  

EuroFund

          

Institutional

          

Shares sold

    122,608     $ 2,411,570          2,405,942     $ 47,228,958  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                          

Shares redeemed

    (2,442,177     (50,674,198        (234,616     (4,179,416
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (2,319,569   $ (48,262,628        2,171,326     $ 43,049,542  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A

          

Shares sold

    229,654     $ 4,514,406          266,022     $ 4,557,168  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                          

Shares redeemed

    (444,682     (8,307,512        (568,313     (9,533,418
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (215,028   $ (3,793,106        (302,291   $ (4,976,250
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor C

          

Shares sold

    19,069     $ 253,465          22,480     $ 275,997  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                          

Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares

    (90,724     (1,184,488        (161,601     (1,858,944
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (71,655   $ (931,023        (139,121   $ (1,582,947
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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     Year Ended
06/30/22
            Year Ended
06/30/21
 
                  
Fund Name / Share Class (continued)   Shares     Amounts             Shares     Amounts  

EuroFund (continued)

          

Class K

          

Shares sold

    43,191     $ 888,954          8,761     $ 160,552  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                          

Shares redeemed

    (25,204     (463,242        (8,545     (149,452
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    17,987     $ 425,712          216     $ 11,100  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class R

          

Shares sold

    8,967     $ 120,841          4,460     $ 56,788  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                          

Shares redeemed

    (22,404     (276,352        (6,936     (79,906
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (13,437   $ (155,511        (2,476   $ (23,118
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (2,601,702   $ (52,716,556        1,727,654     $ 36,478,327  
 

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of June 30, 2022, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., an affiliate of the Fund, owned 12,070 Class K Shares of EuroFund.

12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors/Trustees of BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. and BlackRock EuroFund:

Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. and BlackRock EuroFund (the “Funds”), including the schedules of investments, as of June 30, 2022, the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds as of June 30, 2022, and the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, 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 Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ 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 Funds 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 Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their 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 Funds’ 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 June 30, 2022, by correspondence with custodians 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

August 19, 2022

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 1992.

 

 

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The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified dividend income for individuals for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022:

 

   
Fund Name   Qualified Dividend
Income
 

Advantage Global

  $ 9,139,200  

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified business income for individuals for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022:

 

   
Fund Name   Qualified Business
Income
 

Advantage Global

  $ 74,319  

The following percentage, or maximum percentage allowable by law, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 qualified for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders:

 

   
Fund Name   Dividends-Received
Deduction
 

Advantage Global

    6.60

The Fund hereby designates the following amount, or maximum amount allowable by law, as qualified short-term capital gains eligible for exemption from U.S. withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022:

 

   
Fund Name   Qualified
Short-Term
Capital Gains
 

Advantage Global

  $ 46,714,914  

 

 

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreement

 

The Board of Trustees of BlackRock EuroFund (“EuroFund”) met on April 20, 2022 and May 10-11, 2022 to consider the approval to continue the investment advisory agreement (the “EuroFund Advisory Agreement”) between EuroFund and BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), its investment advisor. The Board of Trustees of EuroFund also considered the approval of the sub-advisory agreement (the “EuroFund Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between the Manager and BlackRock International Limited (the “Sub-Advisor”) with respect to EuroFund.

The Board of Directors of BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. (“Advantage Global Fund”) met on April 20, 2022 and May 10-11, 2022 to consider the approval to continue the investment advisory agreement (the “Advantage Global Fund Advisory Agreement”) between Advantage Global Fund and the Manager, its investment advisor.

EuroFund and Advantage Global Fund are referred to herein individually as a “Fund” or collectively as the “Funds.” The Manager and the Sub-Advisor are referred to herein as “BlackRock.” The EuroFund Advisory Agreement, the EuroFund Sub-Advisory Agreement and the Advantage Global Fund Advisory Agreement are referred to herein individually as an “Agreement” or collectively as the “Agreements.” For simplicity: (a) the Board of Trustees of EuroFund and the Board of Directors of Advantage Global Fund are referred to herein individually as the “Board” and collectively as the “Boards” and the members are referred to as “Board Members”; and (b) the meetings held on April 20, 2022 are referred to as the “April Meeting” and the meetings held on May 10-11, 2022 are referred to as the “May Meeting.”

The Approval Process

Consistent with the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), each Board considers the approval of the continuation of the pertinent Agreement for each Fund on an annual basis. The Board members who are not “interested persons” of the pertinent Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act, are considered independent Board members (the “Independent Board Members”). Each Board’s consideration entailed a year-long deliberative process during which the Board and its committees assessed BlackRock’s various services to each Fund, including through the review of written materials and oral presentations, and the review of additional information provided in response to requests from the Independent Board Members. Each Board had four quarterly meetings per year, each typically extending for two days, as well as additional ad hoc meetings and executive sessions throughout the year, as needed. The committees of each Board similarly met throughout the year. Each Board also had an additional one-day meeting to consider specific information surrounding the renewal of the Agreements. In particular, each Board assessed, among other things, the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund by BlackRock, BlackRock’s personnel and affiliates, including (as applicable): investment management services; accounting oversight; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; and legal, regulatory and compliance services. Throughout the year, including during the contract renewal process, the Independent Board Members were advised by independent legal counsel, and met with independent legal counsel in various executive sessions outside of the presence of BlackRock’s management.

During the year, each Board, acting directly and through its committees, considered information that was relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the Agreements, including the services and support provided by BlackRock to the Fund and its shareholders. BlackRock also furnished additional information to each Board in response to specific questions from the Board. Among the matters each Board considered were: (a) investment performance for one-year, three-year, five-year, and/or since inception periods, as applicable, against peer funds, an applicable benchmark, and other performance metrics, as applicable, as well as BlackRock senior management’s and portfolio managers’ analyses of the reasons for any outperformance or underperformance relative to its peers, benchmarks, and other performance metrics, as applicable; (b) fees, including advisory, administration, if applicable, and other amounts paid to BlackRock and its affiliates by the Fund for services; (c) Fund operating expenses and how BlackRock allocates expenses to the Fund; (d) the resources devoted to risk oversight of, and compliance reports relating to, implementation of the Fund’s investment objective, policies and restrictions, and meeting regulatory requirements; (e) BlackRock’s and the Fund’s adherence to applicable compliance policies and procedures; (f) the nature, character and scope of non-investment management services provided by BlackRock and its affiliates and the estimated cost of such services, as available; (g) BlackRock’s and other service providers’ internal controls and risk and compliance oversight mechanisms; (h) BlackRock’s implementation of the proxy voting policies approved by the Board; (i) the use of brokerage commissions and execution quality of portfolio transactions; (j) BlackRock’s implementation of the Fund’s valuation and liquidity procedures; (k) an analysis of management fees paid to BlackRock for products with similar investment mandates across the open-end fund, exchange-traded fund (“ETF”), closed-end fund, sub-advised mutual fund, separately managed account, collective investment trust, and institutional separate account product channels, as applicable, and the similarities and differences between these products and the services provided as compared to the Fund; (l) BlackRock’s compensation methodology for its investment professionals and the incentives and accountability it creates, along with investment professionals’ investments in the fund(s) they manage; and (m) periodic updates on BlackRock’s business.

Prior to and in preparation for the April Meeting, each Board received and reviewed materials specifically relating to the renewal of the Agreements. The Independent Board Members continuously engaged in a process with their independent legal counsel and BlackRock to review the nature and scope of the information provided to the Board to better assist its deliberations. The materials provided in connection with the April Meeting included, among other things: (a) information independently compiled and prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), based on either a Lipper classification or Morningstar category, regarding each Fund’s fees and expenses as compared with a peer group of funds as determined by Broadridge (“Expense Peers”) and the investment performance of each Fund as compared with a peer group of funds (“Performance Peers”); (b) information on the composition of the Expense Peers and Performance Peers and a description of Broadridge’s methodology; (c) information on the estimated profits realized by BlackRock and its affiliates pursuant to the Agreements and a discussion of fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates; (d) a general analysis provided by BlackRock concerning investment management fees received in connection with other types of investment products, such as institutional accounts, sub-advised mutual funds, ETFs, closed-end funds, open-end funds, and separately managed accounts, under similar investment mandates, as well as the performance of such other products, as applicable; (e) a review of non-management fees; (f) the existence, impact and sharing of potential economies of scale, if any, with the Funds; (g) a summary of aggregate amounts paid by each Fund to BlackRock; (h) sales and redemption data regarding each Fund’s shares; and (i) various additional information requested by the Board as appropriate regarding BlackRock’s and the Funds’ operations.

At the April Meeting, each Board reviewed materials relating to its consideration of the Agreements and the Independent Board Members presented BlackRock with questions and requests for additional information. BlackRock responded to these questions and requests with additional written information in advance of the May Meeting.

At the May Meeting, each Board concluded its assessment of, among other things: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of each Fund as compared to its Performance Peers and to other metrics, as applicable; (c) the advisory fee and the estimated cost of the services and estimated profits realized by BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with the Funds; (d) each Fund’s fees and expenses compared to its Expense Peers; (e) the existence and

 

 

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sharing of potential economies of scale; (f) any fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates as a result of BlackRock’s relationship with the Funds; and (g) other factors deemed relevant by the Board Members.

Each Board also considered other matters it deemed important to the approval process, such as other payments made to BlackRock or its affiliates relating to securities lending and cash management, and BlackRock’s services related to the valuation and pricing of the portfolio holdings of the pertinent Fund. Each Board noted the willingness of BlackRock’s personnel to engage in open, candid discussions with the Board. The Board Members evaluated the information available to it on a fund-by-fund basis. The following paragraphs provide more information about some of the primary factors that were relevant to each Board’s decision. The Board Members did not identify any particular information, or any single factor as determinative, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various items and factors considered.

A. Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services Provided by BlackRock

Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the nature, extent and quality of services provided by BlackRock, including the investment advisory services and the resulting performance of each Fund. Throughout the year, each Board compared each Fund’s performance to the performance of a comparable group of mutual funds, relevant benchmark, and performance metrics, as applicable. The Boards met with BlackRock’s senior management personnel responsible for investment activities, including the senior investment officers. Each Board also reviewed the materials provided by each Fund’s portfolio management team discussing the Fund’s performance, investment strategies and outlook.

Each Board considered, among other factors, with respect to BlackRock: the number, education and experience of investment personnel generally and each Fund’s portfolio management team; research capabilities; investments by portfolio managers in the funds they manage; portfolio trading capabilities; use of technology; commitment to compliance; credit analysis capabilities; risk analysis and oversight capabilities; and the approach to training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel. Each Board also considered BlackRock’s overall risk management program, including the continued efforts of BlackRock and its affiliates to address cybersecurity risks and the role of BlackRock’s Risk & Quantitative Analysis Group. Each Board engaged in a review of BlackRock’s compensation structure with respect to each Fund’s portfolio management team and BlackRock’s ability to attract and retain high-quality talent and create performance incentives.

In addition to investment advisory services, each Board considered the nature and quality of the administrative and other non-investment advisory services provided to each Fund. BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Funds with certain administrative, shareholder and other services (in addition to any such services provided to the Funds by third-parties) and officers and other personnel as are necessary for the operations of the Funds. In particular, BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Funds with administrative services including, among others: (i) responsibility for disclosure documents, such as the prospectus, the summary prospectus (as applicable), the statement of additional information and periodic shareholder reports; (ii) oversight of daily accounting and pricing; (iii) responsibility for periodic filings with regulators; (iv) overseeing and coordinating the activities of third-party service providers, including, among others, each Fund’s custodian, fund accountant, transfer agent, and auditor; (v) organizing Board meetings and preparing the materials for such Board meetings; (vi) providing legal and compliance support; (vii) furnishing analytical and other support to assist the Board in its consideration of strategic issues such as the merger, consolidation or repurposing of certain open-end funds; and (viii) performing or managing administrative functions necessary for the operation of the Funds, such as tax reporting, expense management, fulfilling regulatory filing requirements, overseeing each Fund’s distribution partners, and shareholder call center and other services. The Board reviewed the structure and duties of BlackRock’s fund administration, shareholder services, and legal and compliance departments and considered BlackRock’s policies and procedures for assuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The Board considered the operation of BlackRock’s business continuity plans, including in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

B. The Investment Performance of the Funds and BlackRock

Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed and considered the performance history of the Fund throughout the year and at the April Meeting. In preparation for the April Meeting, each Board was provided with reports independently prepared by Broadridge, which included an analysis of the Fund’s performance as of December 31, 2021, as compared to its Performance Peers. Broadridge ranks funds in quartiles, ranging from first to fourth, where first is the most desirable quartile position and fourth is the least desirable. In connection with its review, each Board received and reviewed information regarding the investment performance of the Fund as compared to its Performance Peers. Each Board and its Performance Oversight Committee regularly review and meet with Fund management to discuss the performance of each Fund throughout the year.

In evaluating performance, the Boards focused particular attention on funds with less favorable performance records. Each Board also noted that while it found the data provided by Broadridge generally useful, it recognized the limitations of such data, including in particular, that notable differences may exist between a fund and its Performance Peers (for example, the investment objectives and strategies). Further, each Board recognized that the performance data reflects a snapshot of a period as of a particular date and that selecting a different performance period could produce significantly different results. Each Board also acknowledged that long-term performance could be impacted by even one period of significant outperformance or underperformance, and that a single investment theme could have the ability to disproportionately affect long-term performance.

The Board noted that for the one-, three- and five-year periods reported, EuroFund ranked in the second, first and first quartiles, respectively, against its Performance Peers.

The Board noted that for the one-, three- and five-year periods reported, Advantage Global Fund ranked in the third, second and second quartiles, respectively, against its Performance Peers. The Board and BlackRock reviewed the Fund’s underperformance relative to its Performance Peers during the applicable period.

C. Consideration of the Advisory/Management Fees and the Estimated Cost of the Services and Estimated Profits Realized by BlackRock and its Affiliates from their Relationship with the Funds

Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed each Fund’s contractual management fee rate compared with those of its Expense Peers. The contractual management fee rate represents a combination of the advisory fee and any administrative fees, before taking into account any reimbursements or fee waivers. Each Board also compared each Fund’s total expense ratio, as well as its actual management fee rate, to those of its Expense Peers. The total expense ratio represents a fund’s total net operating expenses, including any 12b-1 or non-12b-1 service fees. The total expense ratio gives effect to any expense reimbursements or fee waivers, and the actual

 

 

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management fee rate gives effect to any management fee reimbursements or waivers. The Boards considered the services provided and the fees charged by BlackRock and its affiliates to other types of clients with similar investment mandates, as applicable, including institutional accounts and sub-advised mutual funds (including mutual funds sponsored by third parties).

Each Board received and reviewed statements relating to BlackRock’s financial condition. Each Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability methodology and was also provided with an estimated profitability analysis that detailed the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by BlackRock for services provided to each Fund. Each Board reviewed BlackRock’s estimated profitability with respect to each Fund and other funds the Board currently oversees for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to available aggregate estimated profitability data provided for the prior two years. Each Board reviewed BlackRock’s estimated profitability with respect to certain other U.S. fund complexes managed by the Manager and/or its affiliates. Each Board reviewed BlackRock’s assumptions and methodology of allocating expenses in the estimated profitability analysis, noting the inherent limitations in allocating costs among various advisory products. Each Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors including, among other things, fee waivers and expense reimbursements by the Manager, the types of funds managed, precision of expense allocations and business mix. Each Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at the individual fund level is difficult.

Each Board noted that, in general, individual fund or product line profitability of other advisors is not publicly available. Each Board reviewed BlackRock’s overall operating margin, in general, compared to that of certain other publicly traded asset management firms. Each Board considered the differences between BlackRock and these other firms, including the contribution of technology at BlackRock, BlackRock’s expense management, and the relative product mix.

Each Board considered whether BlackRock has the financial resources necessary to attract and retain high quality investment management personnel to perform its obligations under the Agreements and to continue to provide the high quality of services that is expected by the Board. The Boards further considered factors including but not limited to BlackRock’s commitment of time, assumption of risk, and liability profile in servicing the Funds, including in contrast to what is required of BlackRock with respect to other products with similar investment mandates across the open-end fund, ETF, closed-end fund, sub-advised mutual fund, separately managed account, collective investment trust, and institutional separate account product channels, as applicable.

The Board noted that EuroFund’s contractual management fee rate ranked in the first quartile, and that the actual management fee rate and total expense ratio ranked in the first and fourth quartiles, respectively, relative to the Fund’s Expense Peers. After discussions between the Board, including the Independent Board Members, and BlackRock, the Board and BlackRock agreed to a new contractual expense cap, on a class-by-class basis. The contractual expense cap was implemented on June 1, 2022.

The Board noted that Advantage Global Fund’s contractual management fee rate ranked in the third quartile, and that the actual management fee rate and total expense ratio ranked in the first and second quartiles, respectively, relative to the Fund’s Expense Peers. In addition, the Board noted that BlackRock and the Board have contractually agreed to a cap on the Fund’s total expenses as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets on a class-by-class basis.

The Board also noted that each Fund has an advisory fee arrangement that includes breakpoints that adjust the fee rate downward as the size of the Fund increases above certain contractually specified levels. The Board noted that if the size of the pertinent Fund were to decrease, the Fund could lose the benefit of one or more breakpoints.

D. Economies of Scale

Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Funds increase, including the existence of fee waivers and/or expense caps, as applicable, noting that any contractual fee waivers and contractual expense caps had been approved by the Board. In its consideration, each Board further considered the continuation and/or implementation of fee waivers and/or expense caps, as applicable. Each Board also considered the extent to which the Funds benefit from such economies of scale in a variety of ways and whether there should be changes in the advisory fee rate or breakpoint structure in order to enable the Funds to more fully participate in these economies of scale. Each Board considered each Fund’s asset levels and whether the current fee schedule was appropriate.start from here

E. Other Factors Deemed Relevant by the Board Members

Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, also took into account other ancillary or “fall-out” benefits that BlackRock or its affiliates may derive from BlackRock’s respective relationships with the Funds, both tangible and intangible, such as BlackRock’s ability to leverage its investment professionals who manage other portfolios and its risk management personnel, an increase in BlackRock’s profile in the investment advisory community, and the engagement of BlackRock’s affiliates as service providers to the Funds, including for administrative, distribution, securities lending and cash management services. The Boards also considered BlackRock’s overall operations and its efforts to expand the scale of, and improve the quality of, its operations. The Boards also noted that, subject to applicable law, BlackRock may use and benefit from third-party research obtained by soft dollars generated by certain registered fund transactions to assist in managing all or a number of its other client accounts.

In connection with its consideration of the Agreements, the Boards also received information regarding BlackRock’s brokerage and soft dollar practices. The Boards received reports from BlackRock which included information on brokerage commissions and trade execution practices throughout the year.

The Boards noted the competitive nature of the open-end fund marketplace, and that shareholders are able to redeem their Fund shares if they believe that the pertinent Fund’s fees and expenses are too high or if they are dissatisfied with the performance of the Fund.

Conclusion

The Board of EuroFund, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the EuroFund Advisory Agreement between the Manager and EuroFund for a one-year term ending June 30, 2023, and the EuroFund Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor with respect to EuroFund for a one-year term ending June 30, 2023.

The Board of Advantage Global Fund, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advantage Global Fund Advisory Agreement between the Manager and Advantage Global Fund for a one-year term ending June 30, 2023.

 

 

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Based upon its evaluation of all of the aforementioned factors in their totality, as well as other information, the Boards, including the Independent Board Members, were satisfied that the terms of the Agreements were fair and reasonable and, in the best interest of each Fund and its shareholders. In arriving at its decision to approve the Agreements, the Boards did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, but considered all factors together, and different Board Members may have attributed different weights to the various factors considered. The Independent Board Members were also assisted by the advice of independent legal counsel in making this determination.

 

 

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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.    28 RICs consisting of 162 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.    28 RICs consisting of 162 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.    28 RICs consisting of 162 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.    28 RICs consisting of 162 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.    28 RICs consisting of 162 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.    28 RICs consisting of 162 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.    28 RICs consisting of 162 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.    28 RICs consisting of 162 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.    28 RICs consisting of 162 Portfolios    Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (reinsurance company); Consol Energy Inc.

 

 

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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

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.    28 RICs consisting of 162 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.    28 RICs consisting of 162 Portfolios    None

 

 

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Director and Officer Information  (continued)

 

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.    97 RICs consisting of 261 Portfolios    None

John M. Perlowski(e)

1964

  

Director

(Since 2018) 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.    99 RICs consisting of 263 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 Funds’ 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 Funds’ 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.

(d) 

Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are both “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Funds 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

Roland Villacorta

1971

  

Vice President

(Since 2022)

   Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2022; Head of Global Cash Management and Head of Securities Lending within BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group since 2022; Member of BlackRock’s Global Operating Committee since 2022; Head of Portfolio Management in BlackRock’s Financial Markets Advisory Group within BlackRock Solutions from 2008 to 2015; previously Mrs. Villacorta was Co-Head of BlackRock Solutions’ Portfolio Analytics Group and Co-Head of Fixed Income within BlackRock’s Risk & Quantitative Analysis Group.

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.

 

 

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Director and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Officers Who Are Not Directors(a) (continued)
     

Name

Year of Birth(b)

  

Position(s) Held

(Length of Service)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

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 each Fund serve at the pleasure of the Board.

Further information about each Fund’s Directors and Officers is available in each 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 Funds.

 

Effective March 31, 2022, Thomas Callahan resigned as a Vice President of the Funds and effective May 10, 2022, Roland Villacorta was appointed as a Vice President of the Funds.

 

 

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Additional Information

 

Regulation Regarding Derivatives

On October 28, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted regulations governing the use of derivatives by registered investment companies (“Rule 18f-4”). The Funds will be required to implement and comply with Rule 18f-4 by August 19, 2022. Once implemented, Rule 18f-4 will impose limits on the amount of derivatives a fund can enter into, eliminate the asset segregation framework currently used by funds to comply with Section 18 of the 1940 Act, treat derivatives as senior securities and require funds whose use of derivatives is more than a limited specified exposure amount to establish and maintain a comprehensive derivatives risk management program and appoint a derivatives risk manager.

General Information

Quarterly performance, semi-annual and annual reports, current net asset value and other information regarding the Funds may be found on BlackRock’s website, which can be accessed at blackrock.com. Any reference to BlackRock’s website in this report is intended to allow investors public access to information regarding the Funds and does not, and is not intended to, incorporate BlackRock’s website in this report.

Householding

The Funds will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports, Rule 30e-3 notices and proxy statements, to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please call the Funds at (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Funds file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, each Fund makes its portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at blackrock.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the Funds voted proxies relating to securities held in the Funds’ portfolios during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) on the BlackRock website at blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.

BlackRock’s Mutual Fund Family

BlackRock offers a diverse lineup of open-end mutual funds crossing all investment styles and managed by experts in equity, fixed-income and tax-exempt investing. Visit blackrock.com for more information.

Shareholder Privileges

Account Information

Call us at (800) 441-7762 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM ET on any business day to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also visit blackrock.com for more information.

Automatic Investment Plans

Investor class shareholders who want to invest regularly can arrange to have $50 or more automatically deducted from their checking or savings account and invested in any of the BlackRock funds.

Systematic Withdrawal Plans

Investor class shareholders can establish a systematic withdrawal plan and receive periodic payments of $50 or more from their BlackRock funds, as long as their account balance is at least $10,000.

Retirement Plans

Shareholders may make investments in conjunction with Traditional, Rollover, Roth, Coverdell, Simple IRAs, SEP IRAs and 403(b) Plans.

 

 

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Additional Information  (continued)

 

BlackRock Privacy Principles

BlackRock is committed to maintaining the privacy of its current and former fund investors and individual clients (collectively, “Clients”) and to safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information BlackRock collects, how we protect that information and why in certain cases we share such information with select parties.

If you are located in a jurisdiction where specific laws, rules or regulations require BlackRock to provide you with additional or different privacy-related rights beyond what is set forth below, then BlackRock will comply with those specific laws, rules or regulations.

BlackRock obtains or verifies personal non-public information from and about you from different sources, including the following: (i) information we receive from you or, if applicable, your financial intermediary, on applications, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from a consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.

BlackRock does not sell or disclose to non-affiliated third parties any non-public personal information about its Clients, except as permitted by law or as is necessary to respond to regulatory requests or to service Client accounts. These non-affiliated third parties are required to protect the confidentiality and security of this information and to use it only for its intended purpose.

We may share information with our affiliates to service your account or to provide you with information about other BlackRock products or services that may be of interest to you. In addition, BlackRock restricts access to non-public personal information about its Clients to those BlackRock employees with a legitimate business need for the information. BlackRock maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that are designed to protect the non-public personal information of its Clients, including procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.

Fund and Service Providers

 

Investment Adviser

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Wilmington, DE 19809

Sub-Adviser

BlackRock International Limited(a)

Edinburgh, EH3 8BL

United Kingdom

Accounting Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company

Boston, MA 02111

Custodian

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Boston, MA 02109

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

(a)

For BlackRock EuroFund.

Distributor

BlackRock Investments, LLC

New York, NY 10022

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, MA 02116

Legal Counsel

Sidley Austin LLP

New York, NY 10019

Address of the Funds

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Currency Abbreviation
CAD    Canadian Dollar
EUR    Euro
HKD    Hong Kong Dollar
JPY    Japanese Yen
SEK    Swedish Krona
USD    United States Dollar
Portfolio Abbreviation
ADR    American Depositary Receipt
CVA    Certificaten Van Aandelen (Dutch Certificate)
GDR    Global Depositary Receipt
MSCI    Morgan Stanley Capital International
NVDR    Non-Voting Depositary Receipt
PCL    Public Company Limited
PJSC    Public Joint Stock Company
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust
S&P    Standard & Poor’s
SAB    Special Assessment Bonds
SCA    Societe en Commandite par Actions

    

 

 

 

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This report is intended for current holders. It is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Funds unless preceded or accompanied by the Funds’ current prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Investment returns and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change.

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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

Fiscal

Year

End

BlackRock     Advantage Global     Fund, Inc.   $34,986   $34,643   $638   $0   $15,700   $13,700   $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”):

 

     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:

 

Entity Name  

  Current Fiscal   

Year End

 

  Previous Fiscal  

Year End

    

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

  $16,338   $13,700   

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.

 

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


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 

  By:     

/s/ John M. Perlowski                            

       John M. Perlowski
       Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
       BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

Date: August 19, 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 Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

Date: August 19, 2022

 

  By:     

/s/ Trent Walker                            

       Trent Walker
       Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
       BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

Date: August 19, 2022