N-CSRS 1 d66337dncsrs.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: 06/30/2021

Date of reporting period: 12/31/2020


Item 1 –

Report to Stockholders

(a) The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.


 

LOGO

  DECEMBER 31, 2020

 

  

2020 Semi-Annual Report

(Unaudited)

 

 

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 December 31, 2020 has been a time of sudden change in global financial markets, as the emergence and spread of the coronavirus (or “COVID-19”) led to a vast disruption in the global economy and financial markets. The threat from the coronavirus became increasingly apparent throughout February and March 2020, and countries around the world took economically disruptive countermeasures. Stay-at-home orders and closures of non-essential businesses became widespread, many workers were laid off, and unemployment claims spiked, causing a global recession and a sharp fall in equity prices.

After markets hit their lowest point of the reporting period in late March 2020, a steady recovery ensued, as businesses began to re-open and governments learned to adapt to life with the virus. Equity prices continued to rise throughout the summer, fed by strong fiscal and monetary support and improving economic indicators. Many equity indices neared or surpassed all-time highs late in the reporting period following a series of successful vaccine trials and passage of additional stimulus. In the United States, both large- and small-capitalization stocks posted a significant advance. International equities from developed economies grew at a more modest pace, lagging emerging market stocks, which rebounded sharply.

During the market downturn, the performance of different types of fixed-income securities initially diverged due to a reduced investor appetite for risk. U.S. Treasuries benefited from the risk-off environment, and posted solid returns, as the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) touched an all-time low. In the corporate bond market, support from the U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) assuaged credit concerns and both investment-grade and high-yield bonds recovered to post positive returns.

Following the coronavirus outbreak, the Fed instituted two emergency interest rate cuts, pushing short-term interest rates, already low as the year began, close to zero. To stabilize credit markets, the Fed also implemented a new bond-buying program, as did several other central banks around the world, including the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan.

Looking ahead, while coronavirus-related disruptions have clearly hindered worldwide economic growth, we believe that the global expansion is likely to accelerate as vaccination efforts get under way. The results of the U.S. elections also cleared the way for additional stimulus spending in 2021, which is likely to be a solid tailwind for economic growth. Inflation should increase as the expansion continues, but a shift in central bank policy means that moderate inflation is less likely to be followed by interest rate hikes that could threaten the equity expansion.

Overall, we favor a positive stance toward risk, with an overweight in both equities and credit. We see U.S. and Asian equities benefiting from structural growth trends in tech, while emerging markets should be particularly helped by a vaccine-led economic expansion. In credit, rising inflation should provide tailwinds for inflation-protected bonds, and Euro area peripherals and Asian bonds also provide attractive opportunities. We believe that international diversification and a focus on sustainability can help provide portfolio resilience, and the disruption created by the coronavirus appears to be accelerating the shift toward sustainable investments.

In this environment, our view is that investors need to think globally, extend their scope across a broad array of asset classes, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit blackrock.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

LOGO

Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

Total Returns as of December 31, 2020
     
      6-Month     12-Month 
   

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

  22.16%   18.40%
   

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

  37.85     19.96
   

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

  21.61     7.82
   

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

  31.14     18.31
   

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

  0.07     0.67
   

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

 

(1.87)

  10.58
   

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

  1.29     7.51
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds
(S&P Municipal Bond Index)

  2.92     4.95
   

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

  11.32     7.05

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

Semi-Annual Report:

  

Fund Summary

   4

About Fund Performance

   9

Disclosure of Expenses

   9

Derivative Financial Instruments

   9

Financial Statements:

  

Schedules of Investments

   10

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   24

Statements of Operations

   26

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   27

Financial Highlights

   28

Notes to Financial Statements

   38

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

   48

Additional Information

   49

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

   51

 

    

 

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Fund Summary  as of December 31, 2020    BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 

Investment Objective

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

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the six-month period ended December 31, 2020, the Fund underperformed its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index.

What factors influenced performance?

The Fund’s performance was challenged against the shifting backdrop during the period, with November 2020 the primary driver of weakness. Despite markets touching new highs, and in many cases having historically strong returns in November, the rise was accompanied by a sharp change in market leadership. After the better-than-expected news on vaccine efficacy, momentum styles, which had driven market gains to that point, experienced the worst relative performance since the global financial crisis. As investors brought forward expectations of a robust economic recovery due to vaccine development, they increasingly sought out contrarian opportunities, adversely impacting the portfolio’s trend-based sentiment insights.

Signals with a slower moving fundamental footprint proved overly conservative, while insights using internet search data and conference call transcripts also lagged. As November saw growth reestablish performance leadership relative to value, value signals and measures that look at cash flow and research and development expenses across companies, as well as exchange-traded product flows, showed renewed weakness. While December 2020 saw an improvement in portfolio performance, November’s lagging returns for momentum and sentiment signals ultimately weighed on relative performance for the period.

While portfolio performance initially held up well as U.S. technology companies sold off in September 2020, an underweight to Japanese technology companies motivated by their lower quality profile ultimately weighed on relative returns as the group soundly outperformed their U.S. counterparts. Elsewhere, fundamental- and sentiment-motivated underweight positions in Europe, food retail, and logistics stocks detracted amid the resurgence of COVID late in the period.

On the positive side, higher frequency trend-based measures seeking to track consumer activity were a strong contributor to relative performance over the third quarter of 2020. Collectively, the combination of online, transactional and mobile application-based activity correctly positioned the Fund during earnings season as economies reopened. Specifically, contrarian positioning in U.S. retail driven by these measures proved additive early in the period, although macro concerns due to fading stimulus hopes pressured this positioning in September.

During the final months of 2020, macro-thematic insights were able to partially offset weaker results across fundamental- and sentiment-based signals. A positive stance with respect to select European economies such as France and Denmark added value, while a modest overweight to the U.S. detracted. Performance gains were supported by new research introduced in November designed to select stocks based on their sensitivity to vaccine-related news flow. Further aiding performance were quality-driven signals focused on business culture and sustainability measures.

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. Given the dynamism of the current environment, the Fund has instituted enhanced signal constructs to best identify emerging trends due to COVID-19, such as “work from home” and vaccine development. Additionally, a new alternative data-driven insight that looks to capture brand sentiment from consumers was added.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

The Fund was positioned essentially neutrally from a geographic and sector perspective at period end. The Fund had a slight underweight allocation to the consumer staples sector and slight overweight positions to health care and energy. In country terms, the Fund had a slight overweight to Taiwan and a slight underweight to the United Kingdom.

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of December 31, 2020 (continued)    BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 

Performance Summary for the Period Ended December 31, 2020

 

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

6-Month

Total

Returns

   

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

   

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

   

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

 

Institutional

    23.42     15.87     N/A       11.55     N/A       8.88     N/A  

Investor A

    23.26       15.54       9.47     11.22       10.03     8.55       7.96

Investor C

    22.79       14.70       13.70       10.37       10.37       7.85       7.85  

Class K

    23.43       15.88       N/A       11.58       N/A       8.90       N/A  

Class R

    23.06       15.26       N/A       10.90       N/A       8.18       N/A  

MSCI All Country World Index(c)

    24.01       16.25       N/A       12.26       N/A       9.13       N/A  

 

  (a) 

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

 
  (b) 

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

 
  (c)

MSCI All Country World Index comprises large and mid-capitalization developed and emerging market equities.

 

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(a)        
     

Beginning

Account Value

(07/01/20)

 

 

 

   

Ending

Account Value

(12/31/20)

 

 

 

   

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(b) 

        

Beginning

Account Value

(07/01/20)

 

 

 

   

Ending

Account Value

(12/31/20)

 

 

 

   

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(b) 

   

Annualized

Expense

Ratio

 

 

 

Institutional

    $        1,000.00       $        1,234.20       $         4.00         $      1,000.00       $      1,021.63       $          3.62       0.71

Investor A

    1,000.00       1,232.60       5.40         1,000.00       1,020.37       4.89       0.96  

Investor C

    1,000.00       1,227.90       9.60         1,000.00       1,016.59       8.69       1.71  

Class K

    1,000.00       1,234.30       3.72         1,000.00       1,021.88       3.36       0.66  

Class R

    1,000.00       1,230.60       6.80           1,000.00       1,019.11       6.16       1.21  

 

  (a) 

Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by prorating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 365.

 
  (b) 

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the six-month period shown).

 

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of December 31, 2020 (continued)    BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 

Portfolio Information

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

 

   
Security  

Percent of

Net Assets

 

Apple, Inc.

    3

Microsoft Corp.

    3  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    2  

Facebook, Inc., Class A

    2  

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

    1  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    1  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    1  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    1  

NVIDIA Corp.

    1  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    1  

GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION

 

 

   
Country/Geographic Region  

Percent of

Net Assets

 

United States

    57

Japan

    6  

China

    6  

France

    3  

Germany

    3  

Switzerland

    3  

Taiwan

    2  

United Kingdom

    2  

Canada

    2  

Netherlands

    2  

Australia

    2  

South Korea

    2  

India

    2  

Brazil

    1  

Ireland

    1  

Denmark

    1  

Hong Kong

    1  

Spain

    1  

South Africa

    1  

Sweden

    1  

Finland

    1  

Other

    # 

Other Assets Less Liabilities

    (a) 
 
(a) 

Rounds to less than 1% of net assets.

# 

Includes holdings within countries that are 1% or less of net assets. Please refer to the Schedule of Investments for such countries.

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of December 31, 2020    BlackRock EuroFund

 

Investment Objective

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

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the six-month period ended December 31, 2020, the Fund outperformed its benchmark, the MSCI EMU Index.

What factors influenced performance?

European equities produced strong gains in the second half of 2020, with nearly all of the positive returns occurring in November and December. The global markets rallied in this time, as investors reacted positively to news that a COVID-19 vaccine had been approved – indicating a possible return to normal economic conditions in 2021. The conclusion of the U.S. election provided an additional boost to the market, as did expectations that world central banks would maintain their highly accommodative monetary policies.

The Fund outperformed with stock selection and sector allocations both contributing to results. An underweight in the health care sector, which experienced volatility ahead of the U.S. elections, contributed positively. A zero weighting in the German pharmaceutical company Bayer AG, which issued a profit warning and wrote down assets in its agricultural business, was particularly helpful. In the consumer discretionary sector, holdings in LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (France) and Moncler SpA (Italy) continued to benefit from the rotation of discretionary spending away from experiences and travel. The Fund also capitalized on the ongoing momentum in the renewables space, with the renewable diesel company Neste OYJ (Finland) aiding returns. The travel-related holdings MTU Aero Engines AG (Germany) and Safran SA (France) were also among the Fund’s top performers, as the positive vaccine news indicated a better chance of air travel returning to normal levels. The Fund was further helped by strength in several high-conviction holdings that continued to generate strong performance, such as Rational AG (Germany), DSV Panalpina AS (Denmark) and Sika AG (Switzerland).

The Fund’s zero weightings in a number of cyclical stocks, including the German companies Daimler AG and Siemens AG, detracted from relative performance. Similarly, the Fund was hurt by its lack of a position in the airplane manufacturer Airbus SE. Among stocks the Fund held, positions in Sanofi (France) and SAP (Germany) were key detractors. Additionally, shares of the publishing company RELX PLC (United Kingdom) remained weak as its exhibitions business was disrupted by lockdowns and concerns about the effects of coronavirus-related disruptions on library budgets.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

The Fund increased its weighting in the consumer discretionary sector by adding a new holding in Ferrari SpA (Italy). In health care, the Fund established a position in the German pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA. A position was added in Qiagen NV, a specialist in making tests and machines used to diagnose various diseases, including COVID-19.

Within industrials, the Fund sold its position in the Italian packaging company Industria Macchine Automatiche SpA. The Fund increased its weighting in the chemicals distributor IMCD NV when the company raised equity to fund the acquisition of the Indian pharmaceutical ingredients distributor Signet. The Fund also increased its position in the French banking stock BNP Paribas SA on the day of the vaccine approval in an effort to capitalize on the financial sector’s previous underperformance. The Fund sold its position in the Spanish utility Iberdrola SA and rotated the proceeds into EDP Renováveis, SA based on the investment adviser’s belief that the latter has greater upside due to its larger exposure to renewable energy.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

The investment adviser has been adding cyclicality to the portfolio since the market decline in March. The Fund continued to have a pro-cyclical bias at the end of 2020, with overweight positions in the industrials, information technology, consumer discretionary, financials and real estate sectors. The Fund was underweight in consumer staples, communication services, utilities, energy, health care and materials.

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of December 31, 2020 (continued)    BlackRock EuroFund

 

Performance Summary for the Period Ended December 31, 2020

 

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

6-Month

Total

Returns

   

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

   

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

   

Without

Sales

Charge

   

With

Sales

Charge

 

Institutional

    25.93     19.34     N/A       6.19     N/A       5.28     N/A  

Investor A

    25.76       19.15       12.90     5.98       4.84     5.07       4.51

Investor C

    25.41       18.32       17.32       5.17       5.17       4.37       4.37  

Class K

    26.02       19.56       N/A       6.29       N/A       5.33       N/A  

Class R

    25.62       18.81       N/A       5.46       N/A       4.53       N/A  

MSCI EMU Index(c)

    23.05       7.89       N/A       7.47       N/A       5.24       N/A  

 

  (a)

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

 
  (b) 

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

 
  (c)

MSCI EMU Index captures large and mid-cap representation across the 10 Developed Markets countries in the European Economic and Monetary Union (“EMU”). With 246 constituents, the MSCI EMU Index covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization of the EMU.

 

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(a)        
     

Beginning

Account Value

(07/01/20)

 

 

 

   

Ending

Account Value

(12/31/20)

 

 

 

   

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(b) 

       

Beginning

Account Value

(07/01/20)

 

 

 

   

Ending

Account Value

(12/31/20)

 

 

 

   

Expenses

Paid During

the Period

 

 

(b) 

   

Annualized

Expense

Ratio

 

 

 

Institutional

    $       1,000.00       $      1,259.30       $          6.72         $      1,000.00       $      1,019.26       $          6.01       1.18

Investor A

    1,000.00       1,257.60       7.74         1,000.00       1,018.35       6.92       1.36  

Investor C

    1,000.00       1,254.10       12.16         1,000.00       1,014.42       10.87       2.14  

Class K

    1,000.00       1,260.20       5.70         1,000.00       1,020.16       5.09       1.00  

Class R

    1,000.00       1,256.20       9.10           1,000.00       1,017.14       8.13       1.60  

 

  (a)

Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by prorating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 365.

 
  (b) 

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the six-month period shown).

 

Portfolio Information

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

 

   
Security  

Percent of

Net Assets

 

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

    7

ASML Holding NV

    7  

BNP Paribas SA

    4  

Schneider Electric SE

    4  

Safran SA

    3  

Sanofi

    3  

Allianz SE

    3  

Kering SA

    3  

DSV Panalpina A/S

    3  

FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA

    3  

GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION

 

 

   
Country/Geographic Region  

Percent of

Net Assets

 

France

    36

Germany

    20  

Netherlands

    13  

Italy

    9  

Finland

    5  

Switzerland

    4  

United Kingdom

    4  

Denmark

    3  

Belgium

    2  

Spain

    1  

Portugal

    1  

Ireland

    1  

United States

    1  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

    (— )(a) 
 
(a) 

Rounds to less than 1% of net assets.

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

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

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

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

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

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time, and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of the fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Refer to blackrock.com to obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Figures shown in the performance tables on the previous pages 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 waivers and/or reimbursements, 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, 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 on July 1, 2020 and held through December 31, 2020) 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. 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.

Derivative Financial Instruments

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

December 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Common Stocks

   
Argentina — 0.0%            

Globant SA(a)

    314     $ 68,329  
   

 

 

 
Australia — 1.4%            

Alumina Ltd.

    21,662       30,713  

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

    31,006       744,484  

ASX Ltd.

    1,253       69,538  

Atlas Arteria Ltd.

    8,104       40,750  

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

    12,119       212,666  

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd.

    31,647       227,992  

BHP Group Ltd.

    6,359       207,777  

BHP Group PLC

    5,713       150,848  

Brambles Ltd.

    101,558       833,008  

Challenger Ltd.(a)

    6,529       32,443  

CIMIC Group Ltd.(a)

    3,585       67,434  

Cochlear Ltd.(a)

    1,822       265,858  

CSL Ltd.

    3,337       729,109  

Goodman Group

    36,712       536,637  

IDP Education Ltd.(a)

    9,995       153,200  

Iluka Resources Ltd.(a)

    56,341       282,914  

IOOF Holdings Ltd.

    27,675       75,040  

Macquarie Group Ltd.

    1,928       205,794  

Medibank Pvt Ltd.

    37,170       86,091  

Perpetual Ltd.

    785       21,053  

South32 Ltd.

    22,236       42,497  

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.(a)

    16,829       50,668  

Westpac Banking Corp.

    23,827       354,577  

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

    17,037       298,925  

Worley Ltd.

    2,488       21,976  
   

 

 

 
      5,741,992  
Austria — 0.0%            

Raiffeisen Bank International AG(a)

    831       16,888  

Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe

    1,168       29,679  
   

 

 

 
      46,567  
Bangladesh — 0.1%            

Athene Holding Ltd., Class A(a)

    8,437       363,972  
   

 

 

 
Belgium — 0.1%            

Umicore SA

    10,168       488,725  

Warehouses De Pauw CVA

    834       28,914  
   

 

 

 
      517,639  
Brazil — 0.4%            

Ambev SA

    56,425       170,580  

B2W Cia Digital(a)

    1,318       19,193  

B3 SA - Brasil Bolsa Balcao

    19,114       228,848  

Banco do Brasil SA

    11,725       88,145  

Cia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais-COPASA

    5,604       17,768  

EDP - Energias do Brasil SA

    3,700       14,070  

Marfrig Global Foods SA(a)

    7,368       20,583  

Petroleo Brasileiro SA

    5,091       28,124  

Porto Seguro SA

    11,122       105,151  

Telefonica Brasil SA

    2,130       19,151  

Ultrapar Participacoes SA(a)

    53,424       244,567  

Vale SA

    30,458       512,646  

WEG SA

    11,442       167,108  

XP, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,045       41,455  
   

 

 

 
      1,677,389  
Security   Shares      Value  

 

 
Canada — 2.0%             

ARC Resources Ltd.

    5,405      $ 25,477  

Bank of Montreal

    1,361        103,478  

Bank of Nova Scotia

    2,742        148,205  

Canada Goose Holdings, Inc.(a)

    481        14,319  

Canadian Apartment Properties REIT

    798        31,339  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

    553        47,232  

CGI, Inc.(a)

    2,433        193,031  

Constellation Software, Inc.

    58        75,316  

Descartes Systems Group Inc. (The)(a)

    1,089        63,694  

FirstService Corp.

    179        24,499  

Franco-Nevada Corp.

    2,111        264,683  

Great-West Lifeco, Inc.

    9,505        226,630  

Hydro One Ltd.(b)

    1,512        34,032  

Lightspeed POS Inc.(a)

    510        35,995  

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.(a)

    2,525        878,776  

Metro, Inc.

    2,541        113,386  

Onex Corp.

    8,968        514,732  

Parex Resources Inc.(a)

    2,895        39,846  

Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B

    2,086        97,114  

Royal Bank of Canada

    9,864        810,492  

Shopify, Inc., Class A(a)

    951        1,073,840  

Teck Resources Ltd., Class B(a)

    3,849        69,850  

TMX Group Ltd.

    763        76,210  

Topicus.com Inc.(a)

    107        405  

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    51,279        2,897,310  

Tourmaline Oil Corp.

    1,989        26,814  

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

    16,252        678,731  
    

 

 

 
       8,565,436  
China — 5.7%             

3SBio, Inc.(a)(b)

    16,000        14,607  

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR(a)

    13,353        3,107,644  

BAIC Motor Corp. Ltd., Class H(b)

    81,000        30,057  

Baidu, Inc., ADR(a)

    234        50,600  

Bank of China Ltd., Class H

    61,000        20,646  

Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Class H

    58,000        30,680  

BBMG Corp., Class H

    100,000        19,363  

BeiGene Ltd., ADR(a)

    72        18,604  

BYD Co. Ltd., Class A

    23,039        690,164  

CanSino Biologics, Inc., Class H(a)(b)

    800        18,219  

China Aoyuan Group Ltd.

    15,000        14,595  

China Construction Bank Corp., Class A

    15,300        14,782  

China Construction Bank Corp., Class H

    233,000        175,747  

China Hongqiao Group Ltd.

    65,500        60,051  

China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Class H

    189,000        416,079  

China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A

    15,100        30,836  

China Mobile Ltd.

    24,000        136,811  

China Molybdenum Co. Ltd., Class A

    21,500        20,705  

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.

    19,000        41,277  

China Railway Group Ltd., Class A

    17,800        14,438  

China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd.

    42,000        23,960  

China Vanke Co. Ltd., Class A

    136,300        601,634  

CNOOC Ltd.

    123,000        112,843  

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.

    126,080        128,367  

Dali Foods Group Co. Ltd.(b)

    89,000        50,869  

Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd., Class H(c)

    242,000        31,264  

East Money Information Co. Ltd., Class A

    6,300        30,020  

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

    3,000        35,931  

GDS Holdings Ltd., ADR(a)

    587        54,967  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
China (continued)            

GDS Holdings Ltd., Class A(a)

    1,400     $ 16,316  

Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Co.

   

Ltd., Class H, Class H

    22,000       53,827  

Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd., Class H(b)

    10,800       15,737  

Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network Co. Ltd., Class A

    6,800       129,837  

Huadian Power International Corp. Ltd., Class H

    120,000       30,200  

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., Class H

    484,000       310,965  

Industrial Bank Co. Ltd., Class A

    74,672       239,841  

JD.com, Inc., ADR(a)

    23,812       2,093,075  

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

    13,050       574,753  

Jiangsu Zhongnan Construction Group Co. Ltd., Class A

    25,000       33,967  

Jinke Properties Group Co. Ltd., Class A

    30,200       32,920  

JOYY, Inc., ADR

    771       61,665  

Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd.(a)

    57,000       28,188  

KE Holdings, Inc.(a)

    2,252       138,588  

Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd.(a)

    18,000       73,486  

KWG Group Holdings Ltd.

    16,000       21,860  

Lenovo Group Ltd.

    148,000       139,918  

Logan Group Co. Ltd.

    52,000       85,185  

LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. Ltd., Class A

    23,200       329,421  

Luxshare Precision Industry Co. Ltd., Class A

    11,148       96,354  

Meituan, Class B(a)

    54,700       2,059,097  

Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd., Class H

    343,000       60,661  

NetEase, Inc.

    3,500       66,857  

NetEase, Inc., ADR

    9,533       912,975  

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc., ADR(a)

    365       67,821  

NIO, Inc., ADR(a)

    11,036       537,895  

PetroChina Co. Ltd., Class H

    594,000       183,928  

Pinduoduo, Inc., ADR(a)

    3,704       658,090  

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

    47,500       578,057  

Poly Developments and Holdings Group Co. Ltd., Class A

    143,000       347,427  

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

    328,000       185,340  

SF Holding Co. Ltd., Class A

    54,400       738,190  

Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co. Ltd., Class A

    7,800       112,025  

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

    9,002       588,927  

Shui On Land Ltd.(a)

    75,000       10,443  

Sinotruk Hong Kong Ltd.

    26,000       66,600  

Spring Airlines Co. Ltd., Class A

    2,700       23,081  

Sunac China Holdings Ltd.

    11,000       40,661  

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

    70,900       5,101,522  

Uni-President China Holdings Ltd.

    42,000       42,768  

WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd., Class A

    6,200       128,392  

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

    3,380       66,306  

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

    21,000       278,488  

Xiaomi Corp., Class B(a)(b)

    65,600       278,818  

Yadea Group Holdings Ltd.(b)

    64,000       132,256  

Yango Group Co. Ltd., Class A

    29,300       29,375  

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd.

    30,800       22,265  

Yuzhou Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

    39,000       14,094  

Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. Ltd., Class A(a)

    12,500       152,611  
   

 

 

 
      23,986,833  
Czech Republic — 0.0%            

CEZ AS

    4,099       98,311  
   

 

 

 
Denmark — 0.9%            

Chr Hansen Holding A/S(a)

    4,040       417,419  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Denmark (continued)            

ISS A/S(a)

    1,135     $ 19,524  

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

    20,021       1,396,648  

Novozymes A/S, B Shares

    7,335       417,801  

Orsted A/S(b)

    2,735       559,595  

Rockwool International AS, -B Shares

    485       181,514  

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

    2,458       580,652  
   

 

 

 
      3,573,153  
Finland — 0.5%            

Neste OYJ

    5,242       380,589  

Nordea Bank Abp(a)

    174,733       1,432,005  

Sampo OYJ, A Shares

    13       556  

Wartsila OYJ Abp

    23,863       238,830  
   

 

 

 
      2,051,980  
France — 3.2%            

Air Liquide SA

    6,321       1,036,308  

Alstom SA(a)

    4,678       266,454  

Amundi SA(a)(b)

    1,379       112,391  

AXA SA

    46,335       1,111,221  

BNP Paribas SA(a)

    6,376       336,603  

Bureau Veritas SA(a)

    4,135       110,383  

Casino Guichard Perrachon SA(a)

    687       21,119  

Christian Dior SE

    987       548,142  

Cie de Saint-Gobain(a)

    12,025       553,058  

CNP Assurances(a)

    6,440       104,631  

Danone SA

    1,379       90,747  

Dassault Systemes SE

    272       55,167  

Electricite de France SA(a)

    14,808       234,327  

Engie SA(a)

    22,974       352,192  

Eutelsat Communications SA

    18,040       204,077  

Faurecia SE(a)

    4,349       222,828  

Gecina SA

    546       84,903  

Hermes International

    211       226,884  

Ipsen SA

    168       13,892  

Kering SA

    276       200,302  

Klepierre SA

    1,467       33,087  

Legrand SA

    10,233       915,409  

L’Oreal SA

    6,527       2,490,390  

Natixis SA(a)

    39,394       134,984  

Nexans SA(a)

    3,102       224,460  

Orange SA

    36,459       434,045  

Peugeot SA(a)

    4,127       113,020  

Renault SA(a)

    5,131       224,594  

Rexel SA(a)

    14,281       225,402  

Sanofi

    3,511       340,297  

Schneider Electric SE

    3,787       547,325  

Societe Generale SA(a)

    38,083       791,692  

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

    3,283       255,696  

Valeo SA

    6,915       272,757  

Vinci SA(a)

    5,104       508,406  
   

 

 

 
      13,397,193  
Germany — 2.8%            

adidas AG(a)

    2,565       933,159  

Allianz SE, Registered Shares

    706       173,445  

BASF SE

    8,536       674,708  

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

    4,072       359,381  

Beiersdorf AG

    24,393       2,804,209  

Covestro AG(b)

    4,080       251,383  

Daimler AG, Registered Shares

    8,233       583,549  

Deutsche Post AG, Registered Shares

    10,921       540,980  
 

 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Germany (continued)            

Deutsche Wohnen SE

    1,775     $ 94,705  

E.ON SE

    61,598       682,089  

Fielmann AG(a)

    1,571       127,532  

HeidelbergCement AG

    506       37,674  

Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA(a)

    2,539       164,084  

HUGO BOSS AG

    14,837       493,017  

Infineon Technologies AG

    13,598       519,289  

Jenoptik AG

    4       122  

KION Group AG

    1,071       92,879  

Knorr-Bremse AG

    2,256       307,795  

RWE AG

    8,225       347,977  

SAP SE

    1,945       251,914  

Siemens AG, Registered Shares

    11,973       1,724,667  

Talanx AG(a)

    429       16,681  

thyssenkrupp AG(a)

    16,837       166,839  

TUI AG

    7       44  

Volkswagen AG

    235       48,998  

Wacker Chemie AG

    1,172       167,907  
   

 

 

 
      11,565,027  
Hong Kong — 0.8%            

Alibaba Pictures Group Ltd.(a)

    210,000       26,048  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

    204,000       618,370  

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.(a)

    30,000       27,787  

China Jinmao Holdings Group Ltd.

    38,000       17,503  

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

    13,332       68,218  

CLP Holdings Ltd.

    20,000       184,933  

ESR Cayman Ltd.(a)(b)

    5,000       17,948  

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

    14,400       248,516  

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

    29,000       112,655  

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.

    49,700       205,269  

Kerry Properties Ltd.

    7,500       18,970  

Link REIT

    44,300       402,322  

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd., ADR(a)

    5,814       107,850  

MTR Corp. Ltd.

    66,000       369,114  

Shenzhen Investment Ltd.

    76,000       26,079  

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

    7,000       89,523  

Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A

    21,000       115,676  

Swire Properties Ltd.

    80,000       232,594  

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

    19,000       271,575  

Towngas China Co. Ltd.(a)

    27,000       12,182  

Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd.

    2,000       7,790  

Yuexiu Property Co. Ltd.

    118,000       23,743  
   

 

 

 
      3,204,665  
Hungary(a) — 0.2%            

MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC

    83,972       619,093  

OTP Bank Nyrt

    7,479       337,038  
   

 

 

 
      956,131  
India — 1.4%            

Asian Paints Ltd.

    17,482       662,189  

Axis Bank Ltd.(a)

    9,331       79,425  

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

    3,939       26,601  

HCL Technologies Ltd.

    31,964       414,857  

HDFC Bank Ltd.(a)

    45,000       886,342  

HDFC Life Insurance Co. Ltd.(a)(b)

    23,683       219,849  

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.

    18,130       54,105  

Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

    7,404       243,066  

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd.

    33,995       1,191,047  

Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd.

    15,882       47,930  

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.

    14,153       17,637  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
India (continued)            

IndusInd Bank Ltd.(a)

    2,836     $ 34,802  

Infosys Ltd.

    26,993       462,735  

InterGlobe Aviation Ltd.(a)(b)

    1,561       36,893  

ITC Ltd.

    50,066       143,380  

KEC International Ltd.

    2,445       12,206  

Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(a)

    16,184       442,319  

L&T Finance Holdings Ltd.

    21,198       27,223  

Nestle India Ltd.

    255       64,267  

Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd.

    17,525       22,358  

Pidilite Industries Ltd.

    3,970       96,044  

Reliance Industries Ltd.

    9,962       271,055  

State Bank of India(a)

    5,480       20,664  

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

    13,892       545,471  
   

 

 

 
      6,022,465  
Indonesia — 0.1%            

Bank Central Asia Tbk PT

    213,800       515,371  

Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

    125,800       55,394  
   

 

 

 
      570,765  
Ireland — 0.9%            

Accenture PLC, Class A

    2,127       555,594  

AerCap Holdings NV(a)

    918       41,843  

Allegion PLC

    8,961       1,042,881  

Experian PLC

    21,757       826,519  

Flutter Entertainment PLC(a)

    1,062       215,942  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)

    2,185       360,634  

Kingspan Group PLC(a)

    3,589       251,670  

Medtronic PLC

    2,708       317,215  
   

 

 

 
      3,612,298  
Israel — 0.3%            

Bank Hapoalim BM(a)

    19,488       133,848  

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

    2,551       15,058  

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.(a)

    5,351       711,201  

CyberArk Software Ltd.(a)

    815       131,696  

JFrog Ltd.(a)

    544       34,180  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(a)

    5,911       57,107  

Wix.com Ltd.(a)

    1,317       329,197  
   

 

 

 
      1,412,287  
Italy — 0.4%            

Enel SpA

    77,513       788,674  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA(a)

    41,966       99,196  

Pirelli & C SpA(a)(b)

    9,977       54,086  

Prysmian SpA

    6,783       241,425  

UniCredit SpA(a)

    15,983       149,751  

Unipol Gruppo SpA(a)

    58,511       281,169  
   

 

 

 
      1,614,301  
Japan — 6.3%            

Amada Co. Ltd.

    25,500       280,607  

ANA Holdings, Inc.(a)

    1,400       30,934  

Asahi Kasei Corp.

    14,600       149,652  

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

    41,400       641,028  

Benesse Holdings, Inc.

    4,500       87,914  

Bridgestone Corp.

    9,600       314,840  

Brother Industries Ltd.

    1,100       22,708  

Canon, Inc.

    15,400       298,337  

Central Japan Railway Co.

    1,700       240,386  

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    8,300       442,848  

Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.

    9,400       169,084  

Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.

    1,500       51,405  

Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.

    8,900       264,621  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Japan (continued)            

Denso Corp.

    2,000     $ 119,041  

DIC Corp.

    700       17,701  

Dip Corp.

    800       21,377  

East Japan Railway Co.

    5,500       366,935  

Eisai Co. Ltd.

    2,800       200,237  

Electric Power Development Co. Ltd.

    4,900       67,621  

FANUC Corp.

    3,300       814,602  

Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.

    3,100       2,779,705  

Fuji Media Holdings, Inc.

    3,000       32,019  

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.

    4,900       258,485  

House Foods Group, Inc.

    400       15,204  

Inpex Corp.

    21,900       118,092  

Japan Airlines Co. Ltd.(a)

    4,900       94,493  

Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd.

    4,600       37,810  

Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd.

    154,300       1,201,864  

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

    17,500       356,775  

Kajima Corp.

    2,600       34,879  

Kaneka Corp.

    1,400       49,048  

Kao Corp.

    20,900       1,614,654  

KDDI Corp.

    32,500       963,633  

Keyence Corp.

    3,500       1,968,808  

Konica Minolta, Inc.

    28,700       109,898  

Kyocera Corp.

    5,400       331,443  

Lintec Corp.

    700       15,477  

Mitsubishi Materials Corp.

    3,900       82,158  

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co. Ltd.

    36,300       174,308  

Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    3,100       280,641  

Nexon Co. Ltd.

    8,000       246,839  

Nidec Corp.

    8,200       1,037,365  

Nihon Kohden Corp.

    500       18,622  

Nikon Corp.

    2,900       18,322  

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

    1,000       641,941  

Nippon Paint Holdings Co. Ltd.

    700       76,918  

Nippon Shokubai Co. Ltd.

    700       39,253  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

    23,200       595,288  

Nippon Television Holdings, Inc.

    1,500       16,353  

Nitto Denko Corp.

    3,000       268,740  

Oriental Land Co. Ltd.

    5,100       842,680  

Pola Orbis Holdings, Inc.

    10,000       203,065  

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.

    27,900       1,171,882  

Resona Holdings, Inc.

    86,300       302,116  

Resorttrust, Inc.

    1,300       18,602  

Ricoh Co. Ltd.

    2,800       18,412  

Rohm Co. Ltd.

    1,700       164,799  

Sansan Inc.(a)

    500       32,989  

Seiko Epson Corp.

    3,900       57,954  

Sekisui House Ltd.

    3,000       61,115  

Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd.

    12,500       442,632  

Shimano, Inc.

    100       23,408  

Shinsei Bank Ltd.

    3,300       40,768  

Shionogi & Co. Ltd.

    2,600       142,146  

Shiseido Co. Ltd.

    300       20,767  

Shizuoka Bank Ltd.

    4,100       30,095  

SMC Corp.

    300       183,221  

Softbank Corp.

    20,600       258,571  

SoftBank Group Corp.

    10,900       846,222  

Sojitz Corp.

    7,700       17,195  

Sony Corp.

    1,800       181,382  

Subaru Corp.

    1,000       20,009  

Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.

    44,400       178,967  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Japan (continued)            

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

    10,500     $ 325,481  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

    6,100       188,214  

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

    15,500       133,366  

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

    3,300       116,884  

Sysmex Corp.

    2,900       348,947  

Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd.

    300       20,229  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    2,600       94,092  

Teijin Ltd.

    11,100       208,881  

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

    200       74,713  

Toray Industries, Inc.

    3,600       21,353  

Toyota Motor Corp.

    3,200       246,944  

Unicharm Corp.

    11,900       564,369  

Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.

    5,700       287,462  

Yamada Holdings Co. Ltd.

    63,400       336,845  

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

    1,400       69,797  

Z Holdings Corp.

    28,400       171,855  

Zeon Corp.

    8,100       116,358  
   

 

 

 
      26,665,700  
Luxembourg — 0.0%            

APERAM SA

    3       125  

RTL Group SA(a)

    1,457       70,884  
   

 

 

 
      71,009  
Macau — 0.1%            

Sands China Ltd.(a)

    106,400       464,691  
   

 

 

 
Malaysia — 0.2%            

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd

    21,600       23,126  

Genting Bhd

    38,000       42,208  

Hartalega Holdings Bhd

    18,100       54,784  

Inari Amertron Bhd

    34,600       23,825  

Kossan Rubber Industries

    10,800       12,142  

Malayan Banking Bhd

    9,700       20,420  

Press Metal Aluminium Holdings BHD

    39,500       82,524  

Public Bank Bhd(a)

    50,800       260,482  

QL Resources BHD

    18,750       27,042  

Supermax Corp. Bhd(a)

    47,328       71,103  

Tenaga Nasional Bhd

    19,800       51,363  

Top Glove Corp. Bhd

    11,800       18,029  
   

 

 

 
      687,048  
Malta — 0.0%            

Kindred Group PLC(a)

    1,859       18,189  
   

 

 

 
Mexico — 0.2%            

America Movil SAB de CV, Series L

    896,454       652,761  

Cemex SAB de CV(a)

    199,607       103,016  

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV

    11,414       86,232  

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Class O(a)

    6,378       35,234  

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV, Series B

    6,399       27,050  

Megacable Holdings SAB de CV, CPO

    6,900       25,201  

Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV

    12,300       28,897  
   

 

 

 
      958,391  
Netherlands — 1.8%            

ABN AMRO Bank NV(a)(b)

    20,569       201,553  

Aegon NV

    172,711       688,921  

Akzo Nobel NV

    5,162       554,061  

ASML Holding NV

    666       322,462  

ASR Nederland NV

    3,244       129,796  

Euronext NV(b)

    1,650       181,747  

EXOR NV

    369       29,973  

Flow Traders(b)

    812       26,883  
 

 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Netherlands (continued)            

ING Groep NV(a)

    44,833     $ 416,850  

Koninklijke DSM NV

    7,510       1,291,504  

Koninklijke Philips NV(a)

    8,879       478,290  

Koninklijke Vopak NV

    2,767       145,319  

NN Group NV

    2,605       112,615  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    1,931       307,048  

Prosus NV(a)

    6,241       673,895  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, A Shares

    76,701       1,333,239  

SBM Offshore NV

    3,327       62,853  

Signify NV(a)(b)

    13,557       569,207  

Wereldhave NV

    1       13  
   

 

 

 
      7,526,229  
New Zealand — 0.0%            

a2 Milk Co. Ltd.(a)

    4,159       36,700  

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.

    1,991       47,284  
   

 

 

 
      83,984  
Norway — 0.4%            

Equinor ASA

    92,627       1,563,218  

NEL ASA(a)

    55,956       189,337  

Telenor ASA

    2,545       43,201  
   

 

 

 
      1,795,756  
Peru — 0.2%            

Southern Copper Corp.

    10,216       665,266  
   

 

 

 
Poland(a) — 0.0%            

Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA

    1,449       23,800  

PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA

    17,114       29,909  
   

 

 

 
      53,709  
Portugal — 0.1%            

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

    59,120       371,067  
   

 

 

 
Russia — 0.1%            

Gazprom PJSC

    25,386       72,901  

Lukoil PJSC

    2,944       204,976  

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC

    439       140,698  

Novatek PJSC, GDR, Registered Shares

    348       56,671  

PhosAgro PJSC, GDR, Registered Shares

    1,139       15,533  

Tatneft PJSC

    10,670       74,350  
   

 

 

 
      565,129  
Saudi Arabia — 0.1%            

Al Rajhi Bank

    4,231       83,005  

Al Tayyar Travel Group Holding Co.(a)

    10,534       53,228  

Saudi Arabian Mining Co.(a)

    2,637       28,493  

Saudi Arabian Oil Co.(b)

    5,086       47,464  
   

 

 

 
      212,190  
Singapore — 0.2%            

CapitaLand Ltd.

    57,200       141,929  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

    2,600       49,272  

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.

    7,300       108,149  

NetLink NBN Trust

    47,800       34,937  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.

    21,100       160,792  

Singapore Airlines Ltd.(a)

    79,800       258,929  

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.

    18,600       53,830  

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

    47,100       82,243  

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

    5,100       86,926  
   

 

 

 
      977,007  
South Africa — 0.4%            

Absa Group Ltd.

    8,184       66,905  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
South Africa (continued)            

Anglo American Platinum Ltd.

    3,301     $ 324,824  

Barloworld Ltd.(a)

    2,010       12,461  

Bidvest Group Ltd.(a)

    21,606       231,343  

FirstRand Ltd.(a)

    37,728       131,460  

Gold Fields Ltd.

    2,296       21,314  

Investec Ltd.

    9,546       23,800  

Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.

    965       40,899  

MTN Group Ltd.(a)

    9,428       38,911  

Naspers Ltd., N Shares

    3,513       719,373  

Sanlam Ltd.

    5,194       20,731  

Standard Bank Group Ltd.

    22,345       193,529  
   

 

 

 
      1,825,550  
South Korea — 1.5%            

Celltrion, Inc.(a)

    143       47,333  

Hanjin Kal Corp.(a)

    552       32,089  

Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.(a)

    1,448       340,810  

Hyundai Motor Co.

    938       166,263  

Kakao Corp.

    628       225,339  

KB Financial Group, Inc.(a)

    1,284       50,997  

Korea Electric Power Corp.(a)

    1,764       44,524  

Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.(a)

    269       99,616  

KT Corp(a)

    13,267       293,261  

LG Corp.(a)

    649       52,370  

LG Household & Health Care Ltd.(a)

    37       55,223  

NAVER Corp.(a)

    2,651       714,628  

POSCO

    3,610       902,065  

Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd.(a)(b)

    95       72,330  

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

    22,696       1,694,834  

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.(a)

    103       17,793  

Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd.(a)

    1,590       116,025  

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.(a)

    277       160,535  

Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.

    20,515       608,743  

SillaJen, Inc.(a)(d)

    770       7,290  

SK Holdings Co. Ltd.

    448       99,393  

SK Hynix, Inc.

    881       96,230  

SK Innovation Co. Ltd.(a)

    890       156,106  

SK Telecom Co. Ltd.

    1,140       250,532  
   

 

 

 
      6,304,329  
Spain — 0.8%            

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA(a)

    46,643       231,191  

Banco Santander SA(a)

    89,683       279,662  

EDP Renovaveis SA

    7,124       198,429  

Iberdrola SA

    53,526       769,184  

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

    26,744       848,850  

Mapfre SA

    11,807       23,074  

Naturgy Energy Group SA

    9,928       230,867  

Repsol SA

    26,640       268,375  

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA

    6,319       256,591  

Zardoya Otis SA

    4,655       32,700  
   

 

 

 
      3,138,923  
Sweden — 0.5%            

Atlas Copco AB, A Shares

    25,235       1,251,055  

Boliden AB

    2,273       80,640  

Castellum AB

    5       128  

Epiroc AB, Class A

    2,432       44,201  

Kinnevik AB, Class B(a)

    5,991       300,967  

Loomis AB(a)

    1,329       36,538  

Pandox AB(a)

    5,121       89,860  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
Sweden (continued)            

Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB

    17,052     $ 59,687  

SSAB AB, -A Shares(a)

    48,991       173,667  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, A Shares(a)

    15,510       156,341  
   

 

 

 
      2,193,084  
Switzerland — 2.6%            

Cie Financiere Richemont SA, Class A, Registered Shares

    7,139       644,951  

Credit Suisse Group AG, Registered Shares

    54,466       703,204  

Givaudan SA, Registered Shares

    251       1,061,936  

Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Registered Shares

    1,285       291,590  

Nestle SA, Registered Shares

    30,508       3,606,389  

Novartis AG, Registered Shares

    914       86,060  

Roche Holding AG

    4,779       1,664,519  

SGS SA, Registered Shares

    80       241,150  

Sika AG, Registered Shares

    7,062       1,925,054  

STMicroelectronics NV

    8,899       329,225  

Swiss Re AG

    1,971       185,694  

UBS Group AG, Registered Shares

    27,085       381,352  
   

 

 

 
      11,121,124  
Taiwan — 2.4%            

ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd.

    18,000       52,215  

ASPEED Technology, Inc.

    1,000       61,164  

Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

    101,595       152,980  

CTBC Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

    468,000       328,476  

Delta Electronics, Inc.

    19,000       178,181  

E.Sun Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

    62,000       56,431  

Evergreen Marine Corp. Taiwan Ltd.(a)

    25,000       36,299  

First Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

    36,000       27,395  

Fubon Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

    595,000       990,885  

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.

    20,000       65,579  

Largan Precision Co. Ltd.

    2,000       227,924  

MediaTek, Inc.

    72,000       1,920,044  

Parade Technologies Ltd.

    2,000       79,183  

Primax Electronics Ltd.

    21,000       36,533  

Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

    21,000       292,560  

Shin Foong Specialty & Applied Materials Co. Ltd.

    2,000       10,582  

Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd.

    8,000       28,159  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    260,000       4,918,540  

TPK Holding Co. Ltd.(a)

    11,000       18,185  

Uni-President Enterprises Corp.

    296,000       711,932  
   

 

 

 
      10,193,247  
Thailand — 0.2%            

Gulf Energy Development PCL

    11,000       12,575  

Kasikornbank PCL, NVDR(a)

    194,500       733,379  

Siam Cement PCL, NVDR

    3,400       42,891  
   

 

 

 
          788,845  
Turkey(a) — 0.0%            

Arcelik

    7,069       28,959  

Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS

    12,826       26,729  

Turkiye Is Bankasi, Class C

    40,453       38,052  
   

 

 

 
      93,740  
United Kingdom — 2.3%            

Abcam PLC(a)

    3,049       64,627  

Anglo American PLC

    37,239       1,235,961  

AstraZeneca PLC

    9,957       992,845  

Aviva PLC

    40,387       179,643  

Babcock International Group PLC(a)

    13,765       52,600  

British American Tobacco PLC

    5,504       204,401  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
United Kingdom (continued)            

BT Group PLC(a)

    418,931     $ 755,106  

Centrica PLC(a)

    160,157       101,623  

ConvaTec Group PLC(b)

    34,099       92,888  

Diageo PLC

    3,220       127,411  

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

    23,450       102,563  

Dunelm Group PLC(a)

    4,217       69,819  

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

    40,655       743,904  

Howden Joinery Group PLC(a)

    2,934       27,640  

IG Group Holdings PLC

    5       59  

IHS Markit Ltd.

    1,271       114,174  

Imperial Brands PLC

    21,577       452,569  

Informa PLC(a)

    52,540       392,861  

Intertek Group PLC

    3,101       239,522  

ITV PLC(a)

    43,053       62,736  

J Sainsbury PLC

    14,391       44,234  

JD Sports Fashion PLC(a)

    8,833       103,772  

Johnson Matthey PLC

    9,737       322,593  

KAZ Minerals PLC

    4,263       38,262  

Liberty Global PLC, Class C(a)

    1,368       32,353  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC(a)

    260,519       129,884  

Marks & Spencer Group PLC(a)

    83,770       155,383  

Meggitt PLC(a)

    15,011       95,457  

Rentokil Initial PLC(a)

    101,396       706,950  

Rio Tinto PLC

    145       10,915  

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC(a)

    310,034       469,213  

SSE PLC

    27,536       564,025  

TechnipFMC PLC

    22,596       212,402  

Tesco PLC

    70,238       221,655  

WH Smith PLC(a)

    2,660       54,853  

Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC

    114,042       275,948  

WPP PLC

    12,446       134,865  
   

 

 

 
      9,585,716  
United States — 55.1%            

10X Genomics, Inc., Class A(a)

    805       113,988  

3M Co.

    20,220       3,534,254  

Abbott Laboratories

    12,876       1,409,793  

AbbVie, Inc.

    10,241       1,097,323  

ABIOMED, Inc.(a)

    588       190,630  

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    6,114       567,685  

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    177       21,433  

Adobe, Inc.(a)

    5,695       2,848,183  

Aflac, Inc.

    1,981       88,095  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    7,410       878,011  

Air Lease Corp.

    1,740       77,291  

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    6,270       1,713,089  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)

    1,877       197,066  

Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a)

    11,996       623,792  

Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A(a)

    3,999       70,302  

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    1,579       246,703  

Align Technology, Inc.(a)

    311       166,192  

Allakos, Inc.(a)

    187       26,180  

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.(a)

    1,160       30,926  

Ally Financial, Inc.

    527       18,793  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,152       3,771,681  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)

    1,489       2,608,549  

Alteryx, Inc., Class A(a)

    298       36,293  

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    2,944       9,588,402  

American Express Co.

    14,609       1,766,374  

American International Group, Inc.

    5,951       225,305  

American Tower Corp.

    6,700       1,503,882  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
United States (continued)            

Amgen, Inc.

    4,999     $ 1,149,370  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    5,005       739,389  

ANSYS, Inc.(a)

    643       233,923  

Antero Midstream Corp.

    2,868       22,112  

Anthem, Inc.

    759       243,707  

Apple, Inc.

    108,292       14,368,981  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    700       60,410  

Aptiv PLC(a)

    440       57,328  

Aramark

    2,631       101,241  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    3,937       198,464  

Arista Networks, Inc.(a)

    1,616       469,561  

Asana, Inc.(a)

    494       14,598  

Aspen Technology, Inc.(a)

    335       43,634  

AT&T, Inc.

    48,170       1,385,369  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    2,711       477,678  

Avangrid, Inc.

    16,732       760,469  

Baker Hughes, Inc. Class A

    5,672       118,261  

Ball Corp.

    283       26,370  

Bandwidth, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,046       160,739  

Bank of America Corp.

    45,975       1,393,502  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    37,347       1,585,007  

Bank OZK

    557       17,417  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc.(a)

    2,159       44,795  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    7,145       1,787,822  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class A(a)

    1       347,815  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    3,110       721,116  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    1,610       394,225  

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a)

    389       226,764  

Boeing Co.(a)

    2,427       519,524  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    942       36,399  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    15,697       564,307  

Boyd Gaming Corp.(a)

    1,416       60,775  

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.(a)

    1,380       238,726  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)

    1,717       62,164  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    68,725       4,263,012  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    5,715       94,583  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

    1,261       100,161  

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    366       34,356  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

    6,609       901,666  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    2,082       154,630  

Camden Property Trust

    1,375       137,390  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    3,024       298,922  

CarMax, Inc.(a)

    1,900       179,474  

Carrier Global Corp.

    2,201       83,022  

Catalent, Inc.(a)

    918       95,536  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    1,930       351,299  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    4,232       394,084  

Centene Corp.(a)

    11,051       663,392  

Cerner Corp.

    17,516       1,374,656  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    4,699       249,235  

Chegg, Inc.(a)

    1,004       90,691  

Cheniere Energy, Inc.(a)

    10,142       608,824  

Chevron Corp.

    6,978       589,292  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)

    324       449,294  

Ciena Corp.(a)

    1,569       82,922  

Cigna Corp.

    2,477       515,662  

Cimarex Energy Co.

    600       22,506  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)

    385       31,647  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    15,837       708,706  

Citigroup, Inc.

    16,993       1,047,788  

Cloudflare, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,694       204,717  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
United States (continued)            

Coca-Cola Co.

    54,396     $     2,983,077  

Cognex Corp.

    2,639       211,872  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    1,106       90,637  

Coherent, Inc.(a)

    201       30,154  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    5,736       490,485  

Columbia Sportswear Co.(a)

    1,652       144,352  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    16,288       853,491  

Comerica, Inc.

    4,681       261,481  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    430       28,251  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    35,421       2,559,876  

Continental Resources, Inc.(a)

    6,636       108,167  

Cooper Cos., Inc.

    586       212,906  

Copart, Inc.(a)

    5,016       638,286  

CoStar Group, Inc.(a)

    479       442,730  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    1,364       513,928  

Cummins, Inc.

    8,502       1,930,804  

CVS Health Corp.

    6,767       462,186  

Danaher Corp.

    14,538       3,229,471  

Datadog, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,628       160,260  

Deere & Co.

    1,935       520,612  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C(a)

    4,392       321,890  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a)

    5,509       221,517  

Devon Energy Corp.

    6,401       101,200  

DexCom, Inc.(a)

    414       153,064  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    3,750       181,500  

Discovery, Inc., Class C(a)

    4,041       105,834  

DocuSign, Inc.(a)

    1,011       224,745  

Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A

    3,936       382,304  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    474       26,487  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    859       61,083  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    1,494       75,761  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    2,621       314,887  

Ecolab, Inc.

    3,974       859,815  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

    15,048       1,372,829  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.(a)

    8,356       256,279  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    2,114       356,928  

Emerson Electric Co.

    746       59,956  

EQT Corp.(a)

    18,073       229,708  

Equinix, Inc.

    2,718       1,941,141  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

    3,356       85,880  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

    14,385       115,655  

Essent Group Ltd.

    7,938       342,922  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    2,087       555,539  

Eversource Energy

    2,211       191,274  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    46,506       1,916,977  

Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)

    21,915       5,986,301  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    2,747       913,377  

FedEx Corp.

    2,401       623,348  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    660       93,364  

First Horizon Corp.

    18,669       238,216  

First Republic Bank

    2,409       353,954  

First Solar, Inc.(a)

    2,672       264,314  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)

    6,948       791,099  

FLIR Systems, Inc.

    1,958       85,819  

Flowserve Corp.

    699       25,758  

Foot Locker, Inc.

    1,870       75,623  

Fox Corp., Class A

    3,764       109,608  

Fox Corp., Class B(a)

    1,616       46,670  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    19,736       493,203  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.(a)

    5,670       147,533  

Gap, Inc.(a)

    20,221       408,262  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
United States (continued)            

General Electric Co.

    64,113     $ 692,420  

Genuine Parts Co.

    1,450       145,624  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    12,039       701,392  

Global Payments, Inc.

    81       17,449  

GoodRx Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)(c)

    954       38,484  

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a)

    309       28,771  

Guardant Health, Inc.(a)

    111       14,306  

H&R Block, Inc.

    14,044       222,738  

Halliburton Co.

    24,431       461,746  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    1,107       40,627  

Hasbro, Inc.

    5,142       480,983  

HealthEquity, Inc.(a)

    485       33,809  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)

    11,968       800,180  

Hess Corp.

    6,842       361,189  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    88,084       1,043,795  

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

    991       97,088  

HollyFrontier Corp.

    1,130       29,211  

Home Depot, Inc.

    9,276       2,463,891  

Horizon Therapeutics PLC(a)

    2,964       216,817  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    15,425       718,959  

HubSpot, Inc.(a)

    1,161       460,267  

Humana, Inc.

    895       367,192  

Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A(a)

    8,844       656,667  

IDACORP, Inc.

    3,677       353,102  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    1,209       604,343  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    634       129,260  

Illumina, Inc.(a)

    2,295       849,150  

Incyte Corp.(a)

    3,588       312,084  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.(a)

    4,230       192,719  

Intel Corp.

    22,018       1,096,937  

International Business Machines Corp.

    11,886       1,496,210  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    1,941       211,258  

International Game Technology PLC(a)

    31,424       532,323  

Intuit, Inc.

    5,385       2,045,492  

Invesco Ltd.

    11,854       206,615  

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    2,949       166,736  

JetBlue Airways Corp.(a)

    3,995       58,087  

Johnson & Johnson

    17,044       2,682,385  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    3,209       149,507  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a)

    643       95,402  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    3,079       391,249  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    5,455       122,792  

Kellogg Co.

    569       35,409  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    1,022       134,996  

Kimco Realty Corp.

    5,890       88,409  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    86,752       1,185,900  

Kohl’s Corp.(a)

    1,039       42,277  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a)

    824       167,725  

Lam Research Corp.

    122       57,617  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)

    6,548       390,261  

LendingTree, Inc.(a)

    554       151,680  

Lennox International, Inc.

    542       148,492  

Lincoln National Corp.

    3,714       186,851  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    1,566       555,899  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(a)

    337       31,948  

M&T Bank Corp.

    2,992       380,882  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    12,203       81,394  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    1,892       78,253  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.(a)

    650       89,193  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    18,545       2,169,765  

Masimo Corp.(a)

    1,914       513,679  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
United States (continued)            

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    12,132     $ 4,330,396  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    38,407       3,141,693  

MetLife, Inc.

    5,130       240,854  

MGIC Investment Corp.

    14,218       178,436  

MGM Resorts International

    5,681       179,008  

Microsoft Corp.

    47,835       10,639,461  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

    463       48,370  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    1,103       64,492  

Moody’s Corp.

    3,630       1,053,571  

Morgan Stanley

    5,832       399,667  

National Instruments Corp.

    6,431       282,578  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

    3,046       1,647,064  

New Relic, Inc.(a)

    2,140       139,956  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

    13,048       137,656  

Newmont Corp.

    3,019       180,808  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    4,249       327,810  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    23,821       3,369,957  

Nordstrom, Inc.(a)

    1,133       35,361  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    1,987       605,479  

NOV, Inc.

    9,979       137,012  

NVIDIA Corp.

    7,825       4,086,215  

Oak Street Health, Inc.(a)

    309       18,898  

Okta, Inc.(a)

    987       250,955  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    202       39,426  

ONEOK, Inc.

    1,271       48,781  

Oracle Corp.

    14,722       952,366  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a)

    197       70,012  

Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)

    155       31,916  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    8,384       1,963,533  

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

    7,031       461,374  

Penumbra, Inc.(a)

    1,914       334,950  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    13,219       1,960,378  

Phillips 66

    36,649       2,563,231  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    4,085       263,074  

Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A(a)

    7,218       560,333  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    2       100  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    3,338       481,406  

Premier, Inc., Class A

    2,164       75,956  

Progressive Corp.

    1,193       117,964  

Prologis, Inc.

    10,441       1,040,550  

Proto Labs, Inc.(a)

    191       29,299  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    8,192       639,549  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    7,560       440,748  

Qualcomm, Inc.

    2,101       320,066  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    3,214       383,012  

Quidel Corp.(a)

    498       89,466  

Radian Group, Inc.

    11,292       228,663  

Ralph Lauren Corp.(a)

    429       44,504  

Regency Centers Corp.

    2,390       108,960  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    1,116       539,151  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    142       16,458  

ResMed, Inc.

    3,185       677,004  

Rocket Cos., Inc., Class A(a)(c)

    24,498       495,350  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    1,818       455,973  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    1,261       543,604  

salesforce.com, Inc.(a)

    13,642       3,035,754  

SBA Communications Corp.

    886       249,967  

Schlumberger NV

    25,613       559,132  

SEI Investments Co.

    660       37,930  

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)

    2,806       1,544,507  

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    4,146       527,952  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
United States (continued)            

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    6,998     $ 596,789  

Skechers USA, Inc., Class A(a)

    16,459       591,536  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    2,431       371,651  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    1,761       104,920  

South State Corp.

    860       62,178  

Southwest Airlines Co.(a)

    7,195       335,359  

State Street Corp.

    548       39,883  

Stryker Corp.

    738       180,840  

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    1,442       218,304  

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.(a)

    1,166       111,563  

Tapestry, Inc.(a)

    4,943       153,628  

Teladoc Health, Inc.(a)

    3,524       704,659  

Terminix Global Holdings, Inc.(a)

    527       26,882  

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    5,159       3,640,552  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    16,389       2,689,927  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    2,839       1,322,349  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    19,593       1,338,006  

Toro Co.

    5,161       489,469  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    14,014       1,967,145  

Truist Financial Corp.

    6,605       316,578  

Twitter, Inc.(a)

    30,634       1,658,831  

U.S. Bancorp

    14,109       657,338  

Ubiquiti, Inc.

    526       146,496  

Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)

    26,806       460,259  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    6,571       1,106,556  

United Therapeutics Corp.(a)

    388       58,895  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    6,600       2,314,488  

Universal Display Corp.

    95       21,831  

Unum Group

    10,962       251,468  

Vail Resorts, Inc.(a)

    3,162       882,072  

Valero Energy Corp.

    2,577       145,781  

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.(a)

    98       17,151  

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,314       357,736  

VEREIT Inc.

    3,011       113,786  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    2,729       644,972  

VF Corp.

    872       74,478  

Viatris, Inc.(a)

    36,387       681,892  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    17,420       3,810,277  

VMware, Inc., Class A(a)(c)

    2,364       331,575  

Vontier Corp.(a)

    1,117       37,308  

W.R. Berkley Corp.

    1,501       99,696  

Walt Disney Co.(a)

    13,097       2,372,914  

Waste Connections, Inc.

    673       69,030  

Waters Corp.(a)

    1,450       358,759  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    36,012       1,086,842  

Wendy’s Co.

    12,937       283,579  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    970       274,811  

Western Alliance Bancorp

    655       39,267  

Williams Cos., Inc.

    34,048       682,662  

Workday, Inc., Class A(a)

    538       128,910  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    2,937       174,575  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    826       55,069  

Xilinx, Inc.

    508       72,019  

Xylem, Inc.

    10,673       1,086,405  

Zendesk, Inc.(a)

    698       99,898  

Zions Bancorp NA

    4,302       186,879  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

 
United States (continued)            

Zoetis, Inc.

    4,940     $ 817,570  

Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,674       564,674  
   

 

 

 
      231,961,243  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 96.7%
(Cost: $327,391,342)

      407,367,899  
   

 

 

 
Preferred Securities            
Preferred Stocks — 0.6%            
Brazil — 0.5%            

Banco Bradesco SA, Preference Shares

    346,938       1,824,761  

Itau Unibanco Holding SA, Preference Shares

    32,049       196,143  
   

 

 

 
      2,020,904  
   

 

 

 
Germany — 0.1%            

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Preference Shares

    228       15,359  

Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Preference Shares

    2,520       174,074  
   

 

 

 
      189,433  
   

 

 

 
Russia — 0.0%            

Surgutneftegas PJSC, Preference Shares

    56,893       32,155  
   

 

 

 
South Korea — 0.0%            

Hyundai Motor Co., Preference Shares(a)

    427       35,323  

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Preference Shares

    1,047       71,026  
   

 

 

 
      106,349  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Securities — 0.6%
(Cost: $1,817,319)

      2,348,841  
   

 

 

 
Rights            
China — 0.0%            

Legend Holdings Corp., (Expires 05/19/23)(a)

    1,700        
   

 

 

 
Spain — 0.0%            

Repsol SA, (Expires 01/26/21)(a)

    26,640       9,135  
   

 

 

 
United States — 0.0%            

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., (Expires 03/31/21)(a)(c)

    6,002       4,142  
   

 

 

 

Total Rights — 0.0%
(Cost: $22,133)

      13,277  
   

 

 

 
Warrants            
Switzerland — 0.0%            

Cie Financiere Richemont SA,
(Expires 09/13/23)(a)

    58,924       15,308  
   

 

 

 

Total Warrants — 0.0%
(Cost: $ — )

      15,308  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 97.3%
(Cost: $329,230,794)

      409,745,325  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security

       

    

Shares

    Value  

 

 

Short-Term Securities

     
Money Market Funds — 2.1%                  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 0.00%(e)(f)

      8,459,813     $   8,459,813  

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series, 0.17%(e)(f)(g)

      611,117       611,301  
     

 

 

 
        9,071,114  
     

 

 

 
         

Par

(000)

       

 

 
Time Deposits — 0.5%                  
Australia — 0.2%                  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

     

(0.22%), 02/01/21

    AUD       446       344,023  

(0.20%), 02/01/21

    NOK       3,886       453,140  
     

 

 

 
        797,163  
Canada — 0.2%                  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., 0.01%, 02/01/21

    CAD       785       617,076  
     

 

 

 
France — 0.0%                  

BNP Paribas SA, (0.70%), 02/01/21

    EUR       49       60,472  
     

 

 

 
Hong Kong — 0.0%                  

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., 0.01%, 02/01/21

    HKD       498       64,279  
     

 

 

 
Japan — 0.0%                  

Sumitomo Bank Tokyo, (0.30%), 02/01/21

    JPY       3,682       35,657  
     

 

 

 
Security         Par
(000)
    Value  

 

 
Singapore — 0.0%                  

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., 0.01%, 02/01/21

    SGD       3     $ 1,933  
     

 

 

 
South Africa — 0.1%                  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., 3.45%, 02/01/21

    ZAR       7,092       482,591  
     

 

 

 
United Kingdom — 0.0%                  

Citibank NA, New York, 0.01%, 02/01/21

    GBP       17       23,133  
     

 

 

 
        2,082,304  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 2.6%
(Cost: $11,153,125)

        11,153,418  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments — 99.9%
(Cost: $340,383,919)

        420,898,743  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.1%

        305,031  
     

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

      $   421,203,774  
     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

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

(c) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(d) 

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

(e) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(f) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(g) 

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

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six-months ended December 31, 2020 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
       Affiliated Issuer  

Value at

06/30/20

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sales

   

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Value at

12/31/20

   

Shares

Held at

12/31/20

    Income    

Capital Gain

Distributions

from

Underlying

Funds

        
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class

  $   7,390,660     $   1,069,153 (a)    $   —     $       $     $ 8,459,813       8,459,813     $ 2,151     $       
 

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series

    4,381,498             (3,769,673 )(a)      (492                (32     611,301       611,117       8,135 (b)         
         

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $ (492     $ (32   $   9,071,114       $   10,286     $    
         

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (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

     28        03/19/21      $ 2,983      $ 29,004  

MSCI Emerging Markets Index

     20        03/19/21        1,288        32,156  

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     34        03/19/21        6,373        182,220  
           

 

 

 
            $ 243,380  
           

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

    

 

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)

   $      $      $     243,380      $      $      $      $  243,380  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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 six months ended December 31, 2020, 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

   $      $      $   2,339,966      $      $      $      $  2,339,966  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 66,936      $      $      $      $ 66,936  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 11,013,473    

 

 

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 investments and derivative financial instruments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

Assets

           

Investments

           

Long-Term Investments

           

Common Stocks

           

Argentina

   $ 68,329      $      $      $ 68,329  

Australia

            5,741,992               5,741,992  

Austria

     29,679        16,888               46,567  

Bangladesh

     363,972                      363,972  

Belgium

            517,639               517,639  

Brazil

     41,455        1,635,934               1,677,389  

Canada

     8,565,031        405               8,565,436  

China

     7,718,240        16,268,593               23,986,833  

Czech Republic

            98,311               98,311  

Denmark

            3,573,153               3,573,153  

Finland

            2,051,980               2,051,980  

France

     548,142        12,849,051               13,397,193  

Germany

     599,411        10,965,616               11,565,027  

Hong Kong

     107,850        3,096,815               3,204,665  

Hungary

            956,131               956,131  

India

            6,022,465               6,022,465  

Indonesia

            570,765               570,765  

Ireland

     2,569,837        1,042,461               3,612,298  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2020

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

    

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

 

                                                                                       

 

 
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

 

Common Stocks (continued)

           

Israel

   $ 1,206,274      $ 206,013      $      $ 1,412,287  

Italy

            1,614,301               1,614,301  

Japan

            26,665,700               26,665,700  

Luxembourg

            71,009               71,009  

Macau

            464,691               464,691  

Malaysia

            687,048               687,048  

Malta

            18,189               18,189  

Mexico

     958,391                      958,391  

Netherlands

     452,367        7,073,862               7,526,229  

New Zealand

            83,984               83,984  

Norway

            1,795,756               1,795,756  

Peru

     665,266                      665,266  

Poland

            53,709               53,709  

Portugal

            371,067               371,067  

Russia

            565,129               565,129  

Saudi Arabia

     83,005        129,185               212,190  

Singapore

            977,007               977,007  

South Africa

     53,360        1,772,190               1,825,550  

South Korea

            6,297,039        7,290        6,304,329  

Spain

     198,429        2,940,494               3,138,923  

Sweden

     36,538        2,156,546               2,193,084  

Switzerland

            11,121,124               11,121,124  

Taiwan

            10,193,247               10,193,247  

Thailand

     12,575        776,270               788,845  

Turkey

     26,729        67,011               93,740  

United Kingdom

     516,444        9,069,272               9,585,716  

United States

     231,961,243                      231,961,243  

Preferred Securities

           

Preferred Stocks

            2,348,841               2,348,841  

Rights

     13,277                      13,277  

Warrants

     15,308                      15,308  

Short-Term Securities

           

Money Market Funds

     8,459,813                      8,459,813  

Time Deposits

            2,082,304               2,082,304  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $  265,270,965      $  155,009,187      $ 7,290        420,287,442  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investments Valued at NAV(a)

              611,301  
           

 

 

 
            $  420,898,743  
           

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(b)

           

Assets

           

Equity Contracts

   $ 243,380      $      $      $ 243,380  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 
  (b) 

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

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

December 31, 2020

  

BlackRock EuroFund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

 

Common Stocks

   
Belgium — 1.8%            

KBC Group NV(a)

    31,351     $ 2,193,979  
   

 

 

 
Denmark — 2.8%            

DSV Panalpina A/S

    20,389       3,426,611  
   

 

 

 
Finland — 4.7%            

Kone OYJ, Class B

    39,337       3,205,184  

Neste OYJ

    35,484       2,576,272  
   

 

 

 
      5,781,456  
France — 35.7%            

BNP Paribas SA(a)

    99,425       5,248,864  

Dassault Systemes SE

    8,816       1,788,056  

Eiffage SA(a)

    14,412       1,393,091  

Kering SA

    4,769       3,461,023  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

    14,024       8,779,037  

Pernod Ricard SA

    13,846       2,659,075  

Safran SA(a)

    27,474       3,893,993  

Sanofi

    39,073       3,787,073  

Schneider Electric SE

    32,944       4,761,311  

Teleperformance

    7,891       2,619,664  

Vinci SA(a)

    27,001       2,689,552  

Worldline SA(a)(b)

    28,060       2,725,974  
   

 

 

 
          43,806,713  
Germany — 19.9%            

adidas AG(a)

    8,046       2,927,172  

Allianz SE, Registered Shares

    14,647       3,598,370  

CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA(a)

    15,309       1,023,273  

Deutsche Boerse AG

    12,178       2,073,576  

Deutsche Wohnen SE

    52,098       2,779,678  

Merck KGaA

    15,022       2,576,488  

MTU Aero Engines AG

    10,230       2,666,645  

Puma SE(a)

    17,262       1,942,439  

Rational AG

    2,595       2,414,094  

Symrise AG

    18,439       2,451,342  
   

 

 

 
      24,453,077  
Ireland — 1.2%            

Kingspan Group PLC(a)

    20,435       1,432,958  
   

 

 

 
Italy — 8.7%            

Enel SpA

    270,791       2,755,225  

Ferrari NV

    9,526       2,209,473  

FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA(a)

    204,441       3,371,645  

Moncler SpA(a)

    38,524       2,368,478  
   

 

 

 
      10,704,821  
Netherlands — 12.8%            

ASML Holding NV

    17,872       8,653,211  
Security         Shares     Value  

 

 
Netherlands (continued)                  

ASR Nederland NV

      26,812     $ 1,072,776  

BE Semiconductor Industries NV

      25,926       1,556,890  

IMCD NV

      21,571       2,745,556  

QIAGEN NV(a)

      32,825       1,702,273  
     

 

 

 
            15,730,706  
Portugal — 1.4%                  

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

      272,432       1,709,921  
     

 

 

 
Spain — 1.4%                  

Amadeus IT Group SA(a)

      23,751       1,753,234  
     

 

 

 
Switzerland — 4.0%                  

Sika AG, Registered Shares

      7,874       2,146,399  

STMicroelectronics NV

      74,284       2,748,192  
     

 

 

 
        4,894,591  
United Kingdom — 3.9%                  

Linde PLC(a)

      11,974       3,157,262  

RELX PLC

      69,418       1,698,479  
     

 

 

 
        4,855,741  
     

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 98.3%
(Cost: $81,932,639)

 

    120,743,808  
     

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

     
Money Market Funds — 0.8%                  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 0.00%

      997,543       997,543  
     

 

 

 
         

Par

(000)

       

 

 
Time Deposits — 1.0%                  
France — 1.0%                  

BNP Paribas SA, (0.70%), 02/01/21(c)(d)

    EUR       912       1,175,956  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.8%
(Cost: $2,181,042)

 

    2,173,499  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.1%
(Cost: $84,113,681)

 

    122,917,307  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1)%

 

    (69,237
     

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

      $ 122,848,070  
     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

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

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2020

  

BlackRock EuroFund

    

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six-months ended December 31, 2020 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer   

Value at

06/30/20

    

Purchases

at Cost

    

Proceeds

from Sales

    

Net

Realized

Gain (Loss)

    

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

    

Value at

12/31/20

    

Shares

Held at

12/31/20

     Income     

Capital Gain

Distributions

from

Underlying

Funds

 

 

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class

   $   453,145      $ 544,398 (a)     $      $      $      $ 997,543        997,543      $ 144      $  

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series(b)

            214 (a)              (214                           1,480 (c)        
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ (214    $      $   997,543         $  1,624      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

As of period end, the entity is no longer held.

 
  (c) 

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

 

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 investments categorized in the disclosure hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments 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

   $      $ 2,193,979      $      $ 2,193,979  

Denmark

            3,426,611               3,426,611  

Finland

            5,781,456               5,781,456  

France

            43,806,713               43,806,713  

Germany

     2,414,094        22,038,983               24,453,077  

Ireland

     1,432,958                      1,432,958  

Italy

            10,704,821               10,704,821  

Netherlands

     1,702,273        14,028,433               15,730,706  

Portugal

            1,709,921               1,709,921  

Spain

            1,753,234               1,753,234  

Switzerland

            4,894,591               4,894,591  

United Kingdom

            4,855,741               4,855,741  

Short-Term Securities

           

Money Market Funds

     997,543                      997,543  

Time Deposits

            1,175,956               1,175,956  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 6,546,868      $ 116,370,439      $      $ 122,917,307  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

December 31, 2020

 

   

BlackRock

Advantage Global

Fund, Inc.

   

BlackRock

EuroFund

 

 

 

ASSETS

       

Investments at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

    $ 411,827,629       $ 121,919,764  

Investments at value — affiliated(c)

      9,071,114         997,543  

Cash pledged for futures contracts

      699,000          

Foreign currency at value(d)

      380,420          

Receivables:

       

Securities lending income — affiliated

      4,037         501  

Capital shares sold

      190,819         504,324  

Dividends — unaffiliated

               742,225                  211,800  

Dividends — affiliated

      240         11  

Variation margin on futures contracts

      41,820          

Prepaid expenses

      55,761         56,889  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total assets

      423,013,065         123,690,832  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

       

Bank overdraft

              214  

Foreign bank overdraft(e)

              67,967  

Collateral on securities loaned at value

      605,175          

Payables:

       

Investments purchased

      12,672          

Accounting services fees

      267,239         43,478  

Capital shares redeemed

      480,715         554,183  

Deferred foreign capital gain tax

      68,099          

Investment advisory fees

      174,873         70,320  

Directors’ and Officer’s fees

      4,534         3,514  

Other accrued expenses

      92,735         83,441  

Other affiliates

      3,579         910  

Service and distribution fees

      73,490         18,735  

Variation margin on futures contracts

      26,180          
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total liabilities

      1,809,291         842,762  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

    $ 421,203,774       $ 122,848,070  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

       

Paid-in capital

    $ 333,213,199       $ 117,106,518  

Accumulated earnings

      87,990,575         5,741,552  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

    $  421,203,774       $  122,848,070  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

(a) Investments at cost — unaffiliated

    $ 331,312,813       $ 83,116,138  

(b) Securities loaned at value

    $ 569,388       $  

(c)  Investments at cost — affiliated

    $ 9,071,106       $ 997,543  

(d) Foreign currency at cost

    $ 387,253       $  

(e) Foreign bank overdraft at cost

    $       $ 68,096  

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2020

 

   

BlackRock

Advantage Global

Fund, Inc.

    

BlackRock

EuroFund

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

    
Institutional             

Net assets

  $ 87,340,869      $  39,370,526  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    3,424,274        2,185,064  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 25.51      $ 18.02  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    100 million        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
Investor A             

Net assets

  $ 303,640,744      $ 79,651,684  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    12,573,758        4,507,128  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 24.15      $ 17.67  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    100 million        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
Investor C             

Net assets

  $ 10,824,474      $ 2,698,233  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    547,074        222,348  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 19.79      $ 12.14  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    100 million        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
Class K             

Net assets

  $ 15,387,762      $ 731,217  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    603,335        40,698  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 25.50      $ 17.97  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    2 billion        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
Class R             

Net assets

  $ 4,009,925      $ 396,410  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    184,861        30,171  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 21.69      $ 13.14  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    100 million        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended December 31, 2020

 

   

BlackRock

Advantage Global

Fund, Inc.

    

BlackRock

EuroFund

 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

      

Dividends — unaffiliated

             $ 3,156,524      $ 325,670  

Dividends — affiliated

      2,151        144  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

      8,135        1,480  

Non-cash dividends — unaffiliated

      162,177        28,936  

Foreign taxes withheld

      (189,880      (53,648
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment income

      3,139,107        302,582  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

EXPENSES

      

Investment advisory

      1,688,608        407,634  

Service and distribution — class specific

      447,942        105,019  

Transfer agent — class specific

      349,879        79,481  

Custodian

      178,175        26,268  

Professional

      44,335        51,505  

Registration

      43,787        40,334  

Accounting services

      37,153        13,823  

Printing and postage

      16,752        11,046  

Directors and Officer

      6,003        5,299  

Miscellaneous

      24,123        10,882  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

      2,836,757        751,291  

Less:

      

Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager

      (727,724      (32,776

Transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed — class specific

      (254,010       
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1,855,023        718,515  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

      1,284,084        (415,933
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

      

Net realized gain (loss) from:

      

Investments — unaffiliated

      31,646,257        3,046,747  

Investments — affiliated

      (492      (214

Foreign currency transactions

      (37,577      (19,124

Futures contracts

      2,339,966         
   

 

 

    

 

 

 
      33,948,154        3,027,409  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

      

Investments — unaffiliated

      47,142,803        22,384,588  

Investments — affiliated

      (32       

Foreign currency translations

      13,650        15,392  

Futures contracts

      66,936         
   

 

 

    

 

 

 
      47,223,357        22,399,980  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

      81,171,511        25,427,389  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

    $  82,455,595      $  25,011,456  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

           BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.       BlackRock EuroFund  
   

Six Months Ended

12/31/20

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

06/30/20

   

Six Months Ended

12/31/20

(unaudited)

   

Year Ended

06/30/20

 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

               

OPERATIONS

               

Net investment income (loss)

    $ 1,284,084       $ 4,742,953       $ (415,933     $ 3,723  

Net realized gain (loss)

                   33,948,154         (4,969,069       3,027,409         (1,930,248

Net change in unrealized appreciation

      47,223,357         1,768,991         22,399,980         530,767  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      82,455,595         1,542,875         25,011,456         (1,395,758
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

                        

Institutional

      (3,176,490       (1,613,181               (145,120

Investor A

      (11,106,083       (4,905,774               (91,353

Investor C

      (373,623       (635,057                

Class K

      (566,796       (147,736               (3,865

Class R

      (162,625       (132,081                
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      (15,385,617       (7,433,829               (240,338
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

               

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

      (15,840,612       (74,802,101       1,425,631         (18,800,724
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

               

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      51,229,366         (80,693,055       26,437,087         (20,436,820

Beginning of period

      369,974,408         450,667,463         96,410,983         116,847,803  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 421,203,774       $ 369,974,408       $ 122,848,070       $ 96,410,983  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(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  
   

Six Months Ended

12/31/20
(unaudited)

          Year Ended June 30,  
    

 

2020

   

 

2019

   

 

2018

   

 

2017

   

 

2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 21.48       $ 21.66     $ 21.63     $ 25.83     $ 21.85     $ 25.78  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

               0.10         0.31       0.36       0.29       0.11       0.04  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      4.90         (0.06     0.43       2.82       4.15       (2.87
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      5.00         0.25       0.79       3.11       4.26       (2.83
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

               

From net investment income

      (0.35       (0.43     (0.32     (0.37     (0.28      

From net realized gain

      (0.62             (0.44     (6.94           (1.10
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.97       (0.43     (0.76     (7.31     (0.28     (1.10
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 25.51       $ 21.48     $ 21.66     $ 21.63     $ 25.83     $ 21.85  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

               

Based on net asset value

      23.42 %(d)        1.08     4.03     12.43     19.60     (10.94 )% 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

               

Total expenses

      1.14 %(e)        1.15     1.14     1.16     1.17     1.07
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.71 %(e)        0.71     0.72     0.88     1.13     1.07
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      0.87 %(e)        1.46     1.72     1.20     0.47     0.17
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 87,341       $   75,805     $   87,759     $   114,870     $   258,047     $   250,041  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      159       182     137     189     59     73
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

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

(c) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Aggregate total return.

(e)

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)  
 
           Investor A  
         

Six Months Ended

12/31/20

(unaudited)

         Year Ended June 30,  
           

 

2020

   

 

2019

   

 

2018

   

 

2017

   

 

2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 20.36       $ 20.55     $ 20.56     $ 24.85     $ 21.00     $ 24.90  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(a)

      0.07         0.24       0.30       0.25       0.01       (0.04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      4.64         (0.05     0.40       2.67       3.99       (2.76
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      4.71         0.19       0.70       2.92       4.00       (2.80
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

               

From net investment income

      (0.30       (0.38     (0.27     (0.27     (0.15      

From net realized gain

      (0.62             (0.44     (6.94           (1.10
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.92       (0.38     (0.71     (7.21     (0.15     (1.10
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 24.15       $ 20.36     $ 20.55     $ 20.56     $ 24.85     $ 21.00  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

               

Based on net asset value

      23.26 %(d)        0.84     3.77     12.10     19.10     (11.21 )% 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

               

Total expenses

      1.47 %(e)        1.46     1.46     1.53     1.54     1.42
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.96 %(e)        0.96     0.97     1.16     1.50     1.42
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

      0.62 %(e)        1.21     1.48     1.06     0.06     (0.20 )% 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 303,641       $   242,123     $   289,752     $   324,978     $   395,690     $   382,069  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      159       182     137     189     59     73
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

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

(c) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Aggregate total return.

(e)

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)  
 
           Investor C  
         

Six Months Ended

12/31/20
(unaudited)

        Year Ended June 30,  
           

 

2020

   

 

2019

   

 

2018

   

 

2017

   

 

2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 16.58       $ 16.79     $ 16.87     $ 21.45     $ 18.15     $ 21.86  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      (0.01       0.08       0.11       0.04       (0.16     (0.19

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      3.77         (0.05     0.34       2.31       3.46       (2.42
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

               3.76         0.03       0.45       2.35       3.30       (2.61
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

               

From net investment income

              (0.24     (0.09                  

From net realized gain

      (0.55             (0.44     (6.93           (1.10
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.55       (0.24     (0.53     (6.93           (1.10
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 19.79       $ 16.58     $ 16.79     $ 16.87     $ 21.45     $ 18.15  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

               

Based on net asset value

      22.79 %(d)        0.11     2.99     11.23     18.18     (11.93 )% 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

               

Total expenses

      2.42 %(e)        2.32     2.28     2.34     2.32     2.22
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.71 %(e)        1.71     1.72     1.95     2.29     2.22
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

      (0.10 )%(e)        0.46     0.65     0.23     (0.81 )%      (1.01 )% 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 10,824       $   35,626     $   52,125     $   90,299     $   135,507     $   245,795  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      159       182     137     189     59     73
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

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

(c) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Aggregate total return.

(e)

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 K  
   

 

Six Months Ended

12/31/20

(unaudited)

 

             

 

Period from

 
      Year Ended June 30,       01/25/18 (a) 
    

 

2020

   

 

2019

   

 

to 06/30/18

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 21.48       $ 21.66     $ 21.63     $ 23.12  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.11         0.32       0.41       0.29  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      4.89         (0.06     0.39       (1.78
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      5.00         0.26       0.80       (1.49
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

           

From net investment income

      (0.36       (0.44     (0.33      

From net realized gain

      (0.62             (0.44      
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.98       (0.44     (0.77      
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 25.50       $ 21.48     $ 21.66     $ 21.63  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

      23.43 %(e)        1.13     4.09     (6.44 )%(e) 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

           

Total expenses

      1.04 %(f)        1.09     1.03     1.07 %(f)(g) 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.66 %(f)        0.66     0.66     0.66 %(f) 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

               0.92 %(f)        1.53     1.98     3.09 %(f) 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 15,388       $  12,108     $  10,625     $ 4,616  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      159       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) 

Annualized.

(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%.

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  
         

Six Months Ended

12/31/20

(unaudited)

        Year Ended June 30,  
           

 

2020

   

 

2019

   

 

2018

   

 

2017

   

 

2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 18.33       $   18.52     $ 18.60     $ 23.07     $ 19.48     $ 23.27  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(a)

      0.04         0.18       0.21       0.17       (0.07     (0.11

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      4.16         (0.06     0.37       2.47       3.70       (2.58
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      4.20         0.12       0.58       2.64       3.63       (2.69
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

               

From net investment income

      (0.22       (0.31     (0.22     (0.17     (0.04      

From net realized gain

      (0.62             (0.44     (6.94           (1.10
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

      (0.84       (0.31     (0.66     (7.11     (0.04     (1.10
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 21.69       $ 18.33     $ 18.52     $ 18.60     $ 23.07     $ 19.48  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

               

Based on net asset value

      23.06 %(d)        0.58     3.52     11.79     18.67     (11.54 )% 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

               

Total expenses

      1.71 %(e)        1.77     1.79     1.87     1.92     1.77
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.21 %(e)        1.21     1.22     1.43     1.88     1.77
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

      0.37 %(e)        0.98     1.18     0.80     (0.33 )%      (0.56 )% 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 4,010       $ 4,313     $   10,407     $   16,716     $   19,642     $   21,091  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

               159       182     137     189     59     73
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

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

(c) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Aggregate total return.

(e)

Annualized.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

           BlackRock EuroFund  
 
           Institutional  
   

Six Months Ended

12/31/20

(unaudited)

          Year Ended June 30,  
    

 

2020

   

 

2019

   

 

2018

   

 

2017

   

 

2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 14.31       $ 14.40     $ 15.06     $ 14.78     $ 13.25     $ 15.51  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(a)

      (0.05       0.02       0.13       0.13       0.16 (b)      0.25  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      3.76         (0.04     (0.45     0.33       1.67       (2.28
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      3.71         (0.02     (0.32     0.46       1.83       (2.03
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

              (0.07     (0.34     (0.18     (0.30     (0.23
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 18.02       $ 14.31     $ 14.40     $ 15.06     $ 14.78     $ 13.25  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

               

Based on net asset value

               25.93 %(e)        (0.17 )%      (1.77 )%      3.12     14.14     (13.22 )% 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

               

Total expenses

      1.24 %(f)        1.24     1.23     1.11     1.10     1.07
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.18 %(f)        1.18     1.17     1.08     1.10     1.07
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

      (0.63 )%(f)        0.14     0.92     0.87     1.19 %(b)      1.72
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 39,371       $   26,476     $   33,178     $   43,686     $   146,685     $   162,627  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      17       39     153     98     93     100
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include $0.01 per share and 0.10%, respectively, resulting from a special dividend.

(c) 

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

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Aggregate total return.

(f) 

Annualized.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

           BlackRock EuroFund (continued)  
 
           Investor A  
   

Six Months Ended

12/31/20

(unaudited)

          Year Ended June 30,  
    

 

2020

   

 

2019

   

 

2018

   

 

2017

   

 

2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

             $ 14.05       $ 14.11     $ 14.78     $ 14.49     $ 12.98     $ 15.23  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(a)

      (0.06       (0.00 )(b)      0.08       0.18       0.13 (c)      0.20  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      3.68         (0.04     (0.44     0.26       1.64       (2.23
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      3.62         (0.04     (0.36     0.44       1.77       (2.03
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

              (0.02     (0.31     (0.15     (0.26     (0.22
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 17.67       $ 14.05     $ 14.11     $ 14.78     $ 14.49     $ 12.98  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

               

Based on net asset value

      25.76 %(f)        (0.30 )%      (2.08 )%      3.02     13.92     (13.41 )% 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

               

Total expenses

      1.42 %(g)        1.40     1.45     1.31     1.32     1.28
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.36 %(g)        1.34     1.39     1.28     1.32     1.28
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

      (0.80 )%(g)        (0.01 )%      0.56     1.19     0.97 %(c)      1.46
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 79,652       $  65,887     $  78,418     $  149,540     $  165,427     $  178,374  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      17       39     153     98     93     100
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Amount is greater than $(0.005) per share.

(c) 

Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include $0.01 per share and 0.10%, respectively, resulting from a special dividend.

(d) 

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

(e) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(f) 

Aggregate total return.

(g)

Annualized.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

           BlackRock EuroFund (continued)  
 
           Investor C  
   

Six Months Ended

12/31/20

(unaudited)

          Year Ended June 30,  
    

 

2020

   

 

2019

   

 

2018

   

 

2017

   

 

2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 9.68       $ 9.79     $ 10.36     $ 10.16     $ 9.17     $ 10.82  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

             (0.08       (0.08     (0.02     0.05       0.01 (b)       0.07  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      2.54         (0.03     (0.31     0.18       1.15       (1.58
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      2.46         (0.11     (0.33     0.23       1.16       (1.51
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

                    (0.24     (0.03     (0.17     (0.14
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 12.14       $ 9.68     $ 9.79     $ 10.36     $ 10.16     $ 9.17  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

               

Based on net asset value

      25.41 %(e)        (1.12 )%      (2.82 )%      2.27     12.94     (14.08 )% 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

               

Total expenses

      2.20 %(f)        2.19     2.20     2.08     2.13     2.09
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      2.14 %(f)        2.13     2.14     2.04     2.13     2.09
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

      (1.51 )%(f)        (0.85 )%      (0.17 )%      0.43     0.14 %(b)      0.67
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 2,698       $ 3,088     $  4,179     $  7,533     $  8,038     $  13,659  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      17       39     153     98     93     100
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include $0.01 per share and 0.10%, respectively, resulting from a special dividend.

(c)

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

(d) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e)

Aggregate total return.

(f) 

Annualized.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

          BlackRock EuroFund (continued)  
   
           Class K  
   

Six Months Ended

12/31/20

(unaudited)

 

                Period from  
      Year Ended June 30,       01/25/18 (a) 
    

 

2020

   

 

2019

   

 

to 06/30/18

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 14.26       $ 14.34     $ 15.08     $ 16.57  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(b)

      (0.04       0.03       0.14       0.26  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      3.75         (0.02     (0.46     (1.75
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

               3.71         0.01       (0.32     (1.49
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

              (0.09     (0.42      
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 17.97       $ 14.26     $ 14.34     $ 15.08  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

           

Based on net asset value

      26.02 %(e)        0.03     (1.70 )%      (8.99 )%(e) 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

           

Total expenses

      1.06 %(f)        1.06     1.11     0.98 %(f)(g) 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.00 %(f)        1.00     1.05     0.95 %(f) 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

      (0.44 )%(f)        0.18     1.00     3.86 %(f) 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 731       $ 601     $ 710     $ 1,005  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      17       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) 

Annualized.

(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%.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

           BlackRock EuroFund (continued)  
 
           Class R  
   

Six Months Ended

12/31/20

(unaudited)

          Year Ended June 30,  
    

 

2020

   

 

2019

   

 

2018

   

 

2017

   

 

2016

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 10.46       $ 10.54     $ 11.14     $ 10.96     $ 9.89     $ 11.66  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(a)

      (0.06       (0.04     (0.01     0.09       0.05 (b)       0.11  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

               2.74         (0.04     (0.33     0.18       1.24       (1.71
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      2.68         (0.08     (0.34     0.27       1.29       (1.60
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

                    (0.26     (0.09     (0.22     (0.17
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $ 13.14       $ 10.46     $ 10.54     $ 11.14     $ 10.96     $ 9.89  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

               

Based on net asset value

      25.62 %(e)        (0.76 )%      (2.66 )%      2.46     13.42     (13.82 )% 
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

               

Total expenses

      1.66 %(f)        1.87     2.07     1.81     1.83     1.72
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.60 %(f)        1.81     2.01     1.77     1.83     1.72
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

      (1.00 )%(f)        (0.42 )%      (0.07 )%      0.76     0.54 %(b)      1.08
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

               

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 396       $ 359     $ 363     $ 786     $ 1,017     $ 859  
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      17       39     153     98     93     100
   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include $0.01 per share and 0.10%, respectively, resulting from a special dividend.

(c) 

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

(d)

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e)

Aggregate total return.

(f) 

Annualized.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

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. BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. is organized as a Maryland corporation. BlackRock EuroFund is organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The following are referred to herein collectively as the “Funds” or individually as a “Fund”:

 

 

 
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 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 date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date at fair value. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Funds are informed of the ex-dividend date. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, is recognized daily on an accrual basis. Income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.

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: Certain Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Foreign taxes withheld”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of December 31, 2020, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

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Taxes withheld that are reclaimable under applicable foreign tax treaties are reflected in tax reclaims receivable. Reclaim amounts for which collection is uncertain are recorded upon receipt. Tax reclaims recorded or received during the period along with applicable fees associated with the filings of tax claims that result in the recovery of foreign withholding taxes, if any, are included in the Statements of Operations.

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 investment 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.

Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of trading on the NYSE. Occasionally, events affecting the values of such instruments may occur between the foreign market close and the close of trading on the NYSE that may not be reflected in the computation of the Funds’ net assets. Each business day, the Funds use a pricing service to assist with the valuation of certain foreign exchange-traded equity securities and foreign exchange-traded and over-the-counter (“OTC”) options (the “Systematic Fair Value Price”). Using current market factors, the Systematic Fair Value Price is designed to value such foreign securities and foreign options at fair value as of the close of trading on the NYSE, which follows the close of the local markets.

 

   

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 price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

If events (e.g., a market closure, 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. Valuation techniques such as an option pricing model (“OPM”), a probability weighted expected return model (“PWERM”) or a hybrid of those techniques are used in allocating enterprise value of the company, as deemed appropriate under the circumstances. The use of OPM and PWERM 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 privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market, and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

As of December 31, 2020, certain investments of the Funds 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.

The market value of any securities on loan, all of which were classified as common stocks in the Funds’ Schedules of Investments, and the value of any related collateral are shown separately in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as a component of investments at value - unaffiliated, and collateral on securities loaned at value, respectively. 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.

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 a Fund can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

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

 

 

 

Fund Name/Counterparty

   

Securities

Loaned at Value

 

 

   

Cash Collateral

Received

 

(a)  

   

Net

Amount

 

 

 

 

Advantage Global

     

Barclays Capital, Inc.

  $ 36,306     $ (36,306   $  

BofA Securities, Inc.

    25,838       (25,838      

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

    10,292       (10,292      

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

    58,780       (58,780      

Goldman Sachs & Co.

    15,288       (15,288      

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    68,675       (68,675      

State Street Bank & Trust Company

    354,209       (354,209      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 569,388     $ (569,388   $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the 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 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.

For the six months ended December 31, 2020, the Funds reimbursed the Manager for certain accounting services, which is included in accounting services in the Statements of Operations. The reimbursements were as follows:

 

   
Fund Name    Amounts Reimbursed

Advantage Global

   $                        2,203

EuroFund

   552

Service and Distribution Fees: The Funds entered into a Distribution Agreement and a Distribution and Service Plan with BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of the Manager. Pursuant to the Distribution and Service Plan and in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, 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 six months ended December 31, 2020, 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

   $ 350,550      $ 86,768      $  10,624      $ 447,942

EuroFund

     90,440        13,681        898      105,019

Transfer Agent: Pursuant to written agreements, certain financial intermediaries, some of which may be affiliates, provide the Funds with sub-accounting, recordkeeping, sub-transfer agency and other administrative services with respect to servicing of underlying investor accounts. For these services, these entities receive an asset-based fee or an annual fee per shareholder account, which will vary depending on share class and/or net assets. For the six months ended December 31, 2020, the Funds did not pay any amounts to affiliates in return for these services.

The Manager maintains a call center that is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Funds. Shareholder services include responding to inquiries and processing purchases and sales based upon instructions from shareholders. For the six months ended December 31, 2020, 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

   $ 306      $ 3,717      $ 914      $ 18      $ 28      $ 4,983

EuroFund

     858        1,784        155        1        12      2,810

For the six months ended December 31, 2020, 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 R      Class K      Total

Advantage Global

   $ 46,100      $ 265,006      $ 33,550      $ 3,972      $ 1,251      $ 349,879

EuroFund

     31,720        45,394        2,103        203        61      79,481

 

 

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Other Fees: For the six months ended December 31, 2020, 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

   $        753

EuroFund

   485

For the six months ended December 31, 2020, affiliates received CDSCs as follows:

 

     
Fund Name    Investor A      Investor C

Advantage Global

   $ 1      $          30

EuroFund

          50

Expense Limitations, Waivers, Reimbursements, and Recoupments: 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 October 31, 2021. 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. Prior to October 28, 2020, this waiver was voluntary. These amounts are included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended December 31, 2020, the amounts waived were as follows:

 

   
Fund Name    Amounts Waived

Advantage Global

   $                3,142

EuroFund

   165

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 October 31, 2021. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the Independent Directors, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of a Fund. For the six months ended December 31, 2020, there were no fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager pursuant to this arrangement.

The Manager voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of its investment advisory fees equal to the annual rate of 0.06% of EuroFund’s average daily net assets. The voluntary waiver may be reduced or discontinued at any time. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations. During the six months ended December 31, 2020, the Manager waived $32,611 pursuant to this agreement.

With respect to Advantage Global, the Manager contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees or expenses in order to limit expenses, excluding interest expense, dividend expense, tax expense, acquired fund fees and expenses, and certain other fund expenses, which constitute extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of each 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%

The Manager has agreed not to reduce or discontinue these contractual expense limitations through October 31, 2021, unless approved by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of Advantage Global. For the six months ended December 31, 2020, the Manager waived and/or reimbursed $724,582 which is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations.

These amounts waived and/or reimbursed are included in transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed – class specific in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended December 31, 2020, class specific expense waivers and/or reimbursements were as follows:

 

     
    Transfer Agent Fees Waived and/or Reimbursed - Class Specific       
Fund Name   Institutional      Investor A      Investor C      Class K      Class R      Total

Advantage Global

    $    25,741        $ 194,896        $   29,212        $  1,251        $  2,910      $ 254,010

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, SL Liquidity Series, LLC (“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 six months ended December 31, 2020, each Fund paid BIM the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

   
Fund Name    Amounts

Advantage Global

   $    1,436

EuroFund

   181

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

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

During the six months ended December 31, 2020, 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 Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer, which is included in Directors and Officer in the Statements of Operations.

 

7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the six months ended December 31, 2020, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, were as follows:

 

     
Fund Name    Purchases      Sales

Advantage Global

   $   604,576,048      $  631,305,340

EuroFund

     17,608,841      18,097,091

 

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 fiscal years after they are filed. The statutes of limitations on each Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Funds as of December 31, 2020, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.

As of June 30, 2020, the Funds had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:

 

     
      Advantage Global      EuroFund

Non-expiring capital loss carryforwards

   $ 8,961,241      $  34,130,399
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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As of December 31, 2020, 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:

 

     
      Advantage Global      EuroFund

Tax cost

   $ 345,550,533      $ 85,658,251
  

 

 

    

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 84,831,961      $ 38,811,170

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (9,240,371    (1,552,113)
  

 

 

    

 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   $ 75,591,590      $ 37,259,057
  

 

 

    

 

 

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, $2.25 billion credit agreement with a group of lenders. Under this agreement, the Funds may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. Excluding commitments designated for certain individual funds, the Participating Funds, including the Funds, can borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $1.75 billion at any time outstanding, subject to asset coverage and other limitations as specified in the agreement. The credit agreement has the following terms: a fee of 0.10% per annum on unused commitment amounts and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) one-month LIBOR (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum or (b) the Fed Funds rate (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) in effect from time to time plus 0.80% per annum on amounts borrowed. The agreement expires in April 2021 unless extended or renewed. These fees were allocated among such funds based upon portions of the aggregate commitment available to them and relative net assets of Participating Funds. During the six months ended December 31, 2020, the Funds did not borrow under the credit agreement.

 

10.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

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 certain 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. Foreign issuers may not be subject to the same uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and practices as used in the United States. Foreign securities markets may also be more volatile and less liquid than U.S. securities and may be less subject to governmental supervision not typically associated with investing in U.S. securities. Investment percentages in specific countries are presented in the Schedules of Investments.

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

Responses to the financial problems by European governments, central banks and others, including austerity measures and reforms, may not work, may result in social unrest and may limit future growth and economic recovery or have other unintended consequences. Further defaults or restructurings by governments and others of their debt could have additional adverse effects on economies, financial markets and asset valuations around the world. In addition, the United Kingdom has withdrawn from the European Union, and one or more other countries may withdraw from the European Union and/or abandon the Euro, the common currency of the European Union. The impact of these actions, especially if they occur in a disorderly fashion, is not clear but could be significant and far reaching.

LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) by the end of 2021, and it is expected that LIBOR will cease to be published after that time. The Funds may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against, instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Funds is uncertain.

 

11.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

 

 
    Six Months Ended
12/31/20
    Year Ended
06/30/20
 
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

 

 

Advantage Global

       

Institutional

       

Shares sold

    187,717     $ 4,468,083       530,504     $ 11,111,823  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    122,734       3,013,121       68,864       1,530,165  

Shares redeemed

    (415,440     (9,757,154     (1,121,872     (23,282,546
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (104,989   $ (2,275,950     (522,504   $ (10,640,558
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A

       

Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares

    1,355,659     $ 29,638,908       717,729     $ 14,211,703  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    434,436       10,100,634       211,298       4,456,265  

Shares redeemed

    (1,108,271     (24,792,953     (3,135,330     (63,175,516
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    681,824     $ 14,946,589       (2,206,303   $ (44,507,548
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor C

       

Shares sold

    12,621     $ 234,727       37,181     $ 617,024  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    19,276       367,401       33,866       584,186  

Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares

    (1,634,021     (29,038,031     (1,025,892     (16,796,727
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (1,602,124   $ (28,435,903     (954,845   $ (15,595,517
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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    Six Months Ended
12/31/20
    Year Ended
06/30/20
 
Fund Name / Share Class (continued)   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

 

 

Advantage Global (continued)

       

Class K

       

Shares sold

    84,258     $ 1,998,036       348,263     $ 7,664,452  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    23,087       566,796       6,480       143,926  

Shares redeemed

    (67,639     (1,613,294     (281,599     (6,028,708
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    39,706     $ 951,538       73,144     $ 1,779,670  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class R

       

Shares sold

    20,604     $ 413,029       62,857     $ 1,132,067  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    7,784       162,607       6,948       132,081  

Shares redeemed

    (78,882     (1,602,522     (396,509     (7,102,296
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (50,494   $ (1,026,886     (326,704   $ (5,838,148
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (1,036,077   $     (15,840,612     (3,937,212   $     (74,802,101
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

    

       

 

 
    Six Months Ended
12/31/20
    Year Ended
06/30/20
 
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

 

 

EuroFund

       

Institutional

       

Shares sold

    444,348     $ 7,017,153       130,041     $ 1,920,769  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                7,943       116,042  

Shares redeemed

    (109,583     (1,744,365     (591,983     (7,983,636
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    334,765     $ 5,272,788       (453,999   $ (5,946,825
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A

       

Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares

    165,775     $ 2,702,122       96,451     $ 1,318,690  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                5,312       76,225  

Shares redeemed

    (349,178     (5,445,941     (969,030     (13,198,357
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (183,403   $ (2,743,819     (867,267   $ (11,803,442
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor C

       

Shares sold

    15,623     $ 184,385       9,055     $ 81,692  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                       

Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares

    (112,176     (1,218,232     (116,883     (1,025,607
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (96,553   $ (1,033,847     (107,828   $ (943,915
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class K

       

Shares sold

    2,138     $ 33,756       8,499     $ 115,317  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                195       2,829  

Shares redeemed

    (3,583     (56,966     (16,051     (225,372
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (1,445   $ (23,210     (7,357   $ (107,226
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class R

       

Shares sold

    2,134     $ 24,944       10,440     $ 105,794  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                       

Shares redeemed

    (6,300     (71,225     (10,554     (105,110
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (4,166   $ (46,281     (114   $ 684  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    49,198     $ 1,425,631       (1,436,565   $ (18,800,724
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2020, 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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Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

 

In compliance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”), BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. and BlackRock EuroFund (the “Funds”) have adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”), which is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Funds’ liquidity risk.

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Funds, met on November 10-11, 2020 (the “Meeting”) to review the Program. The Board previously appointed BlackRock Advisors, LLC or BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BlackRock”), each an investment adviser to certain Funds, as the program administrator for each Fund’s Program, as applicable. BlackRock also previously delegated oversight of the Program to the 40 Act Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”). At the Meeting, the Committee, on behalf of BlackRock, provided the Board with a report that addressed the operation of the Program and assessed its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including the operation of each Fund’s Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, and any material changes to the Program (the “Report”). The Report covered the period from October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020 (the “Program Reporting Period”).

The Report described the Program’s liquidity classification methodology for categorizing a Fund’s investments (including derivative transactions) into one of four liquidity buckets. It also referenced the methodology used by BlackRock to establish a Fund’s HLIM and noted that the Committee reviews and ratifies the HLIM assigned to each Fund no less frequently than annually. The Report also discussed notable events affecting liquidity over the Program Reporting Period, including the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the Funds and the overall market.

The Report noted that the Program complied with the key factors for consideration under the Liquidity Rule for assessing, managing and periodically reviewing a Fund’s liquidity risk, as follows:

 

  a)

The Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed whether each Fund’s strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund structure with a focus on Funds with more significant and consistent holdings of less liquid and illiquid assets. The Committee also factored a Fund’s concentration in an issuer into the liquidity classification methodology by taking issuer position sizes into account. Where a Fund participated in borrowings for investment purposes (such as tender option bonds and reverse repurchase agreements), such borrowings were factored into the Program’s calculation of a Fund’s liquidity bucketing. Derivative exposure was also considered in such calculation.

 

  b)

Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. During the Program Reporting Period, the Committee reviewed historical net redemption activity and used this information as a component to establish each Fund’s reasonably anticipated trading size (“RATS”). Each Fund has adopted an in-kind redemption policy which may be utilized to meet larger redemption requests. The Committee may also take into consideration a Fund’s shareholder ownership concentration (which, depending on product type and distribution channel, may or may not be available), a Fund’s distribution channels, and the degree of certainty associated with a Fund’s short-term and long-term cash flow projections.

 

  c)

Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements. The Committee considered the terms of the credit facility committed to the Funds, the financial health of the institution providing the facility and the fact that the credit facility is shared among multiple Funds (including that a portion of the aggregate commitment amount is specifically designated for BlackRock Floating Rate Income Portfolio, a series of BlackRock Funds V). The Committee also considered other types of borrowing available to the Funds, such as the ability to use reverse repurchase agreements and interfund lending, as applicable.

There were no material changes to the Program during the Program Reporting Period. The Report provided to the Board stated that the Committee concluded that based on the operation of the functions, as described in the Report, the Program is operating as intended and is effective in implementing the requirements of the Liquidity Rule.

 

 

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Additional Information

 

Regulation Regarding Derivatives

On October 28, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new 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 the third quarter of 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 so that a failure to comply with the limits would result in a statutory violation 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 schedule 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 and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available upon request and without charge (1) by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) at blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.

Availability of Proxy Voting Record

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 upon request and without charge (1) at blackrock.com; or by calling (800) 441-7762 and (2) 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

 

Distributor

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

BlackRock Investments, LLC

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

New York, NY 10022

Sub-Adviser

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

BlackRock International Limited(a)

 

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Edinburgh, EH3 8BL

 

Boston, MA 02116

United Kingdom

 
 

Legal Counsel

Accounting Agent

 

Sidley Austin LLP

State Street Bank and Trust Company

 

New York, NY 10019

Boston, MA 02111

 
 

Address of the Funds

Custodian

 

100 Bellevue Parkway

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

 

Wilmington, DE 19809

Boston, MA 02109

 

Transfer Agent

 

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

 

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

 

(a) 

For BlackRock EuroFund.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

 

Currency Abbreviation
AUD   Australian Dollar
CAD   Canadian Dollar
EUR   Euro
GBP   British Pound
HKD   Hong Kong Dollar
JPY   Japanese Yen
NOK   Norwegian Krone
SGD   Singapore Dollar
ZAR   South African Rand
Portfolio Abbreviation
ADR   American Depositary Receipt
CPO   Certificates of Participation (Ordinary)
CVA   Certificaten Van Aandelen (Dutch Certificate)
DIP   Debtor-In-Possession
GDR   Global Depositary Receipt
MSCI   Morgan Stanley Capital International
MTN   Medium-Term Note
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

 

 

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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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(b) Not Applicable

 

Item 2 –

Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

Item 3 –

Audit Committee Financial Expert – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

Item 4 –

Principal Accountant Fees and Services – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

 

Item 5 –

Audit Committee of Listed Registrant – Not Applicable

 

Item 6 –

Investments

(a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

(b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.

 

Item 7 –

Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable

 

Item 8 –

Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable

 

Item 9 –

Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable

 

Item 10 –

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders –There have been no material changes to these procedures.

 

Item 11 –

Controls and Procedures

(a) The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12 –

Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment

Companies – Not Applicable

 

Item 13 –

Exhibits attached hereto

(a)(1) Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report

(a)(2) Section 302 Certifications are attached

(a)(3) Not Applicable

(a)(4) Not Applicable

(b) Section 906 Certifications are attached

 

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

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 

  By:     

/s/ John M. Perlowski                            

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

Date: March 5, 2021

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: March 5, 2021

 

  By:     

/s/ Trent Walker                            

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

Date: March 5, 2021

 

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