N-CSR 1 d187767dncsr.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: 06/30/2021


Item 1 –

Report to Stockholders

(a) The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.


 

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  JUNE 30, 2021

 

  

2021 Annual Report

 

 

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

BlackRock EuroFund

 

 

    

 

 

    Not FDIC Insured • May Lose Value • No Bank Guarantee     

 


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of June 30, 2021 was a remarkable period of adaptation and recovery, as the global economy dealt with the implications of the coronavirus (or “COVID-19”) pandemic. The United States, along with most of the world, began the reporting period emerging from a severe recession, prompted by pandemic-related restrictions that disrupted many aspects of daily life. However, easing restrictions and robust government intervention led to a strong rebound, and the economy grew at a significant pace for the reporting period, recovering much of the output lost at the beginning of the pandemic.

Equity prices rose with the broader economy, as investors became increasingly optimistic about the economic outlook. Stocks rose through the summer of 2020, fed by strong fiscal and monetary support and positive economic indicators. The implementation of mass vaccination campaigns and passage of an additional $1.9 trillion of fiscal stimulus further boosted stocks, and many equity indices neared or surpassed all-time highs late in the reporting period. In the United States, both large- and small-capitalization stocks posted a significant advance. International equities also gained, as both developed countries and emerging markets rebounded substantially.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) had fallen sharply prior to the beginning of the reporting period, which meant bonds were priced for extreme risk avoidance and economic disruption. Despite expectations of doom and gloom, the economy expanded rapidly, stoking inflation concerns in early 2021, which led to higher yields and a negative overall return for most U.S. Treasuries. In the corporate bond market, support from the U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) assuaged credit concerns and led to substantial returns for high-yield corporate bonds, although investment-grade corporates declined slightly.

The Fed remained committed to accommodative monetary policy by maintaining near zero interest rates and by reiterating that inflation could exceed its 2% target for a sustained period without triggering a rate increase. Late in the period the Fed elaborated on their expected timeline, raising the likelihood of slower bond purchasing and the possibility of higher rates in 2023.

Looking ahead, while coronavirus-related disruptions have clearly hindered worldwide economic growth, we believe that the global expansion will continue to accelerate as vaccination efforts ramp up and pent-up consumer demand leads to higher spending. While we expect inflation to increase somewhat as the expansion continues, we believe the recent uptick owes more to temporary supply disruptions than a lasting change in fundamentals. The change in Fed policy also means that moderate inflation is less likely to be followed by interest rate hikes that could threaten the economic expansion.

Overall, we favor a moderately positive stance toward risk, with an overweight in equities. Sectors that are better poised to manage the transition to a lower-carbon world, such as technology and healthcare, are particularly attractive in the long-term. U.S. small-caps and European equities are likely to benefit from the continuing vaccine-led restart. We are underweight long-term on credit, but inflation-protected U.S. Treasuries, Asian fixed income, and Chinese government bonds offer potential opportunities. We believe that international diversification and a focus on sustainability can help provide portfolio resilience, and the disruption created by the coronavirus appears to be accelerating the shift toward sustainable investments.

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

Sincerely,

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

Total Returns as of June 30, 2021
     
      6-Month     12-Month 
   

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

  15.25%   40.79%
   

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

  17.54     62.03
   

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

  8.83     32.35
   

Emerging market equities
(MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

  7.45     40.90
   

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

  0.02     0.09
   

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

  (4.10)   (5.89)
   

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

  (1.60)   (0.33)
   

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

  1.24     4.20
   

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

  3.61     15.34

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

 

      Page  

The Markets in Review

     2  

Annual Report:

  

Fund Summary

     4  

About Fund Performance

     10  

Disclosure of Expenses

     10  

Derivative Financial Instruments

     10  

Financial Statements:

  

Schedules of Investments

     11  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     25  

Statements of Operations

     27  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     28  

Financial Highlights

     29  

Notes to Financial Statements

     39  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     50  

Important Tax Information

     51  

Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreement

     52  

Director and Officer Information

     56  

Additional Information

     60  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     62  

 

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of June 30, 2021    BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 

Investment Objective

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

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the 12-month period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund underperformed its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index.

What factors influenced performance?

The Fund delivered mixed performance against the market rotations during the period. Initially, markets benefited from early stages of reopening as COVID-19 induced lockdowns eased. However, stronger-than-expected efficacy data from vaccine developers in November 2020 provided an accelerated recovery. This prompted a sharp rotation toward cyclical styles, at the expense of momentum, as investors brought forward expectations for an economic rebound. This became the dominant theme into the second half of the 12-month period as vaccine rollouts supported an ebullient market tone. However, stronger inflationary data in June 2021 prompted a surprisingly hawkish response from the Fed. This led to another rotation as the reflationary theme retreated with several 2020 secular growth themes regaining market leadership.

This market backdrop adversely impacted Fund performance with losses isolated to the inflection points in the fourth quarter of 2020 and second quarter of 2021. October 2020 proved challenging, as investor focus shifted away from company fundamentals. The combination of the pending U.S. presidential election, rising COVID cases in Europe and questions around further fiscal stimulus led to profit taking. This accelerated in November 2020 with trend-based sentiment measures under significant pressure as the market rotated away from momentum styles. Several stock selection insights that drove gains in the aftermath of the COVID lockdowns, such as identifying work from home, e-commerce and COVID-related sentiment measures, all struggled amid the rotation toward pro-cyclical, pro-risk exposures.

Fund performance improved until the end of the period as the portfolio successfully captured the reflationary environment. However, those insights struggled following the Fed’s mid-June policy pivot given the rotation back toward 2020 secular growth stories. At this time, the combination of macro thematic regime timing and fundamental valuation-based insights weighed on Fund performance having motivated a pro-reflation/recovery posture in the portfolio, which ran against shifting investor preferences.

Additionally, a few broader performance themes persisted during the period. First, given the volatility around style rotations, macro insights that look to dynamically time style exposures struggled. Second, insights that prefer lower-risk securities steadily lagged as markets were strongly higher throughout the period, despite the style rotations. Finally, measures related to environmental, social and governance factors struggled as early gains across environmental transition insights ran against the strong reflationary theme, which dominated markets for most of the period since November 2020.

While market inflection points proved challenging, stock selection measures generated gains after the rotations, partially offsetting Fund losses. Notably, this was reflected in performance strength early in the period as well as the beginning of 2021. Sentiment measures proved resilient in correctly capturing the evolving market landscape. Insights identifying trends across fundamentals as well as sentiment from executive and sell side analysts were broadly additive. Additionally, several reopening-focused insights provided gains despite the shift in June 2021. Capturing vaccine rollout trends across geographies to identify economic activity was one of the best performers. Similarly, looking at measures of mobility performed well as economies benefited from a strong rebound in 2021. Elsewhere, insights leveraging transaction data from consumers in China successfully captured economic recovery with positions across European luxury goods. Finally, stock selection within emerging markets was relatively strong overall, highlighted by gains across industrials and technology stocks within Taiwan as the region benefited from an early economic recovery.

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. These included a new insight that looks to capture companies within Europe likely to benefit from fiscal measures supporting sustainable businesses. Additionally, given the dynamism of the current environment, the Fund has instituted enhanced signal constructs to best identify emerging trends, such as sentiment around vaccine deployment and news as well as sensitivity to a reflationary environment.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

The Fund was positioned essentially neutrally from a geographic and sector perspective at period end. The Fund had slightly overweight allocations to the consumer discretionary and information technology sectors and slight underweights to consumer staples and utilities. In country and regional terms, the Fund had slight overweight positions to North America (United States and Canada) as well as Sweden, and slight underweights across Asia, specifically Japan and China.

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

 

 

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Fund Summary   as of June 30, 2021 (continued)    BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 

TOTAL RETURN BASED ON A $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

 

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  (a) 

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

 
  (b) 

The Fund primarily intends to invest in equity securities or other financial instruments that are components of, or have characteristics similar to, the securities included in the MSCI All CountryWorld 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.

 

Performance Summary for the Period Ended June 30, 2021

 

          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

    11.99     38.23     N/A       14.34     N/A       9.65     N/A  

Investor A

    11.88       37.91       30.67     14.01       12.79     9.32       8.73

Investor C

    11.47       36.88       35.88       13.15       13.15       8.62       8.62  

Class K

    12.08       38.34       N/A       14.39       N/A       9.68       N/A  

Class R

    11.76       37.52       N/A       13.69       N/A       8.96       N/A  

MSCI All Country World Index

    12.30       39.26       N/A       14.61       N/A       9.90       N/A  

 

  (a) 

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

 
  (b) 

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

 

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

Past performance is not an indication of future results.

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

Expense Example

 

    Actual          Hypothetical(a)        
     

Beginning
Account Value
(01/01/21)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(06/30/21)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(b) 
        

Beginning
Account Value
(01/01/21)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(06/30/21)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(b) 
   

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 

Institutional

    $        1,000.00       $        1,119.90       $         3.73          $      1,000.00       $      1,021.27       $          3.56       0.71

Investor A

    1,000.00       1,118.80       5.04          1,000.00       1,020.03       4.81       0.96  

Investor C

    1,000.00       1,114.70       8.97          1,000.00       1,016.31       8.55       1.71  

Class K

    1,000.00       1,120.80       3.47          1,000.00       1,021.52       3.31       0.66  

Class R

    1,000.00       1,117.60       6.35            1,000.00       1,018.79       6.06       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 181/365 (to reflect the six-month period shown).

 

 

 

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Fund Summary   as of June 30, 2021 (continued)    BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 

Portfolio Information

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

 
   
Security   Percent of
Net Assets
 

Apple, Inc.

    4

Microsoft Corp.

    2  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    2  

Johnson & Johnson

    2  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    2  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C

    1  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    1  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    1  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    1  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    1  

GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION

 

 
   
Country/Geographic Region   Percent of
Net Assets
 

United States

    60

Japan

    5  

China

    4  

Canada

    4  

United Kingdom

    3  

Taiwan

    3  

Germany

    3  

France

    2  

Sweden

    2  

India

    2  

Ireland

    1  

Netherlands

    1  

Switzerland

    1  

Hong Kong

    1  

South Korea

    1  

Australia

    1  

Israel

    1  

Denmark

    1  

Malaysia

    1  

Finland

    1  

Brazil

    1  

Argentina

    1  

Other

    # 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

    (— )(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 June 30, 2021    BlackRock EuroFund

 

Investment Objective

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

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the 12-month period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund outperformed its benchmark, the MSCI EMU Index

What factors influenced performance?

European equities produced strong gains over the reporting period. The global markets rallied in this time, as the approval of a COVID-19 vaccine prompted investors to upgrade their outlook for both economic growth and corporate earnings. Stocks were further boosted by expectations that world central banks would maintain their highly accommodative monetary policies.

The Fund outperformed its benchmark with stock selection and sector allocations both contributing to results.

Within industrials, the freight forwarding and logistics company DSV Panalpina A/S (Denmark) was the strongest contributor. The company exceeded expectations on the cost synergies from its Panalpina merger. More recently, it announced the acquisition of Kuwait-based Agility’s logistics business in a $4.1 billion transaction, which will make it the third-largest global freight forwarder.

Positions in the Netherlands-based semiconductor companies ASML Holding NV and BE Semiconductor Industries NV were top performers, as well. Both benefited from growth in their end markets through trends such as the growing penetration of electric vehicles and a stronger-than-expected smart phone cycle.

The Fund’s holdings in luxury-goods producers further helped results. The investment adviser viewed companies in this area as beneficiaries of the rotation of discretionary spending away from experiences and travel. The portfolio’s large position in LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (France) outperformed as the trend of increased luxury spending indeed came to fruition. The company generated strong results in its leather and fashion goods segment, as well as in wine and spirits. In addition, its newly acquired U.S. brand Tiffany experienced a particularly positive start to the year.

The lack of a position in the German pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG, which issued a profit warning and wrote down assets in its agricultural business, also added value.

On the other hand, a zero weighting in Daimler AG was the largest detractor. The auto sector performed well as many companies announced ambitious plans in the electric vehicle (“EV”) space. However, the Fund’s investment adviser is not convinced that many of the car manufacturers will actually benefit from the electrification trend. There is no clear evidence for market share gains for the European automakers at this point, and the investment adviser does not expect EVs to be more profitable than traditional combustion engine vehicles in the long term.

A number of positions in stocks tied to the “re-opening” trend lagged as the slow pace of the vaccine roll-out and local lockdowns continued to dominate news headlines. The payment company Worldline SA (France), which would benefit from customers returning to stores, was a key detractor.

Holdings in the exchange operator Deutsche Boerse AG (Germany) and the pharmaceutical company Sanofi SA (France) detracted from relative performance. Both are defensive stocks that lagged the rally in the broader market. Not owning Deutsche Post AG (Germany), which benefited from strength in e-commerce, further hurt results.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

Portfolio activity was relatively limited, with turnover of just 26% over the past 12 months.

At the beginning of the period, the investment adviser increased the Fund’s allocation to the financials sector on the belief that many stocks had fallen too far given the unprecedented global stimulus and companies’ stronger capital positions. The investment adviser therefore saw an opportunity to benefit from the upward re-rating of select mispriced institutions such as KBC Group NV (Belgium) and BNP Paribas SA (France), as well the insurance provider Allianz SE (Germany). The investment adviser further added to the position in BNP following the vaccine announcement in November 2020, allowing the Fund to capitalize on the subsequent rally in the stock. The Fund also participated in the initial public offering of Allfunds Group PLC (Netherlands), a leading wealth-technology platform that provides an open marketplace for asset managers and distributors. More recently, the investment adviser reduced the position in financials due to the rally in the sector.

Toward the end of 2020, the Fund initiated a new investment in Ferrari NV (Italy) on the view that consensus earnings estimates for the coming years may be too low. The investment adviser believes Ferrari has strong pricing power, brand desirability, and visibility regarding future income due to its long waiting list for cars.

Within industrials, the investment adviser added to the Fund’s position in the call center operator Teleperformance (France). The investment adviser believes the company has upside in its medium-term outlook due to important contract wins, continued organic growth and an underappreciated potential for profit-margin expansion through its work-from-home business model.

Throughout the fiscal year, the investment adviser also took advantage of share price weakness in COVID-sensitive stocks such as the German event-ticketing company TS Eventim AG & Co KGaA.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

The portfolio had a cyclical bias, with overweight positions in the industrials, information technology and consumer discretionary sectors. The Fund was underweight in consumer staples, utilities, communication services, energy, financials, materials, health care and real estate.

 

 

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Fund Summary   as of June 30, 2021 (continued)    BlackRock EuroFund

 

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.

TOTAL RETURN BASED ON A $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

 

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  (a) 

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

 
  (b) 

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 certain Developed Markets countries in the European Economic and Monetary Union.

 

Performance Summary for the Period Ended June 30, 2021

 

          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

    12.88     42.14     N/A       10.43     N/A       5.69     N/A  

Investor A

    12.79       41.85       34.40     10.20       9.02     5.47       4.91

Investor C

    12.27       40.81       39.81       9.34       9.34       4.78       4.78  

Class K

    12.97       42.36       N/A       10.55       N/A       5.75       N/A  

Class R

    12.56       41.40       N/A       9.68       N/A       4.94       N/A  

MSCI EMU Index

    11.73       37.48       N/A       11.55       N/A       5.16       N/A  

 

  (a) 

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

 
  (b) 

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

 

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

Past performance is not an indication of future results.

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

Expense Example

 

    Actual           Hypothetical(a)        
     

Beginning
Account Value
(01/01/21)


 
   

Ending
Account Value
(06/30/21)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(b) 
           

Beginning
Account Value
(01/01/21)
 
 
 
   

Ending
Account Value
(06/30/21)
 
 
 
   

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(b) 
   

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 

Institutional

    $       1,000.00       $      1,128.80       $          5.70         $      1,000.00       $      1,019.44       $          5.41       1.08

Investor A

    1,000.00       1,127.90       6.91         1,000.00       1,018.30       6.56       1.31  

Investor C

    1,000.00       1,122.70       10.95         1,000.00       1,014.48       10.39       2.08  

Class K

    1,000.00       1,129.70       5.12         1,000.00       1,019.98       4.86       0.97  

Class R

    1,000.00       1,125.60       9.12               1,000.00       1,016.22       8.65       1.73  

 

  (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 181/365 (to reflect the six-month period shown).

 

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of June 30, 2021 (continued)    BlackRock EuroFund

 

Portfolio Information

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

 

   
Security   Percent of
Net Assets
 

ASML Holding NV

    9

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

    7  

Schneider Electric SE

    4  

BNP Paribas SA

    4  

DSV Panalpina A/S

    3  

Kering SA

    3  

Sanofi

    3  

Safran SA

    3  

Teleperformance

    3  

Allianz SE

    3  

GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION

 

   
Country/Geographic Region   Percent of
Net Assets
 

France

    36

Germany

    17  

Netherlands

    16  

Italy

    7  

Finland

    6  

United Kingdom

    5  

Denmark

    4  

Switzerland

    3  

Europe

    2  

Belgium

    1  

Ireland

    1  

Spain

    1  

Portugal

    1  

United States

    (a) 

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 assume reinvestment of all distributions, if any, at net asset value (“NAV”) on the ex-dividend date or payable date, as applicable. Investment return and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Distributions paid to each class of shares will vary because of the different levels of service, distribution and transfer agency fees applicable to each class, which are deducted from the income available to be paid to shareholders.

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

Disclosure of Expenses

Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (a) transactional expenses, such as sales charges; and (b) operating expenses, including investment advisory fees, service and distribution fees, including 12b-1 fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested on January 1, 2021 and held through June 30, 2021) 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

June 30, 2021

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Argentina(a) — 0.5%  

Despegar.com Corp.

    1,065     $ 14,069  

Globant SA

    606       132,823  

MercadoLibre, Inc.

    1,439       2,241,660  
   

 

 

 
      2,388,552  
Australia — 1.1%        

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

    24,317       785,014  

ASX Ltd.

    2,341       136,470  

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd.

    25,037       196,852  

BHP Group Ltd.

    21,080       766,897  

Brambles Ltd.

    1,767       15,164  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

    9,429       706,068  

CSL Ltd.

    2,541       543,440  

Goodman Group

    22,158       350,665  

Iluka Resources Ltd.

    33,738       231,007  

IOOF Holdings Ltd.

    27,675       88,506  

Magellan Financial Group Ltd.

    753       30,412  

Medibank Pvt Ltd.

    91,734       217,485  

Perpetual Ltd.

    785       23,572  

REA Group Ltd.

    5,126       649,512  

Scentre Group

    23,734       48,567  

SEEK Ltd.

    5,072       126,085  

South32 Ltd.

    17,468       38,307  

Stockland

    49,519       172,438  

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

    6,289       24,401  

Zip Co. Ltd.(a)

    3,921       22,268  
   

 

 

 
          5,173,130  
Austria — 0.0%        

ANDRITZ AG

    352       19,797  
   

 

 

 
Bangladesh — 0.0%        

Athene Holding Ltd., Class A(a)

    847       57,173  
   

 

 

 
Belgium — 0.3%        

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

    19,401       1,398,595  

Umicore SA

    215       13,153  
   

 

 

 
      1,411,748  
Brazil — 0.3%        

Ambev SA

    70,265       241,148  

B3 SA - Brasil Bolsa Balcao

    84,646       286,249  

Banco do Brasil SA

    5,894       38,074  

BB Seguridade Participacoes SA

    10,803       50,173  

CPFL Energia SA

    4,636       25,083  

CVC Brasil Operadora e Agencia de
Viagens SA(a)

    3,967       22,109  

EcoRodovias Infraestrutura e Logistica SA(a)

    11,898       28,371  

Embraer SA(a)

    20,779       78,833  

Equatorial Energia SA

    22,787       113,619  

IRB Brasil Resseguros S/A

    13,537       15,704  

Localiza Rent a Car SA

    1,282       16,496  

Porto Seguro SA

    4,589       49,333  

Telefonica Brasil SA

    2,130       17,986  

Ultrapar Participacoes SA

    42,365       156,639  

Vale SA

    14,220       323,780  

XP, Inc., Class A(a)

    5,947       258,992  
   

 

 

 
      1,722,589  
Canada — 4.1%        

Atco Ltd., Class I

    1,886       66,883  

Bank of Montreal

    2,356       241,492  

Bank of Nova Scotia

    3,552       231,012  
Security   Shares     Value  
Canada (continued)            

BRP, Inc.

    770     $ 60,253  

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

    10,642       465,481  

Canadian Apartment Properties REIT

    2,990       140,189  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

    6,839       778,518  

Canadian Utilities Ltd., Class A

    1,215       33,717  

Canadian Western Bank

    3,989       111,985  

CGI, Inc.(a)

    11,338       1,027,975  

CI Financial Corp.

    5,214       95,691  

Colliers International Group, Inc.

    200       22,398  

Descartes Systems Group Inc. (The)(a)

    478       33,058  

Emera, Inc.

    3,215       145,863  

Enbridge, Inc.

    1,213       48,565  

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.

    389       170,588  

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust

    1,358       19,281  

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

    2,463       56,767  

FirstService Corp.

    3,199       548,677  

H&R Real Estate Investment Trust

    530       6,841  

IGM Financial, Inc.

    536       18,922  

Intact Financial Corp.

    1,290       175,257  

Kinaxis, Inc.(a)

    284       37,360  

Onex Corp.

    8,219       596,799  

Open Text Corp.

    16,941       860,307  

Parex Resources, Inc.(a)

    2,895       48,343  

Parkland Corp./Canada

    1,511       48,831  

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc.

    414       24,544  

Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B

    17,797       946,130  

Royal Bank of Canada

    47,716       4,834,344  

Shopify, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,122       3,103,348  

Sun Life Financial, Inc.

    6,801       350,694  

Thomson Reuters Corp.

    5,702       566,382  

TMX Group Ltd.

    1,115       117,778  

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    53,309       3,735,844  

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

    7,211       317,852  
   

 

 

 
          20,087,969  
China — 4.1%        

3SBio, Inc.(a)(c)

    16,000       19,786  

Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., Class A

    133,400       62,485  

Anta Sports Products Ltd.

    1,000       23,471  

BAIC Motor Corp. Ltd., Class H(c)

    81,000       30,138  

Baidu, Inc., ADR(a)

    12,416       2,531,622  

Baidu, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,700       94,905  

Bank of China Ltd., Class A

    380,300       181,079  

Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Class A

    144,400       109,379  

BBMG Corp., Class H

    100,000       18,788  

BOE Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A

    17,100       16,491  

BYD Co. Ltd., Class A

    14,739       569,787  

China Construction Bank Corp., Class A

    156,431       160,832  

China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Class A

    10,500       54,954  

China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd., Class A

    13,500       113,034  

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Class A

    26,200       17,669  

China Vanke Co. Ltd., Class A

    140,400       516,299  

China Yangtze Power Co. Ltd., Class A

    9,000       28,721  

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd.

    9,400       21,477  

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., Class A

    5,200       428,551  

Country Garden Services Holdings Co. Ltd.

    5,000       53,950  

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.

    128,080       185,005  

Dali Foods Group Co. Ltd.(c)

    89,000       53,072  

Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd., Class H

    242,000       40,481  

East Money Information Co. Ltd., Class A

    40,460       204,656  
 

 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2021

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
China (continued)  

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

    2,340     $ 46,598  

Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., Class H(c)

    4,800       71,684  

Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd., Class H

    22,000       69,499  

Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network Co. Ltd., Class A

    25,800       449,076  

Huadian Power International Corp. Ltd., Class H

    120,000       39,081  

Industrial Bank Co. Ltd., Class A

    81,272       258,120  

JD.com, Inc., ADR(a)

    24,832       1,981,842  

JD.com, Inc., Class A(a)

    10,550       420,133  

KE Holdings, Inc., ADR(a)

    6,470       308,490  

Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd.

    10,000       33,869  

Kuaishou Technology(a)(c)

    3,000       75,448  

Lenovo Group Ltd.

    38,000       43,639  

Logan Group Co. Ltd.

    52,000       77,782  

LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. Ltd., Class A

    5,460       74,834  

Meituan, Class B(a)(c)

    37,000       1,526,292  

Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd., Class H

    94,000       21,903  

NetEase, Inc.

    4,000       91,925  

NetEase, Inc., ADR

    9,663       1,113,661  

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

    32,311       264,627  

NIO, Inc., ADR(a)

    960       51,072  

PetroChina Co. Ltd.

    73,979       60,544  

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

    1,500       14,895  

Postal Savings Bank of China Co. Ltd., Class A

    42,700       33,154  

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

    204,000       137,189  

SF Holding Co. Ltd., Class A

    29,200       305,150  

Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co. Ltd., Class A

    11,700       134,039  

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

    14,902       1,103,905  

Shui On Land Ltd.(a)

    75,000       12,170  

Sinotruk Hong Kong Ltd.

    26,000       55,718  

Sunac China Holdings Ltd.

    59,000       202,313  

TAL Education Group, ADR(a)

    16,541       417,329  

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

    51,600       3,885,092  

Uni-President China Holdings Ltd.

    42,000       46,340  

Up Fintech Holding Ltd., ADR(a)

    2,374       68,799  

Will Semiconductor Co. Ltd., Class A

    3,400       168,870  

WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd., Class A

    5,840       141,151  

WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd., Class H(c)

    2,616       61,062  

Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co. Ltd., Class A

    7,200       66,885  

XPeng, Inc., ADR(a)

    11,327       503,145  

Yadea Group Holdings Ltd.(c)

    64,000       137,465  

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd.

    178,700       187,751  
   

 

 

 
      20,299,173  
Czech Republic — 0.0%  

CEZ A/S

    4,099       121,556  
   

 

 

 
Denmark — 0.7%  

AP Moeller - Maersk A/S, Class A

    168       467,309  

AP Moeller - Maersk A/S, Class B

    776       2,234,034  

Chr Hansen Holding A/S

    557       50,271  

Coloplast A/S, Class B

    248       40,717  

DSV Panalpina A/S

    127       29,647  

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

    4,837       404,899  

Novozymes A/S, B Shares

    1       75  
   

 

 

 
      3,226,952  
Finland — 0.5%  

Kone OYJ, Class B

    6,204       506,334  
Security   Shares     Value  
Finland (continued)  

Nokia OYJ(a)

    1     $ 5  

Nordea Bank Abp

    180,982       2,015,399  
   

 

 

 
      2,521,738  
France — 1.9%  

Amundi SA(c)

    669       59,005  

AXA SA

    17,927       455,209  

BNP Paribas SA

    3,740       234,721  

Cie de Saint-Gobain

    2,507       165,452  

Engie SA

    39,417       540,508  

Eutelsat Communications SA

    12,713       148,724  

Hermes International

    1,232       1,797,872  

Kering SA

    950       832,406  

Legrand SA

    7,702       816,283  

L’Oreal SA

    4,161       1,858,277  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

    282       221,837  

Pernod Ricard SA

    1,918       426,299  

Renault SA(a)

    3,741       151,651  

Rexel SA

    34,929       731,349  

Rubis SCA

    2,158       96,022  

Societe Generale SA

    12,539       370,921  

Sodexo SA(a)

    1,752       163,741  

SPIE SA

    5       115  

Valeo SA

    15,452       466,086  
   

 

 

 
      9,536,478  
Germany — 2.4%  

Adidas AG

    1,626       606,754  

Allianz SE, Registered Shares

    58       14,474  

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

    6,275       665,247  

Beiersdorf AG

    15,911       1,920,552  

Covestro AG(c)

    4,419       285,726  

Daimler AG, Registered Shares

    33,907       3,029,882  

Deutsche Post AG, Registered Shares

    10,845       738,595  

Evonik Industries AG

    5,211       174,951  

Fielmann AG(a)

    1,057       82,710  

Hannover Rueck SE

    113       18,917  

HelloFresh SE(a)

    9,633       936,415  

HUGO BOSS AG

    1,609       87,640  

Jenoptik AG

    4       110  

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE

    4       80  

Rheinmetall AG

    2,848       281,420  

Schaeffler AG

    10,443       96,383  

Siemens AG, Registered Shares

    9,138       1,450,920  

TUI AG(a)

    7       36  

Volkswagen AG

    453       148,885  

Wacker Chemie AG

    950       146,432  

Zalando SE(a)(c)

    10,972       1,326,951  
   

 

 

 
      12,013,080  
Hong Kong — 1.3%  

AIA Group Ltd.

    153,200       1,900,534  

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.

    1,400       18,965  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

    225,000       762,595  

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.(a)

    30,000       25,350  

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

    17,832       122,738  

ESR Cayman Ltd.(a)(c)

    5,000       16,859  

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

    13,800       275,278  

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

    29,000       137,235  

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.

    87,700       417,665  

Kerry Properties Ltd.

    7,500       24,731  

Link REIT

    104,100       1,007,203  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2021

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Hong Kong (continued)

   

MTR Corp. Ltd.

    83,000     $ 462,143  

Shenzhen Investment Ltd.

    76,000       23,416  

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

    16,500       245,222  

Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A

    10,000       67,756  

Swire Properties Ltd.

    85,000       253,187  

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

    20,500       357,253  

Towngas China Co. Ltd.

    27,000       19,932  

Yuexiu Property Co. Ltd.

    23,600       24,863  
   

 

 

 
      6,162,925  
Hungary(a) — 0.2%  

MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC

    87,837       698,929  

OTP Bank Nyrt

    7,999       430,600  
   

 

 

 
      1,129,529  
India — 1.6%  

Asian Paints Ltd.

    14,182       571,747  

City Union Bank Ltd.

    6,503       14,593  

Federal Bank Ltd.(a)

    33,668       39,544  

HDFC Bank Ltd.

    78,498       1,585,491  

HDFC Life Insurance Co. Ltd.(c)

    34,725       320,983  

Hindalco Industries Ltd.

    7,247       36,378  

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd.

    40,553       1,353,381  

ICICI Bank Ltd.(a)

    3,103       26,417  

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd.(c)

    8,461       69,813  

IndusInd Bank Ltd.(a)

    6,314       86,586  

Infosys Ltd.

    16,336       345,588  

InterGlobe Aviation Ltd.(a)(c)

    3,241       74,939  

ITC Ltd.

    50,066       136,737  

KEC International Ltd.(a)

    2,445       14,907  

Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(a)

    33,094       760,700  

L&T Finance Holdings Ltd.(a)

    21,198       26,557  

Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd.

    23,844       37,841  

RBL Bank Ltd.(a)(c)

    11,986       34,038  

SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd.(c)

    22,819       309,910  

State Bank of India

    18,180       102,782  

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

    39,288       1,770,535  

Titan Co. Ltd.

    1,474       34,402  

TVS Motor Co. Ltd.

    4,578       38,282  

Wipro Ltd.

    13,413       98,437  
   

 

 

 
          7,890,588  
Indonesia — 0.0%  

Bank Central Asia Tbk PT

    28,900       60,103  
   

 

 

 
Ireland — 1.5%  

Accenture PLC, Class A

    9,927       2,926,380  

Allegion PLC

    5,481       763,503  

CRH PLC

    1,955       99,254  

Experian PLC

    26,341       1,017,004  

Flutter Entertainment PLC(a)

    2,813       511,247  

Kingspan Group PLC

    3,836       362,553  

Medtronic PLC

    11,695       1,451,700  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

    198       17,410  
   

 

 

 
      7,149,051  
Israel(a) — 0.9%  

Bank Hapoalim BM

    63,618       510,764  

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

    19,697       2,287,413  

Israel Discount Bank Ltd., Class A

    47,739       227,421  

Nice Ltd.

    937       231,283  
Security   Shares     Value  

Israel (continued)

   

Playtika Holding Corp.

    2,268     $ 54,069  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

    21,971       218,168  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR

    112,819       1,116,908  
   

 

 

 
          4,646,026  
Italy — 0.1%  

Amplifon SpA

    356       17,602  

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

    6,666       133,831  

Banca Mediolanum SpA

    2,056       20,024  

Pirelli & C SpA(c)

    15,202       88,401  

Unipol Gruppo SpA

    20,891       113,923  
   

 

 

 
      373,781  
Japan — 4.7%  

Aisin Corp.

    11,300       484,515  

Alps Alpine Co. Ltd.

    43,400       459,307  

Amada Co. Ltd.

    37,100       376,305  

Asahi Kasei Corp.

    30,600       336,330  

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

    2,000       34,853  

Benesse Holdings, Inc.

    5,500       136,592  

Bridgestone Corp.

    32,900       1,495,383  

Calbee, Inc.

    4,100       94,625  

Canon, Inc.

    7,000       158,214  

Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.

    8,900       188,337  

Daifuku Co. Ltd.

    800       72,582  

Daikin Industries Ltd.

    400       74,540  

Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.

    700       76,372  

Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.

    7,600       228,521  

Denso Corp.

    500       34,096  

Dip Corp.

    800       24,663  

Disco Corp.

    800       243,239  

FANUC Corp.

    4,900       1,175,009  

Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.

    1,100       826,856  

Fuji Media Holdings, Inc.

    4,200       46,892  

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

    3,800       122,220  

Inpex Corp.

    2,000       14,969  

Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd.

    400       3,364  

Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd.

    108,300       889,546  

JTEKT Corp.

    1,900       19,552  

Kaneka Corp.

    600       24,208  

Keyence Corp.

    5,800       2,921,014  

Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    2,600       161,779  

Konica Minolta, Inc.

    4,400       24,377  

Lawson, Inc.

    3,000       138,950  

Lintec Corp.

    700       15,177  

M3, Inc.

    2,100       153,002  

Mebuki Financial Group, Inc.

    8,700       18,396  

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

    11,000       92,554  

Mitsubishi HC Capital, Inc.

    37,000       198,412  

Mitsubishi Materials Corp.

    10,400       207,922  

NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd.

    1,500       22,300  

Nidec Corp.

    7,200       827,929  

Nikon Corp.

    53,100       566,443  

Nippon Paint Holdings Co. Ltd.

    2,000       27,056  

Nippon Shokubai Co. Ltd.

    700       33,735  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

    19,000       496,758  

Nippon Television Holdings, Inc.

    2,800       32,661  

Nitto Denko Corp.

    2,100       156,388  

NOK Corp.

    1,100       13,685  

Pigeon Corp.

    4,000       112,816  
 

 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2021

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Japan (continued)

   

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.

    45,700     $ 2,241,072  

Relo Group, Inc.

    800       18,274  

Resorttrust, Inc.

    1,300       21,221  

Ricoh Co. Ltd.

    63,300       712,507  

Rohm Co. Ltd.

    100       9,203  

Seiko Epson Corp.

    2,400       42,187  

Sekisui House Ltd.

    2,500       51,337  

Seven Bank Ltd.

    10,700       22,747  

Shimano, Inc.

    700       166,547  

SMC Corp.

    800       473,276  

Softbank Corp.

    20,700       270,652  

SoftBank Group Corp.

    9,000       627,676  

Subaru Corp.

    12,100       239,816  

Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.

    271,200       1,441,391  

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

    900       13,293  

Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.

    1,400       38,713  

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

    55,500       767,287  

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

    3,300       124,385  

Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd.

    300       16,060  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    7,800       261,772  

Teijin Ltd.

    10,100       154,193  

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

    9,100       419,148  

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

    500       216,192  

Toray Industries, Inc.

    3,700       24,664  

Toshiba Corp.

    2,600       112,323  

Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd.

    300       4,107  

Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd.

    700       17,265  

Toyota Boshoku Corp.

    1,100       22,832  

Yamada Holdings Co. Ltd.

    74,500       344,497  

Yamazaki Baking Co. Ltd.

    1,600       22,585  

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd.

    3,100       66,582  

Zeon Corp.

    8,100       112,104  
   

 

 

 
          22,938,352  
Luxembourg — 0.0%  

APERAM SA

    3       154  

RTL Group SA(a)

    2,957       176,094  

SES SA

    17       130  
   

 

 

 
      176,378  
Malaysia — 0.6%  

AirAsia Group BHD(a)

    155,600       33,397  

Bursa Malaysia Bhd

    1,300       2,483  

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd

    265,500       295,028  

Genting Bhd

    38,000       45,126  

Hartalega Holdings Bhd

    18,100       32,045  

Hong Leong Bank Bhd

    3,200       14,429  

Inari Amertron Bhd

    15,900       12,166  

Kossan Rubber Industries

    69,100       53,601  

Malayan Banking Bhd

    297,100       580,388  

MR DIY Group M BHD(c)

    16,400       14,182  

Press Metal Aluminium Holdings BHD

    138,800       159,813  

Public Bank Bhd

    1,248,100       1,235,624  

QL Resources BHD

    18,750       25,518  

RHB Bank Bhd

    11,900       15,484  

Supermax Corp. Bhd

    146,528       116,474  

Telekom Malaysia Bhd

    92,200       134,860  

Tenaga Nasional Bhd

    143,800       339,229  
   

 

 

 
      3,109,847  
Mexico — 0.1%  

America Movil SAB de CV, Series L

    455,359       342,650  
Security   Shares     Value  

Mexico (continued)

   

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV

    2,743     $ 23,135  

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Class O

    16,826       108,685  

Megacable Holdings SAB de CV, CPO

    6,900       24,417  

Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV

    12,300       32,172  
   

 

 

 
      531,059  
Netherlands — 1.4%  

ABN AMRO Bank NV(a)(c)

    11,482       139,132  

Akzo Nobel NV

    2,538       314,257  

Heineken NV

    9,456       1,147,952  

JDE Peet’s NV(a)

    6,214       225,547  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

    11,584       344,966  

NXP Semiconductors NV

    1,986       408,560  

PostNL NV

    9,397       51,057  

Randstad NV

    21,472       1,646,049  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, A Shares

    52,524       1,052,994  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, B Shares

    39,938       775,308  

Signify NV(c)

    12,038       764,147  

Wereldhave NV

    1       17  
   

 

 

 
          6,869,986  
New Zealand — 0.0%  

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.

    1,632       35,503  
   

 

 

 
Norway — 0.1%  

Equinor ASA

    28,456       602,371  
   

 

 

 
Peru — 0.4%  

Credicorp Ltd.(a)

    1,510       182,876  

Southern Copper Corp.

    28,955       1,862,386  
   

 

 

 
      2,045,262  
Poland — 0.0%  

PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA(a)

    9,153       22,591  
   

 

 

 
Russia — 0.0%  

Novatek PJSC, GDR, Registered Shares

    187       41,034  
   

 

 

 
Saudi Arabia — 0.4%  

Al Rajhi Bank

    23,573       698,081  

Malath Cooperative Insurance Co.(a)

    7,423       66,111  

Riyad Bank

    2,736       19,331  

Saudi Arabian Mining Co.(a)

    2,637       44,504  

Saudi Arabian Oil Co.(c)

    88,147       824,924  

Saudi National Bank

    9,230       141,750  

Saudi Telecom Co

    2,705       94,968  
   

 

 

 
      1,889,669  
Singapore — 0.2%  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

    5,400       120,135  

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.

    16,300       259,464  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.

    20,200       180,017  

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

    21,100       35,999  

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

    7,900       152,134  
   

 

 

 
      747,749  
South Africa — 0.3%  

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.

    1,768       32,817  

Barloworld Ltd.

    2,010       14,996  

Bidvest Group Ltd.

    1,879       25,098  

Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd.

    266       31,356  

FirstRand Ltd.

    28,024       105,143  

Gold Fields Ltd.

    3,206       28,590  

Investec Ltd.

    9,546       36,472  
 

 

 

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2 0 2 1    B L A C K O  C K    N N U A L    E P O R T    T O    H A  R E H O L D E R S 


Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2021

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

South Africa (continued)

   

Naspers Ltd., N Shares

    4,711     $ 993,300  

Standard Bank Group Ltd.

    6,217       55,521  
   

 

 

 
      1,323,293  
South Korea — 1.2%            

Celltrion, Inc.(a)

    1       238  

Coupang, Inc.(a)

    2,111       88,282  

Hugel Inc.(a)

    97       20,680  

Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd.

    97       17,998  

Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.

    271       70,279  

Kakao Corp.

    7,888           1,142,518  

KT Corp.

    2,538       71,629  

LG Chem Ltd.

    1,539       1,162,083  

NAVER Corp.

    4,165       1,545,500  

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

    18,843       1,348,897  

Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd.(a)

    2,378       50,407  

Samsung SDS Co. Ltd.

    213       34,983  

SillaJen, Inc.(a)(d)

    770       6,205  

SK Innovation Co. Ltd.(a)

    1,012       265,355  

S-Oil Corp.(a)

    705       64,198  

Studio Dragon Corp.(a)

    268       22,810  
   

 

 

 
      5,912,062  
Spain — 0.0%            

Zardoya Otis SA

    4,655       32,122  
   

 

 

 
Sweden — 1.9%            

Assa Abloy AB, Class B

    13,612       410,373  

Atlas Copco AB, A Shares

    37,840       2,323,693  

Atlas Copco AB, B Shares

    2,838       149,467  

Autoliv, Inc.

    5,224       510,698  

Castellum AB

    5       127  

Elekta AB, B Shares

    1,766       25,603  

Epiroc AB, Class A

    5,492       125,018  

Epiroc AB, Class B

    1,784       35,025  

Evolution AB(c)

    111       17,558  

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, B Shares(a)

    63,579       1,509,964  

Intrum AB

    3,716       121,728  

Loomis AB

    9,260       289,688  

Pandox AB(a)

    3,164       52,647  

Saab AB

    9,867       261,954  

Sagax AB, Class B

    7       208  

SKF AB, B Shares

    9,868       251,517  

Spotify Technology SA(a)

    801       220,748  

SSAB AB, A Shares(a)

    30,966       151,744  

Swedish Match AB

    73,690       628,438  

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, B Shares

    108,361       1,362,521  

Trelleborg AB

    13,684       318,051  

Volvo AB, B Shares

    27,921       672,880  
   

 

 

 
      9,439,650  
Switzerland — 1.4%            

Adecco Group AG, Registered Shares

    6,512       443,088  

Cie Financiere Richemont SA, Class A, Registered Shares

    17,627       2,136,896  

Givaudan SA, Registered Shares

    174       810,007  

Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Registered Shares

    1,226       419,610  

Sika AG, Registered Shares

    9,037       2,960,861  

Straumann Holding AG, Registered Shares

    34       54,231  
   

 

 

 
      6,824,693  
Taiwan — 2.9%            

ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd.

    26,000       104,318  
Security   Shares     Value  

Taiwan (continued)

   

ASPEED Technology, Inc.

    1,000     $ 72,124  

AU Optronics Corp.

    65,000       52,563  

Bizlink Holding, Inc.

    2,000       18,582  

Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

    226,595       438,108  

China Airlines Ltd.(a)

    59,000       40,360  

China Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

    26,000       24,578  

China Steel Corp.

    40,000       56,806  

CTBC Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

    567,000       461,727  

Delta Electronics, Inc.

    66,000       717,015  

E.Sun Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

    62,000       58,524  

Eva Airways Corp.

    870,000       629,519  

Evergreen Marine Corp. Taiwan Ltd.(a)

    88,000       621,584  

First Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

    36,000       29,321  

Fubon Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

    359,000       951,735  

Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd.

    8,000       30,815  

Gourmet Master Co. Ltd.

    1,000       6,118  

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.

    21,000       84,315  

Largan Precision Co. Ltd.

    3,000       333,575  

MediaTek, Inc.

    63,000           2,172,632  

momo.com Inc.

    1,000       67,510  

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

    8,000       142,985  

Parade Technologies Ltd.

    3,000       148,878  

Primax Electronics Ltd.

    21,000       42,948  

Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

    22,000       398,527  

Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd.

    8,000       29,287  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    247,000       5,319,893  

Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp.

    50,000       94,196  

Uni-President Enterprises Corp.

    327,000       858,684  

Visual Photonics Epitaxy Co. Ltd.

    7,000       33,634  
   

 

 

 
      14,040,861  
Thailand — 0.0%            

Gulf Energy Development PCL

    11,000       11,755  

Kasikornbank PCL, NVDR

    31,100       114,787  
   

 

 

 
      126,542  
Turkey — 0.1%            

Turk Hava Yollari AO(a)

    10,627       16,338  

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A/S

    209,645       387,858  

Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A/S

    18,481       17,646  
   

 

 

 
      421,842  
United Kingdom — 3.2%            

Abcam PLC(a)

    3,049       58,246  

Anglo American PLC

    26,662       1,060,117  

Aviva PLC

    43,448       243,915  

Babcock International Group PLC(a)

    5       20  

Barratt Developments PLC

    1,514       14,578  

Bellway PLC

    471       21,101  

BP PLC

    534,251       2,342,899  

British American Tobacco PLC

    72,083       2,798,662  

Compass Group PLC(a)

    21,719       457,574  

Diageo PLC

    21,239       1,017,953  

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

    23,450       92,492  

Dunelm Group PLC

    3,789       74,533  

HomeServe PLC

    8,888       117,548  

Howden Joinery Group PLC

    6,088       68,849  

HSBC Holdings PLC

    57,535       332,064  

IG Group Holdings PLC

    3,414       40,006  

Imperial Brands PLC

    20,679       445,896  

Intertek Group PLC

    5,351       409,535  

ITV PLC(a)

    22,816       39,654  
 

 

 

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

  15


Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2021

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

United Kingdom (continued)

   

J Sainsbury PLC

    16,372     $ 61,622  

Janus Henderson Group PLC

    5,643       219,005  

JD Sports Fashion PLC

    13,151       167,355  

JET2 PLC(a)

    6,688       109,509  

John Wood Group PLC(a)

    23,805       72,523  

Johnson Matthey PLC

    13,192       561,666  

Kingfisher PLC

    147,663       745,269  

Linde PLC(a)

    1,667       481,930  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

    754,062       487,769  

Marks & Spencer Group PLC(a)

    46,508       94,324  

Meggitt PLC(a)

    15,011       95,890  

Micro Focus International PLC

    94,999       719,302  

Nomad Foods Ltd.(a)

    1,085       30,673  

Phoenix Group Holdings PLC

    7,904       73,989  

Redrow PLC

    2,244       19,035  

RELX PLC

    5,763       152,816  

Rentokil Initial PLC

    75,637       518,052  

Rightmove PLC

    84,020       755,188  

Royal Mail PLC(a)

    12,956       103,594  

Smiths Group PLC

    4,091       90,099  

Standard Chartered PLC

    18,695       119,308  

Tate & Lyle PLC

    2,260       23,115  

Vistry Group PLC

    1,442       23,468  

WH Smith PLC(a)

    1,871       41,689  

WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC

    26,039       88,861  

WPP PLC

    15,761       213,055  
   

 

 

 
          15,704,748  
United States — 56.3%            

3D Systems Corp.(a)

    949       37,932  

AbbVie, Inc.

    14,764       1,663,017  

ABIOMED, Inc.(a)

    734       229,089  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    12,031       1,130,072  

AES Corp.

    3,421       89,184  

AGCO Corp.

    169       22,034  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    5,283       780,880  

Airbnb, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,180       180,705  

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    1,471       270,237  

Align Technology, Inc.(a)

    6,904       4,218,344  

Alleghany Corp.(a)

    2,039       1,360,156  

Allegiant Travel Co.(a)

    304       58,976  

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

    491       51,157  

Allstate Corp.

    7,239       944,255  

Ally Financial, Inc.

    8,475       422,394  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,492       6,084,941  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)

    2,460       6,165,547  

Altice USA, Inc., Class A(a)

    3,275       111,809  

Altria Group, Inc.

    5,799       276,496  

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    3,067       10,550,971  

Amedisys, Inc.(a)

    124       30,371  

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

    5,616       210,768  

American Express Co.

    28,212       4,661,469  

American International Group, Inc.

    3,373       160,555  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    3,326       827,775  

Amgen, Inc.

    5,110       1,245,562  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    3,754       33,336  

Anthem, Inc.

    1,798       686,476  

Aon PLC, Class A

    626       149,464  

Apple, Inc.

    141,608       19,394,635  

AptarGroup, Inc.

    196       27,605  

Arista Networks, Inc.(a)

    549       198,908  
Security   Shares     Value  

United States (continued)

   

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    279     $ 39,082  

AT&T, Inc.

    183,338       5,276,468  

Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A(a)

    1,452       372,961  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    10,416       533,612  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc.(a)

    2,168       63,627  

Baxter International, Inc.

    1,667       134,194  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class A(a)

    5           2,093,005  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    4,214       1,171,155  

Berry Global Group, Inc.(a)

    6,347       413,951  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

    1,651       571,692  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    4,346       362,630  

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

    852       548,935  

Blackline, Inc.(a)

    147       16,357  

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A

    1,098       35,015  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

    668       1,461,644  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    9,317       452,247  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(a)

    4,401       200,422  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    64,061       4,280,556  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

    7,408       393,661  

Bruker Corp.

    556       42,245  

Brunswick Corp.

    1,399       139,368  

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    709       66,412  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

    1,045       142,977  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    3,128       483,870  

Carrier Global Corp.

    8,066       392,008  

Carter’s, Inc.

    1,970       203,245  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    1,456       316,869  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    10,338       886,277  

CDK Global, Inc.

    3,852       191,406  

Centene Corp.(a)

    8,598       627,052  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    11,758       856,100  

Chegg, Inc.(a)

    2,111       175,445  

Chevron Corp.

    49,337       5,167,557  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)

    138       213,947  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

    2,132       253,410  

Cigna Corp.

    8,306       1,969,103  

Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)

    579       53,928  

Clorox Co.

    89       16,012  

CMC Materials, Inc.

    146       22,008  

CME Group, Inc.

    601       127,821  

CMS Energy Corp.

    7,485       442,214  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    3,983       275,863  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    18,817       1,530,763  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    6,501       639,438  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    95,262       5,431,839  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    3,243       117,980  

Corning, Inc.

    5,872       240,165  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    370       146,398  

Credit Acceptance Corp.(a)

    306       138,958  

Crocs, Inc.(a)

    664       77,369  

Cummins, Inc.

    8,199       1,998,998  

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

    199       23,633  

CVS Health Corp.

    45,477       3,794,601  

Danaher Corp.

    1,693       454,333  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    4,911       716,957  

Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a)

    4,995       337,162  

DaVita, Inc.(a)

    658       79,243  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.(a)

    179       68,749  

Deere & Co.

    1,935       682,494  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C(a)

    1,690       168,442  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a)

    5,952       257,484  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2021

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

United States (continued)

   

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    2,542     $ 254,683  

Discover Financial Services

    403       47,671  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    6,983       443,630  

Dover Corp.

    280       42,168  

DTE Energy Co.

    1,752       227,059  

Ecolab, Inc.

    384       79,092  

Emerson Electric Co.

    164       15,783  

Equifax, Inc.

    2,491       596,619  

Equinix, Inc.

    1,335       1,071,471  

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

    2,988       90,985  

Equity Residential

    4,961       381,997  

Essent Group Ltd.

    12,843       577,293  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    1,992       633,615  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)

    3,437       465,198  

Expedia Group, Inc.(a)

    1,008       165,020  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    4,422       559,825  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

    225       36,860  

Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)

    8,647           3,006,648  

FedEx Corp.

    4,874       1,454,060  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

    499       21,687  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    27,261       3,862,066  

First American Financial Corp.

    5,297       330,268  

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A

    34       28,313  

First Republic Bank

    256       47,916  

Flex Ltd.(a)

    4,933       88,153  

Flowserve Corp.

    1,292       52,093  

Fox Corp., Class A

    576       21,387  

Fox Corp., Class B

    1,145       40,304  

Gartner, Inc.(a)

    4,970       1,203,734  

Genuine Parts Co.

    26,755       3,383,705  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    12,754       878,240  

GoodRx Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,766       63,594  

Graco, Inc.

    1,365       103,331  

H&R Block, Inc.

    8,692       204,088  

Halliburton Co.

    887       20,507  

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

    127       17,226  

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A

    9,222       246,227  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)

    6,687       496,109  

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.(a)

    2,423       127,765  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    73,336       1,069,239  

Hexcel Corp.(a)

    431       26,894  

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

    849       96,438  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    10,390       693,221  

Home Depot, Inc.

    52       16,582  

HubSpot, Inc.(a)

    2,241       1,305,876  

Humana, Inc.

    4,235       1,874,919  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    1,137       718,072  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    178       39,794  

Illumina, Inc.(a)

    1,627       769,913  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.(a)

    13,847       675,872  

Intel Corp.

    73,120       4,104,957  

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A

    3,430       225,454  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    5,322       631,721  

International Game Technology PLC(a)

    1,540       36,898  

Intuit, Inc.

    10,016       4,909,543  

Invesco Ltd.

    16,191       432,785  

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    3,295       131,438  

Itron, Inc.(a)

    1,253       125,275  

ITT, Inc.

    4,772       437,067  

J.M. Smucker Co.

    5,952       771,201  

j2 Global, Inc.(a)

    4,071       559,966  
Security   Shares     Value  

United States (continued)

   

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

    1,821     $ 62,278  

Johnson & Johnson

    42,138       6,941,814  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a)

    737       144,054  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    8,770       1,364,086  

Kellogg Co.

    4,200       270,186  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

    1,005       155,182  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    87,630       1,597,495  

Kohl’s Corp.

    10,289       567,027  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a)

    975       268,954  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

    643       67,142  

Levi Strauss & Co., Class A

    1,523       42,218  

LHC Group, Inc.(a)

    86       17,222  

Life Storage, Inc.

    398       42,725  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    816       71,473  

LKQ Corp.(a)

    3,967       195,256  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    5,465       2,067,683  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    9,198       1,784,136  

M&T Bank Corp.

    627       91,109  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(a)

    1,515       219,433  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    1,323       157,318  

Markel Corp.(a)

    96       113,924  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    450       208,616  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    612       86,096  

Masco Corp.

    13,194       777,259  

MasTec, Inc.(a)

    323       34,270  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    5,106       1,864,150  

McDonald’s Corp.

    2,086       481,845  

McKesson Corp.

    5,856       1,119,901  

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

    4,179       130,970  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    33,023       663,762  

MetLife, Inc.

    14,732       881,710  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)

    282       390,666  

Microsoft Corp.

    40,019           10,841,147  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

    1,095       257,303  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

    848       214,595  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    1,332       497,435  

Morgan Stanley

    3,517       322,474  

Morningstar, Inc.

    180       46,280  

National Vision Holdings, Inc.(a)

    7,841       400,910  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

    3,171       1,674,954  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

    19,606       216,058  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    6,419       991,671  

NiSource, Inc.

    6,024       147,588  

Nordson Corp.

    129       28,317  

Nordstrom, Inc.(a)

    14,408       526,901  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    2,637       958,365  

NVIDIA Corp.

    1,807       1,445,781  

Okta, Inc.(a)(b)

    3,617       885,008  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    2,795       709,371  

OneMain Holdings, Inc.

    1,460       87,469  

Oracle Corp.

    464       36,118  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    13,046       1,066,771  

PacWest Bancorp

    830       34,163  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    1,463       449,302  

Paychex, Inc.

    17,984       1,929,683  

Paycom Software, Inc.(a)

    328       119,218  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    17,954       5,233,232  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    302       44,747  

Perrigo Co. PLC

    859       39,385  

Pfizer, Inc.

    54,591       2,137,784  

Phillips 66

    25,419       2,181,459  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2021

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

United States (continued)

   

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    3,123     $ 275,730  

Pool Corp.

    274       125,673  

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

    2       106  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    2,604       442,081  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    9,541       1,287,367  

Progressive Corp.

    4,696       461,194  

Prologis, Inc.

    3,213       384,050  

PTC, Inc.(a)

    119       16,810  

Public Storage

    1,999       601,079  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    9,450       515,686  

Pure Storage, Inc., Class A(a)

    1,456       28,436  

Qualcomm, Inc.

    19,914           2,846,308  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

    1,604       188,967  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    281       156,950  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    567       64,638  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    2,179       328,811  

Republic Services, Inc.

    25,276       2,780,613  

Roku, Inc.(a)

    555       254,884  

Ryder System, Inc.

    540       40,138  

Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.

    494       17,942  

SBA Communications Corp.

    4,076       1,299,021  

SEI Investments Co.

    521       32,286  

Service Corp. International

    11,070       593,241  

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)

    668       367,099  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    1,770       482,236  

Signature Bank

    1,503       369,212  

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    637       97,620  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.

    150,986       987,448  

Skechers USA, Inc., Class A(a)

    25,773       1,284,269  

Snap, Inc., Class A(a)

    337       22,963  

Snap-on, Inc.

    153       34,185  

Southern Co.

    61,567       3,725,419  

Southwest Airlines Co.(a)

    14,447       766,991  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

    791       37,841  

Square, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,909       709,214  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    2,404       155,923  

Stryker Corp.

    3,330       864,901  

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.(a)

    2,867       279,246  

Tapestry, Inc.(a)

    26,923       1,170,612  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.

    5,228       204,885  

Tesla, Inc.(a)

    5,847       3,974,206  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    1,316       663,883  

Timken Co.

    541       43,599  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    47,846       3,225,777  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    362       20,927  

Toro Co.

    1,162       127,681  

Travel + Leisure Co.

    449       26,693  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    26,660       3,991,269  

TripAdvisor, Inc.(a)

    8,575       345,572  

Truist Financial Corp.

    4,334       240,537  

Trupanion, Inc.(a)

    407       46,846  

Twitter, Inc.(a)

    11,500       791,315  

U.S. Bancorp

    2,288       130,347  

Ubiquiti, Inc.

    482       150,476  

UGI Corp.

    8,047       372,657  
Security   Shares     Value  

United States (continued)

   

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)

    2,491     $ 861,313  

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    174       16,591  

Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)

    15,137       320,148  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    6,336       1,317,698  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    14,720       5,894,477  

Unity Software, Inc.(a)

    271       29,764  

Universal Display Corp.

    142       31,571  

Vail Resorts, Inc.(a)

    492       155,728  

VEREIT, Inc.

    778       35,734  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    3,038       612,552  

VF Corp.

    33,032       2,709,945  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    7,144       221,607  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    28,020           6,551,636  

Vontier Corp.

    2,940       95,785  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    23,210       1,427,415  

W.R. Berkley Corp.

    3,501       260,579  

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

    96       42,048  

Walmart, Inc.

    13,628       1,921,821  

Waste Connections, Inc.

    6,014       718,252  

Waters Corp.(a)

    292       100,918  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    26,877       1,217,259  

Wendy’s Co.

    13,059       305,842  

Williams Cos., Inc.

    1,274       33,825  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    277       20,950  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    3,232       233,641  

Xilinx, Inc.

    1,343       194,252  

XPO Logistics, Inc.(a)

    2,667       373,087  

Xylem, Inc.

    4,617       553,855  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)

    442       234,035  

Zendesk, Inc.(a)

    5,176       747,104  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    314       38,474  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class C(a)

    8,046       983,382  

Zscaler, Inc.(a)

    7,038       1,520,630  

Zynga, Inc., Class A(a)

    42,067       447,172  
   

 

 

 
      276,792,391  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 96.7%
(Cost: $394,439,582)

      475,619,943  
   

 

 

 
Preferred Securities            
Preferred Stocks — 0.2%            
Brazil — 0.1%            

Azul SA, Preference Shares(a)

    14,796       130,563  

Banco Bradesco SA, Preference Shares

    110,874       573,563  

Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA, Preference Shares(a)

    6,765       31,229  
   

 

 

 
      735,355  
   

 

 

 
Germany — 0.1%            

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Preference Shares

    228       20,511  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2021

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security              
Shares
    Value  

Germany (continued)

     

Sartorius AG, Preference Shares

      383     $ 199,355  

Volkswagen AG, Preference Shares

 

    393       98,537  
     

 

 

 
        318,403  
     

 

 

 

Total Preferred Securities — 0.2%
(Cost: $818,922)

 

      1,053,758  
     

 

 

 

Rights

     
Brazil(a) — 0.0%                  

CVC Brasil Operadora e Agencia de Viagens SA, (Expires: 07/26/21)

 

    495       853  

Ultrapar Participacoes SA,
(Expires: 07/26/21)

 

    52,258       420  
     

 

 

 

Total Rights — 0.0%
(Cost: $ — )

        1,273  
     

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 96.9%
(Cost: $395,258,504)

 

          476,674,974  
     

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

     
Money Market Funds — 3.3%                  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 0.01%(e)(f)

 

    15,097,478       15,097,478  

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series, 0.13%(e)(f)(g)

 

    1,213,044       1,213,407  
     

 

 

 
        16,310,885  
     

 

 

 
            Par
(000)
        
Time Deposits — 0.1%                  
Canada — 0.0%                  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., 0.02%, 07/01/21

    CAD       10       7,862  
     

 

 

 
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Japan — 0.1%                  

Sumitomo Bank Tokyo, (0.31%), 07/01/21

    JPY       12,171     $ 109,556  
     

 

 

 
Singapore — 0.0%                  

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd., 0.01%, 07/03/21

    SGD       4       3,070  
     

 

 

 
United Kingdom — 0.0%                  

Citibank NA, New York, 0.01%, 07/01/21

    GBP       5       6,787  
     

 

 

 
        127,275  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 3.4%
(Cost: $16,438,154)

        16,438,160  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.3%
(Cost: $411,696,658)

        493,113,134  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.3)%

 

      (1,289,073
     

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

      $  491,824,061  
     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

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

(d) 

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

(e) 

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 year ended June 30, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
       Affiliated Issuer   Value at
06/30/20
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

    Value at
06/30/21
    Shares
Held at
06/30/21
    Income     Capital Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
        
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class

  $   7,390,660     $   7,706,818 (a)    $   —     $       $     $ 15,097,478       15,097,478     $ 3,184     $    
 

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series

    4,381,498             (3,167,709 )(a)      (349                (33     1,213,407       1,213,044       18,893 (b)         
         

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $ (349     $ (33   $  16,310,885       $  22,077     $    
         

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (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.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2021

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 

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

     35        09/17/21      $ 4,032      $ (103,420

MSCI Emerging Markets Mini Index

     25        09/17/21        1,706        5,258  

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     41        09/17/21        8,792        99,199  
           

 

 

 
            $ 1,037  
           

 

 

 

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)

   $      $      $ 104,457      $      $      $      $ 104,457  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a)

   $      $      $ 103,420      $      $      $      $ 103,420  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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 year ended June 30, 2021, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:

 

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

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $  4,269,550      $      $      $      $  4,269,550  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (175,407    $      $      $      $ (175,407
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 12,374,245    

 

 

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

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2021

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

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

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

 

 

 
     Level 1          Level 2          Level 3          Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

                 

Argentina

   $ 2,388,552        $        $        $ 2,388,552  

Australia

                5,173,130                   5,173,130  

Austria

              19,797                   19,797  

Bangladesh

     57,173                                                       57,173  

Belgium

              1,411,748                   1,411,748  

Brazil

     1,722,589                            1,722,589  

Canada

       20,087,969                              20,087,969  

China

     7,293,659          13,005,514                   20,299,173  

Czech Republic

              121,556                   121,556  

Denmark

     50,271          3,176,681                   3,226,952  

Finland

              2,521,738                   2,521,738  

France

              9,536,478                   9,536,478  

Germany

              12,013,080                   12,013,080  

Hong Kong

              6,162,925                   6,162,925  

Hungary

              1,129,529                   1,129,529  

India

              7,890,588                   7,890,588  

Indonesia

              60,103                   60,103  

Ireland

     5,158,993          1,990,058                   7,149,051  

Israel

     3,458,390          1,187,636                   4,646,026  

Italy

              373,781                   373,781  

Japan

              22,938,352                   22,938,352  

Luxembourg

              176,378                   176,378  

Malaysia

     2,223,599          886,248                   3,109,847  

Mexico

     531,059                            531,059  

Netherlands

     408,560          6,461,426                   6,869,986  

New Zealand

              35,503                   35,503  

Norway

              602,371                   602,371  

Peru

     2,045,262                            2,045,262  

Poland

              22,591                   22,591  

Russia

              41,034                   41,034  

Saudi Arabia

     986,005          903,664                   1,889,669  

Singapore

              747,749                   747,749  

South Africa

     14,996          1,308,297                   1,323,293  

South Korea

     88,282          5,817,575                6,205          5,912,062  

Spain

              32,122                   32,122  

Sweden

     784,301          8,655,349                   9,439,650  

Switzerland

              6,824,693                   6,824,693  

Taiwan

     29,287          14,011,574                   14,040,861  

Thailand

     11,755          114,787                   126,542  

Turkey

              421,842                   421,842  

United Kingdom

     902,183          14,802,565                   15,704,748  

United States

     276,792,391                            276,792,391  

Preferred Securities

                 

Preferred Stocks

                 

Brazil

     735,355                            735,355  

Germany

              318,403                   318,403  

Rights

     1,273                            1,273  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2021

  

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

 

 

 
    Level 1         Level 2         Level 3         Total  

 

 

Short-Term Securities

             

Money Market Funds

  $ 15,097,478                $                $                $ 15,097,478  

Time Deposits

            127,275                 127,275  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
  $  340,869,382       $  151,024,140       $         6,205         491,899,727  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investments Valued at NAV(a)

                1,213,407  
             

 

 

 
              $  493,113,134  
             

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(b)

             

Assets

             

Equity Contracts

  $ 104,457       $       $       $ 104,457  

Liabilities

             

Equity Contracts

    (103,420                       (103,420
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
  $ 1,037       $       $       $ 1,037  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 
  (b) 

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

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2021

  

BlackRock EuroFund

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  

Common Stocks

    
Belgium — 1.5%             

KBC Group NV

    33,225      $ 2,536,773  
    

 

 

 
Denmark — 3.5%  

DSV Panalpina A/S

    26,169        6,108,838  
    

 

 

 
Finland — 5.5%  

Kone OYJ, Class B

    52,419        4,278,135  

Metso Outotec Oyj

    198,874        2,310,812  

Neste OYJ

    48,404        2,969,200  
    

 

 

 
       9,558,147  
France — 36.5%  

BNP Paribas SA

    109,146        6,849,963  

Dassault Systemes SE

    10,812        2,624,031  

Eiffage SA

    17,673        1,800,112  

Kering SA

    6,535        5,726,079  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

    16,371        12,878,358  

Pernod Ricard SA

    19,775        4,395,237  

Safran SA

    33,692        4,675,874  

Sanofi

    47,916        5,034,179  

Schneider Electric SE

    44,747        7,054,120  

Teleperformance

    11,095        4,505,565  

Vinci SA

    33,112        3,539,601  

Worldline SA(a)(b)

    42,918        4,021,613  
    

 

 

 
           63,104,732  
Germany — 16.6%  

Adidas AG

    9,867        3,681,946  

Allianz SE, Registered Shares

    17,962        4,482,539  

CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA(a)

    40,006        2,499,036  

Deutsche Boerse AG

    14,935        2,606,848  

Merck KGaA

    20,416        3,917,343  

MTU Aero Engines AG

    14,342        3,556,016  

Puma SE

    21,169        2,526,540  

Rational AG

    2,755        2,495,965  

Symrise AG

    20,714        2,886,635  
    

 

 

 
       28,652,868  
Ireland — 1.4%  

Kingspan Group PLC

    25,059        2,368,407  
    

 

 

 
Italy — 6.7%  

Enel SpA

    332,073        3,085,911  

Ferrari NV

    12,542        2,589,248  

FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA(a)

    163,358        2,850,813  

Moncler SpA

    44,799        3,036,831  
    

 

 

 
       11,562,803  
Netherlands — 15.7%             

ASML Holding NV

    22,186        15,315,423  

ASR Nederland NV

    11,187        433,177  
Security          Shares     Value  

Netherlands (continued)

     

BE Semiconductor Industries NV

      35,093     $ 2,990,547  

IMCD NV

      26,453       4,214,886  

Prosus NV

      21,289       2,085,632  

QIAGEN NV(a)

      43,832       2,118,772  
     

 

 

 
        27,158,437  
Portugal — 1.0%                  

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

      338,192       1,792,520  
     

 

 

 
Spain — 1.2%  

Amadeus IT Group SA(a)

      29,126       2,053,284  
     

 

 

 
Switzerland — 3.3%  

Sika AG, Registered Shares

      7,586       2,485,459  

STMicroelectronics NV

      91,096       3,312,849  
     

 

 

 
        5,798,308  
United Kingdom — 4.7%  

Allfunds Group PLC(a)

      124,899       2,173,797  

Linde PLC(a)

      13,474       3,895,737  

RELX PLC

      77,693       2,060,162  
     

 

 

 
        8,129,696  
     

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 97.6%
(Cost: $119,466,585)

        168,824,813  
     

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities

     
Money Market Funds — 0.3%                  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 0.01%(c)(d)

      562,543       562,543  
     

 

 

 
            Par
(000)
        

Time Deposits — 2.2%

     
Europe — 2.2%                  

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co, (0.78%), 07/01/21

    EUR       3,225       3,823,707  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 2.5%
(Cost: $4,386,250)

        4,386,250  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.1%
(Cost: $123,852,835)

        173,211,063  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1)%

 

    (157,762
     

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

      $ 173,053,301  
     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

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

(c)

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d)

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

June 30, 2021

  

BlackRock EuroFund

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended June 30, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
06/30/20
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
06/30/21
    Shares
Held at
06/30/21
    Income     Capital Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class

  $   453,145     $ 109,398 (a)    $     $     $     $   562,543       562,543     $ 200     $  

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

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ (214   $     $ 562,543       $ 1,680     $  
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

                 

Belgium

   $        $ 2,536,773        $        $ 2,536,773  

Denmark

              6,108,838                   6,108,838  

Finland

              9,558,147                   9,558,147  

France

              63,104,732                   63,104,732  

Germany

              28,652,868                   28,652,868  

Ireland

              2,368,407                   2,368,407  

Italy

              11,562,803                   11,562,803  

Netherlands

              27,158,437                   27,158,437  

Portugal

     1,792,520                            1,792,520  

Spain

              2,053,284                   2,053,284  

Switzerland

              5,798,308                   5,798,308  

United Kingdom

     2,173,797          5,955,899                   8,129,696  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     562,543                            562,543  

Time Deposits

              3,823,707                   3,823,707  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $     4,528,860        $   168,682,203        $         —        $   173,211,063  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities  

June 30, 2021

 

     BlackRock
Advantage Global
Fund, Inc.
     BlackRock
EuroFund
 

ASSETS

    

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

  $ 476,802,249      $  172,648,520  

Investments, at value — affiliated(c)

    16,310,885        562,543  

Cash pledged for futures contracts

    816,000         

Foreign currency, at value(d)

    121,360         

Receivables:

    

Investments sold

    6,181,483         

Securities lending income — affiliated

    177         

Capital shares sold

    111,188        228,014  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    638,754        313,924  

Dividends — affiliated

    120        21  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    13,530         

Prepaid expenses

    28,614        32,708  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

    501,024,360        173,785,730  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

    

Foreign bank overdraft(e)

           7,053  

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

    1,207,140         

Payables:

    

Investments purchased

    6,689,411         

Accounting services fees

    320,363        42,395  

Capital shares redeemed

    458,972        452,356  

Deferred foreign capital gain tax

    137,482         

Investment advisory fees

    107,924        85,436  

Directors’ and Officer’s fees

    1,875        1,756  

Other accrued expenses

    114,624        52,010  

Other affiliates

    1,940        486  

Professional fees

    43,423        70,682  

Service and distribution fees

    73,775        20,255  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    43,370         
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    9,200,299        732,429  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 491,824,061      $ 173,053,301  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

    

Paid-in capital

  $ 355,048,357      $ 152,149,840  

Accumulated earnings

    136,775,704        20,903,461  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 491,824,061      $ 173,053,301  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 395,385,780      $ 123,290,292  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 1,173,321      $  

(c)  Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 16,310,878      $ 562,543  

(d) Foreign currency, at cost

  $ 122,334      $  

(e) Foreign bank overdraft, at cost

  $      $ 7,053  

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities  (continued)

June 30, 2021

 

   

BlackRock

Advantage Global

Fund, Inc.

    

BlackRock

EuroFund

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

    
Institutional             

Net assets

  $ 95,405,408      $  81,809,451  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    3,338,925        4,021,625  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 28.57      $ 20.34  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    100 million        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
Investor A             

Net assets

  $ 327,700,502      $ 87,461,711  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    12,128,376        4,388,240  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 27.02      $ 19.93  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    100 million        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
Investor C             

Net assets

  $ 7,921,995      $ 2,451,197  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    359,176        179,780  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 22.06      $ 13.63  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    100 million        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
Class K             

Net assets

  $ 56,800,077      $ 859,792  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    1,987,482        42,359  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 28.58      $ 20.30  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    2 billion        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
Class R             

Net assets

  $ 3,996,079      $ 471,150  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    164,856        31,861  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 24.24      $ 14.79  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    100 million        Unlimited  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10      $ 0.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Operations

Year Ended June 30, 2021

 

    BlackRock
Advantage Global
Fund, Inc.
    BlackRock
EuroFund
 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

              

Dividends — unaffiliated

    $ 6,915,572     $ 1,819,056  

Dividends — affiliated

      3,184       200  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

      18,893       1,480  

Non-cash dividends — unaffiliated

      424,012        

Foreign withholding tax claims

      117,363        

Foreign taxes withheld

      (392,322     (266,070
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

      7,086,702       1,554,666  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

     

Investment advisory

      3,607,390       894,092  

Service and distribution — class specific

      897,881       222,334  

Transfer agent — class specific

      691,642       161,157  

Custodian

      580,881       49,207  

Professional

      142,565       106,175  

Registration

      84,534       80,869  

Accounting services

      76,197       29,990  

Printing and postage

      31,957       23,462  

Directors and Officer

      8,953       8,733  

Miscellaneous

      50,479       25,406  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

      6,172,479       1,601,425  

Less:

     

Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager

      (1,780,341     (71,802

Transfer agent fees waived and/or reimbursed — class specific

      (490,913      
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      3,901,225       1,529,623  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      3,185,477       25,043  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

     

Net realized gain (loss) from:

     

Investments — unaffiliated

      77,671,660       7,266,365  

Investments — affiliated

      (349     (214

Foreign currency transactions

      (52,657     (72,973

Futures contracts

      4,269,550        
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      81,888,204       7,193,178  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

     

Investments — unaffiliated(a)

      47,975,073       32,939,190  

Investments — affiliated

      (33      

Foreign currency translations

      (1,052     6,580  

Futures contracts

      (175,407      
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      47,798,581       32,945,770  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

      129,686,785       40,138,948  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

    $   132,872,262     $   40,163,991  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

    $ (137,482   $  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

      BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.       BlackRock EuroFund  
   

 

Year Ended June 30,

   

 

Year Ended June 30,

 
   

 

2021

   

 

2020

   

 

2021

          

 

2020

 

 

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

                  

OPERATIONS

                  

Net investment income

    $ 3,185,477        $ 4,742,953        $ 25,043        $ 3,723  

Net realized gain (loss)

      81,888,204          (4,969,069                 7,193,178          (1,930,248

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

                   47,798,581          1,768,991          32,945,770          530,767  
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      132,872,262          1,542,875          40,163,991          (1,395,758
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

                  

Institutional

      (3,176,488        (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

      (162,627        (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

      4,363,008          (74,802,101        36,478,327          (18,800,724
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

                  

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      121,849,653          (80,693,055        76,642,318          (20,436,820

Beginning of year

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

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

End of year

    $   491,824,061        $   369,974,408        $   173,053,301        $ 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

 

 
    Year Ended June 30,

 

 
    2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 21.48      $ 21.66      $ 21.63      $ 25.83      $ 21.85  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.24        0.31        0.36        0.29        0.11  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    7.82        (0.06      0.43        2.82        4.15  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    8.06        0.25        0.79        3.11        4.26  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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       
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.97      (0.43      (0.76      (7.31      (0.28
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 28.57      $ 21.48      $ 21.66      $ 21.63      $ 25.83  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

             

Based on net asset value

    38.23      1.08      4.03      12.43      19.60
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

             

Total expenses

    1.19      1.15      1.14      1.16      1.17
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    0.71      0.71      0.72      0.88      1.13
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    0.96      1.46      1.72      1.20      0.47
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $   95,405      $   75,805      $   87,759      $   114,870      $   258,047  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

    311      182      137      189      59
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b)

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

(c)

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. (continued)  
    Investor A  
    Year Ended June 30,  
    2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 20.36      $ 20.55      $ 20.56      $ 24.85      $ 21.00  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.17        0.24        0.30        0.25        0.01  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    7.41        (0.05      0.40        2.67        3.99  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    7.58        0.19        0.70        2.92        4.00  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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       
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.92      (0.38      (0.71      (7.21      (0.15
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 27.02      $ 20.36      $ 20.55      $ 20.56      $ 24.85  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

             

Based on net asset value

    37.91      0.84      3.77      12.10      19.10
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

             

Total expenses

    1.51      1.46      1.46      1.53      1.54
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    0.96      0.96      0.97      1.16      1.50
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

    0.71      1.21      1.48      1.06      0.06
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $   327,701      $   242,123      $   289,752      $   324,978      $   395,690  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

    311      182      137      189      59
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b)

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

(c) 

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

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. (continued)  
    Investor C  
    Year Ended June 30,  
    2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $   16.58      $ 16.79      $ 16.87      $ 21.45      $ 18.15  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    (0.01      0.08        0.11        0.04        (0.16

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    6.04        (0.05      0.34        2.31        3.46  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    6.03        0.03        0.45        2.35        3.30  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

             

From net investment income

           (0.24      (0.09              

From net realized gain

    (0.55             (0.44      (6.93       
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.55      (0.24      (0.53      (6.93       
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 22.06      $ 16.58      $ 16.79      $ 16.87      $ 21.45  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

             

Based on net asset value

    36.88      0.11      2.99      11.23      18.18
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

             

Total expenses

    2.42      2.32      2.28      2.34      2.32
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    1.71      1.71      1.72      1.95      2.29
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.06 )%       0.46      0.65      0.23      (0.81 )% 
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $ 7,922      $   35,626      $   52,125      $   90,299      $   135,507  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

    311      182      137      189      59
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

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

(c) 

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

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
    Year Ended June 30,  

Period from           

01/25/18(a)        

to 06/30/18           

     2021          2020          2019      

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 21.48      $ 21.66      $ 21.63     $ 23.12
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.27        0.32        0.41       0.29

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      7.81        (0.06 )        0.39       (1.78 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      8.08        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

    $ 28.58      $ 21.48      $ 21.66     $ 21.63
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

                 

Based on net asset value

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

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

                 

Total expenses

      1.13 %        1.09 %        1.03 %       1.07 %(f)(g)
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.66 %        0.66 %        0.66 %       0.66 %(f)
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      1.04 %        1.53 %        1.98 %       3.09 %(f)
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                 

Net assets, end of period (000)

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

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      311 %        182 %        137 %       189 %
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

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

(d)

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e)

Aggregate total return.

(f)

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  
    Year Ended June 30,  
    2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 18.33      $ 18.52      $ 18.60      $ 23.07      $ 19.48  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    0.10        0.18        0.21        0.17        (0.07

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    6.65        (0.06      0.37        2.47        3.70  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    6.75        0.12        0.58        2.64        3.63  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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       
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.84      (0.31      (0.66      (7.11      (0.04
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 24.24      $ 18.33      $ 18.52      $ 18.60      $ 23.07  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

             

Based on net asset value

    37.52      0.58      3.52      11.79      18.67
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

             

Total expenses

    1.79      1.77      1.79      1.87      1.92
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    1.21      1.21      1.22      1.43      1.88
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    0.45      0.98      1.18      0.80      (0.33 )% 
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $   3,996      $   4,313      $   10,407      $   16,716      $   19,642  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

    311      182      137      189      59
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

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

(c) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock EuroFund
    Institutional
    Year Ended June 30,
     2021          2020          2019          2018          2017       

Net asset value, beginning of year

    $ 14.31      $ 14.40      $ 15.06      $ 14.78      $ 13.25
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

      0.03        0.02        0.13        0.13        0.16 (b) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      6.00        (0.04 )        (0.45 )        0.33        1.67
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      6.03        (0.02 )        (0.32 )        0.46        1.83
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

             (0.07 )        (0.34 )        (0.18 )        (0.30 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

    $ 20.34      $ 14.31      $ 14.40      $ 15.06      $ 14.78
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

                       

Based on net asset value

      42.14 %        (0.17 )%        (1.77 )%        3.12 %        14.14 %
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

                       

Total expenses

      1.18 %        1.24 %        1.23 %        1.11 %        1.10 %
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      1.12 %        1.18 %        1.17 %        1.08 %        1.10 %
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net investment income

      0.19 %        0.14 %        0.92 %        0.87 %        1.19 %(b)
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                       

Net assets, end of year (000)

    $  81,809      $  26,476      $  33,178      $  43,686      $  146,685
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      26 %        39 %        153 %        98 %        93 %
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(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.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock EuroFund (continued)  
    Investor A  
    Year Ended June 30,  
     2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 14.05      $ 14.11      $ 14.78      $ 14.49      $ 12.98  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    (0.01      (0.00 )(b)       0.08        0.18        0.13 (c) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    5.89        (0.04      (0.44      0.26        1.64  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

    5.88        (0.04      (0.36      0.44        1.77  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(d)

           (0.02      (0.31      (0.15      (0.26
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 19.93      $ 14.05      $ 14.11      $ 14.78      $ 14.49  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(e)

             

Based on net asset value

    41.85      (0.30 )%       (2.08 )%       3.02      13.92
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

             

Total expenses

    1.39      1.40      1.45      1.31      1.32
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    1.33      1.34      1.39      1.28      1.32
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.03 )%       (0.01 )%       0.56      1.19      0.97 %(c) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

             

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $   87,462      $   65,887      $   78,418      $   149,540      $   165,427  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

    26      39      153      98      93
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     BlackRock EuroFund (continued)  
     Investor C  
     Year Ended June 30,  
      2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 9.68      $ 9.79      $ 10.36      $ 10.16      $ 9.17  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(a)

     (0.10      (0.08      (0.02      0.05        0.01 (b) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     4.05        (0.03      (0.31      0.18        1.15  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

     3.95        (0.11      (0.33      0.23        1.16  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

                   (0.24      (0.03      (0.17
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $ 13.63      $ 9.68      $ 9.79      $ 10.36      $ 10.16  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

              

Based on net asset value

     40.81      (1.12 )%       (2.82 )%       2.27      12.94
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

              

Total expenses

     2.17      2.19      2.20      2.08      2.13
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

     2.11      2.13      2.14      2.04      2.13
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.86 )%       (0.85 )%       (0.17 )%       0.43      0.14 %(b) 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

              

Net assets, end of year (000)

   $ 2,451      $ 3,088      $ 4,179      $ 7,533      $ 8,038  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

     26      39      153      98      93
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

   

BlackRock EuroFund (continued)

 

    Class K
    Year Ended June 30,   Period from               
01/25/18(a)            
to 06/30/18               
     2021          2020          2019      

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $ 14.26      $ 14.34      $ 15.08     $ 16.57
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

      0.06        0.03        0.14       0.26

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

      5.98        (0.02 )        (0.46 )       (1.75 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

      6.04        0.01        (0.32 )       (1.49 )
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

             (0.09 )        (0.42 )      
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $   20.30      $   14.26      $   14.34     $ 15.08
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

                 

Based on net asset value

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

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

                 

Total expenses

      1.04 %        1.06 %        1.11 %       0.98 %(f)(g)
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      0.98 %        1.00 %        1.05 %       0.95 %(g)
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net investment income

      0.34 %        0.18 %        1.00 %       3.86 %(g)
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

                 

Net assets, end of period (000)

    $ 860      $ 601      $ 710     $   1,005
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

      26 %        39 %        153 %       98 %
   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(a)

Commencement of operations.

(b)

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c)

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

(d)

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e)

Aggregate total return.

(f) 

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%.

(g) 

Annualized.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     BlackRock EuroFund (continued)  
     Class R  
     Year Ended June 30,  
      2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

   $ 10.46      $ 10.54      $ 11.14      $ 10.96      $ 9.89  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(a)

     (0.04      (0.04      (0.01      0.09        0.05 (b) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     4.37        (0.04      (0.33      0.18        1.24  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from investment operations

     4.33        (0.08      (0.34      0.27        1.29  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income(c)

                   (0.26      (0.09      (0.22
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

   $   14.79      $   10.46      $   10.54      $   11.14      $   10.96  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

              

Based on net asset value

     41.40      (0.76 )%       (2.66 )%       2.46      13.42
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

              

Total expenses

     1.73      1.87      2.07      1.81      1.83
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

     1.67      1.81      2.01      1.77      1.83
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.32 )%       (0.42 )%       (0.07 )%       0.76      0.54 %(b) 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

              

Net assets, end of year (000)

   $ 471      $ 359      $ 363      $ 786      $ 1,017  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

     26      39      153      98      93
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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

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

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

Foreign Taxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which each Fund invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by each Fund and are reflected in its Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Foreign taxes withheld”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of June 30, 2021, if any, are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

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

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases where a Fund enters into certain investments (e.g., futures contracts) that would be treated as “senior securities” for 1940 Act purposes, a Fund may segregate or designate on its books and records cash or liquid assets having a market value at least equal to the amount of its future obligations under such investments. Doing so allows the 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 or trade 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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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

For investments in equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds (“Private Company” or collectively, the “Private Companies”) and other Fair Valued Investments, the fair valuation approaches that are used by the Global Valuation Committee and third party pricing services utilize one or a combination of, but not limited to, the following inputs.

 

   
     Standard Inputs Generally Considered By Third Party Pricing Services

Market approach

  (i)    recent market transactions, including subsequent rounds of financing, in the underlying investment or comparable issuers;
  (ii)    recapitalizations and other transactions across the capital structure; and
    (iii)    market multiples of comparable issuers.

Income approach

  (i)    future cash flows discounted to present and adjusted as appropriate for liquidity, credit, and/or market risks;
  (ii)    quoted prices for similar investments or assets in active markets; and
    (iii)    other risk factors, such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, recovery rates, liquidation amounts and/or default rates.

Cost approach

  (i)    audited or unaudited financial statements, investor communications and financial or operational metrics issued by the Private Company;
  (ii)    changes in the valuation of relevant indices or publicly traded companies comparable to the Private Company;
  (iii)    relevant news and other public sources; and
    (iv)    known secondary market transactions in the Private Company’s interests and merger or acquisition activity in companies comparable to the Private Company.

Investments in series of preferred stock issued by Private Companies are typically valued utilizing market approach in determining the enterprise value of the company. Such investments often contain rights and preferences that differ from other series of preferred and common stock of the same issuer. Enterprise valuation techniques such as an option pricing model (“OPM”), a probability weighted expected return model (“PWERM”), current value method or a hybrid of those techniques are used, as deemed appropriate under the circumstances. The use of these valuation techniques involve a determination of the exit scenarios of the investment in order to appropriately allocate the enterprise value of the company among the various parts of its capital structure.

The Private Companies are not subject to the public company disclosure, timing, and reporting standards applicable to other investments held by a Fund. Typically, the most recently available information by a Private Company is as of a date that is earlier than the date a Fund is calculating its NAV. This factor may result in a difference between the value of the investment and the price a Fund could receive upon the sale of the investment.

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

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

As of June 30, 2021, certain investments of Advantage Global were fair valued using NAV per share as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

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

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

 

 

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

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

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

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

 

 

 

Fund Name/Counterparty

   

Securities

Loaned at Value

 

 

   

Cash Collateral

Received

 

(a)  

   

Net

Amount

 

 

 

 

Advantage Global

     

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

  $ 797,901     $ (797,901   $  

National Financial Services LLC

    375,420       (375,420      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 1,173,321     $ (1,173,321   $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by the Fund is disclosed in the Fund’s 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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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

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

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

 

   
    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 year ended June 30, 2021, 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

   $                        4,031

EuroFund

   1,056

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

 

     
Share Class    Service Fees      Distribution Fees    

Investor A

     0.25    N/A   

Investor C

     0.25      0.75%

Class R

     0.25      0.25   

BRIL and broker-dealers, pursuant to sub-agreements with BRIL, provide shareholder servicing and distribution services to the Funds. The ongoing service and/or distribution fee compensates BRIL and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder servicing and/or distribution related services to shareholders.

For the year ended June 30, 2021, 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

   $  744,245      $  133,170      $  20,466      $ 897,881

EuroFund

     193,831        26,532        1,971      222,334

Transfer Agent: Pursuant to written agreements, certain financial intermediaries, some of which may be affiliates, provide the Funds with sub-accounting, recordkeeping, sub-transfer agency and other administrative services with respect to servicing of underlying investor accounts. For these services, these entities receive an asset-based fee or an annual fee per shareholder account, which will vary depending on share class and/or net assets. For the year ended June 30, 2021, the Funds did not pay any amounts to affiliates in return for these services.

The Manager maintains a call center that is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Funds. Shareholder services include responding to inquiries and processing purchases and sales based upon instructions from shareholders. For the year ended June 30, 2021, each Fund reimbursed the Manager the following amounts for costs incurred in running the call center, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the Statements of Operations:

 

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

Advantage Global

   $ 670      $ 9,372      $ 2,167      $ 36      $ 149      $ 12,394

EuroFund

     2,343        4,696        390        18        24      7,471

For the year ended June 30, 2021, the following table shows the class specific transfer agent fees borne directly by each share class of each Fund:

 

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

Advantage Global

   $ 96,546      $ 535,628      $ 47,218      $ 3,475      $ 8,775      $ 691,642

EuroFund

     62,312        94,061        3,818        155        811      161,157

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

Other Fees: For the year ended June 30, 2021, 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

   $     1,791

EuroFund

   924

For the year ended June 30, 2021, affiliates received CDSCs as follows:

 

     
Fund Name    Investor A      Investor C

Advantage Global

   $ 1      $        250

EuroFund

          100

Expense Limitations, Waivers and Reimbursements: With respect to each Fund, the Manager contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees each Fund pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds (the “affiliated money market fund waiver”) through 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 year ended June 30, 2021, the amounts waived were as follows:

 

   
Fund Name   

Fees Waived and/or Reimbursed

by the Manager

Advantage Global

   $                                           5,487

EuroFund

   274

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 year ended June 30, 2021, there were no fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager pursuant to this arrangement.

With respect to EuroFund, the Manager voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of its investment advisory fees equal to the annual rate of 0.06% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The voluntary waiver may be reduced or discontinued at any time. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statements of Operations. During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Manager waived $71,528 pursuant to this agreement.

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

 

           
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 year ended June 30, 2021, the Manager waived and/or reimbursed $1,774,854 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 year ended June 30, 2021, class specific expense waivers and/or reimbursements are 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

  $     53,373      $  386,779      $    40,559      $   3,474      $   6,728      $ 490,913

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

 

 

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

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

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

The share of securities lending income earned by each Fund is shown as securities lending income — affiliated — net in the Statements of Operations. For the year ended June 30, 2021, each Fund paid BIM the following amounts for securities lending agent services:

 

   
Fund Name    Amounts

Advantage Global

   $    3,792

EuroFund

   182

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

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

During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Funds did not participate in the Interfund Lending Program.

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

Other Transactions: The Funds may purchase securities from, or sell securities to, an affiliated fund provided the affiliation is due solely to having a common investment adviser, common officers, or common directors. For the year ended June 30, 2021, the purchase and sale transactions and any net realized gains (losses) with affiliated funds in compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

       
Fund Name    Purchases      Sales   

Net Realized

Gain (Loss)

Advantage Global

   $  839,736      $  —    $              —

 

7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended June 30, 2021, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, were as follows:

 

     
Fund Name    Purchases      Sales

Advantage Global

   $   1,270,893,650      $  1,277,541,807

EuroFund

     64,104,645      30,675,842

 

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 June 30, 2021, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAVs per share. As of period end, the following permanent differences attributable to certain deemed distributions and net operating losses were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

     
Fund Name    Paid-in Capital      Accumulated
Earnings (Loss)
 

Advantage Global

   $ 1,631,538      $ (1,631,538

EuroFund

     (9,374      9,374  

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

     
Fund Name    Year Ended
06/30/21
     Year Ended
06/30/20
 

Advantage Global

     

Ordinary income(a)

   $ 13,160,353      $ 7,433,829  

Long-term capital gains(a)(b)

     3,856,802         
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 17,017,155      $ 7,433,829  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

EuroFund

     

Ordinary income

   $      $ 240,338  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Distribution amounts may include a portion of the proceeds from redeemed shares.

  (b)

The Funds designate these amounts paid during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021 as capital gain dividends, subject to a long-term capital gains tax rate of not greater than 20%.

As of period end, the tax components of accumulated earnings (loss) were as follows:

 

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

Advantage Global

   $ 44,900,777      $ 15,204,746      $      $ 76,670,181      $      $   136,775,704  

EuroFund

                   (27,181,381      48,158,184        (73,342      20,903,461  

 

  (a) 

Amounts available to offset future realized capital gains.

  (b) 

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

  (c) 

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

During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Funds listed below utilized the following amounts of their respective capital loss carryforward:

 

Fund Name    Amounts  

Advantage Global

   $   8,971,734  

EuroFund

     6,949,018  

As of June 30, 2021, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Fund Name    Tax Cost      Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Advantage Global

   $   416,310,445      $ 82,187,345      $ (5,390,613    $ 76,796,732  

EuroFund

     125,058,029        48,532,470        (379,436      48,153,034  

 

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 2022 unless extended or renewed. These fees were allocated among such funds based upon portions of the aggregate commitment available to them and relative net assets of Participating Funds. During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Funds did not borrow under the credit agreement.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

10.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Certain Funds invest a substantial amount of their assets in issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries. When a Fund concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions in those countries may have a significant impact on their investment performance and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the Fund’s portfolio. 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.

 

 

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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”). Although many LIBOR rates will be phased out by the end of 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Funds may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against, instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Funds is uncertain.

 

11.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

     
    Year Ended
06/30/21
    Year Ended
06/30/20
 
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

Advantage Global

       

Institutional

       

Shares sold

    353,005     $ 8,961,654       530,504     $ 11,111,823  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

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

Shares redeemed

    (666,077     (16,543,928     (1,121,872     (23,282,546
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (190,338   $ (4,569,153     (522,504   $ (10,640,558
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor A

       

Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares

    1,602,254     $ 35,969,989       717,729     $ 14,211,703  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

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

Shares redeemed

    (1,800,248     (42,539,915     (3,135,330     (63,175,516
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    236,442     $ 3,530,708       (2,206,303   $ (44,507,548
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor C

       

Shares sold

    20,365     $ 401,104       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

    (1,829,663     (33,139,792     (1,025,892     (16,796,727
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (1,790,022   $ (32,371,287     (954,845   $ (15,595,517
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class K

       

Shares sold

    1,547,022     $ 42,438,784       348,263     $ 7,664,452  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    23,087       566,795       6,480       143,926  

Shares redeemed

    (146,256     (3,754,533     (281,599     (6,028,708
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    1,423,853     $   39,251,046       73,144     $       1,779,670  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class R

       

Shares sold

    35,430     $ 758,871       62,857     $ 1,132,067  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

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

Shares redeemed

    (113,713     (2,399,784     (396,509     (7,102,296
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (70,499   $ (1,478,306     (326,704   $ (5,838,148
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (390,564   $ 4,363,008       (3,937,212   $ (74,802,101
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

    

       
     
    Year Ended
06/30/21
    Year Ended
06/30/20
 
Fund Name / Share Class   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

EuroFund

       

Institutional

       

Shares sold

    2,405,942     $ 47,228,958       130,041     $ 1,920,769  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                7,943       116,042  

Shares redeemed

    (234,616     (4,179,416     (591,983     (7,983,636
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    2,171,326     $ 43,049,542       (453,999   $ (5,946,825
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

     
    Year Ended
06/30/21
    Year Ended
06/30/20
 
Fund Name / Share Class (continued)   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts  

EuroFund (continued)

       

Investor A

       

Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares

    266,022     $ 4,557,168       96,451     $       1,318,690  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                5,312       76,225  

Shares redeemed

    (568,313     (9,533,418     (969,030     (13,198,357
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (302,291   $ (4,976,250     (867,267   $ (11,803,442
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor C

       

Shares sold

    22,480     $ 275,997       9,055     $ 81,692  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                       

Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares

    (161,601     (1,858,944     (116,883     (1,025,607
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (139,121   $ (1,582,947     (107,828   $ (943,915
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class K

       

Shares sold

    8,761     $ 160,552       8,499     $ 115,317  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                195       2,829  

Shares redeemed

    (8,545     (149,452     (16,051     (225,372
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    216     $ 11,100       (7,357   $ (107,226
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class R

       

Shares sold

    4,460     $ 56,788       10,440     $ 105,794  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

                       

Shares redeemed

    (6,936     (79,906     (10,554     (105,110
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (2,476   $ (23,118     (114   $ 684  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    1,727,654     $     36,478,327       (1,436,565   $ (18,800,724
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of June 30, 2021, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., an affiliate of the Fund, owned 12,070 Class K Shares of EuroFund.

 

12.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

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

 

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. and BlackRock EuroFund (the “Funds”), including the schedules of investments, as of June 30, 2021, the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds as of June 30, 2021, and the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June 30, 2021, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

August 20, 2021

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

 

 

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Important Tax Information  (unaudited)   

 

The following maximum amounts are hereby designated as qualified dividend income for individuals for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Qualified Dividend
Income
 

 

 

Advantage Global

  $ 5,759,438  

 

 

The following maximum amounts are hereby designated as qualified business income for individuals for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Qualified Business
Income
 

 

 

Advantage Global

  $ 83,789  

For corporate shareholders, the percentage of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021 that qualified for the dividends-received deduction were as follows:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Dividends-Received
Deduction
 

 

 

Advantage Global

    24.25%  

 

 

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the Fund hereby designates the following maximum amounts allowable as qualified short-term capital gain dividends eligible for exemption from U.S. withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations:

 

 

 
Fund Name   Qualified
Short-Term
Capital Gain
Dividends
 

 

 

Advantage Global

  $ 6,966,116  

 

 

 

 

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory  Agreement

 

The Board of Trustees of BlackRock EuroFund (“EuroFund”) met on April 7, 2021 and May 10-12, 2021 to consider the approval to continue the investment advisory agreement (the “EuroFund Advisory Agreement”) between EuroFund and BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), its investment advisor. The Board of Trustees of EuroFund also considered the approval of the sub-advisory agreement (the “EuroFund Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between the Manager and BlackRock International Limited (the “Sub-Advisor”) with respect to EuroFund.

The Board of Directors of BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc. (“Advantage Global Fund”) met on April 7, 2021 and May 10-12, 2021 to consider the approval to continue the investment advisory agreement (the “Advantage Global Fund Advisory Agreement”) between Advantage Global Fund and the Manager, its investment advisor.

EuroFund and Advantage Global Fund are referred to herein individually as a “Fund” or collectively as the “Funds.” The Manager and the Sub-Advisor are referred to herein as “BlackRock.” The EuroFund Advisory Agreement, the EuroFund Sub-Advisory Agreement and the Advantage Global Fund Advisory Agreement are referred to herein individually as an “Agreement” or collectively as the “Agreements.” For simplicity: (a) the Board of Trustees of EuroFund and the Board of Directors of Advantage Global Fund are referred to herein individually as the “Board” and collectively as the “Boards” and the members are referred to as “Board Members”; and (b) the meetings held on April 7, 2021 are referred to as the “April Meeting” and the meetings held on May 10-12, 2021 are referred to as the “May Meeting.”

The Approval Process

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

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

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

At the April Meeting, each Board reviewed materials relating to its consideration of the Agreements. As a result of the discussions that occurred during the April Meeting, and as a culmination of each Board’s year-long deliberative process, the Boards presented BlackRock with questions and requests for additional information. BlackRock responded to these questions and requests with additional written information in advance of the May Meeting.

At the May Meeting, each Board concluded its assessment of, among other things: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of each Fund as compared to its Performance Peers and to other metrics, as applicable; (c) the advisory fee and the estimated cost of the services and estimated

 

 

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profits realized by BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with the Funds; (d) each Fund’s fees and expenses compared to its Expense Peers; (e) the existence and sharing of potential economies of scale; (f) any fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates as a result of BlackRock’s relationship with the Funds; and (g) other factors deemed relevant by the Board Members.

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

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

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

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

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

B. The Investment Performance of the Funds and BlackRock

Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed and considered the performance history of the Fund throughout the year and at the April Meeting. In preparation for the April Meeting, each Board was provided with reports independently prepared by Broadridge, which included an analysis of the Fund’s performance as of December 31, 2020, as compared to its Performance Peers. Broadridge ranks funds in quartiles, ranging from first to fourth, where first is the most desirable quartile position and fourth is the least desirable. In connection with its review, each Board received and reviewed information regarding the investment performance of the Fund as compared to its Performance Peers. Each Board and its Performance Oversight Committee regularly review and meet with Fund management to discuss the performance of each Fund throughout the year.

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

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

The Board of Advantage Global Fund noted that for each of the one-, three- and five-year periods reported, Advantage Global Fund ranked in the second quartile against its Performance Peers.

 

 

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

Each Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed each Fund’s contractual management fee rate compared with those of its Expense Peers. The contractual management fee rate represents a combination of the advisory fee and any administrative fees, before taking into account any reimbursements or fee waivers. Each Board also compared each Fund’s total expense ratio, as well as its actual management fee rate, to those of its Expense Peers. The total expense ratio represents a fund’s total net operating expenses, including any 12b-1 or non-12b-1 service fees. The total expense ratio gives effect to any expense reimbursements or fee waivers, and the actual management fee rate gives effect to any management fee reimbursements or waivers. The Boards considered the services provided and the fees charged by BlackRock and its affiliates to other types of clients with similar investment mandates, as applicable, including institutional accounts and sub-advised mutual funds (including mutual funds sponsored by third parties).

Each Board received and reviewed statements relating to BlackRock’s financial condition. Each Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability methodology and was also provided with an estimated profitability analysis that detailed the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by BlackRock for services provided to each Fund. Each Board reviewed BlackRock’s estimated profitability with respect to each Fund and other funds the Board currently oversees for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to available aggregate estimated profitability data provided for the prior two years. Each Board reviewed BlackRock’s estimated profitability with respect to certain other U.S. fund complexes managed by the Manager and/or its affiliates. Each Board reviewed BlackRock’s assumptions and methodology of allocating expenses in the estimated profitability analysis, noting the inherent limitations in allocating costs among various advisory products. Each Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors including, among other things, fee waivers and expense reimbursements by the Manager, the types of funds managed, precision of expense allocations and business mix. Each Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at the individual fund level is difficult.

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

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

The Board of EuroFund noted that EuroFund’s contractual management fee rate ranked in the second quartile, and that the actual management fee rate and total expense ratio ranked in the first and third quartiles, respectively, relative to the Fund’s Expense Peers. In addition, the Board noted that BlackRock has voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of the advisory fee payable by the Fund. After discussions between the Board, including the Independent Board Members, and BlackRock, the Board and BlackRock agreed to a continuation of the voluntary advisory fee waiver.

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

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

D. Economies of Scale

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

E. Other Factors Deemed Relevant by the Board Members

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

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

 

 

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

Conclusion

The Board of EuroFund, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the EuroFund Advisory Agreement between the Manager and EuroFund for a one-year term ending June 30, 2022, and the EuroFund Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Advisor with respect to EuroFund for a one-year term ending June 30, 2022.

The Board of Advantage Global Fund, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Advantage Global Fund Advisory Agreement between the Manager and Advantage Global Fund for a one-year term ending June 30, 2022.

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

 

 

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Director and Officer Information

 

Independent Directors(a)
         

Name

Year of Birth(b)

  

Position(s) Held

(Length of Service)(c)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   

Number of BlackRock-Advised

Registered Investment Companies

(“RICs”) Consisting of

Investment Portfolios

(“Portfolios”) Overseen

   Public Company
and Other
Investment
Company
Directorships Held
During
Past Five Years

Mark Stalnecker

1951

  

Chair of the Board and Director

(Since 2019)

   Chief Investment Officer, University of Delaware from 1999 to 2013; Trustee and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committees, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate from 2005 to 2016; Member of the Investment Committee, Delaware Public Employees’ Retirement System since 2002; Member of the Investment Committee, Christiana Care Health System from 2009 to 2017; Member of the Investment Committee, Delaware Community Foundation from 2013 to 2014; Director and Chair of the Audit Committee, SEI Private Trust Co. from 2001 to 2014.    30 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios    None

Bruce R. Bond

1946

  

Director

(Since 2007)

   Board Member, Amsphere Limited (software) since 2018; Trustee and Member of the Governance Committee, State Street Research Mutual Funds from 1997 to 2005; Board Member of Governance, Audit and Finance Committee, Avaya Inc. (computer equipment) from 2003 to 2007.    30 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios    None

Susan J. Carter

1956

  

Director

(Since 2019)

   Director, Pacific Pension Institute from 2014 to 2018; Advisory Board Member, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at Tuck School of Business since 1997; Senior Advisor, Commonfund Capital, Inc. (“CCI”) (investment adviser) in 2015; Chief Executive Officer, CCI from 2013 to 2014; President & Chief Executive Officer, CCI from 1997 to 2013; Advisory Board Member, Girls Who Invest from 2015 to 2018 and Board Member thereof since 2018; Advisory Board Member, Bridges Fund Management since 2016; Trustee, Financial Accounting Foundation since 2017; Practitioner Advisory Board Member, Private Capital Research Institute (“PCRI”) since 2017; Lecturer in the Practice of Management, Yale School of Management since 2019; Advisor to Finance Committee, Altman Foundation since 2020.    30 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios    None

Collette Chilton

1958

  

Director

(Since 2019)

   Chief Investment Officer, Williams College since 2006; Chief Investment Officer, Lucent Asset Management Corporation from 1998 to 2006; Director, Boys and Girls Club of Boston since 2017; Director, B1 Capital since 2018; Director, David and Lucile Packard Foundation since 2020.    30 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios    None

Neil A. Cotty

1954

  

Director

(Since 2019)

   Bank of America Corporation from 1996 to 2015, serving in various senior finance leadership roles, including Chief Accounting Officer from 2009 to 2015, Chief Financial Officer of Global Banking, Markets and Wealth Management from 2008 to 2009, Chief Accounting Officer from 2004 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Consumer Bank from 2003 to 2004, Chief Financial Officer of Global Corporate Investment Bank from 1999 to 2002.    30 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios    None

Lena G. Goldberg

1949

  

Director

(Since 2016)

   Director, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. since 2013; Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School, from 2008 to 2021; FMR LLC/Fidelity Investments (financial services) from 1996 to 2008, serving in various senior roles including Executive Vice President - Strategic Corporate Initiatives and Executive Vice President and General Counsel; Partner, Sullivan & Worcester LLP from 1985 to 1996 and Associate thereof from 1979 to 1985.    30 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios    None

 

 

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Director and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Independent Directors(a) (continued)
         

Name

Year of Birth(b)

  

Position(s) Held

(Length of Service)(c)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   

Number of BlackRock-Advised

Registered Investment Companies

(“RICs”) Consisting of

Investment Portfolios

(“Portfolios”) Overseen

   Public Company
and Other
Investment
Company
Directorships Held
During
Past Five Years

Henry R. Keizer

1956

  

Director

(Since 2016)

   Director, Park Indemnity Ltd. (captive insurer) since 2010; Director, MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation and MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (financial and bank holding company) from 2014 to 2016; Director, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants from 2009 to 2011; Director, KPMG LLP (audit, tax and advisory services) from 2004 to 2005 and 2010 to 2012; Director, KPMG International in 2012, Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer thereof from 2010 to 2012 and U.S. Vice Chairman of Audit thereof from 2005 to 2010; Global Head of Audit, KPMGI (consortium of KPMG firms) from 2006 to 2010; Director, YMCA of Greater New York from 2006 to 2010.    30 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios   

Hertz Global Holdings (car rental); Sealed Air Corp. (packaging); Montpelier Re Holdings, Ltd. (publicly held property and casualty reinsurance) from 2013 to 2015; WABCO (commercial vehicle safety systems) from 2015 to 2020.

 

Cynthia A. Montgomery

1952

  

Director

(Since 2019)

   Professor, Harvard Business School since 1989.    30 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios    Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. (manufacturing) from 1995 to 2016.

Donald C. Opatrny

1952

  

Director

(Since 2015)

   Trustee, Vice Chair, Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Investment Committee, Cornell University from 2004 to 2019; President, Trustee and Member of the Investment Committee, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum from 2007 to 2014; Member of the Board and Investment Committee, University School from 2007 to 2018; Member of the Investment Committee, Mellon Foundation from 2009 to 2015; Trustee, Artstor (a Mellon Foundation affiliate) from 2010 to 2015; President and Trustee, the Center for the Arts, Jackson Hole from 2011 to 2018; Director, Athena Capital Advisors LLC (investment management firm) since 2013; Trustee and Chair of the Investment Committee, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole since 2014; Member of Affordable Housing Supply Board of Jackson, Wyoming since 2017; Member, Investment Funds Committee, State of Wyoming since 2017; Trustee, Phoenix Art Museum since 2018; Trustee, Arizona Community Foundation and Member of Investment Committee since 2020.    30 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios    None

Joseph P. Platt

1947

  

Director

(Since 2019)

   General Partner, Thorn Partners, LP (private investments) since 1998; Director, WQED Multi-Media (public broadcasting not-for-profit) since 2001; Chair, Basic Health International (non-profit) since 2015.    30 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios    Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (reinsurance company); Consol Energy Inc.

Kenneth L. Urish

1951

  

Director

(Since 2019)

   Managing Partner, Urish Popeck & Co., LLC (certified public accountants and consultants) since 1976; Past-Chairman of the Professional Ethics Committee of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Committee Member thereof since 2007; Member of External Advisory Board, The Pennsylvania State University Accounting Department since founding in 2001; Principal, UP Strategic Wealth Investment Advisors, LLC since 2013; Trustee, The Holy Family Institute from 2001 to 2010; President and Trustee, Pittsburgh Catholic Publishing Associates from 2003 to 2008; Director, Inter-Tel from 2006 to 2007; Member, Advisory Board, ESG Competent Boards since 2020.    30 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios    None

 

 

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Director and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Independent Directors(a) (continued)
         

Name

Year of Birth(b)

  

Position(s) Held

(Length of Service)(c)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   

Number of BlackRock-Advised

Registered Investment Companies

(“RICs”) Consisting of

Investment Portfolios

(“Portfolios”) Overseen

   Public Company
and Other
Investment
Company
Directorships Held
During
Past Five Years

Claire A. Walton

1957

  

Director

(Since 2019)

   Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Liberty Square Asset Management, LP from 1998 to 2015; General Partner of Neon Liberty Capital Management, LLC since 2003; Director, Boston Hedge Fund Group from 2009 to 2018; Director, Woodstock Ski Runners since 2013; Director, Massachusetts Council on Economic Education from 2013 to 2015.    30 RICs consisting of 153 Portfolios    None
          Interested Directors(a)(d)          
         

Name

Year of Birth(b)

  

Position(s) Held

(Length of Service)(c)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   

Number of BlackRock-Advised
Registered Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of

Investment Portfolios

(“Portfolios”) Overseen

   Public Company
and Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held During
Past Five Years

Robert Fairbairn

1965

  

Director

(Since 2015)

   Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. since 2019; Member of BlackRock’s Global Executive and Global Operating Committees; Co-Chair of BlackRock’s Human Capital Committee; Senior Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2010 to 2019; oversaw BlackRock’s Strategic Partner Program and Strategic Product Management Group from 2012 to 2019; Member of the Board of Managers of BlackRock Investments, LLC from 2011 to 2018; Global Head of BlackRock’s Retail and iShares® businesses from 2012 to 2016.    103 RICs consisting of 252 Portfolios    None

John M. Perlowski(e)

1964

  

Director

(Since 2015)

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Since 2010)

 

   Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Head of BlackRock Global Accounting and Product Services since 2009; Advisory Director of Family Resource Network (charitable foundation) since 2009.    105 RICs consisting of 254 Portfolios    None

 

(a) 

The address of each Director is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.

(b)

Each Independent Director holds office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal as provided by the Funds’ by-laws or charter or statute, or until December 31 of the year in which he or she turns 75. Directors who are “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, serve until their successor is duly elected and qualifies or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal as provided by the Fund’s by-laws or statute, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72. The Board may determine to extend the terms of Independent Directors on a case-by-case basis, as appropriate.

(c) 

Following the combination of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and BlackRock, Inc. in September 2006, the various legacy MLIM and legacy BlackRock fund boards were realigned and consolidated into three new fund boards in 2007. In addition, effective January 1, 2019, three BlackRock Fund Complexes were realigned and consolidated into two BlackRock Fund Complexes. As a result, although the chart shows the year that each Independent Director joined the Board, certain Independent Directors first became members of the boards of other BlackRock-advised Funds, legacy MLIM funds or legacy BlackRock funds as follows: Bruce R. Bond, 2005; Susan J. Carter, 2016; Collette Chilton, 2015; Neil A. Cotty, 2016; Cynthia A. Montgomery, 1994; Joseph P. Platt, 1999; Mark Stalnecker, 2015; Kenneth L. Urish, 1999; Claire A. Walton, 2016.

(d) 

Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are both “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Funds based on their positions with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are also board members of the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex.

(e) 

Mr. Perlowski is also a trustee of the BlackRock Credit Strategies Fund and BlackRock Private Investments Fund.

 

 

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Director and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Officers Who Are Not Directors(a)
     

Name

Year of Birth(b)

  

Position(s) Held

(Length of Service)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Jennifer McGovern

1977

  

Vice President

(Since 2014)

   Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2016; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2011 to 2015; Head of Americas Product Development and Governance for BlackRock’s Global Product Group since 2019; Head of Product Structure and Oversight for BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Group from 2013 to 2019.

Trent Walker

1974

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Since 2021)

   Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since September 2019; Executive Vice President of PIMCO from 2016 to 2019; Senior Vice President of PIMCO from 2008 to 2015; Treasurer from 2013 to 2019 and Assistant Treasurer from 2007 to 2017 of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds.

Jay M. Fife

1970

  

Treasurer

(Since 2007)

   Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007.

Charles Park

1967

  

Chief Compliance Officer

(Since 2014)

   Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer for certain BlackRock-advised Funds from 2014 to 2015; Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex since 2014; Principal of and Chief Compliance Officer for iShares® Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC since 2012 and BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”) since 2006; Chief Compliance Officer for the BFA-advised iShares® exchange traded funds since 2006; Chief Compliance Officer for BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. since 2012.

Lisa Belle

1968

  

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

(Since 2019)

   Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2019; Global Financial Crime Head for Asset and Wealth Management of JP Morgan from 2013 to 2019; Managing Director of RBS Securities from 2012 to 2013; Head of Financial Crimes for Barclays Wealth Americas from 2010 to 2012.

Janey Ahn

1975

  

Secretary

(Since 2019)

   Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2018; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2009 to 2017.

 

(a)

The address of each Officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.

(b) 

Officers of the Funds serve at the pleasure of the Board.

Further information about the Fund’s Directors and Officers is available in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.

 

Neal J. Andrews retired as the Chief Financial Officer effective December 31, 2020, and Trent Walker was elected as the Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2021.

 

 

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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 August 19, 2022. Once implemented, Rule 18f-4 will impose limits on the amount of derivatives a fund can enter into, eliminate the asset segregation framework currently used by funds to comply with Section 18 of the 1940 Act, treat derivatives as senior securities and require funds whose use of derivatives is more than a limited specified exposure amount to establish and maintain a comprehensive derivatives risk management program and appoint a derivatives risk manager.

General Information

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

Householding

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

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

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

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Voting Records

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

BlackRock’s Mutual Fund Family

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

Shareholder Privileges

Account Information

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

Automatic Investment Plans

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

Systematic Withdrawal Plans

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

Retirement Plans

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

 

 

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Additional Information  (continued)

 

BlackRock Privacy Principles

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

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

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

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

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

Fund and Service Providers

 

Investment Adviser

 

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

CAD    Canadian Dollar
EUR    Euro
GBP    British Pound
JPY    Japanese Yen
SGD    Singapore Dollar
Portfolio Abbreviation
ADR    American Depositary Receipt
CPO    Certificates of Participation (Ordinary)
DIP    Debtor-In-Possession
GDR    Global Depositary Receipt
MSCI    Morgan Stanley Capital International
NVDR    Non-Voting Depositary Receipt
PCL    Public Company Limited
PJSC    Public Joint Stock Company
REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust
S&P    Standard & Poor’s
SAB    Special Assessment Bonds
SCA    Societe en Commandite par Actions

 

 

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blackrock.com | 800-441-7762

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

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(b) Not Applicable

 

Item 2 –

Code of Ethics – The registrant (or the “Fund”) has adopted a code of ethics, as of the end of the period covered by this report, applicable to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. During the period covered by this report, the code of ethics was amended to update certain information and to make other non-material changes. During the period covered by this report, there have been no waivers granted under the code of ethics. The registrant undertakes to provide a copy of the code of ethics to any person upon request, without charge, who calls 1-800-441-7762.

 

Item 3 –

Audit Committee Financial Expert – The registrant’s board of directors (the “board of directors”), has determined that (i) the registrant has the following audit committee financial experts serving on its audit committee and (ii) each audit committee financial expert is independent:

Neil A. Cotty

Henry R. Keizer

Kenneth L. Urish

Under applicable securities laws, a person determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liabilities greater than the duties, obligations, and liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of directors in the absence of such designation or identification. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any other member of the audit committee or board of directors.

 

Item 4 –

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The following table presents fees billed by Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”) in each of the last two fiscal years for the services rendered to the Fund:

 

     (a) Audit Fees   (b) Audit-Related Fees1   (c) Tax Fees2   (d) All Other Fees
Entity Name  

Current

Fiscal
Year End

 

Previous

Fiscal

Year End

 

Current

Fiscal

Year End

 

Previous

Fiscal

Year End

 

Current

Fiscal

Year End

 

Previous

Fiscal

Year End

 

Current

Fiscal

Year End

 

Previous

Fiscal

Year End

BlackRock

Advantage Global

Fund, Inc.

  $34,643   $35,700   $0   $0   $13,700   $15,800   $0   $0

The following table presents fees billed by D&T that were required to be approved by the registrant’s audit committee (the “Committee”) for services that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the Fund and that are rendered on behalf of BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Investment Adviser” or “BlackRock”) and entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with BlackRock (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“Affiliated Service Providers”):

 

2


     Current Fiscal Year End   Previous Fiscal Year End

(b) Audit-Related Fees1

  $0   $0

(c) Tax Fees2

  $0   $0

(d) All Other Fees3

  $2,032,000   $1,984,000

1 The nature of the services includes assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of financial statements not included in Audit Fees, including accounting consultations, agreed-upon procedure reports, attestation reports, comfort letters, out-of-pocket expenses and internal control reviews not required by regulators.

2 The nature of the services includes tax compliance and/or tax preparation, including services relating to the filing or amendment of federal, state or local income tax returns, regulated investment company qualification reviews, taxable income and tax distribution calculations.

3 Non-audit fees of $2,032,000 and $1,984,000 for the current fiscal year and previous fiscal year, respectively, were paid to the Fund’s principal accountant in their entirety by BlackRock, in connection with services provided to the Affiliated Service Providers of the Fund and of certain other funds sponsored and advised by BlackRock or its affiliates for a service organization review and an accounting research tool subscription. These amounts represent aggregate fees paid by BlackRock and were not allocated on a per fund basis.

(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures:

The Committee has adopted policies and procedures with regard to the pre-approval of services. Audit, audit-related and tax compliance services provided to the registrant on an annual basis require specific pre-approval by the Committee. The Committee also must approve other non-audit services provided to the registrant and those non-audit services provided to the Investment Adviser and Affiliated Service Providers that relate directly to the operations and the financial reporting of the registrant. Certain of these non-audit services that the Committee believes are (a) consistent with the SEC’s auditor independence rules and (b) routine and recurring services that will not impair the independence of the independent accountants may be approved by the Committee without consideration on a specific case-by-case basis (“general pre-approval”). The term of any general pre-approval is 12 months from the date of the pre-approval, unless the Committee provides for a different period. Tax or other non-audit services provided to the registrant which have a direct impact on the operations or financial reporting of the registrant will only be deemed pre-approved provided that any individual project does not exceed $10,000 attributable to the registrant or $50,000 per project. For this purpose, multiple projects will be aggregated to determine if they exceed the previously mentioned cost levels.

Any proposed services exceeding the pre-approved cost levels will require specific pre-approval by the Committee, as will any other services not subject to general pre-approval (e.g., unanticipated but permissible services). The Committee is informed of each service approved subject to general pre-approval at the next regularly scheduled in-person board meeting. At this meeting, an analysis of such services is presented to the Committee for ratification. The Committee may delegate to the Committee Chairman the authority to approve the provision of and fees for any specific engagement of permitted non-audit services, including services exceeding pre-approved cost levels.

(e)(2) None of the services described in each of Items 4(b) through (d) were approved by the Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception in paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) Not Applicable

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees, defined as the sum of the fees shown under “Audit-Related Fees,” “Tax Fees” and “All Other Fees,” paid to the accountant for services rendered by the accountant to the registrant, the Investment Adviser and the Affiliated Service Providers were:

 

3


Entity Name   Current Fiscal
Year End
  Previous Fiscal
Year End

BlackRock Advantage Global Fund, Inc.

  $13,700   $15,800

Additionally, the amounts billed by D&T in connection with services provided to the Affiliated Service Providers of the Fund and of other funds sponsored and advised by BlackRock or its affiliates during the current and previous fiscal years for a service organization review and an accounting research tool subscription were:

 

Current Fiscal Year

End

 

Previous Fiscal Year

End

$2,032,000   $1,984,000

These amounts represent aggregate fees paid by BlackRock and were not allocated on a per fund basis.

(h) The Committee has considered and determined that the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Investment Adviser and the Affiliated Service Providers that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

 

Item 5 –

Audit Committee of Listed Registrant – Not Applicable

 

Item 6 –

Investments

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

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

 

Item 7 –

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

 

Item 8 –

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

 

Item 9 –

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

 

Item 10 –

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

 

Item 11 –

Controls and Procedures

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

 

4


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

 

Item 12 –

Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable

 

Item 13 –

Exhibits attached hereto

(a)(1) Code of Ethics – See Item 2

(a)(2) Section 302 Certifications are attached

(a)(3) Not Applicable

(a)(4) Not Applicable

(b) Section 906 Certifications are attached

 

5


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: September 2, 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: September 2, 2021

 

  By:     

/s/ Trent Walker                                

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

Date: September 2, 2021

 

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