UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSRS
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES |
| Investment Company Act file number 811-05576
Name of Fund: BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.
Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809
Name and address of agent for service: Donald C. Burke, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc., 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, NJ, 08536. Mailing address: P.O. Box 9011, Princeton, NJ, 08543-9011
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 441-7762
Date of fiscal year end: 10/31/2008
Date of reporting period: 11/01/2007 – 04/30/2008
Item 1 – Report to Stockholders |
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EQUITIES FIXED INCOME REAL ESTATE LIQUIDITY ALTERNATIVES BLACKROCK SOLUTIONS
BlackRock Global Allocation
Fund, Inc.
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
APRIL 30, 2008 | (UNAUDITED) |
NOT FDIC INSURED MAY LOSE VALUE NO BANK GUARANTEE |
Table of Contents | | |
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A Letter to Shareholders | | 3 |
Semi-Annual Report: | | |
Fund Summary | | 4 |
About Fund Performance | | 7 |
Disclosure of Expenses | | 7 |
Financial Statements: | | |
Schedule of Investments | | 8 |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | 28 |
Statement of Operations | | 29 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets | | 30 |
Financial Highlights | | 31 |
Notes to Financial Statements | | 36 |
Officers and Directors | | 43 |
Additional Information | | 44 |
Mutual Fund Family | | 46 |
2 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.
Dear Shareholder
Over the past several months, financial markets have been buffeted by the housing recession, the credit market unraveling
and related liquidity freeze and steadily rising commodity prices. Counterbalancing these difficulties were booming export
activity, a robust non-financial corporate sector and, notably, aggressive and timely monetary and fiscal policy actions.
Amid the market tumult, the Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”) intervened with a series of moves to bolster liquidity and
ensure financial market stability. Since September 2007, the central bank slashed the target federal funds rate 325 basis
points (3.25%), bringing the rate to 2.0% as of period-end. Of greater magnitude, however, were the Fed’s other policy
decisions, which included opening the discount window directly to broker dealers and investment banks and backstopping
the unprecedented rescue of Bear Stearns.
The Fed’s response to the financial crisis helped to improve credit conditions and investor mood. After hitting a low point
on March 17 (coinciding with the collapse of Bear Stearns), equity markets found a welcome respite in April, when the
S&P 500 Index of U.S. stocks posted positive monthly performance for the first time since October 2007. International
markets, which outpaced those of the U.S. for much of 2007, saw a reversal in that trend, as effects of the credit crisis and
downward pressures on growth were far-reaching.
In contrast to equity markets, Treasury securities rallied (yields fell as prices correspondingly rose), as a broad “flight-
to–quality” theme persisted. The yield on 10-year Treasury issues, which touched 5.30% in June 2007 (its highest level
in five years), fell to 4.04% by year-end and to 3.77% by April 30. Treasury issues relinquished some of their gains in April,
however, as investor appetite for risk returned and other high-quality fixed income sectors outperformed.
Problems within the monoline insurance industry and the failure of auctions for auction rate securities plagued the
municipal bond market, driving yields higher and prices lower across the curve. However, in conjunction with the more
recent shift in sentiment, the sector delivered strong performance in the final month of the reporting period.
Overall, the major benchmark indexes generated results that generally reflected heightened investor risk aversion:
Total Returns as of April 30, 2008 | | 6-month | | 12-month |
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U.S. equities (S&P 500 Index) | | – 9.64% | | – 4.68% |
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Small cap U.S. equities (Russell 2000 Index) | | –12.92 | | –10.96 |
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International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index) | | – 9.21 | | – 1.78 |
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Fixed income (Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index) | | + 4.08 | | + 6.87 |
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Tax-exempt fixed income (Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index) | | + 1.47 | | + 2.79 |
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High yield bonds (Lehman Brothers U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index) | | – 0.73 | | – 0.80 |
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Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Index performance shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.
As you navigate today’s volatile markets, we encourage you to review your investment goals with your financial professional
and to make portfolio changes, as needed. For more up-to-date commentary on the economy and financial markets, we
invite you to visit www.blackrock.com/funds. As always, we thank you for entrusting BlackRock with your investment assets,
and we look forward to continuing to serve you in the months and years ahead. |
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Fund Summary as of April 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
Portfolio Management Commentary |
How did the Fund perform?
•The Fund outperformed both its Reference Portfolio and the all-equity
benchmark for the six-month period ended April 30, 2008. The Fund
invests in both equities and bonds; therefore, the Reference Portfolio
provides a truer representation of the Fund’s composition and a more
comparable means for measurement.
What factors influenced performance?
•Relative to the Reference Portfolio, the Fund’s performance benefited from
an underweight and effective security selection in the U.S. and Australia,
as well as from an overweight and stock selection in Brazil. On a sector
basis, strong stock selection in energy, financials, consumer discretionary
and consumer staples enhanced relative performance. Additionally, the
Fund’s investments in U.S. Treasury issues and U.S. Treasury Inflation
Protected Securities (TIPS) benefited results, as an overall increase in risk
aversion among investors benefited high-quality government securities.
•Conversely, an overweight position and disappointing stock selection in
South Korea detracted from the Fund’s relative performance, as did
stock selection in Canada. Security selection in the materials and
healthcare sectors also hindered results.
Describe recent portfolio activity.
•The Fund’s overall equity allocation increased from 54.4% of net assets to
55.4% at period-end. Allocation increases in the U.S., Africa/Middle East
and Latin America were partially offset by decreases in Asia and Europe.
From a sector perspective, the Fund’s exposure to healthcare, consumer
staples and information technology increased over the period, while expo-
sure to financials, consumer discretionary and energy was reduced.
•The Fund’s allocation to fixed income increased from 29.1% of net
assets to 34.5% due to increases in U.K. Gilts, U.S. agencies, European
government bonds and Japanese inflation-linked bonds. Accordingly, the
Fund’s cash equivalent holdings decreased from 16.5% of net assets to
10.1% at period-end.
Describe Fund positioning at period-end.
•Relative to its Reference Portfolio, the Fund ended the period moderately
underweight in equities. Within that allocation, the Fund maintained an
overweight in Asian stocks and Latin American equities, while it held
underweights in U.S. stocks and European equities. The Fund was
underweight in fixed income securities, notably non-USD and, conse-
quently, overweight in cash equivalents.
•On a sector basis, the Fund held overweights in materials, telecommuni-
cation services, healthcare and industrials, and was underweight in con-
sumer discretionary, financials, information technology, utilities and
consumer staples.
•With respect to currency exposure, the Fund was underweight in the U.S.
dollar, the euro and the British pound, and maintained overweights in
the Swiss franc, the Japanese yen and the Brazilian real. Additionally,
the Fund had small overweight positions in the Singapore dollar, the
Malaysian ringgit and the Indian rupee.
Total Return Based on a $10,000 Investment
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* Assuming maximum sales charge, if any, transaction costs and other operating expenses, including advisory fees.
† The Fund invests in a portfolio of U.S. and foreign equity securities, debt and money market securities, whose composition varies with respect
to types of securities and markets in response to changing market and economic trends.
† † This unmanaged capitalization-weighted Index is comprised of 2,200 equities from 24 countries in 12 regions, including the United States.
† † † The Reference Portfolio is an unmanaged weighted Index comprised as follows: 36% of the S&P 500 Index; 24% FTSE World Index (Ex-U.S.)
Equities; 24% Merrill Lynch Treasury Index GA05; and 16% Citigroup World Government Bond Index (Ex-U.S.). Descriptions of these Indexes
can be found on page 5 of this report to shareholders in the “Performance Summary” section.
Past performance is not indicative of future results.
4 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. APRIL 30, 2008
Performance Summary for the Period Ended April 30, 2008 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | 6-Month | | w/o sales | | w/sales | | w/o sales | | w/sales | | w/o sales | | w/sales |
| | Total Returns | | charge | | charge | | charge | | charge | | charge | | charge |
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Institutional | | –0.58% | | +11.87% | | �� | | +17.35% | | — | | +11.12% | | — |
Investor A | | –0.77 | | +11.53 | | + 5.68% | | +17.06 | | +15.81% | | +10.83 | | +10.24% |
Investor B | | –1.17 | | +10.60 | | + 6.10 | | +16.15 | | +15.93 | | +10.16 | | +10.16 |
Investor C | | –1.13 | | +10.69 | | + 9.69 | | +16.16 | | +16.16 | | + 9.98 | | + 9.98 |
Class R | | –0.94 | | +11.17 | | — | | +16.79 | | — | | +10.60 | | — |
FTSE World Index | | –8.86 | | – 0.01 | | — | | +16.87 | | — | | + 6.23 | | — |
Reference Portfolio | | –2.38 | | + 4.60 | | — | | +11.59 | | — | | + 6.27 | | — |
U.S. Stocks: S&P 500® Index** | | –9.64 | | – 4.68 | | — | | +10.62 | | — | | + 3.89 | | — |
Non-U.S. Stocks: FTSE World Index | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(Ex-U.S.) Equities*** | | –8.34 | | + 3.56 | | — | | +23.04 | | — | | + 8.41 | | — |
U.S. Bonds: ML Treasury Index GA05**** | | +6.77 | | +10.89 | | — | | + 3.90 | | — | | + 5.67 | | — |
Non-U.S. Bonds: Citigroup World | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Government Bond Index (Ex-U.S.)***** | | +9.14 | | +16.47 | | — | | + 7.90 | | — | | + 6.74 | | — |
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* Assuming maximum sales charges. See “About Fund Performance” on page 7 for a detailed description of share classes, including any related sales charges and fees. ** This unmanaged Index covers 500 industrial, utility, transportation and financial companies of the U.S. markets (mostly NYSE issues) representing about 75% of NYSE market capitalization and 30% of NYSE issues. S&P 500 is a registered trademark of the McGraw-Hill Companies. *** This unmanaged capitalization-weighted Index is comprised of 1,631 companies in 28 countries, excluding the United States. **** This unmanaged Index is designed to track the total return of the current coupon five-year U.S. Treasury bond. |
*****This unmanaged market capitalization-weighted Index tracks 10 government bond indexes, excluding the United States. Past performance is not indicative of future results. |
Expense Example | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | Beginning | | Ending | | | | Beginning | | Ending | | |
| | Account Value | | Account Value | | Expenses Paid | | Account Value | | Account Value | | Expenses Paid |
| | November 1, 2007 | | April 30, 2008 | | During the Period* | | November 1, 2007 | | April 30, 2008 | | During the Period* |
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Institutional | | $1,000 | | $994.20 | | $4.61 | | $1,000 | | $1,020.28 | | $4.67 |
Investor A | | $1,000 | | $992.30 | | $5.85 | | $1,000 | | $1,019.03 | | $5.92 |
Investor B | | $1,000 | | $988.30 | | $9.84 | | $1,000 | | $1,015.00 | | $9.97 |
Investor C | | $1,000 | | $988.70 | | $9.59 | | $1,000 | | $1,015.25 | | $9.72 |
Class R | | $1,000 | | $990.60 | | $7.52 | | $1,000 | | $1,017.34 | | $7.62 |
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| * For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class (0.93% for Institutional, 1.18% for Investor A, 1.99% for Investor B, 1.94% for Investor C and 1.52% for Class R), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). ** Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by pro-rating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 366. See “Disclosure of Expenses” on page 7 for further information on how expenses were calculated. |
Fund Profile as of April 30, 2008 |
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Ten Largest Holdings (Equity Investments) | | Net Assets |
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General Electric Co. | | 1% |
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. | | 1 |
Petroleo Brasileiro SA | | 1 |
Microsoft Corp. | | 1 |
Johnson & Johnson | | 1 |
American International Group, Inc. | | 1 |
Union Pacific Corp. | | 1 |
AT&T Inc. | | 1 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | 1 |
The Procter & Gamble Co. | | 1 |
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Five Largest Industries (Equity Investments) | | Net Assets |
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels | | 7% |
Insurance | | 4 |
Metals & Mining | | 4 |
Pharmaceuticals | | 4 |
Diversified Telecommunication Services | | 3 |
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| * For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. |
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Fund Summary (concluded) | | | | | | |
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Overall Asset Exposure as of April 30, 2008 | | | | | | |
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| | Percent of Fund’s Net Assets | | Reference Portfolio‡ |
| | 4/30/08 | | 10/31/07 | | Percentages |
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U.S. Equities | | 26.3* | | 22.4%* | | 36.0% |
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European Equities | | 9.2* | | 11.4* | | 14.2 |
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Pacific Basin Equities | | 14.8 | | 17.0* | | 7.8 |
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Other Equities | | 5.1 | | 3.6 | | 2.0 |
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Total Equities | | 55.4 | | 54.4 | | 60.0 |
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U.S. Dollar Denominated Fixed Income Securities | | 21.5 | | 21.5 | | 24.0 |
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U.S. Issuers | | 20.8 | | 18.3 | | — |
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Non-U.S. Issuers | | 0.7 | | 3.2 | | — |
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Non-U.S. Dollar Denominated Fixed Income Securities | | 13.0 | | 7.6 | | 16.0 |
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Total Fixed Income Securities | | 34.5† | | 29.1† | | 40.0 |
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Cash & Cash Equivalents** | | 10.1 | | 16.5 | | — |
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| * Includes value of financial futures contracts. ** Cash & Cash Equivalents are reduced by the market (or nominal) value of long financial futures contracts. |
| † Includes Preferred Stock. |
| ‡ The Reference Portfolio is an unmanaged weighted index comprised as follows: 36% of the S&P 500 Index; 24% FTSE World Index (Ex-U.S.) Equities; 24% Merrill Lynch Treasury Index GA05; and 16% Citigroup World Government Bond Index (Ex-U.S.). Descriptions of these Indexes can be found on page 5 of this report to shareholders in the “Performance Summary” section. |
| Portfolio Composition as of April 30, 2008 |
Breakdown of Equity & | | |
Fixed Income Securities | | Percent of |
By Country | | Net Assets† |
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United States | | 60%* |
Japan | | 8 |
United Kingdom | | 5 |
Germany | | 4 |
Brazil | | 3 |
Canada | | 3 |
India | | 2 |
Malaysia | | 2* |
France | | 2 |
South Korea | | 2 |
Singapore | | 2 |
Australia | | 1 |
China | | 1 |
Europe | | 1 |
Switzerland | | 1 |
Taiwan | | 1 |
Hong Kong | | 1 |
United Arab Emirates | | 1 |
Italy | | 1 |
Netherlands | | 1 |
| † Total may not equal 100%. * Includes investments in short-term securities. |
6 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.
•Institutional Sharesare not subject to any sales charge. Institutional
Shares bear no ongoing distribution or service fees and are available
only to eligible investors.
•Investor A Sharesincur a maximum initial sales charge (front-end load)
of 5.25% and a service fee of 0.25% per year (but no distribution fee).
•Investor B Sharesare subject to a maximum contingent deferred sales
charge of 4.50% declining to 0% after six years. In addition, Investor B
Shares are subject to a distribution fee of 0.75% per year and a service
fee of 0.25% per year. These shares automatically convert to Investor A
Shares after approximately eight years. (There is no initial sales charge
for automatic share conversions.) All returns for periods greater than
eight years reflect this conversion.
•Investor C Sharesare subject to a distribution fee of 0.75%per year
and a service fee of 0.25% per year. In addition, Investor C Shares are
subject to a 1% contingent deferred sales charge if redeemed within
one year of purchase.
•Class R Sharesdo not incur a maximum initial sales charge (front-end
load) or deferred sales charge. These shares are subject to a distribution
fee of 0.25% per year and a service fee of 0.25% per year. Class R
Shares are available only to certain retirement plans. Prior to inception,
Class R Share performance results are those of the Institutional Shares
(which have no distribution or service fees) restated to reflect Class R
Share fees.
Disclosure of Expenses
Shareholders of this Fund may incur the following charges: (a) expenses related to transactions, including sales charges, redemption fees and exchange fees; and (b) operating expenses including advisory fees, distribution fees including 12b-1 fees, and other Fund expenses. The expense example on page 5 (which is based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested on November 1, 2007 and held through April 30, 2008) is intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in the Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The table provides 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 correspon- ding to their share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.” |
Performance information reflects past performance and does not guar-
antee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than
the performance data quoted. Refer to www.blackrock.com/funds
to obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end.
Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a share-
holder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
The Fund may charge a 2% redemption fee for sales or exchanges of
shares within 30 days of purchase or exchange. Performance data does
not reflect this potential fee. Figures shown in the performance tables
on pages 4 and 5 assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain
distributions, if any, at net asset value on the ex-dividend date. Investment
return and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when
redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Dividends
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.
The Fund’s manager waived a portion of its fee. Without such waiver, the
Fund’s returns would have been lower.
The table also provides information about hypothetical account values
and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio
and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order
to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing
in this Fund and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical example
with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in other funds’
shareholder reports.
The expenses shown in the table are intended to highlight shareholders’
ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as
sales charges, redemption fees or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypo-
thetical table is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only, and will
not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning
different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder
expenses would have been higher.
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Schedule of Investments April 30, 2008 (Unaudited) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value |
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Australia — 0.8% | | | | |
Beverages — 0.0% | | | | |
Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. | | 1,050,000 | | $ 8,308,523 |
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Metals & Mining — 0.5% | | | | |
BHP Billiton Ltd. | | 1,325,000 | | 53,413,102 |
Newcrest Mining Ltd. | | 634,500 | | 17,425,847 |
Rio Tinto Ltd. | | 405,000 | | 52,262,489 |
Zinifex Ltd. | | 475,000 | | 4,519,158 |
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.1% | | | | |
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. | | 580,000 | | 30,545,899 |
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Paper & Forest Products — 0.0% | | | | |
Great Southern Plantations Ltd. | | 1,600,000 | | 2,333,973 |
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Transportation Infrastructure — 0.2% | | | | |
Macquarie Airports Group | | 3,050,000 | | 9,034,384 |
Macquarie Infrastructure Group | | 8,000,000 | | 21,334,675 |
Transurban Group | | 2,882,894 | | 18,579,427 |
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Total Common Stocks in Australia | | | | 217,757,477 |
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Austria — 0.0% | | | | |
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.0% | | | | |
Telekom Austria AG | | 125,100 | | 3,079,618 |
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Total Common Stocks in Austria | | | | 3,079,618 |
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Belgium — 0.1% | | | | |
Diversified Financial Services — 0.1% | | | | |
Fortis | | 1,085,025 | | 29,439,790 |
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Total Common Stocks in Belgium | | | | 29,439,790 |
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Brazil — 2.2% | | | | |
Commercial Banks — 0.1% | | | | |
Banco Bradesco SA | | 646,163 | | 14,966,463 |
Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros SA (a) | | 105,000 | | 15,268,049 |
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Construction & Engineering — 0.0% | | | | |
Obrascon Huarte Lain Brasil SA | | 833,500 | | 11,282,486 |
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Electric Utilities — 0.0% | | | | |
Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais (a) | | 443,799 | | 9,102,312 |
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Food & Staples Retailing — 0.1% | | | | |
Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de | | | | |
Acucar (Preference Shares) | | 1,248,694 | | 28,546,728 |
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Food Products — 0.3% | | | | |
Cosan SA Industria e Comercio | | 604,500 | | 10,644,757 |
JBS SA (b) | | 2,400,000 | | 12,677,175 |
SLC Agricola SA (b) | | 2,876,500 | | 54,511,942 |
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Household Durables — 0.1% | | | | |
Gafisa SA | | 1,010,000 | | 22,069,065 |
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Metals & Mining — 0.3% | | | | |
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Preference ‘A’ | | | | |
Shares) (a) | | 2,000,000 | | 63,680,000 |
Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA | | | | |
(Preference ‘A’ Shares) | | 654,750 | | 31,473,063 |
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Brazil (concluded) | | | | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.1% | | | | |
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (a) | | 2,715,200 | | $ 292,087,584 |
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Road & Rail — 0.1% | | | | |
All America Latina Logistica SA | | 1,800,000 | | 23,498,977 |
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Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | | | | |
Vivo Participacoes SA (a)(b)(c) | | 2,500,000 | | 16,875,000 |
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Total Common Stocks in Brazil | | | | 606,683,601 |
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| |
|
Canada — 2.1% | | | | |
Auto Components — 0.0% | | | | |
Magna International, Inc. (Class A) | | 9,100 | | 679,133 |
| |
| |
|
Communications Equipment — 0.0% | | | | |
Nortel Networks Corp. (b) | | 740,300 | | 6,322,162 |
| |
| |
|
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | | | | |
BCE, Inc. | | 18,700 | | 682,176 |
TELUS Corp. | | 331,500 | | 15,246,828 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 15,929,004 |
| |
| |
|
Food Products — 0.0% | | | | |
Vittera, Inc. (b) | | 1,000,000 | | 13,672,922 |
| |
| |
|
Insurance — 0.0% | | | | |
Sun Life Financial, Inc. | | 11,400 | | 553,356 |
| |
| |
|
Metals & Mining — 1.3% | | | | |
Alamos Gold, Inc. (b) | | 2,512,300 | | 15,192,044 |
Aurelian Resources, Inc. (b) | | 2,208,800 | | 8,992,235 |
Barrick Gold Corp. | | 752,740 | | 29,070,819 |
Eldorado Gold Corp. (b) | | 4,012,500 | | 27,371,537 |
Goldcorp, Inc. | | 3,076,900 | | 109,906,868 |
Golden Star Resources Ltd (b) | | 1,500,000 | | 5,034,257 |
Iamgold Corp. | | 883,850 | | 5,285,423 |
Kinross Gold Corp. (USD) | | 4,284,616 | | 80,961,416 |
Kinross Gold Corp. | | 1,799,800 | | 34,034,218 |
Peak Gold Ltd. (b) | | 3,500,000 | | 2,467,481 |
Yamaha Gold, Inc. | | 3,019,300 | | 38,704,362 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 357,020,660 |
| |
| |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.2% | | | | |
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. | | 300,000 | | 25,500,000 |
EnCana Corp. | | 13,700 | | 1,107,097 |
Imperial Oil Ltd. | | 19,100 | | 1,118,114 |
Petro-Canada | | 337,000 | | 16,885,136 |
Petro-Canada (USD) | | 18,500 | | 927,220 |
Talisman Energy, Inc. | | 225,000 | | 4,550,938 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 50,088,505 |
| |
| |
|
Paper & Forest Products — 0.0% | | | | |
Sino-Forest Corp. (b) | | 625,000 | | 9,464,055 |
| |
| |
|
Road & Rail — 0.3% | | | | |
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. | | 641,300 | | 44,179,718 |
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (USD) | | 604,900 | | 41,834,884 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 86,014,602 |
| |
| |
|
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2% | | | | |
Rogers Communications, Inc. Class B | | 1,202,800 | | 53,668,936 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Canada | | | | 593,413,335 |
| |
| |
|
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
8 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.
Schedule of Investments (continued) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value |
| |
| |
|
|
Chile — 0.1% | | | | |
Commercial Banks — 0.1% | | | | |
Banco Santander Chile SA (a) | | 340,400 | | $ 17,877,808 |
| |
| |
|
Electric Utilities — 0.0% | | | | |
Enersis SA (a) | | 400,000 | | 7,552,000 |
| |
| |
|
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.0% | | | | |
Centros Comerciales Sudamericanos SA | | 1,575,100 | | 6,611,910 |
| |
| |
|
Multiline Retail — 0.0% | | | | |
SACI Falabella | | 1,209,000 | | 6,563,629 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Chile | | | | 38,605,347 |
| |
| |
|
China — 1.2% | | | | |
Automobiles — 0.0% | | | | |
Denway Motors Ltd. | | 10,000,000 | | 5,072,771 |
| |
| |
|
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.0% | | | | |
China Communications Services Corp. Ltd. | | 368,400 | | 282,724 |
| |
| |
|
Electrical Equipment — 0.1% | | | | |
Shanghai Electric Group Corp. | | 24,766,000 | | 13,885,951 |
| |
| |
|
Food Products — 0.2% | | | | |
Chaoda Modern Agriculture Holdings Ltd. | | 41,561,733 | | 59,768,245 |
| |
| |
|
Independent Power Producers & Energy | | | | |
Traders — 0.0% | | | | |
Huaneng Power International, Inc. | | 3,000,000 | | 2,520,504 |
| |
| |
|
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.3% | | | | |
Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd. | | 14,880,000 | | 61,292,673 |
Tianjin Development Holdings Ltd. | | 20,000,000 | | 16,088,580 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 77,381,253 |
| |
| |
|
Insurance — 0.1% | | | | |
China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (a)(c) | | 258,866 | | 16,981,610 |
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. | | 1,725,000 | | 16,375,528 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 33,357,138 |
| |
| |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.2% | | | | |
China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd. Class H | | 13,398,200 | | 61,500,544 |
Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. | | 300 | | 554 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 61,501,098 |
| |
| |
|
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.1% | | | | |
Hainan Meilan International Airport Co., Ltd. | | 5,459,600 | | 5,679,519 |
Jiangsu Express | | 3,274,000 | | 3,056,050 |
Tianjin Port Development Holdings Ltd. | | 30,251,200 | | 16,919,591 |
Xiamen International Port Co. Ltd. | | 33,406,400 | | 10,986,995 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 36,642,155 |
| |
| |
|
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2% | | | | |
China Mobile Ltd. | | 2,800,000 | | 48,180,774 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in China | | | | 338,592,613 |
| |
| |
|
Denmark — 0.1% | | | | |
Commercial Banks — 0.1% | | | | |
Danske Bank A/S | | 415,895 | | 14,318,498 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Denmark | | | | 14,318,498 |
| |
| |
|
Egypt — 0.1% | | | | |
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | | | | |
Telecom Egypt | | 4,917,109 | | 17,887,210 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Egypt | | | | 17,887,210 |
| |
| |
|
Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value |
| |
| |
|
|
Finland — 0.0% | | | | |
Communications Equipment — 0.0% | | | | |
Nokia Oyj (a) | | 26,700 | | $ 802,869 |
| |
| |
|
Electric Utilities — 0.0% | | | | |
Fortum Oyj | | 202,502 | | 8,566,628 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Finland | | | | 9,369,497 |
| |
| |
|
France — 0.9% | | | | |
Commercial Banks — 0.1% | | | | |
Societe Generale SA | | 207,922 | | 24,153,207 |
| |
| |
|
Communications Equipment — 0.0% | | | | |
Alcatel SA (a) | | 244,500 | | 1,630,815 |
| |
| |
|
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.2% | | | | |
France Telecom SA | | 1,600,000 | | 50,065,479 |
| |
| |
|
Electric Utilities — 0.1% | | | | |
Electricite de France SA | | 260,959 | | 27,275,931 |
| |
| |
|
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.1% | | | | |
Cie Generale d’Optique Essilor International SA | | 540,000 | | 33,499,046 |
| |
| |
|
Machinery — 0.1% | | | | |
Vallourec SA | | 101,972 | | 27,645,958 |
| |
| |
|
Multi-Utilities — 0.1% | | | | |
Suez SA | | 360,563 | | 25,405,968 |
| |
| |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.2% | | | | |
Total SA | | 698,629 | | 58,521,445 |
| |
| |
|
Pharmaceuticals — 0.0% | | | | |
Sanofi-Aventis (a) | | 31,800 | | 1,226,844 |
| |
| |
|
Software — 0.0% | | | | |
Inforgrames Entertainment SA (b) | | 68,800 | | 1,266,574 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in France | | | | 250,691,267 |
| |
| |
|
Germany — 1.0% | | | | |
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.1% | | | | |
Deutsche Post AG | | 884,183 | | 27,448,326 |
| |
| |
|
Automobiles — 0.2% | | | | |
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG | | 483,098 | | 26,336,800 |
DaimlerChrysler AG | | 387,903 | | 30,162,007 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 56,498,807 |
| |
| |
|
Chemicals — 0.1% | | | | |
Bayer AG | | 480,025 | | 40,646,087 |
Bayer AG (a) | | 12,400 | | 1,055,245 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 41,701,332 |
| |
| |
|
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | | | | |
Deutsche Telekom AG | | 1,288,835 | | 23,056,051 |
| |
| |
|
Electric Utilities — 0.2% | | | | |
E.ON AG | | 257,794 | | 52,292,358 |
| |
| |
|
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1% | | | | |
Siemens AG | | 322,280 | | 37,708,694 |
| |
| |
|
Insurance — 0.2% | | | | |
Allianz AG Registered Shares | | 219,489 | | 44,598,616 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Germany | | | | 283,304,184 |
| |
| |
|
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Schedule of Investments (continued) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value |
| |
| |
|
|
Hong Kong — 0.6% | | | | |
Electric Utilities — 0.1% | | | | |
Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. | | 4,499,900 | | $ 19,468,503 |
| |
| |
|
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1% | | | | |
Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. | | 3,800,000 | | 37,134,932 |
| |
| |
|
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.1% | | | | |
The Link REIT | | 10,125,000 | | 24,239,843 |
| |
| |
|
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.3% | | | | |
Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd. | | 1,700,000 | | 26,552,997 |
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. | | 1,991,700 | | 34,808,025 |
Wharf Holdings Ltd. | | 5,048,375 | | 25,530,587 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 86,891,609 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Hong Kong | | | | 167,734,887 |
| |
| |
|
India — 1.1% | | | | |
Automobiles — 0.1% | | | | |
Bajaj Auto Ltd. (b) | | 168,000 | | 3,719,636 |
Tata Motors Ltd. | | 837,540 | | 13,824,706 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 17,544,342 |
| |
| |
|
Commercial Banks — 0.1% | | | | |
State Bank of India Ltd. | | 575,000 | | 25,166,483 |
| |
| |
|
Construction & Engineering — 0.0% | | | | |
Larsen & Toubro Ltd. | | 200,300 | | 14,780,411 |
| |
| |
|
Construction Materials — 0.1% | | | | |
Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd. | | 7,982,882 | | 22,422,021 |
| |
| |
|
Diversified Financial Services — 0.0% | | | | |
Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (b) | | 168,000 | | 1,859,839 |
Bajaj Holdings and Investments Ltd. | | 168,000 | | 2,953,425 |
Reliance Capital Ltd. | | 181,600 | | 6,776,420 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 11,589,684 |
| |
| |
|
Electrical Equipment — 0.0% | | | | |
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. | | 235,700 | | 11,086,276 |
| |
| |
|
IT Services — 0.0% | | | | |
Infosys Technologies Ltd. | | 195,000 | | 8,437,593 |
| |
| |
|
Media — 0.1% | | | | |
Wire and Wireless India Ltd. (b) | | 3,089,075 | | 3,404,690 |
Zee News Ltd. (b) | | 2,793,141 | | 4,218,672 |
Zee Telefilms Ltd. | | 3,617,650 | | 19,049,610 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 26,672,972 |
| |
| |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.4% | | | | |
Hindustan Petroleum Corp. | | 300,000 | | 1,908,879 |
Reliance Industries Ltd. | | 1,624,600 | | 104,818,732 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 106,727,611 |
| |
| |
|
Pharmaceuticals — 0.0% | | | | |
Wockhardt Ltd. | | 225,000 | | 1,658,339 |
| |
| |
|
Road & Rail — 0.1% | | | | |
Container Corp. of India | | 900,000 | | 19,182,577 |
| |
| |
|
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1% | | | | |
Housing Development Finance Corp. | | 475,000 | | 32,876,149 |
| |
| |
|
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | | | | |
Reliance Communication Ventures Ltd. | | 1,400,000 | | 20,022,849 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in India | | | | 318,167,307 |
| |
| |
|
Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value |
| |
| |
|
|
Indonesia — 0.1% | | | | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.1% | | | | |
Bumi Resources Tbk PT | | 44,811,734 | | $ 32,313,818 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Indonesia | | | | 32,313,818 |
| |
| |
|
Ireland — 0.1% | | | | |
Construction Materials — 0.1% | | | | |
CRH Plc | | 610,724 | | 23,303,366 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Ireland | | | | 23,303,366 |
| |
| |
|
Israel — 0.1% | | | | |
Pharmaceuticals — 0.1% | | | | |
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (a) | | 300,001 | | 14,034,047 |
| |
| |
|
Software — 0.0% | | | | |
AFI Development Plc (a)(b) | | 1,025,000 | | 7,328,750 |
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (b) | | 60,400 | | 1,426,648 |
Ectel Ltd. (a)(b) | | 227,521 | | 509,647 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 9,265,045 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Israel | | | | 23,299,092 |
| |
| |
|
Italy — 0.5% | | | | |
Commercial Banks — 0.2% | | | | |
Banca Intesa SpA | | 4,782,663 | | 35,594,484 |
Unicredit SpA | | 3,979,535 | | 29,998,378 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 65,592,862 |
| |
| |
|
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | | | | |
Telecom Italia SpA | | 10,319,742 | | 21,582,188 |
| |
| |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.2% | | | | |
Eni SpA | | 1,277,729 | | 49,237,589 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Italy | | | | 136,412,639 |
| |
| |
|
Japan — 6.3% | | | | |
Auto Components — 0.1% | | | | |
Toyota Industries Corp. | | 750,000 | | 26,161,439 |
| |
| |
|
Automobiles — 0.2% | | | | |
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | | 300,000 | | 9,574,927 |
Suzuki Motor Corp. | | 2,000,000 | | 50,744,728 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 60,319,655 |
| |
| |
|
Beverages — 0.4% | | | | |
Coca-Cola Central Japan Co., Ltd. | | 1,450 | | 11,741,104 |
Coca-Cola West Holdings Co., Ltd. | | 1,555,700 | | 35,219,745 |
Hokkaido Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. | | 500,000 | | 2,979,028 |
Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. | | 2,400,000 | | 42,937,608 |
Mikuni Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. | | 1,350,000 | | 14,066,912 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 106,944,397 |
| |
| |
|
Building Products — 0.2% | | | | |
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. | | 1,649,900 | | 19,700,880 |
Daikin Industries Ltd. | | 425,000 | | 21,268,630 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 40,969,510 |
| |
| |
|
Chemicals — 0.5% | | | | |
Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd. | | 11,000,000 | | 35,778,337 |
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. | | 725,000 | | 44,892,101 |
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. | | 6,250,000 | | 40,599,796 |
Ube Industries Ltd. | | 1,974,900 | | 6,923,530 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 128,193,764 |
| |
| |
|
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
10 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.
Schedule of Investments (continued) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value |
| |
| |
|
|
Japan (continued) | | | | |
Commercial Banks — 0.2% | | | | |
The Bank of Yokohama Ltd. | | 595,000 | | $ 4,369,200 |
Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. | | 2,900,000 | | 14,415,885 |
Shinsei Bank Ltd. | | 2,000,000 | | 8,802,438 |
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | | 2,650 | | 22,804,320 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 50,391,843 |
| |
| |
|
Construction & Engineering — 0.3% | | | | |
JGC Corp. | | 1,625,000 | | 30,207,072 |
Kinden Corp. | | 1,600,000 | | 15,161,049 |
Okumura Corp. | | 4,609,800 | | 22,784,428 |
Toda Corp. | | 2,249,500 | | 10,949,052 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 79,101,601 |
| |
| |
|
Consumer Finance — 0.0% | | | | |
Credit Saison Co., Ltd. | | 610,000 | | 16,373,799 |
| |
| |
|
Diversified Financial Services — 0.2% | | | | |
NCB Holdings Ltd. (b) | | 34,970 | | 1,293,890 |
RHJ International (b) | | 3,465,000 | | 45,201,638 |
RHJ International (a)(b) | | 911,000 | | 12,019,971 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 58,515,499 |
| |
| |
|
Electronic Equipment & Instruments — 0.2% | | | | |
Hoya Corp. | | 1,500,000 | | 41,864,728 |
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | | 500,000 | | 26,546,668 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 68,411,396 |
| |
| |
|
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.2% | | | | |
Ministop Co., Ltd. | | 200,000 | | 4,134,446 |
Seven & I Holdings Co. Ltd. | | 1,575,000 | | 47,149,931 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 51,284,377 |
| |
| |
|
Food Products — 0.0% | | | | |
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. | | 525,000 | | 5,295,496 |
House Foods Corp. | | 250,000 | | 3,892,586 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 9,188,082 |
| |
| |
|
Gas Utilities — 0.1% | | | | |
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. | | 8,498,000 | | 32,647,075 |
| |
| |
|
Household Durables — 0.4% | | | | |
Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. | | 1,125,000 | | 12,724,436 |
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | | 2,000,000 | | 46,681,369 |
Rinnai Corp. | | 265,000 | | 8,509,393 |
Sekisui House Ltd. | | 3,500,000 | | 33,317,929 |
Sony Corp. (a) | | 27,800 | | 1,272,962 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 102,506,089 |
| |
| |
|
Insurance — 1.3% | | | | |
Aioi Insurance Co., Ltd. | | 10,500,000 | | 66,380,604 |
Millea Holdings, Inc. | | 3,150,000 | | 133,507,515 |
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group | | | | |
Holdings, Inc. | | 2,422,695 | | 96,455,809 |
Nipponkoa Insurance Co., Ltd. | | 6,750,000 | | 66,159,172 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 362,503,100 |
| |
| |
|
Machinery — 0.1% | | | | |
Kubota Corp. | | 3,500,000 | | 24,521,789 |
Tadano Ltd. | | 250,000 | | 2,594,403 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 27,116,192 |
| |
| |
|
Media — 0.1% | | | | |
Toho Co., Ltd. | | 1,275,000 | | 29,162,358 |
| |
| |
|
Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value |
| |
| |
|
|
Japan (concluded) | | | | |
Office Electronics — 0.2% | | | | |
Canon, Inc. | | 950,000 | | $ 47,763,726 |
| |
| |
|
Pharmaceuticals — 0.6% | | | | |
Astellas Pharma, Inc. | | 1,722,000 | | 70,885,118 |
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. | | 994,000 | | 11,913,791 |
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | | 1,825,000 | | 96,489,583 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 179,288,492 |
| |
| |
|
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1% | | | | |
Marco Polo Investment Holdings Ltd. | | 4,274 | | 1,196,580 |
NTT Urban Development Co. | | 12,600 | | 19,549,028 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 20,745,608 |
| |
| |
|
Road & Rail — 0.2% | | | | |
East Japan Railway Co. | | 5,125 | | 40,897,055 |
| |
| |
|
Specialty Retail — 0.0% | | | | |
Shimachu Co., Ltd. | | 200,000 | | 5,503,704 |
| |
| |
|
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.0% | | | | |
Asics Corp. | | 550,000 | | 5,575,328 |
| |
| |
|
Tobacco — 0.1% | | | | |
Japan Tobacco, Inc. | | 5,100 | | 24,799,304 |
| |
| |
|
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3% | | | | |
Mitsubishi Corp. | | 2,750,000 | | 88,526,149 |
| |
| |
|
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3% | | | | |
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. | | 48,100 | | 70,649,627 |
Okinawa Cellular Telephone Co. | | 640 | | 1,111,476 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 71,761,103 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Japan | | | | 1,734,650,645 |
| |
| |
|
Kazakhstan — 0.1% | | | | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.1% | | | | |
KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (a) | | 500,000 | | 14,550,000 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Kazakhstan | | | | 14,550,000 |
| |
| |
|
Luxembourg — 0.1% | | | | |
Metals & Mining — 0.1% | | | | |
ArcelorMittal | | 464,488 | | 40,733,474 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Luxembourg | | | | 40,733,474 |
| |
| |
|
Malaysia — 0.4% | | | | |
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.0% | | | | |
TM International Bhd (b) | | 3,750,000 | | 8,487,654 |
Telekom Malaysia Bhd | | 3,750,000 | | 4,297,246 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 12,784,900 |
| |
| |
|
Electric Utilities — 0.1% | | | | |
Tenaga Nasional Bhd | | 12,750,444 | | 26,472,788 |
| |
| |
|
Food Products — 0.2% | | | | |
IOI Corp. Bhd | | 18,867,856 | | 43,582,360 |
| |
| |
|
Tobacco — 0.1% | | | | |
British American Tobacco Malaysia Bhd | | 1,125,000 | | 15,210,424 |
| |
| |
|
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.0% | | | | |
PLUS Expressways Bhd | | 3,859,800 | | 3,937,926 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Malaysia | | | | 101,988,398 |
| |
| |
|
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Schedule of Investments (continued) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value |
| |
| |
|
|
Mexico — 0.2% | | | | |
Beverages — 0.1% | | | | |
Fomento Economico Mexicano, SA de CV (a) | | 670,800 | | $ 29,146,260 |
| |
| |
|
Household Durables — 0.0% | | | | |
Urbi, Desarrollos Urbanos, SA de CV (b) | | 531,900 | | 1,706,441 |
| |
| |
|
Media — 0.0% | | | | |
Megacable Holdings SAB de CV (b) | | 200,600 | | 590,970 |
| |
| |
|
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | | | | |
America Movil, SA de CV (a) | | 588,900 | | 34,132,644 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Mexico | | | | 65,576,315 |
| |
| |
|
Netherlands — 0.2% | | | | |
Chemicals — 0.2% | | | | |
Akzo Nobel NV | | 469,013 | | 39,597,192 |
| |
| |
|
Food Products — 0.0% | | | | |
Unilever NV (a) | | 267,300 | | 8,965,242 |
| |
| |
|
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.0% | | | | |
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV | | 32,000 | | 1,201,920 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in the Netherlands | | | | 49,764,354 |
| |
| |
|
New Zealand — 0.0% | | | | |
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.0% | | | | |
Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd. | | 1,777,778 | | 5,243,646 |
| |
| |
|
Electric Utilities — 0.0% | | | | |
Contact Energy Ltd. | | 1,115,000 | | 8,452,049 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in New Zealand | | | | 13,695,695 |
| |
| |
|
Norway — 0.1% | | | | |
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.0% | | | | |
Telenor ASA | | 477,000 | | 9,559,825 |
| |
| |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.1% | | | | |
Statoilhydro ASA | | 519,856 | | 18,702,366 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Norway | | | | 28,262,191 |
| |
| |
|
Peru — 0.0% | | | | |
Metals & Mining — 0.0% | | | | |
Southern Copper Corp. | | 13,800 | | 1,583,688 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Peru | | | | 1,583,688 |
| |
| |
|
Philippines — 0.0% | | | | |
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.0% | | |
First Gen Corp. | | 450,000 | | 376,308 |
PNOC Energy Development Corp. | | 9,000,000 | | 1,100,574 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 1,476,882 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in the Philippines | | | | 1,476,882 |
| |
| |
|
Russia — 0.4% | | | | |
Metals & Mining — 0.3% | | | | |
Cherepovets MK Severstal (a) | | 1,066,900 | | 26,032,360 |
Novolipetsk Steel (a) | | 300,000 | | 14,100,000 |
Polyus Gold Co. ZAO (a) | | 500,000 | | 26,700,000 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 66,832,360 |
| |
| |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.1% | | | | |
OAO Gazprom (a) | | 518,600 | | 27,589,520 |
| |
| |
|
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.0% | | | | |
Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (a) | | 188,550 | | 2,922,525 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Russia | | | | 97,344,405 |
| |
| |
|
Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value |
| |
| |
|
|
Singapore — 1.1% | | | | |
Commercial Banks — 0.1% | | | | |
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. | | 3,750,000 | | $ 24,529,394 |
| |
| |
|
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.3% | | | | |
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. | | 25,541,910 | | 72,942,026 |
| |
| |
|
Health Care Providers & Services - 0.1% | | | | |
Parkway Holdings Ltd. | | 8,999,900 | | 23,375,461 |
| |
| |
|
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.3% | | | | |
Fraser and Neave Ltd. | | 8,600,000 | | 30,452,399 |
Keppel Corp. Ltd. | | 7,500,000 | | 57,413,563 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 87,865,962 |
| |
| |
|
Media — 0.0% | | | | |
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. | | 4,000,000 | | 13,138,735 |
| |
| |
|
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0% | | | | |
Parkway Life Real Estate Investment Trust | | 449,995 | | 412,993 |
| |
| |
|
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.2% | | | | |
CapitaLand Ltd. | | 7,750,000 | | 39,060,009 |
Keppel Land Ltd. | | 1,831,652 | | 8,224,033 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 47,284,042 |
| |
| |
|
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.0% | | | | |
Noble Group Ltd. | | 4,237,764 | | 6,965,418 |
| |
| |
|
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | | | | |
MobileOne Ltd. | | 10,800,000 | | 15,421,152 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Singapore | | | | 291,935,182 |
| |
| |
|
South Africa — 0.1% | | | | |
Metals & Mining — 0.1% | | | | |
Anglo Platinum Ltd. | | 79,000 | | 12,599,352 |
Gold Fields Ltd. (a) | | 550,000 | | 7,425,000 |
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. | | 310,000 | | 12,546,112 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 32,570,464 |
| |
| |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.0% | | | | |
Sasol Ltd. | | 152,000 | | 8,619,542 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in South Africa | | | | 41,190,006 |
| |
| |
|
South Korea — 1.5% | | | | |
Chemicals — 0.1% | | | | |
Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. | | 608,400 | | 35,040,286 |
| |
| |
|
Commercial Banks — 0.1% | | | | |
Daegu Bank | | 430,000 | | 6,818,711 |
Hana Financial Group, Inc. | | 178,800 | | 8,085,512 |
Kookmin Bank | | 218,700 | | 15,257,355 |
Pusan Bank | | 450,000 | | 7,240,470 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 37,402,048 |
| |
| |
|
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.2% | | | | |
KT Corp. (a) | | 2,200,000 | | 50,864,000 |
| |
| |
|
Electric Utilities — 0.1% | | | | |
Korea Electric Power Corp. | | 700,000 | | 23,363,112 |
| |
| |
|
Electrical Equipment — 0.1% | | | | |
LS Cable Ltd. | | 342,000 | | 33,523,072 |
| |
| |
|
Electronic Equipment & Instruments — 0.0% | | | | |
Fine DNC Co., Ltd. (b) | | 635,000 | | 2,329,055 |
Interflex Co., Ltd. | | 565,000 | | 2,130,074 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 4,459,129 |
| |
| |
|
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
12 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.
Schedule of Investments (continued) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value |
| |
| |
|
|
South Korea (concluded) | | | | |
Food Products — 0.1% | | | | |
CJ Cheil Jedang Corp. (b) | | 76,516 | | $ 19,465,614 |
Nong Shim Co., Ltd. | | 23,100 | | 4,253,075 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 23,718,689 |
| |
| |
|
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.0% | | | | |
Paradise Co. Ltd. | | 2,121,026 | | 6,738,287 |
| |
| |
|
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.0% | | | | |
CJ Corp. (b) | | 130,284 | | 10,360,998 |
| |
| |
|
Insurance — 0.2% | | | | |
Dongbu Insurance Co., Ltd. | | 339,200 | | 12,711,007 |
Korean Reinsurance Co. | | 1,326,306 | | 13,220,022 |
Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. | | 1,840,166 | | 15,957,748 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 41,888,777 |
| |
| |
|
Metals & Mining — 0.2% | | | | |
POSCO | | 60,330 | | 29,716,097 |
POSCO (a) | | 288,000 | | 35,539,200 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 65,255,297 |
| |
| |
|
Multiline Retail — 0.0% | | | | |
Lotte Shopping Co. (a)(d) | | 171,000 | | 3,121,024 |
| |
| |
|
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1% | | |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | | 18,000 | | 12,760,342 |
| |
| |
|
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.0% | | | | |
Cheil Industries, Inc. | | 225,000 | | 12,262,782 |
| |
| |
|
Tobacco — 0.2% | | | | |
KT&G Corp. | | 650,000 | | 53,802,256 |
| |
| |
|
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | | | | |
SK Telecom Co., Ltd. | | 75,140 | | 15,121,665 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in South Korea | | | | 429,681,764 |
| |
| |
|
Spain — 0.3% | | | | |
Commercial Banks — 0.2% | | | | |
Banco Santander SA | | 1,968,602 | | 42,573,174 |
| |
| |
|
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | | | | |
Telefonica SA (a) | | 186,798 | | 16,135,611 |
| |
| |
|
Electric Utilities — 0.0% | | | | |
Iberdrola Renovables (b) | | 1,315,200 | | 9,549,334 |
| |
| |
|
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.0% | | | | |
Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras | | | | |
de Transporte SA | | 440,998 | | 6,807,179 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Spain | | | | 75,065,298 |
| |
| |
|
Switzerland — 1.1% | | | | |
Capital Markets — 0.1% | | | | |
Credit Suisse Group | | 699,517 | | 38,953,946 |
| |
| |
|
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | | | | |
Swisscom AG | | 72,472 | | 25,711,307 |
| |
| |
|
Food Products — 0.4% | | | | |
Nestle SA Registered Shares | | 230,452 | | 109,989,703 |
| |
| |
|
Insurance — 0.2% | | | | |
Swiss Reinsurance Co. Registered Shares | | 260,468 | | 21,536,976 |
Zurich Financial Services AG | | 94,694 | | 28,698,910 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 50,235,886 |
| |
| |
|
Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value |
| |
| |
|
|
Switzerland (concluded) | | | | |
Pharmaceuticals — 0.3% | | | | |
Novartis AG Registered Shares | | 951,631 | | $ 47,967,162 |
Roche Holding AG | | 204,404 | | 33,823,996 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 81,791,158 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Switzerland | | | | 306,682,000 |
| |
| |
|
Taiwan — 0.9% | | | | |
Commercial Banks — 0.0% | | | | |
Chinatrust Financial Holding Co. | | 10,317,540 | | 10,773,606 |
| |
| |
|
Construction Materials — 0.2% | | | | |
Taiwan Cement Corp. | | 25,708,113 | | 41,703,398 |
| |
| |
|
Diversified Financial Services — 0.0% | | | | |
Fubon Financial Holding Co. Ltd. | | 6,740,000 | | 8,011,924 |
| |
| |
|
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.3% | | | | |
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. | | 9,528,909 | | 24,583,379 |
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (a) | | 2,090,909 | | 53,339,089 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 77,922,468 |
| |
| |
|
Electronic Equipment & Instruments — 0.2% | | | | |
Delta Electronics, Inc. | | 10,350,838 | | 30,914,354 |
HON HAI Precision Industry Co., Ltd. | | 3,500,000 | | 20,227,090 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 51,141,444 |
| |
| |
|
Insurance — 0.1% | | | | |
Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | | 8,025,402 | | 22,517,545 |
| |
| |
|
Semiconductors & Semiconductor | | | | |
Equipment — 0.1% | | | | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (a) | | 1,350,000 | | 15,174,000 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | | 4,000,000 | | 8,791,756 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 23,965,756 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Taiwan | | | | 236,036,141 |
| |
| |
|
Thailand — 0.4% | | | | |
Commercial Banks — 0.1% | | | | |
Siam Commercial Bank Pcl | | 12,600,000 | | 35,364,238 |
| |
| |
|
Construction Materials — 0.0% | | | | |
Siam Cement Pcl Foreign Shares | | 1,750,000 | | 11,909,640 |
| |
| |
|
Electronic Equipment & Instruments — 0.0% | | | | |
Hana Microelectronics Pcl | | 10,750,000 | | 5,932,671 |
| |
| |
|
Food Products — 0.0% | | | | |
Thai Union Frozen Products Pcl Foreign Shares | | 3,300,000 | | 2,018,922 |
| |
| |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.2% | | | | |
PTT Exploration & Production Pcl | | 2,233,000 | | 11,689,625 |
PTT Public Company THB10 | | 3,600,000 | | 37,918,638 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 49,608,263 |
| |
| |
|
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.1% | | | | |
Airports of Thailand Pcl | | 6,255,000 | | 10,849,101 |
Bangkok Expressway Pcl Foreign Shares | | 4,950,000 | | 3,122,044 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 13,971,145 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in Thailand | | | | 118,804,879 |
| |
| |
|
United Kingdom — 2.5% | | | | |
Aerospace & Defense — 0.1% | | | | |
BAE Systems Plc | | 3,897,989 | | 35,934,183 |
| |
| |
|
Beverages — 0.4% | | | | |
Diageo Plc (a) | | 1,215,000 | | 99,508,500 |
| |
| |
|
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Schedule of Investments (continued) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value |
| |
| |
|
|
United Kingdom (concluded) | | | | |
Commercial Banks — 0.2% | | | | |
Barclays Plc | | 1,727,473 | | $ 15,619,634 |
HSBC Holdings Plc | | 1,109,977 | | 19,273,514 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 34,893,148 |
| |
| |
|
Diversified Financial Services — 0.0% | | | | |
Guinness Peat Group Plc | | 7,629,318 | | 10,300,233 |
| |
| |
|
Food Products — 0.3% | | | | |
Cadbury Schweppes Plc (a) | | 789,900 | | 36,414,390 |
Premier Foods Plc | | 1,000,000 | | 2,543,330 |
Unilever Plc | | 1,481,940 | | 49,736,864 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 88,694,584 |
| |
| |
|
Insurance — 0.1% | | | | |
Prudential Plc | | 2,281,013 | | 30,983,194 |
| |
| |
|
Media — 0.0% | | | | |
Virgin Media, Inc. | | 1,170,725 | | 15,102,353 |
| |
| |
|
Metals & Mining — 0.3% | | | | |
Anglo American Plc | | 660,769 | | 42,712,928 |
BHP Billiton Plc | | 1,203,970 | | 42,963,111 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 85,676,039 |
| |
| |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.5% | | | | |
BP Plc | | 4,963,520 | | 60,146,570 |
Royal Dutch Shell Plc (a) | | 200,000 | | 16,062,000 |
Royal Dutch Shell Plc Class B | | 1,693,219 | | 67,468,462 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 143,677,032 |
| |
| |
|
Pharmaceuticals — 0.1% | | | | |
GlaxoSmithKline Plc (a) | | 28,400 | | 1,252,724 |
GlaxoSmithKline Plc | | 923,741 | | 20,434,236 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 21,686,960 |
| |
| |
|
Tobacco — 0.1% | | | | |
British American Tobacco Plc | | 969,554 | | 36,370,114 |
| |
| |
|
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4% | | | | |
Vodafone Group Plc | | 29,118,967 | | 92,151,759 |
Vodafone Group Plc (a) | | 876,736 | | 27,757,462 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 119,909,221 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks in the United Kingdom | | | | 722,735,561 |
| |
| |
|
United States — 25.9% | | | | |
Aerospace & Defense — 0.2% | | | | |
Boeing Co. | | 108,800 | | 9,232,768 |
General Dynamics Corp. | | 89,600 | | 8,101,632 |
Goodrich Corp. | | 13,600 | | 926,840 |
Honeywell International, Inc. | | 13,400 | | 795,960 |
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. | | 8,200 | | 913,890 |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | | 6,000 | | 636,240 |
Northrop Grumman Corp. | | 7,600 | | 559,132 |
Precision Castparts Corp. | | 120,000 | | 14,107,200 |
Raytheon Co. | | 10,400 | | 665,288 |
Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. Class A (b) | | 300,000 | | 8,751,000 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 44,689,950 |
| |
| |
|
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.0% | | | | |
FedEx Corp. | | 52,500 | | 5,033,175 |
| |
| |
|
Auto Components — 0.0% | | | | |
Johnson Controls, Inc. | | 21,600 | | 761,616 |
WABCO Holdings, Inc. | | 4,400 | | 210,144 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 971,760 |
| |
| |
|
Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value |
| |
| |
|
|
United States (continued) | | | | |
Automobiles — 0.1% | | | | |
General Motors Corp. | | 1,358,800 | | $ 31,524,160 |
| |
| |
|
Beverages — 0.1% | | | | |
The Coca-Cola Co. | | 524,800 | | 30,894,976 |
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. | | 40,200 | | 904,500 |
Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (b) | | 381,600 | | 7,006,176 |
Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. | | 22,400 | | 755,104 |
PepsiAmericas, Inc. | | 159,000 | | 4,086,300 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 43,647,056 |
| |
| |
|
Biotechnology — 0.0% | | | | |
Senomyx, Inc. (b)(c) | | 448,500 | | 2,691,000 |
| |
| |
|
Capital Markets — 0.9% | | | | |
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | | 1,650,448 | | 71,844,001 |
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | | 155,300 | | 29,719,761 |
Northern Trust Corp. | | 1,111,100 | | 82,343,621 |
State Street Corp. | | 818,700 | | 59,061,018 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 242,968,401 |
| |
| |
|
Chemicals — 0.2% | | | | |
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | | 11,200 | | 1,497,440 |
Celanese Corp. Series A | | 23,000 | | 1,029,250 |
The Dow Chemical Co. | | 790,000 | | 31,718,500 |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. | | 723,500 | | 35,386,385 |
Lubrizol Corp. | | 12,900 | | 752,328 |
Terra Industries, Inc. | | 24,600 | | 931,356 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 71,315,259 |
| |
| |
|
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.0% | | | | |
Manpower, Inc. | | 9,200 | | 617,596 |
Republic Services, Inc. Class A | | 26,200 | | 832,898 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 1,450,494 |
| |
| |
|
Communications Equipment — 1.5% | | | | |
3Com Corp. (b) | | 6,807,816 | | 16,270,680 |
Ciena Corp. (b)(c) | | 1,335,800 | | 45,163,398 |
Cisco Systems, Inc. (b) | | 5,244,100 | | 134,458,724 |
Comverse Technology, Inc. (b) | | 2,436,700 | | 42,520,415 |
Corning, Inc. | | 2,284,200 | | 61,010,982 |
Extreme Networks, Inc. (b) | | 702,300 | | 2,127,969 |
JDS Uniphase Corp. (b) | | 298,112 | | 4,265,983 |
Juniper Networks, Inc. (b) | | 25,400 | | 701,548 |
Motorola, Inc. | | 1,417,700 | | 14,120,292 |
Polycom, Inc. (b) | | 2,000,000 | | 44,800,000 |
QUALCOMM, Inc. | | 912,700 | | 39,419,513 |
Tellabs, Inc. (b) | | 250,900 | | 1,294,644 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 406,154,148 |
| |
| |
|
Computers & Peripherals — 0.6% | | | | |
EMC Corp. (b) | | 41,800 | | 643,720 |
Hewlett-Packard Co. | | 572,300 | | 26,526,105 |
International Business Machines Corp. | | 819,700 | | 98,937,790 |
Lexmark International, Inc. Class A (b) | | 692,800 | | 21,746,992 |
Seagate Technology | | 35,800 | | 675,546 |
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (b) | | 1,000,000 | | 15,660,000 |
Teradata Corp. (b) | | 14,700 | | 312,963 |
Western Digital Corp. (b) | | 34,900 | | 1,011,751 |
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| | | | 165,514,867 |
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Construction & Engineering — 0.2% | | | | |
Foster Wheeler Ltd. (b) | | 898,790 | | 57,243,935 |
KBR, Inc. | | 300,000 | | 8,652,000 |
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| | | | 65,895,935 |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Consumer Finance — 0.0% | | | | |
Discover Financial Services, Inc. | | 3,450 | | $ 62,825 |
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Containers & Packaging — 0.1% | | | | |
Crown Holdings, Inc. (b) | | 572,300 | | 15,360,532 |
Owens-Illinois, Inc. (b) | | 22,400 | | 1,235,360 |
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (b) | | 601,100 | | 3,263,973 |
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| | | | 19,859,865 |
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Distributors — 0.0% | | | | |
Genuine Parts Co. | | 15,600 | | 662,376 |
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Diversified Financial Services — 0.1% | | | | |
Bank of America Corp. | | 250,000 | | 9,385,000 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | 400,000 | | 19,060,000 |
| | | |
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| | | | 28,445,000 |
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Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.2% | | | | |
AT&T Inc. | | 4,867,345 | | 188,414,925 |
AboveNet, Inc. (b) | | 2,578 | | 172,726 |
CenturyTel, Inc. | | 15,700 | | 509,465 |
Embarq Corp. | | 92,560 | | 3,847,719 |
FairPoint Communications, Inc. | | 53,331 | | 491,179 |
General Communication, Inc. Class A (b) | | 662,200 | | 4,112,262 |
Qwest Communications International Inc. | | 4,000,000 | | 20,640,000 |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | | 2,827,900 | | 108,817,592 |
Windstream Corp. | | 451,866 | | 5,304,907 |
| | | |
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| | | | 332,310,775 |
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Electric Utilities — 0.4% | | | | |
Duke Energy Corp. | | 43,200 | | 790,992 |
Exelon Corp. | | 32,800 | | 2,803,744 |
FPL Group, Inc. | | 571,400 | | 37,878,106 |
FirstEnergy Corp. | | 17,000 | | 1,285,880 |
Mirant Corp. (b) | | 524,000 | | 21,541,640 |
PPL Corp. | | 574,800 | | 27,601,896 |
RusHydro | | 129,855,400 | | 9,869,010 |
| | | |
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| | | | 101,771,268 |
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Electronic Equipment & Instruments — 0.0% | | | | |
Avnet, Inc. (b) | | 20,100 | | 526,419 |
Tyco Electronics Ltd. | | 314,094 | | 11,750,257 |
| | | |
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| | | | 12,276,676 |
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Energy Equipment & Services — 0.9% | | | | |
Complete Production Services, Inc. (b)(c) | | 849,200 | | 22,936,892 |
ENSCO International, Inc. | | 125,000 | | 7,966,250 |
Halliburton Co. | | 650,000 | | 29,841,500 |
Key Energy Services, Inc. (b) | | 550,000 | | 7,535,000 |
Nabors Industries Ltd. (b) | | 250,000 | | 9,385,000 |
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (b) | | 753,840 | | 51,600,348 |
Noble Corp. | | 150,000 | | 8,442,000 |
Schlumberger Ltd. | | 650,000 | | 65,357,500 |
Smith International, Inc. | | 194,800 | | 14,904,148 |
Transocean, Inc. | | 200,000 | | 29,492,000 |
Weatherford International Ltd. (b) | | 200,000 | | 16,134,000 |
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| | | | 263,594,638 |
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Food & Staples Retailing — 0.1% | | | | |
CVS Caremark Corp. | | 381,638 | | 15,406,726 |
The Kroger Co. | | 23,600 | | 643,100 |
SUPERVALU, Inc. | | 194,176 | | 6,427,226 |
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | | 190,800 | | 11,062,584 |
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| | | | 33,539,636 |
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Food Products — 0.4% | | | | |
ConAgra Foods, Inc. | | 548,500 | | $ 12,922,660 |
H.J. Heinz Co. | | 373,990 | | 17,588,750 |
Hormel Foods Corp. | | 30,900 | | 1,217,769 |
Kraft Foods, Inc. | | 2,320,708 | | 73,403,994 |
Sara Lee Corp. | | 381,600 | | 5,537,016 |
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| | | | 110,670,189 |
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Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.2% | | | | |
Baxter International, Inc. | | 200,000 | | 12,464,000 |
Boston Scientific Corp. (b) | | 800,000 | | 10,664,000 |
Covidien Ltd. | | 313,694 | | 14,646,373 |
Medtronic, Inc. | | 750,000 | | 36,510,000 |
| | | |
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| | | | 74,284,373 |
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Health Care Providers & Services — 1.0% | | | | |
Aetna, Inc. | | 900,000 | | 39,240,000 |
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | | 350,000 | | 14,192,500 |
Cigna Corp. | | 750,000 | | 32,032,500 |
Coventry Health Care, Inc. (b) | | 300,000 | | 13,419,000 |
DaVita, Inc. (b) | | 275,000 | | 14,412,750 |
Express Scripts, Inc. (b) | | 15,000 | | 1,050,300 |
Health Net, Inc. (b) | | 14,800 | | 433,492 |
HealthSouth Corp. (b)(c) | | 350,000 | | 6,884,500 |
Humana, Inc. (b) | | 881,000 | | 42,102,990 |
McKesson Corp. | | 400,000 | | 20,848,000 |
Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (b) | | 475,000 | | 23,531,500 |
PharMerica Corp. (b) | | 16,675 | | 283,975 |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | 916,200 | | 29,895,606 |
WellPoint, Inc. (b) | | 400,000 | | 19,900,000 |
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| | | | 258,227,113 |
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Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.6% | | | | |
McDonald’s Corp. | | 591,400 | | 35,235,612 |
Panera Bread Co. Class A (b)(c) | | 2,260,538 | | 118,135,716 |
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| | | | 153,371,328 |
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Household Durables — 0.0% | | | | |
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (b) | | 8,900 | | 678,091 |
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Household Products — 0.6% | | | | |
Clorox Co. | | 19,700 | | 1,044,100 |
The Procter & Gamble Co. | | 2,359,200 | | 158,184,360 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 159,228,460 |
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IT Services — 0.0% | | | | |
Accenture Ltd. Class A | | 16,500 | | 619,575 |
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. Class A (b) | | 25,300 | | 1,340,141 |
Computer Sciences Corp. (b) | | 14,500 | | 632,055 |
Electronic Data Systems Corp. | | 25,200 | | 467,712 |
Hewitt Associates, Inc. Class A (b) | | 31,400 | | 1,287,400 |
| | | |
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| | | | 4,346,883 |
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Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.2% | | |
The AES Corp. (b) | | 664,200 | | 11,530,512 |
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. | | 381,000 | | 32,251,650 |
Dynegy, Inc. Class A (b) | | 1,067,088 | | 9,198,299 |
NRG Energy, Inc. (b) | | 107,000 | | 4,702,650 |
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| | | | 57,683,111 |
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Industrial Conglomerates — 1.2% | | | | |
General Electric Co. | | 9,727,300 | | 318,082,710 |
Textron, Inc. | | 22,100 | | 1,348,321 |
Tyco International Ltd. | | 314,094 | | 14,696,458 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 334,127,489 |
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| See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Schedule of Investments (continued) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Insurance — 2.2% | | | | |
ACE Ltd. | | 937,400 | | $ 56,515,846 |
The Allstate Corp. | | 25,900 | | 1,304,324 |
American International Group, Inc. | | 4,648,600 | | 214,765,320 |
Assurant, Inc. | | 446,318 | | 29,010,670 |
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | | 18,400 | | 623,944 |
CNA Financial Corp. | | 14,900 | | 399,469 |
Chubb Corp. | | 248,200 | | 13,147,154 |
Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. (b) | | 116,400 | | 2,880,900 |
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. | | 803,200 | | 29,822,816 |
Everest Re Group Ltd. | | 94,700 | | 8,556,145 |
Fidelity National Title Group, Inc. Class A | | 3,123,800 | | 49,949,562 |
Genworth Financial, Inc. Class A | | 15,800 | | 364,348 |
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | | 339,900 | | 24,224,673 |
IPC Holdings, Ltd. | | 435,930 | | 12,689,922 |
Lincoln National Corp. | | 8,400 | | 451,584 |
Loews Corp. | | 13,700 | | 576,907 |
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | | 284,700 | | 7,854,873 |
Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd. | | 336,400 | | 12,066,668 |
Prudential Financial, Inc. | | 105,700 | | 8,002,547 |
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | | 294,900 | | 15,169,656 |
The Travelers Cos., Inc. | | 735,400 | | 37,064,160 |
XL Capital Ltd. Class A | | 2,243,471 | | 78,274,703 |
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| | | | 603,716,191 |
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Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.0% | | | | |
Expedia, Inc. (b) | | 32,100 | | 810,846 |
Liberty Media Holding Corp. — Interactive (b) | | 45,888 | | 694,285 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 1,505,131 |
| |
| |
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Internet Software & Services — 0.2% | | | | |
Google, Inc. Class A (b) | | 89,600 | | 51,456,384 |
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| |
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Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.1% | | | | |
Hasbro, Inc. | | 23,900 | | 849,884 |
Mattel, Inc. | | 1,186,800 | | 22,252,500 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 23,102,384 |
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| |
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Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.2% | | | | |
Applera Corp. — Applied Biosystems Group | | 28,400 | | 906,244 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (b) | | 300,000 | | 17,361,000 |
Waters Corp. (b) | | 400,000 | | 24,584,000 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 42,851,244 |
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Machinery — 0.0% | | | | |
AGCO Corp. (b) | | 16,900 | | 1,016,197 |
Cummins, Inc. | | 13,600 | | 852,040 |
Deere & Co. | | 13,600 | | 1,143,352 |
Dover Corp. | | 30,600 | | 1,513,782 |
Parker Hannifin Corp. | | 12,300 | | 982,155 |
SPX Corp. | | 8,800 | | 1,082,400 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 6,589,926 |
| |
| |
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Marine — 0.2% | | | | |
American Commercial Lines, Inc. (b)(c) | | 3,482,600 | | 55,094,732 |
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| |
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Media — 0.5% | | | | |
CBS Corp. Class B | | 23,800 | | 549,066 |
Comcast Corp. Class A | | 5,198,700 | | 106,833,285 |
Discovery Holding Co. (b) | | 62,000 | | 1,435,920 |
Idearc, Inc. | | 79,081 | | 260,967 |
Liberty Media Corp. — Entertainment Class A (b) | | 768 | | 19,930 |
Common Stocks | | Shares | | Value |
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United States (continued) | | | | |
Media (concluded) | | | | |
Liberty Media Holding Corp. — Capital (b) | | 192 | | $ 2,951 |
Time Warner, Inc. | | 524,700 | | 7,791,795 |
Viacom, Inc. Class B (b) | | 238,400 | | 9,164,096 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 126,058,010 |
| |
| |
|
Metals & Mining — 0.9% | | | | |
AK Steel Holding Corp. | | 18,500 | | 1,161,430 |
Alcoa, Inc. | | 639,200 | | 22,231,376 |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. Class B | | 240,000 | | 27,300,000 |
Newmont Mining Corp. | | 2,700,000 | | 119,367,000 |
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | | 20,200 | | 1,227,756 |
United States Steel Corp. | | 476,700 | | 73,387,965 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 244,675,527 |
| |
| |
|
Multi-Utilities — 0.0% | | | | |
CMS Energy Corp. | | 666,300 | | 9,714,654 |
| |
| |
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Multiline Retail — 0.0% | | | | |
Big Lots, Inc. (b) | | 25,000 | | 675,750 |
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. | | 19,000 | | 406,600 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 1,082,350 |
| |
| |
|
Office Electronics — 0.1% | | | | |
Xerox Corp. | | 1,750,000 | | 24,447,500 |
| |
| |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.3% | | | | |
Alliance Resource Partners LP | | 370,762 | | 15,375,500 |
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. | | 325,000 | | 21,632,000 |
Apache Corp. | | 200,000 | | 26,936,000 |
CNX Gas Corp. (b) | | 730,000 | | 29,959,200 |
Chevron Corp. | | 794,100 | | 76,352,715 |
ConocoPhillips | | 1,457,100 | | 125,529,165 |
Consol Energy, Inc. | | 1,576,330 | | 127,619,677 |
Devon Energy Corp. | | 575,000 | | 65,205,000 |
El Paso Corp. | | 5,500,000 | | 94,270,000 |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | | 1,450,000 | | 134,951,500 |
Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. | | 830,435 | | 49,809,491 |
Hess Corp. | | 250,000 | | 26,550,000 |
Marathon Oil Corp. | | 700,000 | | 31,899,000 |
Murphy Oil Corp. | | 245,000 | | 22,133,300 |
Noble Energy, Inc. | | 13,600 | | 1,183,200 |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | | 500,000 | | 41,605,000 |
Patriot Coal Corp. (b) | | 23,020 | | 1,520,471 |
Rosetta Resources, Inc. (b) | | 500,000 | | 10,895,000 |
Stone Energy Corp. (b) | | 175,700 | | 10,707,158 |
Sunoco, Inc. | | 9,800 | | 454,818 |
Valero Energy Corp. | | 12,600 | | 615,510 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 915,203,705 |
| |
| |
|
Paper & Forest Products — 0.0% | | | | |
International Paper Co. | | 477,200 | | 12,488,324 |
| |
| |
|
Personal Products — 0.1% | | | | |
Avon Products, Inc. | | 333,900 | | 13,028,778 |
| |
| |
|
Pharmaceuticals — 2.9% | | | | |
Abbott Laboratories | | 1,116,000 | | 58,869,000 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | 7,692,700 | | 169,008,619 |
Eli Lilly & Co. | | 683,700 | | 32,913,318 |
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (b) | | 175,800 | | 4,365,114 |
Forest Laboratories, Inc. (b) | | 257,700 | | 8,944,767 |
Johnson & Johnson | | 3,249,600 | | 218,015,664 |
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
16 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.
Schedule of Investments (continued) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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United States (continued) | | | | |
Pharmaceuticals (concluded) | | | | |
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b) | | 264,500 | | $ 2,483,655 |
Merck & Co., Inc. | | 1,860,000 | | 70,754,400 |
Pfizer, Inc. | | 6,903,400 | | 138,827,374 |
Schering-Plough Corp. | | 1,800,000 | | 33,138,000 |
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (b) | | 1,833,400 | | 24,347,552 |
Wyeth | | 999,700 | | 44,456,659 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 806,124,122 |
| |
| |
|
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0% | | | | |
Ventas, Inc. | | 200,000 | | 9,712,000 |
| |
| |
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Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1% | | | | |
The St. Joe Co. | | 1,002,300 | | 40,763,541 |
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| |
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Road & Rail — 2.0% | | | | |
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. | | 2,951,500 | | 302,676,325 |
CSX Corp. | | 19,900 | | 1,252,705 |
Norfolk Southern Corp. | | 830,000 | | 49,451,400 |
Union Pacific Corp. | | 1,376,900 | | 199,912,111 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 553,292,541 |
| |
| |
|
Semiconductors & Semiconductor | | | | |
Equipment — 0.5% | | | | |
Applied Materials, Inc. | | 739,700 | | 13,802,802 |
Intel Corp. | | 4,985,100 | | 110,968,326 |
Intersil Corp. Class A | | 25,400 | | 678,688 |
LSI Corp. (b) | | 206,928 | | 1,282,954 |
Novellus Systems, Inc. (b) | | 23,900 | | 522,454 |
Nvidia Corp. (b) | | 25,300 | | 519,915 |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | | 181,600 | | 5,295,456 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 133,070,595 |
| |
| |
|
Software — 1.2% | | | | |
BMC Software, Inc. (b) | | 16,700 | | 580,492 |
Borland Software Corp. (b) | | 115,400 | | 204,258 |
CA, Inc. | | 2,699,400 | | 59,764,716 |
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (b) | | 30,500 | | 339,465 |
Microsoft Corp. | | 9,299,900 | | 265,233,148 |
Novell, Inc. (b) | | 507,500 | | 3,187,100 |
Oracle Corp. (b) | | 42,800 | | 892,380 |
Synopsys, Inc. (b) | | 27,200 | | 628,592 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 330,830,151 |
| |
| |
|
Specialty Retail — 0.0% | | | | |
Circuit City Stores, Inc. | | 558,700 | | 2,648,238 |
| |
| |
|
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.0% | | | | |
Hanesbrands, Inc. (b) | | 48,475 | | 1,697,595 |
Unifi, Inc. (b) | | 1,633,481 | | 4,884,108 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 6,581,703 |
| |
| |
|
Tobacco — 0.3% | | | | |
Altria Group, Inc. | | 1,089,400 | | 21,788,000 |
Loews Corp. — Carolina Group | | 9,300 | | 610,731 |
Philip Morris International, Inc. (b) | | 1,089,400 | | 55,592,082 |
Reynolds American, Inc. | | 18,600 | | 1,001,610 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 78,992,423 |
| |
| |
|
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.2% | | | | |
Macquarie Infrastructure Co. LLC | | 1,500,100 | | 44,402,960 |
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| |
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Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | | | | |
Sprint Nextel Corp. (c) | | 3,250,000 | | $ 25,967,500 |
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. | | 10,100 | | 386,830 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 26,354,330 |
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| |
|
Total Common Stocks in the United States | | | | 7,190,783,745 |
| |
| |
|
Total Common Stocks — 52.7% | | | | 14,666,914,169 |
| |
| |
|
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Preferred Stocks | | | | |
| |
| |
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United States — 0.5% | | | | |
Capital Markets — 0.1% | | | | |
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. Series P, 7.25% | | 16,198 | | 19,826,352 |
| |
| |
|
Diversified Financial Services — 0.2% | | | | |
Citigroup, Inc. Series T, 6.50% (e) | | 1,075,500 | | 56,087,325 |
| |
| |
|
Insurance — 0.0% | | | | |
IPC Holdings, Ltd., 7.25% (e) | | 73,300 | | 1,957,799 |
Metlife, Inc. Series B, 6.375% (e) | | 372,100 | | 10,991,834 |
| | | |
|
| | | | 12,949,633 |
| |
| |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.1% | | | | |
El Paso Corp., 4.99% (d)(e) | | 10,650 | | 14,816,813 |
| |
| |
|
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1% | | | | |
Fannie Mae Series 2004-1, 5.375% (e) | | 385 | | 27,335,000 |
| |
| |
|
Total Preferred Stocks — 0.5% | | | | 131,015,123 |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
Exchange-Traded Funds | | | | |
| |
| |
|
Brazil — 0.0% | | | | |
iShares MSCI Brazil (Free) Index Fund | | 22,600 | | 2,036,034 |
| |
| |
|
Total Exchange-Traded Funds in Brazil | | | | 2,036,034 |
| |
| |
|
South Korea — 0.0% | | | | |
iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund | | 19,000 | | 1,142,280 |
| |
| |
|
Total Exchange-Traded Funds in South Korea | | | | 1,142,280 |
| |
| |
|
United States — 3.6% | | | | |
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund | | 1,359,500 | | 37,590,175 |
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (c) | | 1,360,700 | | 42,862,050 |
iShares Dow Jones US Technology Sector | | | | |
Index Fund | | 490,900 | | 27,706,396 |
iShares Dow Jones US Telecommunications | | | | |
Sector Index Fun | | 754,300 | | 19,068,704 |
iShares Silver Trust (b)(c) | | 425,000 | | 71,060,000 |
streetTRACKS® Gold Trust (b)(c) | | 5,024,968 | | 436,116,973 |
Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (s) | | 10,799,820 | | 257,035,716 |
Telecom HOLDRs Trust | | 180,000 | | 6,039,000 |
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund | | 2,273,900 | | 90,683,132 |
Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF | | 23,400 | | 1,541,826 |
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| |
|
Total Exchange-Traded Funds in the United States | | | | 989,703,972 |
| |
| |
|
Total Exchange-Traded Funds — 3.6% | | | | 992,882,286 |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. |
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Schedule of Investments (continued) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Mutual Funds | | | | Shares | | Value |
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Vietnam — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Vietnam Enterprise Investments Ltd. — | | | | | | |
R Shares (b) | | | | 2,413,470 | | $ 8,567,819 |
Vinaland Ltd. (b) | | | | 14,680,000 | | 21,432,800 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Mutual Funds — 0.1% | | | | | | 30,000,619 |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
Warrants (f) | | | | | | |
| |
| |
| |
|
Canada — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Metals & Mining — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Peak Gold Ltd. (expires 4/03/12) | | | | 1,750,000 | | 234,584 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Warrants in Canada | | | | | | 234,584 |
| |
| |
| |
|
United States — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.0% | | | | |
AboveNet, Inc.: | | | | | | |
(expires 9/08/08) | | | | 11,979 | | 479,160 |
(expires 9/08/10) | | | | 14,093 | | 422,790 |
| | | | | |
|
| | | | | | 901,950 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Paper & Forest Products — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Mandra Forestry Finance Ltd. (expires 5/15/13) | | 22,750 | | — |
| |
| |
|
Total Warrants in the United States | | | | | | 901,950 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Warrants — 0.0% | | | | | | 1,136,534 |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
Rights | | | | | | |
| |
| |
| |
|
Brazil — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Cia Brasileirra de Distribuicao Grupo Pao | | | | | | |
de Acucar (g) | | | | 24,776 | | 19,377 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Food Products — 0.0% | | | | | | |
JBS SA (h) | | | | 816,020 | | 824,759 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Rights — 0.0% | | | | | | 844,136 |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed Income Securities | | | | | | |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
| | | | Par | | |
Asset-Backed Securities | | | | (000) | | |
| |
| |
| |
|
United States — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Latitude CLO Ltd. Series 2005-1I Class | | | | | | |
SUB,13%, 12/15/17 | | USD | | 8,000 | | 4,400,000 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Asset-Backed Securities — 0.0% | | | | | | 4,400,000 |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
Corporate Bonds | | | | | | |
| |
| |
| |
|
Brazil — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Commercial Banks — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento | | | | | | |
Economico e Social, 5.33%, 6/16/08 (i) | | USD | | 5,500 | | 5,500,000 |
| |
| |
| |
|
| | | | Par | | |
Corporate Bonds | | | | (000) | | Value |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
Brazil (concluded) | | | | | | |
Food Products — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Cosan Finance Ltd., 7%, 2/01/17 (d) | | USD | | 7,050 | | $ 6,627,000 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in Brazil | | | | | | 12,127,000 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Canada — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Wireless Telecommunication | | | | | | |
Services — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Rogers Wireless Communications, Inc., | | | | | | |
7.625%, 12/15/11 | | CAD | | 6,250 | | 6,629,803 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in Canada | | | | | | 6,629,803 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Chile — 0.2% | | | | | | |
Electric Utilities — 0.2% | | | | | | |
Empresa Electrica del Norte Grande SA, | | | | | | |
7%, 11/05/17 (r) | | USD | | 49,288 | | 46,823,306 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in Chile | | | | | | 46,823,306 |
| |
| |
| |
|
China — 0.2% | | | | | | |
Automobiles — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Brilliance China Finance Ltd., 0%, | | | | | | |
6/07/11 (e)(j) | | | | 22,588 | | 26,287,914 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Food Products — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Chaoda Modern Agriculture Holdings Ltd: | | | | | | |
7.75%, 2/08/10 | | | | 14,410 | | 14,278,869 |
0%, 5/08/11 (e)(j) | | HKD | | 89,040 | | 19,823,101 |
| | | | | |
|
| | | | | | 34,101,970 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in China | | | | | | 60,389,884 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Europe — 0.6% | | | | | | |
Commercial Banks — 0.6% | | | | | | |
European Investment Bank: | | | | | | |
0%, 5/01/08 (j) | | BRL | | 27,500 | | 16,527,794 |
0%, 9/12/08 (d)(j) | | | | 104,364 | | 59,420,407 |
0%, 9/21/10 (d)(j) | | | | 127,600 | | 56,737,476 |
4.375%, 4/15/13 | | EUR | | 5,000 | | 7,849,609 |
1158/0100, 3.625%, 10/15/11 | | | | 14,382 | | 22,083,083 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in Europe | | | | | | 162,618,369 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Germany — 0.3% | | | | | | |
Commercial Banks — 0.3% | | | | | | |
KfW — Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau: | | | | | | |
4.50%, 12/07/08 | | GBP | | 13,050 | | 25,755,055 |
4.25%, 7/04/14 | | EUR | | 38,750 | | 60,723,077 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in Germany | | | | | | 86,478,132 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Hong Kong — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.0% | | | | | | |
FU JI Food and Catering Services Holdings | | | | | | |
Ltd., 0%, 10/18/10 (e)(j) | | CNY | | 67,000 | | 7,814,669 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Hutchison Whampoa International 03/33 | | | | | | |
Ltd., 5.45%, 11/24/10 | | USD | | 15,000 | | 15,244,065 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Real Estate Management | | | | | | |
& Development — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Hongkong Land CB 2005 Ltd., | | | | | | |
2.75%, 12/21/12 (e) | | | | 7,500 | | 9,487,500 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in Hong Kong | | | | | | 32,546,234 |
| |
| |
| |
|
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
18 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.
Schedule of Investments (continued) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)
| | | | Par | | |
Corporate Bonds | | | | (000) | | Value |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
India — 0.7% | | | | | | |
Automobiles — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Tata Motors Ltd., 1%, 4/27/11 (e) | | USD | | 23,750 | | $ 27,155,038 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Beverages — 0.0% | | | | | | |
McDowell & Co. Ltd., 2%, 3/30/11 (e) | | | | 1,750 | | 3,946,695 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Metals & Mining — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd., 0%, 4/12/11 (e)(j) | | | | 10,100 | | 23,230,000 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Housing Development Finance Corp., | | | | | | |
0%, 9/27/10 (e)(j) | | | | 17,700 | | 36,572,625 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Punj Lloyd Ltd., 0%, 4/08/11 (e)(j) | | | | 16,300 | | 22,331,000 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Wireless Telecommunication | | | | | | |
Services — 0.3% | | | | | | |
Reliance Communications Ltd. (e)(j): | | | | | | |
0%, 5/10/11 | | | | 14,875 | | 20,769,219 |
0%, 3/01/12 | | | | 54,600 | | 64,280,744 |
| | | | | |
|
| | | | | | 85,049,963 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in India | | | | | | 198,285,321 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Japan — 0.2% | | | | | | |
Commercial Banks — 0.2% | | | | | | |
The Bank of Kyoto Ltd. Series 1, 1.90%, | | | | | | |
9/30/09 (e) | | JPY | | 1,783,000 | | 35,675,329 |
The Mie Bank Ltd., 1%, 10/31/11 (e) | | | | 379,000 | | 3,881,666 |
| | | | | |
|
| | | | | | 39,556,995 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Insurance — 0.0% | | | | | | |
ASIF III Jersey Ltd., 0.95%, 7/15/09 | | | | 735,000 | | 7,032,512 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in Japan | | | | | | 46,589,507 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Luxembourg — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Diversified Telecommunication | | | | | | |
Services — 0.1% | | | | | | |
VIP Finance Ireland Ltd. For OJSC Vimpel | | | | | | |
Communications, 9.125%, 4/30/18 (d) | | USD | | 37,500 | | 37,532,925 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Metals & Mining — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Evraz Group SA, 9.50%, 4/24/18 (d) | | | | 2,000 | | 2,037,099 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in Luxembourg | | | | | | 39,570,024 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Malaysia — 0.7% | | | | | | |
Diversified Financial Services — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Feringghi Capital Ltd., 0%, 12/22/09 (e)(j) | | | | 18,700 | | 22,440,000 |
Johor Corp., 1%, 7/31/09 (r) | | MYR | | 43,000 | | 16,470,402 |
| | | | | |
|
| | | | | | 38,910,402 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Diversified Telecommunication | | | | | | |
Services — 0.3% | | | | | | |
Rafflesia Capital Ltd., | | | | | | |
1.25%, 10/04/11 (e)(i) | | USD | | 64,000 | | 78,260,984 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Berjaya Land Bhd, 8%, 8/15/11 (e) | | MYR | | 66,000 | | 21,676,163 |
Resorts World Bhd, 0%, 9/19/08 (e)(j) | | | | 12,620 | | 5,043,606 |
| | | | | |
|
| | | | | | 26,719,769 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Multi-Utilities — 0.2% | | | | | | |
YTL Power Finance Cayman Ltd., | | | | | | |
0%, 5/09/10 (e)(j) | | USD | | 34,700 | | 47,538,584 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in Malaysia | | | | | | 191,429,739 |
| |
| |
| |
|
| | | | Par | | |
Corporate Bonds | | | | (000) | | Value |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
Netherlands — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor | | | | | | |
Equipment — 0.0% | | | | | | |
ASM International NV (e): | | | | | | |
4.25%, 12/06/11 (d) | | USD | | 4,235 | | $ 5,007,888 |
4.25%, 12/06/11 | | | | 1,500 | | 1,827,126 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in the Netherlands | | | | | | 6,835,014 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Philippines — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Independent Power Producers & Energy | | | | | | |
Traders — 0.1% | | | | | | |
First Gen Corp., 2.50%, 2/11/13 (e) | | | | 17,000 | | 15,130,000 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in Philippines | | | | | | 15,130,000 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Singapore — 0.3% | | | | | | |
Commercial Banks — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Somerset Global, 0%, 1/12/09 (e)(j) | | SGD | | 7,250 | | 7,571,854 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Real Estate Management | | | | | | |
& Development — 0.3% | | | | | | |
CapitaLand Ltd. (e): | | | | | | |
2.10%, 11/15/16 | | | | 42,250 | | 35,197,595 |
2.95%, 6/20/22 | | | | 69,250 | | 40,552,449 |
Keppel Land Ltd., 2.50%, 6/23/13 (e) | | | | 22,000 | | 17,731,395 |
| | | | | |
|
| | | | | | 93,481,439 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in Singapore | | | | | | 101,053,293 |
| |
| |
| |
|
South Korea — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | | | | |
LG Telecom Ltd.: | | | | | | |
8.25%, 7/15/09 (d) | | USD | | 15,750 | | 16,333,585 |
8.25%, 7/15/09 | | | | 250 | | 258,281 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in South Korea | | | | | | 16,591,866 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Sweden — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Diversified Financial Services — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Svensk Exportkredit AB, 10.50%, 9/29/15 | | TRY | | 31,601 | | 23,494,274 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in Sweden | | | | | | 23,494,274 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Taiwan — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Insurance — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Shin Kong Financial Holding Co. Ltd., 0%, | | | | | | |
6/17/09 (e)(j) | | USD | | 1,000 | | 1,147,944 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in Taiwan | | | | | | 1,147,944 |
| |
| |
| |
|
United Arab Emirates — 0.5% | | | | | | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.2% | | | | | | |
Dana Gas Sukuk Ltd., 7.50%, 10/31/12 (e) | | | | 67,750 | | 67,540,653 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Real Estate Management | | | | | | |
& Development — 0.3% | | | | | | |
Aldar Funding Ltd., 5.767%, 11/10/11 (e) | | | | 43,000 | | 86,000,000 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in the United Arab Emirates | | | | 153,540,653 |
| |
| |
|
United States — 1.0% | | | | | | |
Airlines — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Northwest Airlines, Inc. Series 1999-3-B, | | | | | | |
9.485%, 10/01/16 (b)(k) | | | | 4,942 | | 778,363 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Automobiles — 0.0% | | | | | | |
General Motors Corp., 8.25%, 7/15/23 | | | | 11,532 | | 8,620,170 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Biotechnology — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Cell Genesys, Inc., 3.125%, 11/01/11 (e) | | | | 3,270 | | 2,415,713 |
Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, 2.875%, 4/15/25 (e) | | 3,520 | | 3,141,600 |
| | | |
|
| | | | | | 5,557,313 |
| |
| |
| |
|
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Schedule of Investments (continued) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
| | | | Par | | |
Corporate Bonds | | | | (000) | | Value |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
United States (concluded) | | | | | | |
Commercial Banks — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Preferred Term Securities XXIV, Ltd., | | | | | | |
5.965%, 3/22/37 (d)(e) | | USD | | 12,100 | | $ 8,591,000 |
Preferred Term Securities XXV, Ltd., | | | | | | |
5.758%, 6/22/37 (e) | | | | 12,150 | | 9,477,000 |
Preferred Term Securities XXVI, Ltd., | | | | | | |
6.191%, 9/22/37 (e) | | | | 9,900 | | 7,524,000 |
Preferred Term Securities XXVII, Ltd., | | | | | | |
6.29%, 12/22/37 (e) | | | | 7,100 | | 6,532,000 |
| | | | | |
|
| | | | | | 32,124,000 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Consumer Finance — 0.0% | | | | | | |
HSBC Finance Corp., 6.40%, 6/17/08 | | | | 170 | | 170,449 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Containers & Packaging — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc., 7.50%, 12/15/96 | | 5,904 | | 4,723,200 |
| |
| |
|
Diversified Financial Services — 0.3% | | | | | | |
American Honda Finance Corp., | | | | | | |
3.85%, 11/06/08 | | | | 120 | | 119,997 |
General Electric Capital Corp., | | | | | | |
0.963%, 1/15/10 (i) | | JPY | | 6,640,000 | | 63,856,896 |
Triad Acquisition Corp. Series B, | | | | | | |
11.125%, 5/01/13 | | USD | | 2,480 | | 1,438,400 |
| | | | | |
|
| | | | | | 65,415,293 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Electrical Equipment — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Suzlon Energy Ltd., 0%, 10/11/12 (e)(j) | | | | 16,650 | | 17,732,250 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Food Products — 0.2% | | | | | | |
IOI Capital Bhd Series IOI, 0%, | | | | | | |
12/18/11 (e)(j) | | | | 34,175 | | 57,414,000 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 9.25%, 2/01/15 | | | | 10,000 | | 9,925,000 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Uno Restaurant Corp., 10%, 2/15/11 (d) | | | | 4,790 | | 2,155,500 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Independent Power Producers & Energy | | | | | | |
Traders — 0.0% | | | | | | |
The AES Corp., 8.375%, 3/01/11 | | GBP | | 3,393 | | 6,645,137 |
Calpine Generating Co. LLC (b)(k): | | | | | | |
9.07%, 4/01/09 | | USD | | 28,300 | | 3 |
11.07%, 4/01/10 | | | | 15,500 | | 736,250 |
| | | | | |
|
| | | | | | 7,381,390 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Insurance — 0.0% | | | | | | |
AIG SunAmerica Global Financing VII, | | | | | | |
5.85%, 8/01/08 | | | | 170 | | 170,141 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Marine — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Horizon Lines, Inc., 4.25%, 8/15/12 (e) | | | | 2,850 | | 2,123,250 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.1% | | | | | | |
McMoRan Exploration Co., 5.25%, 10/06/11 (e) | | 17,700 | | 30,045,751 |
| |
| |
|
Paper & Forest Products — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Mandra Forestry, 12%, 5/15/13 (d) | | | | 22,750 | | 25,935,000 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | | | | |
Nextel Communications, Inc., 5.25%, | | | | | | |
1/15/10 (e) | | | | 14,325 | | 13,322,250 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds in the United States | | | | | | 283,593,320 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Corporate Bonds — 5.3% | | | | | | 1,484,873,683 |
| |
| |
| |
|
| | | | Par | | |
Foreign Government Obligations | | | | (000) | | Value |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
Australian Government Bond: | | | | | | |
8.75%, 8/15/08 | | AUD | | 30,000 | | $ 28,455,589 |
Series 121, 5.25%, 8/15/10 | | | | 60,000 | | 55,124,504 |
Series 217, 6%, 2/15/17 | | | | 34,435 | | 31,856,825 |
Series 909, 7.50%, 9/15/09 | | | | 30,000 | | 28,644,497 |
Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Series F: | | | | | | |
10%, 7/01/2010 | | BRL | | 15,870 | | 15,976,074 |
10%, 1/01/12 | | | | 19,000 | | 10,232,108 |
10%, 1/01/17 | | | | 19,204 | | 9,423,262 |
Bundesrepublik Deutschland: | | | | | | |
4%, 7/04/16 | | EUR | | 176,500 | | 272,958,629 |
4.25%, 7/04/17 | | | | 145,500 | | 229,292,624 |
Series 07, 4%, 1/04/18 | | | | 57,000 | | 88,112,674 |
Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale: | | | | | | |
3.75%, 7/12/09 | | | | 35,000 | | 54,083,615 |
3.25%, 4/25/13 | | | | 20,150 | | 30,105,566 |
4%, 10/25/14 | | | | 23,500 | | 36,087,249 |
Canadian Government Bond: | | | | | | |
4.25%, 9/01/08 | | CAD | | 350 | | 349,253 |
4%, 9/01/10 | | | | 38,600 | | 39,337,428 |
5.25%, 6/01/13 | | | | 521 | | 566,333 |
4%, 6/01/16 | | | | 33,000 | | 33,866,696 |
Series WL43, 5.75%, 6/01/29 | | | | 175 | | 212,775 |
Deutsche Bundesrepublik Inflation Linked | | | | | | |
Series I/L, 1.50%, 4/15/16 | | EUR | | 10,503 | | 15,981,193 |
Iceland Rikisbref, 7.25%, 5/17/13 | | ISK | | 728,000 | | 8,135,715 |
Japanese Government CPI Linked Bond: | | | | | | |
Series 5, 0.80%, 9/10/15 | | JPY | | 6,965,298 | | 65,282,295 |
Series 6, 0.80%, 12/10/15 | | | | 5,827,261 | | 54,475,940 |
Series 7, 0.80%, 3/10/16 | | 22,011,682 | | 205,457,888 |
Malaysia Government Bond: | | | | | | |
0%, 8/28/08 (j) | | MYR | | 184,467 | | 57,796,156 |
0%, 9/04/08 (j) | | | | 41,500 | | 12,994,360 |
3.756%, 4/28/11 | | | | 198,500 | | 63,375,602 |
Series 3/06, 3.869%, 4/13/10 | | | | 168,000 | | 53,662,199 |
Netherlands Government Bond: | | | | | | |
3.75%, 7/15/14 | | EUR | | 24,000 | | 36,853,114 |
Series 216, 4.50%, 2/14/16 | | NZD | | 21,250 | | 22,152,418 |
Poland Government Bond, 3%, 8/24/16 | | PLN | | 127,250 | | 58,630,939 |
Sweden Government Bond Series 3101, | | | | | | |
4%, 12/01/08 | | SEK | | 466,000 | | 95,482,169 |
Unedic, 3.50%, 9/18/08 | | EUR | | 64,650 | | 100,451,642 |
United Kingdom Gilt: | | | | | | |
4.25%, 3/07/11 | | GBP | | 142,890 | | 282,882,083 |
4%, 9/07/16 | | | | 85,000 | | 162,384,578 |
5%, 3/07/18 | | | | 114,072 | | 232,780,003 |
8%, 6/07/21 | | | | 85 | | 220,283 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Foreign Government Obligations — 9.0% | | | | | | 2,493,684,278 |
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| |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. |
20 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.
Schedule of Investments (continued) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
| | | | Par | | |
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations | | | | (000) | | Value |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
United States — 12.5% | | | | | | |
Freddie Mac, 6.625%, 9/15/09 | | USD | | 80,700 | | $ 84,749,930 |
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds: | | | | | | |
0.875%, 4/15/10 | | | | 290,366 | | 294,222,486 |
2.375%, 4/15/11 (l) | | | | 580,938 | | 613,706,116 |
2%, 4/15/12 | | | | 124,654 | | 131,091,294 |
1.875%, 7/15/15 (l) | | | | 241,887 | | 252,715,792 |
2%, 1/15/16 | | | | 595,949 | | 625,979,491 |
2.50%, 7/15/16 | | | | 413,491 | | 450,737,693 |
2.375%, 1/15/17 | | | | 99,715 | | 107,582,950 |
2.625%, 7/15/17 | | | | 40,852 | | 44,947,199 |
2.375%, 1/15/27 | | | | 233,018 | | 245,032,726 |
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.125%, 1/31/10 | | | | 86,350 | | 86,181,358 |
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.625%, 2/29/12 | | | | 143,000 | | 152,462,596 |
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.625%, 7/31/09 | | | | 92,070 | | 94,997,549 |
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.875%, 5/31/11 | | | | 276,000 | | 295,449,444 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations — 12.5% | | 3,479,856,624 |
| |
|
|
|
|
Structured Notes | | | | | | |
| |
| |
| |
|
Brazil — 0.7% | | | | | | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NTN — B Linked | | | | | | |
Notes)(m): | | | | | | |
6%, 8/15/10 | | BRL | | 283,524 | | 162,927,955 |
6%, 8/17/10 | | | | 59,367 | | 34,116,797 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Structured Notes in Brazil | | | | | | 197,044,752 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Europe — 0.6% | | | | | | |
Goldman Sachs & Co. (Dow Jones | | | | | | |
EURO STOXX 50® Index Linked Notes), | | | | | | |
6/20/08 (b)(m) | | USD | | 78,300 | | 75,595,518 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Dow Jones | | | | | | |
EURO STOXX 50® Index Linked Notes), | | | | | | |
6/17/08 (b)(m) | | | | 78,300 | | 76,710,510 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Structured Notes in Europe | | | | | | 152,306,028 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Taiwan — 0.2% | | | | | | |
UBS AG (Total Return TWD Linked Notes), | | | | | | |
0%, 12/01/10 (m) | | | | 38,434 | | 38,887,975 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Structured Notes in Taiwan | | | | | | 38,887,975 |
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| |
| |
|
United States — 1.6% | | | | | | |
Goldman Sachs & Co. (TOPIX® Index Linked | | | | | | |
Notes), 0%, 2/24/09 (j)(m) | | | | 55,000 | | 58,426,500 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Bearish Buffered | | | | | | |
Return Enhanced Notes Linked Inversely to | | | | | | |
the S&P 500), 0%, 5/04/09 (j) | | | | 133,150 | | 155,905,335 |
Morgan Stanley (Bear Market PLUS S&P 500 | | | | | | |
Linked Notes), 0%, 5/07/09 (n) | | | | 142,170 | | 162,969,471 |
UBS AG (Gold Linked Notes), | | | | | | |
0%, 3/23/09 (j)(m) | | | | 54,000 | | 64,638,000 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Structured Notes in the United States | | | | | | 441,939,306 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Structured Notes — 3.1% | | | | | | 830,178,061 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Fixed Income Securities — 29.9% | | | | | | 8,292,992,646 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Long-Term Investments | | | | | | |
(Cost — $20,009,046,698) — 86.7% | | | | | | 24,115,785,511 |
| |
| |
| |
|
| | | | Par | | |
Short-Term Securities | | | | (000) | | Value |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
Malaysia — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Foreign Commercial Paper — 0.1% | | | | | | |
Bank Negara Malaysia Monetary Notes | | | | | | |
Series 3707, 0%, 9/23/08 (j) | | MYR | | 124,500 | | $ 38,916,398 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Short-Term Securities in Malaysia | | | | | | 38,916,398 |
| |
| |
| |
|
United States — 13.7% | | | | | | |
Government and Agency Issues — 13.7% | | | | | | |
Fannie Mae, 5.125%, 7/13/09 | | USD | | 133,110 | | 136,848,061 |
Freddie Mac, 4.25%, 7/15/09 | | | | 132,990 | | 135,374,947 |
U.S. Treasury Bills: | | | | | | |
0.62%, 5/01/08 | | | | 52,600 | | 52,600,000 |
1.44%, 5/08/08 | | | | 103,503 | | 103,477,624 |
0.75%, 5/15/08 | | | | 466,736 | | 466,500,311 |
2.26%, 5/15/08 | | | | 75,000 | | 74,934,083 |
2.17%, 5/22/08 | | | | 90,400 | | 90,285,305 |
2.21%, 5/22/08 | | | | 281,800 | | 281,583,540 |
1.19%, 5/29/08 | | | | 348,300 | | 347,802,137 |
1.12%, 6/05/08 | | | | 414,000 | | 413,491,391 |
0.74%, 6/19/08 | | | | 181,000 | | 180,821,388 |
1.05%, 6/26/08 | | | | 110,500 | | 110,327,489 |
1.05%, 7/03/08 | | | | 510,700 | | 509,581,716 |
1.40%, 7/10/08 | | | | 459,500 | | 458,250,694 |
1.28%, 7/17/08 | | | | 44,200 | | 44,082,830 |
1.22%, 7/24/08 | | | | 387,500 | | 386,352,871 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Time Deposits — 0.0% | | | | | | |
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., 1.69%, 5/01/08 | | 4,076 | | 4,075,705 |
| |
| |
|
Total Short-Term Securities in the United States | | | | 3,796,390,092 |
| |
| |
|
| | | | Beneficial | | |
| | | | Interest | | |
| | | | (000) | | |
| |
| |
| |
|
Money Market Fund — 1.1% | | | | | | |
BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC | | | | | | |
Money Market Series, 2.85% (o)(p)(q) | | | | 295,629 | | 295,629,100 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Short-Term Securities | | | | | | |
(Cost — $4,130,438,884) — 14.9% | | | | | | 4,130,935,590 |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
| | | | Number of | | |
Options Purchased | | | | Contracts | | |
| |
| |
| |
|
Call Options Purchased | | | | | | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., expiring | | | | | | |
January 2009 at USD 35 | | | | 10,000 | | 60,000 |
General Motors Corp.: | | | | | | |
expiring January 2010 at USD 50 | | | | 5,820 | | 465,600 |
expiring January 2010 at USD 60 | | | | 5,496 | | 239,076 |
Medtronic, Inc.: | | | | | | |
expiring January 2009 at USD 50 | | | | 1,500 | | 510,000 |
expiring January 2009 at USD 60 | | | | 4,876 | | 292,560 |
| | | | | |
|
| | | | | | 1,567,236 |
| |
| |
| |
|
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Schedule of Investments (continued) (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
| | | | Number of | | |
Options Purchased | | | | Contracts | | Value |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
Put Options Purchased | | | | | | |
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.: | | | | | | |
expiring August 2008 at USD 25 | | | | 10,000 | | $ 550,000 |
expiring May 2008 at USD 25 | | | | 10,000 | | 75,000 |
Best Buy Co., Inc., expiring June 2008 at USD 40 | | | | 9,320 | | 1,118,400 |
Carnival Corp., expiring July 2008 at USD 40 | | | | 10,000 | | 2,625,000 |
Kohl's Corp., expiring July 2008 at USD 40 | | | | 20,083 | | 1,757,263 |
Masco Corp., expiring July 2008 at USD 20 | | | | 10,000 | | 2,600,000 |
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., expiring June 2008 | | | | | | |
at USD 35 | | | | 10,000 | | 3,950,000 |
Russell 2000 Index, expiring September 2008 | | | | | | |
at USD 670 | | | | 3,800 | | 10,583,000 |
The Sherwin-Williams Co., expiring June 2008 | | | | | | |
at USD 50 | | | | 10,000 | | 1,175,000 |
Staples, Inc., expiring June 2008 at USD 20 | | | | 20,000 | | 1,300,000 |
Williams-Sonoma, Inc., expiring August 2008 | | | | | | |
at USD 20 | | | | 10,000 | | 925,000 |
Yahoo! Inc., expiring July 2008 at USD 25 | | | | 20,000 | | 3,220,000 |
| | | | | |
|
| | | | | | 29,878,663 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Options Purchased | | | | | | |
(Cost — $56,373,055) — 0.1% | | | | | | 31,445,899 |
| |
| |
| |
|
Total Investments Before Investments Sold Short and | | |
Options Written (Cost — $24,197,858,637*) — 101.7% | | 28,278,167,002 |
| |
|
|
|
Investments Sold Short | | | | Shares | | |
| |
| |
| |
|
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. | | (2,654,300) | | (86,264,750) |
Best Buy Co., Inc. | | (1,164,300) | | (50,088,186) |
Black & Decker, Corp. | | | | (270,000) | | (17,720,100) |
CBS Corp. New | | (1,313,000) | | (30,290,910) |
Carnival Corp. | | (1,520,000) | | (61,058,400) |
D R HORTON INC. | | (2,558,900) | | (39,637,361) |
iShares Russell 2000 | | (13,881,825) | | (991,023,487) |
Kohl’s Corp. | | (1,215,000) | | (59,352,790) |
Legget & Platt, Inc. | | (1,415,000) | | (23,489,000) |
MGM Mirage | | | | (624,000) | | (31,917,000) |
Masco Corp. | | (3,698,500) | | (67,349,685) |
Sherwin William Co. | | | | (814,260) | | (45,044,863) |
Staples Inc. | | (1,396,900) | | (30,312,730) |
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | | (1,743,090) | | (46,017,576) |
| |
| |
|
Total Investments Sold Short | | | | | | |
(Proceeds — $1,602,795,813) — (5.7%) | | | | | | (1,579,567,398) |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
| | | | Number of | | |
Options Written | | | | Contracts | | |
| |
| |
| |
|
Call Options Written | | | | | | |
American Commercial Lines, Inc.: | | | | | | |
expiring June 2008 at USD 20 | | | | 1,330 | | (16,625) |
expiring June 2008 at USD 22.5 | | | | 8,000 | | (60,000) |
expiring January 2009 at USD 20 | | | | 857 | | (132,835) |
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., expiring | | | | | | |
January 2009 at USD 90 | | | | 9,083 | | (16,758,135) |
Cigna Corp., expiring January 2009 at USD 43.375 | | 2,500 | | (1,262,500) |
Circuit City Stores, Inc., expiring January 2009 | | | | | | |
at USD 5 | | | | 5,587 | | (530,765) |
Consol Energy, Inc., expiring January 2009 | | | | | | |
at USD 45 | | | | 4,692 | | (17,829,600) |
| | Number of | | |
Options Written | | Contracts | | Value |
| |
| |
|
|
Call Options Written (concluded) | | | | |
Corning, Inc.: | | | | |
expiring January 2009 at USD 25 | | 7,739 | | $ (3,172,990) |
expiring January 2009 at USD 30 | | 10,500 | | (1,837,500) |
The Dow Chemical Co., expiring January 2009 | | | | |
at USD 35 | | 7,900 | | (5,135,000) |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., expiring | | | | |
January 2009 at USD 45 | | 4,850 | | (3,104,000) |
Foster Wheeler Ltd.: | | | | |
expiring August 2008 at USD 77.5 | | 3,654 | | (931,770) |
expiring January 2009 at USD 67.5 | | 1,054 | | (980,220) |
General Motors Corp.: | | | | |
expiring January 2009 at USD 30 | | 5,000 | | (882,500) |
expiring June 2008 at USD 25 | | 5,000 | | (495,000) |
expiring September 2008 at USD 25 | | 3,588 | | (764,244) |
Humana, Inc., expiring January 2009 at USD 45 | | 3,000 | | (2,535,000) |
Kraft Foods, Inc., expiring January 2009 at USD 30 | | 8,200 | | (2,624,000) |
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., expiring July 2008 | | | | |
at USD 45 | | 2,701 | | (1,066,895) |
Lexmark International, Inc. Class A, expiring | | | | |
January 2009 at USD 35 | | 6,928 | | (2,061,080) |
Mattel, Inc., expiring January 2009 at USD 17.5 | | 11,868 | | (3,323,040) |
Norfolk Southern Corp., expiring January 2009 | | | | |
at USD 55 | | 4,624 | | (4,323,440) |
Panera Bread Co. Class A, expiring January 2009 | | | | |
at USD 40 | | 14,005 | | (19,186,850) |
Polycom, Inc.: | | | | |
expiring January 2009 at USD 25 | | 5,000 | | (1,112,500) |
expiring January 2009 at USD 30 | | 13,049 | | (1,076,543) |
The St. Joe Co.: | | | | |
expiring January 2009 at USD 35 | | 5,000 | | (3,900,000) |
expiring January 2009 at USD 40 | | 3,023 | | (1,451,040) |
expiring January 2009 at USD 45 | | 656 | | (173,840) |
State Street Corp.: | | | | |
expiring January 2009 at USD 70 | | 1,988 | | (2,057,580) |
expiring May 2008 at USD 75 | | 994 | | (86,975) |
expiring May 2008 at USD 80 | | 994 | | (19,880) |
Unilever NV, expiring January 2009 at USD 30 | | 2,673 | | (1,242,945) |
United States Steel Corp., expiring January 2009 | | | | |
at USD 110 | | 2,265 | | (11,936,550) |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., expiring January 2009 | | | | |
at USD 35 | | 3,662 | | (1,089,445) |
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International: | | | | |
expiring January 2009 at USD 12.5 | | 11,334 | | (2,663,490) |
expiring January 2009 at USD 15 | | 7,000 | | (910,000) |
WellPoint, Inc., expiring January 2009 at USD 55 | | 2,000 | | (790,000) |
Xerox Corp., expiring January 2009 at USD 20 | | 6,500 | | (97,500) |
| | | |
|
| | | | (117,622,277) |
| |
| |
|
Put Options Written | | | | |
Russell 2000 Index, expiring September 2008 | | | | |
at USD 550 | | 2,190 | | (1,324,950) |
| |
| |
|
Total Options Written | | | | |
(Premiums Received — $79,853,202) — (0.4%) | | | | (118,947,227) |
| |
| |
|
Total Investments, Net of Investments Sold Short and | | |
Options Written — 95.6% | | | | 26,579,652,377 |
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 4.4% | | | | 1,234,418,907 |
| | | |
|
Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | $27,814,071,284 |
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|
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
22 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.
Schedule of Investments (continued)
* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of April 30, 2008, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as follows: |
Aggregate cost | | $24,349,106,249 |
| |
|
Gross unrealized appreciation | | $ 4,661,328,105 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | | (732,267,352) |
| |
|
Net unrealized appreciation | | $ 3,929,060,753 |
| |
|
(a) Depositary receipts. (b) Non-income producing security. (c) Security, or a portion of security, is on loan. (d) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. Unless otherwise indicated, these securities are not considered to be illiquid. (e) Convertible security. (f) Warrants entitle the Fund to purchase a predetermined number of shares of common stock and are non-income producing. The purchase price and number of shares are subject to adjustment under certain conditions until the expiration date. (g) The rights may be exercised until 5/9/08. (h) The rights may be exercised until 5/13/08. |
(i) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date. Maturity shown is the final maturity date. (j) Represents a zero coupon bond. Rate shown is the effective rate at the time of purchase. (k) Issuer filed for bankruptcy or is in default of interest payments. (l) All or a portion of security have been pledged as collateral in connection with open financial futures contracts. (m) Security represents an index linked note. The value of the insrument is derived from the price fluctuations in the underlying index. (n) Security represents an index linked note. The value of the insrument is inversely derived from the price fluctuations in the underlying index. (o) Security was purchased with the cash proceeds from securities loans. (p) Represents the current yield as of report date. (q) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, were as follows: |
| | | | Net | | |
| | | | Activity | | Dividend |
| | Affiliate | | (000) | | Income |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
| | BlackRock Liquidity Series, LLC Money Market Series | | 211,754 | | $437,622 |
| |
| |
| |
|
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(r) | | Represents a step bond. | | | | |
•For Fund compliance purposes,the Fund's industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized
market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine industry
sub-classifications for reporting ease.
•Forward foreign exchange contracts purchased as of April 30,2008 were as follows:
| | | | | | | | | | Unrealized |
| | | | | | | | Settlement | | Appreciation |
Foreign Currency Purchased | | Foreign Currency Sold | | Date | | (Depreciation) |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
AED | | 85,861,779 | | USD | | 23,581,275 | | 5/15/08 | | $ (190,225) |
AED | | 42,219,230 | | USD | | 11,861,000 | | 11/24/08 | | (250,580) |
USD | | 56,500,860 | | AUD | | 61,188,511 | | 5/1/08 | | (1,223,456) |
AUD | | 10,840,400 | | USD | | 10,222,497 | | 5/8/08 | | (4,862) |
USD | | 57,078,479 | | AUD | | 61,188,511 | | 5/15/08 | | (541,551) |
USD | | 116,728,686 | | BRL | | 204,356,910 | | 5/5/08 | | (6,054,024) |
BRL | | 204,356,910 | | USD | | 119,667,922 | | 5/5/08 | | 3,114,787 |
USD | | 118,846,705 | | BRL | | 204,356,910 | | 6/3/08 | | (2,971,723) |
USD | | 107,050,513 | | CAD | | 109,210,792 | | 5/9/08 | | (1,378,787) |
CHF | | 293,540,634 | | USD | | 292,080,233 | | 5/2/08 | | (8,768,372) |
CHF | | 160,058,071 | | GBP | | 81,454,489 | | 5/2/08 | | (7,453,945) |
CHF | | 166,370,744 | | GBP | | 84,730,000 | | 5/2/08 | | (7,873,084) |
CHF | | 173,370,023 | | USD | | 174,210,589 | | 5/2/08 | | (6,881,851) |
USD | | 53,600,000 | | CHF | | 55,452,952 | | 5/2/08 | | 79,372 |
USD | | 368,424,540 | | CHF | | 381,827,825 | | 5/2/08 | | (98,039) |
USD | | 28,700,000 | | CHF | | 29,629,880 | | 5/2/08 | | 102,609 |
GBP | | 84,730,000 | | CHF | | 172,806,835 | | 5/2/08 | | 1,661,266 |
GBP | | 81,454,489 | | CHF | | 166,129,689 | | 5/2/08 | | 1,593,900 |
CHF | | 38,894,198 | | EUR | | 24,229,371 | | 5/8/08 | | (277,141) |
CHF | | 197,915,985 | | GBP | | 98,911,504 | | 5/8/08 | | (5,516,073) |
CHF | | 136,312,855 | | USD | | 135,499,856 | | 5/8/08 | | (3,920,594) |
CHF | | 151,390,595 | | GBP | | 75,787,000 | | 5/8/08 | | (4,472,272) |
CHF | | 26,226,356 | | HUF | | 4,114,600,561 | | 5/9/08 | | (102,796) |
CHF | | 381,827,825 | | USD | | 368,559,676 | | 5/16/08 | | 50,894 |
CHF | | 172,593,315 | | GBP | | 84,730,000 | | 5/16/08 | | (1,665,584) |
CHF | | 165,922,794 | | GBP | | 81,454,489 | | 5/16/08 | | (1,599,622) |
EUR | | 232,543,115 | | USD | | 367,185,578 | | 5/2/08 | | (4,110,072) |
JPY | | 4,950,568,400 | | EUR | | 30,941,053 | | 5/2/08 | | (694,486) |
EUR | | 228,503,755 | | USD | | 363,998,485 | | 5/2/08 | | (7,229,733) |
EUR | | 204,915,900 | | USD | | 326,840,861 | | 5/2/08 | | (6,900,430) |
EUR | | 40,535,528 | | USD | | 64,593,363 | | 5/2/08 | | (1,304,208) |
USD | | 36,200,000 | | EUR | | 23,156,588 | | 5/2/08 | | 45,027 |
USD | | 80,500,000 | | EUR | | 51,468,285 | | 5/2/08 | | 141,252 |
| See Notes to Financial Statements. |
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Schedule of Investments (continued) | | | | |
|
|
• Forward foreign exchange contracts (continued): | | | | | | |
| |
| |
| |
|
| | | | | | | | | | Unrealized |
| | | | | | | | Settlement | | Appreciation |
Foreign Currency Purchased | | Foreign Currency Sold | | Date | | (Depreciation) |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
USD | | 319,023,319 | | EUR | | 204,915,900 | | 5/2/08 | | $ (917,111) |
USD | | 245,842,381 | | EUR | | 157,918,242 | | 5/2/08 | | (719,404) |
EUR | | 30,941,053 | | JPY | | 4,994,628,459 | | 5/2/08 | | 270,717 |
USD | | 63,146,245 | | EUR | | 40,535,528 | | 5/2/08 | | (142,910) |
USD | | 355,848,898 | | EUR | | 228,503,756 | | 5/2/08 | | (919,853) |
EUR | | 6,142,989 | | ISK | | 734,210,038 | | 5/9/08 | | (218,180) |
EUR | | 120,560,987 | | USD | | 188,518,804 | | 5/14/08 | | (378,803) |
EUR | | 204,915,900 | | USD | | 318,849,140 | | 5/16/08 | | 902,146 |
EUR | | 157,918,242 | | USD | | 245,720,784 | | 5/16/08 | | 695,238 |
EUR | | 40,535,528 | | USD | | 63,110,979 | | 5/16/08 | | 140,760 |
EUR | | 228,503,756 | | USD | | 355,652,385 | | 5/16/08 | | 905,451 |
USD | | 28,757,362 | | GBP | | 14,670,702 | | 5/1/08 | | (410,534) |
USD | | 307,501,640 | | GBP | | 156,806,988 | | 5/1/08 | | (4,257,821) |
USD | | 57,508,441 | | GBP | | 29,056,407 | | 5/9/08 | | (229,141) |
USD | | 28,959,965 | | GBP | | 14,670,702 | | 5/15/08 | | (179,908) |
USD | | 309,110,480 | | GBP | | 156,806,988 | | 5/15/08 | | (2,349,456) |
USD | | 125,952,320 | | GPB | | 64,000,000 | | 5/22/08 | | (1,107,071) |
USD | | 88,558,848 | | GPB | | 44,800,000 | | 5/22/08 | | (382,726) |
HKD | | 108,136,480 | | USD | | 13,885,369 | | 5/2/08 | | (8,444) |
HKD | | 108,136,480 | | USD | | 13,881,448 | | 5/16/08 | | 2,008 |
USD | | 9,307,804 | | INR | | 372,219,100 | | 5/15/08 | | 132,944 |
USD | | 13,874,502 | | HKD | | 108,136,480 | | 5/2/08 | | (2,424) |
GPB | | 156,806,988 | | USD | | 309,411,549 | | 5/1/08 | | 2,369,156 |
GPB | | 14,670,702 | | USD | | 28,987,839 | | 5/1/08 | | 182,045 |
USD | | 56,337,863 | | JPY | | 5,834,912,500 | | 5/1/08 | | 224,842 |
USD | | 254,798,898 | | JPY | | 26,356,398,000 | | 5/1/08 | | 1,335,437 |
USD | | 432,231,872 | | JPY | | 44,701,420,200 | | 5/1/08 | | 2,348,522 |
JPY | | 44,701,420,200 | | USD | | 441,207,906 | | 5/1/08 | | (11,297,092) |
JPY | | 26,356,398,000 | | USD | | 260,181,619 | | 5/1/08 | | (6,701,965) |
JPY | | 5,834,912,500 | | USD | | 57,700,000 | | 5/1/08 | | (1,583,394) |
JPY | | 3,736,020,970 | | NZD | | 45,672,648 | | 5/8/08 | | 299,636 |
IDR | | 249,112,500,000 | | USD | | 27,053,921 | | 5/28/08 | | (150,849) |
JPY | | 4,429,725,500 | | USD | | 43,858,668 | | 5/9/08 | | (1,234,449) |
JPY | | 12,163,961,448 | | USD | | 120,435,262 | | 5/9/08 | | (3,389,779) |
JPY | | 19,144,390,000 | | USD | | 189,272,004 | | 5/9/08 | | (5,058,631) |
JPY | | 15,773,544,149 | | USD | | 156,196,902 | | 5/9/08 | | (4,418,874) |
JPY | | 6,498,787,800 | | USD | | 62,226,574 | | 5/14/08 | | 327,007 |
JPY | | 5,834,912,500 | | USD | | 56,389,859 | | 5/15/08 | | (222,732) |
JPY | | 44,701,420,200 | | USD | | 432,637,653 | | 5/15/08 | | (2,339,793) |
JPY | | 26,356,398,000 | | USD | | 255,033,122 | | 5/15/08 | | (1,325,262) |
JPY | | 4,987,697,663 | | EUR | | 30,941,053 | | 5/16/08 | | (265,596) |
USD | | 11,000,000 | | JPY | | 1,132,670,000 | | 5/9/08 | | 101,091 |
KRW | | 22,622,544,998 | | USD | | 22,629,334 | | 5/2/08 | | (68,187) |
USD | | 22,795,793 | | KRW | | 22,622,544,998 | | 5/2/08 | | 234,647 |
USD | | 22,498,802 | | KRW | | 22,622,544,998 | | 5/16/08 | | (53,488) |
USD | | 24,591,870 | | MXN | | 257,801,490 | | 5/2/08 | | 19,338 |
USD | | 24,414,870 | | MXN | | 257,801,490 | | 5/16/08 | | (113,475) |
MXN | | 257,801,490 | | USD | | 24,459,344 | | 5/2/08 | | 113,188 |
MYR | | 46,148,960 | | USD | | 14,590,250 | | 5/2/08 | | 17,893 |
MYR | | 46,148,960 | | USD | | 14,648,138 | | 5/16/08 | | (43,185) |
USD | | 14,644,420 | | MYR | | 46,148,960 | | 5/2/08 | | 36,277 |
NOK | | 381,365,999 | | USD | | 76,344,964 | | 5/9/08 | | (1,478,428) |
NOK | | 70,952,700 | | USD | | 13,800,000 | | 5/22/08 | | 111,173 |
SEK | | 362,655,280 | | USD | | 61,713,852 | | 5/9/08 | | (1,165,192) |
SGD | | 197,622,834 | | USD | | 146,495,800 | | 5/8/08 | | (706,697) |
SGD | | 111,905,557 | | USD | | 82,972,290 | | 5/9/08 | | (414,303) |
TRY | | 14,530,250 | | USD | | 11,276,872 | | 5/1/08 | | 118,508 |
TRY | | 59,892,938 | | USD | | 46,346,002 | | 5/1/08 | | 625,168 |
USD | | 10,929,931 | | TRY | | 14,530,250 | | 5/1/08 | | (461,289) |
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24 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.
Schedule of Investments (continued)
•Forward foreign exchange contracts (concluded):
| | | | | | | | | | Unrealized |
| | | | | | | | Settlement | | Appreciation |
Foreign Currency Purchased | | Foreign Currency Sold | | Date | | (Depreciation) |
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USD | | 45,117,091 | | TRY | | 59,892,938 | | 5/1/08 | | $ (1,836,929) |
USD | | 11,218,624 | | TRY | | 14,530,250 | | 5/15/08 | | (112,673) |
USD | | 46,099,860 | | TRY | | 59,892,938 | | 5/15/08 | | (607,159) |
TWD | | 405,930,000 | | USD | | 13,486,047 | | 5/27/08 | | (143,057) |
VND | | 154,182,616,000 | | USD | | 9,604,000 | | 5/8/08 | | (47,473) |
VND | | 253,056,429,000 | | USD | | 15,809,400 | | 5/21/08 | | (240,529) |
USD | | 11,712,194 | | ZAR | | 93,345,600 | | 5/9/08 | | (604,864) |
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Total Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Foreign Exchange Contracts | | | | $(121,490,341) |
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•Financial futures contracts purchased as of April 30,2008 were as follows:
| | | | | | | | | | Unrealized |
Number of | | | | | | Expiration | | | | Appreciation |
Contracts | | Issue | | Exchange | | Date | | Face Value | | (Depreciation) |
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357 | | Dax Index 25 Euro | | Eurex Deutschland | | June 2008 | | $ 91,203,411 | | $ 7,217,848 |
32 | | Eurodollar | | Chicago | | September 2008 | | 144,388,990 | | 171,974 |
404 | | FTSE 100 Index | | LIFFE | | June 2008 | | 45,790,783 | | 3,900,083 |
3024 | | S&P 500 Index | | Chicago | | June 2008 | | 1,000,284,313 | | 47,508,402 |
129 | | S&P TSE 60 Index | | Montreal | | June 2008 | | 19,777,198 | | 1,678,024 |
4,979 | | 2-Year U.S. Treasury Bond | | Chicago | | June 2008 | | 1,073,101,791 | | (14,152,636) |
2634 | | DJ Euro Stoxx 50 | | Eurex Deutschland | | June 2008 | | 144,383,197 | | 11,790,849 |
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Total Unrealized Appreciation | | | | | | | | $ 58,114,544 |
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•Financial futures contracts sold as of April 30,2008 were as follows: |
| | | | | | | | | | Unrealized |
Number of | | | | | | Expiration | | | | Appreciation |
Contracts | | Issue | | Exchange | | Date | | Face Value | | (Depreciation) |
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32 | | Eurodollar | | Chicago | | September 2009 | | $ 7,601,626 | | $ (130,826) |
148 | | Japan 10-Year Index | | Tokyo | | June 2008 | | 199,744,312 | | 3,950,029 |
2,872 | | 10-Year U.S. Treasury Bond | | Chicago | | June 2008 | | 342,680,778 | | 10,054,641 |
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Total Unrealized Appreciation | | | | | | | | $ 13,873,844 |
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•Swaps contracts outstanding as ofApril 30,2008 were as follows: |
| | | | Notional | | Unrealized |
| | | | Amount | | Appreciation |
| | | | (000) | | (Depreciation) |
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Bought credit default protection on United Mexican States and pay 1.12% | | | | | | |
Broker, CS First Boston | | | | | | |
Expires May 2010 | | USD | | 6,450 | | $ (94,802) |
Bought credit default protection on DaimlerChrysler NA Holding | | | | | | |
Corp. and pay 0.53% | | | | | | |
Broker, JPMorgan Chase | | | | | | |
Expires June 2011 | | EUR | | 5,400 | | (20,880) |
Bought credit default protection on Carnival Corp. and | | | | | | |
pay 0.25% | | | | | | |
Broker, JPMorgan Chase | | | | | | |
Expires September 2011 | | USD | | 10,030 | | 149,437 |
Bought credit default protection on Whirlpool Corp. and | | | | | | |
pay 0.48% | | | | | | |
Broker, JPMorgan Chase | | | | | | |
Expires September 2011 | | USD | | 3,397 | | 23,351 |
| See Notes to Financial Statements. |
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Schedule of Investments (continued)
• Swaps contracts outstanding (continued):
| | | | Notional | | Unrealized |
| | | | Amount | | Appreciation |
| | | | (000) | | (Depreciation) |
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Bought credit default protection on McDonald's Corp. and | | | | | | |
pay 0.16% | | | | | | |
Broker, JPMorgan Chase | | | | | | |
Expires September 2011 | | USD | | 3,397 | | $ 3,190 |
Bought credit default protection on JC Penney Corp., Inc. and | | | | | | |
pay 0.53% | | | | | | |
Broker, JPMorgan Chase | | | | | | |
Expires September 2011 | | USD | | 3,397 | | 129,874 |
Bought credit default protection on Dow Jones CDX North America | | | | | | |
High Yield Index Series 9-V2 and pay 3.75 % | | | | | | |
Broker, Morgan Stanley Capital Securities Inc. | | | | | | |
Expires December 2012 | | USD | | 28,750 | | (1,727,538) |
Bought credit default protection on Dow Jones CDX North America | | | | | | |
Investment Grade Series 10 and pay 1.55% | | | | | | |
Broker, Morgan Stanley Capital Securities Inc. | | | | | | |
Expires June 2013 | | USD | | 23,300 | | (101,817) |
Bought credit default protection on Dow Jones CDX North America | | | | | | |
Investment Grade High Yield Series 10 Index and pay 5% | | | | | | |
Broker, Morgan Stanley Capital Securities Inc. | | | | | | |
Expires June 2013 | | USD | | 29,100 | | (223,779) |
Bought credit default protection on CMBX.NA.AAA Index | | | | | | |
Series 4 and pay 2.05% | | | | | | |
Broker, Morgan Stanley Capital Securities Inc. | | | | | | |
Expires February 2051 | | USD | | 14,520 | | (1,060,309) |
Bought credit default protection on CMBX North America | | | | | | |
Series 4.AAA and pay .35 % | | | | | | |
Broker, Morgan Stanley Capital Securities Inc. | | | | | | |
Expires February 2051 | | USD | | 29,040 | | (2,197,348) |
Pay a fixed rate of 4.255% and receive a floating rate based on | | | | | | |
3-month USD LIBOR | | | | | | |
Broker, Morgan Stanley Capital Securities Inc. | | | | | | |
Expires May 2018 | | USD | | 63,910 | | 637,183 |
Pay a fixed rate of 4.3% and receive a floating rate based on | | | | | | |
6-month EURO EURIBOR — Telerate | | | | | | |
Broker, Morgan Stanley Capital Securities Inc. | | | | | | |
Expires May 2018 | | EUR | | 50,074 | | 1,737,716 |
Pay a fixed rate of 5.0975% and receive a floating rate based on | | | | | | |
6-month USD LIBOR plus 24.2 % | | | | | | |
Broker, Morgan Stanley Capital Securities Inc. | | | | | | |
Expires May 2018 | | GBP | | 41,250 | | 332,233 |
| See Notes to Financial Statements. |
26 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.
Schedule of Investments (concluded)
•Swaps contracts outstanding (concluded):
| | | | | | Unrealized |
| | | | Notional | | Appreciation |
| | Amount (000) | | (Depreciation) |
| |
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Pay a fixed rate of 4.91% and receive a floating rate based on | | | | | | |
6-month British Pound Sterling LIBOR | | | | | | |
Broker, Morgan Stanley Capital Securities Inc. | | | | | | |
Expires May 2018 | | EUR | | 41,237 | | $ 1,483,826 |
Receive a fixed rate of 2.675% and pay a floating rate based on | | | | | | |
3-month USD LIBOR | | | | | | |
Broker, Morgan Stanley Capital Securities Inc. | | | | | | |
Expires May 2010 | | USD | | 274,810 | | (2,358,694) |
Receive a fixed rate of 4.855% and pay a floating rate based on | | | | | | |
6-month USD LIBOR plus 24.2 % | | | | | | |
Broker, Morgan Stanley Capital Securities Inc. | | | | | | |
Expires May 2010 | | GBP | | 173,120 | | (3,277,184) |
Receive a fixed rate of 3.62% and pay a floating rate based on | | | | | | |
6-month EURO EURIBOR - Telerate | | | | | | |
Broker, Morgan Stanley Capital Securities Inc. | | | | | | |
Expires May 2010 | | EUR | | 218,956 | | (5,510,320) |
Receive a fixed rate of 4.65% and pay a floating rate based on | | | | | | |
6-month British Pound Sterling LIBOR | | | | | | |
Broker, Morgan Stanley Capital Securities Inc. | | | | | | |
Expires May 2010 | | GBP | | 172,497 | | (4,539,660) |
Sold credit default protection on General Motors Corp. and | | | | | | |
receive 7.15% | | | | | | |
Broker, Deutsche Bank A.G. London | | | | | | |
Expires September 2012 | | USD | | 6,244 | | (539,394) |
Sold credit default protection on General Motors Corp. and | | | | | | |
receive 6.95% | | | | | | |
Broker, Morgan Stanley Capital Securities Inc. | | | | | | |
Expires September 2012 | | USD | | 6,244 | | (576,415) |
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Total | | | | | | $(17,731,330) |
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AED | | United Arab Emirates Dirhams | | INR | | Indian Rupee | | SEK | | Swedish Krona |
AUD | | Australian Dollar | | IDR | | Indonesian Rupiah | | SGD | | Singapore Dollar |
BRL | | Brazilian Real | | ISK | | Icelandic Krona | | TRY | | Turkish Lira |
CAD | | Canadian Dollar | | JPY | | Japanese Yen | | TWD | | New Taiwan Dollar |
CHF | | Swiss Franc | | KRW | | South Korean Won | | USD | | U.S. Dollar |
CNY | | Chinese Yuan | | MXN | | Mexican New Peso | | VND | | Vietnam Dong |
EUR | | Euro | | MYR | | Malaysian Ringgit | | ZAR | | South African Rand |
GBP | | British Pound | | NOK | | Norwegian Krone | | | | |
HUF | | Hungary Forint | | NZD | | New Zealand Dollar | | | | |
HKD | | Hong Kong Dollar | | PLN | | Polish Zloty | | | | |
| See Notes to Financial Statements. |
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | |
April 30, 2008 (Unaudited) | | |
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Assets | | |
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Investments at value — unaffiliated (including securities loaned of $291,957,789) (cost — $23,845,856,482) | | $27,951,092,003 |
Investments at value — affiliated (cost — $295,629,100) | | 295,629,100 |
Options purchased at value (cost — $56,373,055) | | 31,445,899 |
Unrealized appreciation on swaps | | 4,496,810 |
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign exchange contracts | | 22,463,408 |
Foreign currency at value (cost — $84,567,998) | | 84,746,784 |
Cash | | 3,822,457 |
Swap premiums | | 9,598,355 |
Investments sold receivable | | 1,659,185,783 |
Capital shares sold receivable | | 191,818,958 |
Interest receivable | | 78,056,438 |
Dividends receivable | | 49,570,230 |
Swaps receivable | | 737,906 |
Securities lending income receivable | | 103,136 |
Prepaid expenses | | 215,762 |
Other assets | | 79,756 |
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Total assets | | 30,383,062,785 |
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Liabilities | | |
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Collateral at value — securities loaned | | 295,629,100 |
Cash collateral | | 11,873,260 |
Investments sold short at value (proceeds — $1,602,795,813) | | 1,579,567,398 |
Options written, at value (premiums received — $79,853,202) | | 118,947,227 |
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign exchange contracts | | 143,398,415 |
Unrealized depreciation on swaps | | 22,228,140 |
Deferred foreign capital gain tax payable | | 2,616,505 |
Swap premiums | | 551,184 |
Investments purchased payable | | 321,858,558 |
Capital shares redeemed payable | | 39,491,230 |
Investment advisory fees payable | | 13,713,135 |
Distribution fees payable | | 11,308,278 |
Other affiliates payable | | 4,116,737 |
Margin variation payable | | 1,799,652 |
Dividends on short sales payable | | 1,215,049 |
Swaps payable | | 347,473 |
Other accrued expenses payable | | 330,160 |
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Total liabilities | | 2,568,991,501 |
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Net Assets | | |
| |
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Net assets | | $27,814,071,284 |
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Net Assets Consist of | | |
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|
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Institutional Shares of Common Stock, $0.10 par value, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized | | $ 29,790,818 |
Investor A Shares of Common Stock, $0.10 par value, 2,000,000,000 shares authorized | | 50,200,045 |
Investor B Shares of Common Stock, $0.10 par value, 2,000,000,000 shares authorized | | 10,727,983 |
Investor C Shares of Common Stock, $.10 par value, 1,500,000,000 shares authorized | | 50,547,190 |
Class R Shares of Common Stock, $0.10 par value, 2,000,000,000 shares authorized | | 2,077,752 |
Paid-in capital in excess of par | | 22,923,307,888 |
Distributions in excess of net investment income | | (132,074,361) |
Accumulated net realized gain | | 882,784,603 |
Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation | | 3,996,709,366 |
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Net Assets | | $27,814,071,284 |
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Net Asset Value | | |
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Institutional — Based on net assets of $5,942,254,366 and 297,908,183 shares outstanding | | $ 19.95 |
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Investor A — Based on net assets of $9,969,915,819 and 502,000,445 shares outstanding | | $ 19.86 |
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Investor B — Based on net assets of $2,078,523,091 and 107,279,833 shares outstanding | | $ 19.37 |
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Investor C — Based on net assets of $9,422,514,747 and 505,471,902 shares outstanding | | $ 18.64 |
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Class R — Based on net assets of $400,863,261 and 20,777,516 shares outstanding | | $ 19.29 |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. | | |
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28 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.
Statement of Operations | | |
Six Months Ended April 30, 2008 (Unaudited) | | |
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Investment Income | | |
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Interest (net of $461,156 foreign withholding tax) | | $ 171,357,783 |
Dividends (net of $6,746,190 foreign withholding tax) | | 146,416,689 |
Securities lending | | 437,622 |
Other | | 15,611 |
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Total income | | 318,227,705 |
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Expenses | | |
| |
|
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Investment advisory | | 91,237,300 |
Service — Investor A | | 10,699,139 |
Service and distribution — Investor B | | 10,058,693 |
Service and distribution — Investor C | | 39,707,099 |
Service and distribution — Class R | | 839,508 |
Transfer agent — Institutional | | 1,591,680 |
Transfer agent — Investor A | | 3,280,515 |
Transfer agent — Investor B | | 1,472,481 |
Transfer agent — Investor C | | 3,781,904 |
Transfer agent — Class R | | 272,762 |
Custodian | | 3,028,853 |
Accounting services | | 1,892,882 |
Registration | | 441,905 |
Directors | | 302,916 |
Printing | | 200,568 |
Professional | | 157,398 |
Interest expense | | 101,472 |
Miscellaneous | | 356,346 |
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Total expenses excluding dividend expense | | 169,423,421 |
Divided expense | | 7,749,933 |
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Total expenses | | 177,173,354 |
Less fees waived by advisor | | (15,383,649) |
| |
|
Total expenses after waiver | | 161,789,705 |
| |
|
Net investment income | | 156,438,000 |
| |
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Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | | |
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Realized gain (loss) from: | | |
Investments | | 487,467,263 |
Short sales | | 13,456,512 |
Futures and swaps | | (108,289,569) |
Options written | | 48,934,070 |
Foreign currency | | 462,446,696 |
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| | 904,014,972 |
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Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on: | | |
Investments (includes $1,913,835 deferred foreign capital gain tax credit) | | (1,164,570,609) |
Futures and swaps | | 55,909,936 |
Options written | | 51,533,656 |
Short sales | | 23,461,703 |
Foreign currency | | (159,539,995) |
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| | (1,193,205,309) |
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Total realized and unrealized loss | | (289,190,337) |
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Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | | $ (132,752,337) |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. |
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets | | | | |
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| | Six Months Ended | | Year Ended |
| | April 30, 2008 | | October 31, |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets: | | (Unaudited) | | 2007 |
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Operations | | | | |
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Net investment income | | $ 156,438,000 | | $ 293,399,486 |
Net realized gain | | 904,014,972 | | 1,063,272,748 |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation | | (1,193,205,309) | | 2,555,293,758 |
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | (132,752,337) | | 3,911,965,992 |
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Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders From: | | | | |
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Net investment income: | | | | |
Institutional | | (90,353,314) | | (91,712,274) |
Investor A | | (143,522,045) | | (140,016,792) |
Investor B | | (28,128,231) | | (29,660,724) |
Investor C | | (112,821,431) | | (91,469,297) |
Class R | | (5,175,672) | | (3,771,170) |
Net realized gain: | | | | |
Institutional | | (191,342,782) | | (38,724,514) |
Investor A | | (326,514,239) | | (64,797,507) |
Investor B | | (83,899,482) | | (22,323,174) |
Investor C | | (316,637,431) | | (54,552,008) |
Class R | | (12,777,105) | | (1,713,045) |
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Decrease in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions to shareholders | | (1,311,171,732) | | (538,740,505) |
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Capital Share Transactions | | | | |
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Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions | | 6,258,875,195 | | 3,531,712,515 |
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Redemption Fee | | | | |
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Redemption fee | | 364,922 | | 203,724 |
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Net Assets | | | | |
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Total increase in net assets | | 4,815,316,048 | | 6,905,141,726 |
Beginning of period | | 22,998,755,236 | | 16,093,613,510 |
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End of period | | $27,814,071,284 | | $22,998,755,236 |
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End of period undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income | | $ (132,074,361) | | $ 91,488,332 |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. |
30 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.
Financial Highlights | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | Six Months Ended | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | April 30, 2008 | | | | | | Year Ended October 31, | | | | |
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Per Share Operating Performance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ 21.30 | | $ 17.94 | | $ 17.36 | | $ 15.80 | | $ 14.31 | | $ 11.20 |
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Net investment income1 | | 0.18 | | | | 0.40 | | 0.38 | | 0.34 | | | | 0.27 | | 0.32 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | (0.32)2 | | | | 3.602 | | 2.342 | | 1.892 | | | | 1.722 | | 3.23 |
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | (0.14) | | | | 4.00 | | 2.72 | | 2.23 | | | | 1.99 | | 3.55 |
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Dividends and distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | (0.39) | | | | (0.44) | | (0.44) | | (0.49) | | | | (0.50) | | (0.44) |
Net realized gain | | (0.82) | | | | (0.20) | | (1.70) | | (0.18) | | | | — | | — |
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Total dividends and distributions | | (1.21) | | | | (0.64) | | (2.14) | | (0.67) | | | | (0.50) | | (0.44) |
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Net asset value, end of period | | $ 19.95 | | $ 21.30 | | $ 17.94 | | $ 17.36 | | $ 15.80 | | $ 14.31 |
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Total Investment Return3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Based on net asset value | | (0.58%)4 | | | | 22.78% | | 16.65%5 | | 14.41% | | | | 14.21% | | 32.42% |
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Total expenses, after waiver and excluding dividend expense | | 0.80%6 | | | | 0.77% | | 0.82% | | 0.84% | | | | 0.88% | | 0.94% |
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Total expenses after waiver | | 0.86%6 | | | | 0.77% | | 0.82% | | 0.84% | | | | 0.88% | | 0.94% |
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Total expenses | | 0.93%6 | | | | 0.88% | | 0.91% | | 0.92% | | | | 0.94% | | 0.97% |
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Net investment income | | 1.81%6 | | | | 2.08% | | 2.13% | | 2.04% | | | | 1.79% | | 2.55% |
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Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | $ 5,942,254 | | $ 4,858,867 | | $ 3,506,452 | | $ 2,574,791 | | $ 1,893,248 | | $ 1,370,866 |
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Portfolio turnover | | 13% | | | | 45% | | 40% | | 49% | | | | 43% | | 45% |
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| 1 Based on average shares outstanding. 2 Includes a redemption fee, which is less than $0.01 per share. 3 Total investment returns exclude the effects of any sales charges. 4 Aggregate total investment return. 5 In 2006, approximately +0.02% of the Fund’s total investment return for Institutional Shares consisted of a payment by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L in order to resolve a regulatory issue relating to an investment. 6 Annualized. |
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Financial Highlights (continued) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | Six Months Ended | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | April 30, 2008 | | | | | | Year Ended October 31, | | | | |
| | (Unaudited) | | | | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | | | 2004 | | 2003 |
Per Share Operating Performance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ 21.22 | | $ 17.87 | | $ 17.30 | | $ 15.75 | | $ 14.27 | | $ 11.17 |
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Net investment income1 | | 0.15 | | | | 0.35 | | 0.33 | | 0.30 | | | | 0.23 | | 0.28 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | (0.33)2 | | | | 3.602 | | 2.332 | | 1.882 | | | | 1.722 | | 3.23 |
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | (0.18) | | | | 3.95 | | 2.66 | | 2.18 | | | | 1.95 | | 3.51 |
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Dividends and distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | (0.36) | | | | (0.40) | | (0.39) | | (0.45) | | | | (0.47) | | (0.41) |
Net realized gain | | (0.82) | | | | (0.20) | | (1.70) | | (0.18) | | | | — | | — |
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Total dividends and distributions | | (1.18) | | | | (0.60) | | (2.09) | | (0.63) | | | | (0.47) | | (0.41) |
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Net asset value, end of period | | $ 19.86 | | $ 21.22 | | $ 17.87 | | $ 17.30 | | $ 15.75 | | $ 14.27 |
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Total Investment Return3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Based on net asset value | | (0.77%)4 | | | | 22.56% | | 16.32%5 | | 14.12% | | | | 13.90% | | 32.10% |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Total expenses, after waiver and excluding dividend expense | | 1.00%6 | | | | 1.03% | | 1.07% | | 1.09% | | | | 1.13% | | 1.18% |
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Total expenses after waiver | | 1.06%6 | | | | 1.03% | | 1.07% | | 1.09% | | | | 1.13% | | 1.18% |
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Total expenses | | 1.18%6 | | | | 1.15% | | 1.16% | | 1.17% | | | | 1.18% | | 1.22% |
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Net investment income | | 1.55%6 | | | | 1.82% | | 1.88% | | 1.79% | | | | 1.54% | | 2.28% |
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Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | $ 9,969,916 | | $8,266,581 | | $5,833,059 | | $4,482,210 | | $3,442,396 | | $2,675,367 |
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Portfolio turnover | | 13% | | | | 45% | | 40% | | 49% | | | | 43% | | 45% |
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See Notes to Financial Statements. |
32 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.
Financial Highlights (continued) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | Investor B | | | | | | |
| | Six Months Ended | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | April 30, 2008 | | | | | | Year Ended October 31, | | | | |
| | (Unaudited) | | | | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | | | 2004 | | 2003 |
Per Share Operating Performance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ 20.72 | | $ 17.49 | | $ 16.94 | | $ 15.44 | | $ 13.99 | | $ 10.96 |
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Net investment income1 | | 0.07 | | | | 0.19 | | 0.19 | | 0.17�� | | | | 0.11 | | 0.19 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | (0.33)2 | | | | 3.512 | | 2.292 | | 1.832 | | | | 1.692 | | 3.15 |
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | (0.26) | | | | 3.70 | | 2.48 | | 2.00 | | | | 1.80 | | 3.34 |
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Dividends and distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | (0.27) | | | | (0.27) | | (0.23) | | (0.32) | | | | (0.35) | | (0.31) |
Net realized gain | | (0.82) | | | | (0.20) | | (1.70) | | (0.18) | | | | — | | — |
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Total dividends and distributions | | (1.09) | | | | (0.47) | | (1.93) | | (0.50) | | | | (0.35) | | (0.31) |
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Net asset value, end of period | | $ 19.37 | | $ 20.72 | | $ 17.49 | | $ 16.94 | | $ 15.44 | | $ 13.99 |
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Total Investment Return3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Based on net asset value | | (1.17%)4 | | | | 21.52% | | 15.49%5 | | 13.19% | | | | 13.08% | | 31.05% |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Total expenses, after waiver and excluding dividend expense | | 1.80%6 | | | | 1.84% | | 1.83% | | 1.86% | | | | 1.89% | | 1.96% |
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Total expenses after waiver | | 1.86%6 | | | | 1.84% | | 1.83% | | 1.86% | | | | 1.89% | | 1.96% |
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Total expenses | | 1.99%6 | | | | 1.95% | | 1.93% | | 1.94% | | | | 1.95% | | 2.00% |
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Net investment income | | 0.73%6 | | | | 1.03% | | 1.12% | | 1.04% | | | | 0.75% | | 1.52% |
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Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | $ 2,078,523 | | $ 2,141,544 | | $2,020,699 | | $2,060,638 | | $2,159,322 | | $2,094,428 |
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Portfolio turnover | | 13% | | | | 45% | | 40% | | 49% | | | | 43% | | 45% |
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| 1 Based on average shares outstanding. 2 Includes a redemption fee, which is less than $0.01 per share. 3 Total investment returns exclude the effects of sales charges. 4 Aggregate total investment return. 5 In 2006, approximately +0.02% of the Fund’s total investment return for Investor B Shares consisted of a payment by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L in order to resolve a regulatory issue relating to an investment. 6 Annualized. |
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Financial Highlights (continued) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | Investor C | | | | | | |
| | Six Months Ended | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | April 30, 2008 | | | | | | Year Ended October 31, | | | | |
| | (Unaudited) | | | | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | | | 2004 | | 2003 |
Per Share Operating Performance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ 19.99 | | $ 16.91 | | $ 16.47 | | $ 15.04 | | $ 13.66 | | $ 10.72 |
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Net investment income1 | | 0.07 | | | | 0.19 | | 0.19 | | 0.16 | | | | 0.11 | | 0.17 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | (0.31)2 | | | | 3.392 | | 2.212 | | 1.802 | | | | 1.652 | | 3.10 |
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | (0.24) | | | | 3.58 | | 2.40 | | 1.96 | | | | 1.76 | | 3.27 |
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Dividends and distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | (0.29) | | | | (0.30) | | (0.26) | | (0.35) | | | | (0.38) | | (0.33) |
Net realized gain | | (0.82) | | | | (0.20) | | (1.70) | | (0.18) | | | | — | | — |
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Total dividends and distributions | | (1.11) | | | | (0.50) | | (1.96) | | (0.53) | | | | (0.38) | | (0.33) |
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Net asset value, end of period | | $ 18.64 | | $ 19.99 | | $ 16.91 | | $ 16.47 | | $ 15.04 | | $ 13.66 |
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Total Investment Return3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Based on net asset value | | (1.13%)4 | | | | 21.54% | | 15.45%5 | | 13.25% | | | | 13.08% | | 31.03% |
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Ratios to Average Net Assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Total expenses, after waiver and excluding dividend expense | | 1.75%6 | | | | 1.81% | | 1.83% | | 1.86% | | | | 1.90% | | 1.96% |
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Total expenses after waiver | | 1.81%6 | | | | 1.81% | | 1.83% | | 1.86% | | | | 1.90% | | 1.96% |
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Total expenses | | 1.94%6 | | | | 1.92% | | 1.93% | | 1.94% | | | | 1.96% | | 2.00% |
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Net investment income | | 0.80%6 | | | | 1.05% | | 1.11% | | 1.01% | | | | 0.78% | | 1.45% |
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Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | $ 9,422,515 | | $ 7,425,397 | | $ 4,585,172 | | $ 2,841,071 | | $ 1,698,382 | | $ 865,342 |
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Portfolio turnover | | 13% | | | | 45% | | 40% | | 49% | | | | 43% | | 45% |
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| 1 Based on average shares outstanding. 2 Includes a redemption fee, which is less than $0.01 per share. 3 Total investment returns exclude the effects of sales charges. 4 Aggregate total investment return. 5 In 2006, approximately +0.02% of the Fund’s total investment return for Investor C Shares consisted of a payment by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L in order to resolve a regulatory issue relating to an investment. 6 Annualized. |
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
34 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.
Financial Highlights (concluded) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | Class R | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Period |
| | Six Months Ended | | | | | | Year Ended October 31, | | | | January 3, 20031 |
| | April 30, 2008 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | to October 31, |
| | (Unaudited) | | | | 2007 | | 2006 | | | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003 |
Per Share Operating Performance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ 20.65 | | $ 17.43 | | $ 16.93 | | $ 15.44 | | $ 14.04 | | $ 11.43 |
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Net investment income2 | | 0.12 | | | | 0.27 | | 0.28 | | | | 0.25 | | 0.21 | | 0.08 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | (0.33)3 | | | | 3.513 | | 2.283 | | | | 1.853 | | 1.663 | | 2.71 |
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Net increase (decrease) from investment operations | | (0.21) | | | | 3.78 | | 2.56 | | | | 2.10 | | 1.87 | | 2.79 |
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Dividends and distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | (0.33) | | | | (0.36) | | (0.36) | | | | (0.43) | | (0.47) | | (0.18) |
Net realized gain | | (0.82) | | | | (0.20) | | (1.70) | | | | (0.18) | | — | | — |
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Total dividends and distributions | | (1.15) | | | | (0.56) | | (2.06) | | | | (0.61) | | (0.47) | | (0.18) |
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Net asset value, end of period | | $ 19.29 | | $ 20.65 | | $ 17.43 | | $ 16.93 | | $ 15.44 | | $ 14.04 |
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Total Investment Return | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Based on net asset value | | (0.94%)4 | | | | 22.14% | | 16.02%5 | | | | 13.87% | | 13.60% | | 24.57%4 |
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Total expenses, after waiver and excluding dividend expense | | 1.33%6 | | | | 1.36% | | 1.32% | | | | 1.35% | | 1.38% | | 1.42%6 |
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Total expenses after waiver | | 1.39%6 | | | | 1.36% | | 1.32% | | | | 1.35% | | 1.38% | | 1.42%6 |
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Total expenses | | 1.52%6 | | | | 1.47% | | 1.41% | | | | 1.42% | | 1.45% | | 1.47%6 |
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Net investment income | | 1.22%6 | | | | 1.47% | | 1.61% | | | | 1.48% | | 1.35% | | 1.93%6 |
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Net assets, end of period (000) | | $ 400,863 | | $ 306,367 | | $ 148,232 | | $ 61,531 | | $ 20,482 | | $ 341 |
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Portfolio turnover | | 13% | | | | 45% | | 40% | | | | 49% | | 43% | | 45% |
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| 1 Commencement of operations. 2 Based on average shares outstanding. 3 Includes a redemption fee, which is less than $0.01 per share. 4 Aggregate total investment return. 5 In 2006, approximately +0.02% of the Fund’s total investment return for Class R Shares consisted of a payment by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L in order to resolve a regulatory issue relating to an investment. 6 Annualized. |
See Notes to Financial Statements. |
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)
1. Significant Accounting Policies:
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The Fund's financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting princi- ples generally accepted in the United States of America, which may require the use of management accruals and estimates. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The Fund offers multiple classes of shares. Institutional Shares are sold without a sales charge and only to certain eligible investors. Investor A Shares are generally sold with a front-end sales charge. Investor B and Investor C Shares may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge. Class R Shares are sold only to certain retirement plans. All classes of shares have identical voting, divi- dend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except that Investor A, Investor B, Investor C and Class R Shares bear certain expenses related to the shareholder servicing of such shares, and Investor B, Investor C and Class R Shares also bear certain expens- es related to the distribution of such shares. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters relating to its shareholder servicing and distribution expenditures (except that Investor B shareholders may vote on material changes to the Investor A distribution plan).
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund:
Valuation of Investments: Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market System are valued at the last reported sale price that day or the NASDAQ official closing price, if applicable. Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price. Financial futures contracts traded on exchanges are valued at their last sale price. Swap agreements are valued by quoted fair values received daily by the Fund’s pricing service. Short-term securities are valued at amortized cost.
Exchange-traded options are valued at the mean between the last bid and ask prices at the close of the options market in which the options trade and previously were valued at the last sales price as of the close of options trading on applicable exchanges. Over-the-counter options are valued by an independent pricing service using a mathematical model which incorporates a number of market data factors.
The Fund values its bond investments on the basis of last available bid price or current market quotations provided by dealers or pricing ser- vices selected under the supervision of the Board of Directors (the “Board”). In determining the value of a particular investment, pricing services may use certain information with respect to transactions in such investments, quotations from dealers, pricing matrixes, market transac- tions in comparable investments, various relationships observed in the market between investments and calculated yield measures based on valuation technology commonly employed in the market for such invest- |
ments. Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at net asset value each business day.
In the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment which is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, the investment will be valued by a method approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Value Assets”). When determining the price for Fair Value Assets, the invest- ment advisor and/or sub-advisor seeks to determine the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive from the current sale of that asset in an arm's-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the investment advisor and/or sub-advisor deems relevant. The pricing of all Fair Value Assets is sub- sequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof.
Generally, trading in foreign securities is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The values of such securities used in computing the net assets of the Fund are determined as of such times. Foreign currency exchange rates will generally be determined as of the close of business on the NYSE. Occasionally, events affecting the values of such securities and such exchange rates may occur between the times at which they are determined and the close of business on the NYSE that may not be reflected in the computation of the Fund's net assets. If events (for example, a company announcement, market volatility or a natural disas- ter) occur during such periods that are expected to materially affect the value of such securities, those securities will be valued at their fair value as determined in good faith by the Board or by the investment advisor using a pricing service and/or procedures approved by the Board.
Derivative Financial Instruments: The Fund may engage in various port- folio investment strategies to increase the return of the Fund and to hedge, or protect, its exposure to interest rate movements and move- ments in the securities markets. Losses may arise if the value of the con- tract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the price of the under- lying security, or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract. |
•Financial futures contracts — The Fund may purchase or sell financial
futures contracts and options on such financial futures contracts.
Financial futures contracts are contracts for delayed delivery of secu-
rities at a specific future date and at a specific price or yield. Upon
entering into a contract, the Fund deposits and maintains as colla-
teral such initial margin as required by the exchange on which the
transaction is effected. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to
receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the
daily fluctuation in value of the contract. Such receipts or payments
are known as variation margin and are recognized by the Fund as
unrealized gains or losses. When the contract is closed, the Fund
records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the
value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the
time it was closed.
36 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
•Forward foreign exchange contracts — The Fund may enter into for-
ward foreign exchange contracts as a hedge against either specific
transactions or portfolio positions. Forward foreign exchange con-
tracts, when used by the Fund, help to manage the overall exposure
to the foreign currency backing some of the investments held by the
Fund. The contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in mar-
ket value is recorded by the Fund as an unrealized gain or loss. When
the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal
to the difference between the value at the time it was opened and
the value at the time it was closed.
•Options — The Fund may purchase and write call and put options.
When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium
received by the Fund is reflected as an asset and an equivalent lia-
bility. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to
reflect the current market value of the option written. When a security
is purchased or sold through an exercise of an option, the related
premium paid (or received) is added to (or deducted from) the basis
of the security acquired or deducted from (or added to) the proceeds
of the security sold. When an option expires (or the Fund enters into
a closing transaction), the Fund realizes a gain or loss on the option
to the extent of the premiums received or paid (or gain or loss to
the extent the cost of the closing transaction exceeds the premium
received or paid).
If an option is exercised, the premium paid or received is added to
the cost of the purchase or the proceeds from the sale in determin-
ing whether a Fund has realized a gain or a loss on investment trans-
actions.
A call option gives the purchaser of the option the right (but not the
obligation) to buy, and obligates the seller to sell (when the option is
exercised), the underlying position at the exercise price at any time
or at a specified time during the option period. A put option gives the
holder the right to sell and obligates the writer to buy the underlying
position at the exercise price at any time or at a specified time dur-
ing the option period.
•Swaps — The Fund may enter into swap agreements, which are OTC
contracts in which the Fund and a counterparty agree to make peri-
odic net payments on a specified notional amount. These periodic
payments received or made by the Fund are recorded in the accom-
panying Statement of Operations as realized gains or losses, respec-
tively. Gains or losses are also realized upon termination of the swap
agreements. Swaps are marked-to market daily and changes in value
are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation). When the
swap is terminated, the Fund will record a realized gain or loss equal
to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing
transaction and the Fund’s basis in the contract, if any.
•Credit default swaps — Credit default swaps are agreements in which
one party pays fixed periodic payments to a counterparty in consider-
ation for a guarantee from the counterparty to make a specific pay-
ment should a negative credit event take place.
•Interest rate swaps — Interest rate swaps are agreements in which
one party pays a floating rate of interest on a notional principal
amount and receives a fixed rate of interest on the same notional
principal amount for a specified period of time. Alternatively, a party
may pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate. Interest rate swaps
are efficient as asset/liability management tools. In more complex
swaps, the notional principal amount may decline (or amortize)
over time.
Preferred Stock: The Fund may invest in 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.
Short Sales: When the Fund engages in a short sale, an amount equal to the proceeds received by the Fund is reflected as an asset and an equivalent liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to- market to reflect the market value of the short sale. When the Fund makes a short sale, it may borrow the security sold short and deliver it to the broker-dealer through which it made the short sale as collateral for its obligation to deliver the security upon conclusion of the sale. The Fund maintains a segregated account of securities as collateral for the short sales. The Fund is exposed to market risk based on the amount, if any, that the market value of the security exceeds the market value of the securities in the segregated account. Thus, a short sale of a security involves the risk that instead of declining, the price of the security sold short will rise. The short sale of securities involves the possibility of a theoretically unlimited loss since there is a theoretically unlimited poten- tial for the market price of the security sold short to increase. The fund is required to repay the counterparty any dividends or interest received on the security sold short. |
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
A gain, limited to the price at which the Fund sold the security short, or a loss, unlimited as to the dollar amount. will be recognized upon the termination of a short sale if the market price is greater or less than the proceeds originally received.
TBA Commitments: The Fund may enter into to-be-announced (“TBA”) commitments to purchase or sell securities for a fixed price at a future date. TBA commitments are considered securities in themselves, and involve a risk of loss if the value of the security to be purchased or sold declines or increases prior to settlement date, which is in addition to the risk of decline in the value of the Fund’s other assets. Unsettled TBA commitments are valued at the current market value of the under- lying securities, according to the procedures described under “Valuation of Investments.”
Zero Coupon Bonds: The Fund may invest in zero coupon bonds, which are normally issued at a significant discount from face value and do not provide for periodic interest payments. Zero-coupon bonds may experience greater volatility in market value then similar maturity debt obligations, which provide for regular interest payments.
Foreign Currency Transactions: Foreign currency amounts are trans- lated into United States dollars on the following basis: (i) market value of investment securities, assets and liabilities at the current rate of exchange; and (ii) purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.
The Fund reports foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains for financial reporting purposes, whereas such compo- nents are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes.
Segregation: In cases in which the 1940 Act and the interpretive positions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) require that the Fund segregate assets in connection with certain investments (e.g., swaps or futures contracts), the Fund will, consistent with certain interpretive letters issued by the SEC, designate on its books and records cash or other liquid debt securities having a market value at least equal to the amount that would otherwise be required to be physi- cally segregated.
Investment Transactions and Investment Income: Investment tran- sactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on security transactions are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Fund has determined the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis. The Fund amortizes all premiums and discounts and debt securities. Income and realized and unrealized gains and loss- es are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets. |
Dividends and Distributions: Dividends and distributions of capital gains are recorded on the ex-dividend dates.
Securities Lending: The Fund may lend securities to financial institutions that provide cash or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. govern- ment as collateral, which will be maintained at all times in an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the loaned securi- ties. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is deliv- ered to the Fund on the next business day. The Fund typically receives the income on the loaned securities but does not receive the income on the collateral. Where the Fund receives cash collateral, it may invest such collateral and retain the amount earned on such investment, net of any amount rebated to the borrower. The Fund may receive a flat fee for its loans. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the bor- rower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions. The Fund may pay reasonable lending agent, administrative and custodial fees in connection with its loans. In the event that the borrower defaults on its obligation to return borrowed securities because of insolvency or for any other reason, the Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. The Fund also could suffer a loss where the value of the collateral falls below the market value of the borrowed secu- rities, in the event of borrower default or in the event of losses on invest- ments made with cash collateral.
Income Taxes: It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment compa- nies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its share- holders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Under the applicable foreign tax law, a withholding tax may be imposed on interest, dividends and capital gains at various rates.
Effective April 30, 2008, the Fund implemented Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 prescribes the minimum recognition threshold a tax position must meet in connection with accounting for uncertainties in income tax positions taken or expected to be taken by an entity, includ- ing investment companies, before being measured and recognized in the financial statements. The investment advisor has evaluated the applica- tion of FIN 48 to the Fund, and has determined that the adoption of FIN 48 does not have a material impact on the Fund’s financial statements. The Fund files U.S. federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s tax returns remains open for the years ended October 31, 2004 through October 31, 2006. The statutes of limitations on the Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an addi- tional year depending upon the jurisdiction. |
38 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
Recent Accounting Pronouncements: In September 2006, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“FAS 157”), was issued and is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a frame- work for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The impact the Fund’s financial statement disclosures, if any, is currently being assessed.
In addition, in February 2007, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (“FAS 159”), was issued and is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of a fiscal year that begins on or before November 15, 2007, provided the entity also elects to apply the provisions of FAS 157. FAS 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. FAS 159 also establishes presen- tation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between entities that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. The impact of the Fund’s financial state- ment disclosures, if any, is currently being assessed.
In March 2008, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities — an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” (“FAS 161”) was issued and is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. FAS 161 is intended to improve financial reporting for derivative instruments by requiring enhanced disclosure that enables investors to understand how and why an entity uses derivatives, how derivatives are accounted for, and how derivative instruments affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position. The investment advisor is currently evaluating the implications of FAS 161 and the impact of the Fund’s financial state- ment disclosures, if any, is currently being assessed.
Other: Expenses directly related to the Fund or its classes are charged to the Fund or class. Other operating expenses shared by several Funds are pro-rated among those Funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Other expenses of the Fund are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.
2. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates:
The Fund has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Advisor”), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. to provide investment advisory and admin- istration services. Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. (“Merrill Lynch”) and The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”) are principal owners of BlackRock, Inc. |
The Advisor is responsible for the management of the Fund's portfolio and provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Fund. For such ser- vices, the Fund pays the Advisor a monthly fee of 0.75%, on an annual basis, of the average daily value of the Fund's net assets. The Advisor has voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of its fees payable by the Fund so that such fee is reduced for average daily net assets of the Fund as follows: |
In Excess of | | Not Exceeding | | Waived to |
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$2.5 billion | | $ 5.0 billion | | 0.700% |
$5 billion | | $ 7.5 billion | | 0.650% |
$7.5 billion | | $ 10.0 billion | | 0.625% |
$10 billion | | $ 15.0 billion | | 0.600% |
$15 billion | | | | 0.575% |
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For the six months ended April 30, 2008, the Advisor earned fees of $91,237,300, of which $15,383,649 was waived. In addition, the Advisor has entered into sub-advisory agreements with BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”) and BlackRock Asset Management U.K. Limited, both affiliates of the Advisor, under which the Advisor pays each sub-advisor for services it provides, a monthly fee that is a per- centage of the investment advisory fee paid by the Fund to the Advisor. For the six months ended April 30, 2008, the Fund reimbursed the Advisor $199,703 for certain accounting services, which is included in accounting services expenses in the Statement of Operations.
The Fund has entered into separate Distribution Agreements and Distribution Plans with FAM Distributors, Inc. (“FAMD”) and BlackRock Distributors, Inc. and its affiliates (“BDI”) (collectively, the “Distributor”). FAMD is a wholly owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch Group, Inc., and BDI is an affiliate of BlackRock, Inc.
Pursuant to the Distribution Plans adopted by the Fund in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund pays the Distributor 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 shares as follows: |
| | Service | | Distribution |
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Investor A | | 0.25% | | — |
Investor B | | 0.25% | | 0.75% |
Investor C | | 0.25% | | 0.75% |
Class R | | 0.25% | | 0.25% |
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BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
Pursuant to sub-agreements with the Distributor, broker-dealers, includ- ing Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“MLPF&S”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch, and each of the Distributors, provide shareholder servicing and distribution services to the Fund. The ongoing service fee and/or distribution fee compensates the Distributor and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder servicing and/or distribution-related services to Investor A, Investor B, Investor C and Class R shareholders.
For the six months ended April 30, 2008, the affiliates earned under- writing discounts, direct commissions and dealer concessions on sales of the Fund's Investor A Shares totaling $2,182,965.
For the six months ended April 30, 2008, affiliates received contingent deferred sales charges of $673,501 and $746,354 relating to tran- sactions in Investor B and Investor C Shares, respectively. Furthermore, affiliates received contingent deferred sales charges of $99,223 relat- ing to transactions subject to front-end sales charge waivers in Investor A Shares.
The Advisor maintains a call center, which is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Fund, such as responding to share- holder inquiries and processing transactions based upon instructions from shareholders with respect to the subscription and redemption of Fund shares. During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the following amounts have been accrued by the Fund to reimburse the Advisor for costs incurred running the call center, which are a component of the transfer agent fees in the accompanying Statement of Operations. |
| | Call Center |
| | Fees |
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Institutional | | $16,621 |
Investor A | | $75,954 |
Investor B | | $13,084 |
Investor C | | $63,542 |
Class R | | $ 1,460 |
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The Fund has received an exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission permitting it to lend portfolio securities to MLPF&S or its affiliates. As of April 30, 2008, the Fund loaned securities with a value of $2,620,232. Pursuant to that order, the Fund has retained BIM, as the securities lending agent for a fee based on a share of the returns on investment of cash collateral. BIM may, on behalf of the Fund, invest cash collateral received by the Fund for such loans, among other things, in a private investment company managed by the Advisor or in registered money market funds advised by the Advisor or its affiliates. For the six months ended April 30, 2008, BIM received $110,737 in security lending agent fees. |
In addition, MLPF&S received $294,064 in commissions on the execu- tion of portfolio security transactions for the Fund for the six months ended April 30, 2008
PFPC, Inc., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of PNC and an affiliate of the Advisor, is the Fund's transfer agent. Each class of the Fund bears the costs of transfer agent fees associated with such respective classes. Transfer agency fees borne by each class of the Fund are comprised of those fees charged for all shareholder communications including share- holder reports, dividend and distribution notices, and proxy materials for shareholders meetings, as well as per account and per transaction fees related to servicing and maintenance of shareholder accounts, including the issuing, redeeming and transferring of shares of each class of the Fund, 12b-1 fee calculation, check writing, anti-money laundering services, and customer identification services.
Certain officers and/or directors of the Fund are officers and/or directors of BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates.
3. Investments:
Purchases and sales of investments (including paydowns), excluding short-term securities, for the six months ended April 30, 2008 were $7,129,196,998 and $2,763,273,235, respectively.
Transactions in call options written for the six months ended April 30, 2008 were as follows: |
| | Number of | | Premiums |
| | Contracts | | Received |
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Outstanding call options written, | | | | |
beginning of year | | 236,618 | | $ 91,855,005 |
Options written | | 166,204 | | 58,417,822 |
Options exercised | | (40,279) | | (27,284,348) |
Options expired | | (163,727) | | (47,206,560) |
Options closed | | (18) | | (10,746) |
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Outstanding call options written, end | | | | |
of year | | 198,798 | | $ 75,771,173 |
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Transactions in put options written for the six months ended April 30, 2008 were as follows: |
| | Number of | | Premiums |
| | Contracts | | Received |
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Outstanding put options written, | | | | |
beginning of year | | 6,750 | | $ 8,151,202 |
Options written | | 14,106 | | 25,578,877 |
Options expired | | (7,764) | | (6,666,575) |
Options closed | | (10,902) | | (22,981,475) |
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Outstanding call options written, | | | | |
end of year | | 2,190 | | $ 4,082,029 |
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40 BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC.
Notes to Financial Statements (continued) | | | | | | | | |
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4. Capital Share Transactions: | | | | | | | | | | |
Transactions in common stock for each class were as follows: | | | | | | | | |
| | Six Months Ended | | Year Ended |
| | April 30, 2008 | | October 31, 2007 |
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| | Shares | | Amount | | Shares | | | | Amount |
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Institutional Shares | | | | | | | | | | |
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Shares sold | | 79,152,904 | | $ 1,566,536,014 | | 62,905,474 | | $ 1,205,643,862 |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of | | | | | | | | | | |
dividends and distributions | | 12,685,463 | | 248,895,427 | | 6,111,406 | | | | 114,973,080 |
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Total issued | | 91,838,367 | | 1,815,431,441 | | 69,016,880 | | 1,320,616,942 |
Shares redeemed | | (22,014,258) | | (438,238,804) | | (36,436,348) | | | | (698,518,992) |
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Net increase | | 69,824,109 | | $ 1,377,192,637 | | 32,580,532 | | $ 622,097,950 |
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Investor A Shares | | | | | | | | | | |
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Shares sold and automatic conversion of shares | | 119,271,558 | | $ 2,352,009,469 | | 97,579,397 | | $ 1,868,660,337 |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of | | | | | | | | | | |
dividends and distributions | | 21,290,859 | | 416,237,805 | | 9,581,687 | | | | 179,457,239 |
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Total issued | | 140,562,417 | | 2,768,247,274 | | 107,161,084 | | 2,048,117,576 |
Shares redeemed | | (28,215,574) | | (557,935,082) | | (43,846,630) | | | | (836,437,351) |
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Net increase | | 112,346,843 | | $ 2,210,312,192 | | 63,314,454 | | $ 1,211,680,225 |
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Investor B Shares | | | | | | | | | | |
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Shares sold | | 13,257,851 | | $ 255,996,463 | | 17,973,914 | | $ 334,218,300 |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of | | | | | | | | | | |
dividends and distributions | | 5,218,387 | | 99,828,311 | | 2,533,996 | | | | 45,988,187 |
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Total issued | | 18,476,238 | | 355,824,774 | | 20,507,910 | | | | 380,206,487 |
Shares redeemed and automatic conversion of shares | | (14,561,378) | | (281,707,920) | | (32,691,266) | | | | (610,403,158) |
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Net increase | | 3,914,860 | | $ 74,116,854 | | (12,183,356) | | $ (230,196,671) |
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Shares sold | | 138,195,332 | | $ 2,564,980,229 | | 130,190,820 | | $ 2,352,720,961 |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of | | | | | | | | | | |
dividends and distributions | | 21,349,932 | | 392,841,254 | | 7,474,092 | | | | 131,992,903 |
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Total issued | | 159,545,264 | | 2,957,821,483 | | 137,664,912 | | 2,484,713,864 |
Shares redeemed | | (25,545,219) | | (474,583,891) | | (37,415,053) | | | | (675,446,987) |
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Net increase | | 134,000,045 | | $ 2,483,237,592 | | 100,249,859 | | $ 1,809,266,877 |
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Shares sold | | 8,063,885 | | $ 154,963,673 | | 10,174,155 | | $ 190,560,055 |
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of | | | | | | | | | | |
dividends and distributions | | 943,565 | | 17,946,616 | | 298,859 | | | | 5,473,538 |
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Total issued | | 9,007,450 | | 172,910,289 | | 10,473,014 | | | | 196,033,593 |
Shares redeemed | | (3,067,816) | | (58,894,369) | | (4,139,165) | | | | (77,169,459) |
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Net increase | | 5,939,634 | | $ 114,015,920 | | 6,333,849 | | $ 118,864,134 |
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The Fund charges a 2% redemption fee on the proceeds (calculated at market value) of a redemption (either by sale or exchange) of Fund shares made within 30 days of purchase or exchange. The redemption fee is paid to the Fund and is intended to offset the trading costs, market impact and other costs associated with short-term trading into and out of the Fund. |
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)
5. Short-Term Borrowings:
The Fund, along with certain other funds managed by the Advisor and its affiliates, is party to a $500,000,000 credit agreement with a group of lenders. The Fund may borrow under the credit agreement to fund share- holder redemptions and for other lawful purposes other than for lever- age. The Fund may borrow up to the maximum amount allowable under the Fund's current Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, subject to various other legal, regulatory or contractual limits. On November 21, 2007, the credit agreement was renewed for one year under substantially the same terms. The Fund pays a commitment fee of 0.06% per annum based on the Fund's pro rata share of the unused portion of the credit agreement, which is included in miscellaneous expenses in the Statement of Operations. Amounts borrowed under the credit agreement bear interest at a rate equal to, at each fund's elec- tion, the federal funds rate plus 0.35% or a base rate as defined in the credit agreement. The Fund did not borrow under the credit agreement during the six months ended April 30, 2008.
6. Commitments:
At April 30, 2008, the Fund had entered into foreign exchange contracts, in addition to the contracts listed on the schedule of investments, under which it had agreed to purchase various foreign currencies with an approximate value of $555,334.
7. Capital Loss Carryforward:
As of October 31, 2007, the Fund had a capital loss carryforward of $19,493,822, of which $5,337,789 expires in 2008, $8,474,168 expires in 2009, $3,257,086 expires in 2010 and $2,424,779 expires in 2011. This amount will be available to offset future realized capital gains.
8. Subsequent Event:
Effective May 13, 2008, the Advisor has changed the voluntary waiver of its investment advisory fees. The fees will now be reduced by the vol- untary waiver for the average daily net assets of the Fund as follows: |
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$10 billion | | $15 billion | | 0.69% |
$15 billion | | $20 billion | | 0.68% |
$20 billion | | $25 billion | | 0.67% |
$25 billion | | $30 billion | | 0.65% |
$30 billion | | $40 billion | | 0.63% |
$40 billion | | | | 0.62% |
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Officers and Directors
James H. Bodurtha, Director Bruce R. Bond, Director Donald W. Burton, Director Richard S. Davis, Director Stuart E. Eizenstat, Director Laurence D. Fink, Director Kenneth A. Froot, Director Henry Gabbay, Director Robert M. Hernandez, Director John F. O’Brien, Director Roberta Cooper Ramo, Director Jean Margo Reid, Director David H. Walsh, Director Fred G. Weiss, Director Richard R. West, Director Donald C. Burke, Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Anne F. Ackerley, Vice President Neal J. Andrews, Chief Financial Officer Jay M. Fife, Treasurer Brian . Kindelan, Chief Compliance Officer of the Fund Howard Surloff, Secretary |
Custodian Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Boston, MA 02109
Transfer Agents PFPC Inc. Wilmington, DE 19809
Accounting Agent State Street Bank and Trust Company Princeton, NJ 08540
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Deloitte & Touche LLP Princeton, NJ 08540
Legal Counsel Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP New York, NY 10019 |
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
Additional Information
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 infor- mation 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 appli- cations, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transac- tions with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from a consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our Web sites. |
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. |
| Availability of Additional Information |
Electronic copies of most financial reports and prospectuses are available on the Fund’s Web site or shareholders can sign up for e-mail notifications of quarterly statements, annual and semi-annual reports and prospectuses by enrolling in the Fund’s electronic delivery program.
To enroll:
Shareholders Who Hold Accounts with Investment Advisors, Banks or Brokerages:
Please contact your financial advisor. Please note that not all investment advisers, banks or brokerages may offer this service.
Shareholders Who Hold Accounts Directly with BlackRock: |
1) Access the BlackRock Web site at http://www.blackrock.com/edelivery
2) Click on the applicable link and follow the steps to sign up
3) Log into your account |
The Fund will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports and proxy statements, to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and it 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 contact the Fund at (800) 441-7762.
Availability of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling toll-free (800) 441-7762; or (2) at www.blackrock.com; and (3) on the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) website at at http://www.sec.gov. |
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Availability of Additional Information (concluded)
Availability of Proxy Voting Record
Information on how proxies relating to the Fund’s voting securities
held in the Fund’s portfolios during the most recent 12-month
period ended June 30 is available upon request and without charge
(1) at http://www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 441-7762 and
(2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Shareholder Privileges
Account Information
Call us at (800) 441-7762 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also reach us on the Web at www.blackrock.com/funds.
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. |
Availability of Quarterly Portfolio Schedule
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC
for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s
Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov
and may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference
Room in Washington, D.C. Information regarding the operation of the
Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.
The Fund’s Forms N-Q may also be obtained upon request, without
charge, by calling (800) 441-7762.
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 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.
BLACKROCK GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND, INC. |
A World-Class 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.
Equity Funds | | | | |
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BlackRock All-Cap Global Resources Portfolio | | BlackRock Global Opportunities Portfolio | | BlackRock Mid-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock Asset Allocation Portfolio† | | BlackRock Global Resources Portfolio | | BlackRock Mid-Cap Value Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock Aurora Portfolio | | BlackRock Global Science & Technology | | BlackRock Mid Cap Value Opportunities Fund |
BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund† | | Opportunities Portfolio | | BlackRock Natural Resources Trust |
BlackRock Basic Value Fund | | BlackRock Global SmallCap Fund | | BlackRock Pacific Fund |
BlackRock Capital Appreciation Portfolio | | BlackRock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio* | | BlackRock Small Cap Core Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund | | BlackRock Healthcare Fund | | BlackRock Small Cap Growth Equity Portfolio |
BlackRock EuroFund | | BlackRock Index Equity Portfolio* | | BlackRock Small Cap Growth Fund II |
BlackRock Focus Growth Fund | | BlackRock International Fund | | BlackRock Small Cap Index Fund |
BlackRock Focus Value Fund | | BlackRock International Index Fund | | BlackRock Small Cap Value Equity Portfolio* |
BlackRock Fundamental Growth Fund | | BlackRock International Opportunities Portfolio | | BlackRock Small/Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio |
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund† | | BlackRock International Value Fund | | BlackRock S&P 500 Index Fund |
BlackRock Global Dynamic Equity Fund | | BlackRock Large Cap Core Fund | | BlackRock Technology Fund |
BlackRock Global Emerging Markets Fund | | BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund | | BlackRock U.S. Opportunities Portfolio |
BlackRock Global Financial Services Fund | | BlackRock Large Cap Value Fund | | BlackRock Utilities and Telecommunications Fund |
BlackRock Global Growth Fund | | BlackRock Latin America Fund | | BlackRock Value Opportunities Fund |
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BlackRock Commodity Strategies Fund | | BlackRock Income Builder Portfolio | | BlackRock Managed Income Portfolio |
BlackRock Emerging Market Debt Portfolio | | BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Portfolio | | BlackRock Short-Term Bond Fund |
BlackRock Enhanced Income Portfolio | | BlackRock Intermediate Bond Portfolio II | | BlackRock Strategic Income Portfolio |
BlackRock GNMA Portfolio | | BlackRock Intermediate Government | | BlackRock Total Return Fund |
BlackRock Government Income Portfolio | | Bond Portfolio | | BlackRock Total Return Portfolio II |
BlackRock High Income Fund | | BlackRock International Bond Portfolio | | BlackRock World Income Fund |
BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio | | BlackRock Long Duration Bond Portfolio | | |
BlackRock Income Portfolio | | BlackRock Low Duration Bond Portfolio | | |
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BlackRock AMT-Free Municipal Bond Portfolio | | BlackRock Intermediate Municipal Fund | | BlackRock New York Municipal Bond Fund |
BlackRock California Insured Municipal Bond Fund | | BlackRock Kentucky Municipal Bond Portfolio | | BlackRock Ohio Municipal Bond Portfolio |
BlackRock Delaware Municipal Bond Portfolio | | BlackRock Municipal Insured Fund | | BlackRock Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund |
BlackRock Florida Municipal Bond Fund | | BlackRock National Municipal Fund | | BlackRock Short-Term Municipal Fund |
BlackRock High Yield Municipal Fund | | BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund | | |
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Target Risk & Target Date Funds | | | | |
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BlackRock Prepared Portfolios | | BlackRock Lifecycle Prepared Portfolios | | |
Conservative Prepared Portfolio | | Prepared Portfolio 2010 | | Prepared Portfolio 2030 |
Moderate Prepared Portfolio | | Prepared Portfolio 2015 | | Prepared Portfolio 2035 |
Growth Prepared Portfolio | | Prepared Portfolio 2020 | | Prepared Portfolio 2040 |
Aggressive Growth Prepared Portfolio | | Prepared Portfolio 2025 | | Prepared Portfolio 2045 |
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* See the prospectus for information on specific limitations on investments in the fund. | | |
† Mixed asset fund. | | | | |
BlackRock mutual funds are distributed by BlackRock Distributors, Inc. and certain funds are also distributed by FAM Distributors, Inc. You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the funds under consideration carefully before investing. Each fund’s prospectus contains this and other information and is available at www.blackrock.com or by calling (800) 882-0052 or from your financial advisor. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.
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This report is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solici- tation of an offer to buy shares of the Fund unless accompanied or preceded by the Fund’s current prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representa- tion of future performance. Investment return 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.
Investment in foreign securities involves special risks including fluctuating foreign exchange rates, foreign government regulations, differing degrees of liquidity and the possibility of substantial volatility due to adverse political, economic or other developments.
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc. 100 Bellevue Parkway Wilmington, DE 19809 |
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Item 2 – Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report
Item 3 – Audit Committee Financial Expert – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report
Item 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report
Item 5 – Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not Applicable
Item 6 – Investments (a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1 of this form. (b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.
Item 7 – Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable
Item 8 – Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable
Item 9 – Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not Applicable
Item 10 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – The registrant’s Nominating and Governance Committee will consider nominees to the Board recommended by shareholders when a vacancy becomes available. Shareholders who wish to recommend a nominee should send nominations which include biographical information and set forth the qualifications of the proposed nominee to the registrant’s Secretary. There have been no material changes to these procedures.
Item 11 – Controls and Procedures
11(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.
11(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 second fiscal quarter of 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 – Exhibits attached hereto
12(a)(1) – Code of Ethics – Not Applicable to this semi-annual report
12(a)(2) – Certifications – Attached hereto
12(a)(3) – Not Applicable
12(b) – Certifications – Attached hereto |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.
By: /s/ Donald C. Burke Donald C. Burke Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.
Date: June 23, 2008
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/ Donald C. Burke Donald C. Burke Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.
Date: June 23, 2008
By: /s/ Neal J. Andrews Neal J. Andrews Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.
Date: June 23, 2008 |