Interim report and unaudited financial statements BlackRock Global Index Funds R.C.S. Luxembourg: B 171278 For the financial period ended 30 September 2020 Contents General Information 2 Chairman’s Letter to Shareholders 4 Investment Advisers’ Report 6 Statement of Net Assets 10 Three Year Summary of Net Asset Values 12 Statement of Operations and Changes in Net Assets 15 Statement of Changes in Shares Outstanding 18 Portfolio of Investments 20 iShares Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund (LU) 20 iShares Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund (LU) 35 iShares Europe Equity Index Fund (LU) 56 iShares Euro Aggregate Bond Index Fund (LU) 61 iShares Euro Government Bond Index Fund (LU) 88 iShares Global Government Bond Index Fund (LU) 95 iShares Japan Equity Index Fund (LU) 113 iShares North America Equity Index Fund (LU) 117 iShares Pacific ex Japan Equity Index Fund (LU) 124 iShares World Equity Index Fund (LU) 127 Notes to the Financial Statements 142 Appendix I – Share Classes 150 Appendix II – Global Market Risk Exposure 151 Supplementary Information 152 Subscriptions can only be made on the basis of the current Prospectus, the Key Investor Information Document (“KIID”) supplemented by the most recent Annual report and audited financial statements and Interim report and unaudited financial statements, if published after such annual report and audited financial statements. Copies are available at the registered office of the BlackRock Global Index Funds (the ЉCompanyЉ) from the Local Investor Servicing team, the Transfer Agent, the Management Company or any of the Distributors. See General Information section for further details. Interim report and unaudited financial statements [1] General Information Board of Directors Legal Advisers Denise Voss, Chairwoman (appointed effective 18 May 2020; Linklaters LLP appointed as Chairwoman effective 29 October 2020) 35, avenue J.F.Kennedy, Paul Freeman (resigned as Chairman effective 29 October L-1855 Luxembourg, 2020) Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Michael Gruener Robert Hayes (resigned effective 12 October 2020) Securities Lending Agent Ursula Marchioni (appointed effective 12 October 2020) BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited Barry O’Dwyer 12 Throgmorton Avenue, Geoffrey Radcliffe London EC2N 2DL, United Kingdom All Directors are non-executive Directors. Michael Gruener, Robert Hayes, Ursula Marchioni, Barry O’Dwyer and Geoffrey Radcliffe are Paying Agents employees of the BlackRock Group (the BlackRock Group of companies, the ultimate holding Austria: company of which is BlackRock, Inc., of which the Management Company and Investment Raiffeisen Bank International AG Advisers are part of). Paul Freeman is a former employee of the BlackRock Group. Am Stadtpark 9, 1030 Vienna, Management Company Austria BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A. 35A, avenue J.F.Kennedy, Denmark: L-1855 Luxembourg, BlackRock Copenhagen Branch Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Harbour House, Sundkrogsgade 21, Investment Advisers DK- 2100 Copenhagen, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited Denmark 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL, France: United Kingdom CACEIS Bank 1-3 Place Valhubert, BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. 75013 Paris, 400 Howard Street, France San Francisco CA 94105, United States of America Germany: J.P.MorganAG Principal Distributor CIB / Investor Services – Trustee & Fiduciar, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited Taunustor 1 (TaunusTurm), 12 Throgmorton Avenue, 60310 Frankfurt am Main, London EC2N 2DL, Germany United Kingdom Ireland: Depositary and Fund Accountant J.P.Morgan State Street Bank International GmbH, Luxembourg Branch 200 Capital Dock, 79 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, 49, avenue J.F.Kennedy, Dublin 2 D02 RK57, L-1855 Luxembourg, Ireland Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Luxembourg: Listing Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent (Central Paying Agent) J.P. Morgan Bank Luxembourg S.A. J.P. Morgan Bank Luxembourg S.A. European Bank & Business Centre, European Bank & Business Centre, 6, route de Trèves, Building C, 6, route de Trèves, Building C, L-2633 Senningerberg, L-2633 Senningerberg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Independent Auditor Sweden: Deloitte Audit, S.à.r.l. BlackRock Investment Management (UK) 20, Boulevard de Kockelscheuer, Limited-Stockholm Filial L-1821 Luxembourg, Norrlandsgatan 16, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 111 43 Stockholm, Sweden [2] BlackRock Global Index Funds General Information continued Switzerland: Enquiries State Street Bank International GmbH Munich In the absence of other arrangements, enquiries regarding Zurich Branch the Company should be addressed as follows: Beethovenstrasse 19, Written Enquiries: CH-8027 Zurich, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, Switzerland c/o BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A. P.O. Box 1058, United Kingdom: L-1010 Luxembourg, J.P. Morgan Europe Limited Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 3 Lochside View, Edinburgh EH12 9DH, All other enquiries: United Kingdom Telephone: + 44 207 743 3300, Fax: + 44 207 743 1143. Registered Office 49, avenue J.F.Kennedy, Email: [email protected] L-1855 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Current Prospectus The Company’s Prospectus and the relevant KIID along with copies of the Application Form may be obtained from the Investor Service Centre, the Management Company or any of the Representatives or Distributors. Copies of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, the Annual report and audited financial statements and Interim report and unaudited financial statements may also be obtained free of charge from any of these offices and from the Paying Agents. All these documents are also available from www.blackrockinternational.com. Representatives The representative in Denmark is BlackRock Copenhagen Branch, subsidiary of BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, United Kingdom, Harbour House, Sundkrogsgade 21, Copenhagen, DK 2100, Denmark. The representative in South Africa is BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited (South African Branch), Regus Convention Towers, Crn. Of Heerngracht and Coen Steyter Street, Cape Town 8001, South Africa. The representative in Switzerland is BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG, Bahnhofstrasse 39, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland. Portfolio of Investments Equities are primarily classified by the country of incorporation of the entity in which the Fund (each a “Fund”, together the “Funds”) holds shares. Corporate and government fixed and variable income securities are primarily classified by the country of incorporation of the issuer. Collective Investment Schemes (“CIS”) and Exchange Traded Funds (“ETF”) are primarily classified by the country of domicile of the CIS or ETF. Purchases and Sales A detailed list of investments purchased and sold for any Fund during the period is available upon request, free of charge, from the Registered Office, or the offices of the Representatives as mentioned above. Authorised Status The Company is an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities (“UCITS”) under the Part I of Luxembourg Law of 17 December 2010, as amended. Regulatory consents have been obtained or appropriate notifications have been made for the distribution of shares of all the Company’s Funds in the umbrella in the following countries: Austria, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. The Company is duly registered with the Comisión Nacional de Mercado de Valores in Spain under number 1239. Interim report and unaudited financial statements [3] Chairman’s Letter to Shareholders September 2020 Dear Shareholder, I am writing to update you on the activities of BlackRock Global Index Funds (the “Company” or “BGIF”) over the six month period ended 30 September 2020. The BGIF range comprised 10 funds (each a “Fund”, together the “Funds”) as at 30 September 2020. The Funds’ performance is covered in more detail in the separate Investment Adviser’s Report. The six months since March 2020 have been an extraordinary period for economies and markets. Although stock markets have largely recovered, the period has been dominated by the outbreak of an infectious respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus known as COVID-19, which was first detected in China in December 2019 and has now developed into a global pandemic. COVID-19 has resulted in travel restrictions, closed international borders, enhanced health screenings at ports of entry and elsewhere, disruption of and delays in healthcare service preparation and delivery, prolonged quarantines, cancellations, supply chain disruptions, and lower consumer demand, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of COVID-19 has adversely affected the economies of many nations, individual issuers and capital markets, and could continue to extents that cannot necessarily be foreseen. In addition, the impact of infectious illnesses in emerging market countries may be greater due to generally less established healthcare systems. Public health crises caused by COVID-19 outbreak may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks in certain countries or globally. The duration of the COVID-19 outbreak and its full impact cannot be determined with certainty. Early hopes that lockdown measures might curb the spread of the virus and, once unlocked, economies would enjoy a rapid resurgence were dashed as a second surge of the virus took hold in Europe. Governments were forced to reimpose lockdown measures in some cases with the resulting hit for economic growth.