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Form N-CSRS Global X Funds For: Apr 30

July 7, 2022 3:07 PM EDT



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 811-22209

Global X Funds
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
________


605 Third Avenue, 43rd floor
New York, NY 10158
 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Luis Berruga
Global X Management Company LLC
605 Third Avenue, 43rd floor
New York, NY 10158
 (Name and address of agent for service)

With a copy to:

Global X Management Company LLC
605 Third Avenue, 43rd floor
New York, NY 10158
 
Eric S. Purple, Esq.
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
2000 K Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006-1871



Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 644-6440

Date of fiscal year end: October 31, 2022

Date of reporting period: April 30, 2022







Item 1.    Reports to Stockholders.

A copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”) (17 CFR § 270.30e-1), is attached hereto.






Global X Silver Miners ETF (ticker: SIL)
Global X Gold Explorers ETF (ticker: GOEX)
Global X Copper Miners ETF (ticker: COPX)
Global X Uranium ETF (ticker: URA)





Semi-Annual Report
April 30, 2022




As permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Funds’ (defined below) shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank). Instead, shareholder reports will be available on the Funds’ website (www. globalxetfs.com/explore), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.
If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Funds electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary.
You may elect to receive all future Fund shareholder reports in paper free of charge. Please contact your financial intermediary to inform them that you wish to continue receiving paper copies of Fund shareholder reports and for details about whether your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held with your financial intermediary.




Table of Contents
 


Schedules of Investments
 
Global X Silver Miners ETF
1
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
5
Global X Copper Miners ETF
10
Global X Uranium ETF
15
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
20
Statements of Operations
22
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
24
Financial Highlights
27
Notes to Financial Statements
31
Disclosure of Fund Expenses
47
Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement
49
Supplemental Information
54





Shares are bought and sold at market price (not net asset value (“NAV”)) and are not individually redeemed from a Fund. Shares may only be redeemed directly from a Fund by Authorized Participants, in very large creation/redemption units. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.
The Funds file their complete schedules of Fund holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or “Commission”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Forms N-PORT are available on the Commission’s website at https://www.sec.gov, and may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
A description of the policies and procedures that Global X Funds uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to Fund securities, as well as information relating to how the Funds voted proxies relating to Fund securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-888-493-8631; and (ii) on the Commission’s website at https://www.sec.gov.






Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Silver Miners ETF
 




   
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCK — 99.7%
           
AUSTRALIA — 1.1%
           
Materials — 1.1%
           
Azure Minerals * (A) 
   
6,326,575
   
$
1,483,676
 
Kingsgate Consolidated * (A) 
   
5,029,048
     
5,128,546
 
Silver Mines * (A) 
   
29,503,878
     
5,032,072
 
                 
TOTAL AUSTRALIA 
           
11,644,294
 
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA — 1.2%
               
Materials — 1.2%
               
Adriatic Metals, Cl CDI * (A) 
   
7,048,936
     
12,673,618
 
                 
BRAZIL — 23.5%
               
Materials — 23.5%
               
Wheaton Precious Metals 
   
5,384,544
     
241,550,644
 
                 
CANADA — 45.1%
               
Materials — 45.1%
               
AbraSilver Resource * (A) 
   
9,401,890
     
3,310,395
 
Aftermath Silver * (A) 
   
1,615,380
     
347,584
 
Alexco Resource * (A) 
   
4,093,178
     
4,461,564
 
Almaden Minerals * 
   
2,756,280
     
816,410
 
Americas Gold & Silver * (A) 
   
4,555,708
     
4,063,618
 
Aurcana Silver * 
   
4,165,024
     
635,484
 
Aya Gold & Silver * (A) 
   
2,438,431
     
15,339,764
 
Bear Creek Mining * 
   
2,907,274
     
2,706,980
 
Blackrock Silver * 
   
1,772,900
     
1,567,526
 




The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
1


Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Silver Miners ETF
 



   
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCK — continued
               
Materials — continued
               
Discovery Silver * (A) 
   
6,293,567
   
$
7,485,014
 
Endeavour Silver * (A) 
   
4,750,075
     
18,002,784
 
First Majestic Silver (A) 
   
4,091,037
     
42,477,259
 
Fortuna Silver Mines * (A) 
   
7,691,886
     
27,022,862
 
GoGold Resources * (A) 
   
7,286,489
     
14,424,175
 
Great Panther Mining * (A) 
   
11,265,896
     
2,365,838
 
IMPACT Silver * (A) 
   
1,529,484
     
496,644
 
MAG Silver * 
   
2,325,913
     
34,468,755
 
McEwen Mining * (A) 
   
10,279,878
     
6,889,574
 
New Pacific Metals * (A) 
   
2,180,589
     
6,978,294
 
Pan American Silver 
   
4,676,952
     
115,848,101
 
Prime Mining * (A) 
   
2,193,784
     
5,201,021
 
Silvercorp Metals (A) 
   
4,511,182
     
13,695,385
 
SilverCrest Metals * 
   
3,721,214
     
28,213,735
 
SSR Mining 
   
4,690,182
     
103,230,906
 
Vizsla Silver * 
   
2,484,922
     
4,005,273
 
                 
TOTAL CANADA 
           
464,054,945
 
MEXICO — 8.2%
               
Materials — 8.2%
               
Fresnillo 
   
4,927,469
     
47,969,359
 
Industrias Penoles 
   
3,312,388
     
36,471,407
 
                 
TOTAL MEXICO 
           
84,440,766
 
PERU — 7.4%
               
Materials — 7.4%
               
Cia de Minas Buenaventura SAA ADR
   
5,314,015
     
50,164,302
 
Hochschild Mining 
   
8,382,407
     
12,418,381
 
Volcan Cia Minera SAA * 
   
61,970,994
     
13,878,920
 
TOTAL PERU 
           
76,461,603
 





The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
2


Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Silver Miners ETF
 



   
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCK — continued
               
RUSSIA — 0.5%
               
Materials — 0.5%
               
Polymetal International 
   
1,638,816
   
$
5,104,711
 
                 
SOUTH KOREA — 5.2%
               
Materials — 5.2%
               
Korea Zinc 
   
117,360
     
53,821,146
 
                 
UNITED KINGDOM — 0.1%
               
Materials — 0.1%
               
Aclara Resources * (A) 
   
1,602,672
     
739,859
 
                 
UNITED STATES — 7.4%
               
Materials — 7.4%
               
Coeur Mining * 
   
6,770,927
     
24,578,465
 
Gatos Silver * 
   
1,195,355
     
4,040,300
 
Gold Resource 
   
2,254,761
     
4,126,213
 
Golden Minerals * (A) 
   
2,748,285
     
1,113,055
 
Hecla Mining 
   
8,136,409
     
42,390,691
 
                 
TOTAL UNITED STATES 
           
76,248,724
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
               
(Cost $1,121,672,283) 
           
1,026,740,310
 
                 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT(B)(C) — 3.1%
               
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Cl Institutional, 0.160%
               
(Cost $31,572,426)  
   
31,572,426
     
31,572,426
 





The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
3


Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Silver Miners ETF
 



   
Face Amount
   
Value
 
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT(B) — 2.2%
               
BNP Paribas
               
0.240%, dated 04/29/2022, to be repurchased on 05/02/2022, repurchase price $22,628,757 (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury Obligations, ranging in par value $1,802,088 - $2,423,032, 0.250%, 09/30/2025, with a total market value of $23,066,725)
               
(Cost $22,628,304)  
 
$
22,628,304
   
$
22,628,304
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 105.0%
               
(Cost $1,175,873,013) 
         
$
1,080,941,040
 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $1,029,231,495.

*
Non-income producing security.
(A)
This security or a partial position of this security is on loan at April 30, 2022.  The total value of securities on loan at April 30, 2022 was $46,662,041.
(B)
Security was purchased with cash collateral held from securities on loan. The total value of such securities as of April 30, 2022 was $54,200,730.
(C)
The rate reported on the Schedule of Investments is the 7-day effective yield as of April 30, 2022.

ADR — American Depositary Receipt
Cl — Class

The following is a summary of the level of inputs used as of April 30, 2022, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in Securities
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Common Stock
 
$
1,026,740,310
   
$
   
$
   
$
1,026,740,310
 
Short-Term Investment
   
31,572,426
     
     
     
31,572,426
 
Repurchase Agreement
   
     
22,628,304
     
     
22,628,304
 
Total Investments in Securities
 
$
1,058,312,736
   
$
22,628,304
   
$
   
$
1,080,941,040
 

Amounts designated as “—“ are $0 or have been rounded to $0.




The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
4


Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
 



   
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCK — 100.2%
           
AUSTRALIA — 26.8%
           
Materials — 26.8%
           
Aurelia Metals * 
   
890,184
   
$
284,675
 
Bellevue Gold * 
   
780,989
     
532,810
 
Capricorn Metals * 
   
253,723
     
748,281
 
De Grey Mining * 
   
856,849
     
733,750
 
Firefinch * 
   
866,073
     
689,333
 
Gold Road Resources 
   
658,946
     
728,177
 
Mincor Resources NL * 
   
325,464
     
578,228
 
OceanaGold * 
   
556,042
     
1,392,226
 
Perseus Mining 
   
951,867
     
1,342,744
 
Ramelius Resources 
   
668,994
     
717,886
 
Red 5 * 
   
1,841,591
     
536,579
 
Regis Resources 
   
589,951
     
876,231
 
Silver Lake Resources * 
   
730,839
     
966,031
 
SolGold * 
   
898,372
     
323,707
 
St. Barbara 
   
636,754
     
604,101
 
West African Resources * 
   
746,468
     
721,451
 
Westgold Resources * 
   
362,928
     
421,691
 
                 
TOTAL AUSTRALIA 
           
12,197,901
 
BURKINA FASO — 4.2%
               
Materials — 4.2%
               
Endeavour Mining (A) 
   
77,965
     
1,917,937
 




The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
5

Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
 


   
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCK — continued
           
CANADA — 39.4%
           
Materials — 39.4%
           
Alamos Gold, Cl A 
   
232,439
   
$
1,815,063
 
B2Gold 
   
425,764
     
1,815,589
 
Dundee Precious Metals (A) 
   
152,186
     
885,931
 
Endeavour Silver * 
   
141,461
     
542,357
 
Equinox Gold * 
   
213,179
     
1,527,890
 
K92 Mining * (A) 
   
170,417
     
1,220,074
 
Karora Resources * 
   
101,521
     
524,266
 
Lundin Gold * 
   
58,468
     
473,490
 
McEwen Mining * (A) 
   
307,820
     
206,301
 
New Gold * 
   
498,371
     
729,200
 
Novagold Resources * 
   
191,174
     
1,189,102
 
Orla Mining * (A) 
   
112,251
     
478,673
 
Osisko Mining * 
   
228,463
     
723,974
 
Sabina Gold & Silver * 
   
305,290
     
315,311
 
Seabridge Gold * 
   
52,337
     
924,271
 
Skeena Resources * 
   
50,403
     
467,728
 
SSR Mining 
   
86,388
     
1,910,195
 
Torex Gold Resources * 
   
67,671
     
761,401
 
Victoria Gold * (A) 
   
24,038
     
263,317
 
Wesdome Gold Mines * 
   
111,918
     
1,148,034
 
                 
TOTAL CANADA 
           
17,922,167
 
EGYPT — 2.2%
               
Materials — 2.2%
               
Centamin 
   
879,817
     
1,011,596
 
                 
INDONESIA — 9.9%
               
Materials — 9.9%
               
Aneka Tambang 
   
6,672,067
     
1,196,618
 
Merdeka Copper Gold * 
   
8,999,326
     
3,290,090
 
                 
TOTAL INDONESIA 
           
4,486,708
 





The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
6

Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
 


   
Shares/Number
of Rights
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCK — continued
               
KYRGYZSTAN — 3.6%
               
Financials — 3.6%
               
Centerra Gold 
   
174,254
   
$
1,621,126
 
                 
PERU — 0.8%
               
Materials — 0.8%
               
Hochschild Mining 
   
250,086
     
370,498
 
                 
TURKEY — 4.0%
               
Materials — 4.0%
               
Eldorado Gold * 
   
144,349
     
1,409,550
 
Koza Altin Isletmeleri * 
   
36,263
     
420,334
 
                 
TOTAL TURKEY 
           
1,829,884
 
UNITED KINGDOM — 1.9%
               
Materials — 1.9%
               
Greatland Gold * 
   
3,054,799
     
510,092
 
Pan African Resources 
   
1,270,801
     
348,613
 
                 
TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM 
           
858,705
 
UNITED STATES — 7.4%
               
Materials — 7.4%
               
Argonaut Gold * 
   
256,251
     
431,078
 
Coeur Mining * 
   
202,040
     
733,405
 
Hecla Mining 
   
421,231
     
2,194,614
 
                 
TOTAL UNITED STATES 
           
3,359,097
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
               
(Cost $44,155,180) 
           
45,575,619
 
                 
RIGHTS — 0.0%
               
Canada — 0.0%
               
Great Bear Resources# *(B)(C)(D)
   
46,614
     
 
TOTAL RIGHTS (Cost $—) 
           
 




The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
7

Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
 


   
Shares/Face
Amount
   
Value
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT(E)(F) — 3.1%
               
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Cl Institutional, 0.160%
               
(Cost $1,419,802)  
   
1,419,802
   
$
1,419,802
 
                 
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT(E) — 2.2%
               
BNP Paribas
               
0.240%, dated 04/29/2022, to be repurchased on 05/02/2022, repurchase price $1,018,077 (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury Obligations, ranging in par value $81,077 - $109,013, 0.250%, 09/30/2025, with a total market value of $1,037,780)
               
(Cost $1,018,057)  
 
$
1,018,057
     
1,018,057
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 105.5%
               
(Cost $46,593,039) 
         
$
48,013,478
 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $45,495,141.

*
Non-income producing security.
#
Expiration unavailable.
(A)
This security or a partial position of this security is on loan at April 30, 2022.  The total value of securities on loan at April 30, 2022 was $2,351,750.
(B)
Level 3 security in accordance with fair value hierarchy.
(C)
Security considered illiquid. The total value of such securities as of April 30, 2022 was $– and represented 0.0% of Net Assets.
(D)
Security is fair valued using methods determined in good faith by the Fair Value Committee of the Fund. The total value of such securities as of April 30, 2022, was $– and represents 0.0% of Net Assets.
(E)
Security was purchased with cash collateral held from securities on loan. The total value of such securities as of April 30, 2022 was $2,437,859.
(F)
The rate reported on the Schedule of Investments is the 7-day effective yield as of April 30, 2022.

Cl — Class



The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
8


Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
 


The following is a summary of the level of inputs used as of April 30, 2022, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:

Investments in Securities
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3(1)
   
Total
 
Common Stock
 
$
41,088,911
   
$
4,486,708
   
$
   
$
45,575,619
 
Rights
   
     
   
^
     
 
Short-Term Investment
   
1,419,802
     
     
     
1,419,802
 
Repurchase Agreement
   
     
1,018,057
     
     
1,018,057
 
Total Investments in Securities
 
$
42,508,713
   
$
5,504,765
   
$
   
$
48,013,478
 

(1)
A reconciliation of Level 3 investments and disclosures of significant unobservable inputs are presented when the Fund has a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets. Management has concluded that Level 3 investments are not material in relation to net assets.

^ Security is fair valued at zero.

Amounts designated as “—“ are $0 or have been rounded to $0.





The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
9


Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Copper Miners ETF
 



 
Shares
 
Value
 
COMMON STOCK — 99.7%
       
AUSTRALIA — 17.9%
       
Materials — 17.9%
       
29Metals * 
   
9,863,164
   
$
18,995,121
 
Aeris Resources * (A)(B)(C) 
   
33,447,026
     
2,712,062
 
BHP Group 
   
2,578,595
     
87,977,448
 
Glencore 
   
14,604,253
     
91,182,612
 
OZ Minerals 
   
5,043,874
     
89,610,883
 
Sandfire Resources 
   
8,106,449
     
32,894,499
 
SolGold * (B) 
   
23,231,748
     
8,371,013
 
                 
                 
TOTAL AUSTRALIA 
           
331,743,638
 
BRAZIL — 1.2%
               
Materials — 1.2%
               
ERO Copper * 
   
1,565,856
     
22,629,287
 
                 
                 
CANADA — 17.3%
               
Materials — 17.3%
               
Altius Minerals 
   
788,281
     
13,223,853
 
Capstone Copper * 
   
8,894,742
     
40,713,775
 
Copper Mountain Mining * (B) 
   
3,306,757
     
7,425,682
 
Filo Mining * 
   
1,573,694
     
24,724,992
 
HudBay Minerals 
   
5,362,761
     
34,533,487
 
Ivanhoe Mines, Cl A * 
   
10,502,492
     
84,641,186
 
Northern Dynasty Minerals * (B)
   
8,884,293
     
3,153,924
 
Solaris Resources * (B) 
   
892,837
     
8,976,922
 





The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
10

Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Copper Miners ETF
 


 
Shares
 
Value
 
COMMON STOCK — continued
               
Materials — continued
               
Taseko Mines * 
   
5,616,366
   
$
10,839,586
 
Teck Resources, Cl B 
   
2,325,172
     
92,202,744
 
                 
                 
TOTAL CANADA 
           
320,436,151
 
CHILE — 9.5%
               
Materials — 9.5%
               
Antofagasta 
   
4,589,205
     
89,364,180
 
Lundin Mining 
   
9,317,118
     
85,512,926
 
                 
                 
TOTAL CHILE 
           
174,877,106
 
CHINA — 10.9%
               
Materials — 10.9%
               
China Gold International Resources * (B)
   
4,878,100
     
18,496,138
 
China Nonferrous Mining 
   
23,301,600
     
12,057,442
 
Jiangxi Copper, Cl H 
   
22,266,001
     
35,529,570
 
Jinchuan Group International Resources
   
197,410,200
     
25,663,339
 
MMG * 
   
57,299,700
     
24,756,853
 
Zijin Mining Group, Cl H 
   
56,840,660
     
84,759,496
 
                 
                 
TOTAL CHINA 
           
201,262,838
 
CYPRUS — 0.4%
               
Materials — 0.4%
               
Atalaya Mining (B) 
   
1,547,629
     
7,334,965
 
                 
                 
GERMANY — 3.9%
               
Materials — 3.9%
               
Aurubis 
   
622,946
     
71,731,025
 
                 
                 
JAPAN — 7.1%
               
Materials — 7.1%
               
Mitsubishi Materials 
   
2,468,862
     
38,740,325
 
Nittetsu Mining 
   
110,088
     
5,506,099
 
Sumitomo Metal Mining 
   
1,995,927
     
87,364,171
 
                 
                 
TOTAL JAPAN 
           
131,610,595
 





The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
11

Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Copper Miners ETF
 


 
Shares
 
Value
 
COMMON STOCK — continued
               
MEXICO — 4.7%
               
Materials — 4.7%
               
Grupo Mexico, Cl B 
   
18,642,650
   
$
87,255,111
 
                 
                 
MONGOLIA — 3.0%
               
Materials — 3.0%
               
Turquoise Hill Resources * 
   
2,036,867
     
55,484,257
 
                 
                 
PERU — 4.6%
               
Materials — 4.6%
               
Southern Copper 
   
1,374,577
     
85,594,910
 
                 
                 
POLAND — 4.5%
               
Materials — 4.5%
               
KGHM Polska Miedz 
   
2,525,032
     
82,477,778
 
                 
                 
SWEDEN — 4.5%
               
Materials — 4.5%
               
Boliden (B) 
   
1,901,745
     
83,733,599
 
                 
                 
TURKEY — 0.3%
               
Industrials — 0.3%
               
Sarkuysan Elektrolitik Bakir 
   
4,649,028
     
5,917,684
 
                 
                 
UNITED KINGDOM — 0.6%
               
Materials — 0.6%
               
Central Asia Metals 
   
3,506,944
     
11,799,887
 
                 
                 
UNITED STATES — 4.5%
               
Materials — 4.5%
               
Freeport-McMoRan 
   
2,040,367
     
82,736,881
 
                 
                 
ZAMBIA — 4.8%
               
Materials — 4.8%
               
First Quantum Minerals 
   
3,087,477
     
88,972,872
 
                 
                 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
               
(Cost $1,761,152,961) 
           
1,845,598,584
 





The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
12

Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Copper Miners ETF
 


 
Shares/Face
Amount
 
Value
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT(D)(E) — 2.7%
               
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Cl Institutional, 0.160%
               
(Cost $50,358,540)  
   
50,358,540
   
$
50,358,540
 
                 
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT(D) — 1.9%
               
BNP Paribas
               
0.240%, dated 04/29/2022, to be repurchased on 05/02/2022, repurchase price $36,109,863 (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury Obligations, ranging in par value $2,875,683 - $3,866,556, 0.250%, 09/30/2025, with a total market value of $36,808,751)
               
(Cost $36,109,141)  
 
$
36,109,141
     
36,109,141
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 104.3%
               
(Cost $1,847,620,642) 
         
$
1,932,066,265
 


Percentages are based on Net Assets of $1,852,396,256.
*
Non-income producing security.
(A)
Security is fair valued using methods determined in good faith by the Fair Value Committee of the Fund. The total value of such securities as of April 30, 2022, was $2,712,062 and represents 0.1% of Net Assets.
(B)
This security or a partial position of this security is on loan at April 30, 2022.  The total value of securities on loan at April 30, 2022 was $79,725,876.
(C)
Level 3 security in accordance with fair value hierarchy.
(D)
Security was purchased with cash collateral held from securities on loan. The total value of such securities as of April 30, 2022 was $86,467,681.
(E)
The rate reported on the Schedule of Investments is the 7-day effective yield as of April 30, 2022.

Cl — Class



The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
13

Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Copper Miners ETF
 


The following is a summary of the level of inputs used as of April 30, 2022, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:

Investments in Securities
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3(1)
   
Total
 
Common Stock
 
$
1,711,275,927
   
$
131,610,595
   
$
2,712,062
   
$
1,845,598,584
 
Short-Term Investment
   
50,358,540
     
     
     
50,358,540
 
Repurchase Agreement
   
     
36,109,141
     
     
36,109,141
 
Total Investments in Securities
 
$
1,761,634,467
   
$
167,719,736
   
$
2,712,062
   
$
1,932,066,265
 

(1)
A reconciliation of Level 3 investments and disclosures of significant unobservable inputs are presented when the Fund has a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets. Management has concluded that Level 3 investments are not material in relation to net assets.

Amounts designated as “—“ are $0 or have been rounded to $0.



The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
14

Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Uranium ETF
 



   
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCK — 93.3%
           
AUSTRALIA — 15.2%
           
Energy — 9.0%
           
A-Capital Energy * (A) 
   
48,302,303
   
$
4,462,392
 
Alligator Energy * (A) 
   
143,253,652
     
8,551,484
 
Aura Energy * (A) 
   
13,266,814
     
2,498,440
 
Bannerman Energy * (A) 
   
61,857,745
     
10,550,228
 
Berkeley Energia * (A) 
   
21,894,742
     
6,756,139
 
Boss Energy * (A) 
   
12,690,222
     
24,259,287
 
Deep Yellow * (A) 
   
17,943,309
     
12,050,106
 
Elevate Uranium * (A) 
   
11,920,213
     
5,336,802
 
Paladin Energy * 
   
130,843,492
     
76,246,954
 
Peninsula Energy * (A) 
   
49,548,419
     
8,274,737
 
Vimy Resources * (A) 
   
48,285,522
     
8,406,971
 
             
167,393,540
 
                 
                 
Financials — 1.9%
               
Macquarie Group 
   
241,318
     
35,495,608
 
                 
                 
Materials — 4.3%
               
BHP Group (A) 
   
1,068,482
     
36,454,860
 





The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
15

Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Uranium ETF
 


   
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCK — continued
           
Materials — continued
           
Lotus Resources * (A) 
   
33,214,573
   
$
8,143,372
 
Rio Tinto 
   
488,926
     
35,025,885
 
             
79,624,117
 
                 
                 
TOTAL AUSTRALIA 
           
282,513,265
 
CANADA — 41.4%
               
Energy — 37.6%
               
Cameco (A) 
   
17,902,402
     
464,631,802
 
Denison Mines * (A) 
   
43,449,714
     
56,434,823
 
Fission Uranium * (A) 
   
29,573,839
     
20,131,638
 
Forsys Metals * (A) 
   
6,163,214
     
3,182,756
 
GoviEx Uranium, Cl A * (A) 
   
23,322,865
     
6,660,808
 
IsoEnergy * (A) 
   
2,735,666
     
8,690,430
 
Laramide Resources * (A) 
   
8,823,956
     
4,349,667
 
Mega Uranium * 
   
16,673,007
     
4,305,068
 
NexGen Energy * 
   
21,075,473
     
104,383,822
 
Skyharbour Resources * 
   
6,580,704
     
2,574,510
 
UEX * (A) 
   
26,192,877
     
6,968,098
 
Uranium Royalty * (A) 
   
3,992,767
     
13,277,461
 
Western Uranium & Vanadium * (A)
   
1,669,507
     
2,272,949
 
             
697,863,832
 
                 
                 
Industrials — 1.7%
               
Aecon Group 
   
2,647,935
     
31,015,678
 
                 
                 
Materials — 2.1%
               
Encore Energy * (A) 
   
14,354,730
     
15,836,758
 
Global Atomic * (A) 
   
8,124,579
     
23,012,383
 
             
38,849,141
 
                 
                 
TOTAL CANADA 
           
767,728,651
 
CHINA — 2.4%
               
Energy — 0.5%
               
CGN Mining * 
   
99,742,900
     
9,915,622
 
                 
                 





The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
16

Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Uranium ETF
 


   
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCK — continued
           
Utilities — 1.9%
           
CGN Power, Cl H 
   
122,767,786
   
$
34,736,079
 
                 
                 
TOTAL CHINA 
           
44,651,701
 
JAPAN — 6.3%
               
Industrials — 6.3%
               
ITOCHU 
   
1,163,388
     
35,307,515
 
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 
   
1,282,523
     
43,902,358
 
Sumitomo 
   
2,348,382
     
37,366,390
 
                 
                 
TOTAL JAPAN 
           
116,576,263
 
KAZAKHSTAN — 5.5%
               
Energy — 5.5%
               
NAC Kazatomprom JSC GDR 
   
3,504,461
     
101,839,637
 
                 
                 
SOUTH AFRICA — 1.9%
               
Materials — 1.9%
               
Sibanye Stillwater 
   
9,757,967
     
34,420,105
 
                 
                 
SOUTH KOREA — 9.5%
               
Industrials — 9.5%
               
Daewoo Engineering & Construction *
   
7,233,303
     
38,988,424
 
Doosan Enerbility * 
   
2,139,538
     
35,091,149
 
GS Engineering & Construction
   
1,002,627
     
33,567,249
 
Hyundai Engineering & Construction
   
961,395
     
34,100,436
 
Samsung C&T 
   
369,143
     
33,945,873
 
                 
                 
TOTAL SOUTH KOREA 
           
175,693,131
 
UNITED KINGDOM — 2.7%
               
Industrials — 2.7%
               
Yellow Cake * 
   
9,986,147
     
49,723,866
 
                 
                 
UNITED STATES — 8.4%
               
Energy — 8.4%
               
Centrus Energy, Cl A * 
   
597,417
     
16,584,296
 
Energy Fuels * (A) 
   
8,287,027
     
62,766,262
 





The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
17

Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Uranium ETF
 


   
Shares/Face
Amount
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCK — continued
           
Energy — continued
           
Uranium Energy * (A) 
   
14,220,596
   
$
60,437,533
 
Ur-Energy * 
   
11,195,617
     
15,449,952
 
                 
                 
TOTAL UNITED STATES 
           
155,238,043
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
               
(Cost $1,572,927,662) 
           
1,728,384,662
 
                 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUND — 6.7%
               
Sprott Physical Uranium Trust * (A)
               
(Cost $111,212,679)  
   
9,414,235
     
124,486,969
 
                 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT(B)(C) — 5.4%
               
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Cl Institutional, 0.160%
               
(Cost $100,846,010)  
   
100,846,010
     
100,846,010
 
                 
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT(B) — 3.9%
               
BNP Paribas
               
0.240%, dated 04/29/2022, to be repurchased on 05/02/2022, repurchase price $72,427,222 (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury Obligations, ranging in par value $5,767,891 - $7,755,329, 0.250%, 09/30/2025, with a total market value of $73,829,005)
               
(Cost $72,425,773)  
 
$
72,425,773
     
72,425,773
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 109.3%
               
(Cost $1,857,412,124) 
         
$
2,026,143,414
 


Percentages are based on Net Assets of $1,854,014,716.





The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
18

Schedule of Investments
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Global X Uranium ETF
 


*
Non-income producing security.
(A)
This security or a partial position of this security is on loan at April 30, 2022.  The total value of securities on loan at April 30, 2022 was $157,349,267.
(B)
Security was purchased with cash collateral held from securities on loan. The total value of such securities as of April 30, 2022 was $173,271,783.
(C)
The rate reported on the Schedule of Investments is the 7-day effective yield as of April 30, 2022.

Cl — Class
GDR — Global Depositary Receipt
JSC — Joint Stock Company

The following is a summary of the level of inputs used as of April 30, 2022, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:

Investments in Securities
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Common Stock
 
$
1,611,808,399
   
$
116,576,263
   
$
   
$
1,728,384,662
 
Exchange Traded Fund
   
124,486,969
     
     
     
124,486,969
 
Short-Term Investment
   
100,846,010
     
     
     
100,846,010
 
Repurchase Agreement
   
     
72,425,773
     
     
72,425,773
 
Total Investments in Securities
 
$
1,837,141,378
   
$
189,002,036
   
$
   
$
2,026,143,414
 

Amounts designated as “—“ are $0 or have been rounded to $0.





The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
19


 
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
 
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 


   
Global X Silver
Miners ETF
   
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
   
Global X Copper Miners ETF
 
Assets:
                 
Cost of Investments
 
$
1,153,244,709
   
$
45,574,982
   
$
1,811,511,501
 
Cost of Repurchase Agreement
   
22,628,304
     
1,018,057
     
36,109,141
 
Cost of Foreign Currency
   
2,606
     
1,132
     
59,280
 
Investments, at Value
 
$
1,058,312,736
*
 
$
46,995,421
*
 
$
1,895,957,124
*
Repurchase Agreement, at Value
   
22,628,304
     
1,018,057
     
36,109,141
 
Cash
   
1,519,194
     
     
1,813,958
 
Foreign Currency, at Value
   
2,606
     
1,153
     
58,413
 
Receivable for Investment Securities Sold
   
86,046,060
     
4,168,166
     
98,032,024
 
Dividend, Interest, and Securities Lending Income Receivable
   
1,540,673
     
7,508
     
12,270,909
 
Unrealized Appreciation on Spot Contracts
   
     
681
     
 
Receivable for Capital Shares Sold
   
     
     
8,085,860
 
Reclaim Receivable
   
6,247
     
     
470,498
 
Total Assets
   
1,170,055,820
     
52,190,986
     
2,052,797,927
 
Liabilities:
                       
Obligation to Return Securities Lending Collateral
   
54,200,730
     
2,437,859
     
86,467,681
 
Payable for Investment Securities Purchased
   
84,672,782
     
4,208,426
     
112,786,668
 
Payable for Capital Shares Redeemed
   
1,334,728
     
     
 
Payable due to Investment Adviser
   
603,809
     
26,404
     
1,056,078
 
Unrealized Depreciation on Spot Contracts
   
11,890
     
     
87,003
 
Custodian Fees Payable
   
386
     
6
     
4,241
 
Cash Overdraft
   
     
23,150
     
 
Total Liabilities
   
140,824,325
     
6,695,845
     
200,401,671
 
Net Assets
 
$
1,029,231,495
   
$
45,495,141
   
$
1,852,396,256
 
Net Assets Consist of:
                       
Paid-in Capital
 
$
1,616,998,325
   
$
109,619,051
   
$
1,763,185,813
 
Total Distributable Earnings/(Loss)
   
(587,766,830
)
   
(64,123,910
)
   
89,210,443
 
Net Assets
 
$
1,029,231,495
   
$
45,495,141
   
$
1,852,396,256
 
Outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest
                       
(unlimited authorization — no par value)
   
31,117,318
     
1,482,054
     
45,819,374
 
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share
 
$
33.08
   
$
30.70
   
$
40.43
 
*Includes Market Value of Securities on Loan
 
$
46,662,041
   
$
2,351,750
   
$
79,725,876
 






The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
20

 
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
 
 
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 


   
Global X Uranium
ETF
 
Assets:
     
Cost of Investments
 
$
1,784,986,351
 
Cost of Repurchase Agreement
   
72,425,773
 
Cost of Foreign Currency
   
656,749
 
Investments, at Value
 
$
1,953,717,641
*
Repurchase Agreement, at Value
   
72,425,773
 
Foreign Currency, at Value
   
614,998
 
Dividend, Interest, and Securities Lending Income Receivable
   
2,087,831
 
Total Assets
   
2,028,846,243
 
Liabilities:
       
Obligation to Return Securities Lending Collateral
   
173,271,783
 
Payable due to Investment Adviser
   
1,150,564
 
Cash Overdraft
   
404,802
 
Custodian Fees Payable
   
4,378
 
Total Liabilities
   
174,831,527
 
Net Assets
 
$
1,854,014,716
 
Net Assets Consist of:
       
Paid-in Capital
 
$
2,275,947,557
 
Total Distributable Loss
   
(421,932,841
)
Net Assets
 
$
1,854,014,716
 
Outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest
       
(unlimited authorization — no par value)
   
78,921,666
 
Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share
 
$
23.49
 
*Includes Market Value of Securities on Loan
 
$
157,349,267
 





The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statements of Operations
 
 
For the period ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 


   
Global X Silver
Miners ETF
   
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
   
Global X Copper Miners ETF
 
Investment Income:
                 
Dividend Income
 
$
8,384,933
   
$
202,233
   
$
28,862,988
 
Interest Income
   
19
     
     
 
Security Lending Income
   
662,663
     
40,962
     
187,902
 
Less: Foreign Taxes Withheld
   
(945,865
)
   
(15,495
)
   
(2,040,719
)
Total Investment Income
   
8,101,750
     
227,700
     
27,010,171
 
Supervision and Administration Fees(1)
   
3,449,589
     
158,116
     
5,295,061
 
Custodian Fees(2)
   
5,477
     
2,301
     
6,117
 
Total Expenses
   
3,455,066
     
160,417
     
5,301,178
 
Net Investment Income
   
4,646,684
     
67,283
     
21,708,993
 
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:
                       
Investments(3)
   
(102,584,810
)
   
1,734,040
     
34,642,349
 
Foreign Currency Transactions
   
(145,237
)
   
17,033
     
159,408
 
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Foreign Currency Transactions
   
(102,730,047
)
   
1,751,073
     
34,801,757
 
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:
                       
Investments
   
(66,222,229
)
   
513,744
     
119,518,721
 
Foreign Currency Translations
   
(27,493
)
   
312
     
(346,696
)
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments, Foreign Currency Translations
   
(66,249,722
)
   
514,056
     
119,172,025
 
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Foreign Currency Translations
   
(168,979,769
)
   
2,265,129
     
153,973,782
 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
 
$
(164,333,085
)
 
$
2,332,412
   
$
175,682,775
 

(1)
The Supervision and Administration fees reflect the supervisory and administrative fee, which includes fees paid by the Funds for the investment advisory services provided by the Adviser. (See Note 3 in Notes to Financial Statements.)  
(2)
See Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.
(3)
Includes realized gains (losses) as a result of in-kind redemptions. (See Note 4 in Notes to Financial Statements.)





The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statements of Operations
 
 
For the period ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 


   
Global X
Uranium ETF
 
Investment Income:
     
Dividend Income
 
$
9,553,955
 
Interest Income
   
72
 
Security Lending Income
   
1,505,796
 
Less: Foreign Taxes Withheld
   
(1,016,683
)
Total Investment Income
   
10,043,140
 
Supervision and Administration Fees(1)
   
5,058,712
 
Custodian Fees(2)
   
7,070
 
Total Expenses
   
5,065,782
 
Net Investment Income
   
4,977,358
 
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:
       
Investments(3)
   
(62,045,795
)
Foreign Currency Transactions
   
60,764
 
Net Realized Loss on Investments, Foreign Currency Transactions
   
(61,985,031
)
Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation on:
       
Investments
   
(103,577,594
)
Foreign Currency Translations
   
(139,337
)
Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation on Investments, Foreign Currency Translations
   
(103,716,931
)
Net Realized and Unrealized Loss on Investments, Foreign Currency Translations
   
(165,701,962
)
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
 
$
(160,724,604
)

(1)
The Supervision and Administration fees reflect the supervisory and administrative fee, which includes fees paid by the Funds for the investment advisory services provided by the Adviser. (See Note 3 in Notes to Financial Statements.)  
(2)
See Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements.
(3)
Includes realized gains (losses) as a result of in-kind redemptions. (See Note 4 in Notes to Financial Statements.)






The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
23

 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
     


   
Global X Silver Miners ETF
   
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
 
   
Period Ended April 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
   
Year Ended October 31, 2021
   
Period Ended April 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
   
Year Ended October 31, 2021
 
Operations:
                       
Net Investment Income
 
$
4,646,684
   
$
11,414,236
   
$
67,283
   
$
341,661
 
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Foreign Currency Transactions (1)
   
(102,730,047
)
   
79,366,405
     
1,751,073
     
6,719,405
 
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments, Foreign Currency Translations
   
(66,249,722
)
   
(219,907,736
)
   
514,056
     
(12,421,306
)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
   
(164,333,085
)
   
(129,127,095
)
   
2,332,412
     
(5,360,240
)
Distributions
   
(11,576,306
)
   
(24,128,587
)
   
(894,643
)
   
(1,872,117
)
Capital Share Transactions:
                               
Issued
   
142,228,516
     
521,822,116
     
     
13,363,058
 
Reinvestment of Distributions
   
38,024
     
     
     
 
Redeemed
   
(37,316,993
)
   
(253,367,779
)
   
(5,664,979
)
   
(17,078,187
)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions
   
104,949,547
     
268,454,337
     
(5,664,979
)
   
(3,715,129
)
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
   
(70,959,844
)
   
115,198,655
     
(4,227,210
)
   
(10,947,486
)
Net Assets:
                               
Beginning of Year/Period
   
1,100,191,339
     
984,992,684
     
49,722,351
     
60,669,837
 
End of Year/Period
 
$
1,029,231,495
   
$
1,100,191,339
   
$
45,495,141
   
$
49,722,351
 
Share Transactions:
                               
Issued
   
3,790,000
     
11,290,000
     
     
380,000
 
Redeemed
   
(1,040,000
)
   
(6,220,000
)
   
(170,000
)
   
(540,000
)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions
   
2,750,000
     
5,070,000
     
(170,000
)
   
(160,000
)

(1)
Includes realized gains (losses) as a result of in-kind redemptions. (See Note 4 in Notes to Financial Statements.)




The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
24

 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
     


   
Global X Copper Miners ETF
   
Global X Uranium ETF
 
   
Period Ended April 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
   
Year Ended October 31, 2021
   
Period Ended April 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
   
Year Ended October 31, 2021
 
Operations:
                       
Net Investment Income
 
$
21,708,993
   
$
12,758,141
   
$
4,977,358
   
$
10,932,296
 
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Foreign Currency Transactions (1)
   
34,801,757
     
85,687,912
     
(61,985,031
)
   
71,128,100
 
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments, Foreign Currency Translations
   
119,172,025
     
(34,120,169
)
   
(103,716,931
)
   
283,286,817
 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
   
175,682,775
     
64,325,884
     
(160,724,604
)
   
365,347,213
 
Distributions
   
(17,491,645
)
   
(7,289,000
)
   
(67,335,340
)
   
(2,489,718
)
Capital Share Transactions:
                               
Issued
   
1,030,251,900
     
1,114,784,902
     
834,881,583
     
1,003,893,102
 
Redeemed
   
(330,055,540
)
   
(281,700,749
)
   
(68,415,718
)
   
(192,750,767
)
Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions
   
700,196,360
     
833,084,153
     
766,465,865
     
811,142,335
 
Total Increase in Net Assets
   
858,387,490
     
890,121,037
     
538,405,921
     
1,173,999,830
 
Net Assets:
                               
Beginning of Year/Period
   
994,008,766
     
103,887,729
     
1,315,608,795
     
141,608,965
 
End of Year/Period
 
$
1,852,396,256
   
$
994,008,766
   
$
1,854,014,716
   
$
1,315,608,795
 
Share Transactions:
                               
Issued
   
27,680,000
     
29,630,000
     
32,970,000
     
45,120,000
 
Redeemed
   
(8,500,000
)
   
(7,840,000
)
   
(2,710,000
)
   
(9,490,000
)
Net Increase in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions
   
19,180,000
     
21,790,000
     
30,260,000
     
35,630,000
 

(1)
Includes realized gains (losses) as a result of in-kind redemptions. (See Note 4 in Notes to Financial Statements.)




The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
 
     

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period


   
Net
Asset Value, Beginning
of Period
($)
   
Net Investment Income
($)*
   
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments
($)
   
Total from Operations
($)
   
Distribution
from Net Investment
Income ($)
   
Distribution
from Capital
Gains ($)
   
Return of
Capital ($)
 
Global X Silver Miners ETF
                                         
2022 (Unaudited)
   
38.78
     
0.16
     
(5.45
)
   
(5.29
)
   
(0.41
)
   
     
 
2021
   
42.28
     
0.41
     
(3.00
)
   
(2.59
)
   
(0.91
)
   
     
 
2020
   
30.39
     
0.33
     
12.11
     
12.44
     
(0.55
)
   
     
 
2019
   
23.20
     
0.21
     
7.38
     
7.59
     
(0.40
)
   
     
 
2018
   
31.96
     
0.32
     
(9.07
)
   
(8.75
)
   
(0.01
)
   
     
 
2017
   
40.61
     
0.20
     
(7.78
)
   
(7.58
)
   
(1.06
)
   
     
(0.01
)
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
                                                       
2022 (Unaudited)
   
30.10
     
0.04
     
1.10
     
1.14
     
(0.54
)
   
     
 
2021
   
33.48
     
0.20
     
(2.54
)
   
(2.34
)
   
(1.04
)
   
     
 
2020
   
25.39
     
0.06
     
8.47
     
8.53
     
(0.44
)
   
     
 
2019
   
18.49
     
0.04
     
6.87
     
6.91
     
(0.01
)
   
     
 
2018
   
21.46
     
0.06
     
(3.03
)
   
(2.97
)
   
     
     
 
2017
   
34.95
     
0.07
     
(5.51
)
   
(5.44
)
   
(8.05
)
   
     
 






The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
 
     





Total from
Distributions ($)
   
Net
Asset Value,
End of
Period ($)
   
Total
Return (%)**
   
Net Assets End of
Period ($)(000)
   
Ratio of Expenses
to Average Net
Assets (%)
   
Ratio of Net
Investment Income
to Average Net
Assets (%)
   
Portfolio
Turnover (%)††
 
                                       
 
(0.41
)
   
33.08
     
(13.75
)
   
1,029,231
     
0.65
   
0.88
   
11.05
 
 
(0.91
)
   
38.78
     
(6.43
)
   
1,100,191
     
0.65
     
0.96
     
15.61
 
 
(0.55
)
   
42.28
     
41.40
     
984,993
     
0.65
     
0.90
     
19.95
 
 
(0.40
)
   
30.39
     
33.08
     
525,591
     
0.66
     
0.80
     
42.16
 
 
(0.01
)
   
23.20
     
(27.40
)
   
301,515
     
0.65
     
1.10
     
25.71
 
 
(1.07
)
   
31.96
     
(18.61
)
   
378,656
     
0.65
     
0.56
     
24.46
 
                                                     
 
(0.54
)
   
30.70
     
3.91
     
45,495
     
0.65
   
0.28
   
22.85
 
 
(1.04
)
   
30.10
     
(7.36
)
   
49,722
     
0.65
     
0.61
     
18.30
 
 
(0.44
)
   
33.48
     
34.03
     
60,670
     
0.65
     
0.20
     
18.81
 
 
(0.01
)
   
25.39
     
37.40
     
43,470
     
0.65
     
0.19
     
16.35
 
 
     
18.49
     
(13.84
)
   
32,582
     
0.65
     
0.26
     
20.31
 
 
(8.05
)
   
21.46
     
(13.61
)
   
44,256
     
0.66
     
0.31
     
84.00
 

*
Per share data calculated using average shares method.
**
Total Return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. The return shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
Annualized.
††
Portfolio turnover rate is for the period indicated and periods of less than one year have not been annualized. Excludes effect of in-kind transfers.

Amounts designated as “—” are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.





The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
 
     

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period


   
Net
Asset Value, Beginning
of Period
($)
   
Net Investment Income
($)*
   
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments
($)
   
Total from Operations
($)
   
Distribution
from Net Investment
Income ($)
   
Distribution
from Capital
Gains ($)
   
Return of
Capital ($)
 
Global X Copper Miners ETF
                                         
2022 (Unaudited)
   
37.31
     
0.53
     
2.98
     
3.51
     
(0.39
)
   
     
 
2021
   
21.42
     
0.63
     
15.74
     
16.37
     
(0.48
)
   
     
 
2020
   
17.47
     
0.23
     
3.85
     
4.08
     
(0.13
)
   
     
 
2019
   
19.38
     
0.37
     
(1.58
)
   
(1.21
)
   
(0.70
)
   
     
 
2018
   
25.61
     
0.43
     
(6.23
)
   
(5.80
)
   
(0.43
)
   
     
 
2017
   
17.60
     
0.20
     
7.93
     
8.13
     
(0.12
)
   
     
 
Global X Uranium ETF
                                                       
2022 (Unaudited)
   
27.04
     
0.08
     
(2.32
)
   
(2.24
)
   
(1.31
)
   
     
 
2021
   
10.87
     
0.39
     
15.91
     
16.30
     
(0.13
)
   
     
 
2020
   
10.92
     
0.22
     
(0.03
)
   
0.19
     
(0.24
)
   
     
 
2019
   
12.08
     
0.17
     
(1.17
)
   
(1.00
)
   
(0.16
)
   
     
 
2018
   
11.88
     
0.03
     
0.48
     
0.51
     
(0.31
)
   
     
 
2017
   
12.08
     
0.16
     
0.58
     
0.74
     
(0.94
)
   
     
 






The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
29

 
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Total from
Distributions ($)
   
Net
Asset Value,
End of
Period ($)
   
Total
Return (%)**
   
Net Assets End of
Period ($)(000)
   
Ratio of Expenses to
Average Net Assets (%)
   
Ratio of Net Investment
Income to Average
Net Assets (%)
   
Portfolio
Turnover (%)††
 
                                       
 
(0.39
)
   
40.43
     
9.50
     
1,852,396
     
0.65
   
2.66
   
21.12
 
 
(0.48
)
   
37.31
     
76.80
     
994,009
     
0.65
     
1.71
     
20.13
 
 
(0.13
)
   
21.42
     
23.45
     
103,888
     
0.65
     
1.26
     
16.85
 
 
(0.70
)
   
17.47
     
(6.51
)
   
48,021
     
0.65
     
1.89
     
18.77
 
 
(0.43
)
   
19.38
     
(23.12
)
   
68,798
     
0.65
     
1.74
     
17.00
 
 
(0.12
)
   
25.61
     
46.38
     
66,567
     
0.65
     
0.89
     
43.58
 
                                                     
 
(1.31
)
   
23.49
     
(8.05
)
   
1,854,015
     
0.69
   
0.68
   
16.52
 
 
(0.13
)
   
27.04
     
150.73
     
1,315,609
     
0.69
     
1.91
     
30.01
 
 
(0.24
)
   
10.87
     
1.72
     
141,609
     
0.69
     
2.03
     
59.21
 
 
(0.16
)
   
10.92
     
(8.42
)
   
187,616
     
0.71
     
1.46
     
23.93
 
 
(0.31
)
   
12.08
     
3.79
     
308,953
     
0.72
     
0.20
     
54.06
 
 
(0.94
)
   
11.88
     
5.75
     
236,218
     
0.69
     
1.16
     
11.95
 

*
Per share data calculated using average shares method.
**
Total Return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. The return shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
Annualized.
††
Portfolio turnover rate is for the period indicated and periods of less than one year have not been annualized. Excludes effect of in-kind transfers.

Amounts designated as “—” are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.





The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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1. ORGANIZATION
The Global X Funds (the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust formed on March 6, 2008. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), as amended, as an open-end management investment company. As of April 30, 2022, the Trust had one hundred and two portfolios, ninety-four of which were operational. The financial statements herein and the related notes pertain to the Global X Silver Miners ETF, Global X Gold Explorers ETF, Global X Copper Miners ETF and Global X Uranium ETF (the “Funds”). Each Fund has elected non-diversified status.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds:
USE OF ESTIMATES — The Funds are investment companies that apply the accounting and reporting guidance issued in Topic 946 by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.
RETURN OF CAPITAL ESTIMATES — Distributions received by the Funds from underlying master limited partnership (“MLP”) and real estate investment trust (“REIT”) investments generally are comprised of income and return of capital. The Funds record investment income and return of capital based on estimates made at the time such distributions are received. Such estimates are based on historical information available from the MLPs, REITs and other industry sources. These estimates may subsequently be revised based on information received from the MLPs and REITs after their tax reporting periods are concluded.
SECURITY VALUATION — Securities listed on a securities exchange, market or automated quotation system for which quotations are readily available (except for securities traded on NASDAQ), including securities traded over the counter, are valued at the last quoted sale price on the primary exchange or market (foreign or domestic) on which they are traded (or at approximately 4:00 pm Eastern time if a security’s primary exchange is normally open at that time), or, if there is no such reported sale, at the most recent mean between the quoted bid and asked prices, which approximates fair value (absent both bid and asked prices on such exchange, the bid price may be used). For securities traded on NASDAQ, the NASDAQ official closing price will be used. If available, debt securities are priced based upon valuations provided by independent,




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2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
third-party pricing agents. Such values generally reflect the last reported sales price if the security is actively traded. The third-party pricing agents may also value debt securities at an evaluated bid price by employing methodologies that utilize actual market transactions, broker-supplied valuations, or other methodologies designed to identify the market value for such securities. Debt obligations with remaining maturities of sixty days or less will be valued at their market value. The prices for foreign securities are reported in local currency and converted to U.S. dollars using currency exchange rates as of reporting date. The exchange rates used by the Trust for valuation are captured as of the New York or London close each day. Prices for most securities held by the Funds are provided daily by recognized independent pricing agents. If a security price cannot be obtained from an independent, third-party pricing agent, the Funds seek to obtain a bid price from at least one independent broker.
Securities for which market prices are not “readily available” are valued in accordance with Fair Value Procedures established by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”). The Funds’ Fair Value Procedures are implemented through a Fair Value Committee (the “Committee”) designated by the Board. Some of the more common reasons that may necessitate that a security be valued using the Fair Value Procedures include: the security’s trading has been halted or suspended; the security has been de-listed from its primary trading exchange; the security’s primary trading market is temporarily closed at a time when, under normal conditions, it would be open; the security has not been traded for an extended period of time; the security’s primary pricing source is not able or willing to provide a price; or trading of the security is subject to local government-imposed restrictions. In addition, the Funds may fair value a security if an event that may materially affect the value of the Funds’ security that traded outside of the United States (a “Significant Event”) has occurred between the time of the security’s last close and the time that the Funds calculate their net asset values. A Significant Event may relate to a single issuer or to an entire market sector. Events that may be Significant Events include: government actions, natural disasters, armed conflict, acts of terrorism and significant market fluctuations. If Global X Management Company LLC, the Funds’ investment adviser (the “Adviser”), becomes aware of a Significant Event that has occurred with respect to a security or group of securities after the closing of the exchange or market on which the security or securities principally trade, but before the time at which the Funds calculate net asset values, it may request that a Committee meeting be called. When a security is valued in accordance with the Fair Value Procedures, the Committee will determine the value after taking into consideration all relevant information reasonably available to the Committee. As of April 30, 2022, there was $- and $2,712,062 of fair valued securities in Global X Gold Explorers ETF and Global X Copper Miners ETF, respectively. There were no other securities priced using the Fair Value Procedures.



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2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. GAAP, the Funds disclose the fair value of their investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The objective of a fair value measurement is to determine the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). Accordingly, the fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities that the Funds have the ability to access at the measurement date
Level 2 – Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices in non-active markets, quoted prices for similar investments, fair value of investments for which the Funds have the ability to fully redeem tranches at net asset value as of the measurement date or within the near term, and short-term investments valued at amortized cost)
Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments and fair value of investments for which the Funds do not have the ability to fully redeem tranches at net asset value as of the measurement date or within the near term)
Investments are classified within the level of the lowest significant input considered in determining fair value. Investments classified within Level 3 whose fair value measurement considers several inputs may include Level 1 or Level 2 inputs as components of the overall fair value measurement. For the period ended April 30, 2022, there have been no significant changes to the Funds’ fair valuation methodologies.
The unobservable inputs used to determine fair value of Level 3 assets may have similar or diverging impacts on valuation. Significant increases and decreases in these inputs in isolation and interrelationships between those inputs could result in significantly higher or lower fair value measurement.
DUE TO/FROM BROKERS — Due to/from brokers includes cash and collateral balances with the Funds’ clearing brokers or counterparties as of April 30, 2022. The Funds continuously monitor the credit standing of each broker or counterparty with whom they conduct business. In the event a broker or counterparty is unable to fulfill its obligations, the Funds would be subject to counterparty credit risk.



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April 30, 2022
 


2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — Securities pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements by BNP Paribas are held by Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (“BBH”), the Funds’ custodian (“Custodian”), and are designated as being held on each Fund’s behalf by the Custodian under a book-entry system. Each Fund monitors the adequacy of the collateral on a daily basis and can require the seller to provide additional collateral in the event the market value of the securities pledged falls below the carrying value of the repurchase agreement, including accrued interest.
It is the Funds’ policy to only enter into repurchase agreements with banks and other financial institutions which are deemed by the Adviser to be creditworthy. The Funds bear the risk of loss in the event that the counterparty to a repurchase agreement defaults on its obligations, and the Funds are prevented from exercising their rights to dispose of the underlying securities received as collateral and the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying securities during the period. For financial statement purposes, the Funds record the securities lending collateral (included in repurchase agreements, at value or restricted cash) as an asset and the obligation to return securities lending collateral as a liability on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
Repurchase agreements are entered into by the Funds under Master Repurchase Agreements (“MRA”) which permit the Funds, under certain circumstances, including an event of default (such as bankruptcy or insolvency), to offset payables and/or receivables under an MRA with collateral held and/or posted to the counterparty and create one single net payment due to or from the Funds.
As of April 30, 2022, the open repurchase agreements by counterparty which are subject to an MRA on a net payment basis are as follows:
   
Repurchase
Agreements*
   
Fair Value of Non-Cash Collateral
Received(1)
   
Cash Collateral
Received
   
Net
Amount(2)
 
Global X Silver Miners ETF
                       
BNP Paribas
 
$
22,628,304
   
$
22,628,304
   
$
   
$
 
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
                               
BNP Paribas
   
1,018,057
     
1,018,057
     
     
 
Global X Copper Miners ETF
                               
BNP Paribas
   
36,109,141
     
36,109,141
     
     
 
Global X Uranium ETF
                               
BNP Paribas
   
72,425,773
     
72,425,773
     
     
 

*
Repurchase agreements with an overnight and continuous maturity.
(1)
Excess collateral received is not presented in the table above. Please refer to the Schedules of Investments for the market value of the collateral received for each Fund.
(2)
Net Amount represents the net amount receivable due from the counterparty in the event of default.




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April 30, 2022
 


2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES — It is each Fund’s intention to qualify or continue to qualify as a regulated investment company for Federal income tax purposes by complying with the appropriate provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Accordingly, no provisions for Federal income taxes have been made in the financial statements.
The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax returns to determine whether it is “more-likely-than-not” (i.e., greater than 50 percent) that each tax position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority based on the technical merits of the position. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. The Funds did not record any tax positions in the current period. Management’s conclusions regarding tax positions may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, examination by tax authorities (i.e., the last three tax year ends, as applicable) and on-going analysis of and changes to tax laws and regulations, and interpretations thereof.
If a Fund has foreign tax filings that have not been made, the tax years that remain subject to examination may date back to the inception of the Fund.
As of and during the period ended April 30, 2022, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense on the Statements of Operations. During the year, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.
SECURITY TRANSACTIONS AND INVESTMENT INCOME — Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in determining realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are based on specific identification. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis from the settlement date.
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS AND TRANSLATION — The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollars on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the relevant rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. The Funds do not isolate that portion of realized or unrealized gains and losses resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rate from fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of the securities. These gains and losses are included in net realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments on the Statements of Operations. Net realized and unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions and translations represent net foreign exchange gains or losses from foreign



35

 
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April 30, 2022
 


2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
currency spot contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amount of the investment income and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Funds’ books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid.
DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS — The Funds distribute their net investment income on a pro rata basis. Any net investment income and net realized capital gains are distributed at least annually. All distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
CREATION UNITS — The Funds issue and redeem their shares (“Shares”) on a continuous basis at NAV and only in large blocks of 10,000 Shares, referred to as “Creation Units”. Purchasers of Creation Units (“Authorized Participants”) at NAV must pay a standard creation transaction fee per transaction. The fee is a single charge and will be the same regardless of the number of Creation Units purchased by an Authorized Participant on the same day. An Authorized Participant who holds Creation Units and wishes to redeem at NAV would also pay a standard redemption fee per transaction to BBH, on the date of such redemption, regardless of the number of Creation Units redeemed that day. If a Creation Unit is purchased or redeemed for cash, an additional variable fee may be charged. The following table discloses Creation Unit breakdown:
   
Creation Unit
Shares
   
Creation
Fee
   
Value as of
April 30, 2022
   
Redemption
Fee
 
Global X Silver Miners ETF
   
10,000
   
$
500
   
$
330,800
   
$
500
 
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
   
10,000
     
1,000
     
307,000
     
1,000
 
Global X Copper Miners ETF
   
10,000
     
600
     
404,300
     
600
 
Global X Uranium ETF
   
10,000
     
500
     
234,900
     
500
 

CASH OVERDRAFT CHARGES — Per the terms of an agreement with BBH, if a Fund has a cash overdraft on a given day, it will be assessed an overdraft charge of LIBOR plus 2.00%. Cash overdraft charges are included in custodian fees on the Statements of Operations.
3. RELATED PARTIES AND SERVICE PROVIDER TRANSACTIONS
On July 2, 2018, the Adviser consummated a transaction pursuant to which it became an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. (“Mirae”).  In this manner, the Adviser is ultimately controlled by Mirae, which is a leading financial services company in Korea and is the headquarters for the Mirae Asset Global Investments Group. The Adviser serves as the investment adviser and the administrator for the Funds. Subject to the supervision of the Board, the Adviser is



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April 30, 2022
 


3. RELATED PARTIES AND SERVICE PROVIDER TRANSACTIONS (continued)
responsible for managing the investment activities of the Funds and the Funds’ business affairs and other administrative matters and provides or causes to be furnished all supervisory, administrative and other services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Funds, including certain distribution services (provided pursuant to a separate distribution services agreement), certain shareholder and distribution-related services (provided pursuant to a separate Rule 12b-1 Plan and related agreements) and investment advisory services (provided pursuant to a separate investment advisory agreement), under what is essentially an “all-in” fee structure. For the Adviser’s services to the Funds, under a supervision and administration agreement (the “Supervision and Administration Agreement”), each Fund pays a monthly fee to the Adviser at the annual rate (stated as a percentage of the average daily net assets of the Fund) (the “Supervision and Administration Fee”). In addition, the Funds bear other expenses, directly and indirectly, that are not covered by the Supervision and Administration Agreement, which may vary and affect the total expense ratios of the Funds, such as taxes, brokerage fees, commissions, custodian fees, acquired fund fees and other transaction expenses, interest expenses, and extraordinary expenses (such as litigation and indemnification expenses).
The following table discloses supervision and administration fees payable pursuant to the Supervision and Administration Agreement:
   
Supervision and
Administration Fee
 
Global X Silver Miners ETF
   
0.65
%
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
   
0.65
%
Global X Copper Miners ETF
   
0.65
%
Global X Uranium ETF
   
0.69
%

SEI Investments Global Funds Services (“SEIGFS”) serves as sub-administrator to the Funds. As sub-administrator, SEIGFS provides the Funds with the required general administrative services, including, without limitation: office space, equipment, and personnel; clerical and general back office services; bookkeeping, internal accounting and secretarial services; the calculation of NAV; and assistance with the preparation and filing of reports, registration statements, proxy statements and other materials required to be filed or furnished by the Funds under federal and state securities laws. As compensation for these services, SEIGFS receives certain out-of-pocket costs, transaction fees and asset-based fees which are accrued daily and paid monthly by the Adviser. SEI Investments Distribution Co. (“SIDCO”) serves as each Fund’s underwriter and distributor of Creation Units pursuant to a distribution agreement.



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April 30, 2022
 


3. RELATED PARTIES AND SERVICE PROVIDER TRANSACTIONS (continued)
SIDCO has no obligation to sell any specific quantity of Fund Shares. SIDCO bears the following costs and expenses relating to the distribution of Shares: (1) the costs of processing and maintaining records of creations of Creation Units; (2) all costs of maintaining the records required of a registered broker/dealer; (3) the expenses of maintaining its registration or qualification as a dealer or broker under federal or state laws; (4) filing fees; and (5) all other expenses incurred in connection with the distribution services as  contemplated in the distribution agreement. SIDCO receives no fee from the Funds for its distribution services under the distribution agreement; rather, the Adviser compensates SIDCO for certain expenses, out-of-pocket costs, and transaction fees.
BBH serves as transfer agent and custodian of the Funds’ assets. As custodian, BBH has agreed to (1) make receipts and disbursements of money on behalf of the Funds; (2) collect and receive all income and other payments and distributions on account of the Funds’ portfolio investments; (3) respond to correspondence from shareholders, security brokers and others relating to its duties; and (4) make periodic reports to the Funds concerning the Funds’ operations. BBH does not exercise any supervisory function over the purchase and sale of securities. As compensation for these services, BBH receives certain out-of-pocket costs, transaction fees and asset-based fees which are accrued daily and paid monthly by the Adviser from its fees. As transfer agent, BBH has agreed to (1) issue and redeem Shares of each Fund; (2) make dividend and other distributions to shareholders of each Fund; (3) respond to correspondence by shareholders and others relating to its duties; (4) maintain shareholder accounts; and (5) make periodic reports to the Funds. As compensation for these services, BBH receives certain out-of-pocket costs, transaction fees and asset-based fees which are accrued daily and paid monthly by the Adviser from its fees.
4. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
For the period ended April 30, 2022, the purchases and sales of investments in securities, excluding in-kind transactions, long-term U.S. Government and short-term securities were:

   
Purchases
   
Sales and
Maturities
 
Global X Silver Miners ETF
 
$
115,499,315
   
$
115,487,133
 
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
   
10,956,619
     
11,518,686
 
Global X Copper Miners ETF
   
402,276,139
     
334,937,445
 
Global X Uranium ETF
   
273,532,738
     
239,450,837
 




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April 30, 2022
 


4. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS (continued)
For the period ended April 30, 2022, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were:
   
Purchases
   
Sales and
Maturities
   
Realized
Gain (Loss)
 
Global X Silver Miners ETF
 
$
133,425,386
   
$
35,129,767
   
$
10,354,978
 
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
   
     
5,810,552
     
2,429,387
 
Global X Copper Miners ETF
   
966,903,282
     
332,511,795
     
65,769,656
 
Global X Uranium ETF
   
732,945,832
     
63,458,389
     
32,744,513
 

For the year ended October 31, 2021, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were:
   
Purchases
   
Sales and
Maturities
   
Realized
Gain (Loss)
 
Global X Silver Miners ETF
 
$
469,304,059
   
$
237,743,775
   
$
97,812,186
 
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
   
11,835,829
     
17,161,642
     
6,912,772
 
Global X Copper Miners ETF
   
985,187,871
     
279,973,030
     
96,971,140
 
Global X Uranium ETF
   
901,494,044
     
174,915,494
     
75,970,460
 

During the period ended April 30, 2022, there were no purchases or sales of long-term U.S. Government securities for the Funds.

5. TAX INFORMATION
The amount and character of income and capital gain distributions to be paid, if any, are determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. As a result, net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions for a reporting period may differ significantly from distributions during such period. These book/tax differences may be temporary or permanent. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, they are charged or credited to undistributed net investment income (loss), accumulated net realized gain (loss) or paid-in capital, as appropriate, in the period that the differences arise.



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April 30, 2022
 


5. TAX INFORMATION (continued)
The tax character of dividends and distributions declared during the years ended October 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:

Global X Funds
 
Ordinary Income
   
Long-Term
Capital Gain
   
Return of
Capital
   
Totals
 
Global X Silver Miners ETF
                       
2021
 
$
24,128,587
   
$
   
$
   
$
24,128,587
 
2020
   
9,504,825
     
     
     
9,504,825
 
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
                               
2021
 
$
1,872,117
   
$
   
$
   
$
1,872,117
 
2020
   
723,922
     
     
     
723,922
 
Global X Copper Miners ETF
                               
2021
 
$
7,289,000
   
$
   
$
   
$
7,289,000
 
2020
   
482,851
     
     
     
482,851
 
Global X Uranium ETF
                               
2021
 
$
2,489,718
   
$
   
$
   
$
2,489,718
 
2020
   
3,325,778
     
     
     
3,325,778
 


As of October 31, 2021, the components of tax basis accumulated losses were as follows:
   
Global X Funds
 
   
Global X
Silver Miners
ETF
   
Global X
Gold Explorers
ETF
   
Global X
Copper Miners
ETF
   
Global X
Uranium
ETF
 
Undistributed Ordinary Income
 
$
8,718,044
   
$
860,772
   
$
16,211,644
   
$
66,047,592
 
Capital Loss Carryforwards
   
(345,566,494
)
   
(64,952,926
)
   
(27,266,454
)
   
(470,192,997
)
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency
   
(75,008,983
)
   
(1,469,523
)
   
(57,925,867
)
   
210,272,508
 
Other Temporary Differences
   
(6
)
   
(2
)
   
(10
)
   
 
Total Accumulated Losses
 
$
(411,857,439
)
 
$
(65,561,679
)
 
$
(68,980,687
)
 
$
(193,872,897
)

For taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010, a Registered Investment Company within the meaning of the 1940 Act is permitted to carry forward net capital losses to offset capital gains realized in later years, and the losses carried forward retain their original character as either long-term or short-term losses. Losses carried forward under these provisions are as follows:
   
Short-Term
Loss
   
Long-Term
Loss
   
Total
 
Global X Silver Miners ETF
 
$
70,569,208
   
$
274,997,286
   
$
345,566,494
 
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
   
14,726,770
     
50,226,156
     
64,952,926
 
Global X Copper Miners ETF
   
12,458,349
     
14,808,105
     
27,266,454
 
Global X Uranium ETF
   
87,554,139
     
382,638,858
     
470,192,997
 



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April 30, 2022
 


5. TAX INFORMATION (continued)
During the year ended October 31, 2021, the following Funds utilized capital loss carryforwards to offset capital gains amounting to:

Global X Funds
 
Short-Term Loss
   
Long-Term Loss
   
Total
 
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
 
$
   
$
907,346
   
$
907,346
 
Global X Copper Miners ETF
   
     
7,101,349
     
7,101,349
 
Global X Uranium ETF
   
     
5,243,653
     
5,243,653
 

The Federal tax cost and aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on investments held by the Funds at April 30, 2022 were as follows:

Global X Funds
 
Federal Tax
Cost
   
Aggregated Gross Unrealized Appreciation
   
Aggregated Gross Unrealized Depreciation
   
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
 
Global X Silver Miners ETF
 
$
1,175,873,013
   
$
70,111,620
   
$
(165,043,593
)
 
$
(94,931,973
)
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
   
46,593,039
     
7,806,999
     
(6,386,560
)
   
1,420,439
 
Global X Copper Miners ETF
   
1,847,620,642
     
165,086,186
     
(80,640,563
)
   
84,445,623
 
Global X Uranium ETF
   
1,857,412,124
     
199,185,466
     
(30,454,176
)
   
168,731,290
 

The preceding differences between book and tax cost are primarily due to mark-to-market treatment of passive foreign investment companies and wash sales.
6. CONCENTRATION OF RISKS
The Funds invest in securities of foreign issuers in various countries. These investments may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with investments in the United States as a result of, among other factors, the possibility of future political and economic developments and the level of governmental supervision and regulation of securities markets in the respective countries.
The securities markets of emerging countries are less liquid and subject to greater price volatility, and have a smaller market capitalization than the U.S. securities markets. In certain countries, there may be fewer publicly traded securities and the market may be dominated by a few issuers or sectors. Issuers and securities markets in such countries are not subject to as extensive and frequent accounting, financial and other reporting requirements or as comprehensive government regulations as are issuers and securities
markets in the United States. In particular, the assets and profits appearing on the statements of emerging country issuers may not reflect their financial position or results of operations in the same manner as financial statements for U.S. issuers. Substantially less information may be publicly available about emerging country issuers than is available about issuers in the United States.




41

 
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (Continued)
 
 
April 30, 2022
 


6. CONCENTRATION OF RISKS (continued)
The Funds may be subject to taxes imposed by countries in which they invest. Such taxes are generally based on either income or gains earned or repatriated. The Funds accrue and apply such taxes to net investment income, net realized gains and net unrealized gains as income and/or capital gains are earned.
The Funds use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the underlying index in approximately the same proportions as in the underlying index. Each Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to its underlying index when a replication strategy might be detrimental to its shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to follow its underlying index, or, in certain instances, when securities in the underlying index become temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or due to legal restrictions (such as diversification requirements that apply to the Funds but not the underlying indexes). Commodity related securities are susceptible to fluctuations in certain commodity markets. Any negative changes in commodity markets could have a great impact on the Funds.
Certain Funds may invest in commodity related securities, which are susceptible to fluctuations in certain commodity markets. Any negative changes in commodity markets could have a great impact on those securities.
The elimination of the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) may adversely affect the interest rates on, and value of, certain Fund investments for which the value is tied to LIBOR. The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has announced that it intends to stop compelling or inducing banks to submit LIBOR rates after 2021. On March 5, 2021, the administrator of LIBOR clarified that the publication of LIBOR on a representative basis will cease for the one-week and two-month U.S. dollar LIBOR settings immediately after December 31, 2021, and for the remaining U.S. dollar LIBOR settings immediately after June 30, 2023. Alternatives to LIBOR are established or in development in most major currencies, including the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), which is intended to replace U.S. dollar LIBOR. Markets are slowly developing in response to these new rates. Questions regarding the impact of this transition remain a concern for the Fund. Accordingly, it is difficult to predict the full impact of the transition away from LIBOR on the Funds until new reference rates and fallbacks for both legacy and new products, instruments and contracts are commercially accepted.
Please refer to each Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information (“SAI”) for a more complete description of risks.



42

 
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (Continued)
 
 
April 30, 2022
 


7. LOANS OF PORTFOLIO SECURITIES
Each Fund may lend portfolio securities having a market value up to one-third of the its total assets. Security loans made pursuant to a securities lending agreement with BBH are initially required to be secured by collateral equal to at least 102% of the value of domestic equity securities and American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and 105% of the value of foreign equity securities (other than ADRs). Such collateral received in connection with these loans will be cash and can be invested in repurchase agreements, short-term investments or U.S. Treasury obligations and is recognized in the Schedules of Investments and Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The obligation to return securities lending collateral is also recognized as a liability in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. It is the Funds’ policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan.
Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Funds if and to the extent that the market value of the securities loans were to increase and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower failed to return the securities. In the event the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due, the securities lending agency agreement requires the lending agent to indemnify the Funds by replacing either the security or the security’s current market value to the Funds. The Funds could suffer a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. The Funds could also experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. The Funds bear the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested.



43

 
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (Continued)
 
 
April 30, 2022
 


7. LOANS OF PORTFOLIO SECURITIES (continued)
At April 30, 2022, the following Funds had securities on loan, by counterparty:

   
Market Value
   
Cash Collateral
 
Global X Silver Miners ETF
           
Barclays Capital Inc.
 
$
1,363,773
   
$
1,521,047
 
BNP Paribas Securities Corp
   
24,163,087
     
26,033,229
 
BofA Securities Inc.
   
4,829,055
     
5,222,324
 
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
   
181,862
     
194,063
 
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
   
436,681
     
653,715
 
Goldman Sachs & Co.
   
1,208,735
     
1,270,062
 
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
   
5,893,369
     
7,413,141
 
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
   
4,376,466
     
6,026,725
 
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc
   
3,460,013
     
4,518,297
 
SG Americas Securities LLC
   
644
     
698
 
UBS AG London Branch
   
153,641
     
283,529
 
UBS Securities LLC
   
286,145
     
302,000
 
Wells Fargo Securities LLC
   
308,570
     
761,900
 
Total
 
$
46,662,041
   
$
54,200,730
 
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
               
BofA Securities Inc.
 
$
2,026,471
   
$
2,098,477
 
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
   
35,593
     
37,235
 
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
   
166,612
     
174,020
 
Nomura Securities International Inc.
   
74
     
77
 
UBS AG London Branch
   
123,000
     
128,050
 
Total
 
$
2,351,750
   
$
2,437,859
 
Global X Copper Miners ETF
               
Barclays Bank PLC
 
$
44,084,855
   
$
45,467,188
 
Barclays Capital Inc.
   
117,123
     
144,444
 
BofA Securities Inc.
   
29,865,367
     
30,925,448
 
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
   
4,104,474
     
6,813,959
 
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
   
88,340
     
444,073
 
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc
   
474,138
     
1,335,600
 
UBS AG London Branch
   
866,654
     
985,069
 
UBS Securities LLC
   
124,925
     
351,900
 
Total
 
$
79,725,876
   
$
86,467,681
 




44

 
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (Continued)
 
 
April 30, 2022
 


7. LOANS OF PORTFOLIO SECURITIES (continued)

   
Market Value
   
Cash Collateral
 
Global X Uranium ETF
           
Barclays Capital Inc.
 
$
3,728,298
   
$
4,007,001
 
BNP Paribas Securities Corp
   
641,912
     
711,618
 
BofA Securities Inc.
   
44,644,667
     
48,259,029
 
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
   
119,422
     
126,343
 
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
   
2,173,171
     
2,410,427
 
Goldman Sachs & Co.
   
36,891,475
     
38,729,386
 
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
   
46,267,682
     
53,185,397
 
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
   
7,720,156
     
8,334,732
 
National Financial Services LLC
   
1,476,579
     
1,642,126
 
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
   
9,077,311
     
9,896,202
 
UBS AG London Branch
   
3,252,882
     
4,545,042
 
UBS Securities LLC
   
1,355,712
     
1,424,480
 
Total
 
$
157,349,267
   
$
173,271,783
 

8. CONTRACTURAL OBLIGATION
The Funds enter into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Funds have not had prior gains or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Funds’ existing contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.
Pursuant to the Trust’s organizational documents, the Trustees of the Trust and the Trust’s officers are indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties.
9. REGULATORY MATTERS
In December 2020, the SEC adopted a new rule providing a framework for fund valuation practices (“Rule 2a-5”). Rule 2a-5 establishes requirements for determining fair value in good faith for purposes of the 1940 Act. Rule 2a-5 will permit fund boards to designate certain parties to perform fair value determinations, subject to board oversight and certain other conditions. Rule 2a-5 also defines when market quotations are “readily available” for purposes of the 1940 Act and the threshold for determining whether a fund must fair value a security. In connection with Rule 2a-5, the SEC also adopted a related recordkeeping rule, (together with Rule 2a-5, the “Rules”) and is rescinding previously




45

 
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (Concluded)
 
 
April 30, 2022
 


9. REGULATORY MATTERS (continued)
issued guidance, including with respect to the role of a board in determining fair value and the accounting and auditing of fund investments. The Funds will be required to comply with the Rules by September 8, 2022. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of the Rules on the Funds’ financial statements.
10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Funds have been evaluated by management regarding the need for additional disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events. Based on this evaluation, no additional adjustments were required to the financial statements.



46

 
Disclosure of Fund Expenses (Unaudited)
 
     


ETFs (such as the Funds) have operating expenses. As a shareholder of an ETF, your investment is affected by these ongoing costs, which include (among others) costs for ETF management, administrative services, brokerage fees, and shareholder reports like this one. It is important for you to understand the impact of these costs on your investment returns. In addition, a shareholder is responsible for brokerage fees as a result of the shareholder’s investment in a Fund.
Operating expenses such as these are deducted from a Fund’s gross income and directly reduce your final investment return. These expenses are expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average net assets; this percentage is known as the Fund’s expense ratio.
The following examples use the expense ratio and are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with those of other funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period from November 1, 2021 through April 30, 2022.
The table on the next page illustrates your Fund’s costs in two ways:
Actual Fund Return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that your Fund incurred over the period. The “Expenses Paid During Period” column shows the actual dollar expense cost incurred by a $1,000 investment in the Fund, and the “Ending Account Value” number is derived from deducting that expense cost from the Fund’s gross investment return.
You can use this information, together with the actual amount you invested in the Funds, to estimate the expenses you paid over that period. Simply divide your actual account value by $1,000 to arrive at a ratio (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply that ratio by the number shown for your Funds under “Expenses Paid During Period.”
Hypothetical 5% Return. This section helps you compare your Fund’s costs with those of other funds. It assumes that the Fund had an annual 5% return before expenses during the year, but that the expense ratio (Column 3) for the period is unchanged. This example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all funds to make this 5% calculation. You can assess your Fund’s comparative cost by comparing the hypothetical result for your Fund in the “Expenses Paid During Period” column with those that appear in the same charts in the shareholder reports for other funds.
NOTE: Because the return is set at 5% for comparison purposes — NOT your Fund’s actual return — the account values shown may not apply to your specific investment.



47

 
Disclosure of Fund Expenses (Unaudited) (Concluded)
 
     


   
Beginning
Account Value
11/1/2021
   
Ending
Account Value
4/30/2022
   
Annualized
Expense Ratios
   
Expenses Paid
During Period(1)
 
Global X Silver Miners ETF
                       
Actual Fund Return
 
$
1,000.00
   
$
862.80
     
0.65
%
 
$
3.00
 
Hypothetical 5% Return
   
1,000.00
     
1,021.57
     
0.65
     
3.26
 
                                 
Global X Gold Explorers ETF
                               
Actual Fund Return
 
$
1,000.00
   
$
1,039.10
     
0.66
%
 
$
3.34
 
Hypothetical 5% Return
   
1,000.00
     
1,021.52
     
0.66
     
3.31
 
                                 
Global X Copper Miners ETF
                               
Actual Fund Return
 
$
1,000.00
   
$
1,095.00
     
0.65
%
 
$
3.38
 
Hypothetical 5% Return
   
1,000.00
     
1,021.57
     
0.65
     
3.26
 
                                 
Global X Uranium ETF
                               
Actual Fund Return
 
$
1,000.00
   
$
919.50
     
0.69
%
 
$
3.28
 
Hypothetical 5% Return
   
1,000.00
     
1,021.37
     
0.69
     
3.46
 

(1)
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period.)




48

Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement (Unaudited)
     


Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), requires that the board of trustees of an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”), including a majority of those trustees who are not “interested persons” of the ETF, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”), consider on an initial basis and periodically thereafter (as required by the 1940 Act), at an in person meeting called for such purpose, the terms of each ETF’s investment advisory agreement and whether to approve entering into, or renewing, each agreement.
At a Board meeting of the Global X Funds (the “Trust”) held via videoconference November 12, 20211, called for such purpose, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) (including the Trust’s Independent Trustees, voting separately) considered and unanimously approved the continuation of (i) the Investment Advisory Agreement (“Renewal Investment Advisory Agreement”) for each Fund included in this Annual Report (each, a “Renewal Fund”); and (ii) the Supervision and Administration Agreement between the Trust (“Renewal Supervision and Administration Agreement”), on behalf of each Renewal Fund, and Global X Management. The Renewal Investment Advisory Agreement and the Renewal Supervision and Administration Agreement are referred to herein as the “Renewal Agreements.”
In advance of the Board meeting, the Board (including the Trust’s Independent Trustees) and the Independent Trustees’ independent legal counsel requested (in writing) detailed information from Global X Management in connection with the Board’s consideration of the Renewal Agreements and received and reviewed written responses from Global X Management and supporting materials relating to those requests for information. In the course of their consideration of the Renewal Agreements, the Trust’s Independent Trustees were advised by their independent legal counsel and, in addition to meetings with management of Global X Management, the Independent Trustees met separately in executive sessions with their counsel.
RENEWAL AGREEMENTS
In determining to approve the continuation of the Renewal Agreements for the Renewal Funds, the Board considered a variety of factors, including the factors discussed in greater detail below.

1
This meeting was held via videoconference in reliance on an exemptive order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2020. Reliance on the exemptive order is necessary and appropriate due to circumstances related to current or potential effects of COVID-19. All Trustees participating in the videoconference meeting were able to hear each other simultaneously during the meeting. Reliance on the exemptive order requires Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, to ratify actions taken pursuant to the exemptive order by vote cast at the next in-person meeting.




49

Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement (Unaudited) (Continued)
     


Nature, Extent and Quality of Services
With respect to this factor, the Board considered:
the terms of the Renewal Agreements and the range of services that would continue to be provided to each Renewal Fund in accordance with the Renewal Agreements;
Global X Management’s key personnel and the portfolio managers who would continue to provide investment advisory, supervision and administrative services to each Renewal Fund;
Global X Management’s responsibilities under the Renewal Agreements, among other things, to: (i) manage the investment operations of the Renewal Funds and the composition of the Renewal Funds’ assets, including the purchase, retention and disposition of their holdings, (ii) provide quarterly reports to the Trust’s officers and the Board and other reports as the Board deems necessary or appropriate, (iii) vote proxies, exercise consents, and exercise all other rights relating to securities and assets held by the Renewal Funds, (iv) select broker-dealers to execute portfolio transactions for the Renewal Funds when necessary, (v) assist in the preparation and filing of reports and proxy statements (if any) to the shareholders of the Renewal Funds, and the periodic updating of the registration statement, prospectuses, statements of additional information, and other reports and documents for the Renewal Funds that are required to be filed by the Trust with the SEC and other regulatory and governmental bodies, and (vi) monitor anticipated purchases and redemptions of the shares (including Creation Units) of the Renewal Funds by shareholders and new investors;
the nature, extent and quality of all of the services (including advisory, administrative and compliance services) that have been provided by Global X Management or made available to the Renewal Funds; and
the quality of Global X Management’s resources and personnel that would continue to be made available to the Renewal Funds, including Global X Management’s experience and the professional qualifications of Global X Management’s key personnel.

Based on these considerations, the Board concluded that it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Renewal Funds by Global X Management.



50

Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement (Unaudited) (Continued)
     


Performance
The Board considered the performance of each Renewal Fund. They examined the performance of the Renewal Funds for the one-year, three-year, five-year and since-inception periods, as applicable. Also, the Board considered the total return and investments performance of the Renewal Funds relative to (i) the performance of unaffiliated comparable ETFs and/or other registered funds, which performance information is publicly available from such registered funds, as well as other third party sources; and (ii) the performance of pertinent indexes. The Board considered instances of under-performance and over-performance with respect to the competitor funds. The Board also considered the Renewal Funds’ tracking against their underlying indexes in absolute terms.
Based on these considerations and comparisons, the Board concluded that the investment performance of the Renewal Funds did not adversely affect the Board’s approval of the continuance of the Renewal Agreements.
Cost of Services and Profitability
The Board considered Global X Management’s cost to provide investment management, supervision and administrative and related services to the Renewal Funds. In this regard, the Board considered the management fee (“Management Fee”) that has been borne or is expected to be borne by the Renewal Funds under the Renewal Agreements for the various investment advisory, supervisory and administrative services that the Renewal Funds require under a unitary fee structure (including the types of fees and expenses that are not included within the unitary fee and would be borne by the Renewal Funds).
In addition, the Board considered expected profitability to Global X Management, as applicable, from all services provided or expected to be provided to the Renewal Funds and all aspects of Global X Management’s relationship with the Renewal Funds. In connection with these considerations, Global X Management provided the Board with financial information regarding its operations and the services provided to the Renewal Funds and discussed with the Board its current and expected, as applicable, profitability with respect to the Renewal Funds.
Based on these considerations, the Board concluded that the Management Fee rate paid by the Renewal Funds to Global X Management, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided, was reasonable and in the best interests of the Renewal Funds’ shareholders.



51

Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement (Unaudited) (Continued)
     


Comparison of Fees and Services
With respect to this factor, the Board considered:
comparative information with respect to the Management Fee paid to Global X Management by the Renewal Funds. In connection with this consideration, Global X Management provided the Board with comparative expense data for the Renewal Funds, including fees and expenses paid by unaffiliated similar specialized and/or focused ETFs and/or other comparable registered funds. The Board considered the Global X Management’s detailed explanation of the fee structures of any Renewal Fund that was above the average or median for its peer group;
the structure of the unitary Management Fee (which includes as one component the investment advisory fee for the Renewal Funds) and the current total expense ratios for the Renewal Funds. In this regard, the Board took into consideration that the purpose of adopting a unitary Management Fee structure for the Renewal Funds was to create a simple, all-inclusive fee that would provide a level of predictability with respect to the overall expense ratio (i.e., the total fees) of the Renewal Funds and that the proposed Management Fees for the Renewal Funds were set at a competitive levels to make the Renewal Funds viable in the marketplace; and
that, under the unified Management Fee structure, Global X Management is responsible for most ordinary expenses of the Renewal Funds, including the costs of various third-party services required by the Renewal Funds, including investment advisory, administrative, audit, certain custody, portfolio accounting, legal, transfer agency and printing costs, but that the Renewal Funds would bear other expenses not covered under the proposed all-inclusive Management Fee, such as taxes, brokerage fees, commissions, and other transaction expenses, interest expenses, and extraordinary expenses.

Based on these considerations, the Board concluded that the services received and the fees charged under the Renewal Agreements were reasonable on a comparative basis.



52

Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement (Unaudited) (Concluded)
     


Economies of Scale
With respect to this factor, the Board considered:
the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Renewal Funds grow and whether the unitary Management Fee for the Renewal Funds reflected these economies of scale;
the significant investment of time, personnel and other resources that Global X Management has made and intends to continue to make in the Renewal Funds in order to seek to assure that the Renewal Funds are attractive to investors; and
that the unitary Management Fee would provide a high level of certainty as to the total level of expenses for the Renewal Funds and their shareholders.

Based on these considerations, the Board concluded that the unitary Management Fee for the Renewal Funds appropriately addressed economies of scale.
Other Benefits
In considering the Renewal Agreements, in addition to the factors above, the Board considered any other benefits realized by Global X Management as a result of its relationships with the Renewal Funds and concluded that, in the exercise of the Board’s business judgement, all information the Board considered supported approval of the continuation of the Renewal Agreements.
Conclusion
After full consideration of the factors above, as well as other factors that were instructive in its consideration, the Board, including all of the Trust’s Independent Trustees voting separately, concluded, in the exercise of its business judgement, that the Renewal Agreements were fair and reasonable and in the best interest of each Renewal Fund.
In reaching this decision, the Board did not assign relative weights to the factors above nor did the Board deem any one factor or group of them to be controlling in and of themselves. Each member of the Board may have assigned different weights to the various factors.



53

Supplemental Information (Unaudited)
     


NAV is the price per Share at which a Fund issues and redeems Shares. It is calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The “Market Price” of a Fund generally is determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the Shares of the Funds are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. The Fund’s Market Price may be at, above or below its NAV. The NAV of Fund will fluctuate with changes in the market value of the Fund’s holdings. The Market Price of a Fund will fluctuate in accordance with changes in its NAV, as well as market supply and demand.
Premiums or discounts are the differences (expressed as a percentage) between the NAV and Market Price of a Fund on a given day, generally at the time NAV is calculated. A premium is the amount that a Fund is trading above the reported NAV, expressed as a percentage of the NAV. A discount is the amount that a Fund is trading below the reported NAV, expressed as a percentage of the NAV.
Further information regarding premiums and discounts is available on the Funds’ website at www.globalxetfs.com.



54

Notes
     











Notes
     















Notes
     















605 Third Avenue, 43rd floor
New York, NY 10158
 1-888-493-8631
www.globalxetfs.com

Investment Adviser and Administrator:
Global X Management Company LLC
605 Third Avenue, 43rd floor
New York, NY 10158

Distributor:
SEI Investments Distribution Co.
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, PA 19456

Sub-Administrator:
SEI Investments Global Funds Services
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, PA 19456

Counsel for Global X Funds and the Independent Trustees:
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
2000 K Street, N.W.
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006

Custodian and Transfer Agent:
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
40 Water Street
Boston, MA 02109

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Two Commerce Square
Suite 1800
2001 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

This information must be preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the Funds described.

GLX-SA-001-1400






Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable for semi-annual report.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable for semi-annual report.
 
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable for semi-annual report.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable for semi-annual report.

Item 6. Investments.

Not applicable.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

Item 10.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no material changes.

Item 11.  Controls and Procedures.

(a) The certifying officers, whose certifications are included herewith, have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of the filing date of this report.  In their opinion, based on their evaluation, the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are adequately designed, and are operating effectively to ensure, that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the reports it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

(b) There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.




Item 12.  Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

Item 13.  Exhibits.

(a)(1) Not applicable for semi-annual report.




SIGNATURES

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.


(Registrant)
Global X Funds


By (Signature and Title)
/s/ Luis Berruga
Luis Berruga
President
 

Date: July 7, 2022


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


By (Signature and Title)
 
/s/ Luis Berruga
Luis Berruga
President

Date: July 7, 2022


By (Signature and Title)
 
/s/ John Belanger
John Belanger
Chief Financial Officer


Date: July 7, 2022













CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940
and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Luis Berruga, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSRS of the Global X Funds (the “Registrant”);
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information, included in this report fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.
The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s), if any, and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the Registrant and have:

(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: July 7, 2022
/s/ Luis Berruga
Luis Berruga
President

CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940
and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, John Belanger, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSRS of the Global X Funds (the “Registrant”);
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information, included in this report fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.
The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s), if any, and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the Registrant and have:

(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: July 7, 2022
/s/ John Belanger
John Belanger
Chief Financial Officer
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


The undersigned, Luis Berruga, the President of the Global X Funds (the “Fund”), with respect to the Fund’s Form N-CSRS for the period ended April 30, 2022, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:


1.
such Form N-CSRS fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and


2.
the information contained in such Form N-CSRS fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Fund.


Dated: July 7, 2022



 
/s/ Luis Berruga
Luis Berruga
President







CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


The undersigned, John Belanger, the Chief Financial Officer of the Global X Funds (the “Fund”), with respect to the Fund’s Form N-CSRS for the period ended April 30, 2022, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:


1.
such Form N-CSRS fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and


2.
the information contained in such Form N-CSRS fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Fund.


Dated: July 7, 2022



 
/s/ John Belanger
John Belanger
Chief Financial Officer






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