August 31, 2022

Annual Report

DBX ETF Trust

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (HYUP)

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (HYDW)

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF (HYRM)

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (SHYL)

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYLB)

 

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Table of Contents

 

     Page  

Shareholder Letter

     1  

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

     3  

Performance Summary

  

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     6  

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     8  

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

     10  

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

     12  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     14  

Fees and Expenses

     16  

Schedule of Investments

  

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     17  

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     29  

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

     39  

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

     40  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     50  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     68  

Statements of Operations

     70  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     72  

Financial Highlights

     75  

Notes to Financial Statements

     78  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     87  

Board Members and Officers

     89  

Additional Information

     92  


To our Shareholders: (Unaudited)

 

 

Dear shareholder,

We are pleased to provide this annual report for five of our ETFs tracking the fixed income market for the period ended August 31, 2022

The global economic recovery in 2021, after the pandemic-induced uncertainty, was followed by geopolitical developments in 2022 that have led to soaring energy prices, high interest rates and supply chain disruptions. Markets across the world, especially those in developed parts, such as the U.S. and the Eurozone, continued to suffer from the effects of the Russia-Ukraine war, which saw various central banks taking hawkish measures to curb rising inflation. The second quarter of 2022 also witnessed global output contracting due to a worse-than-forecasted slowdown in China caused by the country’s strict zero-COVID policy.

Policymakers across the globe continued to face the twin challenges of handling the post-pandemic recovery while fighting multi-year-high inflation rates. The Federal Reserve, in the wake of impending recession, has taken the most rigorous interest rate hikes (75 basis points1 (bps) each in June and July 2022) since the monetary policy tool was introduced in the 1990s. The European Central Bank on its part tightened its stance with a 50bps increase in rates and announced that it would stop its asset purchase program in the third quarter of 2022, forecasting a further hike in September. In the far east, the Bank of Japan has refrained from taking a hawkish view and continues to hold rates at around 0%.

Bond markets were volatile during the reporting period, driven by various macroeconomic and geopolitical events. Yields fell initially in Q4 2021, as economic recovery moderated, followed by heightened inflation worries and the ensuing hawkish central bank policies. Spreads widened the most in the U.S. market, followed by the European and UK markets, during the last quarter of 2021 following fears of the Omicron variant impacting global growth. However, yield spreads tightened again in December 2021 on evidence of the lower-than-expected impact of the virus and diminished supply of new bond issues. The Federal Reserve continued to tread on its hawkish path as its chairman, Jerome Powell, in his address at the Jackson Hole symposium, signaled at further rate hikes until inflation cools down. Overall, 1H22 caused record-breaking losses, as bond markets were adjusting to the central bank’s policy of higher interest rates.

The Eurozone’s economy remained most vulnerable to the changing dynamics of the Russian war, with energy and food commodity prices staying elevated as inflation climbed higher. Although the labor market remained a bright spot during the final quarter of 2021, consumer confidence dropped significantly amid prevalent uncertainties. The Eurozone’s third and fourth largest economies, Italy and Spain, were the major contributors to growth in 2022, sustaining their path to recovery from COVID-19, while the bloc’s largest economy, Germany stalled. France, Eurozone’s second-largest economy posted positive growth, backed by a positive contribution from net trade as exports grew.

All macroeconomic indicators point towards a significant slowdown in 2022, as central banks across the globe are at a crossroads of high inflation and economic recovery. Consumer confidence has remained weak owing to a less favorable long-term economic outlook, as a fragmented recovery is anticipated. Investors would need to keep an eye on potential sanctions on Russian energy by the European Union, as any further supply crunch on oil and gas could sustain the record-high inflation rates.

Our team appreciates your trust and looks forward to serving your investment needs through innovative index-driven strategies.

Sincerely,

/s/ Freddi Klassen

Freddi Klassen

President and Chief Executive Officer

1 Basis points are a unit of measurement equal to 1/100th of 1 percent and a standard measure for interest rates.

Assumptions, estimates and opinions contained in this document constitute our judgment as of the date of the document and are subject to change without notice. Any projections are based on a number of assumptions as to market conditions and there can be no guarantee that any projected results will be achieved. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

 

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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance (Unaudited)

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

The Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (HYUP) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market High Beta Index (the HYUP Index). The HYUP Index is designed to track the performance of the segment of the US dollar-denominated high yield corporate bond market that exhibits higher overall beta to the broader high yield corporate fixed income market. For the 12-month period ended August 31, 2022, HYUP shares returned -12.56%, compared to the HYUP Index return of -12.55%.

All sectors contributed negatively to performance during the period with the Communications, Consumer Non-Cyclical and Consumer Cyclical sectors detracting the most from performance.

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

The Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (HYDW) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market Low Beta Index (the HYDW Index). The HYDW Index is designed to track the performance of the segment of the U.S. dollar denominated high yield corporate bond market that exhibits lower overall beta to the broader high yield corporate fixed income market. For the 12-month period ended August 31, 2022, HYDW shares returned -8.36%, compared to the HYDW Index return of -8.37%.

All sectors contributed negatively to performance during the period with the Communications, Consumer Cyclical and Financial Institutions sectors detracting the most from performance.

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF (HYRM) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Adaptive Wealth Strategies Risk Managed High Yield Index (the HYRM Index). The HYRM Index is designed to track the performance of the US dollar-denominated high yield corporate bond market during normal market conditions, and the performance of a USD cash position accruing interest at the Effective Federal Funds Rate (the interest rate depository institutions such as banks charge each other for overnight loans to meet their reserve requirements) during periods of adverse market conditions. For the period from February 10, 2022, to August 31, 2022, HYRM shares returned -9.12%, compared to the HYRM Index return of -8.48%.

All sectors contributed negatively to performance during the period with the Communications, Consumer Non-Cyclical and Consumer Cyclical sectors detracting the most from performance.

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

The Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (SHYL) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market 0-5 Year Index (the SHYL Index). The SHYL Index is designed to track the performance of short-term publicly issued US dollar denominated below investment grade corporate debt. For the 12-month period ended August 31, 2022, SHYL shares returned -5.84%, compared to the SHYL Index return of -5.76%.

All sectors contributed negatively to performance during the period with the Communications, Consumer Non-Cyclical and Consumer Cyclical sectors detracting the most from performance.

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

The Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYLB) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market Index (the HYLB Index). The HYLB Index is designed to track the performance of a basket of U.S. dollar-denominated high yield liquid corporate bonds. For the 12-month period ended August 31, 2022, HYLB shares returned -10.67%, compared to the HYLB Index return of -10.54%.

All sectors contributed negatively to performance during the period with the Communications, Consumer Non-Cyclical and Consumer Cyclical sectors detracting the most from performance.

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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

Performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data visit www.Xtrackers.com. Returns assume that dividends and capital gains distributions have been reinvested. See pages 6-15 of this report for additional performance information, including performance data based on market value.

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio management team only through the end of the period of the report as stated on the cover. The management team’s views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions and should not be construed as a recommendation. Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to risk.

 

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Performance Summary (Unaudited)

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (HYUP)

The Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (the “Fund”), using a “passive” or indexing investment approach, seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market High Beta Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Underlying Index is designed to track the performance of the segment of the US dollar-denominated high yield corporate bond market that exhibits higher overall beta to the broader high yield corporate fixed income market. It is not possible to invest directly into an index.

 

Performance as of August 31, 2022

 

Average Annual Total Returns
      Net Asset Value    Market Value    Solactive USD High
Yield Corporates Total
Market High Beta
Index
   Solactive USD High
Yield Corporates Total
Market Index

One Year

   -12.56%    -13.30%    -12.55%    -10.54%

Since Inception1

   1.69%    1.52%    1.68%    1.88%
Cumulative Total Returns
      Net Asset Value    Market Value    Solactive USD High
Yield Corporates Total
Market High Beta
Index
   Solactive USD High
Yield Corporates Total
Market Index

One Year

   -12.56%    -13.30%    -12.55%    -10.54%

Since Inception1

   8.07%    7.26%    8.02%    9.04%

1 Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of operations, January 11, 2018 (“Inception”).

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at www.Xtrackers.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares or redemption of fund creation units. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are sold in the market or redeemed. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of the unitary advisory fee. Without such waiver, performance would have been lower. The gross expense ratio of the Fund, as stated in the fee table of the prospectus dated December 17, 2021, was 0.35%, and may differ from the expense ratio disclosed in the Financial Highlights table in this report.

The Fund’s net asset value or “NAV” is calculated by dividing the value of the Fund’s total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not have traded in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary trading, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike a fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by a fund. These expenses negatively impact fund performance. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower.

Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes only, and as such, the total return based on the unadjusted net asset value per share may differ from the total return reported in the financial highlights.

 

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Performance Summary (Unaudited)

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (HYUP) (Continued)

 

Growth of an Assumed $10,000 Investment

 

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1 Based on Net Asset Value from commencement of operations, January 11, 2018.

Sector Diversification* as of August 31, 2022

 

Communications

    20.1%  

Consumer, Cyclical

    20.0%  

Consumer, Non-cyclical

    16.5%  

Energy

    12.8%  

Industrial

    10.6%  

Financial

    9.1%  

Technology

    4.6%  

Basic Materials

    4.0%  

Utilities

    2.3%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

Modified duration to worst as of August 31, 2022: 4.3 years

Modified duration to worst is the measure of sensitivity of the price of a bond to a change in interest rates, assuming worst case scenario.

Quality* as of August 31, 2022

 

Description   % of Market Value  

BBB

    1.7%  

BB

    45.1%  

B

    37.5%  

CCC

    15.4%  

NR

    0.3%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

The quality ratings represent the higher of Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. (“Moody’s”), S&P Global Ratings (S&P) or Fitch Ratings Inc. (Fitch) credit ratings. The ratings of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch represent their opinions as to the quality of the securities they rate. Credit quality measures a bond issuer’s ability to repay interest and principal in a timely manner and is measured on a scale that ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest). Ratings are relative and subjective and are not absolute standards of quality. Credit quality does not remove market risk and is subject to change.

Country Diversification* as of August 31, 2022

 

United States

    83.1%  

Canada

    4.0%  

Luxembourg

    3.1%  

Netherlands

    2.4%  

France

    2.2%  

Other

    5.2%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

 

* As a percent of total investments excluding securities lending collateral and cash equivalents.    

Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change. For more complete details about the Fund’s investment portfolio see page 17.

 

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Performance Summary (Unaudited)

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (HYDW)

The Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (the “Fund”), using a “passive” or indexing investment approach, seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market Low Beta Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Underlying Index is designed to track the performance of the segment of the U.S. dollar denominated high yield corporate bond market that exhibits lower overall beta to the broader high yield corporate fixed income market. It is not possible to invest directly into an index.

 

Performance as of August 31, 2022

 

Average Annual Total Returns
      Net Asset Value    Market Value    Solactive USD High
Yield Corporates Total
Market Low Beta
Index
   Solactive USD High
Yield Corporates Total
Market Index

One Year

   -8.36%    -8.85%    -8.37%    -10.54%

Since Inception1

   1.92%    1.81%    1.92%    1.88%
Cumulative Total Returns
      Net Asset Value    Market Value    Solactive USD High
Yield Corporates Total
Market Low Beta
Index
   Solactive USD High
Yield Corporates Total
Market Index

One Year

   -8.36%    -8.85%    -8.37%    -10.54%

Since Inception1

   9.22%    8.66%    9.22%    9.04%

1 Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of operations, January 11, 2018 (“Inception”).

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at www.Xtrackers.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares or redemption of fund creation units. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are sold in the market or redeemed. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of the unitary advisory fee. Without such waiver, performance would have been lower. The gross expense ratio of the Fund, as stated in the fee table of the prospectus dated December 17, 2021, was 0.25%, and may differ from the expense ratio disclosed in the Financial Highlights table in this report.

The Fund’s net asset value or “NAV” is calculated by dividing the value of the Fund’s total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not have traded in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary trading, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike a fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by a fund. These expenses negatively impact fund performance. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower.

Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes only, and as such, the total return based on the unadjusted net asset value per share may differ from the total return reported in the financial highlights.

 

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Performance Summary (Unaudited)

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (HYDW) (Continued)

 

Growth of an Assumed $10,000 Investment

LOGO

1 Based on Net Asset Value from commencement of operations, January 11, 2018.

Sector Diversification* as of August 31, 2022

 

Consumer, Cyclical

    23.2%  

Consumer, Non-cyclical

    18.9%  

Communications

    17.4%  

Financial

    11.3%  

Energy

    11.3%  

Industrial

    7.8%  

Technology

    3.7%  

Basic Materials

    3.4%  

Utilities

    3.0%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

Modified duration to worst as of August 31, 2022: 4.4 years

Modified duration to worst is the measure of sensitivity of the price of a bond to a change in interest rates, assuming worst case scenario

Quality* as of August 31, 2022

 

Description   % of Market Value  

BBB

    14.4%  

BB

    74.0%  

B

    11.5%  

CCC

    0.1%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

The quality ratings represent the higher of Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. (“Moody’s”), S&P Global Ratings (S&P) or Fitch Ratings Inc. (Fitch) credit ratings. The ratings of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch represent their opinions as to the quality of the securities they rate. Credit quality measures a bond issuer’s ability to repay interest and principal in a timely manner and is measured on a scale that ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest). Ratings are relative and subjective and are not absolute standards of quality. Credit quality does not remove market risk and is subject to change.

Country Diversification* as of August 31, 2022

 

United States

    90.6%  

Canada

    3.5%  

Other

    5.9%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

 

* As a percent of total investments excluding securities lending collateral and cash equivalents.

Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change. For more complete details about the Fund’s investment portfolio see page 29.

 

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Performance Summary (Unaudited)

 

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF (HYRM)

The Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF (the “Fund”), using a “passive” or indexing investment approach, seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Adaptive Wealth Strategies Risk Managed High Yield Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Underlying Index is designed to track the performance of the US dollar-denominated high yield corporate bond market during normal market conditions, and the performance of a USD cash position accruing interest at the Effective Federal Funds Rate (the interest rate depository institutions such as banks charge each other for overnight loans to meet their reserve requirements) during periods of adverse market conditions. It is not possible to invest directly into an index.

 

Performance as of August 31, 2022

 

Average Annual Total Returns
      Net Asset Value    Market Value    Adaptive Wealth
Strategies Risk
Managed High Yield
Index
   Solactive USD High
Yield Corporates Total
Market Index

Since Inception1

   -9.12%    -9.16%    -8.48%    -8.48%
Cumulative Total Returns
      Net Asset Value    Market Value    Adaptive Wealth
Strategies Risk
Managed High Yield
Index
   Solactive USD High
Yield Corporates Total
Market Index

Since Inception1

   -9.12%    -9.16%    -8.48%    -8.48%

1 Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of operations, February 10, 2022 (“Inception”).

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at www.Xtrackers.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares or redemption of fund creation units. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are sold in the market or redeemed. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of the unitary advisory fee. Without such waiver, performance would have been lower. The gross expense ratio of the Fund, as stated in the fee table of the prospectus dated December 21, 2021, was 0.45%, and may differ from the expense ratio disclosed in the Financial Highlights table in this report.

The Fund’s net asset value or “NAV” is calculated by dividing the value of the Fund’s total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not have traded in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary trading, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike a fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by a fund. These expenses negatively impact fund performance. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower.

Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes only, and as such, the total return based on the unadjusted net asset value per share may differ from the total return reported in the financial highlights.

 

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Performance Summary (Unaudited)

 

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF (HYRM) (Continued)

 

Growth of an Assumed $10,000 Investment

LOGO

1 Based on Net Asset Value from commencement of operations, February 10, 2022.

Sector Diversification* as of August 31, 2022

 

Consumer, Cyclical

    22.1%  

Communications

    19.4%  

Consumer, Non-cyclical

    17.6%  

Energy

    11.7%  

Financial

    10.0%  

Industrial

    9.0%  

Technology

    4.1%  

Basic Materials

    3.6%  

Utilities

    2.5%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

Modified duration to worst as of August 31, 2022: 4.3 years

Modified duration to worst is the measure of sensitivity of the price of a bond to a change in interest rates, assuming worst case scenario

Quality* as of August 31, 2022

 

Description   % of Market Value  

BBB

    7.6%  

BB

    59.9%  

B

    24.4%  

CCC

    8.0%  

NR

    0.1%  
 

 

 

 
    100.0%  

The quality ratings represent the higher of Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. (“Moody’s”), S&P Global Ratings (S&P) or Fitch Ratings Inc. (Fitch) credit ratings. The ratings of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch represent their opinions as to the quality of the securities they rate. Credit quality measures a bond issuer’s ability to repay interest and principal in a timely manner and is measured on a scale that ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest). Ratings are relative and subjective and are not absolute standards of quality. Credit quality does not remove market risk and is subject to change.

 

* As a percentage of total investments excluding cash equivalents. Sector percentages include the sector allocations of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests.

Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change. For more complete details about the Fund’s investment portfolio see page 39.

 

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Performance Summary (Unaudited)

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (SHYL)

The Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (the “Fund”), using a “passive” or indexing investment approach, seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market 0-5 Year Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Underlying Index is designed to track the performance of short-term publicly issued US dollar-denominated below investment grade corporate debt. It is not possible to invest directly into an index.

 

Performance as of August 31, 2022

 

Average Annual Total Returns
      Net Asset Value    Market Value    Solactive USD High
Yield Corporates Total
Market 0-5 Year Index
   Solactive USD High
Yield Corporates Total
Market Index

One Year

   -5.84%    -6.34%    -5.76%    -10.54%

Since Inception1

   2.21%    2.11%    2.36%    1.82%
Cumulative Total Returns
      Net Asset Value    Market Value    Solactive USD High
Yield Corporates Total
Market 0-5 Year Index
   Solactive USD High
Yield Corporates Total
Market Index

One Year

   -5.84%    -6.34%    -5.76%    -10.54%

Since Inception1

   10.67%    10.16%    11.43%    8.71%

1 Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of operations, January 10, 2018 (“Inception”).

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at www.Xtrackers.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares or redemption of fund creation units. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are sold in the market or redeemed. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of the unitary advisory fee. Without such waiver, performance would have been lower. The gross expense ratio of the Fund, as stated in the fee table of the prospectus dated December 17, 2021, was 0.20%, and may differ from the expense ratio disclosed in the Financial Highlights table in this report.

The Fund’s net asset value or “NAV” is calculated by dividing the value of the Fund’s total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not have traded in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary trading, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike a fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by a fund. These expenses negatively impact fund performance. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower.

Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes only, and as such, the total return based on the unadjusted net asset value per share may differ from the total return reported in the financial highlights.

 

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Performance Summary (Unaudited)

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (SHYL) (Continued)

 

Growth of an Assumed $10,000 Investment

LOGO

1 Based on Net Asset Value from commencement of operations, January 10, 2018.

Sector Diversification* as of August 31, 2022

 

Consumer, Cyclical

    26.1%  

Communications

    18.9%  

Consumer, Non-cyclical

    13.3%  

Energy

    12.0%  

Financial

    11.4%  

Industrial

    10.6%  

Technology

    2.8%  

Basic Materials

    2.7%  

Utilities

    2.2%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

Modified duration to worst as of August 31, 2022: 2.7 years

Modified duration to worst is the measure of sensitivity of the price of a bond to a change in interest rates, assuming worst case scenario.

Quality* as of August 31, 2022

 

Description   % of Market Value  

BBB

    9.7%  

BB

    52.1%  

B

    30.1%  

CCC

    7.8%  

NR

    0.3%  
 

 

 

 
    100.0%  

The quality ratings represent the higher of Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. (“Moody’s”), S&P Global Ratings (S&P) or Fitch Ratings Inc. (Fitch) credit ratings. The ratings of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch represent their opinions as to the quality of the securities they rate. Credit quality measures a bond issuer’s ability to repay interest and principal in a timely manner and is measured on a scale that ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest). Ratings are relative and subjective and are not absolute standards of quality. Credit quality does not remove market risk and is subject to change.

Country Diversification* as of August 31, 2022

 

United States

    84.1%  

Canada

    4.3%  

Netherlands

    2.8%  

Other

    8.8%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

 

* As a percent of total investments excluding securities lending collateral and cash equivalents.

Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change. For more complete details about the Fund’s investment portfolio see page 40.

 

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Performance Summary (Unaudited)

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYLB)

The Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (the “Fund”), using a “passive” or indexing investment approach, seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Underlying Index is designed to track the performance of a basket of U.S. dollar-denominated high yield liquid corporate bonds. It is not possible to invest directly into an index.

 

Performance as of August 31, 2022

 

Average Annual Total Returns
      Net Asset Value    Market Value    Solactive USD High
Yield Corporates Total
Market Index
   iBoxx USD Liquid
High Yield Index

One Year

   -10.67%    -11.39%    -10.54%    -10.62%

Five Year

   1.80%    1.65%    2.02%    2.06%

Since Inception1

   2.68%    2.56%    2.94%    2.89%
Cumulative Total Returns
      Net Asset Value    Market Value    Solactive USD High
Yield Corporates Total
Market Index
   iBoxx USD Liquid
High Yield Index

One Year

   -10.67%    -11.39%    -10.54%    -10.62%

Five Year

   9.34%    8.55%    10.52%    10.75%

Since Inception1

   16.37%    15.63%    18.08%    17.72%

1 Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of operations, December 7, 2016 (“Inception”).

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at www.Xtrackers.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares or redemption of fund creation units. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are sold in the market or redeemed. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of the unitary advisory fee. Without such waiver, performance would have been lower. The gross expense ratio of the Fund, as stated in the fee table of the prospectus dated December 17, 2021, was 0.20%, and may differ from the expense ratio disclosed in the Financial Highlights table in this report.

The Fund’s net asset value or “NAV” is calculated by dividing the value of the Fund’s total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not have traded in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary trading, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike a fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by a fund. These expenses negatively impact fund performance. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower.

Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes only, and as such, the total return based on the unadjusted net asset value per share may differ from the total return reported in the financial highlights.

 

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Performance Summary (Unaudited)

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYLB) (Continued)

 

Growth of an Assumed $10,000 Investment

 

LOGO

1 Based on Net Asset Value from commencement of operations, December 7, 2016.

Sector Diversification* as of August 31, 2022

 

Consumer, Cyclical

    22.1%  

Communications

    19.4%  

Consumer, Non-cyclical

    17.6%  

Energy

    11.7%  

Financial

    10.0%  

Industrial

    9.0%  

Technology

    4.1%  

Basic Materials

    3.6%  

Utilities

    2.5%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

Modified duration to worst as of August 31, 2022: 4.4 years

Modified duration to worst is the measure of sensitivity of the price of a bond to a change in interest rates, assuming worst case scenario.

Quality* as of August 31, 2022

 

Description   % of Market Value  

BBB

    7.7%  

BB

    60.3%  

B

    24.1%  

CCC

    7.8%  

NR

    0.1%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

The quality ratings represent the higher of Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. (“Moody’s”), S&P Global Ratings (S&P) or Fitch Ratings Inc. (Fitch) credit ratings. The ratings of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch represent their opinions as to the quality of the securities they rate. Credit quality measures a bond issuer’s ability to repay interest and principal in a timely manner and is measured on a scale that ranges from AAA (highest) to D (lowest). Ratings are relative and subjective and are not absolute standards of quality. Credit quality does not remove market risk and is subject to change.

Country Diversification* as of August 31, 2022

 

United States

    87.1%  

Canada

    3.7%  

Other

    9.2%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

 

* As a percent of total investments excluding securities lending collateral and cash equivalents.

Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change. For more complete details about the Fund’s investment portfolio see page 50.

 

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Fees and Expenses (Unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of one or more of the Funds, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of fund shares, and (2) ongoing costs, including unitary advisory fees and other fund expenses. In the most recent six-month period the Funds limited these expenses; had they not done so, expenses would have been higher. In addition to the ongoing expenses which each Fund bears directly, the Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF shareholders indirectly bear the expenses of Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF and Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (the “Underlying Funds”) in which the Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF invests. The Underlying Funds’ expenses are not included in Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF’s annualized expense ratios used to calculate the expense estimate in the tables. The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

The examples in the tables are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period (March 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022).

Actual expenses

The first line in the following tables provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading “Expenses Paid During the Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The second line in the following tables provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses (which is not the Funds’ actual return). The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only, and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore the second line in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

      Beginning
Account Value
March 1, 2022
     Ending
Account Value
August 31, 2022
     Annualized
Expense Ratio
    Expenses Paid
During the Period
Per $1,000(1)
 
Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

 

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 904.50        0.20   $ 0.96  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.20        0.20   $ 1.02  
Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

 

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 944.10        0.20   $ 0.98  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.20        0.20   $ 1.02  
Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF(2)

 

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 913.60        0.15   $ 0.72  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.45        0.15   $ 0.77  
Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

 

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 955.20        0.20   $ 0.99  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.20        0.20   $ 1.02  
Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

 

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 921.80        0.15   $ 0.73  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.45        0.15   $ 0.77  

(1) Expenses are equal to each Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184 (the number of days in the most recent six-month period), then divided by 365.

(2) The Fund invests in other ETFs and indirectly bears its proportionate share of fees and expenses incurred by the Underlying Funds in which the Fund is invested. This ratio does not include these indirect fees and expenses.

 

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Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
CORPORATE BONDS — 98.1%    
Basic Materials — 3.9%    
Chemicals — 2.2%            

ASP Unifrax Holdings, Inc.
144A, 5.25%, 9/30/28

  $ 21,000     $ 16,877  

144A, 7.50%, 9/30/29 (a)

    10,000       7,330  

Chemours Co.
5.375%, 5/15/27

    13,000       12,072  

144A, 5.75%, 11/15/28

    25,000       22,415  

144A, 4.625%, 11/15/29

    15,000       12,396  

Consolidated Energy Finance SA
144A, 6.50%, 5/15/26

    10,000       9,147  

144A, 5.625%, 10/15/28

    13,000       10,726  

INEOS Quattro Finance 2 PLC, 144A,
3.375%, 1/15/26

    13,000       11,268  

Methanex Corp.,
5.25%, 12/15/29

    18,000       15,142  

NOVA Chemicals Corp.
144A, 5.25%, 6/1/27

    28,000       24,763  

144A, 4.25%, 5/15/29 (a)

    13,000       10,710  

Olympus Water US Holding Corp.
144A, 4.25%, 10/1/28

    22,000       17,918  

144A, 6.25%, 10/1/29

    10,000       7,563  

SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc.
144A, 4.875%, 5/1/28

    28,000       24,029  

144A, 6.625%, 5/1/29

    19,000       15,671  

Tronox, Inc., 144A,
4.625%, 3/15/29

    27,000       22,493  

WR Grace Holdings LLC, 144A,
5.625%, 8/15/29

    29,000       22,982  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $314,445)

      263,502  
   

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 0.1%            

Mercer International, Inc.,
5.125%, 2/1/29

   

(Cost $22,515)

    22,000       19,240  
   

 

 

 
Iron/Steel — 0.6%            

Mineral Resources Ltd.
144A, 8.125%, 5/1/27

    18,000       18,065  

144A, 8.00%, 11/1/27

    17,000       16,985  

144A, 8.50%, 5/1/30

    16,000       16,145  

United States Steel Corp.,
6.875%, 3/1/29

    19,000       18,644  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $71,363)

      69,839  
   

 

 

 
Mining — 1.0%            

Arconic Corp., 144A,
6.125%, 2/15/28

    24,000       22,570  

Constellium SE, 144A,
3.75%, 4/15/29

    13,000       10,777  

FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd.
144A, 5.875%, 4/15/30

    19,000       17,556  

144A, 6.125%, 4/15/32

    18,000       16,662  

Hudbay Minerals, Inc.
144A, 4.50%, 4/1/26

    15,000       13,635  

144A, 6.125%, 4/1/29

    15,000       13,227  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Mining (Continued)            

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.
144A, 4.625%, 3/1/28

  $ 15,000     $ 12,940  

144A, 4.50%, 6/1/31

    15,000       11,830  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $134,731)

      119,197  
   

 

 

 
Communications — 19.7%            
Advertising — 1.3%            

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
144A, 5.125%, 8/15/27

    32,000       28,701  

144A, 7.75%, 4/15/28

    25,000       20,380  

144A, 7.50%, 6/1/29

    27,000       21,836  

CMG Media Corp., 144A,
8.875%, 12/15/27

    26,000       22,402  

Outfront Media Capital LLC / Outfront Media Capital Corp.
144A, 5.00%, 8/15/27

    17,000       15,584  

144A, 4.25%, 1/15/29

    11,000       9,258  

144A, 4.625%, 3/15/30

    13,000       10,863  

Stagwell Global LLC, 144A,
5.625%, 8/15/29

    29,000       24,640  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $179,038)

      153,664  
   

 

 

 
Internet — 0.7%            

Arches Buyer, Inc.
144A, 4.25%, 6/1/28

    30,000       24,160  

144A, 6.125%, 12/1/28

    13,000       10,209  

Photo Holdings Merger Sub, Inc., 144A,
8.50%, 10/1/26

    20,000       14,965  

Uber Technologies, Inc., 144A,
4.50%, 8/15/29

    38,000       32,846  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $96,172)

      82,180  
   

 

 

 
Media — 8.6%            

Altice Financing SA
144A, 5.00%, 1/15/28

    32,000       25,874  

144A, 5.75%, 8/15/29

    54,000       43,624  

AMC Networks, Inc.,
4.25%, 2/15/29

    26,000       21,258  

Audacy Capital Corp.
144A, 6.50%, 5/1/27

    11,000       3,618  

144A, 6.75%, 3/31/29

    14,000       4,232  

CSC Holdings LLC
144A, 5.375%, 2/1/28

    25,000       22,709  

144A, 7.50%, 4/1/28

    27,000       24,047  

144A, 6.50%, 2/1/29

    46,000       42,716  

144A, 5.75%, 1/15/30

    62,000       48,091  

144A, 4.125%, 12/1/30

    29,000       23,228  

144A, 4.625%, 12/1/30

    59,000       43,026  

144A, 4.50%, 11/15/31

    40,000       31,404  

144A, 5.00%, 11/15/31

    8,000       5,713  

Diamond Sports Group LLC / Diamond Sports Finance Co.
144A, 5.375%, 8/15/26

    78,000       14,918  

144A, 6.625%, 8/15/27

    44,000       4,126  

Directv Financing LLC / Directv Financing Co.-Obligor, Inc., 144A,
5.875%, 8/15/27

    94,000       86,845  

 

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Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Media (Continued)            

DISH DBS Corp.
5.875%, 11/15/24

  $ 51,000     $ 46,217  

7.75%, 7/1/26

    51,000       40,209  

144A, 5.25%, 12/1/26

    70,000       57,925  

7.375%, 7/1/28

    30,000       19,700  

144A, 5.75%, 12/1/28

    64,000       49,265  

5.125%, 6/1/29

    38,000       22,572  

Gray Escrow II, Inc., 144A,
5.375%, 11/15/31

    33,000       27,931  

Gray Television, Inc., 144A,
4.75%, 10/15/30

    20,000       16,480  

iHeartCommunications, Inc.
6.375%, 5/1/26

    22,000       20,816  

8.375%, 5/1/27

    38,000       33,394  

144A, 5.25%, 8/15/27

    19,000       17,078  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/28

    11,000       9,459  

LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC
144A, 6.75%, 10/15/27

    30,000       28,365  

144A, 5.125%, 7/15/29

    22,000       18,953  

McGraw-Hill Education, Inc.
144A, 5.75%, 8/1/28

    23,000       20,274  

144A, 8.00%, 8/1/29

    18,000       15,643  

Radiate Holdco LLC / Radiate Finance, Inc.
144A, 4.50%, 9/15/26

    23,000       19,866  

144A, 6.50%, 9/15/28

    26,000       19,409  

Scripps Escrow II, Inc., 144A,
5.375%, 1/15/31 (a)

    13,000       10,656  

Sinclair Television Group, Inc., 144A,
5.50%, 3/1/30

    13,000       10,213  

Univision Communications, Inc., 144A,
7.375%, 6/30/30

    23,000       22,856  

UPC Holding BV, 144A,
5.50%, 1/15/28

    12,000       10,292  

Virgin Media Finance PLC, 144A,
5.00%, 7/15/30

    25,000       19,792  

Ziggo Bond Co. BV
144A, 6.00%, 1/15/27

    16,000       14,435  

144A, 5.125%, 2/28/30

    13,000       10,425  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,326,710)

      1,027,654  
   

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 9.1%            

Altice France Holding SA
144A, 10.50%, 5/15/27

    40,000       34,587  

144A, 6.00%, 2/15/28

    31,000       21,226  

Altice France SA
144A, 8.125%, 2/1/27

    46,000       43,585  

144A, 5.50%, 1/15/28

    29,000       23,646  

144A, 5.125%, 1/15/29

    15,000       11,670  

144A, 5.125%, 7/15/29

    64,000       48,698  

144A, 5.50%, 10/15/29

    52,000       41,129  

Avaya, Inc., 144A,
6.125%, 9/15/28

    26,000       14,258  

C&W Senior Financing DAC, 144A,
6.875%, 9/15/27

    32,000       28,449  

CommScope Technologies LLC
144A, 6.00%, 6/15/25

    33,000       29,990  

144A, 5.00%, 3/15/27

    19,000       15,024  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Telecommunications (Continued)            

CommScope, Inc.
144A, 6.00%, 3/1/26

  $ 38,000     $ 35,959  

144A, 8.25%, 3/1/27

    25,000       21,469  

144A, 7.125%, 7/1/28

    18,000       14,723  

144A, 4.75%, 9/1/29

    33,000       28,140  

Connect Finco SARL / Connect US Finco LLC, 144A,
6.75%, 10/1/26

    53,000       48,600  

Consolidated Communications, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 10/1/28

    12,000       9,260  

144A, 6.50%, 10/1/28

    20,000       16,144  

Frontier Communications Holdings LLC
144A, 5.875%, 10/15/27

    30,000       28,039  

144A, 5.00%, 5/1/28

    40,000       35,109  

144A, 6.75%, 5/1/29

    25,000       21,594  

5.875%, 11/1/29

    20,000       16,354  

144A, 6.00%, 1/15/30

    25,000       20,644  

144A, 8.75%, 5/15/30

    31,000       32,008  

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.,
6.625%, 8/1/26

    19,000       18,010  

Iliad Holding SASU
144A, 6.50%, 10/15/26

    31,000       28,368  

144A, 7.00%, 10/15/28

    23,000       21,140  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, 144A,
6.50%, 3/15/30

    76,000       69,082  

Level 3 Financing, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 9/15/27

    25,000       22,123  

144A, 4.25%, 7/1/28

    32,000       26,639  

144A, 3.625%, 1/15/29

    22,000       17,690  

144A, 3.75%, 7/15/29

    23,000       18,508  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.
144A, 5.125%, 12/15/26

    32,000       27,692  

144A, 4.50%, 1/15/29

    25,000       18,687  

144A, 5.375%, 6/15/29

    25,000       19,522  

Telesat Canada / Telesat LLC
144A, 5.625%, 12/6/26

    13,000       7,612  

144A, 4.875%, 6/1/27

    10,000       5,438  

VEON Holdings BV
144A, 4.95%, 6/16/24

    17,000       12,539  

144A, 4.00%, 4/9/25

    31,000       19,453  

Viasat, Inc.
144A, 5.625%, 9/15/25

    18,000       15,916  

144A, 5.625%, 4/15/27

    16,000       14,743  

144A, 6.50%, 7/15/28

    10,000       7,734  

Windstream Escrow LLC / Windstream Escrow Finance Corp., 144A,
7.75%, 8/15/28

    35,000       30,514  

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.
144A, 4.00%, 3/1/27

    38,000       32,445  

144A, 6.125%, 3/1/28

    28,000       21,821  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,300,065)

      1,095,981  
   

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 19.6%    
Airlines — 0.9%            

American Airlines Group, Inc., 144A,
3.75%, 3/1/25 (a)

    16,000       13,467  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   18  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Airlines (Continued)            

American Airlines, Inc., 144A,
11.75%, 7/15/25

  $ 64,000     $ 70,802  

Hawaiian Brand Intellectual Property Ltd. / HawaiianMiles Loyalty Ltd., 144A,
5.75%, 1/20/26

    31,000       28,339  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $119,526)

      112,608  
   

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 0.4%            

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC
144A, 7.75%, 10/15/25

    17,000       15,598  

144A, 4.50%, 10/1/27 (a)

    13,000       9,567  

144A, 5.875%, 1/15/28

    13,000       9,908  

144A, 5.50%, 7/15/29

    16,000       11,276  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $59,149)

      46,349  
   

 

 

 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 1.7%            

Adient Global Holdings Ltd., 144A,
4.875%, 8/15/26

    20,000       18,534  

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
6.50%, 4/1/27 (a)

    13,000       12,176  

6.875%, 7/1/28

    10,000       9,510  

5.00%, 10/1/29 (a)

    14,000       11,895  

Clarios Global LP / Clarios US Finance Co., 144A,
8.50%, 5/15/27

    52,000       50,801  

Dana, Inc.
5.375%, 11/15/27

    10,000       8,929  

5.625%, 6/15/28

    10,000       8,989  

4.25%, 9/1/30

    10,000       8,088  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
5.00%, 7/15/29 (a)

    23,000       20,647  

5.25%, 4/30/31 (a)

    14,000       12,227  

5.25%, 7/15/31 (a)

    16,000       13,815  

5.625%, 4/30/33

    11,000       9,531  

Tenneco, Inc., 144A,
7.875%, 1/15/29

    19,000       18,934  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $225,832)

      204,076  
   

 

 

 
Distribution/Wholesale — 0.0%            

Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc., 144A,
13.125%, 11/15/27

   

(Cost $13,319)

    15,000       4,988  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 2.9%            

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
144A,, 6/15/26

    36,000       28,939  

144A, 7.50%, 2/15/29

    25,000       21,531  

Banijay Entertainment SASU, 144A,
5.375%, 3/1/25

    25,000       23,604  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
144A, 8.125%, 7/1/27

    46,000       45,319  

144A, 4.625%, 10/15/29

    31,000       25,071  

Cinemark USA, Inc.
144A, 5.875%, 3/15/26

    10,000       8,887  

144A, 5.25%, 7/15/28

    20,000       16,189  

Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, 144A,
8.00%, 2/1/26

    31,000       27,130  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Entertainment (Continued)            

Penn Entertainment, Inc.
144A, 5.625%, 1/15/27

  $ 10,000     $ 9,161  

144A, 4.125%, 7/1/29

    10,000       8,091  

Premier Entertainment Sub LLC / Premier Entertainment Finance Corp.
144A, 5.625%, 9/1/29

    19,000       14,109  

144A, 5.875%, 9/1/31

    18,000       12,606  

Resorts World Las Vegas LLC / RWLV Capital, Inc., 144A,
4.625%, 4/16/29

    32,000       26,267  

Scientific Games International, Inc.
144A, 7.00%, 5/15/28

    19,000       18,622  

144A, 7.25%, 11/15/29

    11,000       10,835  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 144A,
5.50%, 4/15/27

    13,000       11,935  

Wynn Resorts Finance LLC / Wynn Resorts Capital Corp.
144A, 7.75%, 4/15/25

    16,000       15,974  

144A, 5.125%, 10/1/29

    19,000       15,972  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $396,636)

      340,242  
   

 

 

 
Food Service — 0.2%            

TKC Holdings, Inc.
144A, 6.875%, 5/15/28

    11,000       9,284  

144A, 10.50%, 5/15/29

    16,000       12,844  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $28,140)

      22,128  
   

 

 

 
Home Builders — 0.7%            

Ashton Woods USA LLC / Ashton Woods Finance Co., 144A,
4.625%, 4/1/30

    10,000       7,902  

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc. / Brookfield Residential US LLC
144A, 6.25%, 9/15/27

    15,000       13,352  

144A, 4.875%, 2/15/30

    15,000       11,569  

Century Communities, Inc., 144A,
3.875%, 8/15/29

    13,000       10,515  

Mattamy Group Corp.
144A, 5.25%, 12/15/27

    13,000       11,466  

144A, 4.625%, 3/1/30

    16,000       12,979  

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc., 144A,
5.125%, 8/1/30

    13,000       11,173  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $94,017)

      78,956  
   

 

 

 
Home Furnishings — 0.1%            

Tempur Sealy International, Inc., 144A,
3.875%, 10/15/31

   

(Cost $21,048)

    21,000       16,195  
   

 

 

 
Housewares — 0.2%            

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.
4.50%, 10/15/29

    10,000       8,025  

4.00%, 4/1/31

    12,000       9,030  

4.375%, 2/1/32

    10,000       7,563  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $30,085)

      24,618  
   

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 4.4%            

Carnival Corp.
144A, 10.50%, 2/1/26

    20,000       20,626  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   19  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Leisure Time (Continued)            

144A, 7.625%, 3/1/26 (a)

  $ 37,000     $ 31,500  

144A, 5.75%, 3/1/27

    95,000       74,176  

144A, 9.875%, 8/1/27

    23,000       23,117  

144A, 6.00%, 5/1/29

    51,000       38,585  

144A, 10.50%, 6/1/30

    25,000       22,906  

Life Time, Inc.
144A, 5.75%, 1/15/26

    24,000       21,659  

144A, 8.00%, 4/15/26

    10,000       8,844  

NCL Corp. Ltd.
144A, 3.625%, 12/15/24

    14,000       12,153  

144A, 5.875%, 3/15/26

    36,000       29,160  

144A, 5.875%, 2/15/27

    26,000       23,600  

144A, 7.75%, 2/15/29

    15,000       12,211  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
144A, 11.50%, 6/1/25

    35,000       37,146  

144A, 4.25%, 7/1/26

    18,000       13,856  

144A, 5.50%, 8/31/26 (a)

    26,000       21,160  

144A, 5.375%, 7/15/27

    25,000       19,436  

144A, 11.625%, 8/15/27

    35,000       34,441  

3.70%, 3/15/28

    22,000       14,989  

144A, 5.50%, 4/1/28

    28,000       21,570  

Viking Cruises Ltd.
144A, 13.00%, 5/15/25

    17,000       17,866  

144A, 5.875%, 9/15/27

    22,000       17,743  

144A, 7.00%, 2/15/29

    13,000       10,445  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $620,883)

      527,189  
   

 

 

 
Lodging — 2.1%            

Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow LLC / Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Esc
144A, 5.00%, 6/1/29

    22,000       19,499  

144A, 4.875%, 7/1/31

    12,000       9,922  

Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc., 144A,
4.50%, 6/15/29

    13,000       10,980  

Melco Resorts Finance Ltd.
144A, 4.875%, 6/6/25 (a)

    26,000       19,865  

144A, 5.25%, 4/26/26

    10,000       7,371  

144A, 5.625%, 7/17/27

    16,000       11,374  

144A, 5.75%, 7/21/28

    23,000       15,651  

144A, 5.375%, 12/4/29

    29,000       18,932  

MGM Resorts International
5.50%, 4/15/27

    18,000       16,689  

4.75%, 10/15/28

    19,000       16,724  

Station Casinos LLC
144A, 4.50%, 2/15/28

    19,000       16,395  

144A, 4.625%, 12/1/31

    13,000       10,779  

Travel + Leisure Co., 144A,
4.50%, 12/1/29

    17,000       13,846  

Wynn Las Vegas LLC / Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp.
144A, 5.50%, 3/1/25

    47,000       45,067  

144A, 5.25%, 5/15/27

    23,000       20,785  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $312,208)

      253,879  
   

 

 

 
Retail — 6.0%            

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 11/15/29

    21,000       18,033  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Retail (Continued)            

4.75%, 3/1/30

  $ 8,000     $ 6,831  

144A, 5.00%, 2/15/32

    16,000       13,389  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.
5.25%, 2/1/28

    13,000       11,667  

7.50%, 6/15/29 (a)

    14,000       13,479  

144A, 6.625%, 10/1/30

    26,000       23,652  

Carvana Co.
144A, 5.625%, 10/1/25

    13,000       9,759  

144A, 5.50%, 4/15/27

    15,000       9,746  

144A, 5.875%, 10/1/28 (a)

    15,000       9,021  

144A, 4.875%, 9/1/29

    19,000       10,830  

144A, 10.25%, 5/1/30

    84,000       66,886  

eG Global Finance PLC
144A, 6.75%, 2/7/25

    18,000       17,034  

144A, 8.50%, 10/30/25

    16,000       14,964  

Ferrellgas LP / Ferrellgas Finance Corp.
144A, 5.375%, 4/1/26

    17,000       14,816  

144A, 5.875%, 4/1/29

    22,000       17,963  

Fertitta Entertainment LLC / Fertitta Entertainment Finance Co., Inc., 144A,
6.75%, 1/15/30

    33,000       26,968  

Gap, Inc.
144A, 3.625%, 10/1/29

    19,000       13,233  

144A, 3.875%, 10/1/31

    19,000       13,205  

Guitar Center, Inc., 144A,
8.50%, 1/15/26

    14,000       12,971  

LBM Acquisition LLC, 144A,
6.25%, 1/15/29

    20,000       14,975  

LCM Investments Holdings II LLC, 144A,
4.875%, 5/1/29

    26,000       21,744  

Macy’s Retail Holdings LLC
144A, 5.875%, 4/1/29

    13,000       11,266  

144A, 5.875%, 3/15/30

    11,000       9,420  

144A, 6.125%, 3/15/32

    11,000       9,287  

Michaels Cos., Inc.
144A, 5.25%, 5/1/28

    22,000       16,959  

144A, 7.875%, 5/1/29

    33,000       21,995  

NMG Holding Co, Inc. / Neiman Marcus Group LLC, 144A,
7.125%, 4/1/26

    29,000       27,182  

Nordstrom, Inc.
4.375%, 4/1/30 (a)

    13,000       10,038  

4.25%, 8/1/31

    11,000       8,081  

Party City Holdings, Inc., 144A,
8.75%, 2/15/26

    19,000       12,475  

PetSmart, Inc. / PetSmart Finance Corp., 144A,
7.75%, 2/15/29

    29,000       27,296  

QVC, Inc.
4.45%, 2/15/25

    15,000       13,798  

4.75%, 2/15/27

    15,000       12,412  

4.375%, 9/1/28

    13,000       9,943  

Rite Aid Corp.
144A, 7.50%, 7/1/25

    12,000       10,236  

144A, 8.00%, 11/15/26

    23,000       18,785  

Sonic Automotive, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 11/15/29

    17,000       14,529  

144A, 4.875%, 11/15/31

    17,000       14,198  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   20  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Retail (Continued)            

SRS Distribution, Inc.
144A, 6.125%, 7/1/29

  $ 12,000     $ 9,971  

144A, 6.00%, 12/1/29

    21,000       17,129  

Staples, Inc.
144A, 7.50%, 4/15/26

    51,000       43,160  

144A, 10.75%, 4/15/27 (a)

    26,000       19,149  

Suburban Propane Partners LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp., 144A,
5.00%, 6/1/31

    17,000       15,040  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $873,929)

      713,515  
   

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 16.2%    
Agriculture — 0.3%            

Vector Group Ltd.
144A, 10.50%, 11/1/26

    14,000       13,573  

144A, 5.75%, 2/1/29

    22,000       19,106  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $37,115)

      32,679  
   

 

 

 
Beverages — 0.1%            

Primo Water Holdings, Inc., 144A,
4.375%, 4/30/29

   

(Cost $18,988)

    19,000       16,274  
   

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 0.1%            

Grifols Escrow Issuer SA, 144A,
4.75%, 10/15/28

   

(Cost $18,005)

    19,000       15,863  
   

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 3.6%            

Allied Universal Holdco LLC / Allied Universal Finance Corp.
144A, 6.625%, 7/15/26

    49,000       45,938  

144A, 9.75%, 7/15/27

    28,000       25,297  

144A, 6.00%, 6/1/29

    25,000       18,653  

Allied Universal Holdco LLC / Allied Universal Finance Corp. / Atlas Luxco 4 SARL, 144A,
4.625%, 6/1/28

    31,000       26,278  

APX Group, Inc.
144A, 6.75%, 2/15/27

    15,000       14,712  

144A, 5.75%, 7/15/29

    20,000       16,381  

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC / Avis Budget Finance, Inc.
144A, 5.75%, 7/15/27

    10,000       9,489  

144A, 4.75%, 4/1/28

    13,000       11,370  

144A, 5.375%, 3/1/29 (a)

    14,000       12,343  

CoreCivic, Inc.,
8.25%, 4/15/26

    18,000       17,968  

Garda World Security Corp.
144A, 4.625%, 2/15/27

    14,000       12,325  

144A, 9.50%, 11/1/27

    16,000       14,606  

144A, 6.00%, 6/1/29

    11,000       8,543  

Hertz Corp.
144A, 4.625%, 12/1/26

    13,000       11,084  

144A, 5.00%, 12/1/29

    26,000       20,960  

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC
144A, 5.50%, 9/1/28

    27,000       23,061  

144A, 5.75%, 11/1/28 (a)

    33,000       26,299  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Commercial Services (Continued)            

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC / Prime Finance, Inc., 144A,
6.25%, 1/15/28

  $ 33,000     $ 29,281  

Sabre GLBL, Inc.
144A, 9.25%, 4/15/25

    20,000       19,783  

144A, 7.375%, 9/1/25

    23,000       21,821  

Sotheby’s, 144A,
7.375%, 10/15/27

    20,000       18,886  

Verscend Escrow Corp., 144A,
9.75%, 8/15/26

    29,000       29,328  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $496,566)

      434,406  
   

 

 

 
Cosmetics/Personal Care — 0.4%            

Coty, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 4/15/26

    24,000       22,773  

144A, 6.50%, 4/15/26 (a)

    14,000       13,375  

Edgewell Personal Care Co., 144A,
4.125%, 4/1/29

    13,000       11,191  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $51,418)

      47,339  
   

 

 

 
Food — 2.0%            

Albertsons Cos., Inc. / Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons LP / Albertsons LLC, 144A,
5.875%, 2/15/28

    19,000       18,127  

B&G Foods, Inc.
5.25%, 4/1/25

    24,000       21,386  

5.25%, 9/15/27

    14,000       11,690  

Performance Food Group, Inc., 144A,
4.25%, 8/1/29

    26,000       22,360  

Post Holdings, Inc.
144A, 5.625%, 1/15/28

    25,000       23,777  

144A, 5.50%, 12/15/29

    32,000       29,360  

144A, 4.625%, 4/15/30

    42,000       36,527  

144A, 4.50%, 9/15/31

    35,000       29,804  

Sigma Holdco BV, 144A,
7.875%, 5/15/26

    12,000       8,581  

US Foods, Inc.
144A, 4.75%, 2/15/29

    24,000       21,420  

144A, 4.625%, 6/1/30

    11,000       9,502  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $263,676)

      232,534  
   

 

 

 
Healthcare-Products — 0.5%            

Medline Borrower LP, 144A,
5.25%, 10/1/29

   

(Cost $64,941)

    64,000       53,865  
   

 

 

 
Healthcare-Services — 4.6%            

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.
144A, 8.00%, 3/15/26

    56,000       52,430  

144A, 5.625%, 3/15/27

    50,000       42,494  

144A, 8.00%, 12/15/27

    16,000       14,089  

144A, 6.875%, 4/1/28

    20,000       10,450  

144A, 6.00%, 1/15/29

    23,000       18,915  

144A, 6.875%, 4/15/29

    45,000       28,195  

144A, 6.125%, 4/1/30

    37,000       22,996  

144A, 5.25%, 5/15/30

    41,000       31,109  

144A, 4.75%, 2/15/31

    28,000       20,712  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   21  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Healthcare-Services (Continued)            

DaVita, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 6/1/30

  $ 70,000     $ 56,439  

144A, 3.75%, 2/15/31

    38,000       28,027  

Encompass Health Corp.
4.75%, 2/1/30

    21,000       17,995  

4.625%, 4/1/31

    10,000       8,273  

Legacy LifePoint Health LLC
144A, 6.75%, 4/15/25

    25,000       24,582  

144A, 4.375%, 2/15/27

    16,000       13,931  

LifePoint Health, Inc., 144A,
5.375%, 1/15/29

    13,000       9,872  

ModivCare, Inc., 144A,
5.875%, 11/15/25

    13,000       12,261  

Radiology Partners, Inc., 144A,
9.25%, 2/1/28

    19,000       14,586  

RegionalCare Hospital Partners Holdings, Inc. / LifePoint Health, Inc., 144A,
9.75%, 12/1/26

    36,000       34,414  

Select Medical Corp., 144A,
6.25%, 8/15/26

    32,000       30,651  

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 144A,
6.125%, 10/1/28

    64,000       58,801  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $682,341)

      551,222  
   

 

 

 
Household Products/Wares — 0.3%            

Central Garden & Pet Co., 144A,
4.125%, 4/30/31

    10,000       8,204  

Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc. / KIK Custom Products, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 12/31/26

    13,000       11,795  

144A, 7.00%, 12/31/27

    13,000       10,745  

Spectrum Brands, Inc., 144A,
3.875%, 3/15/31

    13,000       10,102  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $48,749)

      40,846  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 4.3%            

AdaptHealth LLC
144A, 4.625%, 8/1/29

    11,000       9,175  

144A, 5.125%, 3/1/30

    16,000       13,682  

Bausch Health Americas, Inc.
144A, 9.25%, 4/1/26

    38,000       22,388  

144A, 8.50%, 1/31/27

    45,000       21,228  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc.
144A, 5.50%, 11/1/25

    46,000       38,236  

144A, 9.00%, 12/15/25

    38,000       24,106  

144A, 6.125%, 2/1/27

    26,000       19,449  

144A, 5.75%, 8/15/27 (a)

    13,000       9,501  

144A, 7.00%, 1/15/28

    19,000       7,191  

144A, 5.00%, 1/30/28

    32,000       12,132  

144A, 4.875%, 6/1/28

    42,000       29,033  

144A, 5.00%, 2/15/29

    25,000       9,787  

144A, 6.25%, 2/15/29

    37,000       14,027  

144A, 7.25%, 5/30/29

    23,000       9,005  

144A, 5.25%, 1/30/30

    32,000       12,208  

144A, 5.25%, 2/15/31

    26,000       10,310  

Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH, 144A,
5.50%, 1/15/28

    13,000       11,174  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Pharmaceuticals (Continued)            

HLF Financing Sarl LLC / Herbalife International, Inc., 144A,
4.875%, 6/1/29

  $ 15,000     $ 11,851  

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA / Mallinckrodt CB LLC
144A, 10.00%, 4/15/25

    11,000       9,913  

144A, 11.50%, 12/15/28

    17,000       15,321  

Owens & Minor, Inc.
144A, 4.50%, 3/31/29

    11,000       9,390  

144A, 6.625%, 4/1/30

    16,000       14,745  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV
7.125%, 1/31/25

    26,000       25,775  

3.15%, 10/1/26

    89,000       74,875  

4.75%, 5/9/27

    26,000       22,775  

6.75%, 3/1/28

    32,000       30,637  

5.125%, 5/9/29 (a)

    25,000       21,894  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $739,896)

      509,808  
   

 

 

 
Energy — 12.6%    
Energy-Alternate Sources — 0.3%            

TerraForm Power Operating LLC
144A, 5.00%, 1/31/28

    19,000       17,412  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/30

    19,000       16,804  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $39,906)

      34,216  
   

 

 

 
Oil & Gas — 6.5%            

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC / ARU Finance Corp.
144A, 7.00%, 11/1/26

    16,000       15,583  

144A, 5.875%, 6/30/29

    10,000       9,021  

Callon Petroleum Co.
144A, 8.00%, 8/1/28

    17,000       16,334  

144A, 7.50%, 6/15/30

    15,000       13,892  

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP / Calumet Finance Corp., 144A,
11.00%, 4/15/25

    14,000       14,684  

Citgo Holding, Inc., 144A,
9.25%, 8/1/24

    36,000       36,041  

CITGO Petroleum Corp.
144A, 7.00%, 6/15/25

    29,000       28,238  

144A, 6.375%, 6/15/26

    17,000       16,204  

CNX Resources Corp.
144A, 7.25%, 3/14/27

    20,000       19,869  

144A, 6.00%, 1/15/29

    13,000       12,240  

Colgate Energy Partners III LLC, 144A,
5.875%, 7/1/29

    19,000       17,636  

Comstock Resources, Inc.
144A, 6.75%, 3/1/29

    32,000       30,600  

144A, 5.875%, 1/15/30

    25,000       22,916  

CVR Energy, Inc.
144A, 5.25%, 2/15/25

    15,000       14,172  

144A, 5.75%, 2/15/28

    11,000       10,025  

Hilcorp Energy I LP / Hilcorp Finance Co. 144A, 6.25%, 11/1/28

    15,000       14,195  

144A, 5.75%, 2/1/29

    15,000       13,643  

144A, 6.00%, 4/15/30

    13,000       11,986  

144A, 6.00%, 2/1/31

    15,000       13,618  

144A, 6.25%, 4/15/32

    12,000       10,782  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   22  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Oil & Gas (Continued)            

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.
9.50%, 1/15/25

  $ 15,000     $ 15,072  

144A, 7.75%, 7/31/29 (a)

    10,000       9,592  

Leviathan Bond Ltd.
144A, REGS, 6.125%, 6/30/25

    16,000       15,760  

144A, REGS, 6.50%, 6/30/27

    15,000       14,625  

144A, REGS, 6.75%, 6/30/30

    14,000       13,370  

MEG Energy Corp., 144A,
5.875%, 2/1/29

    16,000       14,902  

Moss Creek Resources Holdings, Inc.
144A, 7.50%, 1/15/26

    18,000       16,398  

144A, 10.50%, 5/15/27

    10,000       9,674  

Murphy Oil Corp.
5.875%, 12/1/27

    14,000       13,636  

6.375%, 7/15/28

    14,000       13,790  

Nabors Industries Ltd., 144A,
7.25%, 1/15/26

    14,000       12,750  

Nabors Industries, Inc.
5.75%, 2/1/25

    15,000       13,852  

144A, 7.375%, 5/15/27

    19,000       18,367  

Parkland Corp.
144A, 5.875%, 7/15/27

    11,000       10,642  

144A, 4.50%, 10/1/29

    21,000       17,819  

144A, 4.625%, 5/1/30

    21,000       18,063  

PBF Holding Co. LLC / PBF Finance Corp.
7.25%, 6/15/25

    18,000       17,505  

6.00%, 2/15/28

    19,000       17,118  

Puma International Financing SA, 144A,
5.125%, 10/6/24

    50,000       46,725  

Range Resources Corp.,
8.25%, 1/15/29

    16,000       16,815  

SM Energy Co.
6.75%, 9/15/26

    12,000       11,818  

6.625%, 1/15/27 (a)

    11,000       10,740  

6.50%, 7/15/28

    11,000       10,610  

Sunoco LP / Sunoco Finance Corp.
4.50%, 5/15/29

    20,000       17,036  

4.50%, 4/30/30

    20,000       17,093  

Transocean, Inc.
144A, 7.25%, 11/1/25

    10,000       7,986  

144A, 7.50%, 1/15/26

    15,000       11,581  

144A, 11.50%, 1/30/27

    18,000       17,374  

144A, 8.00%, 2/1/27

    14,000       10,416  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $829,932)

      782,808  
   

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 1.1%            

Archrock Partners LP / Archrock Partners Finance Corp.
144A, 6.875%, 4/1/27

    16,000       15,022  

144A, 6.25%, 4/1/28

    21,000       19,143  

CGG SA, 144A,
8.75%, 4/1/27 (a)

    13,000       11,604  

USA Compression Partners LP / USA Compression Finance Corp.
6.875%, 4/1/26

    19,000       17,852  

6.875%, 9/1/27

    19,000       17,594  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Oil & Gas Services (Continued)            

Weatherford International Ltd.
144A, 6.50%, 9/15/28

  $ 13,000     $ 12,272  

144A, 8.625%, 4/30/30

    41,000       37,127  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $145,462)

      130,614  
   

 

 

 
Pipelines — 4.7%            

Antero Midstream Partners LP / Antero Midstream Finance Corp.
144A, 5.75%, 3/1/27

    18,000       17,084  

144A, 5.75%, 1/15/28

    17,000       16,186  

Buckeye Partners LP, 144A,
4.50%, 3/1/28

    13,000       11,527  

CQP Holdco LP / BIP-V Chinook Holdco LLC, 144A,
5.50%, 6/15/31

    37,000       32,785  

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP / Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp.
144A, 5.625%, 5/1/27

    15,000       14,009  

144A, 6.00%, 2/1/29

    19,000       17,583  

144A, 8.00%, 4/1/29

    11,000       10,921  

EnLink Midstream LLC,
5.375%, 6/1/29

    13,000       12,168  

EQM Midstream Partners LP
144A, 7.50%, 6/1/27

    13,000       12,850  

144A, 6.50%, 7/1/27

    24,000       23,210  

5.50%, 7/15/28

    18,000       16,487  

144A, 4.50%, 1/15/29

    21,000       18,116  

144A, 7.50%, 6/1/30

    13,000       12,856  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/31

    29,000       25,133  

Genesis Energy LP / Genesis Energy Finance Corp.
6.50%, 10/1/25

    14,000       13,139  

8.00%, 1/15/27

    25,000       23,542  

7.75%, 2/1/28 (a)

    18,000       16,713  

ITT Holdings LLC, 144A,
6.50%, 8/1/29

    31,000       26,229  

New Fortress Energy, Inc.
144A, 6.75%, 9/15/25

    32,000       30,889  

144A, 6.50%, 9/30/26

    38,000       35,849  

NGL Energy Operating LLC / NGL Energy Finance Corp., 144A,
7.50%, 2/1/26

    52,000       47,077  

NGL Energy Partners LP / NGL Energy Finance Corp.,
7.50%, 11/1/23 (a)

    12,000       11,372  

NuStar Logistics LP
5.625%, 4/28/27

    15,000       13,680  

6.375%, 10/1/30

    15,000       13,672  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, 144A,
4.95%, 7/15/29

    14,000       12,641  

Tallgrass Energy Partners LP / Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp.
144A, 7.50%, 10/1/25

    15,000       15,041  

144A, 6.00%, 3/1/27

    11,000       10,055  

144A, 5.50%, 1/15/28

    22,000       19,075  

144A, 6.00%, 12/31/30

    19,000       16,681  

144A, 6.00%, 9/1/31

    13,000       11,392  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $617,864)

      557,962  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   23  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Financial — 9.0%    
Banks — 0.5%            

Freedom Mortgage Corp.
144A, 8.125%, 11/15/24

  $ 11,000     $ 9,888  

144A, 8.25%, 4/15/25

    14,000       12,133  

144A, 7.625%, 5/1/26

    15,000       12,304  

144A, 6.625%, 1/15/27

    14,000       10,828  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 144A,
4.198%, 6/1/32

    21,000       15,272  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $74,383)

      60,425  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 4.2%            

Coinbase Global, Inc.
144A, 3.375%, 10/1/28

    25,000       16,246  

144A, 3.625%, 10/1/31

    25,000       15,259  

Curo Group Holdings Corp., 144A,
7.50%, 8/1/28

    25,000       15,192  

Jefferies Finance LLC / JFIN Co.-Issuer Corp., 144A,
5.00%, 8/15/28

    26,000       22,258  

LD Holdings Group LLC
144A, 6.50%, 11/1/25

    11,000       6,330  

144A, 6.125%, 4/1/28

    14,000       7,457  

Midcap Financial Issuer Trust
144A, 6.50%, 5/1/28

    26,000       22,337  

144A, 5.625%, 1/15/30

    10,000       7,643  

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.
144A, 6.00%, 1/15/27

    15,000       13,381  

144A, 5.50%, 8/15/28

    22,000       18,386  

144A, 5.125%, 12/15/30

    15,000       11,852  

144A, 5.75%, 11/15/31

    16,000       12,718  

Navient Corp.
6.75%, 6/25/25

    13,000       12,564  

6.75%, 6/15/26

    13,000       12,350  

5.00%, 3/15/27

    19,000       16,302  

4.875%, 3/15/28

    13,000       10,637  

5.50%, 3/15/29

    19,000       15,419  

NFP Corp., 144A,
6.875%, 8/15/28

    53,000       43,664  

OneMain Finance Corp.
7.125%, 3/15/26

    45,000       42,387  

6.625%, 1/15/28

    20,000       18,308  

3.875%, 9/15/28

    15,000       11,720  

5.375%, 11/15/29

    19,000       15,767  

4.00%, 9/15/30 (a)

    22,000       16,432  

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.
144A, 5.375%, 10/15/25

    17,000       15,296  

144A, 4.25%, 2/15/29

    17,000       13,318  

144A, 5.75%, 9/15/31

    13,000       10,558  

United Wholesale Mortgage LLC
144A, 5.50%, 11/15/25

    21,000       18,372  

144A, 5.75%, 6/15/27

    11,000       9,076  

144A, 5.50%, 4/15/29

    19,000       14,814  

VistaJet Malta Finance PLC / XO Management Holding, Inc.
144A, 7.875%, 5/1/27

    13,000       11,931  

144A, 6.375%, 2/1/30

    26,000       22,406  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $618,768)

      500,380  
   

 

 

 
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Insurance — 1.4%            

Acrisure LLC / Acrisure Finance, Inc.
144A, 7.00%, 11/15/25

  $ 24,000     $ 22,651  

144A, 10.125%, 8/1/26

    10,000       10,022  

144A, 6.00%, 8/1/29

    13,000       10,562  

Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC / Alliant Holdings Co.-Issuer, 144A,
5.875%, 11/1/29

    11,000       9,476  

Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC / Alliant Holdings Co-Issuer, 144A,
6.75%, 10/15/27

    34,000       30,941  

AssuredPartners, Inc.
144A, 7.00%, 8/15/25

    13,000       12,610  

144A, 5.625%, 1/15/29

    14,000       11,656  

HUB International Ltd.
144A, 7.00%, 5/1/26

    44,000       43,162  

144A, 5.625%, 12/1/29

    14,000       12,264  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $178,621)

      163,344  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate — 0.6%            

Kennedy-Wilson, Inc.
4.75%, 2/1/30

    15,000       12,115  

5.00%, 3/1/31

    15,000       12,357  

Realogy Group LLC / Realogy Co.-Issuer Corp. 144A, 5.75%, 1/15/29

    24,000       18,840  

144A, 5.25%, 4/15/30

    25,000       18,875  

WeWork Cos., Inc., 144A,
7.875%, 5/1/25

    18,000       13,456  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $97,059)

      75,643  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 2.1%            

Brookfield Property REIT, Inc. / BPR Cumulus LLC / BPR Nimbus LLC / GGSI Sellco LL, 144A,
4.50%, 4/1/27

    19,000       16,307  

Diversified Healthcare Trust
9.75%, 6/15/25

    13,000       12,795  

4.75%, 2/15/28

    13,000       9,630  

4.375%, 3/1/31

    12,000       8,252  

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP / Ladder Capital Finance Corp., 144A,
4.75%, 6/15/29

    16,000       13,584  

Service Properties Trust
7.50%, 9/15/25

    26,000       24,961  

4.75%, 10/1/26

    15,000       12,222  

5.50%, 12/15/27

    16,000       13,862  

3.95%, 1/15/28

    7,000       5,221  

4.95%, 10/1/29

    22,000       16,627  

4.375%, 2/15/30

    10,000       7,341  

Uniti Group LP / Uniti Fiber Holdings, Inc. / CSL Capital LLC 144A,
7.875%, 2/15/25

    62,000       61,330  

144A, 6.00%, 1/15/30

    19,000       13,427  

Uniti Group LP / Uniti Group Finance, Inc. / CSL Capital LLC
144A, 4.75%, 4/15/28

    15,000       12,556  

144A, 6.50%, 2/15/29

    28,000       21,376  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $290,374)

      249,491  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   24  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Venture Capital — 0.2%            

Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC, 144A,
5.25%, 4/15/29

   

(Cost $26,984)

  $ 26,000     $ 22,166  
   

 

 

 
Industrial — 10.4%            
Aerospace/Defense — 3.3%            

Bombardier, Inc.
144A, 7.50%, 12/1/24

    18,000       17,863  

144A, 7.50%, 3/15/25

    33,000       32,336  

144A, 7.125%, 6/15/26

    31,000       29,581  

144A, 7.875%, 4/15/27

    49,000       46,980  

144A, 6.00%, 2/15/28

    20,000       17,715  

Rolls-Royce PLC, 144A,
5.75%, 10/15/27

    25,000       22,655  

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
144A, 7.50%, 4/15/25

    31,000       30,371  

4.60%, 6/15/28

    19,000       15,132  

TransDigm, Inc.
6.375%, 6/15/26

    22,000       21,146  

7.50%, 3/15/27

    16,000       15,622  

5.50%, 11/15/27

    74,000       66,690  

4.625%, 1/15/29

    25,000       21,332  

4.875%, 5/1/29

    19,000       16,147  

Triumph Group, Inc.
144A, 8.875%, 6/1/24

    15,000       15,210  

144A, 6.25%, 9/15/24

    13,000       11,928  

7.75%, 8/15/25

    11,000       9,279  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $420,855)

      389,987  
   

 

 

 
Building Materials — 1.6%            

Builders FirstSource, Inc., 144A,
6.375%, 6/15/32

    18,000       16,717  

Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc., 144A,
6.125%, 1/15/29

    14,000       9,563  

Griffon Corp.,
5.75%, 3/1/28

    26,000       24,094  

JELD-WEN, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 12/15/25

    10,000       8,614  

144A, 4.875%, 12/15/27

    10,000       7,759  

SRM Escrow Issuer LLC, 144A,
6.00%, 11/1/28

    28,000       25,441  

Standard Industries, Inc.
144A, 4.75%, 1/15/28

    26,000       22,775  

144A, 4.375%, 7/15/30

    41,000       32,877  

144A, 3.375%, 1/15/31

    29,000       21,592  

Summit Materials LLC / Summit Materials Finance Corp., 144A,
5.25%, 1/15/29

    19,000       17,124  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $216,930)

      186,556  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.2%  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.
144A, 4.75%, 6/15/28

    15,000       12,499  

144A, 4.375%, 3/31/29

    21,000       17,082  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $36,437)

      29,581  
   

 

 

 
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Electronics — 0.6%            

II-VI, Inc., 144A,
5.00%, 12/15/29

  $ 26,000     $ 23,181  

Imola Merger Corp., 144A,
4.75%, 5/15/29

    51,000       43,362  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $78,874)

      66,543  
   

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.2%            

Brand Industrial Services, Inc., 144A,
8.50%, 7/15/25

   

(Cost $25,464)

    25,000       20,281  
   

 

 

 
Environmental Control — 0.9%            

Covanta Holding Corp.
144A, 4.875%, 12/1/29

    20,000       16,910  

5.00%, 9/1/30

    10,000       8,450  

GFL Environmental, Inc.
144A, 4.00%, 8/1/28

    19,000       16,089  

144A, 4.75%, 6/15/29

    19,000       16,515  

144A, 4.375%, 8/15/29

    15,000       12,735  

Madison IAQ LLC
144A, 4.125%, 6/30/28

    18,000       15,461  

144A, 5.875%, 6/30/29

    26,000       21,434  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $128,331)

      107,594  
   

 

 

 
Machinery-Diversified — 0.4%            

TK Elevator Holdco GmbH, 144A,
7.625%, 7/15/28

    10,000       8,966  

TK Elevator US Newco, Inc., 144A,
5.25%, 7/15/27

    41,000       37,462  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $53,086)

      46,428  
   

 

 

 
Miscellaneous Manufacturing — 0.2%            

FXI Holdings, Inc.
144A, 7.875%, 11/1/24

    13,000       10,799  

144A, 12.25%, 11/15/26

    19,000       15,884  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $33,322)

      26,683  
   

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 2.5%            

Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA LLC / Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance PLC, 144A,
4.00%, 9/1/29

    28,000       22,731  

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC / Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc.
144A, 5.25%, 4/30/25

    18,000       17,064  

144A, 4.125%, 8/15/26

    31,000       26,781  

144A, 5.25%, 8/15/27 (a)

    25,000       18,118  

144A, 5.25%, 8/15/27

    21,000       15,220  

Clydesdale Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
144A, 6.625%, 4/15/29

    13,000       12,492  

144A, 8.75%, 4/15/30

    28,000       24,378  

LABL, Inc.
144A, 6.75%, 7/15/26

    18,000       17,127  

144A, 10.50%, 7/15/27

    18,000       17,037  

144A, 5.875%, 11/1/28

    13,000       11,334  

144A, 8.25%, 11/1/29

    11,000       8,917  

Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co.
144A, 5.50%, 4/15/24

    30,000       29,080  

144A, 7.25%, 4/15/25

    39,000       35,558  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   25  


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Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Packaging & Containers (Continued)            

OI European Group BV, 144A,
4.75%, 2/15/30

  $ 12,000     $ 9,732  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 144A,
6.625%, 5/13/27 (a)

    16,000       14,884  

Trivium Packaging Finance BV, 144A,
8.50%, 8/15/27

    19,000       18,074  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $334,527)

      298,527  
   

 

 

 
Transportation — 0.1%            

Seaspan Corp., 144A,
5.50%, 8/1/29

   

(Cost $19,098)

    19,000       15,675  
   

 

 

 
Trucking & Leasing — 0.4%            

Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC
144A, 6.50%, 10/1/25

    17,000       15,867  

144A, 9.75%, 8/1/27

    12,000       12,060  

144A, 5.50%, 5/1/28

    25,000       21,422  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $54,966)

      49,349  
   

 

 

 
Technology — 4.5%    
Computers — 1.8%            

Condor Merger Sub, Inc., 144A,
7.375%, 2/15/30

    52,000       43,480  

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.
8.50%, 4/15/24

    8,000       4,876  

144A, 9.375%, 7/15/25

    19,000       15,623  

Exela Intermediate LLC / Exela Finance, Inc., 144A,
11.50%, 7/15/26

    30,000       9,775  

NCR Corp.
144A, 5.75%, 9/1/27

    13,000       12,565  

144A, 5.00%, 10/1/28

    17,000       16,028  

144A, 5.125%, 4/15/29

    32,000       29,926  

144A, 6.125%, 9/1/29

    13,000       12,432  

144A, 5.25%, 10/1/30

    11,000       10,175  

Presidio Holdings, Inc.
144A, 4.875%, 2/1/27

    11,000       10,308  

144A, 8.25%, 2/1/28

    15,000       13,564  

Seagate HDD Cayman,
4.125%, 1/15/31

    12,000       9,944  

Vericast Corp., 144A,
11.00%, 9/15/26

    31,894       31,979  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $261,507)

      220,675  
   

 

 

 
Office/Business Equipment — 0.4%            

Pitney Bowes, Inc., 144A,
6.875%, 3/15/27

    10,000       7,580  

Xerox Holdings Corp.
144A, 5.00%, 8/15/25

    19,000       17,641  

144A, 5.50%, 8/15/28

    19,000       16,647  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $48,322)

      41,868  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 0.3%            

ams-OSRAM AG, 144A,
7.00%, 7/31/25

    11,000       10,511  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Semiconductors (Continued)            

Entegris Escrow Corp., 144A,
5.95%, 6/15/30

  $ 22,000     $ 20,904  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $32,430)

      31,415  
   

 

 

 
Software — 2.0%            

Boxer Parent Co., Inc., 144A,
7.125%, 10/2/25

    16,000       15,842  

Change Healthcare Holdings LLC / Change Healthcare Finance, Inc., 144A,
5.75%, 3/1/25

    32,000       31,620  

Clarivate Science Holdings Corp.
144A, 3.875%, 7/1/28

    23,000       19,717  

144A, 4.875%, 7/1/29

    23,000       19,052  

MicroStrategy, Inc., 144A,
6.125%, 6/15/28 (a)

    16,000       13,381  

Minerva Merger Sub, Inc., 144A,
6.50%, 2/15/30

    60,000       51,016  

Rackspace Technology Global, Inc.
144A, 3.50%, 2/15/28

    14,000       10,000  

144A, 5.375%, 12/1/28

    15,000       8,331  

ROBLOX Corp., 144A,
3.875%, 5/1/30

    26,000       21,734  

Veritas US, Inc. / Veritas Bermuda Ltd., 144A,
7.50%, 9/1/25

    46,000       35,454  

Ziff Davis, Inc., 144A,
4.625%, 10/15/30

    15,000       12,821  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $284,640)

      238,968  
   

 

 

 
Utilities — 2.2%    
Electric — 1.8%            

Calpine Corp.
144A, 5.125%, 3/15/28

    37,000       32,973  

144A, 4.625%, 2/1/29

    13,000       11,081  

144A, 5.00%, 2/1/31

    23,000       19,285  

NRG Energy, Inc.
5.75%, 1/15/28

    21,000       19,819  

144A, 5.25%, 6/15/29

    20,000       18,057  

144A, 3.625%, 2/15/31

    26,000       20,684  

144A, 3.875%, 2/15/32

    28,000       22,239  

PG&E Corp.
5.00%, 7/1/28

    25,000       22,220  

5.25%, 7/1/30

    25,000       21,655  

Vistra Operations Co. LLC, 144A,
4.375%, 5/1/29

    33,000       28,828  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $252,522)

      216,841  
   

 

 

 
Gas — 0.4%            

AmeriGas Partners LP / AmeriGas Finance Corp.
5.50%, 5/20/25

    18,000       17,106  

5.875%, 8/20/26

    18,000       17,160  

5.75%, 5/20/27

    13,000       12,270  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $49,096)

      46,536  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $13,911,266)

      11,721,392  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   26  


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Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Number
of Shares

   

Value

 
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL — 2.2%  

DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 2.00% (b)(c)
(Cost $263,774)

    263,774     $ 263,774  
   

 

 

 
CASH EQUIVALENTS — 0.3%            

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 2.24% (b)
(Cost $35,828)

    35,828       35,828  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.6%

(Cost $14,210,868)

    $ 12,020,994  

Other assets and liabilities, net — (0.6%)

      (68,538
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 11,952,456  
   

 

 

 

A summary of the Fund’s transactions with affiliated investments during the year ended August 31, 2022 is as follows:

 

     Value ($) at
8/31/2021
     Purchases
Cost ($)
     Sales
Proceeds ($)
    Net Realized
Gain/(Loss) ($)
     Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
($)
     Income ($)      Capital Gain
Distributions
($)
     Number of
Shares at
8/31/2022
     Value ($) at
8/31/2022
 

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL2.2%

 

DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 2.00% (b)(c)

 

     1,444,823            —        (1,181,049 )(d)          —            —        2,166            —        263,774        263,774  

CASH EQUIVALENTS0.3%

 

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 2.24% (b)

 

     171,850        1,764,389        (1,900,411                   375               35,828        35,828  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
       1,616,673          1,764,389          (3,081,460                     2,541                 299,602          299,602  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

All or a portion of these securities were on loan. In addition, “Other assets and liabilities, net” may include pending sales that are also on loan. The value of securities loaned at August 31, 2022 amounted to $395,224, which is 3.3% of net assets.

(b)

Affiliated fund managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

(c)

Represents cash collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates. In addition, the Fund held non-cash U.S. Treasury securities collateral having a value of $151,718.

(d)

Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested in cash collateral for the year ended August 31, 2022.

 

REIT:   Real Estate Investment Trust
REGS:   Securities sold under Regulation S may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
144A:   Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   27  


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Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of August 31, 2022 in valuing the Fund’s investments. For information on the Fund’s policy regarding the valuation of investments, please refer to the Security Valuation section of Note 2 in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Assets

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Corporate Bonds (a)

     $        $ 11,721,392        $   —        $ 11,721,392  

Short-Term Investments (a)

       299,602                            299,602  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL

     $ 299,602        $ 11,721,392        $        $ 12,020,994  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   28  


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Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
CORPORATE BONDS — 98.2%    
Basic Materials — 3.4%    
Chemicals — 1.8%            

Ashland LLC, 144A,
3.375%, 9/1/31

  $ 1,521,000     $ 1,247,581  

Avient Corp.
144A, 5.75%, 5/15/25

    1,922,000       1,897,946  

144A, 7.125%, 8/1/30

    2,500,000       2,473,369  

Axalta Coating Systems LLC, 144A,
3.375%, 2/15/29

    2,192,000       1,821,142  

Methanex Corp.,
5.125%, 10/15/27

    2,211,000       2,016,565  

NOVA Chemicals Corp.
144A, 4.875%, 6/1/24

    3,566,000       3,418,820  

144A, 5.00%, 5/1/25

    1,628,000       1,533,422  

Olin Corp.
5.125%, 9/15/27

    1,603,000       1,523,459  

5.625%, 8/1/29

    2,520,000       2,403,790  

5.00%, 2/1/30 (a)

    1,395,000       1,267,696  

Valvoline, Inc.
144A, 4.25%, 2/15/30

    1,977,000       1,929,947  

144A, 3.625%, 6/15/31

    1,747,000       1,409,646  

WR Grace Holdings LLC, 144A,
4.875%, 6/15/27

    2,419,000       2,240,308  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $26,283,995)

      25,183,691  
   

 

 

 
Iron/Steel — 0.3%            

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.
144A, 6.75%, 3/15/26

    2,728,000       2,762,346  

5.875%, 6/1/27

    1,785,000       1,710,565  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $4,641,755)

      4,472,911  
   

 

 

 
Mining — 1.3%            

Arconic Corp., 144A,
6.00%, 5/15/25

    2,284,000       2,247,175  

FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd.
144A, 5.125%, 5/15/24

    2,185,000       2,165,859  

144A, 4.50%, 9/15/27

    2,019,000       1,847,385  

144A, 4.375%, 4/1/31

    4,900,000       4,003,055  

Novelis Corp.
144A, 3.25%, 11/15/26

    2,291,000       2,043,332  

144A, 4.75%, 1/30/30

    5,311,000       4,626,943  

144A, 3.875%, 8/15/31

    2,427,000       1,963,176  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $20,224,523)

      18,896,925  
   

 

 

 
Communications — 17.1%    
Advertising — 0.4%            

Lamar Media Corp.
3.75%, 2/15/28

    1,917,000       1,722,300  

4.00%, 2/15/30

    1,739,000       1,530,311  

3.625%, 1/15/31

    1,868,000       1,567,962  

Outfront Media Capital LLC / Outfront Media Capital Corp., 144A,
6.25%, 6/15/25

    1,325,000       1,314,894  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $6,678,580)

      6,135,467  
   

 

 

 
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Internet — 2.2%            

Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC / GD Finance Co., Inc.
144A, 5.25%, 12/1/27

  $ 1,965,000     $ 1,849,733  

144A, 3.50%, 3/1/29

    2,519,000       2,136,163  

Match Group Holdings II LLC
144A, 5.00%, 12/15/27

    1,360,000       1,249,738  

144A, 4.625%, 6/1/28

    1,760,000       1,569,251  

144A, 4.125%, 8/1/30

    1,518,000       1,258,189  

144A, 3.625%, 10/1/31

    1,721,000       1,353,206  

NortonLifeLock, Inc., 144A,
5.00%, 4/15/25

    3,581,000       3,534,447  

Twitter, Inc.
144A, 3.875%, 12/15/27 (a)

    2,703,000       2,518,350  

144A, 5.00%, 3/1/30

    2,934,000       2,758,403  

Uber Technologies, Inc.
144A, 7.50%, 5/15/25

    3,254,000       3,281,340  

144A, 8.00%, 11/1/26

    4,826,000       4,881,314  

144A, 7.50%, 9/15/27

    3,981,000       3,990,913  

144A, 6.25%, 1/15/28 (a)

    1,609,000       1,538,791  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $33,957,532)

      31,919,838  
   

 

 

 
Media — 10.1%            

AMC Networks, Inc.
5.00%, 4/1/24

    1,876,000       1,831,745  

4.75%, 8/1/25 (a)

    2,397,000       2,223,316  

Cable One, Inc., 144A,
4.00%, 11/15/30

    2,102,000       1,753,730  

CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp.
144A, 5.50%, 5/1/26

    1,226,000       1,215,297  

144A, 5.125%, 5/1/27

    6,063,000       5,762,881  

144A, 5.00%, 2/1/28

    4,884,000       4,481,497  

144A, 5.375%, 6/1/29

    2,652,000       2,425,784  

144A, 6.375%, 9/1/29

    1,300,000       1,260,025  

144A, 4.75%, 3/1/30

    5,959,000       5,128,852  

144A, 4.50%, 8/15/30

    5,373,000       4,525,141  

144A, 4.25%, 2/1/31

    5,861,000       4,789,609  

144A, 4.75%, 2/1/32

    2,312,000       1,916,579  

4.50%, 5/1/32

    5,653,000       4,587,268  

144A, 4.50%, 6/1/33

    3,419,000       2,688,343  

144A, 4.25%, 1/15/34

    3,769,000       2,874,277  

CSC Holdings LLC
5.25%, 6/1/24

    2,655,000       2,591,758  

144A, 5.50%, 4/15/27

    4,190,000       3,978,468  

144A, 3.375%, 2/15/31

    3,225,000       2,421,104  

Gray Television, Inc.
144A, 5.875%, 7/15/26

    2,405,000       2,324,649  

144A, 7.00%, 5/15/27 (a)

    2,240,000       2,212,246  

News Corp.
144A, 3.875%, 5/15/29

    3,284,000       2,863,467  

144A, 5.125%, 2/15/32

    1,617,000       1,490,090  

Nexstar Media, Inc.
144A, 5.625%, 7/15/27

    5,428,000       5,174,947  

144A, 4.75%, 11/1/28

    3,420,000       3,099,324  

Scripps Escrow II, Inc., 144A,
3.875%, 1/15/29

    1,836,000       1,559,168  

Sinclair Television Group, Inc., 144A,
4.125%, 12/1/30

    2,440,000       1,995,334  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   29  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Media (Continued)            

Sirius XM Radio, Inc.
144A, 3.125%, 9/1/26

  $ 3,234,000     $ 2,884,340  

144A, 5.00%, 8/1/27

    5,251,000       4,949,960  

144A, 4.00%, 7/15/28

    6,241,000       5,445,272  

144A, 5.50%, 7/1/29

    4,022,000       3,765,296  

144A, 4.125%, 7/1/30

    4,699,000       3,987,008  

144A, 3.875%, 9/1/31

    5,108,000       4,130,942  

TEGNA, Inc.
144A, 4.75%, 3/15/26

    2,231,000       2,189,519  

4.625%, 3/15/28

    3,040,000       2,918,628  

5.00%, 9/15/29

    3,429,000       3,288,051  

Univision Communications, Inc.
144A, 5.125%, 2/15/25

    4,560,000       4,410,432  

144A, 6.625%, 6/1/27

    5,130,000       4,957,043  

144A, 4.50%, 5/1/29

    3,401,000       2,980,977  

UPC Broadband Finco BV, 144A,
4.875%, 7/15/31

    4,053,000       3,510,850  

Videotron Ltd.
144A, 5.375%, 6/15/24

    2,230,000       2,217,824  

144A, 5.125%, 4/15/27

    1,820,000       1,709,353  

144A, 3.625%, 6/15/29

    1,646,000       1,368,416  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC
144A, 5.50%, 5/15/29

    4,544,000       4,083,329  

144A, 4.50%, 8/15/30

    3,009,000       2,510,860  

VZ Secured Financing BV, 144A,
5.00%, 1/15/32

    5,006,000       4,087,825  

Ziggo BV, 144A,
4.875%, 1/15/30

    3,208,000       2,712,824  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $155,043,859)

      145,283,648  
   

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 4.4%            

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.,
5.25%, 8/1/26

    2,493,000       2,378,297  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.
Series W, 6.75%, 12/1/23

    2,463,000       2,494,255  

Series Y, 7.50%, 4/1/24

    3,245,000       3,275,178  

5.625%, 4/1/25

    1,388,000       1,348,327  

144A, 4.00%, 2/15/27

    4,153,000       3,617,637  

Nokia OYJ,
4.375%, 6/12/27

    1,610,000       1,537,172  

Sprint Corp.
7.875%, 9/15/23

    13,134,000       13,561,446  

7.125%, 6/15/24

    8,375,000       8,657,489  

7.625%, 2/15/25

    4,922,000       5,155,844  

7.625%, 3/1/26

    4,989,000       5,283,850  

Switch Ltd.
144A, 3.75%, 9/15/28

    1,690,000       1,677,796  

144A, 4.125%, 6/15/29

    1,753,000       1,751,245  

Telecom Italia SpA, 144A,
5.303%, 5/30/24

    4,897,000       4,719,778  

Vmed O2 UK Financing I PLC
144A, 4.25%, 1/31/31

    4,393,000       3,550,510  

144A, 4.75%, 7/15/31

    4,559,000       3,766,874  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $65,764,800)

      62,775,698  
   

 

 

 
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 22.8%    
Airlines — 1.6%            

Air Canada, 144A,
3.875%, 8/15/26

  $ 3,864,000     $ 3,453,180  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.
2.90%, 10/28/24

    2,596,000       2,437,644  

7.375%, 1/15/26 (a)

    2,876,000       2,933,261  

4.375%, 4/19/28

    1,337,000       1,177,095  

3.75%, 10/28/29

    1,589,000       1,292,890  

United Airlines, Inc.
144A, 4.375%, 4/15/26

    6,505,000       5,939,650  

144A, 4.625%, 4/15/29

    6,545,000       5,751,419  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $24,477,580)

      22,985,139  
   

 

 

 
Apparel — 0.4%            

Hanesbrands, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 5/15/24

    2,770,000       2,671,665  

144A, 4.875%, 5/15/26

    3,042,000       2,802,564  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $5,929,349)

      5,474,229  
   

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 4.8%            

Allison Transmission, Inc.
144A, 4.75%, 10/1/27

    1,454,000       1,354,663  

144A, 5.875%, 6/1/29

    1,617,000       1,522,595  

144A, 3.75%, 1/30/31

    3,201,000       2,593,850  

Ford Motor Co.
9.00%, 4/22/25

    3,331,000       3,729,781  

4.346%, 12/8/26

    4,759,000       4,570,491  

9.625%, 4/22/30

    1,488,000       1,742,555  

3.25%, 2/12/32

    8,031,000       6,298,954  

6.10%, 8/19/32

    5,900,000       5,753,503  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
3.37%, 11/17/23

    1,787,000       1,743,772  

3.81%, 1/9/24

    1,341,000       1,312,430  

5.584%, 3/18/24

    2,836,000       2,824,434  

3.664%, 9/8/24

    1,313,000       1,260,086  

4.063%, 11/1/24

    2,625,000       2,551,539  

2.30%, 2/10/25

    2,069,000       1,888,997  

4.687%, 6/9/25

    828,000       796,126  

5.125%, 6/16/25

    2,863,000       2,796,679  

4.134%, 8/4/25

    2,716,000       2,569,309  

3.375%, 11/13/25

    3,677,000       3,362,028  

GMTN, 4.389%, 1/8/26

    2,128,000       1,998,958  

4.542%, 8/1/26

    1,051,000       981,829  

2.70%, 8/10/26

    2,502,000       2,180,117  

4.271%, 1/9/27

    1,576,000       1,446,174  

4.95%, 5/28/27

    2,902,000       2,728,518  

4.125%, 8/17/27

    2,299,000       2,074,848  

3.815%, 11/2/27

    1,566,000       1,380,586  

2.90%, 2/16/28

    1,313,000       1,100,557  

2.90%, 2/10/29

    1,429,000       1,159,112  

5.113%, 5/3/29

    2,627,000       2,447,037  

4.00%, 11/13/30

    2,889,000       2,417,024  

3.625%, 6/17/31

    1,677,000       1,360,005  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $76,081,955)

      69,946,557  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   30  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 1.4%            

Clarios Global LP, 144A,
6.75%, 5/15/25

  $ 1,635,000     $ 1,628,661  

Clarios Global LP / Clarios US Finance Co., 144A,
6.25%, 5/15/26

    2,748,000       2,720,712  

Dana Financing Luxembourg SARL, 144A,
5.75%, 4/15/25

    1,465,000       1,444,183  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
9.50%, 5/31/25

    2,198,000       2,299,636  

5.00%, 5/31/26 (a)

    3,068,000       2,964,348  

4.875%, 3/15/27

    2,295,000       2,158,046  

Tenneco, Inc.
5.00%, 7/15/26

    1,610,000       1,539,854  

144A, 5.125%, 4/15/29

    2,107,000       2,056,215  

ZF North America Capital, Inc., 144A,
4.75%, 4/29/25

    3,462,000       3,211,002  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $20,684,465)

      20,022,657  
   

 

 

 
Distribution/Wholesale — 0.5%            

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc.
144A, 4.00%, 1/15/28

    2,512,000       2,276,199  

144A, 3.875%, 11/15/29

    1,166,000       956,948  

H&E Equipment Services, Inc., 144A,
3.875%, 12/15/28

    4,058,000       3,433,636  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $7,103,406)

      6,666,783  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 4.3%            

Caesars Entertainment, Inc., 144A,
6.25%, 7/1/25

    10,973,000       10,728,302  

Caesars Resort Collection LLC / CRC Finco, Inc., 144A,
5.75%, 7/1/25

    3,384,000       3,320,584  

CDI Escrow Issuer, Inc., 144A,
5.75%, 4/1/30

    3,909,000       3,626,340  

Cedar Fair LP,
5.25%, 7/15/29

    1,765,000       1,616,630  

Cedar Fair LP / Canada’s Wonderland Co. / Magnum Management Corp. / Millennium Op
144A, 5.50%, 5/1/25

    2,658,000       2,610,714  

5.375%, 4/15/27

    1,673,000       1,580,801  

Churchill Downs, Inc.
144A, 5.50%, 4/1/27

    1,993,000       1,913,356  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/28

    2,274,000       2,072,126  

International Game Technology PLC
144A, 6.50%, 2/15/25

    3,397,000       3,375,786  

144A, 4.125%, 4/15/26

    2,485,000       2,281,230  

144A, 6.25%, 1/15/27

    2,465,000       2,416,982  

144A, 5.25%, 1/15/29

    2,495,000       2,333,087  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
144A, 4.875%, 11/1/24

    2,207,000       2,139,157  

144A, 6.50%, 5/15/27

    3,911,000       3,909,787  

144A, 4.75%, 10/15/27

    2,946,000       2,685,765  

144A, 3.75%, 1/15/28

    1,667,000       1,463,159  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Entertainment (Continued)            

Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, 144A,
7.875%, 10/15/24

  $ 1,110,000     $ 1,134,492  

Scientific Games International, Inc., 144A,
8.625%, 7/1/25

    1,948,000       2,005,164  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 144A,
4.875%, 7/31/24

    3,172,000       3,048,094  

Vail Resorts, Inc., 144A,
6.25%, 5/15/25

    2,073,000       2,078,638  

WMG Acquisition Corp.
144A, 3.75%, 12/1/29

    1,741,000       1,490,731  

144A,3.875%, 7/15/30

    1,493,000       1,276,049  

144A,3.00%, 2/15/31

    2,877,000       2,288,812  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $64,983,176)

      61,395,786  
   

 

 

 
Food Service — 0.7%            

Aramark Services, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 4/1/25

    1,980,000       1,936,242  

144A, 6.375%, 5/1/25

    4,630,000       4,595,321  

144A, 5.00%, 2/1/28

    3,959,000       3,648,041  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $10,363,785)

      10,179,604  
   

 

 

 
Home Builders — 0.5%            

Century Communities, Inc.,
6.75%, 6/1/27

    1,637,000       1,607,993  

Meritage Homes Corp.
6.00%, 6/1/25

    1,254,000       1,254,859  

144A, 3.875%, 4/15/29

    1,487,000       1,265,578  

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc.
144A, 5.875%, 6/15/27

    1,737,000       1,680,599  

144A, 5.75%, 1/15/28

    1,401,000       1,285,058  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $7,781,298)

      7,094,087  
   

 

 

 
Home Furnishings — 0.1%            

Tempur Sealy International, Inc., 144A,
4.00%, 4/15/29

   

(Cost $2,479,664)

    2,551,000       2,099,743  
   

 

 

 
Housewares — 0.5%            

Newell Brands, Inc.
4.875%, 6/1/25

    2,452,000       2,407,386  

4.45%, 4/1/26

    5,870,000       5,528,190  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $8,660,479)

      7,935,576  
   

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 0.4%            

Carnival Corp., 144A,
4.00%, 8/1/28

   

(Cost $7,013,931)

    7,797,000       6,500,671  
   

 

 

 
Lodging — 3.1%            

Boyd Gaming Corp.
4.75%, 12/1/27

    3,620,000       3,384,266  

144A, 4.75%, 6/15/31

    2,728,000       2,378,134  

Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc.
144A, 5.375%, 5/1/25

    2,017,000       2,004,353  

144A, 5.75%, 5/1/28

    1,397,000       1,367,572  

144A, 3.75%, 5/1/29

    2,627,000       2,271,541  

4.875%, 1/15/30

    3,194,000       2,922,861  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   31  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Lodging (Continued)            

144A, 4.00%, 5/1/31

  $ 3,697,000     $ 3,129,834  

144A, 3.625%, 2/15/32

    4,813,000       3,892,514  

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC / Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp.,
4.875%, 4/1/27

    1,930,000       1,845,572  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.
3.20%, 8/8/24

    5,730,000       5,427,111  

2.90%, 6/25/25

    1,500,000       1,384,356  

3.50%, 8/18/26

    3,394,000       3,052,612  

3.90%, 8/8/29

    2,407,000       2,055,651  

MGM Resorts International
6.75%, 5/1/25

    2,375,000       2,376,627  

5.75%, 6/15/25

    2,156,000       2,094,877  

4.625%, 9/1/26

    1,254,000       1,142,613  

Travel + Leisure Co.
144A, 6.625%, 7/31/26

    2,090,000       2,029,077  

6.00%, 4/1/27

    1,334,000       1,268,554  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $46,369,586)

      44,028,125  
   

 

 

 
Retail — 4.1%            

1011778 BC ULC / New Red Finance, Inc.
144A, 5.75%, 4/15/25

    1,733,000       1,744,715  

144A, 3.875%, 1/15/28

    5,234,000       4,660,040  

144A, 4.375%, 1/15/28

    2,335,000       2,091,257  

144A, 3.50%, 2/15/29

    2,375,000       2,046,336  

144A, 4.00%, 10/15/30

    9,450,000       7,739,597  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.,
4.50%, 3/1/28

    1,317,000       1,177,971  

Fertitta Entertainment LLC / Fertitta Entertainment Finance Co., Inc., 144A,
4.625%, 1/15/29

    3,264,000       2,876,914  

FirstCash, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 9/1/28

    1,573,000       1,364,127  

144A, 5.625%, 1/1/30

    1,780,000       1,595,467  

IRB Holding Corp., 144A,
7.00%, 6/15/25

    2,335,000       2,348,531  

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings LLC/Taco Bell of America LLC, 144A,
4.75%, 6/1/27

    2,175,000       2,091,241  

Lithia Motors, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 12/15/27

    1,118,000       1,036,923  

144A, 3.875%, 6/1/29

    2,770,000       2,360,317  

144A, 4.375%, 1/15/31

    1,770,000       1,560,051  

Murphy Oil USA, Inc.
4.75%, 9/15/29

    1,529,000       1,404,106  

144A, 3.75%, 2/15/31

    1,694,000       1,426,670  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.
3.50%, 9/1/25

    1,449,000       1,362,607  

3.75%, 6/15/29

    1,728,000       1,463,962  

PetSmart, Inc. / PetSmart Finance Corp., 144A,
4.75%, 2/15/28

    3,898,000       3,480,672  

QVC, Inc.,
4.85%, 4/1/24

    2,068,000       1,992,601  

SRS Distribution, Inc., 144A,
4.625%, 7/1/28

    2,157,000       1,912,820  

Yum! Brands, Inc.
144A, 4.75%, 1/15/30

    2,757,000       2,515,997  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Retail (Continued)            

3.625%, 3/15/31

  $ 3,557,000     $ 3,000,721  

4.625%, 1/31/32

    3,617,000       3,200,683  

5.375%, 4/1/32

    3,064,000       2,834,522  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $63,915,434)

      59,288,848  
   

 

 

 
Toys/Games/Hobbies — 0.4%            

Mattel, Inc.
144A, 3.375%, 4/1/26

    1,930,000       1,756,918  

144A, 5.875%, 12/15/27

    1,880,000       1,875,300  

144A, 3.75%, 4/1/29 (a)

    1,915,000       1,709,865  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $5,801,884)

      5,342,083  
   

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 18.5%    
Agriculture — 0.3%            

Darling Ingredients, Inc.
144A, 5.25%, 4/15/27

    1,473,000       1,447,237  

144A, 6.00%, 6/15/30

    3,413,000       3,422,079  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $4,927,191)

      4,869,316  
   

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 4.1%            

ADT Security Corp., 144A,
4.125%, 8/1/29

    3,226,000       2,774,296  

Block, Inc.
2.75%, 6/1/26

    3,236,000       2,878,147  

3.50%, 6/1/31

    3,314,000       2,731,183  

Brink’s Co.
144A, 5.50%, 7/15/25

    1,404,000       1,375,204  

144A, 4.625%, 10/15/27

    1,940,000       1,748,629  

Gartner, Inc.
144A, 4.50%, 7/1/28

    2,596,000       2,400,846  

144A, 3.625%, 6/15/29

    1,995,000       1,718,363  

144A, 3.75%, 10/1/30

    2,608,000       2,239,985  

Grand Canyon University,
4.125%, 10/1/24

    1,582,000       1,504,102  

Herc Holdings, Inc., 144A,
5.50%, 7/15/27

    3,902,000       3,693,574  

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC / Prime Finance, Inc.
144A, 5.25%, 4/15/24

    2,405,000       2,386,211  

144A, 5.75%, 4/15/26

    4,535,000       4,370,332  

144A, 3.375%, 8/31/27

    3,262,000       2,811,387  

Service Corp. International
4.625%, 12/15/27

    1,549,000       1,456,370  

5.125%, 6/1/29

    2,205,000       2,091,895  

3.375%, 8/15/30

    2,889,000       2,385,808  

4.00%, 5/15/31

    2,758,000       2,362,422  

United Rentals North America, Inc.
5.50%, 5/15/27

    1,617,000       1,607,694  

4.875%, 1/15/28

    5,437,000       5,090,269  

5.25%, 1/15/30

    2,668,000       2,528,730  

4.00%, 7/15/30

    2,275,000       1,982,519  

3.875%, 2/15/31

    3,600,000       3,117,870  

3.75%, 1/15/32

    2,413,000       2,010,150  

Williams Scotsman International, Inc., 144A,
4.625%, 8/15/28

    1,627,000       1,464,837  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $63,497,310)

      58,730,823  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   32  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Cosmetics/Personal Care — 0.1%            

Edgewell Personal Care Co., 144A,
5.50%, 6/1/28

   

(Cost $2,555,379)

  $ 2,515,000     $ 2,325,583  
   

 

 

 
Food — 2.6%            

Albertsons Cos., Inc. / Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons LP / Albertsons LLC
144A, 3.25%, 3/15/26

    2,425,000       2,189,654  

144A, 7.50%, 3/15/26

    1,588,000       1,620,419  

144A, 4.625%, 1/15/27

    4,986,000       4,556,104  

144A, 3.50%, 3/15/29

    4,576,000       3,766,277  

144A, 4.875%, 2/15/30

    2,864,000       2,513,160  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
144A, 4.875%, 5/15/28

    1,667,000       1,591,452  

144A, 4.125%, 1/31/30

    3,396,000       3,067,199  

144A, 4.375%, 1/31/32

    2,079,000       1,843,561  

Performance Food Group, Inc., 144A,
5.50%, 10/15/27

    3,317,000       3,121,401  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.
144A, 5.875%, 9/30/27

    2,891,000       2,851,639  

144A, 4.25%, 4/15/31

    3,222,000       2,779,716  

144A, 3.50%, 3/1/32

    2,893,000       2,352,125  

Post Holdings, Inc., 144A,
5.75%, 3/1/27

    1,258,000       1,231,028  

US Foods, Inc., 144A,
6.25%, 4/15/25

    3,474,000       3,495,487  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $40,208,650)

      36,979,222  
   

 

 

 
Healthcare-Products — 1.8%            

Avantor Funding, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 7/15/28

    5,022,000       4,576,549  

144A, 3.875%, 11/1/29

    2,636,000       2,285,390  

Hologic, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 2/1/28

    1,287,000       1,201,788  

144A, 3.25%, 2/15/29

    2,976,000       2,542,635  

Medline Borrower LP, 144A,
3.875%, 4/1/29

    14,623,000       12,411,271  

Teleflex, Inc.
4.625%, 11/15/27

    1,741,000       1,632,274  

144A, 4.25%, 6/1/28

    1,623,000       1,477,046  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $28,473,967)

      26,126,953  
   

 

 

 
Healthcare-Services — 7.2%            

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 7/15/27

    1,741,000       1,645,349  

144A, 3.125%, 2/15/29

    1,783,000       1,481,870  

144A, 3.50%, 4/1/30

    2,091,000       1,725,075  

Centene Corp.
4.25%, 12/15/27

    7,856,000       7,471,685  

2.45%, 7/15/28

    6,628,000       5,599,467  

4.625%, 12/15/29

    10,343,000       9,758,103  

3.375%, 2/15/30

    6,224,000       5,350,711  

3.00%, 10/15/30

    6,863,000       5,736,095  

2.50%, 3/1/31

    6,779,000       5,418,997  

2.625%, 8/1/31

    3,996,000       3,202,754  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.
144A, 4.25%, 5/1/28

    1,587,000       1,457,239  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Healthcare-Services (Continued)            

144A, 3.75%, 3/15/29

  $ 1,696,000     $ 1,464,386  

144A, 4.00%, 3/15/31

    1,626,000       1,382,696  

Encompass Health Corp.,
4.50%, 2/1/28

    2,662,000       2,332,721  

IQVIA, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 10/15/26

    3,440,000       3,336,972  

144A, 5.00%, 5/15/27

    3,617,000       3,501,961  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.
144A, 4.375%, 6/15/28

    2,687,000       2,483,151  

144A, 3.875%, 11/15/30

    2,102,000       1,822,739  

144A, 3.875%, 5/15/32

    2,416,000       2,083,039  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.
4.625%, 7/15/24

    2,672,000       2,619,896  

144A, 4.625%, 9/1/24

    1,751,000       1,704,762  

144A, 4.875%, 1/1/26

    6,895,000       6,580,071  

144A, 6.25%, 2/1/27

    4,885,000       4,716,468  

144A, 5.125%, 11/1/27

    4,830,000       4,480,429  

144A, 4.625%, 6/15/28

    1,930,000       1,757,033  

144A, 4.25%, 6/1/29

    4,518,000       3,921,127  

144A, 4.375%, 1/15/30

    4,794,000       4,194,750  

144A, 6.125%, 6/15/30

    6,435,000       6,210,097  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $112,847,625)

      103,439,643  
   

 

 

 
Household Products/Wares — 0.2%            

Central Garden & Pet Co.,
4.125%, 10/15/30

    1,669,000       1,392,021  

Spectrum Brands, Inc.,
5.75%, 7/15/25

    1,337,000       1,306,050  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $2,842,341)

      2,698,071  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 2.2%            

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.,
6.40%, 8/28/28

    2,417,000       2,262,771  

Jazz Securities DAC, 144A,
4.375%, 1/15/29

    4,878,000       4,405,761  

Organon & Co. / Organon Foreign Debt Co.-Issuer BV
144A, 4.125%, 4/30/28

    6,729,000       6,046,646  

144A, 5.125%, 4/30/31

    6,591,000       5,775,430  

Perrigo Finance Unlimited Co.
3.90%, 12/15/24

    2,166,000       2,067,981  

4.375%, 3/15/26

    2,535,000       2,414,575  

4.40%, 6/15/30

    2,283,000       1,981,142  

Prestige Brands, Inc.
144A, 5.125%, 1/15/28

    1,348,000       1,245,235  

144A, 3.75%, 4/1/31

    1,960,000       1,571,263  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV,
6.00%, 4/15/24

    4,188,000       4,074,296  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $34,059,239)

      31,845,100  
   

 

 

 
Energy — 11.1%    
Oil & Gas — 5.7%            

Antero Resources Corp.
144A, 7.625%, 2/1/29

    917,000       933,873  

144A, 5.375%, 3/1/30

    2,292,000       2,160,325  

Apache Corp.,
4.25%, 1/15/30

    1,940,000       1,753,159  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   33  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Oil & Gas (Continued)            

Chesapeake Energy Corp.
144A, 5.50%, 2/1/26

  $ 1,317,000     $ 1,270,958  

144A, 5.875%, 2/1/29

    1,704,000       1,628,981  

144A, 6.75%, 4/15/29

    3,013,000       2,947,005  

CrownRock LP / CrownRock Finance, Inc.
144A, 5.625%, 10/15/25

    3,851,000       3,798,819  

144A, 5.00%, 5/1/29

    1,324,000       1,217,802  

Endeavor Energy Resources LP / EER Finance, Inc., 144A,
5.75%, 1/30/28

    3,104,000       3,075,133  

Matador Resources Co.,
5.875%, 9/15/26

    3,440,000       3,371,338  

MEG Energy Corp., 144A,
7.125%, 2/1/27

    4,050,000       4,097,587  

Murphy Oil Corp.,
5.75%, 8/15/25

    1,521,000       1,509,136  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.
6.95%, 7/1/24

    1,834,000       1,916,530  

2.90%, 8/15/24

    2,130,000       2,077,911  

8.00%, 7/15/25

    1,643,000       1,786,795  

5.875%, 9/1/25

    2,739,000       2,811,255  

5.50%, 12/1/25

    2,157,000       2,217,892  

5.55%, 3/15/26

    3,677,000       3,770,763  

8.50%, 7/15/27

    1,567,000       1,756,960  

6.375%, 9/1/28

    1,880,000       1,966,082  

8.875%, 7/15/30

    3,342,000       3,913,031  

6.625%, 9/1/30

    4,887,000       5,227,624  

6.125%, 1/1/31

    4,182,000       4,351,378  

7.50%, 5/1/31

    2,840,000       3,202,640  

7.875%, 9/15/31

    1,457,000       1,681,480  

Range Resources Corp.
4.875%, 5/15/25

    2,055,000       1,997,080  

144A, 4.75%, 2/15/30 (a)

    1,813,000       1,682,065  

Southwestern Energy Co.
7.75%, 10/1/27

    2,205,000       2,288,636  

5.375%, 2/1/29

    2,764,000       2,617,549  

5.375%, 3/15/30

    3,619,000       3,397,010  

4.75%, 2/1/32

    3,415,000       3,048,782  

Sunoco LP / Sunoco Finance Corp.,
6.00%, 4/15/27

    1,816,000       1,759,993  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $85,510,550)

      81,235,572  
   

 

 

 
Pipelines — 5.4%            

Antero Midstream Partners LP / Antero Midstream Finance Corp.
144A, 7.875%, 5/15/26

    1,449,000       1,476,915  

144A, 5.375%, 6/15/29

    2,600,000       2,387,047  

Buckeye Partners LP
144A, 4.125%, 3/1/25

    1,202,000       1,125,642  

3.95%, 12/1/26

    2,210,000       1,965,569  

4.125%, 12/1/27

    1,252,000       1,109,175  

Cheniere Energy Partners LP
4.50%, 10/1/29

    4,687,000       4,306,767  

4.00%, 3/1/31

    5,127,000       4,499,276  

3.25%, 1/31/32

    3,845,000       3,082,767  

Cheniere Energy, Inc.,
4.625%, 10/15/28

    6,266,000       6,037,667  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Pipelines (Continued)            

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP / Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp.,
5.75%, 4/1/25

  $ 1,647,000     $ 1,589,668  

DT Midstream, Inc.
144A, 4.125%, 6/15/29

    3,719,000       3,272,348  

144A, 4.375%, 6/15/31

    3,146,000       2,695,351  

EnLink Midstream LLC
144A, 5.625%, 1/15/28

    1,600,000       1,540,480  

144A, 6.50%, 9/1/30

    2,280,000       2,271,062  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP
4.15%, 6/1/25

    1,170,000       1,142,038  

4.85%, 7/15/26

    1,542,000       1,519,109  

EQM Midstream Partners LP
144A, 6.00%, 7/1/25

    1,648,000       1,593,525  

4.125%, 12/1/26

    1,397,000       1,261,163  

Hess Midstream Operations LP
144A, 5.625%, 2/15/26

    2,174,000       2,123,791  

144A, 5.125%, 6/15/28

    2,089,000       1,943,344  

144A, 4.25%, 2/15/30

    2,672,000       2,296,612  

144A, 5.50%, 10/15/30

    1,054,000       961,728  

Kinetik Holdings LP, 144A,
5.875%, 6/15/30

    3,310,000       3,148,820  

NuStar Logistics LP
5.75%, 10/1/25

    2,006,000       1,917,445  

6.00%, 6/1/26

    1,554,000       1,468,981  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, 144A,
3.60%, 5/15/25

    1,193,000       1,097,894  

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC 144A, 3.875%, 8/15/29

    4,022,000       3,514,826  

144A, 4.125%, 8/15/31

    4,172,000       3,628,443  

144A, 3.875%, 11/1/33

    4,022,000       3,361,728  

Western Midstream Operating LP
3.35%, 2/1/25

    2,125,000       2,008,890  

4.65%, 7/1/26

    1,799,000       1,715,068  

4.50%, 3/1/28

    1,289,000       1,198,461  

4.75%, 8/15/28

    1,301,000       1,226,687  

4.30%, 2/1/30

    3,907,000       3,517,042  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $84,933,087)

      78,005,329  
   

 

 

 
Financial — 11.1%    
Banks — 1.5%            

Commerzbank AG, 144A,
8.125%, 9/19/23

    3,034,000       3,100,828  

Deutsche Bank AG
5.882%, 7/8/31 (b)

    1,777,000       1,552,065  

3.729%, 1/14/32 (b)

    4,118,000       3,038,749  

3.742%, 1/7/33 (b)

    3,920,000       2,794,732  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA
144A, 5.017%, 6/26/24

    6,498,000       6,220,602  

144A, 5.71%, 1/15/26

    4,852,000       4,559,811  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $24,255,399)

      21,266,787  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 2.6%            

Ally Financial, Inc.,
5.75%, 11/20/25

    3,446,000       3,487,258  

LPL Holdings, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 11/15/27

    1,384,000       1,304,382  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   34  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Diversified Financial Services (Continued)  

144A, 4.00%, 3/15/29

  $ 3,052,000     $ 2,732,105  

144A, 4.375%, 5/15/31

    1,142,000       1,006,742  

Navient Corp.

   

MTN, 6.125%, 3/25/24

    2,639,000       2,577,986  

5.875%, 10/25/24

    1,737,000       1,670,373  

NFP Corp., 144A,
4.875%, 8/15/28

    1,751,000       1,556,087  

OneMain Finance Corp.
6.125%, 3/15/24

    4,203,000       4,108,811  

6.875%, 3/15/25

    4,031,000       3,924,014  

3.50%, 1/15/27

    2,506,000       2,073,065  

Rocket Mortgage LLC / Rocket Mortgage Co.-Issuer, Inc.
144A, 2.875%, 10/15/26

    3,678,000       3,096,361  

144A, 3.625%, 3/1/29

    2,427,000       1,957,315  

144A, 3.875%, 3/1/31

    4,182,000       3,281,072  

144A, 4.00%, 10/15/33

    2,744,000       2,048,691  

SLM Corp.
4.20%, 10/29/25

    1,597,000       1,464,349  

3.125%, 11/2/26

    1,637,000       1,376,951  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $41,657,451)

      37,665,562  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 0.3%            

Acrisure LLC / Acrisure Finance, Inc., 144A,
4.25%, 2/15/29

    2,250,000       1,911,937  

Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC / Alliant Holdings Co-Issuer, 144A,
4.25%, 10/15/27

    2,535,000       2,287,583  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $4,425,094)

      4,199,520  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate — 0.5%            

Howard Hughes Corp.
144A, 5.375%, 8/1/28

    2,145,000       1,912,182  

144A, 4.125%, 2/1/29

    2,316,000       1,914,710  

144A, 4.375%, 2/1/31

    2,172,000       1,739,989  

Kennedy-Wilson, Inc.,
4.75%, 3/1/29

    1,990,000       1,663,212  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $8,160,161)

      7,230,093  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.1%            

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., 144A,
3.75%, 1/15/27

    1,225,000       1,067,685  

Brookfield Property REIT, Inc. / BPR Cumulus LLC / BPR Nimbus LLC / GGSI Sellco LL, 144A,
5.75%, 5/15/26

    3,074,000       2,871,520  

HAT Holdings I LLC / HAT Holdings II LLC
144A, 6.00%, 4/15/25

    1,304,000       1,265,725  

144A, 3.375%, 6/15/26

    3,267,000       2,840,264  

Iron Mountain, Inc.
144A, 4.875%, 9/15/27

    3,084,000       2,836,077  

144A, 5.25%, 3/15/28

    2,613,000       2,401,465  

144A, 5.00%, 7/15/28

    2,107,000       1,925,577  

144A, 4.875%, 9/15/29

    3,180,000       2,763,102  

144A, 5.25%, 7/15/30

    3,883,000       3,441,018  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)  

144A, 4.50%, 2/15/31

  $ 3,753,000     $ 3,122,440  

144A, 5.625%, 7/15/32

    1,991,000       1,752,856  

iStar, Inc.
4.75%, 10/1/24

    2,493,000       2,497,213  

4.25%, 8/1/25

    1,799,000       1,797,723  

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP / Ladder Capital Finance Corp., 144A,
4.25%, 2/1/27

    2,187,000       1,909,909  

MPT Operating Partnership LP / MPT Finance Corp.
5.25%, 8/1/26

    1,663,000       1,596,983  

5.00%, 10/15/27

    4,238,000       3,812,511  

4.625%, 8/1/29

    3,055,000       2,606,333  

3.50%, 3/15/31

    4,318,000       3,244,891  

Park Intermediate Holdings LLC / PK Domestic Property LLC / PK Finance Co.-Issuer
144A, 7.50%, 6/1/25

    2,232,000       2,255,659  

144A, 5.875%, 10/1/28

    2,489,000       2,290,676  

144A, 4.875%, 5/15/29

    2,337,000       2,058,834  

RHP Hotel Properties LP / RHP Finance Corp.
4.75%, 10/15/27

    2,262,000       2,059,890  

144A, 4.50%, 2/15/29

    1,969,000       1,703,976  

RLJ Lodging Trust LP
144A, 3.75%, 7/1/26

    1,337,000       1,201,388  

144A, 4.00%, 9/15/29

    1,787,000       1,511,143  

SBA Communications Corp.
3.875%, 2/15/27

    4,890,000       4,465,151  

3.125%, 2/1/29

    4,847,000       4,000,326  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.
144A, 3.75%, 12/31/24

    1,092,000       1,019,688  

4.75%, 3/15/25

    1,388,000       1,323,611  

144A, 3.625%, 7/15/26

    1,309,000       1,160,330  

144A, 4.375%, 1/15/27

    1,821,000       1,622,939  

XHR LP
144A, 6.375%, 8/15/25

    1,612,000       1,566,875  

144A, 4.875%, 6/1/29

    1,641,000       1,450,056  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $78,500,571)

      73,443,834  
   

 

 

 
Venture Capital — 1.1%            

Icahn Enterprises LP / Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.
4.75%, 9/15/24

    3,912,000       3,726,571  

6.375%, 12/15/25

    2,636,000       2,576,690  

6.25%, 5/15/26

    3,450,000       3,313,311  

5.25%, 5/15/27

    4,581,000       4,172,728  

4.375%, 2/1/29

    2,712,000       2,310,543  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $16,386,526)

      16,099,843  
   

 

 

 
Industrial — 7.7%    
Aerospace/Defense — 2.1%            

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
5.125%, 10/1/24

    4,009,000       3,989,757  

6.875%, 5/1/25

    2,220,000       2,282,582  

3.00%, 1/15/29

    2,104,000       1,779,858  

Rolls-Royce PLC, 144A,
3.625%, 10/14/25

    3,284,000       2,975,140  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   35  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Aerospace/Defense (Continued)            

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., 144A,
5.50%, 1/15/25

  $ 1,467,000     $ 1,438,481  

TransDigm, Inc.
144A, 8.00%, 12/15/25

    3,821,000       3,918,282  

144A, 6.25%, 3/15/26

    14,052,000       13,823,304  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $31,527,355)

      30,207,404  
   

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.5%            

Builders FirstSource, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 3/1/30

    1,769,000       1,570,208  

144A, 4.25%, 2/1/32

    4,231,000       3,382,600  

Standard Industries, Inc., 144A,
5.00%, 2/15/27

    2,759,000       2,530,544  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $8,422,710)

      7,483,352  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.7%  

WESCO Distribution, Inc.
144A, 7.125%, 6/15/25

    4,981,000       4,987,894  

144A, 7.25%, 6/15/28

    4,280,000       4,330,333  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $9,642,110)

      9,318,227  
   

 

 

 
Electronics — 0.9%            

Sensata Technologies BV
144A, 4.875%, 10/15/23

    1,937,000       1,956,516  

144A, 5.625%, 11/1/24

    1,424,000       1,433,324  

144A, 5.00%, 10/1/25

    2,314,000       2,269,859  

144A, 4.00%, 4/15/29

    3,423,000       2,963,942  

144A, 5.875%, 9/1/30

    1,000,000       978,740  

Sensata Technologies, Inc.
144A, 4.375%, 2/15/30

    1,717,000       1,532,423  

144A, 3.75%, 2/15/31

    2,475,000       2,048,675  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $14,255,791)

      13,183,479  
   

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.1%            

Fluor Corp.,
4.25%, 9/15/28 (a)

   

(Cost $1,930,692)

    1,941,000       1,757,515  
   

 

 

 
Environmental Control — 0.7%            

GFL Environmental, Inc.
144A, 4.25%, 6/1/25

    1,460,000       1,395,893  

144A, 3.75%, 8/1/25

    2,440,000       2,308,521  

144A, 5.125%, 12/15/26

    1,460,000       1,414,074  

144A, 3.50%, 9/1/28

    2,593,000       2,257,362  

Stericycle, Inc.
144A, 5.375%, 7/15/24

    1,630,000       1,597,351  

144A, 3.875%, 1/15/29

    1,727,000       1,498,656  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $11,125,664)

      10,471,857  
   

 

 

 
Miscellaneous Manufacturing — 0.1%            

Hillenbrand, Inc.,
5.75%, 6/15/25

   

(Cost $1,265,121)

    1,234,000       1,237,492  
   

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 2.6%            

Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA LLC / Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance PLC
144A, 6.00%, 6/15/27

    2,202,000       2,160,949  

144A, 3.25%, 9/1/28

    1,745,000       1,507,820  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Packaging & Containers (Continued)            

Ball Corp.
4.00%, 11/15/23

  $ 3,084,000     $ 3,055,503  

5.25%, 7/1/25

    3,217,000       3,212,995  

4.875%, 3/15/26

    2,725,000       2,641,888  

2.875%, 8/15/30

    4,182,000       3,397,833  

3.125%, 9/15/31

    2,724,000       2,210,142  

Berry Global, Inc., 144A,
5.625%, 7/15/27

    1,717,000       1,678,711  

Crown Americas LLC, 144A,
5.25%, 4/1/30

    1,681,000       1,616,298  

Graphic Packaging International LLC
144A, 3.50%, 3/15/28

    1,515,000       1,350,636  

144A, 3.75%, 2/1/30

    1,284,000       1,105,517  

Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer, Inc. /Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer LLC, 144A,
4.00%, 10/15/27

    3,326,000       2,907,772  

Sealed Air Corp.
144A, 5.125%, 12/1/24

    1,119,000       1,109,455  

144A, 5.50%, 9/15/25

    1,204,000       1,199,756  

144A, 4.00%, 12/1/27

    1,438,000       1,311,046  

144A, 5.00%, 4/15/29

    1,367,000       1,301,097  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.,
4.125%, 2/1/28

    1,921,000       1,761,096  

Trivium Packaging Finance BV, 144A,
5.50%, 8/15/26

    3,276,000       3,150,496  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $39,238,613)

      36,679,010  
   

 

 

 
Technology — 3.6%    
Computers — 0.8%            

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
144A, 3.875%, 9/1/28

    2,360,000       2,103,114  

144A, 4.00%, 7/1/29

    1,618,000       1,429,177  

Seagate HDD Cayman
4.875%, 3/1/24

    1,410,000       1,384,210  

4.75%, 1/1/25

    1,282,000       1,254,325  

4.875%, 6/1/27

    1,820,000       1,719,563  

4.091%, 6/1/29

    1,317,000       1,127,793  

3.125%, 7/15/29

    1,747,000       1,399,478  

3.375%, 7/15/31

    1,797,000       1,407,743  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $13,115,551)

      11,825,403  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 0.3%            

Entegris, Inc.
144A, 4.375%, 4/15/28

    1,252,000       1,107,043  

144A, 3.625%, 5/1/29

    1,317,000       1,111,291  

ON Semiconductor Corp., 144A,
3.875%, 9/1/28

    2,286,000       2,043,010  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $4,595,717)

      4,261,344  
   

 

 

 
Software — 2.5%            

Fair Isaac Corp.
144A, 5.25%, 5/15/26

    1,305,000       1,264,343  

144A, 4.00%, 6/15/28

    2,918,000       2,581,708  

MSCI, Inc.
144A, 4.00%, 11/15/29

    3,329,000       2,969,351  

144A, 3.625%, 9/1/30

    2,961,000       2,516,789  

144A, 3.875%, 2/15/31

    3,083,000       2,666,810  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   36  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Software (Continued)            

144A, 3.625%, 11/1/31

  $ 1,986,000     $ 1,657,699  

144A, 3.25%, 8/15/33

    2,337,000       1,875,408  

Open Text Corp.
144A, 3.875%, 2/15/28

    3,018,000       2,578,172  

144A, 3.875%, 12/1/29

    2,399,000       1,939,405  

Open Text Holdings, Inc.
144A, 4.125%, 2/15/30

    2,908,000       2,359,951  

144A, 4.125%, 12/1/31

    2,352,000       1,861,996  

PTC, Inc.
144A, 3.625%, 2/15/25

    1,503,000       1,414,266  

144A, 4.00%, 2/15/28

    1,660,000       1,520,510  

SS&C Technologies, Inc., 144A,
5.50%, 9/30/27

    6,529,000       6,179,430  

Twilio, Inc.
3.625%, 3/15/29

    1,637,000       1,369,146  

3.875%, 3/15/31

    1,599,000       1,292,919  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $40,273,394)

      36,047,903  
   

 

 

 
Utilities — 2.9%    
Electric — 2.7%            

Calpine Corp.
144A, 5.25%, 6/1/26

    1,836,000       1,784,684  

144A, 4.50%, 2/15/28

    4,285,000       3,925,553  

144A, 3.75%, 3/1/31

    2,573,000       2,138,047  

Clearway Energy Operating LLC
144A, 4.75%, 3/15/28

    3,034,000       2,846,271  

144A, 3.75%, 2/15/31

    2,785,000       2,333,069  

DPL, Inc.,
4.125%, 7/1/25

    1,380,000       1,304,100  

FirstEnergy Corp.

   

Series B, 4.40%, 7/15/27

    4,894,000       4,643,476  

2.65%, 3/1/30

    1,958,000       1,673,503  

Series B, 2.25%, 9/1/30

    1,465,000       1,202,423  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP 144A, 4.25%, 7/15/24

    2,114,000       2,041,329  

144A, 3.875%, 10/15/26

    1,552,000       1,449,145  

144A, 4.50%, 9/15/27

    1,936,000       1,793,685  

NRG Energy, Inc., 144A,
3.375%, 2/15/29

    1,641,000       1,350,952  

Vistra Operations Co. LLC
144A, 5.50%, 9/1/26

    3,385,000       3,272,686  

144A, 5.625%, 2/15/27

    4,212,000       4,064,959  

144A, 5.00%, 7/31/27

    4,198,000       3,912,116  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $42,654,476)

      39,735,998  
   

 

 

 
Gas — 0.2%            

AmeriGas Partners LP / AmeriGas Finance Corp.,
5.625%, 5/20/24

   

(Cost $2,570,629)

    2,489,000       2,454,876  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $1,518,099,400)

      1,414,453,177  
   

 

 

 
   

Number
of Shares

   

Value

 
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL — 0.6%  

DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 2.00% (c)(d)
(Cost $9,125,075)

    9,125,075     $ 9,125,075  
   

 

 

 
CASH EQUIVALENTS — 0.7%            

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 2.24% (c)

   

(Cost $10,573,885)

    10,573,885       10,573,885  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.5%

(Cost $1,537,798,360)

    $ 1,434,152,137  

Other assets and liabilities, net — 0.5%

      6,514,568  
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 1,440,666,705  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   37  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

A summary of the Fund’s transactions with affiliated investments during the year ended August 31, 2022 is as follows:

 

    

Value ($) at
8/31/2021

   Purchases
Cost ($)
    Sales
Proceeds ($)
    Net Realized
Gain/(Loss) ($)
    Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
($)
    Income ($)      Capital Gain
Distributions
($)
     Number of
Shares at
8/31/2022
     Value ($) at
8/31/2022
 

CORPORATE BONDS0.5%

 

Financial0.5%

 

Deutsche Bank AG, 5.882%, 7/08/31 (b)

 

        2,355,617       (455,955     (34,378     (313,219     49,377            —        1,777,000        1,552,065  

Deutsche Bank AG, 3.729%, 1/14/32 (b)

 

   1,672,217      3,276,634       (935,924     (93,462     (880,716     108,897               4,118,000        3,038,749  

Deutsche Bank AG, 3.742%, 1/07/33 (b)

 

        4,798,248         (1,096,046       (140,976       (766,494       76,648                 3,920,000          2,794,732  

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL0.6%

 

DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 2.00% (c)(d)

 

     4,866,433        4,258,642 (e)        —         —             50,464               9,125,075        9,125,075  

CASH EQUIVALENTS0.7%

 

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 2.24% (c)

 

   29,654,545      216,856,435       (235,937,095                 44,686            —        10,573,885        10,573,885  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     36,193,195        231,545,576         (238,425,020       (268,816       (1,960,429       330,072                 29,513,960          27,084,506  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

All or a portion of these securities were on loan. In addition, “Other assets and liabilities, net” may include pending sales that are also on loan. The value of securities loaned at August 31, 2022 amounted to $11,651,353, which is 0.8% of net assets.

(b)

Affiliated issuer. This security is owned in proportion with its representation in the index.

(c)

Affiliated fund managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

(d)

Represents cash collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates. In addition, the Fund held non-cash U.S. Treasury securities collateral having a value of $2,986,781.

(e)

Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested in cash collateral for the year ended August 31, 2022.

 

GMTN:   Global Medium Term Note
MTN:   Medium Term Note
REIT:   Real Estate Investment Trust
144A:   Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of August 31, 2022 in valuing the Fund’s investments. For information on the Fund’s policy regarding the valuation of investments, please refer to the Security Valuation section of Note 2 in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Assets

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Corporate Bonds (a)

     $        $ 1,414,453,177        $        $ 1,414,453,177  

Short-Term Investments (a)

       19,698,960                            19,698,960  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL

     $ 19,698,960        $ 1,414,453,177        $   —        $ 1,434,152,137  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   38  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

August 31, 2022

 

   

Number
of Shares

   

Value

 
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 99.2%        

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (a)

    27,598     $ 1,090,918  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (a)

    1,409,763       48,129,309  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS
(Cost $53,981,246)

      49,220,227  
   

 

 

 
   

Number
of Shares

   

Value

 
CASH EQUIVALENTS — 0.8%            

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 2.24% (b)
(Cost $374,305)

    374,305     $ 374,305  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%
(Cost $54,355,551)

    $ 49,594,532  

Other assets and liabilities, net — (0.0)%

      (5,926
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 49,588,606  
   

 

 

 

A summary of the Fund’s transactions with affiliated investments during the period ended August 31, 2022 is as follows:

 

    Value ($) at
2/10/2022
(Commencement
of Operations)
    Purchases
Cost ($)
    Sales
Proceeds ($)
    Net Realized
Gain/(Loss) ($)
    Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
($)
    Income ($)     Capital Gain
Distributions
($)
    Number of
Shares at
8/31/2022
    Value ($) at
8/31/2022
 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS99.2%

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (a)

 

          1,306,956       (85,490     1,195       (131,743     30,137             27,598       1,090,918  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (a)

 

          55,436,916       (2,805,684     127,353       (4,629,276     1,017,341             1,409,763       48,129,309  

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL0.0%

 

DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 2.00% (b)(c)

 

          0 (d)                        6,861                    

CASH EQUIVALENTS0.8%

 

   

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 2.24% (b)

 

          747,530       (373,225                 1,388             374,305       374,305  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
        —         57,491,402         (3,264,399       128,548         (4,761,019       1,055,727           —         1,811,666         49,594,532  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Affiliated fund advised by DBX Advisors LLC.

(b)

Affiliated fund managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

(c)

Represents collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates.

(d)

Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested in cash collateral for the period ended August 31, 2022.

Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of August 31, 2022 in valuing the Fund’s investments. For information on the Fund’s policy regarding the valuation of investments, please refer to the Security Valuation section of Note 2 in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Assets

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Exchange-Traded Funds

     $ 49,220,227        $        $        $ 49,220,227  

Short-Term Investments (a)

       374,305                            374,305  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL

     $ 49,594,532        $   —        $   —        $ 49,594,532  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   39  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
CORPORATE BONDS — 98.1%    
Basic Materials — 2.7%    
Chemicals — 1.5%            

Avient Corp.
5.25%, 3/15/23

  $ 67,000     $ 67,087  

144A, 5.75%, 5/15/25

    161,000       158,985  

Chemours Co.,
5.375%, 5/15/27

    75,000       69,646  

Consolidated Energy Finance SA, 144A,
6.50%, 5/15/26

    150,000       137,205  

INEOS Quattro Finance 2 PLC, 144A,
3.375%, 1/15/26

    115,000       99,677  

NOVA Chemicals Corp.
144A, 4.875%, 6/1/24

    244,000       233,929  

144A, 5.00%, 5/1/25

    150,000       141,286  

144A, 5.25%, 6/1/27

    250,000       221,095  

WR Grace Holdings LLC, 144A,
4.875%, 6/15/27

    150,000       138,920  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,328,255)

      1,267,830  
   

 

 

 
Iron/Steel — 0.5%            

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.
144A, 6.75%, 3/15/26

    174,000       176,190  

5.875%, 6/1/27

    100,000       95,830  

Mineral Resources Ltd., 144A,
8.125%, 5/1/27

    150,000       150,544  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $430,922)

      422,564  
   

 

 

 
Mining — 0.7%            

Arconic Corp.,
144A, 6.00%, 5/15/25

    200,000       196,775  

FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd., 144A,
5.125%, 5/15/24 (a)

    170,000       168,511  

Hudbay Minerals, Inc., 144A,
4.50%, 4/1/26

    85,000       77,265  

Novelis Corp., 144A,
3.25%, 11/15/26

    200,000       178,379  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $667,575)

      620,930  
   

 

 

 
Communications — 18.6%    
Advertising — 0.5%            

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., 144A,
5.125%, 8/15/27

    400,000       358,756  

Outfront Media Capital LLC / Outfront Media Capital Corp., 144A,
6.25%, 6/15/25

    65,000       64,504  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $425,664)

      423,260  
   

 

 

 
Internet — 1.0%            

NortonLifeLock, Inc., 144A,
5.00%, 4/15/25

    130,000       128,310  

Photo Holdings Merger Sub, Inc., 144A,
8.50%, 10/1/26

    150,000       112,241  

Uber Technologies, Inc.
144A, 7.50%, 5/15/25

    175,000       176,470  

144A, 8.00%, 11/1/26

    450,000       455,158  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $934,782)

      872,179  
   

 

 

 
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Media — 8.1%            

AMC Networks, Inc.
5.00%, 4/1/24

  $ 111,000     $ 108,382  

4.75%, 8/1/25

    155,000       143,769  

Audacy Capital Corp., 144A,
6.50%, 5/1/27

    101,000       33,220  

CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp.
144A, 4.00%, 3/1/23

    133,000       132,628  

144A, 5.50%, 5/1/26

    100,000       99,127  

144A, 5.125%, 5/1/27

    740,000       703,370  

CSC Holdings LLC
5.875%, 9/15/22

    219,000       218,781  

5.25%, 6/1/24

    154,000       150,332  

144A, 5.50%, 4/15/27

    300,000       284,854  

Diamond Sports Group LLC / Diamond Sports Finance Co., 144A,
5.375%, 8/15/26

    626,000       119,722  

Directv Financing LLC / Directv Financing Co.-Obligor, Inc., 144A,
5.875%, 8/15/27

    775,000       716,007  

DISH DBS Corp.
5.00%, 3/15/23

    278,000       272,409  

5.875%, 11/15/24

    427,000       386,952  

7.75%, 7/1/26

    507,000       399,729  

144A, 5.25%, 12/1/26

    590,000       488,225  

Gray Television, Inc.
144A, 5.875%, 7/15/26

    160,000       154,654  

144A, 7.00%, 5/15/27

    161,000       159,005  

iHeartCommunications, Inc.
6.375%, 5/1/26

    230,000       217,626  

8.375%, 5/1/27

    312,000       274,179  

Nexstar Media, Inc., 144A,
5.625%, 7/15/27

    400,000       381,352  

Radiate Holdco LLC / Radiate Finance, Inc., 144A,
4.50%, 9/15/26

    174,000       150,292  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 144A,
3.125%, 9/1/26

    270,000       240,808  

TEGNA, Inc., 144A,
4.75%, 3/15/26

    102,000       100,104  

Univision Communications, Inc.
144A, 5.125%, 2/15/25

    337,000       325,946  

144A, 6.625%, 6/1/27

    300,000       289,886  

Videotron Ltd., 144A,
5.375%, 6/15/24

    261,000       259,575  

Ziggo Bond Co. BV, 144A,
6.00%, 1/15/27

    135,000       121,797  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $7,764,742)

      6,932,731  
   

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 9.0%            

Altice France Holding SA, 144A,
10.50%, 5/15/27

    325,000       281,017  

Altice France SA, 144A,
8.125%, 2/1/27

    400,000       379,000  

CommScope Technologies LLC
144A, 6.00%, 6/15/25

    266,000       241,735  

144A, 5.00%, 3/15/27

    150,000       118,609  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   40  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Telecommunications (Continued)            

CommScope, Inc.
144A, 6.00%, 3/1/26

  $ 355,000     $ 335,937  

144A, 8.25%, 3/1/27

    212,000       182,055  

Connect Finco SARL / Connect US Finco LLC, 144A,
6.75%, 10/1/26

    400,000       366,793  

DKT Finance ApS, 144A,
9.375%, 6/17/23

    88,000       85,052  

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.
5.25%, 8/1/26

    125,000       119,249  

6.625%, 8/1/26

    160,000       151,662  

Iliad Holding SASU, 144A,
6.50%, 10/15/26

    250,000       228,778  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.
Series W, 6.75%, 12/1/23

    245,000       248,109  

Series Y, 7.50%, 4/1/24

    194,000       195,804  

5.625%, 4/1/25

    97,000       94,227  

144A, 5.125%, 12/15/26

    318,000       275,194  

144A, 4.00%, 2/15/27

    250,000       217,772  

Nokia OYJ,
4.375%, 6/12/27

    100,000       95,477  

Quebecor Media, Inc.,
5.75%, 1/15/23

    157,000       157,198  

Sprint Communications LLC,
6.00%, 11/15/22

    457,000       458,526  

Sprint Corp.
7.875%, 9/15/23

    993,000       1,025,317  

7.125%, 6/15/24

    595,000       615,069  

7.625%, 2/15/25

    478,000       500,710  

7.625%, 3/1/26

    265,000       280,662  

Telecom Italia SpA, 144A,
5.303%, 5/30/24

    259,000       249,627  

Telesat Canada / Telesat LLC
144A, 5.625%, 12/6/26

    130,000       76,120  

144A, 4.875%, 6/1/27

    100,000       54,375  

VEON Holdings BV
144A, 4.95%, 6/16/24

    113,000       83,344  

144A, 4.00%, 4/9/25

    239,000       149,980  

Viasat, Inc., 144A,
5.625%, 9/15/25

    236,000       208,680  

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., 144A,
4.00%, 3/1/27

    318,000       271,513  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $8,420,258)

      7,747,591  
   

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 25.6%    
Airlines — 2.3%            

Air Canada, 144A,
3.875%, 8/15/26

    282,000       252,018  

American Airlines Group, Inc., 144A,
3.75%, 3/1/25 (a)

    117,000       98,478  

American Airlines, Inc., 144A,
11.75%, 7/15/25

    484,000       535,444  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.
2.90%, 10/28/24

    245,000       230,055  

7.375%, 1/15/26

    284,000       289,655  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Airlines (Continued)            

Hawaiian Brand Intellectual Property Ltd. / HawaiianMiles Loyalty Ltd., 144A,
5.75%, 1/20/26

  $ 237,252     $ 216,884  

United Airlines, Inc., 144A,
4.375%, 4/15/26

    370,000       337,843  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $2,132,827)

      1,960,377  
   

 

 

 
Apparel — 0.3%            

Hanesbrands, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 5/15/24

    137,000       132,136  

144A, 4.875%, 5/15/26

    172,000       158,462  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $322,103)

      290,598  
   

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 3.2%            

Ford Motor Co.
9.00%, 4/22/25

    260,000       291,127  

4.346%, 12/8/26 (a)

    300,000       288,117  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
5.584%, 3/18/24

    115,000       114,531  

3.664%, 9/8/24

    122,000       117,083  

4.063%, 11/1/24

    200,000       194,403  

4.687%, 6/9/25

    200,000       192,301  

5.125%, 6/16/25

    200,000       195,367  

4.134%, 8/4/25

    125,000       118,249  

3.375%, 11/13/25

    330,000       301,732  

GMTN, 4.389%, 1/8/26

    200,000       187,872  

4.542%, 8/1/26

    82,000       76,603  

2.70%, 8/10/26

    200,000       174,270  

4.271%, 1/9/27

    98,000       89,927  

4.95%, 5/28/27

    200,000       188,044  

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC
144A, 5.625%, 2/1/23 (a)

    108,000       105,501  

144A, 7.75%, 10/15/25

    156,000       143,139  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $2,958,047)

      2,778,266  
   

 

 

 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 2.0%            

Adient Global Holdings Ltd., 144A,
4.875%, 8/15/26

    250,000       231,671  

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.,
6.50%, 4/1/27

    75,000       70,247  

Clarios Global LP, 144A,
6.75%, 5/15/25

    134,000       133,480  

Clarios Global LP / Clarios US Finance Co.
144A, 6.25%, 5/15/26

    265,000       262,369  

144A,8.50%, 5/15/27

    365,000       356,587  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
5.00%, 5/31/26 (a)

    196,000       189,378  

4.875%, 3/15/27

    150,000       141,049  

Tenneco, Inc.,
5.00%, 7/15/26

    97,000       92,774  

ZF North America Capital, Inc., 144A,
4.75%, 4/29/25

    266,000       246,715  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,815,352)

      1,724,270  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 4.4%            

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 144A,,
6/15/26

    330,000       265,279  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   41  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Entertainment (Continued)            

Banijay Entertainment SASU, 144A,
5.375%, 3/1/25

  $ 125,000     $ 118,022  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
144A, 6.25%, 7/1/25

    709,000       693,189  

144A,8.125%, 7/1/27

    400,000       394,076  

Caesars Resort Collection LLC / CRC Finco, Inc., 144A,
5.75%, 7/1/25

    218,000       213,915  

Cedar Fair LP / Canada’s Wonderland Co. / Magnum Management Corp. / Millennium Op 144A,
5.50%, 5/1/25

    192,000       188,584  

5.375%, 4/15/27

    200,000       188,978  

Cinemark USA, Inc., 144A,
5.875%, 3/15/26

    78,000       69,316  

International Game Technology PLC
144A, 6.50%, 2/15/25

    175,000       173,907  

144A, 4.125%, 4/15/26

    220,000       201,960  

144A, 6.25%, 1/15/27

    200,000       196,104  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
144A, 4.875%, 11/1/24

    126,000       122,127  

144A, 6.50%, 5/15/27

    258,000       257,920  

Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, 144A,
8.00%, 2/1/26

    261,000       228,421  

Penn Entertainment, Inc., 144A,
5.625%, 1/15/27

    100,000       91,609  

Scientific Games International, Inc., 144A,
8.625%, 7/1/25

    52,000       53,526  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 144A,
4.875%, 7/31/24

    315,000       302,695  

Vail Resorts, Inc., 144A,
6.25%, 5/15/25

    50,000       50,136  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $4,064,751)

      3,809,764  
   

 

 

 
Food Service — 0.5%            

Aramark Services, Inc., 144A,
6.375%, 5/1/25

   

(Cost $420,920)

    410,000       406,929  
   

 

 

 
Home Builders — 0.4%            

Century Communities, Inc.,
6.75%, 6/1/27

    100,000       98,228  

Meritage Homes Corp.,
6.00%, 6/1/25

    164,000       164,112  

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc., 144A,
5.875%, 6/15/27

    100,000       96,753  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $362,554)

      359,093  
   

 

 

 
Housewares — 0.9%            

Newell Brands, Inc.
4.10%, 4/1/23

    189,000       188,537  

4.875%, 6/1/25

    68,000       66,763  

4.45%, 4/1/26

    505,000       475,594  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $803,896)

      730,894  
   

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 4.3%            

Carnival Corp. 144A,
10.50%, 2/1/26

    150,000       154,695  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Leisure Time (Continued)            

144A, 7.625%, 3/1/26 (a)

  $ 329,000     $ 280,094  

144A, 5.75%, 3/1/27

    740,000       577,788  

Life Time, Inc.
144A, 5.75%, 1/15/26

    179,000       161,544  

144A,8.00%, 4/15/26

    100,000       88,436  

NCL Corp. Ltd.
144A, 3.625%, 12/15/24

    300,000       260,421  

144A, 5.875%, 3/15/26

    200,000       162,000  

144A, 5.875%, 2/15/27

    200,000       181,538  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
5.25%, 11/15/22

    155,000       155,153  

144A, 10.875%, 6/1/23

    194,000       197,766  

144A, 9.125%, 6/15/23

    185,000       187,078  

144A, 11.50%, 6/1/25

    358,000       379,949  

144A, 4.25%, 7/1/26

    110,000       84,674  

144A, 5.50%, 8/31/26

    250,000       203,463  

144A, 5.375%, 7/15/27

    200,000       155,487  

144A, 11.625%, 8/15/27

    300,000       295,212  

Viking Cruises Ltd., 144A,
13.00%, 5/15/25

    152,000       159,741  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $4,094,040)

      3,685,039  
   

 

 

 
Lodging — 3.9%            

Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 144A,
5.375%, 5/1/25

    81,000       80,492  

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC / Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp.,
4.875%, 4/1/27

    129,000       123,357  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.
3.20%, 8/8/24

    400,000       378,856  

2.90%, 6/25/25

    100,000       92,290  

3.50%, 8/18/26

    200,000       179,883  

Melco Resorts Finance Ltd.
144A, 4.875%, 6/6/25 (a)

    200,000       152,804  

144A, 5.25%, 4/26/26

    185,000       136,366  

144A, 5.625%, 7/17/27

    100,000       71,086  

MGM Resorts International
6.00%, 3/15/23

    252,000       252,343  

6.75%, 5/1/25

    91,000       91,062  

5.75%, 6/15/25 (a)

    192,000       186,557  

4.625%, 9/1/26

    120,000       109,341  

5.50%, 4/15/27

    175,000       162,256  

Travel + Leisure Co.
3.90%, 3/1/23

    177,000       175,548  

144A, 6.625%, 7/31/26

    126,000       122,327  

6.00%, 4/1/27

    86,000       81,781  

Wynn Las Vegas LLC / Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp.
144A, 4.25%, 5/30/23

    423,000       416,329  

144A, 5.50%, 3/1/25

    394,000       377,797  

144A, 5.25%, 5/15/27

    194,000       175,316  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $3,555,176)

      3,365,791  
   

 

 

 
Retail — 3.2%            

1011778 BC ULC / New Red Finance, Inc., 144A,
5.75%, 4/15/25

    147,000       147,994  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   42  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Retail (Continued)            

Carvana Co.
144A, 5.625%, 10/1/25

  $ 165,000     $ 123,863  

144A, 5.50%, 4/15/27

    100,000       64,971  

eG Global Finance PLC
144A, 6.75%, 2/7/25

    200,000       189,263  

144A,8.50%, 10/30/25

    90,000       84,171  

Ferrellgas LP / Ferrellgas Finance Corp., 144A,
5.375%, 4/1/26

    126,000       109,809  

Guitar Center, Inc., 144A,
8.50%, 1/15/26

    120,000       111,176  

IRB Holding Corp., 144A,
7.00%, 6/15/25

    161,000       161,933  

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings LLC/Taco Bell of America LLC, 144A,
4.75%, 6/1/27

    150,000       144,223  

NMG Holding Co, Inc. / Neiman Marcus Group LLC, 144A,
7.125%, 4/1/26

    204,000       191,209  

Party City Holdings, Inc., 144A,
8.75%, 2/15/26

    130,000       85,358  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.,
3.50%, 9/1/25

    150,000       141,057  

QVC, Inc.
4.85%, 4/1/24

    116,000       111,771  

4.45%, 2/15/25

    166,000       152,696  

4.75%, 2/15/27

    50,000       41,372  

Rite Aid Corp.
144A, 7.50%, 7/1/25

    165,000       140,747  

144A,8.00%, 11/15/26

    185,000       151,097  

Staples, Inc.
144A, 7.50%, 4/15/26

    500,000       423,140  

144A, 10.75%, 4/15/27 (a)

    200,000       147,301  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $3,114,744)

      2,723,151  
   

 

 

 
Toys/Games/Hobbies — 0.2%            

Mattel, Inc., 144A,
3.375%, 4/1/26

   

(Cost $217,241)

    218,000       198,450  
   

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 13.0%    
Agriculture — 0.1%            

Vector Group Ltd., 144A,
10.50%, 11/1/26

   

(Cost $113,090)

    110,000       106,641  
   

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 3.5%            

ADT Security Corp.,
4.125%, 6/15/23

    218,000       215,556  

Allied Universal Holdco LLC / Allied Universal Finance Corp.
144A, 6.625%, 7/15/26

    359,000       336,562  

144A, 9.75%, 7/15/27

    200,000       180,694  

APX Group, Inc., 144A,
6.75%, 2/15/27

    214,000       209,892  

Block, Inc.,
2.75%, 6/1/26

    230,000       204,565  

CoreCivic, Inc.,
8.25%, 4/15/26

    140,000       139,749  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Commercial Services (Continued)            

Garda World Security Corp., 144A,
4.625%, 2/15/27

  $ 125,000     $ 110,048  

Grand Canyon University,
4.125%, 10/1/24

    108,000       102,682  

Herc Holdings, Inc., 144A,
5.50%, 7/15/27

    300,000       283,975  

Hertz Corp., 144A,
4.625%, 12/1/26

    100,000       85,260  

Nielsen Co. Luxembourg SARL, 144A,
5.00%, 2/1/25 (a)

    132,000       132,762  

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC / Prime Finance, Inc.
144A, 5.25%, 4/15/24

    112,000       111,125  

144A, 5.75%, 4/15/26

    243,000       234,177  

Sabre GLBL, Inc.
144A, 9.25%, 4/15/25

    209,000       206,733  

144A, 7.375%, 9/1/25

    167,000       158,441  

United Rentals North America, Inc.,
5.50%, 5/15/27

    100,000       99,425  

Verscend Escrow Corp., 144A,
9.75%, 8/15/26

    200,000       202,260  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $3,210,215)

      3,013,906  
   

 

 

 
Cosmetics/Personal Care — 0.3%            

Coty, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 4/15/26

    174,000       165,105  

144A, 6.50%, 4/15/26

    127,000       121,333  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $304,436)

      286,438  
   

 

 

 
Food — 1.5%            

Albertsons Cos., Inc. / Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons LP / Albertsons LLC
144A, 3.50%, 2/15/23

    137,000       135,812  

144A, 3.25%, 3/15/26

    145,000       130,928  

144A, 7.50%, 3/15/26

    150,000       153,062  

144A, 4.625%, 1/15/27

    280,000       255,858  

B&G Foods, Inc.,
5.25%, 4/1/25

    220,000       196,036  

Post Holdings, Inc., 144A,
5.75%, 3/1/27

    100,000       97,856  

Sigma Holdco BV, 144A,
7.875%, 5/15/26

    105,000       75,085  

US Foods, Inc., 144A,
6.25%, 4/15/25

    269,000       270,664  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,418,125)

      1,315,301  
   

 

 

 
Healthcare-Services — 3.7%            

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.
144A, 8.00%, 3/15/26

    457,000       427,866  

144A, 5.625%, 3/15/27

    400,000       339,956  

IQVIA, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 10/15/26

    225,000       218,261  

144A, 5.00%, 5/15/27

    237,000       229,462  

Legacy LifePoint Health LLC
144A, 6.75%, 4/15/25

    136,000       133,728  

144A, 4.375%, 2/15/27

    170,000       148,018  

ModivCare, Inc., 144A,
5.875%, 11/15/25

    120,000       113,177  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   43  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Healthcare-Services (Continued)            

RegionalCare Hospital Partners Holdings, Inc. / LifePoint Health, Inc., 144A,
9.75%, 12/1/26

  $ 260,000     $ 248,547  

Select Medical Corp., 144A,
6.25%, 8/15/26

    277,000       265,325  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.
4.625%, 7/15/24

    90,000       88,245  

144A, 4.625%, 9/1/24

    131,000       127,541  

144A, 4.875%, 1/1/26

    539,000       514,381  

144A, 6.25%, 2/1/27

    300,000       289,650  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $3,392,504)

      3,144,157  
   

 

 

 
Household Products/Wares — 0.1%            

Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc. / KIK Custom Products, Inc., 144A,
5.00%, 12/31/26

(Cost $99,112)

    101,000       91,637  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 3.8%            

Bausch Health Americas, Inc.
144A, 9.25%, 4/1/26

    300,000       176,745  

144A, 8.50%, 1/31/27

    400,000       188,692  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc.
144A, 5.50%, 11/1/25

    328,000       272,637  

144A, 9.00%, 12/15/25

    291,000       184,603  

144A, 6.125%, 2/1/27

    297,000       222,168  

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA / Mallinckrodt CB LLC, 144A,
10.00%, 4/15/25

    100,000       90,117  

Perrigo Finance Unlimited Co.
3.90%, 12/15/24

    120,000       114,570  

4.375%, 3/15/26

    200,000       190,499  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. BV,
2.95%, 12/18/22

    209,000       207,815  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV
2.80%, 7/21/23

    297,000       285,254  

6.00%, 4/15/24

    190,000       184,841  

7.125%, 1/31/25

    386,000       382,655  

3.15%, 10/1/26

    779,000       655,365  

4.75%, 5/9/27

    115,000       100,738  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $4,019,095)

      3,256,699  
   

 

 

 
Energy — 11.7%    
Oil & Gas — 6.8%            

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC / ARU Finance Corp., 144A,
7.00%, 11/1/26

    120,000       116,870  

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP / Calumet Finance Corp., 144A,
11.00%, 4/15/25

    118,000       123,769  

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 144A,
5.50%, 2/1/26

    130,000       125,455  

Citgo Holding, Inc., 144A,
9.25%, 8/1/24

    251,000       251,283  

CITGO Petroleum Corp., 144A,
7.00%, 6/15/25

    418,000       407,021  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Oil & Gas (Continued)            

CNX Resources Corp., 144A,
7.25%, 3/14/27

  $ 100,000     $ 99,345  

CrownRock LP / CrownRock Finance, Inc., 144A,
5.625%, 10/15/25

    230,000       226,883  

CVR Energy, Inc., 144A,
5.25%, 2/15/25

    27,000       25,510  

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.,
9.50%, 1/15/25

    169,000       169,810  

Leviathan Bond Ltd.
144A, REGS, 5.75%, 6/30/23

    107,000       106,961  

144A, REGS, 6.125%, 6/30/25

    208,000       204,880  

144A, REGS, 6.50%, 6/30/27

    150,000       146,250  

Matador Resources Co.,
5.875%, 9/15/26

    226,000       221,489  

MEG Energy Corp., 144A,
7.125%, 2/1/27

    250,000       252,937  

Moss Creek Resources Holdings, Inc., 144A,
7.50%, 1/15/26

    256,000       233,215  

Murphy Oil Corp.,
5.75%, 8/15/25

    100,000       99,220  

Nabors Industries Ltd., 144A,
7.25%, 1/15/26

    110,000       100,176  

Nabors Industries, Inc.
5.75%, 2/1/25

    119,000       109,894  

144A, 7.375%, 5/15/27

    150,000       145,004  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.
6.95%, 7/1/24

    150,000       156,750  

2.90%, 8/15/24

    276,000       269,250  

8.00%, 7/15/25

    50,000       54,376  

5.875%, 9/1/25

    264,000       270,964  

5.50%, 12/1/25

    100,000       102,823  

5.55%, 3/15/26

    194,000       198,947  

Parkland Corp., 144A,
5.875%, 7/15/27

    100,000       96,741  

PBF Holding Co. LLC / PBF Finance Corp.,
7.25%, 6/15/25

    130,000       126,425  

Puma International Financing SA
144A, 5.125%, 10/6/24

    200,000       186,901  

144A, 5.00%, 1/24/26

    200,000       176,761  

Range Resources Corp.
5.00%, 3/15/23

    217,000       217,008  

4.875%, 5/15/25

    151,000       146,744  

SM Energy Co.,
6.625%, 1/15/27 (a)

    100,000       97,639  

Sunoco LP / Sunoco Finance Corp.,
6.00%, 4/15/27

    129,000       125,022  

Transocean, Inc.
144A, 7.25%, 11/1/25

    162,000       129,372  

144A, 7.50%, 1/15/26

    111,000       85,698  

144A, 11.50%, 1/30/27

    140,000       135,132  

144A, 8.00%, 2/1/27

    100,000       74,399  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $5,880,036)

      5,816,924  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   44  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Oil & Gas Services — 0.4%            

Archrock Partners LP / Archrock Partners Finance Corp., 144A,
6.875%, 4/1/27

  $ 100,000     $ 93,889  

CGG SA, 144A,
8.75%, 4/1/27 (a)

    100,000       89,261  

USA Compression Partners LP / USA Compression Finance Corp.,
6.875%, 4/1/26

    212,000       199,189  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $416,190)

      382,339  
   

 

 

 
Pipelines — 4.5%            

Antero Midstream Partners LP / Antero Midstream Finance Corp.
144A, 7.875%, 5/15/26

    75,000       76,445  

144A, 5.75%, 3/1/27

    140,000       132,874  

Buckeye Partners LP
4.15%, 7/1/23

    68,000       66,896  

144A, 4.125%, 3/1/25

    98,000       91,774  

3.95%, 12/1/26

    203,000       180,548  

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP / Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp.
5.75%, 4/1/25

    50,000       48,259  

144A, 5.625%, 5/1/27

    129,000       120,478  

DCP Midstream Operating LP,
3.875%, 3/15/23

    73,000       72,908  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP
4.15%, 6/1/25

    20,000       19,522  

4.85%, 7/15/26

    166,000       163,536  

EQM Midstream Partners LP
144A, 6.00%, 7/1/25

    63,000       60,917  

4.125%, 12/1/26

    120,000       108,332  

144A, 7.50%, 6/1/27

    100,000       98,844  

144A, 6.50%, 7/1/27

    200,000       193,414  

Genesis Energy LP / Genesis Energy Finance Corp.
6.50%, 10/1/25

    110,000       103,233  

8.00%, 1/15/27

    210,000       197,749  

Hess Midstream Operations LP, 144A,
5.625%, 2/15/26

    147,000       143,605  

New Fortress Energy, Inc.
144A, 6.75%, 9/15/25

    282,000       272,206  

144A, 6.50%, 9/30/26

    310,000       292,451  

NGL Energy Operating LLC / NGL Energy Finance Corp., 144A,
7.50%, 2/1/26

    420,000       380,241  

NGL Energy Partners LP / NGL Energy Finance Corp.,
7.50%, 11/1/23 (a)

    116,000       109,932  

NuStar Logistics LP
5.75%, 10/1/25

    131,000       125,217  

6.00%, 6/1/26

    150,000       141,794  

5.625%, 4/28/27

    200,000       182,399  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, 144A,
3.60%, 5/15/25

    54,000       49,695  

Tallgrass Energy Partners LP / Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp.
144A, 7.50%, 10/1/25

    113,000       113,308  

144A, 6.00%, 3/1/27

    90,000       82,266  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Pipelines (Continued)            

Western Midstream Operating LP
3.35%, 2/1/25

  $ 200,000     $ 189,072  

4.65%, 7/1/26

    83,000       79,128  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $4,131,054)

      3,897,043  
   

 

 

 
Financial — 11.2%    
Banks — 1.6%            

Commerzbank AG, 144A,
8.125%, 9/19/23

    286,000       292,300  

Freedom Mortgage Corp.
144A, 8.125%, 11/15/24

    112,000       100,678  

144A, 8.25%, 4/15/25

    61,000       52,863  

144A, 7.625%, 5/1/26

    142,000       116,479  

144A, 6.625%, 1/15/27

    142,000       109,832  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA
144A, 5.017%, 6/26/24

    400,000       382,924  

144A, 5.71%, 1/15/26

    340,000       319,525  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,526,367)

      1,374,601  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 3.7%            

Ally Financial, Inc.,
5.75%, 11/20/25

    180,000       182,155  

LD Holdings Group LLC, 144A,
6.50%, 11/1/25

    95,000       54,669  

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc., 144A,
6.00%, 1/15/27

    120,000       107,048  

Navient Corp.
5.50%, 1/25/23

    181,000       180,307  

MTN, 6.125%, 3/25/24

    165,000       161,185  

5.875%, 10/25/24

    91,000       87,510  

6.75%, 6/25/25

    110,000       106,306  

6.75%, 6/15/26

    140,000       133,000  

5.00%, 3/15/27

    150,000       128,703  

OneMain Finance Corp.
5.625%, 3/15/23

    217,000       215,357  

6.125%, 3/15/24

    241,000       235,599  

6.875%, 3/15/25

    265,000       257,967  

7.125%, 3/15/26

    296,000       278,810  

3.50%, 1/15/27

    150,000       124,086  

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., 144A,
5.375%, 10/15/25

    146,000       131,368  

Rocket Mortgage LLC / Rocket Mortgage Co.-Issuer, Inc., 144A,
2.875%, 10/15/26

    248,000       208,781  

SLM Corp.
4.20%, 10/29/25

    200,000       183,388  

3.125%, 11/2/26

    100,000       84,114  

United Wholesale Mortgage LLC
144A, 5.50%, 11/15/25

    165,000       144,354  

144A, 5.75%, 6/15/27

    100,000       82,509  

VistaJet Malta Finance PLC / XO Management Holding, Inc., 144A,
7.875%, 5/1/27

    100,000       91,780  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $3,523,473)

      3,178,996  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   45  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Insurance — 0.9%            

Acrisure LLC / Acrisure Finance, Inc.
144A, 7.00%, 11/15/25

  $ 209,000     $ 197,253  

144A, 10.125%, 8/1/26

    50,000       50,109  

AssuredPartners, Inc., 144A,
7.00%, 8/15/25

    226,000       219,220  

HUB International Ltd., 144A,
7.00%, 5/1/26

    350,000       343,333  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $836,648)

      809,915  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate — 0.1%            

WeWork Cos., Inc., 144A,
7.875%, 5/1/25

(Cost $141,338)

    150,000       112,133  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.8%            

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., 144A,
3.75%, 1/15/27

    129,000       112,434  

Brookfield Property REIT, Inc. / BPR Cumulus LLC / BPR Nimbus LLC / GGSI Sellco LL
144A, 5.75%, 5/15/26

    218,000       203,641  

144A, 4.50%, 4/1/27

    150,000       128,742  

Diversified Healthcare Trust,
9.75%, 6/15/25

    131,000       128,936  

HAT Holdings I LLC / HAT Holdings II LLC, 144A,
3.375%, 6/15/26

    270,000       234,733  

iStar, Inc.
4.75%, 10/1/24

    179,000       179,302  

4.25%, 8/1/25

    107,000       106,924  

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP / Ladder Capital Finance Corp., 144A,
4.25%, 2/1/27

    125,000       109,163  

MPT Operating Partnership LP / MPT Finance Corp., 5.25%, 8/1/26

    50,000       48,015  

Park Intermediate Holdings LLC / PK Domestic Property LLC / PK Finance Co.-Issuer, 144A,
7.50%, 6/1/25

    100,000       101,060  

RLJ Lodging Trust LP, 144A,
3.75%, 7/1/26

    115,000       103,336  

SBA Communications Corp.,
3.875%, 2/15/27

    250,000       228,280  

Service Properties Trust
4.35%, 10/1/24

    295,000       264,847  

7.50%, 9/15/25

    211,000       202,564  

4.75%, 10/1/26

    100,000       81,480  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. 144A,
3.75%, 12/31/24

    90,000       84,040  

4.75%, 3/15/25

    70,000       66,753  

144A, 3.625%, 7/15/26

    150,000       132,964  

144A, 4.375%, 1/15/27

    100,000       89,123  

Uniti Group LP / Uniti Fiber Holdings, Inc. / CSL Capital LLC, 144A,
7.875%, 2/15/25

    522,000       516,357  

XHR LP, 144A,
6.375%, 8/15/25

    117,000       113,725  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $3,491,088)

      3,236,419  
   

 

 

 
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Venture Capital — 1.1%            

Icahn Enterprises LP / Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.
4.75%, 9/15/24

  $ 313,000     $ 298,164  

6.375%, 12/15/25

    195,000       190,612  

6.25%, 5/15/26

    255,000       244,897  

5.25%, 5/15/27

    250,000       227,719  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,013,710)

      961,392  
   

 

 

 
Industrial — 10.4%    
Aerospace/Defense — 4.2%            

Bombardier, Inc.
144A, 7.50%, 12/1/24

    85,000       84,351  

144A, 7.50%, 3/15/25

    249,000       243,993  

144A, 7.125%, 6/15/26

    282,000       269,087  

144A, 7.875%, 4/15/27

    400,000       383,514  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
5.125%, 10/1/24

    248,000       246,810  

6.875%, 5/1/25

    129,000       132,636  

Rolls-Royce PLC, 144A,
3.625%, 10/14/25

    186,000       168,507  

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
144A, 5.50%, 1/15/25

    130,000       127,473  

144A, 7.50%, 4/15/25

    145,000       142,056  

TransDigm, Inc.
144A, 8.00%, 12/15/25

    195,000       199,965  

144A, 6.25%, 3/15/26

    1,015,000       998,481  

6.375%, 6/15/26

    205,000       197,045  

7.50%, 3/15/27

    125,000       122,049  

Triumph Group, Inc.
144A, 8.875%, 6/1/24

    138,000       139,930  

144A, 6.25%, 9/15/24

    71,000       65,142  

7.75%, 8/15/25

    118,000       99,544  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $3,721,401)

      3,620,583  
   

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.2%            

JELD-WEN, Inc., 144A,
4.625%, 12/15/25

    95,000       81,835  

Standard Industries, Inc., 144A,
5.00%, 2/15/27

    100,000       91,720  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $192,762)

      173,555  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.4%  

WESCO Distribution, Inc., 144A,
7.125%, 6/15/25

(Cost $335,370)

    325,000       325,450  
   

 

 

 
Electronics — 0.3%            

Sensata Technologies BV
144A, 4.875%, 10/15/23

    76,000       76,766  

144A, 5.625%, 11/1/24

    66,000       66,432  

144A, 5.00%, 10/1/25

    156,000       153,024  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $312,245)

      296,222  
   

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.2%            

Brand Industrial Services, Inc., 144A,
8.50%, 7/15/25

(Cost $200,896)

    203,000       164,678  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   46  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Environmental Control — 0.7%            

GFL Environmental, Inc.
144A, 4.25%, 6/1/25

  $ 282,000     $ 269,618  

144A, 3.75%, 8/1/25

    130,000       122,995  

Stericycle, Inc., 144A,
5.375%, 7/15/24

    199,000       195,014  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $618,209)

      587,627  
   

 

 

 
Machinery-Diversified — 0.4%            

TK Elevator US Newco, Inc., 144A,
5.25%, 7/15/27

(Cost $337,092)

    350,000       319,793  
   

 

 

 
Miscellaneous Manufacturing — 0.4%            

FXI Holdings, Inc.
144A, 7.875%, 11/1/24

    140,000       116,298  

144A, 12.25%, 11/15/26

    185,000       154,656  

Hillenbrand, Inc.,
5.75%, 6/15/25

    94,000       94,266  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $434,290)

      365,220  
   

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 3.4%            

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC / Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc.
144A, 5.25%, 4/30/25

    215,000       203,816  

144A, 4.125%, 8/15/26

    265,000       228,936  

144A, 5.25%, 8/15/27

    210,000       152,195  

144A, 5.25%, 8/15/27

    200,000       144,948  

Ball Corp.
4.00%, 11/15/23

    185,000       183,291  

5.25%, 7/1/25

    250,000       249,689  

4.875%, 3/15/26

    139,000       134,760  

LABL, Inc.
144A, 6.75%, 7/15/26

    185,000       176,025  

144A, 10.50%, 7/15/27

    150,000       141,976  

Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co.
144A, 5.50%, 4/15/24

    425,000       411,964  

144A, 7.25%, 4/15/25

    250,000       227,935  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.
144A, 5.875%, 8/15/23

    136,000       135,347  

144A, 6.625%, 5/13/27 (a)

    100,000       93,027  

Sealed Air Corp.
144A, 5.125%, 12/1/24

    50,000       49,573  

144A, 5.50%, 9/15/25

    100,000       99,648  

Trivium Packaging Finance BV
144A, 5.50%, 8/15/26

    200,000       192,338  

144A, 8.50%, 8/15/27

    150,000       142,693  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $3,128,133)

      2,968,161  
   

 

 

 
Trucking & Leasing — 0.2%            

Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC, 144A,
6.50%, 10/1/25

(Cost $142,240)

    141,000       131,599  
   

 

 

 
Technology — 2.7%    
Computers — 1.2%            

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.
8.50%, 4/15/24

    89,000       54,250  

144A, 9.375%, 7/15/25

    165,000       135,672  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Computers (Continued)            

Exela Intermediate LLC / Exela Finance, Inc., 144A,
11.50%, 7/15/26

  $ 236,000     $ 76,896  

Presidio Holdings, Inc., 144A,
4.875%, 2/1/27

    100,000       93,712  

Seagate HDD Cayman
4.75%, 6/1/23

    110,000       109,301  

4.875%, 3/1/24

    97,000       95,226  

4.75%, 1/1/25

    133,000       130,129  

4.875%, 6/1/27

    100,000       94,482  

Vericast Corp., 144A,
11.00%, 9/15/26

    277,000       277,734  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,235,853)

      1,067,402  
   

 

 

 
Office/Business Equipment — 0.3%            

Pitney Bowes, Inc., 144A,
6.875%, 3/15/27

    80,000       60,637  

Xerox Corp.,
4.625%, 3/15/23

    36,000       35,835  

Xerox Holdings Corp., 144A,
5.00%, 8/15/25

    161,000       149,485  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $270,894)

      245,957  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 0.1%            

ams-OSRAM AG, 144A,
7.00%, 7/31/25

(Cost $130,857)

    125,000       119,443  
   

 

 

 
Software — 1.1%            

Boxer Parent Co., Inc., 144A,
7.125%, 10/2/25

    137,000       135,643  

Change Healthcare Holdings LLC / Change Healthcare Finance, Inc., 144A,
5.75%, 3/1/25

    232,000       229,246  

Fair Isaac Corp., 144A,
5.25%, 5/15/26

    80,000       77,508  

PTC, Inc., 144A,
3.625%, 2/15/25

    162,000       152,436  

Veritas US, Inc. / Veritas Bermuda Ltd., 144A,
7.50%, 9/1/25

    403,000       310,612  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,024,654)

      905,445  
   

 

 

 
Utilities — 2.2%    
Electric — 1.6%            

Calpine Corp., 144A,
5.25%, 6/1/26

    134,000       130,255  

DPL, Inc.,
4.125%, 7/1/25

    80,000       75,600  

FirstEnergy Corp.,
Series B, 4.40%, 7/15/27

    350,000       332,083  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP, 144A,
4.25%, 7/15/24

    350,000       337,968  

TransAlta Corp.,
4.50%, 11/15/22

    89,000       88,897  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   47  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Electric (Continued)            

Vistra Operations Co. LLC
144A, 5.50%, 9/1/26

  $ 230,000     $ 222,369  

144A, 5.625%, 2/15/27

    200,000       193,018  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,448,909)

      1,380,190  
   

 

 

 
Gas — 0.6%            

AmeriGas Partners LP / AmeriGas Finance Corp.
5.625%, 5/20/24

    121,000       119,341  

5.50%, 5/20/25

    107,000       101,685  

5.875%, 8/20/26

    175,000       166,828  

5.75%, 5/20/27

    113,000       106,659  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $542,250)

      494,513  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $91,426,385)

      84,470,086  
   

 

 

 
   

Number
of Shares

   

Value

 
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL — 1.0%            

DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 2.00% (b)(c)
(Cost $821,382)

    821,382     $ 821,382  
   

 

 

 
CASH EQUIVALENTS — 0.7%            

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 2.24% (b)
(Cost $589,978)

    589,978       589,978  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.8%

(Cost $92,837,745)

    $ 85,881,446  

Other assets and liabilities, net — 0.2%

      197,728  
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 86,079,174  
   

 

 

 

A summary of the Fund’s transactions with affiliated investments during the year ended August 31, 2022 is as follows:

 

     Value ($) at
8/31/2021
     Purchases
Cost ($)
     Sales
Proceeds ($)
    Net Realized
Gain/(Loss) ($)
     Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
($)
     Income ($)      Capital Gain
Distributions
($)
     Number of
Shares at
8/31/2022
     Value ($) at
8/31/2022
 

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL1.0%

 

DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 2.00% (b)(c)

 

     1,323,612               (502,230 )(d)                    6,595               821,382        821,382  

CASH EQUIVALENTS0.7%

 

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 2.24% (b)

 

     5,311,866        23,071,063        (27,792,951                   4,079               589,978        589,978  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
       6,635,478          23,071,063          (28,295,181         —            —          10,674            —          1,411,360          1,411,360  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

All or a portion of these securities were on loan. In addition, “Other assets and liabilities, net” may include pending sales that are also on loan. The value of securities loaned at August 31, 2022 amounted to $1,743,621, which is 2.0% of net assets.

(b)

Affiliated fund managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

(c)

Represents cash collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates. In addition, the Fund held non-cash U.S. Treasury securities collateral having a value of $1,002,868.

(d)

Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested in cash collateral for the year ended August 31, 2022.

 

GMTN:   Global Medium Term Note
MTN:   Medium Term Note
REIT:   Real Estate Investment Trust
REGS:   Securities sold under Regulation S may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
144A:   Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   48  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of August 31, 2022 in valuing the Fund’s investments. For information on the Fund’s policy regarding the valuation of investments, please refer to the Security Valuation section of Note 2 in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Assets

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Corporate Bonds (a)

     $        $ 84,470,086        $   —        $ 84,470,086  

Short-Term Investments (a)

       1,411,360                            1,411,360  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL

     $ 1,411,360        $ 84,470,086        $        $ 85,881,446  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   49  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
CORPORATE BONDS — 98.5%

 

Basic Materials — 3.6%

 

Chemicals — 1.9%  

Ashland LLC, 144A,
3.375%, 9/1/31

  $ 1,763,000     $ 1,446,079  

ASP Unifrax Holdings, Inc.
144A, 5.25%, 9/30/28

    3,117,000       2,505,085  

144A, 7.50%, 9/30/29 (a)

    1,567,000       1,148,545  

Avient Corp.
144A, 5.75%, 5/15/25

    2,532,000       2,500,312  

144A, 7.125%, 8/1/30

    2,824,000       2,793,917  

Axalta Coating Systems LLC, 144A,
3.375%, 2/15/29 (a)

    2,727,000       2,265,626  

Chemours Co.
5.375%, 5/15/27

    1,948,000       1,808,932  

144A, 5.75%, 11/15/28

    3,117,000       2,794,718  

144A, 4.625%, 11/15/29

    2,532,000       2,092,407  

Consolidated Energy Finance SA
144A, 6.50%, 5/15/26

    1,567,000       1,433,335  

144A, 5.625%, 10/15/28

    2,045,000       1,687,278  

INEOS Quattro Finance 2 PLC, 144A,
3.375%, 1/15/26

    1,959,000       1,697,983  

Methanex Corp.
5.125%, 10/15/27

    2,727,000       2,487,188  

5.25%, 12/15/29

    2,727,000       2,293,952  

NOVA Chemicals Corp.
144A, 4.875%, 6/1/24

    4,091,000       3,922,151  

144A, 5.00%, 5/1/25

    1,948,000       1,834,832  

144A, 5.25%, 6/1/27

    4,091,000       3,617,999  

144A, 4.25%, 5/15/29 (a)

    2,240,000       1,845,491  

Olin Corp.
5.125%, 9/15/27

    1,948,000       1,851,340  

5.625%, 8/1/29

    2,607,000       2,486,778  

5.00%, 2/1/30 (a)

    2,008,000       1,824,755  

Olympus Water US Holding Corp.
144A, 4.25%, 10/1/28

    3,175,000       2,585,879  

144A, 6.25%, 10/1/29

    1,569,000       1,186,705  

SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc.
144A, 4.875%, 5/1/28

    4,285,000       3,677,239  

144A, 6.625%, 5/1/29

    2,727,000       2,249,161  

Tronox, Inc., 144A,
4.625%, 3/15/29

    4,188,000       3,488,981  

Valvoline, Inc.
144A, 4.25%, 2/15/30

    2,331,000       2,275,522  

144A, 3.625%, 6/15/31

    2,086,000       1,683,183  

WR Grace Holdings LLC
144A, 4.875%, 6/15/27

    2,893,000       2,679,294  

144A, 5.625%, 8/15/29

    4,500,000       3,566,250  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $81,242,391)

      69,730,917  
   

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 0.1%  

Mercer International, Inc.,
5.125%, 2/1/29

(Cost $3,476,524)

    3,397,000       2,970,761  
   

 

 

 
Iron/Steel — 0.5%            

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.
144A, 6.75%, 3/15/26

    3,229,000       3,269,653  

5.875%, 6/1/27

    2,162,000       2,071,845  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Iron/Steel (Continued)            

Mineral Resources Ltd.
144A, 8.125%, 5/1/27

  $ 2,727,000     $ 2,736,884  

144A, 8.00%, 11/1/27

    2,435,000       2,432,820  

144A, 8.50%, 5/1/30

    2,435,000       2,457,121  

United States Steel Corp.,
6.875%, 3/1/29 (a)

    2,727,000       2,675,910  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $16,253,398)

      15,644,233  
   

 

 

 
Mining — 1.1%  

Arconic Corp.
144A, 6.00%, 5/15/25

    2,727,000       2,683,032  

144A, 6.125%, 2/15/28

    3,506,000       3,297,091  

Constellium SE, 144A,
3.75%, 4/15/29

    1,959,000       1,623,962  

FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd.
144A, 5.125%, 5/15/24 (a)

    2,922,000       2,896,403  

144A, 4.50%, 9/15/27

    2,337,000       2,138,355  

144A, 5.875%, 4/15/30

    2,727,000       2,519,721  

144A, 4.375%, 4/1/31

    5,844,000       4,774,256  

144A, 6.125%, 4/15/32

    3,117,000       2,885,376  

Hudbay Minerals, Inc.
144A, 4.50%, 4/1/26

    2,337,000       2,124,333  

144A, 6.125%, 4/1/29

    2,337,000       2,060,699  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.
144A, 4.625%, 3/1/28

    1,959,000       1,690,030  

144A, 4.50%, 6/1/31

    2,155,000       1,699,573  

Novelis Corp.
144A, 3.25%, 11/15/26

    2,922,000       2,606,117  

144A, 4.75%, 1/30/30

    6,233,000       5,430,190  

144A, 3.875%, 8/15/31

    2,922,000       2,363,577  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $47,055,110)

      40,792,715  
   

 

 

 
Communications — 19.1%

 

Advertising — 0.9%  

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
144A, 5.125%, 8/15/27

    4,870,000       4,367,854  

144A, 7.75%, 4/15/28

    3,896,000       3,176,019  

144A, 7.50%, 6/1/29

    4,091,000       3,308,494  

CMG Media Corp., 144A,
8.875%, 12/15/27

    3,954,000       3,406,886  

Lamar Media Corp.
3.75%, 2/15/28

    2,318,000       2,082,572  

4.00%, 2/15/30

    2,143,000       1,885,829  

3.625%, 1/15/31

    2,143,000       1,798,791  

Outfront Media Capital LLC / Outfront Media Capital Corp.
144A, 6.25%, 6/15/25

    1,567,000       1,555,049  

144A, 5.00%, 8/15/27

    2,532,000       2,321,072  

144A, 4.25%, 1/15/29

    1,959,000       1,648,775  

144A, 4.625%, 3/15/30

    1,959,000       1,636,999  

Stagwell Global LLC, 144A,
5.625%, 8/15/29

    4,285,000       3,640,793  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $36,325,497)

      30,829,133  
   

 

 

 
Internet — 1.4%  

Arches Buyer, Inc.
144A, 4.25%, 6/1/28

    3,692,000       2,973,241  

144A, 6.125%, 12/1/28

    1,959,000       1,538,403  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   50  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Internet (Continued)  

Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC / GD Finance Co., Inc.
144A, 5.25%, 12/1/27

  $ 2,337,000     $ 2,199,912  

144A, 3.50%, 3/1/29

    3,117,000       2,643,278  

Match Group Holdings II LLC
144A, 5.00%, 12/15/27

    1,755,000       1,612,713  

144A, 4.625%, 6/1/28

    1,934,000       1,724,393  

144A, 4.125%, 8/1/30

    1,948,000       1,614,593  

144A, 3.625%, 10/1/31

    1,959,000       1,540,343  

NortonLifeLock, Inc., 144A,
5.00%, 4/15/25

    4,285,000       4,229,295  

Photo Holdings Merger Sub, Inc., 144A,
8.50%, 10/1/26

    3,058,000       2,288,212  

Twitter, Inc.
144A, 3.875%, 12/15/27 (a)

    2,727,000       2,540,711  

144A, 5.00%, 3/1/30

    3,896,000       3,662,828  

Uber Technologies, Inc.
144A, 7.50%, 5/15/25

    3,896,000       3,928,734  

144A, 8.00%, 11/1/26

    5,844,000       5,910,982  

144A, 7.50%, 9/15/27

    4,675,000       4,686,641  

144A, 6.25%, 1/15/28 (a)

    1,948,000       1,862,999  

144A, 4.50%, 8/15/29

    5,844,000       5,051,408  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $55,906,823)

      50,008,686  
   

 

 

 
Media — 10.2%  

Altice Financing SA
144A, 5.00%, 1/15/28

    4,675,000       3,780,010  

144A, 5.75%, 8/15/29

    7,986,000       6,451,450  

AMC Networks, Inc.
5.00%, 4/1/24

    1,567,000       1,530,034  

4.75%, 8/1/25

    3,117,000       2,891,146  

4.25%, 2/15/29

    3,896,000       3,185,370  

Audacy Capital Corp.
144A, 6.50%, 5/1/27

    1,803,000       593,025  

144A, 6.75%, 3/31/29

    2,116,000       639,685  

Cable One, Inc., 144A,
4.00%, 11/15/30 (a)

    2,532,000       2,112,486  

CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp.
144A, 5.50%, 5/1/26

    2,922,000       2,896,491  

144A, 5.125%, 5/1/27

    12,661,000       12,034,280  

144A, 5.00%, 2/1/28

    9,739,000       8,936,385  

144A, 5.375%, 6/1/29

    5,844,000       5,345,507  

144A, 6.375%, 9/1/29

    5,844,000       5,664,297  

144A, 4.75%, 3/1/30

    11,882,000       10,226,719  

144A, 4.50%, 8/15/30

    10,713,000       9,022,489  

144A, 4.25%, 2/1/31

    11,687,000       9,550,616  

144A, 4.75%, 2/1/32

    4,675,000       3,875,435  

4.50%, 5/1/32

    11,273,000       9,147,758  

144A, 4.50%, 6/1/33

    6,818,000       5,360,959  

144A, 4.25%, 1/15/34

    7,791,000       5,941,494  

CSC Holdings LLC
5.25%, 6/1/24

    2,922,000       2,852,398  

144A, 5.50%, 4/15/27

    5,103,000       4,845,375  

144A, 5.375%, 2/1/28

    3,896,000       3,538,951  

144A, 7.50%, 4/1/28

    4,074,000       3,628,406  

144A, 6.50%, 2/1/29

    6,818,000       6,331,297  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Media (Continued)  

144A, 5.75%, 1/15/30

  $ 8,765,000     $ 6,798,704  

144A, 4.125%, 12/1/30

    4,285,000       3,432,178  

144A, 4.625%, 12/1/30

    9,058,000       6,605,592  

144A, 3.375%, 2/15/31

    3,896,000       2,924,844  

144A, 4.50%, 11/15/31

    5,844,000       4,588,066  

144A, 5.00%, 11/15/31

    1,959,000       1,399,063  

Diamond Sports Group LLC / Diamond Sports Finance Co.
144A, 5.375%, 8/15/26

    11,842,000       2,264,782  

144A, 6.625%, 8/15/27

    6,833,000       640,662  

Directv Financing LLC / Directv Financing Co.-Obligor, Inc., 144A,
5.875%, 8/15/27

    14,414,000       13,316,806  

DISH DBS Corp.
5.875%, 11/15/24

    7,790,000       7,059,376  

7.75%, 7/1/26

    7,774,000       6,129,177  

144A, 5.25%, 12/1/26

    10,713,000       8,865,007  

7.375%, 7/1/28

    3,892,000       2,555,799  

144A, 5.75%, 12/1/28

    9,739,000       7,496,723  

5.125%, 6/1/29

    5,843,000       3,470,800  

Gray Escrow II, Inc., 144A,
5.375%, 11/15/31

    5,064,000       4,286,119  

Gray Television, Inc.
144A, 5.875%, 7/15/26

    2,727,000       2,635,891  

144A, 7.00%, 5/15/27 (a)

    2,922,000       2,885,796  

144A, 4.75%, 10/15/30

    3,117,000       2,568,408  

iHeartCommunications, Inc.
6.375%, 5/1/26

    3,115,157       2,947,562  

8.375%, 5/1/27

    5,206,113       4,575,028  

144A, 5.25%, 8/15/27

    2,922,000       2,626,464  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/28

    1,959,000       1,684,538  

LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC
144A, 6.75%, 10/15/27

    4,523,000       4,276,496  

144A, 5.125%, 7/15/29

    3,194,000       2,751,615  

McGraw-Hill Education, Inc.
144A, 5.75%, 8/1/28

    3,506,000       3,090,471  

144A, 8.00%, 8/1/29

    2,824,000       2,454,141  

News Corp.
144A, 3.875%, 5/15/29

    3,896,000       3,397,098  

144A, 5.125%, 2/15/32

    1,948,000       1,795,111  

Nexstar Media, Inc.
144A, 5.625%, 7/15/27

    6,954,000       6,629,805  

144A, 4.75%, 11/1/28

    3,896,000       3,530,692  

Radiate Holdco LLC / Radiate Finance, Inc.
144A, 4.50%, 9/15/26

    3,506,000       3,028,307  

144A, 6.50%, 9/15/28

    3,896,000       2,908,403  

Scripps Escrow II, Inc.
144A, 3.875%, 1/15/29

    2,039,000       1,731,560  

144A, 5.375%, 1/15/31 (a)

    1,659,000       1,359,882  

Sinclair Television Group, Inc.
144A, 5.50%, 3/1/30

    1,959,000       1,538,995  

144A, 4.125%, 12/1/30

    2,922,000       2,389,495  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc.
144A, 3.125%, 9/1/26

    3,896,000       3,474,764  

144A, 5.00%, 8/1/27

    5,844,000       5,508,963  

144A, 4.00%, 7/15/28

    7,791,000       6,797,647  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   51  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Media (Continued)  

144A, 5.50%, 7/1/29

  $ 4,870,000     $ 4,559,172  

144A, 4.125%, 7/1/30

    5,844,000       4,958,517  

144A, 3.875%, 9/1/31

    5,844,000       4,726,160  

TEGNA, Inc.
144A, 4.75%, 3/15/26

    2,143,000       2,103,155  

4.625%, 3/15/28

    3,896,000       3,740,452  

5.00%, 9/15/29

    4,285,000       4,108,865  

Telenet Finance Luxembourg Notes SARL, 144A,
5.50%, 3/1/28

    3,800,000       3,488,400  

Univision Communications, Inc.
144A, 5.125%, 2/15/25

    5,763,000       5,573,974  

144A, 6.625%, 6/1/27

    5,844,000       5,646,971  

144A, 4.50%, 5/1/29

    4,091,000       3,585,761  

144A, 7.375%, 6/30/30

    3,506,000       3,484,087  

UPC Broadband Finco BV, 144A,
4.875%, 7/15/31

    4,870,000       4,218,564  

UPC Holding BV, 144A,
5.50%, 1/15/28

    1,772,000       1,519,827  

Videotron Ltd.
144A, 5.375%, 6/15/24

    2,344,000       2,331,202  

144A, 5.125%, 4/15/27

    2,337,500       2,195,392  

144A, 3.625%, 6/15/29

    1,959,000       1,628,631  

Virgin Media Finance PLC, 144A,
5.00%, 7/15/30

    3,604,000       2,853,251  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC
144A, 5.50%, 5/15/29

    5,551,000       4,988,240  

144A, 4.50%, 8/15/30

    3,565,000       2,974,814  

VZ Secured Financing BV, 144A,
5.00%, 1/15/32

    5,945,000       4,854,598  

Ziggo Bond Co. BV
144A, 6.00%, 1/15/27

    2,435,000       2,196,857  

144A, 5.125%, 2/28/30

    1,948,000       1,562,082  

Ziggo BV, 144A,
4.875%, 1/15/30

    3,861,000       3,265,029  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $453,206,061)

      369,366,894  
   

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 6.6%  

Altice France Holding SA
144A, 10.50%, 5/15/27

    6,085,000       5,261,498  

144A, 6.00%, 2/15/28

    4,772,000       3,267,388  

Altice France SA
144A, 8.125%, 2/1/27

    6,818,000       6,460,055  

144A, 5.50%, 1/15/28

    4,285,000       3,493,946  

144A, 5.125%, 1/15/29

    1,861,000       1,447,836  

144A, 5.125%, 7/15/29

    9,739,000       7,410,503  

144A, 5.50%, 10/15/29

    7,791,000       6,162,175  

Avaya, Inc., 144A,
6.125%, 9/15/28

    3,896,000       2,136,527  

C&W Senior Financing DAC, 144A,
6.875%, 9/15/27

    4,753,000       4,225,536  

CommScope Technologies LLC
144A, 6.00%, 6/15/25

    5,064,000       4,602,062  

144A, 5.00%, 3/15/27

    2,922,000       2,310,513  

CommScope, Inc.
144A, 6.00%, 3/1/26

    5,844,000       5,530,177  

144A, 8.25%, 3/1/27

    3,896,000       3,345,690  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Telecommunications (Continued)  

144A, 7.125%, 7/1/28 (a)

  $ 2,727,000     $ 2,230,536  

144A, 4.75%, 9/1/29

    4,870,000       4,152,771  

Connect Finco SARL / Connect US Finco LLC, 144A,
6.75%, 10/1/26

    8,084,000       7,412,882  

Consolidated Communications, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 10/1/28

    1,567,000       1,209,235  

144A, 6.50%, 10/1/28

    2,922,000       2,358,638  

Frontier Communications Holdings LLC
144A, 5.875%, 10/15/27

    4,480,000       4,187,098  

144A, 5.00%, 5/1/28

    6,038,000       5,299,734  

144A, 6.75%, 5/1/29

    3,896,000       3,365,151  

5.875%, 11/1/29

    2,922,685       2,389,938  

144A, 6.00%, 1/15/30

    3,896,000       3,217,161  

144A, 8.75%, 5/15/30

    4,675,000       4,826,938  

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.
5.25%, 8/1/26

    2,914,000       2,779,927  

6.625%, 8/1/26

    2,917,500       2,765,469  

Iliad Holding SASU
144A, 6.50%, 10/15/26

    4,675,000       4,278,139  

144A, 7.00%, 10/15/28

    3,506,000       3,222,406  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, 144A,
6.50%, 3/15/30

    11,687,000       10,623,249  

Level 3 Financing, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 9/15/27

    3,896,000       3,447,707  

144A, 4.25%, 7/1/28

    4,675,000       3,891,821  

144A, 3.625%, 1/15/29

    3,272,000       2,630,950  

144A, 3.75%, 7/15/29

    3,506,000       2,821,278  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.
Series W, 6.75%, 12/1/23

    2,922,000       2,959,080  

Series Y, 7.50%, 4/1/24

    3,896,000       3,932,233  

5.625%, 4/1/25

    1,948,000       1,892,320  

144A, 5.125%, 12/15/26 (a)

    4,825,000       4,175,507  

144A, 4.00%, 2/15/27

    4,870,000       4,242,208  

144A, 4.50%, 1/15/29

    3,896,000       2,912,260  

144A, 5.375%, 6/15/29

    3,896,000       3,042,308  

Nokia OYJ,
4.375%, 6/12/27

    1,948,000       1,859,882  

Sprint Corp.
7.875%, 9/15/23

    16,557,000       17,095,848  

7.125%, 6/15/24

    9,739,000       10,067,496  

7.625%, 2/15/25

    5,844,000       6,121,648  

7.625%, 3/1/26

    5,844,000       6,189,380  

Switch Ltd.
144A, 3.75%, 9/15/28

    2,337,000       2,320,124  

144A, 4.125%, 6/15/29

    1,948,000       1,946,049  

Telecom Italia SpA, 144A,
5.303%, 5/30/24

    5,844,000       5,632,506  

Telesat Canada / Telesat LLC
144A, 5.625%, 12/6/26

    1,959,000       1,147,065  

144A, 4.875%, 6/1/27

    1,558,000       847,163  

VEON Holdings BV
144A, 4.95%, 6/16/24

    2,120,000       1,563,627  

144A, 4.00%, 4/9/25

    2,226,000       1,396,882  

Viasat, Inc.
144A, 5.625%, 9/15/25

    2,727,000       2,411,318  

144A, 5.625%, 4/15/27

    2,337,000       2,153,405  

144A, 6.50%, 7/15/28

    1,567,000       1,211,918  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   52  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Telecommunications (Continued)  

Vmed O2 UK Financing I PLC
144A, 4.25%, 1/31/31

  $ 5,261,000     $ 4,252,045  

144A, 4.75%, 7/15/31

    5,454,000       4,506,368  

Windstream Escrow LLC / Windstream Escrow Finance Corp., 144A,
7.75%, 8/15/28 (a)

    5,454,000       4,755,015  

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.
144A, 4.00%, 3/1/27

    5,756,000       4,914,559  

144A, 6.125%, 3/1/28

    4,207,000       3,278,557  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $279,381,150)

      239,591,705  
   

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 21.8%

 

Airlines — 1.2%  

Air Canada, 144A,
3.875%, 8/15/26

    4,675,000       4,177,954  

American Airlines Group, Inc., 144A,
3.75%, 3/1/25 (a)

    1,959,000       1,648,871  

American Airlines, Inc., 144A,
11.75%, 7/15/25

    9,739,000       10,774,158  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.
2.90%, 10/28/24

    3,506,000       3,292,134  

7.375%, 1/15/26 (a)

    3,339,000       3,405,480  

4.375%, 4/19/28

    1,608,000       1,415,683  

3.75%, 10/28/29 (a)

    1,857,000       1,510,948  

Hawaiian Brand Intellectual Property Ltd. / HawaiianMiles Loyalty Ltd., 144A,
5.75%, 1/20/26

    4,675,542       4,274,147  

United Airlines, Inc.
144A, 4.375%, 4/15/26

    7,791,000       7,113,884  

144A, 4.625%, 4/15/29

    7,791,000       6,846,341  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $49,748,618)

      44,459,600  
   

 

 

 
Apparel — 0.2%  

Hanesbrands, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 5/15/24

    3,506,000       3,381,537  

144A, 4.875%, 5/15/26

    3,506,000       3,230,043  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $7,300,981)

      6,611,580  
   

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 3.7%  

Allison Transmission, Inc.
144A, 4.75%, 10/1/27

    1,567,000       1,459,943  

144A, 5.875%, 6/1/29

    1,948,000       1,834,270  

144A, 3.75%, 1/30/31

    3,896,000       3,157,026  

Ford Motor Co.
9.00%, 4/22/25

    4,239,000       4,746,486  

4.346%, 12/8/26

    5,844,000       5,612,513  

9.625%, 4/22/30

    1,683,000       1,970,914  

3.25%, 2/12/32

    9,796,000       7,683,297  

6.10%, 8/19/32

    6,600,000       6,436,122  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
3.37%, 11/17/23

    3,896,000       3,801,756  

3.81%, 1/9/24

    2,922,000       2,859,747  

5.584%, 3/18/24

    5,844,000       5,820,167  

3.664%, 9/8/24

    2,922,000       2,804,243  

4.063%, 11/1/24

    5,844,000       5,680,456  

2.30%, 2/10/25

    4,870,000       4,446,310  

4.687%, 6/9/25

    2,337,000       2,247,037  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Auto Manufacturers (Continued)  

5.125%, 6/16/25

  $ 6,818,000     $ 6,660,061  

4.134%, 8/4/25

    5,454,000       5,159,429  

3.375%, 11/13/25

    8,181,000       7,480,215  

GMTN, 4.389%, 1/8/26

    4,675,000       4,391,508  

4.542%, 8/1/26

    2,922,000       2,729,691  

2.70%, 8/10/26

    5,844,000       5,092,168  

4.271%, 1/9/27

    3,506,000       3,217,186  

4.95%, 5/28/27

    5,844,000       5,494,646  

4.125%, 8/17/27

    4,870,000       4,395,175  

3.815%, 11/2/27

    2,922,000       2,576,035  

2.90%, 2/16/28

    2,922,000       2,449,220  

2.90%, 2/10/29

    3,130,000       2,538,852  

5.113%, 5/3/29

    5,793,000       5,396,150  

4.00%, 11/13/30

    6,465,000       5,408,813  

3.625%, 6/17/31

    3,903,000       3,165,235  

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC
144A, 7.75%, 10/15/25

    2,727,000       2,502,175  

144A, 4.50%, 10/1/27 (a)

    1,959,000       1,441,689  

144A, 5.875%, 1/15/28

    2,522,000       1,922,054  

144A, 5.50%, 7/15/29

    1,944,000       1,370,084  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $151,327,025)

      133,950,673  
   

 

 

 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 1.5%  

Adient Global Holdings Ltd., 144A,
4.875%, 8/15/26

    3,095,000       2,868,090  

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
6.50%, 4/1/27

    1,932,000       1,809,569  

6.875%, 7/1/28 (a)

    1,567,000       1,490,131  

5.00%, 10/1/29 (a)

    2,337,000       1,985,632  

Clarios Global LP, 144A,
6.75%, 5/15/25

    1,753,000       1,746,204  

Clarios Global LP / Clarios US Finance Co.
144A, 6.25%, 5/15/26

    3,506,000       3,471,185  

144A, 8.50%, 5/15/27

    7,597,000       7,421,889  

Dana Financing Luxembourg SARL, 144A,
5.75%, 4/15/25

    1,517,000       1,495,444  

Dana, Inc.
5.375%, 11/15/27

    1,567,000       1,399,159  

5.625%, 6/15/28

    1,567,000       1,408,559  

4.25%, 9/1/30

    1,567,000       1,267,332  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
9.50%, 5/31/25

    3,117,000       3,261,130  

5.00%, 5/31/26 (a)

    3,506,000       3,387,550  

4.875%, 3/15/27 (a)

    2,727,000       2,564,266  

5.00%, 7/15/29 (a)

    3,290,000       2,953,433  

5.25%, 4/30/31 (a)

    2,143,000       1,871,617  

5.25%, 7/15/31 (a)

    2,337,000       2,017,813  

5.625%, 4/30/33

    1,763,000       1,527,613  

Tenneco, Inc.
5.00%, 7/15/26

    1,909,000       1,825,827  

144A, 7.875%, 1/15/29

    2,010,000       2,003,061  

144A, 5.125%, 4/15/29

    2,948,000       2,876,945  

ZF North America Capital, Inc., 144A,
4.75%, 4/29/25

    4,197,000       3,892,714  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $59,739,407)

      54,545,163  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   53  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Distribution/Wholesale — 0.2%  

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc.
144A, 4.00%, 1/15/28

  $ 2,718,000     $ 2,462,862  

144A, 3.875%, 11/15/29

    1,567,000       1,286,053  

H&E Equipment Services, Inc., 144A,
3.875%, 12/15/28

    4,870,000       4,120,702  

Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc., 144A,
13.125%, 11/15/27

    2,057,000       683,952  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $11,103,770)

      8,553,569  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 3.4%  

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
144A,, 6/15/26

    5,592,730       4,495,856  

144A, 7.50%, 2/15/29

    3,701,000       3,187,523  

Banijay Entertainment SASU, 144A,
5.375%, 3/1/25

    1,579,000       1,490,856  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
144A, 6.25%, 7/1/25

    13,245,000       12,949,637  

144A, 8.125%, 7/1/27

    7,012,000       6,908,152  

144A, 4.625%, 10/15/29

    4,675,000       3,780,883  

Caesars Resort Collection LLC / CRC Finco, Inc., 144A,
5.75%, 7/1/25

    3,896,000       3,822,989  

CDI Escrow Issuer, Inc., 144A,
5.75%, 4/1/30

    4,675,000       4,336,951  

Cedar Fair LP,
5.25%, 7/15/29 (a)

    1,948,000       1,784,246  

Cedar Fair LP / Canada’s Wonderland Co. / Magnum Management Corp. / Millennium Op
144A, 5.50%, 5/1/25

    3,896,000       3,826,690  

5.375%, 4/15/27

    1,948,000       1,840,646  

Churchill Downs, Inc.
144A, 5.50%, 4/1/27

    2,337,000       2,243,609  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/28

    2,727,000       2,484,911  

Cinemark USA, Inc.
144A, 5.875%, 3/15/26

    1,587,000       1,410,311  

144A, 5.25%, 7/15/28

    2,980,000       2,412,105  

International Game Technology PLC
144A, 6.50%, 2/15/25

    4,285,000       4,258,240  

144A, 4.125%, 4/15/26

    2,922,000       2,682,396  

144A, 6.25%, 1/15/27

    2,922,000       2,865,079  

144A, 5.25%, 1/15/29

    2,906,000       2,717,415  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
144A, 4.875%, 11/1/24

    2,240,000       2,171,142  

144A, 6.50%, 5/15/27

    4,675,000       4,673,551  

144A, 4.75%, 10/15/27 (a)

    3,701,000       3,374,072  

144A, 3.75%, 1/15/28

    1,959,000       1,719,453  

Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment
144A, 7.875%, 10/15/24

    1,504,000       1,537,186  

144A, 8.00%, 2/1/26

    4,577,000       4,005,676  

Penn Entertainment, Inc.
144A, 5.625%, 1/15/27

    1,558,000       1,427,268  

144A, 4.125%, 7/1/29

    1,564,000       1,265,393  

Premier Entertainment Sub LLC / Premier Entertainment Finance Corp.
144A, 5.625%, 9/1/29

    2,922,000       2,169,877  

144A, 5.875%, 9/1/31

    2,922,000       2,046,335  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Entertainment (Continued)  

Resorts World Las Vegas LLC / RWLV Capital, Inc., 144A,
4.625%, 4/16/29

  $ 3,895,000     $ 3,197,136  

Scientific Games International, Inc.
144A, 8.625%, 7/1/25

    2,143,000       2,205,886  

144A, 7.00%, 5/15/28

    2,727,000       2,672,705  

144A, 7.25%, 11/15/29

    1,948,000       1,918,780  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.
144A, 4.875%, 7/31/24

    3,896,000       3,743,813  

144A, 5.50%, 4/15/27 (a)

    1,948,000       1,788,459  

Vail Resorts, Inc., 144A,
6.25%, 5/15/25

    2,337,000       2,343,357  

WMG Acquisition Corp.
144A, 3.75%, 12/1/29

    2,104,000       1,801,550  

144A, 3.875%, 7/15/30

    2,084,000       1,781,169  

144A, 3.00%, 2/15/31

    3,117,000       2,479,745  

Wynn Resorts Finance LLC / Wynn Resorts Capital Corp.
144A, 7.75%, 4/15/25

    2,337,000       2,333,191  

144A, 5.125%, 10/1/29

    2,922,000       2,456,350  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $137,037,958)

      122,610,589  
   

 

 

 
Food Service — 0.4%  

Aramark Services, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 4/1/25

    2,337,000       2,285,352  

144A, 6.375%, 5/1/25

    5,844,000       5,800,229  

144A, 5.00%, 2/1/28

    4,480,000       4,128,118  

TKC Holdings, Inc.
144A, 6.875%, 5/15/28

    1,665,000       1,405,243  

144A, 10.50%, 5/15/29

    2,630,000       2,111,166  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $17,384,503)

      15,730,108  
   

 

 

 
Home Builders — 0.6%  

Ashton Woods USA LLC / Ashton Woods Finance Co., 144A,
4.625%, 4/1/30

    1,547,000       1,222,471  

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc. / Brookfield Residential US LLC
144A, 6.25%, 9/15/27

    2,326,000       2,070,349  

144A, 4.875%, 2/15/30

    1,959,000       1,510,927  

Century Communities, Inc.
6.75%, 6/1/27

    1,948,000       1,913,482  

144A, 3.875%, 8/15/29

    1,959,000       1,584,508  

Mattamy Group Corp.
144A, 5.25%, 12/15/27

    1,959,000       1,727,813  

144A, 4.625%, 3/1/30

    2,326,000       1,886,841  

Meritage Homes Corp.
6.00%, 6/1/25

    1,547,000       1,548,060  

144A, 3.875%, 4/15/29

    1,763,000       1,500,480  

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc.
144A, 5.875%, 6/15/27

    1,924,000       1,861,528  

144A, 5.75%, 1/15/28

    1,763,000       1,617,100  

144A, 5.125%, 8/1/30

    1,959,000       1,683,702  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $23,853,418)

      20,127,261  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   54  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Home Furnishings — 0.1%  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.
144A, 4.00%, 4/15/29

  $ 3,117,000     $ 2,565,621  

144A, 3.875%, 10/15/31

    3,117,000       2,403,869  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $6,245,403)

      4,969,490  
   

 

 

 
Housewares — 0.4%  

Newell Brands, Inc.
4.875%, 6/1/25

    1,948,000       1,912,556  

4.45%, 4/1/26

    7,791,000       7,337,330  

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.
4.50%, 10/15/29 (a)

    1,611,000       1,292,827  

4.00%, 4/1/31

    1,861,000       1,400,403  

4.375%, 2/1/32

    1,537,000       1,162,495  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $15,549,941)

      13,105,611  
   

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 2.4%  

Carnival Corp.
144A, 10.50%, 2/1/26

    3,019,000       3,113,495  

144A, 7.625%, 3/1/26 (a)

    5,649,000       4,809,276  

144A, 5.75%, 3/1/27

    13,635,000       10,646,140  

144A, 9.875%, 8/1/27

    3,506,000       3,523,837  

144A, 4.00%, 8/1/28

    9,371,000       7,812,978  

144A, 6.00%, 5/1/29

    7,791,000       5,894,482  

144A, 10.50%, 6/1/30

    3,896,000       3,569,613  

Life Time, Inc.
144A, 5.75%, 1/15/26

    3,604,000       3,252,538  

144A, 8.00%, 4/15/26

    1,850,000       1,636,057  

NCL Corp. Ltd.
144A, 3.625%, 12/15/24

    2,201,000       1,910,623  

144A, 5.875%, 3/15/26

    5,551,000       4,496,310  

144A, 5.875%, 2/15/27

    3,896,000       3,536,360  

144A, 7.75%, 2/15/29

    2,337,000       1,902,550  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
144A, 11.50%, 6/1/25

    5,423,000       5,755,484  

144A, 4.25%, 7/1/26

    2,532,000       1,949,042  

144A, 5.50%, 8/31/26

    3,896,000       3,170,760  

144A, 5.375%, 7/15/27

    3,896,000       3,028,890  

144A, 11.625%, 8/15/27

    4,870,000       4,792,275  

3.70%, 3/15/28 (a)

    1,948,000       1,327,250  

144A, 5.50%, 4/1/28 (a)

    5,844,000       4,501,867  

Viking Cruises Ltd.
144A, 13.00%, 5/15/25

    2,630,000       2,763,943  

144A, 5.875%, 9/15/27

    3,214,000       2,592,139  

144A, 7.00%, 2/15/29

    1,959,000       1,573,951  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $103,833,563)

      87,559,860  
   

 

 

 
Lodging — 2.5%  

Boyd Gaming Corp.
4.75%, 12/1/27

    3,895,000       3,641,358  

144A, 4.75%, 6/15/31

    3,506,000       3,056,355  

Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc.
144A, 5.375%, 5/1/25

    1,948,000       1,935,785  

144A, 5.75%, 5/1/28

    1,948,000       1,906,965  

144A, 3.75%, 5/1/29

    3,117,000       2,695,239  

4.875%, 1/15/30

    3,896,000       3,565,269  

144A, 4.00%, 5/1/31

    4,285,000       3,627,628  

144A, 3.625%, 2/15/32

    5,844,000       4,726,335  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Lodging (Continued)  

Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow LLC / Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Esc
144A, 5.00%, 6/1/29

  $ 3,311,000     $ 2,934,539  

144A, 4.875%, 7/1/31

    1,959,000       1,619,780  

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC / Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp.,
4.875%, 4/1/27

    2,337,000       2,234,768  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.
3.20%, 8/8/24

    6,818,000       6,457,599  

2.90%, 6/25/25

    1,948,000       1,797,817  

3.50%, 8/18/26

    3,896,000       3,504,117  

3.90%, 8/8/29

    2,922,000       2,495,477  

Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc., 144A,
4.50%, 6/15/29

    1,959,000       1,654,542  

Melco Resorts Finance Ltd.
144A, 4.875%, 6/6/25

    3,896,000       2,976,622  

144A, 5.25%, 4/26/26 (a)

    1,959,000       1,444,008  

144A, 5.625%, 7/17/27

    2,337,000       1,661,273  

144A, 5.75%, 7/21/28

    3,311,000       2,253,135  

144A, 5.375%, 12/4/29

    4,480,000       2,924,745  

MGM Resorts International
6.75%, 5/1/25

    2,922,000       2,924,002  

5.75%, 6/15/25 (a)

    2,630,000       2,555,439  

4.625%, 9/1/26

    1,567,000       1,427,811  

5.50%, 4/15/27

    2,630,000       2,438,477  

4.75%, 10/15/28

    2,922,000       2,572,054  

Station Casinos LLC
144A, 4.50%, 2/15/28

    2,682,000       2,314,264  

144A, 4.625%, 12/1/31

    1,959,000       1,624,246  

Travel + Leisure Co.
144A, 6.625%, 7/31/26

    2,532,000       2,458,192  

6.00%, 4/1/27

    1,567,000       1,490,123  

144A, 4.50%, 12/1/29

    2,532,000       2,062,211  

Wynn Las Vegas LLC / Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp.
144A, 5.50%, 3/1/25

    7,012,000       6,723,632  

144A, 5.25%, 5/15/27

    3,506,000       3,168,337  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $104,736,089)

      90,872,144  
   

 

 

 
Retail — 5.0%            

1011778 BC ULC / New Red Finance, Inc.
144A, 5.75%, 4/15/25

    1,948,000       1,961,168  

144A, 3.875%, 1/15/28

    6,038,000       5,375,873  

144A, 4.375%, 1/15/28

    2,922,000       2,616,983  

144A, 3.50%, 2/15/29

    2,922,000       2,517,639  

144A, 4.00%, 10/15/30

    11,298,000       9,253,119  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.
4.50%, 3/1/28

    1,587,000       1,419,468  

144A, 4.625%, 11/15/29

    3,110,000       2,670,619  

4.75%, 3/1/30

    1,744,000       1,489,158  

144A, 5.00%, 2/15/32

    2,331,000       1,950,604  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.
5.25%, 2/1/28

    1,959,000       1,758,095  

7.50%, 6/15/29 (a)

    1,948,000       1,875,544  

144A, 6.625%, 10/1/30

    3,883,000       3,532,365  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   55  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Retail (Continued)            

Carvana Co.
144A,5.625%, 10/1/25 (a)

  $ 1,934,000     $ 1,451,822  

144A, 5.50%, 4/15/27

    2,351,000       1,527,462  

144A, 5.875%, 10/1/28 (a)

    2,331,000       1,401,898  

144A, 4.875%, 9/1/29

    2,922,000       1,665,540  

144A, 10.25%, 5/1/30

    12,759,000       10,159,545  

eG Global Finance PLC
144A, 6.75%, 2/7/25

    2,922,000       2,765,132  

144A, 8.50%, 10/30/25

    2,474,000       2,313,784  

Ferrellgas LP / Ferrellgas Finance Corp.
144A, 5.375%, 4/1/26

    2,532,000       2,206,638  

144A, 5.875%, 4/1/29

    3,214,000       2,624,215  

Fertitta Entertainment LLC / Fertitta Entertainment Finance Co., Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 1/15/29

    3,896,000       3,433,964  

144A, 6.75%, 1/15/30

    4,870,000       3,979,764  

FirstCash, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 9/1/28

    1,959,000       1,698,871  

144A, 5.625%, 1/1/30

    2,143,000       1,920,835  

Gap, Inc.
144A, 3.625%, 10/1/29

    2,922,000       2,035,129  

144A, 3.875%, 10/1/31 (a)

    2,922,000       2,030,790  

Guitar Center, Inc., 144A,
8.50%, 1/15/26

    2,143,000       1,985,425  

IRB Holding Corp., 144A,
7.00%, 6/15/25

    2,922,000       2,938,933  

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings LLC/Taco Bell of America LLC, 144A,
4.75%, 6/1/27

    2,922,000       2,809,474  

LBM Acquisition LLC, 144A,
6.25%, 1/15/29

    3,194,000       2,391,510  

LCM Investments Holdings II LLC, 144A,
4.875%, 5/1/29

    3,896,000       3,258,183  

Lithia Motors, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 12/15/27

    1,567,000       1,453,361  

144A, 3.875%, 6/1/29

    3,117,000       2,655,996  

144A, 4.375%, 1/15/31

    2,143,000       1,888,808  

Macy’s Retail Holdings LLC
144A, 5.875%, 4/1/29 (a)

    1,959,000       1,697,699  

144A, 5.875%, 3/15/30

    1,665,000       1,425,839  

144A, 6.125%, 3/15/32

    1,642,000       1,386,324  

Michaels Cos., Inc.
144A, 5.25%, 5/1/28

    3,311,000       2,552,351  

144A, 7.875%, 5/1/29

    5,064,000       3,375,283  

Murphy Oil USA, Inc.
4.75%, 9/15/29

    1,934,000       1,776,025  

144A, 3.75%, 2/15/31 (a)

    1,959,000       1,649,850  

NMG Holding Co, Inc. / Neiman Marcus Group LLC, 144A,
7.125%, 4/1/26

    4,285,000       4,016,326  

Nordstrom, Inc.
4.375%, 4/1/30

    1,959,000       1,512,632  

4.25%, 8/1/31

    1,644,000       1,207,761  

Party City Holdings, Inc., 144A,
8.75%, 2/15/26 (a)

    2,922,000       1,918,585  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Retail (Continued)            

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.
3.50%, 9/1/25

  $ 2,135,000     $ 2,007,706  

3.75%, 6/15/29

    1,959,000       1,659,665  

PetSmart, Inc. / PetSmart Finance Corp.
144A, 4.75%, 2/15/28

    4,675,000       4,174,485  

144A, 7.75%, 2/15/29

    4,480,000       4,216,800  

QVC, Inc.
4.85%, 4/1/24

    2,321,000       2,236,376  

4.45%, 2/15/25

    2,337,000       2,149,701  

4.75%, 2/15/27

    2,240,000       1,853,466  

4.375%, 9/1/28

    1,959,000       1,498,371  

Rite Aid Corp.
144A, 7.50%, 7/1/25

    1,901,000       1,621,582  

144A, 8.00%, 11/15/26

    3,300,000       2,695,242  

Sonic Automotive, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 11/15/29

    2,522,000       2,155,465  

144A, 4.875%, 11/15/31

    1,959,000       1,636,157  

SRS Distribution, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 7/1/28

    2,532,000       2,245,369  

144A, 6.125%, 7/1/29

    1,763,000       1,464,930  

144A, 6.00%, 12/1/29

    3,301,000       2,692,551  

Staples, Inc.
144A, 7.50%, 4/15/26

    7,791,000       6,593,367  

144A, 10.75%, 4/15/27 (a)

    3,896,000       2,869,423  

Suburban Propane Partners LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp., 144A,
5.00%, 6/1/31

    2,532,000       2,240,049  

Yum! Brands, Inc.
144A, 4.75%, 1/15/30

    3,117,000       2,844,527  

3.625%, 3/15/31

    4,091,000       3,451,209  

4.625%, 1/31/32

    4,285,000       3,791,797  

5.375%, 4/1/32

    3,896,000       3,604,209  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $214,436,860)

      179,238,836  
   

 

 

 
Toys/Games/Hobbies — 0.2%            

Mattel, Inc.
144A, 3.375%, 4/1/26

    2,337,000       2,127,418  

144A, 5.875%, 12/15/27

    2,337,000       2,331,157  

144A, 3.75%, 4/1/29

    2,337,000       2,086,661  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $7,226,920)

      6,545,236  
   

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 17.4%            
Agriculture — 0.3%            

Darling Ingredients, Inc.
144A, 5.25%, 4/15/27

    1,948,000       1,913,930  

144A, 6.00%, 6/15/30

    3,896,000       3,906,363  

Vector Group Ltd.
144A, 10.50%, 11/1/26

    2,162,000       2,095,979  

144A, 5.75%, 2/1/29

    3,409,000       2,960,631  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $11,607,062)

      10,876,903  
   

 

 

 
Beverages — 0.1%            

Primo Water Holdings, Inc., 144A,
4.375%, 4/30/29

(Cost $2,894,417)

    2,922,000       2,502,754  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   56  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Biotechnology — 0.1%            

Grifols Escrow Issuer SA, 144A,
4.75%, 10/15/28

(Cost $2,591,897)

  $ 2,746,000     $ 2,292,568  
   

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 4.1%            

ADT Security Corp., 144A,
4.125%, 8/1/29

    3,896,000       3,350,482  

Allied Universal Holdco LLC / Allied Universal Finance Corp.
144A, 6.625%, 7/15/26

    7,558,000       7,085,625  

144A, 9.75%, 7/15/27

    4,091,000       3,696,104  

144A, 6.00%, 6/1/29

    3,740,000       2,790,553  

Allied Universal Holdco LLC / Allied Universal Finance Corp. / Atlas Luxco 4 SARL, 144A,
4.625%, 6/1/28

    4,772,000       4,045,170  

APX Group, Inc.
144A, 6.75%, 2/15/27

    2,337,000       2,292,135  

144A, 5.75%, 7/15/29 (a)

    3,117,000       2,553,016  

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC / Avis Budget Finance, Inc.
144A, 5.75%, 7/15/27 (a)

    1,567,000       1,486,911  

144A, 4.75%, 4/1/28 (a)

    1,959,000       1,713,312  

144A, 5.375%, 3/1/29 (a)

    2,337,000       2,060,451  

Block, Inc.
2.75%, 6/1/26

    3,896,000       3,465,161  

3.50%, 6/1/31 (a)

    3,896,000       3,210,830  

Brink’s Co.
144A, 5.50%, 7/15/25

    1,567,000       1,534,861  

144A, 4.625%, 10/15/27

    2,337,000       2,106,467  

CoreCivic, Inc.,
8.25%, 4/15/26

    2,630,000       2,625,281  

Garda World Security Corp.
144A, 4.625%, 2/15/27

    2,221,000       1,955,324  

144A, 9.50%, 11/1/27

    2,354,000       2,148,919  

144A, 6.00%, 6/1/29

    1,944,000       1,509,691  

Gartner, Inc.
144A, 4.50%, 7/1/28

    3,117,000       2,882,680  

144A, 3.625%, 6/15/29

    2,337,000       2,012,940  

144A, 3.75%, 10/1/30

    3,117,000       2,677,160  

Grand Canyon University,
4.125%, 10/1/24

    1,948,000       1,852,080  

Herc Holdings, Inc., 144A,
5.50%, 7/15/27

    4,675,000       4,425,284  

Hertz Corp.

   

144A, 4.625%, 12/1/26

    1,959,000       1,670,234  

144A, 5.00%, 12/1/29

    3,896,000       3,140,840  

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC
144A, 5.50%, 9/1/28

    4,091,000       3,494,225  

144A, 5.75%, 11/1/28 (a)

    5,064,000       4,035,641  

Nielsen Co. Luxembourg SARL, 144A,
5.00%, 2/1/25 (a)

    1,874,000       1,884,813  

Nielsen Finance LLC / Nielsen Finance Co.
144A, 5.625%, 10/1/28

    4,030,000       4,044,669  

144A, 4.50%, 7/15/29

    2,519,000       2,526,355  

144A, 5.875%, 10/1/30

    3,102,000       3,106,734  

144A, 4.75%, 7/15/31

    2,530,000       2,517,375  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Commercial Services (Continued)            

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC / Prime Finance, Inc.
144A, 5.25%, 4/15/24

  $ 2,922,000     $ 2,899,172  

144A, 5.75%, 4/15/26

    5,259,000       5,068,043  

144A, 3.375%, 8/31/27

    3,896,000       3,357,807  

144A, 6.25%, 1/15/28 (a)

    5,064,000       4,493,338  

Sabre GLBL, Inc.
144A, 9.25%, 4/15/25

    3,019,000       2,986,259  

144A, 7.375%, 9/1/25

    3,311,000       3,141,311  

Service Corp. International
4.625%, 12/15/27

    2,143,000       2,014,849  

5.125%, 6/1/29

    2,922,000       2,772,116  

3.375%, 8/15/30

    3,311,000       2,734,307  

4.00%, 5/15/31

    3,117,000       2,669,930  

Sotheby’s, 144A,
7.375%, 10/15/27

    2,980,000       2,813,939  

United Rentals North America, Inc.
5.50%, 5/15/27

    1,948,000       1,936,789  

4.875%, 1/15/28

    6,503,000       6,088,288  

5.25%, 1/15/30

    2,922,000       2,769,472  

4.00%, 7/15/30

    2,922,000       2,546,339  

3.875%, 2/15/31

    4,285,000       3,711,131  

3.75%, 1/15/32

    2,922,000       2,434,173  

Verscend Escrow Corp., 144A,
9.75%, 8/15/26

    4,285,000       4,333,420  

Williams Scotsman International, Inc., 144A,
4.625%, 8/15/28

    1,959,000       1,763,746  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $169,837,624)

      150,435,752  
   

 

 

 
Cosmetics/Personal Care — 0.3%            

Coty, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 4/15/26

    3,506,000       3,326,773  

144A, 6.50%, 4/15/26 (a)

    2,143,000       2,047,379  

Edgewell Personal Care Co.
144A, 5.50%, 6/1/28

    2,909,000       2,689,909  

144A, 4.125%, 4/1/29

    1,959,000       1,686,396  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $10,719,129)

      9,750,457  
   

 

 

 
Food — 2.2%            

Albertsons Cos., Inc. / Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons LP / Albertsons LLC
144A, 3.25%, 3/15/26

    2,922,000       2,638,420  

144A, 7.50%, 3/15/26

    2,337,000       2,384,710  

144A, 4.625%, 1/15/27

    5,259,000       4,805,566  

144A, 5.875%, 2/15/28

    2,922,000       2,787,771  

144A, 3.50%, 3/15/29

    5,259,000       4,328,420  

144A, 4.875%, 2/15/30

    3,896,000       3,418,740  

B&G Foods, Inc.
5.25%, 4/1/25

    3,506,000       3,124,109  

5.25%, 9/15/27

    2,143,000       1,789,405  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
144A, 4.875%, 5/15/28

    1,948,000       1,859,717  

144A, 4.125%, 1/31/30

    3,779,000       3,413,117  

144A, 4.375%, 1/31/32

    2,727,000       2,418,177  

Performance Food Group, Inc.
144A, 5.50%, 10/15/27

    4,129,000       3,885,519  

144A, 4.25%, 8/1/29

    3,896,000       3,350,501  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   57  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Food (Continued)            

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.
144A, 5.875%, 9/30/27

  $ 3,311,000     $ 3,265,921  

144A, 4.25%, 4/15/31

    3,896,000       3,361,196  

144A, 3.50%, 3/1/32

    3,506,000       2,850,518  

Post Holdings, Inc.
144A, 5.75%, 3/1/27

    1,789,000       1,750,644  

144A, 5.625%, 1/15/28

    3,666,000       3,486,714  

144A, 5.50%, 12/15/29

    4,870,000       4,468,274  

144A, 4.625%, 4/15/30

    5,883,000       5,116,386  

144A, 4.50%, 9/15/31

    5,295,000       4,508,904  

Sigma Holdco BV, 144A,
7.875%, 5/15/26

    1,910,000       1,365,834  

US Foods, Inc.
144A, 6.25%, 4/15/25

    3,896,000       3,920,097  

144A, 4.75%, 2/15/29

    3,506,000       3,129,070  

144A, 4.625%, 6/1/30

    1,959,000       1,692,272  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $90,127,981)

      79,120,002  
   

 

 

 
Healthcare-Products — 1.1%            

Avantor Funding, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 7/15/28

    6,038,000       5,502,429  

144A, 3.875%, 11/1/29

    3,117,000       2,702,413  

Hologic, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 2/1/28

    1,558,000       1,454,845  

144A, 3.25%, 2/15/29

    3,701,000       3,162,060  

Medline Borrower LP
144A, 3.875%, 4/1/29

    17,531,000       14,879,436  

144A, 5.25%, 10/1/29 (a)

    9,739,000       8,196,732  

Teleflex, Inc.
4.625%, 11/15/27

    1,948,000       1,826,347  

144A, 4.25%, 6/1/28

    1,948,000       1,772,820  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $45,861,595)

      39,497,082  
   

 

 

 
Healthcare-Services — 5.8%            

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 7/15/27

    1,948,000       1,840,977  

144A, 3.125%, 2/15/29

    2,155,000       1,791,044  

144A, 3.50%, 4/1/30

    2,532,000       2,088,900  

Centene Corp.
4.25%, 12/15/27

    9,730,000       9,254,008  

2.45%, 7/15/28

    8,960,000       7,569,587  

4.625%, 12/15/29

    13,635,000       12,863,941  

3.375%, 2/15/30

    7,781,000       6,689,248  

3.00%, 10/15/30

    8,571,000       7,163,642  

2.50%, 3/1/31

    8,571,000       6,851,486  

2.625%, 8/1/31

    5,064,000       4,058,745  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.
144A, 4.25%, 5/1/28

    1,948,000       1,788,722  

144A, 3.75%, 3/15/29

    1,959,000       1,691,469  

144A, 4.00%, 3/15/31

    1,959,000       1,665,868  

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.
144A, 8.00%, 3/15/26

    8,184,000       7,662,270  

144A, 5.625%, 3/15/27

    7,402,000       6,290,886  

144A, 8.00%, 12/15/27

    2,727,000       2,401,261  

144A, 6.875%, 4/1/28

    2,988,000       1,561,277  

144A, 6.00%, 1/15/29

    3,506,000       2,883,343  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Healthcare-Services (Continued)            

144A, 6.875%, 4/15/29 (a)

  $ 6,915,000     $ 4,332,559  

144A, 6.125%, 4/1/30

    5,610,000       3,486,671  

144A, 5.25%, 5/15/30

    5,980,000       4,537,415  

144A, 4.75%, 2/15/31 (a)

    4,266,000       3,155,560  

DaVita, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 6/1/30

    10,713,000       8,637,570  

144A, 3.75%, 2/15/31

    5,844,000       4,310,242  

Encompass Health Corp.
4.50%, 2/1/28

    3,117,000       2,731,439  

4.75%, 2/1/30

    3,117,000       2,670,947  

4.625%, 4/1/31

    1,567,000       1,296,373  

IQVIA, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 10/15/26

    4,091,000       3,968,475  

144A, 5.00%, 5/15/27

    4,285,000       4,148,716  

Legacy LifePoint Health LLC
144A, 6.75%, 4/15/25

    2,284,000       2,245,846  

144A, 4.375%, 2/15/27

    2,337,000       2,034,802  

LifePoint Health, Inc., 144A,
5.375%, 1/15/29

    1,948,000       1,479,272  

ModivCare, Inc., 144A,
5.875%, 11/15/25

    1,948,000       1,837,238  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.
144A, 4.375%, 6/15/28

    3,117,000       2,880,529  

144A, 3.875%, 11/15/30

    2,532,000       2,195,611  

144A, 3.875%, 5/15/32

    2,922,000       2,519,305  

Radiology Partners, Inc., 144A,
9.25%, 2/1/28

    2,766,000       2,123,377  

RegionalCare Hospital Partners Holdings, Inc. / LifePoint Health, Inc., 144A,
9.75%, 12/1/26

    5,551,000       5,306,481  

Select Medical Corp., 144A,
6.25%, 8/15/26

    4,772,000       4,570,860  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.
4.625%, 7/15/24

    3,000,000       2,941,500  

144A, 4.625%, 9/1/24

    2,337,000       2,275,288  

144A, 4.875%, 1/1/26

    8,181,000       7,807,333  

144A, 6.25%, 2/1/27

    5,844,000       5,642,382  

144A, 5.125%, 11/1/27

    5,844,000       5,421,040  

144A, 4.625%, 6/15/28

    2,337,000       2,127,558  

144A, 6.125%, 10/1/28

    9,739,000       8,947,852  

144A, 4.25%, 6/1/29

    5,454,000       4,733,472  

144A, 4.375%, 1/15/30

    5,649,000       4,942,875  

144A, 6.125%, 6/15/30

    7,791,000       7,518,705  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $245,123,719)

      208,943,967  
   

 

 

 
Household Products/Wares — 0.2%            

Central Garden & Pet Co.
4.125%, 10/15/30

    1,939,000       1,617,213  

144A, 4.125%, 4/30/31

    1,567,000       1,285,578  

Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc. / KIK Custom Products, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 12/31/26

    1,850,000       1,678,505  

144A, 7.00%, 12/31/27

    2,045,000       1,690,162  

Spectrum Brands, Inc.
5.75%, 7/15/25

    1,743,000       1,702,652  

144A, 3.875%, 3/15/31

    1,959,000       1,522,319  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $11,198,046)

      9,496,429  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   58  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Pharmaceuticals — 3.2%            

AdaptHealth LLC
144A, 4.625%, 8/1/29

  $ 1,959,000     $ 1,634,002  

144A, 5.125%, 3/1/30

    2,337,000       1,998,462  

Bausch Health Americas, Inc.

   

144A, 9.25%, 4/1/26

    5,844,000       3,442,993  

144A, 8.50%, 1/31/27

    6,818,000       3,216,255  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc.
144A, 5.50%, 11/1/25

    6,818,000       5,667,190  

144A, 9.00%, 12/15/25

    5,844,000       3,707,288  

144A, 6.125%, 2/1/27

    3,896,000       2,914,364  

144A, 5.75%, 8/15/27 (a)

    1,959,000       1,431,745  

144A, 7.00%, 1/15/28

    2,919,000       1,104,769  

144A, 5.00%, 1/30/28

    4,870,000       1,846,266  

144A, 4.875%, 6/1/28

    6,233,000       4,308,624  

144A, 5.00%, 2/15/29

    3,893,000       1,524,109  

144A, 6.25%, 2/15/29

    5,844,000       2,215,460  

144A, 7.25%, 5/30/29

    2,919,000       1,142,905  

144A, 5.25%, 1/30/30

    4,870,000       1,857,978  

144A, 5.25%, 2/15/31

    3,893,000       1,543,672  

Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH, 144A, 5.50%, 1/15/28

    1,959,000       1,683,806  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.,
6.40%, 8/28/28

    2,850,000       2,668,141  

HLF Financing Sarl LLC / Herbalife International, Inc., 144A,
4.875%, 6/1/29

    2,337,000       1,846,419  

Jazz Securities DAC, 144A,
4.375%, 1/15/29

    5,844,000       5,278,242  

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA / Mallinckrodt CB LLC
144A, 10.00%, 4/15/25

    1,940,000       1,748,270  

144A, 11.50%, 12/15/28

    2,522,000       2,272,952  

Organon & Co. / Organon Foreign Debt Co.-Issuer BV
144A, 4.125%, 4/30/28

    8,181,000       7,351,406  

144A, 5.125%, 4/30/31

    7,791,000       6,826,942  

Owens & Minor, Inc.
144A, 4.50%, 3/31/29 (a)

    1,959,000       1,672,281  

144A, 6.625%, 4/1/30

    2,337,000       2,153,697  

Perrigo Finance Unlimited Co.
3.90%, 12/15/24

    2,727,000       2,603,594  

4.375%, 3/15/26 (a)

    2,727,000       2,597,454  

4.40%, 6/15/30

    2,922,000       2,535,653  

Prestige Brands, Inc.
144A, 5.125%, 1/15/28

    1,567,000       1,447,540  

144A, 3.75%, 4/1/31

    2,337,000       1,873,491  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV
6.00%, 4/15/24

    4,863,000       4,730,970  

7.125%, 1/31/25

    3,889,000       3,855,302  

3.15%, 10/1/26

    13,635,000       11,470,989  

4.75%, 5/9/27

    3,896,000       3,412,818  

6.75%, 3/1/28 (a)

    4,869,000       4,661,629  

5.125%, 5/9/29 (a)

    3,896,000       3,411,898  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $158,029,818)

      115,659,576  
   

 

 

 
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Energy — 11.5%    
Energy-Alternate Sources — 0.2%            

TerraForm Power Operating LLC

   

144A, 5.00%, 1/31/28

  $ 2,727,000     $ 2,499,153  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/30

    2,727,000       2,411,796  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $5,799,208)

      4,910,949  
   

 

 

 
Oil & Gas — 5.9%            

Antero Resources Corp.
144A, 7.625%, 2/1/29

    1,481,000       1,508,250  

144A, 5.375%, 3/1/30 (a)

    2,417,000       2,278,143  

Apache Corp.,
4.25%, 1/15/30 (a)

    2,258,000       2,040,532  

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC / ARU Finance Corp.
144A, 7.00%, 11/1/26

    2,337,000       2,276,051  

144A, 5.875%, 6/30/29

    1,567,000       1,413,583  

Callon Petroleum Co.
144A, 8.00%, 8/1/28

    2,532,000       2,432,860  

144A, 7.50%, 6/15/30

    2,337,000       2,164,354  

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP / Calumet Finance Corp., 144A,
11.00%, 4/15/25

    2,143,000       2,247,771  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.
144A, 5.50%, 2/1/26

    1,948,000       1,879,898  

144A, 5.875%, 2/1/29

    1,948,000       1,862,239  

144A, 6.75%, 4/15/29

    3,701,000       3,619,935  

Citgo Holding, Inc., 144A,
9.25%, 8/1/24

    5,337,000       5,343,024  

CITGO Petroleum Corp.
144A, 7.00%, 6/15/25

    4,383,000       4,267,881  

144A, 6.375%, 6/15/26

    2,532,000       2,413,482  

CNX Resources Corp.
144A, 7.25%, 3/14/27

    2,727,000       2,709,138  

144A, 6.00%, 1/15/29

    1,948,000       1,834,164  

Colgate Energy Partners III LLC, 144A,
5.875%, 7/1/29

    2,727,000       2,531,229  

Comstock Resources, Inc.
144A, 6.75%, 3/1/29

    4,768,000       4,559,400  

144A, 5.875%, 1/15/30

    3,759,000       3,445,642  

CrownRock LP / CrownRock Finance, Inc.
144A, 5.625%, 10/15/25

    4,616,000       4,553,453  

144A, 5.00%, 5/1/29

    1,567,000       1,441,311  

CVR Energy, Inc.
144A, 5.25%, 2/15/25

    2,337,000       2,208,047  

144A, 5.75%, 2/15/28

    1,567,000       1,428,078  

Endeavor Energy Resources LP / EER Finance, Inc., 144A,
5.75%, 1/30/28

    3,896,000       3,859,767  

Hilcorp Energy I LP / Hilcorp Finance Co.
144A, 6.25%, 11/1/28

    2,337,000       2,211,503  

144A, 5.75%, 2/1/29

    2,337,000       2,125,653  

144A, 6.00%, 4/15/30

    1,948,000       1,796,037  

144A, 6.00%, 2/1/31

    2,337,000       2,121,707  

144A, 6.25%, 4/15/32

    1,948,000       1,750,231  

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.
9.50%, 1/15/25

    2,251,000       2,261,782  

144A, 7.75%, 7/31/29 (a)

    1,567,000       1,503,035  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   59  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Oil & Gas (Continued)            

Leviathan Bond Ltd.
144A, REGS, 6.125%, 6/30/25

  $ 2,337,509     $ 2,302,446  

144A, REGS, 6.50%, 6/30/27

    2,337,379       2,278,945  

144A, REGS, 6.75%, 6/30/30

    2,152,668       2,055,798  

Matador Resources Co.,
5.875%, 9/15/26

    4,090,000       4,008,364  

MEG Energy Corp.
144A, 7.125%, 2/1/27

    4,675,000       4,729,931  

144A, 5.875%, 2/1/29

    2,337,000       2,176,670  

Moss Creek Resources Holdings, Inc.
144A, 7.50%, 1/15/26

    2,727,000       2,484,283  

144A, 10.50%, 5/15/27

    1,948,000       1,884,511  

Murphy Oil Corp.
5.75%, 8/15/25

    1,758,000       1,744,288  

5.875%, 12/1/27

    2,116,000       2,060,963  

6.375%, 7/15/28

    1,771,000       1,744,435  

Nabors Industries Ltd., 144A,
7.25%, 1/15/26

    2,173,000       1,978,929  

Nabors Industries, Inc.
5.75%, 2/1/25

    2,018,000       1,863,573  

144A, 7.375%, 5/15/27

    2,727,000       2,636,177  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.
6.95%, 7/1/24

    2,269,000       2,371,105  

2.90%, 8/15/24

    2,540,000       2,477,884  

8.00%, 7/15/25

    1,948,000       2,118,489  

5.875%, 9/1/25

    3,246,000       3,331,629  

5.50%, 12/1/25

    2,643,000       2,717,612  

5.55%, 3/15/26

    4,212,000       4,319,406  

8.50%, 7/15/27

    1,954,000       2,190,874  

6.375%, 9/1/28

    2,337,000       2,444,008  

8.875%, 7/15/30

    3,896,000       4,561,690  

6.625%, 9/1/30

    5,844,000       6,251,327  

6.125%, 1/1/31

    4,870,000       5,067,243  

7.50%, 5/1/31

    3,388,000       3,820,614  

7.875%, 9/15/31

    1,888,000       2,178,884  

Parkland Corp.
144A, 5.875%, 7/15/27

    1,948,000       1,884,515  

144A, 4.50%, 10/1/29

    3,117,000       2,644,817  

144A, 4.625%, 5/1/30

    3,117,000       2,681,080  

PBF Holding Co. LLC / PBF Finance Corp.
7.25%, 6/15/25

    2,584,000       2,512,940  

6.00%, 2/15/28

    3,123,000       2,813,698  

Puma International Financing SA
144A, 5.125%, 10/6/24

    2,514,000       2,349,346  

144A, 5.00%, 1/24/26 (a)

    2,880,000       2,545,358  

Range Resources Corp.
4.875%, 5/15/25

    2,922,000       2,839,643  

8.25%, 1/15/29

    2,337,000       2,456,058  

144A, 4.75%, 2/15/30 (a)

    1,948,000       1,807,315  

SM Energy Co.
6.75%, 9/15/26

    1,633,000       1,608,227  

6.625%, 1/15/27 (a)

    1,633,000       1,594,445  

6.50%, 7/15/28 (a)

    1,567,000       1,511,505  

Southwestern Energy Co.
7.75%, 10/1/27

    1,640,000       1,702,205  

5.375%, 2/1/29

    2,710,000       2,566,411  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Oil & Gas (Continued)            

5.375%, 3/15/30

  $ 4,675,000     $ 4,388,236  

4.75%, 2/1/32

    4,480,000       3,999,574  

Sunoco LP / Sunoco Finance Corp.
6.00%, 4/15/27

    2,337,000       2,264,925  

4.50%, 5/15/29

    3,117,000       2,655,067  

4.50%, 4/30/30

    3,115,000       2,662,157  

Transocean, Inc.
144A, 7.25%, 11/1/25

    1,612,000       1,287,327  

144A, 7.50%, 1/15/26

    2,217,000       1,711,652  

144A, 11.50%, 1/30/27

    2,678,000       2,584,886  

144A, 8.00%, 2/1/27

    2,385,000       1,774,404  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $229,009,348)

      212,734,049  
   

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 0.5%            

Archrock Partners LP / Archrock Partners Finance Corp.
144A, 6.875%, 4/1/27

    1,948,000       1,828,958  

144A, 6.25%, 4/1/28

    3,117,000       2,841,410  

CGG SA, 144A,
8.75%, 4/1/27

    1,948,000       1,738,801  

USA Compression Partners LP / USA Compression Finance Corp.
6.875%, 4/1/26

    2,824,000       2,653,346  

6.875%, 9/1/27

    2,922,000       2,705,772  

Weatherford International Ltd.
144A, 6.50%, 9/15/28

    1,948,000       1,838,863  

144A, 8.625%, 4/30/30

    6,233,000       5,644,187  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $21,514,090)

      19,251,337  
   

 

 

 
Pipelines — 4.9%            

Antero Midstream Partners LP / Antero Midstream Finance Corp.
144A, 7.875%, 5/15/26

    2,143,000       2,184,285  

144A, 5.75%, 3/1/27

    2,532,000       2,403,121  

144A, 5.75%, 1/15/28

    2,532,000       2,410,793  

144A, 5.375%, 6/15/29

    2,922,000       2,682,674  

Buckeye Partners LP
144A, 4.125%, 3/1/25

    1,948,000       1,824,251  

3.95%, 12/1/26

    2,337,000       2,078,522  

4.125%, 12/1/27

    1,567,000       1,388,241  

144A, 4.50%, 3/1/28

    1,948,000       1,727,340  

Cheniere Energy Partners LP
4.50%, 10/1/29

    5,843,000       5,368,987  

4.00%, 3/1/31

    5,839,000       5,124,102  

3.25%, 1/31/32

    4,656,000       3,732,995  

Cheniere Energy, Inc.,
4.625%, 10/15/28

    7,790,000       7,506,132  

CQP Holdco LP / BIP-V Chinook Holdco LLC, 144A,
5.50%, 6/15/31

    5,454,000       4,832,735  

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP / Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp.
5.75%, 4/1/25

    1,948,000       1,880,190  

144A, 5.625%, 5/1/27

    2,337,000       2,182,618  

144A, 6.00%, 2/1/29

    2,727,000       2,523,579  

144A, 8.00%, 4/1/29

    1,753,000       1,740,416  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   60  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Pipelines (Continued)            

DT Midstream, Inc.
144A, 4.125%, 6/15/29

  $ 4,285,000     $ 3,770,372  

144A, 4.375%, 6/15/31

    3,896,000       3,337,918  

EnLink Midstream LLC
144A, 5.625%, 1/15/28

    1,948,000       1,875,534  

5.375%, 6/1/29

    1,943,000       1,818,667  

144A,6.50%, 9/1/30

    2,727,000       2,716,310  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP
4.15%, 6/1/25

    1,160,000       1,132,277  

4.85%, 7/15/26

    2,088,000       2,057,004  

EQM Midstream Partners LP
144A, 6.00%, 7/1/25

    1,567,000       1,515,203  

4.125%, 12/1/26

    1,948,000       1,758,586  

144A, 7.50%, 6/1/27

    1,948,000       1,925,481  

144A, 6.50%, 7/1/27

    3,506,000       3,390,542  

5.50%, 7/15/28

    3,311,000       3,032,595  

144A, 4.50%, 1/15/29

    3,117,000       2,688,943  

144A, 7.50%, 6/1/30

    1,948,000       1,926,445  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/31

    4,285,000       3,713,638  

Genesis Energy LP / Genesis Energy Finance Corp.
6.50%, 10/1/25

    2,084,000       1,955,804  

8.00%, 1/15/27

    3,823,000       3,599,966  

7.75%, 2/1/28

    2,647,000       2,457,790  

Hess Midstream Operations LP
144A, 5.625%, 2/15/26

    3,097,000       3,025,475  

144A, 5.125%, 6/15/28

    2,143,000       1,993,579  

144A, 4.25%, 2/15/30

    2,922,000       2,511,490  

144A, 5.50%, 10/15/30

    1,567,000       1,429,817  

ITT Holdings LLC, 144A,
6.50%, 8/1/29

    4,753,000       4,021,513  

Kinetik Holdings LP, 144A,
5.875%, 6/15/30

    3,896,000       3,706,284  

New Fortress Energy, Inc.
144A, 6.75%, 9/15/25

    4,870,000       4,700,867  

144A, 6.50%, 9/30/26

    5,844,000       5,513,171  

NGL Energy Operating LLC / NGL Energy Finance Corp., 144A,
7.50%, 2/1/26

    7,986,000       7,230,005  

NGL Energy Partners LP / NGL Energy Finance Corp.,
7.50%, 11/1/23 (a)

    1,717,000       1,627,184  

NuStar Logistics LP
5.75%, 10/1/25

    2,337,000       2,233,833  

6.00%, 6/1/26

    1,948,000       1,841,426  

5.625%, 4/28/27

    2,143,000       1,954,402  

6.375%, 10/1/30

    2,337,000       2,130,024  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC
144A, 3.60%, 5/15/25

    1,567,000       1,442,079  

144A, 4.95%, 7/15/29

    2,143,000       1,934,974  

Tallgrass Energy Partners LP / Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp.
144A, 7.50%, 10/1/25

    2,337,000       2,343,380  

144A, 6.00%, 3/1/27

    1,685,000       1,540,208  

144A, 5.50%, 1/15/28

    2,922,000       2,533,520  

144A, 6.00%, 12/31/30

    2,922,000       2,565,372  

144A, 6.00%, 9/1/31

    1,959,000       1,716,730  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Pipelines (Continued)            

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC 144A, 3.875%, 8/15/29

  $ 4,870,000     $ 4,255,893  

144A, 4.125%, 8/15/31

    4,870,000       4,235,503  

144A, 3.875%, 11/1/33

    4,870,000       4,070,516  

Western Midstream Operating LP
3.35%, 2/1/25

    2,847,000       2,691,440  

4.65%, 7/1/26

    1,858,000       1,771,315  

4.50%, 3/1/28

    1,567,000       1,456,934  

4.75%, 8/15/28

    1,558,000       1,469,007  

4.30%, 2/1/30

    4,675,000       4,208,388  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $199,723,691)

      178,418,385  
   

 

 

 
Financial — 9.8%    
Banks — 0.9%            

Commerzbank AG, 144A,
8.125%, 9/19/23

    3,896,000       3,981,815  

Deutsche Bank AG
5.882%, 7/8/31 (b)

    1,959,000       1,711,027  

3.729%, 1/14/32 (b)

    4,870,000       3,593,664  

3.742%, 1/7/33 (b)

    4,870,000       3,472,027  

Freedom Mortgage Corp.
144A, 8.125%, 11/15/24

    1,634,000       1,468,819  

144A, 8.25%, 4/15/25

    2,101,000       1,820,748  

144A, 7.625%, 5/1/26

    2,337,000       1,916,981  

144A, 6.625%, 1/15/27

    2,268,000       1,754,213  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA
144A, 5.017%, 6/26/24

    7,791,000       7,458,404  

144A, 5.71%, 1/15/26

    5,844,000       5,492,072  

144A, 4.198%, 6/1/32

    2,922,000       2,125,021  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $41,521,528)

      34,794,791  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 3.4%            

Ally Financial, Inc.,
5.75%, 11/20/25

    4,091,000       4,139,981  

Coinbase Global, Inc.
144A, 3.375%, 10/1/28 (a)

    3,896,000       2,531,836  

144A, 3.625%, 10/1/31

    3,896,000       2,377,924  

Curo Group Holdings Corp., 144A,
7.50%, 8/1/28

    3,896,000       2,367,560  

Jefferies Finance LLC / JFIN Co.-Issuer Corp., 144A,
5.00%, 8/15/28

    3,896,000       3,335,229  

LD Holdings Group LLC
144A, 6.50%, 11/1/25

    1,959,000       1,127,331  

144A, 6.125%, 4/1/28

    1,969,000       1,048,751  

LPL Holdings, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 11/15/27

    1,558,000       1,468,372  

144A, 4.00%, 3/15/29

    3,506,000       3,138,519  

144A, 4.375%, 5/15/31

    1,567,000       1,381,405  

Midcap Financial Issuer Trust
144A, 6.50%, 5/1/28

    3,896,000       3,347,170  

144A, 5.625%, 1/15/30

    1,567,000       1,197,697  

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.
144A, 6.00%, 1/15/27

    2,337,000       2,084,755  

144A, 5.50%, 8/15/28

    3,311,000       2,767,135  

144A, 5.125%, 12/15/30

    2,532,000       2,000,640  

144A, 5.75%, 11/15/31

    2,337,000       1,857,576  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   61  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Diversified Financial Services (Continued)  

Navient Corp.

   

MTN, 6.125%, 3/25/24

  $ 3,311,000     $ 3,234,450  

5.875%, 10/25/24

    1,948,000       1,873,280  

6.75%, 6/25/25

    1,948,000       1,882,576  

6.75%, 6/15/26

    1,948,000       1,850,600  

5.00%, 3/15/27

    2,727,000       2,339,820  

4.875%, 3/15/28

    1,959,000       1,602,902  

5.50%, 3/15/29

    2,922,000       2,371,225  

NFP Corp.
144A, 4.875%, 8/15/28

    2,143,000       1,904,452  

144A, 6.875%, 8/15/28

    8,084,000       6,659,923  

OneMain Finance Corp.
6.125%, 3/15/24

    5,064,000       4,950,516  

6.875%, 3/15/25

    4,870,000       4,740,747  

7.125%, 3/15/26

    6,233,000       5,871,019  

3.50%, 1/15/27

    2,922,000       2,417,197  

6.625%, 1/15/28

    3,117,000       2,853,271  

3.875%, 9/15/28

    2,337,000       1,826,038  

5.375%, 11/15/29

    2,922,000       2,424,836  

4.00%, 9/15/30

    3,311,000       2,472,944  

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.
144A, 5.375%, 10/15/25

    2,532,000       2,278,252  

144A, 4.25%, 2/15/29

    2,532,000       1,983,581  

144A, 5.75%, 9/15/31

    1,959,000       1,591,021  

Rocket Mortgage LLC / Rocket Mortgage Co.-Issuer, Inc.
144A, 2.875%, 10/15/26

    4,480,000       3,771,533  

144A, 3.625%, 3/1/29

    2,922,000       2,356,520  

144A, 3.875%, 3/1/31

    4,870,000       3,820,856  

144A, 4.00%, 10/15/33

    3,311,000       2,472,017  

SLM Corp.
4.20%, 10/29/25

    1,948,000       1,786,195  

3.125%, 11/2/26

    1,959,000       1,647,799  

United Wholesale Mortgage LLC
144A, 5.50%, 11/15/25

    3,117,000       2,726,973  

144A, 5.75%, 6/15/27

    1,959,000       1,616,361  

144A, 5.50%, 4/15/29

    2,727,000       2,126,214  

VistaJet Malta Finance PLC / XO Management Holding, Inc.
144A, 7.875%, 5/1/27

    1,948,000       1,787,874  

144A, 6.375%, 2/1/30

    3,896,000       3,357,378  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $146,757,032)

      120,770,251  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 0.8%            

Acrisure LLC / Acrisure Finance, Inc.
144A, 7.00%, 11/15/25

    3,604,000       3,401,437  

144A, 10.125%, 8/1/26

    1,567,000       1,570,415  

144A, 4.25%, 2/15/29

    2,727,000       2,317,267  

144A, 6.00%, 8/1/29

    1,959,000       1,591,575  

Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC / Alliant Holdings Co.-Issuer, 144A,
5.875%, 11/1/29

    1,763,000       1,518,797  

Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC / Alliant Holdings Co-Issuer
144A, 4.25%, 10/15/27

    2,922,000       2,636,812  

144A, 6.75%, 10/15/27

    5,220,000       4,750,409  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Insurance (Continued)            

AssuredPartners, Inc.
144A, 7.00%, 8/15/25

  $ 1,948,000     $ 1,889,560  

144A, 5.625%, 1/15/29

    2,143,000       1,784,200  

HUB International Ltd.
144A, 7.00%, 5/1/26

    6,506,000       6,382,061  

144A, 5.625%, 12/1/29

    2,143,000       1,877,239  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $32,795,560)

      29,719,772  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate — 0.6%            

Howard Hughes Corp.
144A, 5.375%, 8/1/28

    2,922,000       2,604,846  

144A, 4.125%, 2/1/29

    2,532,000       2,093,284  

144A, 4.375%, 2/1/31

    2,532,000       2,028,385  

Kennedy-Wilson, Inc.
4.75%, 3/1/29

    2,337,000       1,953,230  

4.75%, 2/1/30

    2,337,000       1,887,572  

5.00%, 3/1/31

    2,337,000       1,925,162  

Realogy Group LLC / Realogy Co.-Issuer Corp.
144A, 5.75%, 1/15/29

    3,506,000       2,752,210  

144A, 5.25%, 4/15/30

    3,896,000       2,941,480  

WeWork Cos., Inc., 144A,
7.875%, 5/1/25

    2,606,000       1,948,128  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $24,969,396)

      20,134,297  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.5%            

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., 144A,
3.75%, 1/15/27

    1,567,000       1,365,766  

Brookfield Property REIT, Inc. / BPR Cumulus LLC / BPR Nimbus LLC / GGSI Sellco LL
144A, 5.75%, 5/15/26

    3,683,000       3,440,406  

144A, 4.50%, 4/1/27

    2,922,000       2,507,891  

Diversified Healthcare Trust
9.75%, 6/15/25

    1,948,000       1,917,309  

4.75%, 2/15/28

    1,959,000       1,451,106  

4.375%, 3/1/31

    1,939,000       1,333,334  

HAT Holdings I LLC / HAT Holdings II LLC
144A, 6.00%, 4/15/25

    1,567,000       1,521,005  

144A, 3.375%, 6/15/26

    3,896,000       3,387,104  

Iron Mountain, Inc.
144A, 4.875%, 9/15/27

    3,896,000       3,582,801  

144A, 5.25%, 3/15/28

    3,214,000       2,953,811  

144A, 5.00%, 7/15/28

    1,948,000       1,780,267  

144A, 4.875%, 9/15/29

    3,896,000       3,385,234  

144A, 5.25%, 7/15/30

    5,064,000       4,487,590  

144A, 4.50%, 2/15/31

    4,285,000       3,565,056  

144A, 5.625%, 7/15/32

    2,337,000       2,057,471  

iStar, Inc.
4.75%, 10/1/24

    2,992,000       2,997,056  

4.25%, 8/1/25

    2,143,000       2,141,478  

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP / Ladder Capital Finance Corp.
144A, 4.25%, 2/1/27

    2,539,000       2,217,311  

144A, 4.75%, 6/15/29

    2,532,000       2,149,661  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   62  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)  

MPT Operating Partnership LP / MPT Finance Corp.
5.25%, 8/1/26

  $ 1,948,000     $ 1,870,670  

5.00%, 10/15/27

    5,454,000       4,906,426  

4.625%, 8/1/29

    3,506,000       2,991,098  

3.50%, 3/15/31

    5,064,000       3,805,495  

Park Intermediate Holdings LLC / PK Domestic Property LLC / PK Finance Co.-Issuer
144A, 7.50%, 6/1/25

    2,532,000       2,558,839  

144A, 5.875%, 10/1/28

    2,824,000       2,598,984  

144A, 4.875%, 5/15/29

    2,922,000       2,574,203  

RHP Hotel Properties LP / RHP Finance Corp.
4.75%, 10/15/27

    2,725,500       2,481,977  

144A, 4.50%, 2/15/29

    2,337,000       2,022,444  

RLJ Lodging Trust LP
144A, 3.75%, 7/1/26

    1,959,000       1,760,299  

144A, 4.00%, 9/15/29

    1,939,000       1,639,679  

SBA Communications Corp.
3.875%, 2/15/27

    5,827,000       5,320,744  

3.125%, 2/1/29

    5,838,000       4,818,218  

Service Properties Trust
4.35%, 10/1/24

    3,203,000       2,875,613  

7.50%, 9/15/25

    3,117,000       2,992,382  

4.75%, 10/1/26

    1,763,000       1,436,501  

4.95%, 2/15/27

    1,567,000       1,271,587  

5.50%, 12/15/27

    1,763,000       1,527,446  

3.95%, 1/15/28

    1,558,000       1,162,143  

4.95%, 10/1/29

    1,645,000       1,243,244  

4.375%, 2/15/30

    1,547,000       1,135,668  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.
144A, 3.75%, 12/31/24

    1,567,000       1,463,233  

4.75%, 3/15/25

    1,948,000       1,857,632  

144A, 3.625%, 7/15/26

    1,567,000       1,389,028  

144A, 4.375%, 1/15/27

    1,948,000       1,736,126  

Uniti Group LP / Uniti Fiber Holdings, Inc. / CSL Capital LLC
144A, 7.875%, 2/15/25

    8,765,000       8,670,250  

144A, 6.00%, 1/15/30

    2,727,000       1,927,178  

Uniti Group LP / Uniti Group Finance, Inc. / CSL Capital LLC
144A, 4.75%, 4/15/28

    2,221,000       1,859,060  

144A, 6.50%, 2/15/29

    4,324,000       3,301,115  

XHR LP
144A, 6.375%, 8/15/25

    1,948,000       1,893,469  

144A, 4.875%, 6/1/29

    1,959,000       1,731,054  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $146,392,892)

      127,063,462  
   

 

 

 
Venture Capital — 0.6%            

Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC, 144A,
5.25%, 4/15/29

    3,896,000       3,321,496  

Icahn Enterprises LP / Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.
4.75%, 9/15/24

    4,278,000       4,075,223  

6.375%, 12/15/25

    2,908,000       2,842,570  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Venture Capital (Continued)            

6.25%, 5/15/26

  $ 4,862,000     $ 4,669,368  

5.25%, 5/15/27

    5,654,000       5,150,099  

4.375%, 2/1/29

    2,921,000       2,488,604  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $25,069,916)

      22,547,360  
   

 

 

 
Industrial — 8.8%    
Aerospace/Defense — 2.6%            

Bombardier, Inc.
144A, 7.50%, 12/1/24

    1,987,000       1,971,840  

144A, 7.50%, 3/15/25

    5,043,000       4,941,585  

144A, 7.125%, 6/15/26

    4,675,000       4,460,932  

144A, 7.875%, 4/15/27

    7,489,000       7,180,341  

144A, 6.00%, 2/15/28

    2,922,000       2,588,099  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
5.125%, 10/1/24

    4,246,000       4,225,619  

6.875%, 5/1/25

    2,337,000       2,402,880  

3.00%, 1/15/29

    2,727,000       2,306,878  

Rolls-Royce PLC
144A, 3.625%, 10/14/25

    3,896,000       3,529,581  

144A, 5.75%, 10/15/27

    3,896,000       3,530,516  

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
144A, 5.50%, 1/15/25

    1,948,000       1,910,131  

144A, 7.50%, 4/15/25

    4,675,000       4,580,097  

4.60%, 6/15/28 (a)

    2,727,000       2,171,892  

TransDigm, Inc.
144A, 8.00%, 12/15/25

    4,285,000       4,394,096  

144A, 6.25%, 3/15/26

    17,141,000       16,862,030  

6.375%, 6/15/26

    3,701,000       3,557,383  

7.50%, 3/15/27

    2,143,000       2,092,404  

5.50%, 11/15/27

    10,319,000       9,299,638  

4.625%, 1/15/29

    4,675,000       3,989,178  

4.875%, 5/1/29

    2,920,000       2,481,538  

Triumph Group, Inc.
144A, 8.875%, 6/1/24

    2,194,000       2,224,683  

144A, 6.25%, 9/15/24

    2,045,000       1,876,288  

7.75%, 8/15/25

    1,959,000       1,652,593  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $102,227,860)

      94,230,222  
   

 

 

 
Building Materials — 1.0%            

Builders FirstSource, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 3/1/30

    2,143,000       1,902,180  

144A, 4.25%, 2/1/32

    5,064,000       4,048,567  

144A, 6.375%, 6/15/32

    2,727,000       2,532,579  

Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc., 144A,
6.125%, 1/15/29

    1,949,000       1,331,266  

Griffon Corp.,
5.75%, 3/1/28

    3,893,000       3,607,643  

JELD-WEN, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 12/15/25

    1,547,000       1,332,624  

144A, 4.875%, 12/15/27

    1,567,000       1,215,827  

SRM Escrow Issuer LLC, 144A,
6.00%, 11/1/28

    4,285,000       3,893,458  

Standard Industries, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 2/15/27

    3,311,000       3,036,836  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/28

    3,896,000       3,412,774  

144A, 4.375%, 7/15/30

    6,233,000       4,998,087  

144A, 3.375%, 1/15/31

    4,285,000       3,190,371  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   63  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Building Materials (Continued)            

Summit Materials LLC / Summit Materials Finance Corp., 144A,
5.25%, 1/15/29

  $ 2,727,000     $ 2,457,752  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $43,678,681)

      36,959,964  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.4%  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.
144A, 4.75%, 6/15/28

    2,337,000       1,947,399  

144A, 4.375%, 3/31/29

    3,117,000       2,535,415  

WESCO Distribution, Inc.
144A, 7.125%, 6/15/25

    5,844,000       5,852,088  

144A, 7.25%, 6/15/28

    5,162,000       5,222,705  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $17,027,239)

      15,557,607  
   

 

 

 
Electronics — 0.7%            

II-VI, Inc., 144A,
5.00%, 12/15/29

    3,857,000       3,438,843  

Imola Merger Corp., 144A,
4.75%, 5/15/29

    7,791,000       6,624,176  

Sensata Technologies BV
144A, 4.875%, 10/15/23

    1,948,000       1,967,627  

144A, 5.625%, 11/1/24

    1,558,000       1,568,202  

144A, 5.00%, 10/1/25

    2,727,000       2,674,981  

144A, 4.00%, 4/15/29

    3,896,000       3,373,507  

144A, 5.875%, 9/1/30

    1,948,000       1,906,586  

Sensata Technologies, Inc.
144A, 4.375%, 2/15/30

    1,763,000       1,573,477  

144A, 3.75%, 2/15/31

    2,914,000       2,412,057  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $29,193,565)

      25,539,456  
   

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.1%            

Brand Industrial Services, Inc., 144A,
8.50%, 7/15/25

    3,896,000       3,160,513  

Fluor Corp.,
4.25%, 9/15/28 (a)

    2,337,000       2,116,081  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $6,312,268)

      5,276,594  
   

 

 

 
Environmental Control — 0.8%            

Covanta Holding Corp.
144A, 4.875%, 12/1/29

    2,980,000       2,519,590  

5.00%, 9/1/30

    1,567,000       1,324,115  

GFL Environmental, Inc.
144A, 4.25%, 6/1/25

    1,948,000       1,862,465  

144A, 3.75%, 8/1/25

    2,922,000       2,764,548  

144A, 5.125%, 12/15/26

    1,948,000       1,886,724  

144A, 4.00%, 8/1/28

    2,922,000       2,474,262  

144A, 3.50%, 9/1/28

    2,922,000       2,543,776  

144A, 4.75%, 6/15/29

    2,922,000       2,539,919  

144A, 4.375%, 8/15/29

    2,143,000       1,819,418  

Madison IAQ LLC
144A, 4.125%, 6/30/28

    2,727,000       2,342,343  

144A, 5.875%, 6/30/29

    4,032,000       3,323,900  

Stericycle, Inc.
144A, 5.375%, 7/15/24

    2,337,000       2,290,190  

144A, 3.875%, 1/15/29

    1,959,000       1,699,981  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $33,603,826)

      29,391,231  
   

 

 

 
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Machinery-Diversified — 0.2%            

TK Elevator Holdco GmbH, 144A,
7.625%, 7/15/28

  $ 1,569,000     $ 1,406,820  

TK Elevator US Newco, Inc., 144A,
5.25%, 7/15/27

    6,077,000       5,552,525  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $7,921,647)

      6,959,345  
   

 

 

 
Miscellaneous Manufacturing — 0.2%            

FXI Holdings, Inc.
144A, 7.875%, 11/1/24 (a)

    1,966,000       1,633,156  

144A, 12.25%, 11/15/26

    2,968,000       2,481,189  

Hillenbrand, Inc.,
5.75%, 6/15/25

    1,567,000       1,571,434  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $6,712,442)

      5,685,779  
   

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 2.5%            

Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA LLC / Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance PLC
144A, 6.00%, 6/15/27

    2,337,000       2,293,432  

144A, 3.25%, 9/1/28

    2,337,000       2,019,355  

144A, 4.00%, 9/1/29

    4,091,000       3,321,094  

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC / Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc.
144A, 5.25%, 4/30/25

    2,727,000       2,585,143  

144A, 4.125%, 8/15/26

    4,733,000       4,088,886  

144A, 5.25%, 8/15/27

    3,896,000       2,823,585  

144A, 5.25%, 8/15/27

    3,117,000       2,259,013  

Ball Corp.
4.00%, 11/15/23

    3,896,000       3,860,000  

5.25%, 7/1/25

    3,896,000       3,891,150  

4.875%, 3/15/26

    2,922,000       2,832,879  

2.875%, 8/15/30

    5,064,000       4,114,449  

3.125%, 9/15/31 (a)

    3,311,000       2,686,410  

Berry Global, Inc., 144A,
5.625%, 7/15/27

    1,948,000       1,904,560  

Clydesdale Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
144A, 6.625%, 4/15/29

    1,948,000       1,871,854  

144A, 8.75%, 4/15/30

    4,324,000       3,764,604  

Crown Americas LLC, 144A,
5.25%, 4/1/30

    1,948,000       1,873,021  

Graphic Packaging International LLC 144A, 3.50%, 3/15/28

    1,763,000       1,571,730  

144A, 3.75%, 2/1/30

    1,558,000       1,341,430  

LABL, Inc.
144A, 6.75%, 7/15/26

    2,718,000       2,586,136  

144A, 10.50%, 7/15/27

    2,688,000       2,544,205  

144A, 5.875%, 11/1/28

    1,948,000       1,698,413  

144A, 8.25%, 11/1/29

    1,802,000       1,460,746  

Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co.
144A, 5.50%, 4/15/24

    5,766,000       5,589,144  

144A, 7.25%, 4/15/25

    5,259,000       4,794,841  

OI European Group BV, 144A,
4.75%, 2/15/30

    1,567,000       1,270,900  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 144A,
6.625%, 5/13/27 (a)

    2,383,000       2,216,840  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   64  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Packaging & Containers (Continued)            

Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer, Inc. /Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer LLC, 144A,
4.00%, 10/15/27

  $ 3,896,000     $ 3,406,097  

Sealed Air Corp.
144A, 5.125%, 12/1/24

    1,665,000       1,650,798  

144A, 5.50%, 9/15/25

    1,547,000       1,541,547  

144A, 4.00%, 12/1/27

    1,650,000       1,504,330  

144A, 5.00%, 4/15/29

    1,665,000       1,584,730  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.,
4.125%, 2/1/28

    2,221,000       2,036,124  

Trivium Packaging Finance BV
144A, 5.50%, 8/15/26

    4,091,000       3,934,274  

144A, 8.50%, 8/15/27

    2,727,000       2,594,154  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $100,507,891)

      89,515,874  
   

 

 

 
Transportation — 0.1%            

Seaspan Corp., 144A,
5.50%, 8/1/29

(Cost $2,914,236)

    2,922,000       2,410,650  
   

 

 

 
Trucking & Leasing — 0.2%            

Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC
144A, 6.50%, 10/1/25

    2,466,000       2,301,592  

144A, 9.75%, 8/1/27

    1,558,000       1,565,801  

144A, 5.50%, 5/1/28

    3,896,000       3,338,404  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $8,179,073)

      7,205,797  
   

 

 

 
Technology — 4.0%    
Computers — 1.3%            

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
144A, 3.875%, 9/1/28

    2,727,000       2,430,166  

144A, 4.00%, 7/1/29

    1,959,000       1,730,382  

Condor Merger Sub, Inc., 144A,
7.375%, 2/15/30

    7,869,000       6,579,664  

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.
8.50%, 4/15/24

    1,567,000       955,159  

144A, 9.375%, 7/15/25

    2,727,000       2,242,284  

Exela Intermediate LLC / Exela Finance, Inc., 144A,
11.50%, 7/15/26

    4,628,000       1,507,950  

NCR Corp.
144A, 5.75%, 9/1/27

    1,948,000       1,882,860  

144A, 5.00%, 10/1/28

    2,532,000       2,387,207  

144A, 5.125%, 4/15/29

    4,675,000       4,372,060  

144A, 6.125%, 9/1/29

    1,948,000       1,862,915  

144A, 5.25%, 10/1/30

    1,763,000       1,630,772  

Presidio Holdings, Inc.
144A, 4.875%, 2/1/27

    2,045,000       1,916,421  

144A, 8.25%, 2/1/28

    2,143,000       1,937,862  

Seagate HDD Cayman
4.875%, 3/1/24

    1,948,000       1,912,369  

4.75%, 1/1/25

    1,867,000       1,826,696  

4.875%, 6/1/27

    1,967,000       1,858,451  

4.091%, 6/1/29

    1,919,000       1,643,307  

3.125%, 7/15/29

    1,959,000       1,569,306  

4.125%, 1/15/31

    1,959,000       1,623,296  

3.375%, 7/15/31

    1,959,000       1,534,651  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Computers (Continued)            

Vericast Corp., 144A,
11.00%, 9/15/26

  $ 4,817,578     $ 4,830,345  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $56,478,616)

      48,234,123  
   

 

 

 
Office/Business Equipment — 0.2%            

Pitney Bowes, Inc., 144A,
6.875%, 3/15/27

    1,567,000       1,187,719  

Xerox Holdings Corp.
144A, 5.00%, 8/15/25

    2,922,000       2,713,017  

144A, 5.50%, 8/15/28

    2,922,000       2,560,125  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $7,690,726)

      6,460,861  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 0.3%            

ams-OSRAM AG, 144A,
7.00%, 7/31/25

    1,763,000       1,684,626  

Entegris Escrow Corp., 144A,
5.95%, 6/15/30

    3,487,000       3,313,278  

Entegris, Inc.
144A, 4.375%, 4/15/28

    1,547,000       1,367,888  

144A, 3.625%, 5/1/29

    1,567,000       1,322,242  

ON Semiconductor Corp., 144A,
3.875%, 9/1/28

    2,727,000       2,437,134  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $10,825,974)

      10,125,168  
   

 

 

 
Software — 2.2%            

Black Knight InfoServ LLC, 144A,
3.625%, 9/1/28

    3,896,000       3,418,117  

Boxer Parent Co., Inc., 144A,
7.125%, 10/2/25

    2,337,000       2,313,858  

Change Healthcare Holdings LLC / Change Healthcare Finance, Inc., 144A,
5.75%, 3/1/25

    4,577,000       4,522,671  

Clarivate Science Holdings Corp.
144A, 3.875%, 7/1/28

    3,589,000       3,076,666  

144A, 4.875%, 7/1/29

    3,590,000       2,973,830  

Fair Isaac Corp.
144A, 5.25%, 5/15/26

    1,567,000       1,518,180  

144A, 4.00%, 6/15/28

    3,506,000       3,101,943  

MicroStrategy, Inc., 144A,
6.125%, 6/15/28 (a)

    1,944,000       1,625,808  

Minerva Merger Sub, Inc., 144A,
6.50%, 2/15/30

    9,155,000       7,784,130  

MSCI, Inc.
144A, 4.00%, 11/15/29 (a)

    3,896,000       3,475,096  

144A, 3.625%, 9/1/30

    3,506,000       2,980,027  

144A, 3.875%, 2/15/31

    3,896,000       3,370,059  

144A, 3.625%, 11/1/31

    2,337,000       1,950,676  

144A, 3.25%, 8/15/33

    2,727,000       2,188,377  

Open Text Corp.

   

144A, 3.875%, 2/15/28

    3,506,000       2,995,053  

144A, 3.875%, 12/1/29

    3,311,000       2,676,686  

Open Text Holdings, Inc.
144A, 4.125%, 2/15/30

    3,506,000       2,845,250  

144A, 4.125%, 12/1/31

    2,532,000       2,004,496  

PTC, Inc.
144A, 3.625%, 2/15/25

    1,948,000       1,832,994  

144A, 4.00%, 2/15/28

    1,948,000       1,784,310  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   65  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Software (Continued)            

Rackspace Technology Global, Inc.
144A, 3.50%, 2/15/28

  $ 2,130,000     $ 1,521,421  

144A, 5.375%, 12/1/28

    2,155,000       1,196,880  

ROBLOX Corp., 144A,
3.875%, 5/1/30

    3,896,000       3,256,708  

SS&C Technologies, Inc., 144A,
5.50%, 9/30/27

    7,791,000       7,373,861  

Twilio, Inc.
3.625%, 3/15/29

    1,959,000       1,638,459  

3.875%, 3/15/31 (a)

    1,939,000       1,567,837  

Veritas US, Inc. / Veritas Bermuda Ltd., 144A,
7.50%, 9/1/25

    6,818,000       5,254,973  

Ziff Davis, Inc., 144A,
4.625%, 10/15/30

    1,885,000       1,611,241  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $96,691,953)

      81,859,607  
   

 

 

 
Utilities — 2.5%    
Electric — 2.2%            

Calpine Corp.
144A, 5.25%, 6/1/26

    1,646,000       1,599,994  

144A, 4.50%, 2/15/28

    4,870,000       4,461,480  

144A, 5.125%, 3/15/28 (a)

    5,454,000       4,860,433  

144A, 4.625%, 2/1/29

    2,532,000       2,158,269  

144A, 5.00%, 2/1/31

    3,311,000       2,776,191  

144A, 3.75%, 3/1/31

    3,506,000       2,913,328  

Clearway Energy Operating LLC

   

144A, 4.75%, 3/15/28

    3,311,000       3,106,132  

144A, 3.75%, 2/15/31

    3,604,000       3,019,167  

DPL, Inc.,
4.125%, 7/1/25

    1,622,000       1,532,790  

FirstEnergy Corp.

   

Series B, 4.40%, 7/15/27

    5,844,000       5,544,846  

2.65%, 3/1/30

    2,337,000       1,997,434  

Series B, 2.25%, 9/1/30

    1,763,000       1,447,011  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP 144A, 4.25%, 7/15/24

    2,727,000       2,633,257  

144A, 3.875%, 10/15/26

    1,948,000       1,818,902  

144A, 4.50%, 9/15/27

    2,143,000       1,985,468  

NRG Energy, Inc.
5.75%, 1/15/28

    3,199,000       3,019,072  

144A, 3.375%, 2/15/29

    1,959,000       1,612,745  

144A, 5.25%, 6/15/29

    2,856,000       2,578,539  

144A, 3.625%, 2/15/31

    4,013,000       3,192,542  

144A, 3.875%, 2/15/32

    4,285,000       3,403,404  

PG&E Corp.
5.00%, 7/1/28 (a)

    3,896,000       3,462,784  

5.25%, 7/1/30

    3,896,000       3,374,696  

Vistra Operations Co. LLC
144A, 5.50%, 9/1/26

    3,896,000       3,766,731  

144A, 5.625%, 2/15/27

    5,064,000       4,887,216  

144A, 5.00%, 7/31/27

    5,064,000       4,719,142  

144A, 4.375%, 5/1/29

    4,870,000       4,254,213  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $91,756,179)

      80,125,786  
   

 

 

 
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Gas — 0.3%            

AmeriGas Partners LP / AmeriGas Finance Corp.
5.625%, 5/20/24

  $ 2,630,000     $ 2,593,943  

5.50%, 5/20/25

    2,727,000       2,591,536  

5.875%, 8/20/26

    2,630,000       2,507,192  

5.75%, 5/20/27

    2,045,000       1,930,235  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $10,762,414)

      9,622,906  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $4,136,399,949)

      3,561,895,877  
   

 

 

 
   

Number
of Shares

       
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL — 2.2%  

DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 2.00% (c)(d)
(Cost $78,245,816)

    78,245,816       78,245,816  
   

 

 

 
CASH EQUIVALENTS — 0.6%            

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 2.24% (c)
(Cost $21,909,142)

    21,909,142       21,909,142  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 101.3%

(Cost $4,236,554,907)

    $ 3,662,050,835  

Other assets and liabilities, net — (1.3%)

      (46,799,644
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 3,615,251,191  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   66  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

August 31, 2022

 

A summary of the Fund’s transactions with affiliated investments during the year ended August 31, 2022 is as follows:

 

     Value ($) at
8/31/2021
    Purchases
Cost ($)
    Sales
Proceeds ($)
    Net Realized
Gain/(Loss) ($)
    Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
($)
    Income ($)     Capital Gain
Distributions
($)
    Number of
Shares at
8/31/2022
    Value ($) at
8/31/2022
 

CORPORATE BONDS0.2%

 

       

Financial0.2%

 

       

Deutsche Bank AG, 5.882%, 7/08/31 (b)

 

       
           4,148,743       (1,915,802     (80,935     (440,979     72,341             1,959,000       1,711,027  

Deutsche Bank AG, 3.729%, 1/14/32 (b)

 

       
     7,207,371       4,946,486       (6,873,516     (204,563     (1,482,114     221,213             4,870,000       3,593,664  

Deutsche Bank AG, 3.742%, 1/07/33 (b)

 

       
           9,267,202       (4,415,441     (200,068     (1,179,666     113,412             4,870,000       3,472,027  

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL2.2%

 

       

DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 2.00% (c)(d)

 

     219,083,931             (140,838,115 )(e)                  407,279             78,245,816       78,245,816  

CASH EQUIVALENTS0.6%

 

       

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 2.24% (c)

 

 
       168,443,173       789,507,693       (936,041,724                 94,910             21,909,142       21,909,142  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     394,734,475         807,870,124         (1,090,084,598       (485,566       (3,102,759       909,155           —         111,853,958         108,931,676  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

All or a portion of these securities were on loan. In addition, “Other assets and liabilities, net” may include pending sales that are also on loan. The value of securities loaned at August 31, 2022 amounted to $105,290,151, which is 2.9% of net assets.

(b)

Affiliated issuer. This security is owned in proportion with its representation in the index.

(c)

Affiliated fund managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

(d)

Represents cash collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates. In addition, the Fund held non-cash U.S. Treasury securities collateral having a value of $32,090,970.

(e)

Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested in cash collateral for the year ended August 31, 2022.

 

CDI:   Chess Depositary Interest
GMTN:   Global Medium Term Note
MTN:   Medium Term Note
REIT:   Real Estate Investment Trust
REGS:   Securities sold under Regulation S may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
144A:   Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of August 31, 2022 in valuing the Fund’s investments. For information on the Fund’s policy regarding the valuation of investments, please refer to the Security Valuation section of Note 2 in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Assets

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Corporate Bonds (a)

     $        $ 3,561,895,877        $   —        $ 3,561,895,877  

Short-Term Investments (a)

       100,154,958                            100,154,958  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL

     $ 100,154,958        $ 3,561,895,877        $        $ 3,662,050,835  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(a)

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   67  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

August 31, 2022

 

     Xtrackers High
Beta High Yield
Bond ETF
    Xtrackers Low
Beta High Yield
Bond ETF
    Xtrackers Risk
Managed USD
High Yield
Strategy ETF
    Xtrackers Short
Duration High
Yield Bond ETF
 

Assets

        

Investment in non-affiliated securities at value

   $ 11,721,392     $ 1,407,067,631     $     $ 84,470,086  

Investment in affiliated securities at value

           7,385,546       49,220,227        

Investment in DWS Government Money Market Series

     35,828       10,573,885       374,305       589,978  

Investment in DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio*

     263,774       9,125,075             821,382  

Foreign currency at value

           358             25  
Receivables:         

Investment securities sold

     295,431       50,176,485             1,368,959  

Interest

     220,491       19,596,072       545       1,485,727  

Securities lending income

     680       13,987       3       2,313  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 12,537,596     $ 1,503,939,039     $ 49,595,080     $ 88,738,470  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities

        

Payable upon return of securities loaned

   $ 263,774     $ 9,125,075     $     $ 821,382  
Payables:         

Investment securities purchased

     318,924       53,923,231             1,822,996  

Investment advisory fees

     2,442       224,028       6,474       14,918  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     585,140       63,272,334       6,474       2,659,296  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Assets, at value

   $ 11,952,456     $ 1,440,666,705     $ 49,588,606     $ 86,079,174  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of

        

Paid-in capital

   $ 25,048,069     $ 1,576,982,155     $ 54,167,825     $ 93,959,442  

Distributable earnings (loss)

     (13,095,613     (136,315,450     (4,579,219     (7,880,268
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Assets, at value

   $ 11,952,456     $ 1,440,666,705     $ 49,588,606     $ 86,079,174  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Number of Common Shares outstanding

     300,001       31,950,001       2,225,001       2,000,001  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Asset Value

   $ 39.84     $ 45.09     $ 22.29     $ 43.04  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investment in non-affiliated securities at cost

   $ 13,911,266     $ 1,508,815,620     $     $ 91,426,385  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investment in affiliated securities at cost

   $     $ 9,283,780     $ 53,981,246     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Value of securities loaned

   $ 395,224     $ 11,651,353     $     $ 1,743,621  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investment in DWS Government Money Market Series at cost

   $ 35,828     $ 10,573,885     $ 374,305     $ 589,978  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investment in DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio at cost*

   $ 263,774     $ 9,125,075     $     $ 821,382  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-cash collateral for securities on loan

   $ 151,718     $ 2,986,781     $     $ 1,002,868  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Foreign currency at cost

   $     $ 358     $     $ 25  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*

Represents collateral on securities loaned.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   68  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Continued)

 

August 31, 2022

 

     Xtrackers USD
High Yield
Corporate Bond
ETF
 

Assets

  

Investment in non-affiliated securities at value

   $ 3,553,119,159  

Investment in affiliated securities at value

     8,776,718  

Investment in DWS Government Money Market Series

     21,909,142  

Investment in DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio*

     78,245,816  

Foreign currency at value

     625  
Receivables:   

Investment securities sold

     199,779,224  

Capital shares

     13,814,597  

Interest

     57,709,326  

Securities lending income

     156,125  
  

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 3,933,510,732  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

  

Payable upon return of securities loaned

   $ 78,245,816  
Payables:   

Investment securities purchased

     56,870,445  

Capital shares

     182,614,827  

Investment advisory fees

     528,453  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     318,259,541  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets, at value

   $ 3,615,251,191  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of

  

Paid-in capital

   $ 4,323,444,166  

Distributable earnings (loss)

     (708,192,975
  

 

 

 

Net Assets, at value

   $ 3,615,251,191  
  

 

 

 

Number of Common Shares outstanding

     105,187,501  
  

 

 

 

Net Asset Value

   $ 34.37  
  

 

 

 

Investment in non-affiliated securities at cost

   $ 4,124,732,350  
  

 

 

 

Investment in affiliated securities at cost

   $ 11,667,599  
  

 

 

 

Value of securities loaned

   $ 105,290,151  
  

 

 

 

Investment in DWS Government Money Market Series at cost

   $ 21,909,142  
  

 

 

 

Investment in DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio at cost*

   $ 78,245,816  
  

 

 

 

Non-cash collateral for securities on loan

   $ 32,090,970  
  

 

 

 

Foreign currency at cost

   $ 623  
  

 

 

 

 

*

Represents collateral on securities loaned.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   69  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Statements of Operations

 

For the Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

     Xtrackers High
Beta High Yield
Bond ETF
    Xtrackers Low
Beta High Yield
Bond ETF
    Xtrackers Risk
Managed USD
High Yield
Strategy ETF(1)
    Xtrackers Short
Duration High
Yield Bond ETF
 

Investment Income

        

Unaffiliated interest income

   $ 1,107,804     $ 43,019,571     $     $ 3,934,299  

Affiliated interest income

           234,922              

Affiliated dividend income

                 1,047,478        

Income distributions from affiliated funds

     375       44,686       1,388       4,079  

Affiliated securities lending income

     2,166       50,464       6,861       6,595  

Unaffiliated securities lending income, net of borrower rebates

     9,174       11,381       6,576       19,839  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

     1,119,519       43,361,024       1,062,303       3,964,812  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

        

Investment advisory fees

     67,427       2,903,725       67,987       169,479  

Other expenses

     57       1,147             172  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     67,484       2,904,872       67,987       169,651  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less fees waived (see note 3):

        

Waiver

     (29,068     (585,439     (34,121     (521
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net expenses

     38,416       2,319,433       33,866       169,130  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     1,081,103       41,041,591       1,028,437       3,795,682  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

        

Net realized gain (loss) from:

        

Investments

     (465,605     (28,314,352           (455,688

Investments in affiliates

           (35,888     (2,635      

In-kind redemptions

     (743,489     (14,143,859           59,151  

In-kind redemptions in affiliates

           (232,928     131,183        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,209,094     (42,727,027     128,548       (396,537
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

        

Investments

     (2,372,970     (112,586,428           (8,681,574

Investments in affiliates

           (1,960,429     (4,761,019      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (2,372,970     (114,546,857     (4,761,019     (8,681,574
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     (3,582,064     (157,273,884     (4,632,471     (9,078,111
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

   $ (2,500,961   $ (116,232,293   $ (3,604,034   $ (5,282,429
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

For the period February 10, 2022 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2022.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   70  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Statements of Operations (Continued)

 

For the Year Ended August 31, 2022

 

     Xtrackers USD
High Yield
Corporate Bond
ETF
 

Investment Income

  

Unaffiliated interest income

   $ 228,221,896  

Affiliated interest income

     406,966  

Income distributions from affiliated funds

     94,910  

Affiliated securities lending income

     407,279  

Unaffiliated securities lending income, net of borrower rebates

     1,261,182  
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

     230,392,233  
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Investment advisory fees

     10,504,345  

Other expenses

     4,147  
  

 

 

 

Total expenses

     10,508,492  
  

 

 

 

Less fees waived (see note 3):

  

Waiver

     (2,638,477
  

 

 

 

Net expenses

     7,870,015  
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     222,522,218  
  

 

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments

     (31,975,873

Investments in affiliates

     (20,008

In-kind redemptions

     (150,215,836

In-kind redemptions in affiliates

     (465,558

Foreign currency transactions

      
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (182,677,275
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

  

Investments

     (599,849,890

Investments in affiliates

     (3,102,759

Foreign currency translations

     2  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (602,952,647
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

     (785,629,922
  

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

   $ (563,107,704
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   71  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Xtrackers High Beta High Yield
Bond ETF
    Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield
Bond ETF
 
     Year Ended
August 31, 2022
    Year Ended
August 31, 2021
    Year Ended
August 31, 2022
    Year Ended
August 31, 2021
 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 1,081,103     $ 680,195     $ 41,041,591     $ 8,011,095  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,209,094     331,044       (42,727,027     2,106,618  

Net change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (2,372,970     178,690       (114,546,857     10,048,247  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (2,500,961     1,189,929       (116,232,293     20,165,960  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders

     (1,152,992     (825,490     (42,567,833     (8,258,522
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fund Shares Transactions

        

Proceeds from shares sold

     6,992,436       11,992,336       1,268,329,518       715,759,317  

Value of shares redeemed

     (10,724,660           (419,246,955     (15,156,196
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from fund share transactions

     (3,732,224     11,992,336       849,082,563       700,603,121  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net increase (decrease) in Net Assets

     (7,386,177     12,356,775       690,282,437       712,510,559  

Net Assets

        

Beginning of year

     19,338,633       6,981,858       750,384,268       37,873,709  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 11,952,456     $ 19,338,633     $ 1,440,666,705     $ 750,384,268  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding

        

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

     400,001       150,001       14,700,001       750,001  

Shares sold

     150,000       250,000       26,250,000       14,250,000  

Shares redeemed

     (250,000           (9,000,000     (300,000
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

     300,001       400,001       31,950,001       14,700,001  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   72  


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

 

     Xtrackers Risk
Managed USD
High Yield
Strategy ETF
    Xtrackers Short Duration High
Yield Bond ETF
 
     For the Period
February 10, 2022(1) to
August 31, 2022
    Year Ended
August 31, 2022
    Year Ended
August 31, 2021
 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations

      

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 1,028,437     $ 3,795,682     $ 2,489,447  

Net realized gain (loss)

     128,548       (396,537     1,271,532  

Net change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (4,761,019     (8,681,574     185,876  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (3,604,034     (5,282,429     3,946,855  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders

     (844,002     (3,956,845     (2,657,928
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fund Shares Transactions

      

Proceeds from shares sold

     56,938,197       23,388,169       45,259,188  

Value of shares redeemed

     (2,901,580     (4,697,674     (7,179,887
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from fund share transactions

     54,036,617       18,690,495       38,079,301  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net increase (decrease) in Net Assets

     49,588,581       9,451,221       39,368,228  

Net Assets

      

Beginning of period

     25       76,627,953       37,259,725  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 49,588,606     $ 86,079,174     $ 76,627,953  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding

      

Shares outstanding, beginning of period

     1       1,600,001       800,001  

Shares sold

     2,350,000       500,000       950,000  

Shares redeemed

     (125,000     (100,000     (150,000
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of period

     2,225,001       2,000,001       1,600,001  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

Commencement of Operations.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   73  


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

 

     Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate
Bond ETF
 
     Year Ended
August 31, 2022
    Year Ended
August 31, 2021
 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations

    

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 222,522,218     $ 294,840,227  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (182,677,275     261,534,954  

Net change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (602,952,647     (13,795,630
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (563,107,704     542,579,551  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders

     (242,753,834     (328,072,536
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fund Shares Transactions

    

Proceeds from shares sold

     4,826,710,036       8,910,076,826  

Value of shares redeemed

     (7,072,094,189     (8,666,637,450
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from fund share transactions

     (2,245,384,153     243,439,376  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net increase (decrease) in Net Assets

     (3,051,245,691     457,946,391  

Net Assets

    

Beginning of period

     6,666,496,882       6,208,550,491  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 3,615,251,191     $ 6,666,496,882  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding

    

Shares outstanding, beginning of period

     165,387,501       158,937,501 * 

Shares sold

     129,000,000       224,750,000 * 

Shares redeemed

     (189,200,000     (218,300,000 )* 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of period

     105,187,501       165,387,501 * 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*

Shares through April 12, 2021 have been adjusted to reflect the effects of a stock split effective April 13, 2021. See Note 9.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   74  


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Financial Highlights

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF
Selected Per Share Data
   Years Ended August 31,     Period Ended
8/31/2018(a)
 
   2022     2021     2020     2019  

Net Asset Value, beginning of period

   $ 48.35     $ 46.55     $ 48.61     $ 49.17     $ 50.00  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:           

Net investment income (loss)(b)

     2.51       2.60       3.01 (c)      3.32       2.07  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (8.37     2.65       (1.95 )(c)      (0.58     (1.11
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     (5.86     5.25       1.06       2.74       0.96  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

     (2.65     (3.45     (3.12     (3.30     (1.79
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (2.65     (3.45     (3.12     (3.30     (1.79
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, end of period

   $ 39.84     $ 48.35     $ 46.55     $ 48.61     $ 49.17  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return (%)

     (12.56 )(d)      11.67 (d)      2.46 (d)      5.90 (d)      2.01 ** 

Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data

          

Net Assets, end of period ($ millions)

     12       19       7       151       148  

Ratio of expenses before fee waiver (%)

     0.35       0.35       0.35       0.35       0.35

Ratio of expenses after fee waiver (%)

     0.20       0.20       0.20       0.31       0.35

Ratio of net investment income (loss) (%)

     5.61       5.45       6.50 (c)      6.91       6.71

Portfolio turnover rate (%)(e)

     55       98       98       51       34 ** 
                                
Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF
Selected Per Share Data
   Years Ended August 31,     Period Ended
8/31/2018(a)
 
   2022     2021     2020     2019  

Net Asset Value, beginning of period

   $ 51.05     $ 50.50     $ 50.62     $ 49.16     $ 50.00  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:           

Net investment income (loss)(b)

     1.69       1.45       2.02 (c)      2.29       1.37  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (5.87     1.07       0.12 (c)      1.44       (1.05
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     (4.18     2.52       2.14       3.73       0.32  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

     (1.78     (1.97     (2.26     (2.27     (1.16
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (1.78     (1.97     (2.26     (2.27     (1.16
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, end of period

   $ 45.09     $ 51.05     $ 50.50     $ 50.62     $ 49.16  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return (%)

     (8.36 )(d)      5.12 (d)      4.42 (d)      7.84 (d)      0.68 ** 

Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data

          

Net Assets, end of period ($ millions)

     1,441       750       38       144       138  

Ratio of expenses before fee waiver (%)

     0.25       0.25       0.25       0.25       0.25

Ratio of expenses after fee waiver (%)

     0.20       0.20       0.20       0.24       0.25

Ratio of net investment income (loss) (%)

     3.53       2.89       4.09 (c)      4.66       4.44

Portfolio turnover rate (%)(e)

     68       88       111       55       52 ** 

 

(a)

For the period January 11, 2018 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2018.

(b)

Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(c)

The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2017-08 to amend the amortization period to the earliest call date for purchased callable debt securities held at a premium. Effective September 1, 2019, the Fund adopted ASU 2017-08 and the effect of this change for the year ended August 31, 2020 was a decrease to net investment income per share by $0.04 and $0.23, increase to net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments per share by $0.04 and $0.23, and decrease to the ratio of net investment income to average net assets of 0.08% and 0.47%, for Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF and Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF respectively. Per share data and ratios for years prior to August 31, 2020 have not been restated to reflect this change in presentation.

(d)

Total Return would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reimbursed by the Advisor.

(e)

Portfolio turnover rate does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

*

Annualized.

**

Not Annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   75  


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Financial Highlights (Continued)

 

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF
Selected Per Share Data
  Period Ended
8/31/2022(a)
 

Net Asset Value, beginning of period

  $ 25.00  
 

 

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:  

Net investment income (loss)(b)

    0.58  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (2.84
 

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    (2.26
 

 

 

 
Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

    (0.45
 

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.45
 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, end of period

  $ 22.29  
 

 

 

 

Total Return (%)(c)

    (9.12 )** 

Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data

 

Net Assets, end of period ($ millions)

    50  

Ratio of expenses before fee waiver (%)(d)

    0.30

Ratio of expenses after fee waiver (%)(d)

    0.15

Ratio of net investment income (loss) (%)

    4.54

Portfolio turnover rate (%)(e)

    0 ** 

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF
Selected Per Share Data
   Years Ended August 31,     Period Ended
8/31/2018(f)
 
   2022     2021     2020     2019  

Net Asset Value, beginning of period

   $ 47.89     $ 46.57     $ 49.13     $ 49.69     $ 50.00  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:           

Net investment income (loss)(b)

     2.04       2.34       2.69 (g)      2.83       1.76  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (4.76     1.67       (2.47 )(g)      (0.54     (0.59
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     (2.72     4.01       0.22       2.29       1.17  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

     (2.13     (2.69     (2.78     (2.85     (1.48
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (2.13     (2.69     (2.78     (2.85     (1.48
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, end of period

   $ 43.04     $ 47.89     $ 46.57     $ 49.13     $ 49.69  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return (%)

     (5.84 )(c)      8.86 (c)      0.61 (c)      4.79 (c)      2.41 ** 

Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data

          

Net Assets, end of period ($ millions)

     86       77       37       22       40  

Ratio of expenses before fee waiver (%)

     0.20       0.20       0.20       0.20       0.20

Ratio of expenses after fee waiver (%)

     0.20       0.20       0.20       0.20       0.20

Ratio of net investment income (loss) (%)

     4.48       4.95       6.13 (g)      5.78       5.56

Portfolio turnover rate (%)(e)

     46       52       150       45       37 ** 

 

(a)

For the period February 10, 2022 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2022.

(b)

Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(c)

Total Return would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reimbursed by the Advisor.

(d)

The Fund invests in other ETFs and indirectly bears its proportionate shares of fees and expenses incurred by the Underlying Funds in which the Fund is invested. This ratio does not included these indirect fees and expenses.

(e)

Portfolio turnover rate does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

(f)

For the period January 10, 2018 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2018.

(g)

The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2017-08 to amend the amortization period to the earliest call date for purchased callable debt securities held at a premium. Effective September 1, 2019, the Fund adopted ASU 2017-08 and the effect of this change for the year ended August 31, 2020 was a decrease to net investment income per share by $0.10, increase to net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments per share by $0.10 and decrease to the ratio of net investment income to average net assets of 0.22% for Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF. Per share data and ratios for years prior to August 31, 2020 have not been restated to reflect this change in presentation.

*

Annualized.

**

Not Annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   76  


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Financial Highlights (Continued)

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Selected Per Share Data
   Years Ended August 31,  
   2022     2021     2020(a)     2019(a)     2018(a)  

Net Asset Value, beginning of year

   $ 40.31     $ 39.06 (a)    $ 40.19     $ 39.90     $ 40.97  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:           

Net investment income (loss)(b)

     1.61       1.70       2.03 (c)      2.39       2.32  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (5.80     1.79       (0.95 )(c)      0.24       (1.24
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     (4.19     3.49       1.08       2.63       1.08  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

     (1.75     (2.24     (2.21     (2.34     (2.15
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (1.75     (2.24     (2.21     (2.34     (2.15
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, end of year

   $ 34.37     $ 40.31     $ 39.06     $ 40.19     $ 39.90  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return (%)(d)

     (10.67     8.31       2.91       6.87       2.76  

Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data

          

Net Assets, end of year ($ millions)

     3,615       6,666       6,209       3,062       1,796  

Ratio of expenses before fee waiver (%)

     0.20       0.20       0.20       0.20       0.20  

Ratio of expenses after fee waiver (%)

     0.15       0.15       0.15       0.17       0.20  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) (%)

     4.24       4.27       5.27 (c)      6.06       5.86  

Portfolio turnover rate (%)(e)

     24       37       54       29       32  

 

(a)

On April 13, 2021, the Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF implemented a 5 for 4 stock split. Net asset value and per share information through April 12, 2021 have been updated to reflect the effect of the split. Shareholders received 5 shares for every 4 shares owned and net asset value per share decreased correspondingly.

(b)

Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(c)

The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2017-08 to amend the amortization period to the earliest call date for purchased callable debt securities held at a premium. Effective September 1, 2019, the Fund adopted ASU 2017-08 and the effect of this change for the year ended August 31, 2020 was a decrease to net investment income per share by $0.12, increase to net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments per share by $0.12 and decrease to the ratio of net investment income to average net assets of 0.32% for Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF. Per share data and ratios for years prior to August 31, 2020 have not been restated to reflect this change in presentation.

(d)

Total Return would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reimbursed by the Advisor.

(e)

Portfolio turnover rate does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   77  


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Notes to Financial Statements

 

1. Organization

DBX ETF Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), as an open-end registered management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust.

As of August 31, 2022, the Trust consists of thirty-five investment series of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) in operation and trading. These financial statements report on the Funds listed below:

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

DBX Advisors LLC (“DBX” or the “Advisor”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA (“DWS Group”), serves as investment advisor to the Funds and has overall responsibility for the general management and administration of the Funds, subject to the supervision of the Funds’ Board of Trustees (“Board”).

Each Fund offers shares that are listed and traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”). Unlike conventional mutual funds, each Fund issues and redeems shares on a continuous basis, at net asset value (“NAV”), only in large specified lots consisting of 50,000 shares, except for Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF which lots consist of 25,000 shares and Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF which lots consist of 100,000 shares, each called a “Creation Unit”, to authorized participants who have entered into agreements with the Funds’ distributor. Shares are not individually redeemable securities of the Funds, and owners of the shares may acquire those shares from the Funds, or tender such shares for redemption to the Funds, in Creation Units only.

The investment objective of each Fund is to track the performance, before fees and expenses, of a particular index (the “Underlying Index”). The underlying indices for the Funds are:

 

Fund

 

Underlying Index

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF   Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market High Beta Index

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

 

Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market Low Beta Index

Adaptive Wealth Strategies Risk Managed High Yield Index

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF   Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market 0-5 Year Index
Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF   Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market Index

The Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market High Beta Index is designed to track the performance of the segment of the US dollar-denominated high yield corporate bond market that exhibits higher overall beta to the broader high yield corporate fixed income market. The Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market Low Beta Index is designed to track the performance of the segment of the US dollar-denominated high yield corporate bond market that exhibits lower overall beta to the broader high yield corporate fixed income market. The Adaptive Wealth Strategies Risk Managed High Yield Index is designed to track the performance of the US dollar-denominated high yield corporate bond market during normal market conditions, and the performance of a USD cash position accruing interest at the Effective Federal Funds Rate (the interest rate depository institutions such as banks charge each other for overnight loans to meet their reserve requirements) during periods of adverse market conditions. The Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market 0-5 Year Index is designed to track the performance of short-term publicly issued US dollar-denominated below investment grade corporate debt. The Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market Index is designed to track the performance of a basket of U.S. dollar-denominated high yield liquid corporate bonds. Under normal circumstances, the Solactive Indexes are reconstituted monthly on the last day of each month. The Funds reconstitute and rebalance their portfolios in accordance with their respective underlying indexes, and therefore any changes to the underlying indexes reconstitution and rebalance schedules will result in corresponding changes to a Fund’s reconstitution and rebalance schedule.

Each Fund is entitled to use its respective Underlying Index pursuant to a licensing agreement between the Index Provider and DBX. There is no charge to the Funds in connection with these licensing agreements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

 

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF is non-diversified and is not limited by the Act with regard to the percentage of its assets that may be invested in the securities of a single issuer. This means the securities of a particular issuer (or securities of issuers in particular industries) may dominate the Underlying Index of the Fund and, consequently, the Fund’s investment portfolio. This may adversely affect the Fund’s performance or subject the Fund’s shares to greater price volatility than that experienced by more diversified investment companies.

Pursuant to the Trust’s organizational documents, the Trust’s officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business the Trust enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide indemnification for certain liabilities. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, the Trust expects the risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund qualifies as an investment company under Topic 946 of the Accounting Standards Codification of U.S. GAAP. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds.

Security Valuation    The NAV of each Fund’s shares is calculated each business day as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. NAV per share is calculated by dividing a Fund’s net assets by the number of Fund shares outstanding.

The Funds’ Board has designated the Advisor as the valuation designee for the Funds pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act. The Advisor’s Pricing Committee (the “Pricing Committee”) typically values securities using readily available market quotations or prices supplied by independent pricing services (which are considered fair values under Rule 2a-5). The Advisor has adopted fair valuation procedures that provide methodologies for fair valuing securities.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Funds’ investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

Corporate and sovereign debt securities are valued at prices supplied by independent pricing services approved by the Pricing Committee. Such services may use various pricing techniques which take into account appropriate factors such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other data, as well as broker quotes. If the pricing services are unable to provide valuations, securities are valued at the mean between the bid and ask quotations or evaluated prices, as applicable, obtained from broker-dealers. These securities are generally categorized as Level 2.

ETFs are valued at the most recent sale price or official closing price reported on the exchange (U.S. or foreign) or over-the-counter market on which they trade. ETFs for which no sales are reported are valued at the calculated mean between the most recent bid and asked quotations on the relevant market or, if a mean cannot be determined, at the most recent bid quotation. ETFs are generally categorized as Level 1.

Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at their NAV each business day and are categorized as Level 1.

Securities and other assets for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the above valuation procedures are deemed not to reflect fair value are valued in a manner that is intended to reflect their fair value as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Pricing Committee and are generally categorized as Level 3. In accordance with the Funds’ valuation procedures, factors considered in determining value may include, but are not limited to, the type of the security; the size of the holding; the initial cost of the security; the existence of any contractual restrictions on the security’s disposition; the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or of comparable companies; quotations or evaluated prices from broker-dealers and/or

 

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pricing services; information obtained from the issuer, analysts, and/or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities); an analysis of the company’s or issuer’s financial statements; an evaluation of the forces that influence the issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and sold; length of time of a halt in trading of the security; movement in the security’s proxy index; and with respect to debt securities, the maturity, coupon, creditworthiness, currency denomination and the movement of the market in which the security is normally traded. The value determined under these procedures may differ from published values for the same securities.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a Fund’s NAV and the prices used by the Fund’s Underlying Index, which in turn could result in a difference between the Fund’s performance and the performance of the Fund’s Underlying Index

Disclosure about the classification of the fair value measurements is included in a table following the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Cash    Cash consists of cash held at banks and is on deposit with major financial institutions.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income    Investment transactions are recorded as of the date that the securities are purchased or sold (trade date). Realized gains and losses from the sale or disposition of securities are calculated on the identified cost-method. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. All premiums and discounts are amortized/accreted for both tax and financial reporting purposes. Distributions of income and capital gains from investments in affiliated funds are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Tax Information and Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders    It is each Fund’s policy to comply with all requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“the Code”). Each Fund intends to qualify for and to elect treatment as a separate Regulated Investment Company (“RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Code. It is the policy of each Fund to pay out dividends from its net investment income, if any, to investors monthly. Taxable net realized gains from investment transactions, reduced by capital loss carryforwards, if any, are declared and distributed to shareholders at least annually. The capital loss carryforward amount, if any, is available to offset future net capital gains. The Funds may occasionally be required to make supplemental distributions at some other time during the year. The Funds reserve the right to declare special distributions if, in their reasonable discretion, such action is necessary or advisable to preserve the status of each Fund as a RIC or to avoid imposition of income or excise taxes on undistributed income. Dividends and distributions to shareholders, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount of dividends and distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either considered temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified at the end of the year within the components of net assets based on their federal tax treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification. Dividends and distributions, which exceed earnings and profits for the full year for tax purposes, are reported as a tax return of capital.

In accordance with U.S. GAAP requirements regarding accounting for uncertainties in income taxes, management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions taken or expected to be taken on foreign, federal and state income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements.

The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense on the Statements of Operations. For the year ended August 31, 2022, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

As of August 31, 2022, the components of accumulated earnings (losses) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Capital and
Other Gains
(Losses)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Total
Accumulated
Earnings (Losses)
 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

   $ 73,969      $ (10,948,893   $ (2,220,689   $ (13,095,613

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     4,944,933        (31,980,876     (109,279,507     (136,315,450

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

     184,435              (4,763,654     (4,579,219

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

     389,542        (996,238     (7,273,572     (7,880,268

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     15,829,564        (120,650,633     (603,371,906     (708,192,975

 

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The tax character of dividends and distributions declared for the years ended August 31, 2022 and August 31, 2021 were as follows:

 

     Year Ended
August 31, 2022
 
     Ordinary Income*  

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

   $ 1,152,992  

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     42,567,833  

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

     844,002  

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

     3,956,845  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     242,753,834  
     Year Ended
August 31, 2021
 
     Ordinary Income*  

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

   $ 825,490  

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     8,258,522  

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

     2,657,928  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     328,072,536  

 

*

For tax purposes short-term capital gain distributions are considered ordinary income distributions.

At August 31, 2022, for Federal income tax purposes, the Funds have capital loss carryforwards available as shown in the table below, to the extent provided by regulations, to offset future capital gains for an unlimited period. To the extent that these loss carryforwards are used to offset future capital gains, it is probable that the capital gains so offset will not be distributed to shareholders.

 

     Short-Term      Long-Term      Total Amount  

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

   $ 2,899,789      $ 8,049,104      $ 10,948,893  

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     24,251,180        7,729,696        31,980,876  

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

     618,223        378,015        996,238  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     27,135,091        93,515,542        120,650,633  

For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, the effect of permanent “book/tax” reclassifications to the components of net assets are included below. These differences are primarily due to redemptions-in-kind.

 

     Distributable
earnings (loss)
     Paid-In Capital  

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

   $ 783,491      $ (783,491

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     14,394,103        (14,394,103

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

     (131,183      131,183  

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

     (58,782      58,782  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     158,252,797        (158,252,797

As of August 31, 2022, the aggregate cost of investments for federal income tax purposes, the net unrealized appreciation or (depreciation) and the aggregated gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments were as follows:

 

     Aggregate
Tax Cost
     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Aggregate
Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
     Aggregate
Gross Unrealized
(Depreciation)
 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

   $ 14,241,683      $ (2,220,689    $ 12,415      $ (2,233,104

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     1,543,431,644        (109,279,507      889,790        (110,169,297

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

     54,358,186        (4,763,654             (4,763,654

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

     93,155,018        (7,273,572      176,333        (7,449,905

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     4,265,422,743        (603,371,908      153,306        (603,525,214

 

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Foreign Taxes    The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, capital gains on investments, certain foreign currency transactions or other corporate events. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which the Funds invest. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by the Funds and are reflected in their Statements of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Receivables and payables related to foreign taxes as of August 31, 2022, if any, are disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Foreign Currency Translations    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 at the prevailing exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rates on the respective dates of the transactions.

Net realized and unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net gains and losses between trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the acquisition and disposition of foreign currencies, and the difference between the amount of net investment income accrued and the U.S. dollar amount actually received. The portion of both realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments that results from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates is not separately disclosed, but is included with net realized and unrealized gain/appreciation and loss/depreciation on investments.

Securities Lending    The Funds may lend securities to certain financial institutions under the terms of their securities lending agreement. During the term of the loans the Funds continue to receive interest and dividends generated by the securities and to participate in any changes in their market value. The Funds require the borrowers of the securities to maintain collateral with the Funds consisting of cash and/or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities having a value at least equal to the value of the securities loaned. When the collateral falls below specified amounts, the lending agent will use its best effort to obtain additional collateral on the next business day to meet required amounts under the securities lending agreement. During the year ended August 31, 2022, the Funds invested the cash collateral into a joint trading account in DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio, an affiliated money market fund managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. receives a management/administration fee (0.06% annualized effective rate as of August 31, 2022) on the cash collateral invested in DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio. The Funds receive compensation for lending their securities either in the form of fees or by earning interest on invested cash collateral, net of borrower rebates and fees paid to a lending agent. Either the Fund or the borrower may terminate the loan at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within a standard time period. There may be risks of delay and costs in recovery of securities or even loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower of the securities fail financially. If the Funds are not able to recover securities lent, the Funds may sell the collateral and purchase a replacement investment in the market, incurring the risk that the value of the replacement security is greater than the value of the collateral. The Funds are also subject to all investment risks associated with the reinvestment of any cash collateral received, including, but not limited to, interest rate, credit and liquidity risk associated with such investments.

 

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As of August 31, 2022, the Funds listed below had securities on loan. The value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the securities loaned at period end.

 

Remaining Contractual Maturity of the Agreements, as of August 31, 2022

 
Securities Lending Transactions    Overnight and
Continuous
     <30 Days      Between
30 & 90 days
     >90 days      Total  

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

 

Corporate Bonds

   $ 263,774      $      $ 120      $ 151,598      $ 415,492  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross amount of recognized liabilities and non-cash collateral for securities lending transactions

 

   $ 415,492  

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

 

Corporate Bonds

   $ 9,125,075      $      $ 2,555      $ 2,984,226      $ 12,111,856  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross amount of recognized liabilities and non-cash collateral for securities lending transactions

 

   $ 12,111,856  

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

 

Corporate Bonds

   $ 821,382      $      $ 778      $ 1,002,090      $ 1,824,250  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross amount of recognized liabilities and non-cash collateral for securities lending transactions

 

   $ 1,824,250  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

 

Corporate Bonds

   $ 78,245,816      $     —      $ 26,617      $ 32,064,353      $ 110,336,786  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross amount of recognized liabilities and non-cash collateral for securities lending transactions

 

   $ 110,336,786  

As of August 31, 2022, Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF had no securities on loan.

Affiliated Cash Management Vehicles    The Funds may invest uninvested cash balances in DWS Government Money Market Series and DWS ESG Liquidity Fund, affiliated money market funds which are managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (“DIMA”), also an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA. Each affiliated money market fund is managed in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act, which governs the quality, maturity, diversity and liquidity of instruments in which a money market fund may invest. DWS Government Money Market Series seeks to maintain a stable NAV, and DWS ESG Liquidity Fund maintains a floating NAV. The Funds indirectly bear their proportionate share of the expenses of each affiliated money market fund in which they invest. The Advisor will waive an amount of the unitary advisory fee payable to the Advisor by the Funds equal to such acquired fund’s fees and expenses on the Funds’ assets invested in the affiliated money market funds.

3. Investment Advisory and Other Agreements

The Advisor has overall responsibility for the general management and administration of the Funds, subject to the supervision of the Funds’ Board of Trustees. Under an investment advisory agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, and the Advisor (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”), the Advisor is responsible for arranging sub-advisory, transfer agency, custody, fund administration, and all other non-distribution related services for the Funds to operate.

For its investment advisory services to the Funds below, the Advisor was entitled to receive a unitary advisory fee based on each Fund’s average daily net assets, computed and accrued daily and payable monthly, at an annual rate equal to:

 

     Unitary
Advisory Fee
 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     0.35

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     0.25

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

     0.30

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

     0.20

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     0.20

The Advisor for Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF has contractually agreed, until December 16, 2022, to waive a portion of its unitary advisory fee to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses (except for interest expense, taxes, brokerage expenses, distribution fees or expenses, litigation expenses and other

 

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extraordinary expenses) of the fund from exceeding 0.20% of the fund’s average daily net assets. For the year ended August 31, 2022, the Advisor waived $28,897 of expenses to the Fund.

The Advisor for Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF has contractually agreed, until December 16, 2022, to waive a portion of its unitary advisory fee to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses (except for interest expense, taxes, brokerage expenses, distribution fees or expenses, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses) of the fund from exceeding 0.20% of the fund’s average daily net assets. For the year ended August 31, 2022, the Advisor waived $580,745 of expenses to the Fund.

The Advisor for Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF has contractually agreed, until November 14, 2024, to waive a portion of its management fees in an amount equal to the acquired fund’s fees and expenses attributable to the Fund’s investments in affiliated funds. For the year ended August 31, 2022, the Advisor waived $34,054 of the expenses of the Fund which were attributable to the Fund’s investments in affiliated funds.

The Advisor for Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF has contractually agreed, until December 16, 2022, to waive a portion of its unitary advisory fee to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses (except for interest expense, taxes, brokerage expenses, distribution fees or expenses, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses) of the fund from exceeding 0.15% of the fund’s average daily net assets. For the year ended August 31, 2022, the Advisor waived $2,626,086 of expenses to the Fund.

The Advisor for the Funds below has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its unitary advisory fee in an amount equal to the acquired fund’s fees and expenses attributable to the Funds’ investments in affiliated cash management vehicles. For the year ended August 31, 2022, the Advisor waived expenses of the Funds as follows:

 

     Expenses
Waived
 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

   $ 171  

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     4,694  

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

     67  

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

     521  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     12,391  

Out of the unitary advisory fee, the Advisor pays substantially all expenses of each Fund, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, and expenses of the Independent Trustees. Each Fund is responsible for the payment of interest expense, acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, brokerage expenses, distribution fees or expenses, if any, litigation expenses and extraordinary expenses.

The Bank of New York Mellon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, serves as Administrator, Custodian, Accounting Agent, Lending Agent and Transfer Agent for each Fund.

ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”) serves as the distributor of Creation Units for each Fund on an agency basis. The Distributor does not maintain a secondary market in shares of the Funds.

The Board of Trustees is currently comprised of three Independent Trustees. The Advisor paid retainer fees and attendance fees to each Independent Trustee; retainer fees to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the Chairman of the Audit Committee; and attendance fees to each member of the Audit Committee (which is comprised of all of the Funds’ Independent Trustees).

4. Investment Portfolio Transactions

For the year ended August 31, 2022, the cost of investments purchased and proceeds from sale of investments (excluding in-kind transactions and short-term investments) were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

   $ 10,272,911      $ 10,336,663  

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     775,867,311        768,549,219  

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

     626,404        20,322  

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

     41,113,262        36,839,443  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     1,233,346,510        1,272,538,276  

 

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For the year ended August 31, 2022, the cost of in-kind purchases and proceeds from in-kind sales were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

   $ 6,850,243      $ 10,372,480  

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     1,250,185,235        409,568,287  

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

     56,117,468        2,870,852  

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

     23,379,318        4,410,318  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     4,769,272,515        6,916,621,234  

Transactions with Affiliates.    The Funds may purchase securities from, or sell securities to, an affiliated fund provided the affiliation is solely due to having a common investment advisor, common officers, or common trustees. During the year ended August 31, 2022, the Funds engaged in securities purchases and securities sales with an affiliated fund in compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act as follows:

 

     Securities
Purchased
     Securities
Sold
     Net Realized Gain
(Loss) on
Securities Sold
 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

   $ 3,504,209      $ 7,043,810      $ (324,570

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     8,396,996        6,048,995        (563,215

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     2,544,786        1,353,186        4,134  

5. Fund Share Transactions

As of August 31, 2022, there were unlimited Fund shares, no par value, authorized by the Trust. Fund shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in Creation Units or multiples thereof. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable. Transactions in capital shares for each Fund are disclosed in detail in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets. The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a Fund generally consists of the in-kind contribution of a designated portfolio of securities constituting a portfolio sampling representation of the securities included in the respective Fund’s Underlying Index and an amount of cash, which under certain circumstances may include cash in lieu of portfolio securities. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units.

6. Investing in High-Yield Debt Securities

High-yield debt securities or junk bonds are generally regarded as speculative with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to meet principal and interest payments. A Fund’s performance could be hurt if an issuer of a debt security suffers an adverse change in financial condition that results in the issuer not making timely payments of interest or principal, a security downgrade or an inability to meet a financial obligation. High-yield debt securities’ total return and yield may generally be expected to fluctuate more than the total return and yield of investment-grade debt securities. A real or perceived economic downturn or an increase in market interest rates could cause a decline in the value of high-yield debt securities, result in increased redemptions and/or result in increased portfolio turnover, which could result in a decline in NAV of a Fund, reduce liquidity for certain investments and/or increase costs. High-yield debt securities are often thinly traded and can be more difficult to sell and value accurately than investment-grade debt securities as there may be no established secondary market. Investments in high-yield debt securities could increase liquidity risk for a Fund. In addition, the market for high-yield debt securities can experience sudden and sharp volatility which is generally associated more with investments in stocks.

7. Line of Credit

The Trust has entered into a senior unsecured credit facility with a syndication of banks which allows the Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF and certain other funds managed by the Advisor to borrow up to $105 million. The Fund may borrow money under this credit facility to the extent necessary for temporary or emergency purposes, including the funding of shareholder redemption requests, trade settlements, and as necessary to distribute to shareholders any income necessary to maintain the Fund’s status as a regulated

 

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investment company. Borrowings are charged an interest rate of 1.25% per annum plus the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the one-month LIBOR Rate. The Fund may borrow up to the lesser of 33 percent of its net assets as permitted by the Act or 25 percent of adjusted total net assets. The Fund had no outstanding loans at August 31, 2022.

8. Other — COVID-19 Pandemic

A novel coronavirus known as COVID-19, declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, has caused significant uncertainty, market volatility, decreased economic and other activity, increased government activity, including economic stimulus measures, and supply chain interruptions. The full effects, duration and costs of the COVID-19 pandemic are impossible to predict, and the circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to evolve, including the risk of future increased rates of infection due to significant portions of the population remaining unvaccinated and/or the lack of effectiveness of current vaccines against new variants. The pandemic has affected and may continue to affect certain countries, industries, economic sectors, companies and investment products more than others, may exacerbate existing economic, political, or social tensions and may increase the probability of an economic recession or depression. The Funds’ and their investments may be adversely affected by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the pandemic may result in the Funds and their service providers experiencing operational difficulties in coordinating a remote workforce and implementing their business continuity plans, among others. Management will continue to monitor the impact COVID-19 has on the Funds and reflect the consequences as appropriate in the Funds’ accounting and financial reporting.

9. Stock Split

On April 13, 2021, the Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF implemented a 5 for 4 stock split of its outstanding shares. The net effect of the stock split was to increase the number of outstanding shares and decrease the net asset value per share by a proportionate amount for the shares of the Fund. The stock split had no impact on the overall value of a shareholder’s investment in the Fund. Capital share activity referenced in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, and per share and net asset value data in the Financial Highlights tables have been restated to reflect the stock split.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Shareholders of

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF, Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF, Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF, Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF and Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF and the Board of Trustees of DBX ETF Trust

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF, Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF, Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF, Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF, and Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (collectively referred to as the “Funds”), (five of the funds constituting DBX ETF Trust (the “Trust”)), including the schedules of investments, as of August 31, 2022, and the related statements of operations and changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds (five of the funds constituting DBX ETF Trust) at August 31, 2022, and the results of their operations, changes in net assets and financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Individual fund
constituting
the DBX ETF Trust
  Statement of operations   Statements of changes in net assets   Financial highlights

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

  For the year ended August 31, 2022   For each of the two years in the period ended August 31, 2022   For each of the four years in the period ended August 31, 2022 and the period from January 11, 2018 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2018
Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF   For the year ended August 31, 2022   For each of the two years in the period ended August 31, 2022   For each of the four years in the period ended August 31, 2022 and the period from January 10, 2018 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2018
Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF   For the year ended August 31, 2022   For each of the two years in the period ended August 31, 2022   For each of the five years in the period ended August 31, 2022
Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy   For the period from February 10, 2022 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2022

Basis for Opinion

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

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

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Continued)

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of August 31, 2022, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and others; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

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We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the DWS family of funds since at least 1979, but we are unable to determine the specific year.

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Board Members and Officers (Unaudited)

 

Identification and Background

The Board has responsibility for the overall management and operations of the funds, including general supervision of the duties performed by the Advisor and other service providers. Each Board Member serves until his or her successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified. Each officer serves until he or she resigns, is removed, dies, retires or becomes disqualified.

The Trust currently has three Board Members. The three Independent Board Members have no affiliation or business connection with the Advisor or any of its affiliated persons and do not own any stock or other securities issued by the Advisor.

The Independent Board Members of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during the past five years, the number of portfolios in the fund complex (defined below) overseen by each Independent Board Member, and other directorships, if any, held by the Board Members are shown below. The fund complex includes all registered open- and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Advisor and any registered funds that have an investment advisor that is an affiliated person of the Advisor. As of the date of this shareholder report, the fund complex consists of the funds in the Trust, as well as the registered funds advised by affiliates of the Advisor.

Shareholder Communications to the Board.    Shareholders may send communications to the Trust’s Board by addressing the communications directly to the Board (or individual Board Members) and/or otherwise clearly indicating in the salutation that the communication is for the Board (or individual Board Members). The shareholder may send the communication to either the Trust’s office or directly to such Board members c/o 875 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022. Other shareholder communications received by the Trust not directly addressed and sent to the Board will be reviewed and generally responded to by management. Such communications will be forwarded to the Board at management’s discretion based on the matters contained therein.

 

Independent Board Members

Name, Year of Birth, Position with
the Trust and Length of Time Served(1)
  Business Experience and
Directorships During the Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen
  Other Directorships
Held by Board Member

Stephen R. Byers (1953)

Chairperson since 2016, and Board Member since 2011 (formerly, Lead Independent Board Member, 2015-2016)

  Independent Director (2011-present); Independent Consultant (2014-present); Director of Investment Management, the Dreyfus Corporation (2000-2006) and Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, the Dreyfus Corporation (2002-2006).   35   The Arbitrage Funds, Sierra Income Corporation, Mutual Fund Directors Forum

George O. Elston (1964)

Board Member since 2011, Chairperson of the Audit Committee since 2015

  Chief Financial Officer, EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2019-present); Chief Financial Officer, Enzyvant (2018-2019); Chief Executive Officer, 2X Oncology, Inc. (2017-2018); Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2014-2016); Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, KBI BioPharma Inc. (2013-2014); Managing Partner, Chatham Street Partners (2010-2013).   35  

J. David Officer (1948)

Board Member since 2011, Chairperson of the Nominating Committee since 2015

  Independent Director (2010-present); Vice Chairman, the Dreyfus Corporation (2006-2009); President, The Dreyfus Family of Funds, Inc. (2006-2009).   35   (Chairman of) Ilex Management Ltd; Old Westbury Funds

 

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Board Members and Officers (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

Officers(2)

Name, Year of Birth, Position
with the Trust and Length of Time Served(3)
  Business Experience and
Directorships During the Past 5 Years

Freddi Klassen(4) (1975)

President and Chief Executive Officer, 2016-present

  Programmes (Head since 2021), of DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. and Manager and Chief Operating Officer of the Advisor (2016-present). Formerly: Chief Operating Officer in the Americas for the Traditional Asset Classes Department (2014-2020); Manager and Chief Operating Officer of DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (2018-2020); Global Chief Operating Officer for Equities Technology in the Investment Bank Division at Deutsche Bank AG (2013-2014); Chief Operating Officer for Exchange Traded Funds and Systematic Funds in Europe (2008-2013).

Diane Kenneally(5) (1966)

Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Controller, 2019-present

  Fund Administration Treasurer’s Office (Co-Head since 2018), of DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.; Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for DWS US registered investment companies advised by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (2018-present); Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, The European Equity Fund, Inc., The New Germany Fund, Inc. and The Central and Eastern Europe Fund, Inc. (2018-present); formerly: Assistant Treasurer for the DWS funds (2007-2018).

Frank Gecsedi(4) (1967)

Chief Compliance Officer, 2010-present

  AFC Compliance US (Senior Team Lead), of DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.; Compliance Department (2016-present), Vice President in the Deutsche Asset Management Compliance Department at Deutsche Bank AG (2013-2016) and Chief Compliance Officer of the Advisor (2010-present); Chief Compliance Officer of DWS Distributors, Inc. (2019-2022); Vice President in Deutsche Bank’s Global Markets Legal, Risk and Capital Division (2010-2012).
Bryan Richards(4) (1978)
Vice President, 2016-present
  Portfolio Engineering, Systematic Investments Solutions (Head), of DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (2018-present); Portfolio Manager in the Passive Asset Management Department at DWS (2011-present); Primary Portfolio Manager for the PowerShares DB Commodity ETFs (2011-2015).
John Millette(5) (1962)
Secretary, 2020-present
  Legal (Associate General Counsel), DWS US Retail Legal (2003-present), of DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.; Vice President and Secretary of DWS US registered investment companies advised by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (1999-present); Chief Legal Officer, DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (2015- present); Director and Vice President of DWS Trust Company (2016-present); Vice President, DBX Advisors LLC (2021-present); Secretary, The European Equity Fund, Inc., The New Germany Fund, Inc. and The Central and Eastern Europe Fund, Inc. (2011- present); formerly: Secretary of Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. (2015-2017); and Assistant Secretary of DBX ETF Trust (2019-2020).

 

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Board Members and Officers (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth, Position
with the Trust and Length of Time Served(3)
  Business Experience and
Directorships During the Past 5 Years
Caroline Pearson(5) (1962)
Assistant Secretary, 2020-present
  Legal (Senior Team Lead), DWS US Retail Legal, of DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.; Chief Legal Officer of DWS US registered investment companies advised by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (2010-present); Chief Legal Officer, DBX Advisors LLC (2020-present); Chief Legal Officer, The European Equity Fund, Inc., The New Germany Fund, Inc. and The Central and Eastern Europe Fund, Inc. (2012-present); formerly: Secretary, Deutsche AM Distributors, Inc. (2002-2017); and Secretary, Deutsche AM Service Company (2010-2017); and Chief Legal Officer, DBX Strategic Advisors LLC (2020-2021).
Paul Antosca(5) (1957)
Assistant Treasurer, 2019-present
  Fund Administration Tax (Head), of DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.; Assistant Treasurer for DWS US registered investment companies advised by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (2007-present).
Jeffrey Berry(5) (1959)
Assistant Treasurer, 2019-present
  Fund Administration (Senior Specialist), of DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.
Sheila Cadogan(5) (1966)
Assistant Treasurer, 2019-present
  Fund Administration Treasurer’s Office (Co-Head since 2018), of DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.; Assistant Treasurer for DWS US registered investment companies advised by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (2017-present); Director and Vice President, DWS Trust Company (2018-present); Assistant Treasurer, The European Equity Fund, Inc., The New Germany Fund, Inc. and The Central and Eastern Europe Fund, Inc. (2018-present).
Christina A. Morse(6) (1964)
Assistant Secretary, 2017-present
  Vice President at BNY Mellon Asset Servicing (2014- present); Vice President and Counsel at Lord Abbett & Co. LLC (2013-2014).
Christian Rijs(4) (1980)
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, since October 21, 2021
  Senior Team Lead Anti-Financial Crime and Compliance, DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.; AML Officer, DWS Trust Company (since November 2, 2021); AML Officer, DWS US registered investment companies advised by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (since October 6, 2021); AML Officer, The European Equity Fund, Inc., The New Germany Fund, Inc. and The Central and Eastern Europe Fund, Inc. (since November 12, 2021); formerly: DWS UK & Ireland Head of Anti-Financial Crime and MLRO.

 

(1)

The length of time served is represented by the year in which the Board Member joined the Board.

(2)

As a result of their respective positions held with the Advisor and its affiliates, these individuals are considered “interested persons” of the Advisor within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Interested persons receive no compensation from the Funds.

(3)

The length of time served is represented by the year in which the officer was first elected to the Trust in such capacity.

(4)

Address: 875 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022.

(5)

Address: 100 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02110.

(6)

Address: BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, 240 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10286.

The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) includes additional information about the Funds’ Board Members. The SAI is available by calling 855-329-3837, or on the Company’s website at www.Xtrackers.com.

 

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Additional Information (Unaudited)

 

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

The Funds’ policies and procedures for voting proxies for portfolio securities and information about how each Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 are available on our Web site — www.Xtrackers.com (click on “Resources” and “Proxy Voting” at the top of the page) — or on the SEC’s Web site — www.sec.gov. To obtain a written copy of the Funds’ policies and procedures without charge, upon request, call us toll free at 855-329-3837.

Portfolio Holdings Information

The Funds are required to file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for their first and third fiscal quarters on Form N-PORT. Copies of the filings are available without charge, upon request on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and are available by calling the Trust at 855-329-3837.

Information about each Fund’s portfolio holdings is available daily at www.Xtrackers.com.

Discount/Premium Information

Information regarding how often shares of each Fund traded on NYSE Arca or Cboe, as applicable, at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.Xtrackers.com.

 

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This report is intended for the shareholders of the DBX ETF Trust.

This report must be preceded or accompanied by a prospectus.

Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Bond investments are subject to interest rate, credit, liquidity and market risks to varying degrees. When interest rates rise, bond prices generally fall. Foreign investing involves greater and different risks than investing in U.S. companies, including currency fluctuations, less liquidity, less developed or less efficient trading markets, lack of comprehensive company information, political instability and differing auditing and legal standards. Investing in a single industry, or group of industries, country or in a limited geographic region generally are more volatile than more diversified funds. Investments in lower-quality (“junk bonds”) and non-rated securities present greater risk of loss than investments in higher-quality securities. Distressed securities are speculative and involve substantial risks beyond the risks of investing in junk bonds, such as no interest payments or repayment of principal, or the loss of the entire investment in the distressed security. Credit risk refers to the ability of an issuer to make timely payments of principal and interest. Investing in derivatives entails special risks relating to liquidity, leverage and credit that may reduce returns and/or increase volatility. HYRM is currently non-diversified and can take larger positions in fewer issues, increasing its potential risk. Performance of the Funds may diverge from that of the Underlying Index due to operating expenses, transaction costs, cash flows, use of sampling strategies or operational inefficiencies. An investment in these Funds should be considered only as a supplement to a complete investment program for those investors willing to accept the risks associated with the Funds. Please read the prospectus for more information.

War, terrorism, sanctions, economic uncertainty, trade disputes, public health crises and related geopolitical events have led, and, in the future, may lead to significant disruptions in U.S. and world economies and markets, which may lead to increased market volatility and may have significant adverse effects on the Funds and their investments.

Shares of the Funds are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) throughout the day on the NYSE Arca, Inc. or Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., as applicable. Transactions in Fund shares may result in brokerage commissions and may generate tax consequences. There can be no assurance that an active trading market for shares of a Fund will develop or be maintained.

DBX ETF Trust Funds are distributed by ALPS Distributors, Inc. (“ALPS”) The Funds are managed by DBX Advisors LLC which is not affiliated with ALPS.

The brand DWS represents DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA and any of its subsidiaries such as DWS Distributors, Inc. which offers investment products or DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. and RREEF America L.L.C. which offer advisory services.

HYUP, HYDW, SHYL and HYLB (the “Funds”) are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Solactive. Neither Solactive nor any other party makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of the Funds or any member of the public regarding advisability of investing in funds generally or in these Funds particularly or the ability of the Underlying Indexes to track general stock market performance. Neither Solactive nor any other party makes any express or implied warranties, and Solactive hereby expressly disclaims all warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose with respect to the Underlying Indexes or any data included therein. The prospectus contains a more detailed description of the limited relationship Solactive has with DBX Advisors LLC and any related funds.

The Index Marks, trademarks and trade names, the Index and the Intellectual Property are licensed under an Agreement for use by DBX Advisors LLC (“Licensee”) and the Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF (the “Fund”). Such Index Marks, trademarks, trade names, Index and Intellectual Property have been created and developed by NorthCrest Asset Management LLC without regard to Licensee or the Fund, their business, and/or any prospective investor in the Fund.

Copyright © 2022 DWS Group. All rights reserved. XtrackersTM is a trademark of DWS Investment GmbH. All other trademarks, servicemarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

 

Not FDIC Insured  |  No Bank Guarantee  |  May Lose Value


DBX ETF Trust

 

Investment advisor

DBX Advisors LLC

875 Third Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Administrator, custodian, fund accounting agent, lending agent & transfer agent

The Bank of New York Mellon

240 Greenwich Street

New York, NY 10286

 

Distributor

ALPS Distributors, Inc.

1290 Broadway

Suite 1000

Denver, CO 80203

Independent registered public accounting firm

Ernst & Young LLP

One Manhattan West

New York, NY, 10001

 

Legal counsel

Vedder Price P.C.

1633 Broadway

New York, NY 10019

 

 

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