February 28, 2022

Semi-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  

Portfolio Summary

  

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     3  

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     4  

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

     5  

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

     6  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     7  

Fees and Expenses

     8  

Schedule of Investments

  

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     10  

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     22  

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

     33  

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

     35  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     44  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     64  

Statements of Operations

     66  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     68  

Financial Highlights

     71  

Notes to Financial Statements

     74  

Liquidity Risk Management

     82  

Board Consideration in Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts

     83  

Additional Information

     87  

Privacy Policy Notice

     88  

 


To our Shareholders: (Unaudited)

 

 

Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to provide this semiannual report for five of our ETFs tracking the fixed income market for the period ended February 28, 2022.

Global financial markets witnessed several severe shifts during the last six months as economies continued to unlock again. The emergence of the highly infectious Omicron variant of the coronavirus began to take a toll on global growth by the end of 2021. To tackle the attendant disruptions, countries had to restrict movements and expedite their vaccination programs. Additionally, the invasion of the Russian Army into Ukraine on February 24, 2022 increased volatility in financial markets. Macro data depicted a mixed picture of the U.S. economy since the start of the reporting period. The purchasing manager’s index (PMI)1 continued to slide worldwide; however, it recovered strongly in February 2022, signaling expanded economic activity. In 4Q 2021, Eurozone GDP experienced the slowest quarter-on-quarter growth in the last three quarters; nonetheless, the economy touched the pre-pandemic size. The PMI in the region slipped to an 11-month low in January 2022, due to weakness in the services sector, disrupted by the Omicron wave.

Central banks globally kept a hawkish stance as rallying oil and gas prices continued to trouble most parts of the world. The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) is on track to ending its bond purchase program in March 2022. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting confirmed widespread expectations of a Fed funds lift-off in March 2022. In addition, the FOMC is actively looking to reduce its inflated balance sheet. This would raise the cost of capital for corporates, evident in widening spreads on both investment grade and high-yield corporates in January 2022. U.S. benchmark Treasury yields rose as well during the reporting period.

Higher inflation and hawkish central bank policies contributed to dismal bond market returns during most of the period under consideration. Yield curves flattened globally as short-term yields rose higher than long-term yields as investors anticipated rate hikes in 2022. Spreads widened the most in the U.S. market followed by the European and U.K. markets during the fourth quarter of 2021 following fears the Omicron variant would impact global growth. However, spreads tightened again in December 2021 on evidence of a lower impact of the virus, fewer supply of new issues, and “Santa Claus Rally”.2

January and February 2022 were dominated by a number of negative themes, especially for the Eurozone bond markets, such as higher-than-expected inflation and increased geopolitical tensions over the Russia-Ukraine border. This resulted in relatively more widening of spreads in the European markets than in the U.S. bond market. During the last six months, the German 10-year government bond yields rose and entered into positive territory by January 2022 as European countries eased lockdown measures. The European Central Bank (ECB) has indicated that inflation in the Eurozone will likely remain elevated longer than previously expected, but will ease during the course of the year. In light of this and recovery in economic activity, the ECB is expected to end asset purchases under the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme by the end of March 2022.

We believe 2022 will be viewed as a year of transition as the global economy, along with the investment environment, evolves in search of a new normal. Geopolitical pressures coupled with disparities in central bank policies across different regions is expected to impact investment decisions. On one hand, the economic effects of the war between Russia and Ukraine and other supporting nations need to be monitored. On the other, we believe high inflation is a proxy of readjustment to demand-supply mismatches and labor markets. It can, therefore, be tackled with efficient risk management of portfolios, along with longer-term investment horizon.

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

 

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1 The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) is an index of the prevailing direction of economic trends in the manufacturing and service sectors. The purpose of the PMI is to provide information about current and future business conditions to company decision makers, analysts, and investors.

2 A Santa Claus rally is a calendar effect that involves a rise in risk asset prices during the last five trading days in December and the first two trading days in the following January.

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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DBX ETF Trust

 

Portfolio 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.

Quality* as of February 28, 2022

 

Description   % of Market Value  

BBB

    1.2%  

BB

    48.4%  

B

    37.6%  

CCC

    12.7%  

CC

    0.1%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

The quality ratings represents the average 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 February 28, 2022

 

United States

    84.6%  

Canada

    4.6%  

Luxembourg

    2.6%  

Netherlands

    2.3%  

Other

    5.9%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  
Sector Diversification* as of February 28, 2022

 

Communications

    21.0%  

Consumer, Cyclical

    20.0%  

Consumer, Non-cyclical

    18.4%  

Energy

    11.9%  

Financial

    9.8%  

Industrial

    8.9%  

Technology

    4.0%  

Basic Materials

    3.8%  

Utilities

    2.2%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

Modified duration to worst as of February 28, 2022: 4.8 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.

 

* 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 10.

 

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Portfolio 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 US 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.

Quality* as of February 28, 2022

 

Description   % of Market Value  

BBB

    18.4%  

BB

    68.8%  

B

    11.9%  

CCC

    0.9%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

The quality ratings represents the average 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 February 28, 2022

 

United States

    90.6%  

Canada

    2.2%  

Other

    7.2%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  
Sector Diversification* as of February 28, 2022

 

Consumer, Cyclical

    20.4%  

Consumer, Non-cyclical

    20.2%  

Communications

    17.3%  

Energy

    13.0%  

Financial

    11.8%  

Industrial

    7.7%  

Technology

    4.0%  

Basic Materials

    2.8%  

Utilities

    2.8%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

Modified duration to worst as of February 28, 2022: 3.6 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.

 

* 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 22.

 

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Portfolio 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.

Quality* as of February 28, 2022

 

Description   % of Market Value  

BB

    100.0%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

The quality ratings represents the average 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.

Sector Diversification* as of February 28, 2022

 

Consumer, Cyclical

    20.9%  

Communications

    19.0%  

Consumer, Non-cyclical

    18.9%  

Energy

    12.4%  

Financial

    10.8%  

Industrial

    8.2%  

Technology

    4.0%  

Basic Materials

    3.3%  

Utilities

    2.5%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

Modified duration to worst as of February 28, 2022: 4.2 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.

 

*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 33.

 

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Portfolio 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.

Quality* as of February 28, 2022

 

Description   % of Market Value  

BBB

    8.6%  

BB

    59.0%  

B

    26.2%  

CCC

    6.2%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

The quality ratings represents the average 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 February 28, 2022

 

United States

    86.4%  

Canada

    3.8%  

Netherlands

    2.3%  

Other

    7.5%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

 

Sector Diversification* as of February 28, 2022

 

Consumer, Cyclical

    25.7%  

Communications

    16.1%  

Consumer, Non-cyclical

    15.2%  

Energy

    13.6%  

Financial

    13.0%  

Industrial

    9.8%  

Technology

    2.9%  

Basic Materials

    1.9%  

Utilities

    1.8%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

Modified duration to worst as of February 28, 2022: 2.2 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.

 

* 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 35.

 

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Portfolio 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.

Quality* as of February 28, 2022

 

Description   % of Market Value  

BBB

    9.0%  

BB

    58.5%  

B

    25.3%  

CCC

    7.1%  

C

    0.1%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

The quality ratings represents the average 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 February 28, 2022

 

United States

    87.5%  

Canada

    3.5%  

Netherlands

    2.0%  

Other

    7.0%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  
Sector Diversification* as of February 28, 2022

 

Consumer, Cyclical

    20.9%  

Communications

    19.0%  

Consumer, Non-cyclical

    18.9%  

Energy

    12.4%  

Financial

    10.8%  

Industrial

    8.2%  

Technology

    4.0%  

Basic Materials

    3.3%  

Utilities

    2.5%  
 

 

 

 

Total

    100.0%  

Modified duration to worst as of February 28, 2022: 4.2 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.

 

* 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 44.

 

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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 (September 1, 2021 to February 28, 2022), except Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF which is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (commencement of operations, as noted below, to February 28, 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
September 1, 2021
     Ending
Account Value
February 28, 2022
     Annualized
Expense Ratio
    Expenses Paid
During the Period
Per $1,000(1)
 
Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 966.80        0.20   $ 0.97  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.81        0.20   $ 1.00  
Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 970.70        0.20   $ 0.98  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.81        0.20   $ 1.00  
Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF (3)

 

    

Actual (2)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 994.80        0.15   $ 0.08  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.05        0.15   $ 0.76  
Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 985.80        0.20   $ 0.98  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.81        0.20   $ 1.00  

 

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Fees and Expenses (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

      Beginning
Account Value
September 1, 2021
     Ending
Account Value
February 28, 2022
     Annualized
Expense Ratio
    Expenses Paid
During the Period
Per $1,000(1)
 
Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 969.00        0.15   $ 0.73  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.05        0.15   $ 0.75  

(1) Expenses are equal to each Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181 (the number of days in the most recent six-month period), then divided by 365.

(2) Expenses are equal to each Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 19 (the number of days in the period February 10, 2022 (commencement of operations) to February 28, 2022), then divided by 365.

(3) 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

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
CORPORATE BONDS — 98.3%    
Basic Materials — 3.7%    
Chemicals — 2.5%            

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

  $ 28,000     $ 26,857  

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

    14,000       12,798  

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

    31,000       28,332  

Chemours Co.
5.375%, 5/15/27 (a)

    8,000       8,040  

144A, 5.75%, 11/15/28

    47,000       46,246  

144A, 4.625%, 11/15/29

    18,000       16,701  

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

    14,000       14,003  

144A, 5.625%, 10/15/28

    28,000       25,915  

Methanex Corp.
5.125%, 10/15/27

    25,000       25,423  

5.25%, 12/15/29

    25,000       25,298  

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

    47,000       47,199  

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

    20,000       18,775  

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

    30,000       28,014  

144A, 6.25%, 10/1/29 (a)

    14,000       12,861  

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

    40,000       38,300  

144A, 6.625%, 5/1/29

    34,000       32,005  

TPC Group, Inc., 144A,
10.50%, 8/1/24 (b)

    33,000       18,150  

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

    37,000       34,926  

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

    23,000       21,822  

144A, 3.625%, 6/15/31

    25,000       22,432  

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

    26,000       26,007  

144A, 5.625%, 8/15/29

    50,000       48,000  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $619,729)

      578,104  
   

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 0.1%            

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

   

(Cost $31,529)

    31,000       30,360  
   

 

 

 
Iron/Steel — 0.3%            

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 3/1/29 (a)

    5,000       4,833  

144A, 4.875%, 3/1/31 (a)

    29,000       28,029  

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

    25,000       25,719  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $58,590)

      58,581  
   

 

 

 
Mining — 0.8%            

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

    18,000       16,571  

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

    17,000       16,447  

144A, 6.125%, 4/1/29 (a)

    26,000       26,621  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Mining (Continued)            

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

  $ 15,000     $ 14,188  

144A, 4.50%, 6/1/31

    21,000       18,946  

Novelis Corp.
144A, 4.75%, 1/30/30

    63,000       61,760  

144A, 3.875%, 8/15/31

    32,000       29,523  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $194,877)

      184,056  
   

 

 

 
Communications — 20.6%    
Advertising — 1.0%            

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
144A, 7.75%, 4/15/28

    50,000       51,925  

144A, 7.50%, 6/1/29

    31,000       32,186  

Midas OpCo Holdings LLC, 144A,
5.625%, 8/15/29

    41,000       40,232  

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

    23,000       22,732  

144A, 4.25%, 1/15/29

    18,000       17,191  

144A, 4.625%, 3/15/30

    18,000       17,054  

Terrier Media Buyer, Inc., 144A,
8.875%, 12/15/27

    38,000       38,993  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $223,990)

      220,313  
   

 

 

 
Internet — 0.4%            

Arches Buyer, Inc., 144A,
6.125%, 12/1/28

    18,000       16,881  

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

    28,000       27,857  

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

    63,000       60,434  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $109,869)

      105,172  
   

 

 

 
Media — 11.7%            

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

    42,000       37,892  

144A, 5.75%, 8/15/29

    72,000       65,699  

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

    45,000       42,202  

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

    17,000       16,171  

144A, 6.75%, 3/31/29 (a)

    24,000       22,783  

CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp.
144A, 4.50%, 8/15/30

    101,000       96,878  

144A, 4.25%, 2/1/31

    120,000       112,634  

144A, 4.75%, 2/1/32

    45,000       43,750  

4.50%, 5/1/32

    114,000       108,275  

144A, 4.50%, 6/1/33

    71,000       66,667  

144A, 4.25%, 1/15/34

    74,000       67,889  

CSC Holdings LLC
144A, 7.50%, 4/1/28

    42,000       41,990  

144A, 6.50%, 2/1/29

    61,000       61,859  

144A, 5.75%, 1/15/30

    79,000       69,768  

144A, 4.125%, 12/1/30

    54,000       48,566  

144A, 4.625%, 12/1/30

    99,000       82,614  

144A, 3.375%, 2/15/31

    50,000       42,663  

144A, 4.50%, 11/15/31

    53,000       48,304  

144A, 5.00%, 11/15/31

    18,000       15,006  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   10  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Media (Continued)            

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

  $ 120,000     $ 49,406  

144A, 6.625%, 8/15/27

    76,000       18,430  

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

    145,000       145,231  

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

    80,000       80,080  

7.75%, 7/1/26

    80,000       81,108  

144A, 5.25%, 12/1/26

    101,000       99,201  

7.375%, 7/1/28 (a)

    35,000       32,962  

144A, 5.75%, 12/1/28

    108,000       103,580  

5.125%, 6/1/29

    53,000       44,814  

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

    56,000       53,418  

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

    28,000       26,288  

iHeartCommunications, Inc.
8.375%, 5/1/27

    58,000       60,478  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/28

    18,000       17,436  

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

    56,000       57,038  

144A, 5.125%, 7/15/29

    30,000       28,883  

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

    34,000       32,300  

144A, 8.00%, 8/1/29

    24,000       21,585  

Nexstar Media, Inc., 144A,
4.75%, 11/1/28 (a)

    35,000       34,083  

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

    41,000       39,223  

144A, 6.50%, 9/15/28

    35,000       32,915  

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

    18,000       17,100  

Sinclair Television Group, Inc.
144A, 5.125%, 2/15/27

    14,000       12,756  

144A, 5.50%, 3/1/30

    18,000       15,816  

144A, 4.125%, 12/1/30

    26,000       23,311  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 144A,
3.875%, 9/1/31

    58,000       53,523  

TEGNA, Inc.
4.625%, 3/15/28

    44,000       44,055  

5.00%, 9/15/29

    42,000       41,966  

Univision Communications, Inc., 144A,
4.50%, 5/1/29

    37,000       35,198  

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

    52,000       49,739  

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

    33,000       31,056  

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

    50,000       50,033  

144A, 4.50%, 8/15/30

    32,000       29,969  

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

    64,000       61,216  

Ziggo Bond Co. BV, 144A,
5.125%, 2/28/30

    18,000       16,807  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Media (Continued)            

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

  $ 35,000     $ 33,450  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $2,882,643)

      2,666,064  
   

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 7.5%            

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

    64,000       67,114  

144A, 6.00%, 2/15/28 (a)

    45,000       39,791  

Altice France SA
144A, 5.50%, 1/15/28

    39,000       36,512  

144A, 5.125%, 1/15/29

    17,000       15,447  

144A, 5.125%, 7/15/29

    108,000       97,873  

144A, 5.50%, 10/15/29

    70,000       64,237  

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

    38,000       36,678  

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

    47,000       48,794  

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

    46,000       45,146  

144A, 5.00%, 3/15/27

    26,000       23,044  

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

    54,000       55,149  

144A, 8.25%, 3/1/27

    35,000       34,887  

144A, 7.125%, 7/1/28

    40,000       37,568  

144A, 4.75%, 9/1/29

    44,000       41,101  

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

    73,000       73,985  

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

    14,000       13,281  

144A, 6.50%, 10/1/28 (a)

    27,000       26,933  

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

    13,000       13,067  

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

    45,000       45,684  

144A, 5.00%, 5/1/28

    61,000       59,307  

144A, 6.75%, 5/1/29

    39,000       37,928  

5.875%, 11/1/29

    30,000       27,654  

144A, 6.00%, 1/15/30

    38,000       35,074  

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

    43,000       42,838  

144A, 7.00%, 10/15/28

    41,000       40,852  

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

    116,000       118,030  

Level 3 Financing, Inc.
144A, 4.25%, 7/1/28

    42,000       38,850  

144A, 3.625%, 1/15/29

    40,000       35,101  

144A, 3.75%, 7/15/29

    41,000       36,246  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.
144A, 4.50%, 1/15/29

    30,000       25,101  

144A, 5.375%, 6/15/29

    43,000       37,389  

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

    18,000       13,264  

144A, 4.875%, 6/1/27

    15,000       10,678  

144A, 6.50%, 10/15/27

    22,000       11,037  

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

    25,000       23,915  

144A, 5.625%, 4/15/27

    21,000       21,002  

144A, 6.50%, 7/15/28

    24,000       22,185  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   11  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Telecommunications (Continued)            

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

  $ 52,000     $ 47,917  

144A, 4.75%, 7/15/31

    60,000       57,606  

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

    49,000       49,516  

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

    62,000       59,029  

144A, 6.125%, 3/1/28 (a)

    38,000       35,384  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,802,930)

      1,702,194  
   

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 19.7%    
Airlines — 1.2%            

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

    18,000       16,785  

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

    97,000       117,884  

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

    52,000       52,711  

United Airlines, Inc., 144A,
4.625%, 4/15/29

    80,000       78,056  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $255,971)

      265,436  
   

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 0.4%            

Allison Transmission, Inc., 144A,
3.75%, 1/30/31

    35,000       32,552  

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC
144A, 4.50%, 10/1/27

    27,000       24,876  

144A, 5.875%, 1/15/28

    15,000       14,895  

144A, 5.50%, 7/15/29

    16,000       15,401  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $90,863)

      87,724  
   

 

 

 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 1.4%            

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

    29,000       29,079  

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
6.875%, 7/1/28 (a)

    14,000       14,452  

5.00%, 10/1/29 (a)

    21,000       19,955  

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

    72,000       75,042  

Dana, Inc.,
4.25%, 9/1/30

    12,000       11,419  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
144A, 5.00%, 7/15/29

    30,000       29,553  

5.25%, 4/30/31

    16,000       15,578  

144A, 5.25%, 7/15/31

    24,000       23,407  

5.625%, 4/30/33

    26,000       25,038  

Tenneco, Inc.
5.00%, 7/15/26 (a)

    10,000       9,989  

144A, 7.875%, 1/15/29

    24,000       25,375  

144A, 5.125%, 4/15/29

    47,000       46,716  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $331,279)

      325,603  
   

 

 

 
Distribution/Wholesale — 0.6%            

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc., 144A,
3.875%, 11/15/29

    14,000       13,182  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Distribution/Wholesale (Continued)            

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

  $ 44,000     $ 41,232  

Wolverine Escrow LLC
144A, 8.50%, 11/15/24 (a)

    25,000       21,041  

144A, 9.00%, 11/15/26 (a)

    37,000       37,061  

144A, 13.125%, 11/15/27 (a)

    19,000       9,405  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $132,540)

      121,921  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 2.5%            

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

    63,000       58,385  

144A, 7.50%, 2/15/29

    32,000       31,654  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc., 144A,
4.625%, 10/15/29

    52,000       49,546  

Cedar Fair LP,
5.25%, 7/15/29 (a)

    19,000       19,012  

Cedar Fair LP / Canada’s Wonderland Co. / Magnum Management Corp. / Millennium Op,
5.375%, 4/15/27

    15,000       15,128  

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

    14,000       13,804  

144A, 5.25%, 7/15/28 (a)

    27,000       25,581  

Lions Gate Capital Holdings LLC, 144A,
5.50%, 4/15/29

    35,000       33,330  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 144A,
4.75%, 10/15/27

    40,000       39,350  

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

    41,000       41,459  

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

    22,000       22,330  

144A, 4.125%, 7/1/29

    13,000       12,039  

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

    34,000       30,888  

144A, 5.875%, 9/1/31

    28,000       25,236  

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

    35,000       32,794  

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

    50,000       51,550  

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

    20,000       20,194  

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

    24,000       25,082  

144A, 5.125%, 10/1/29

    26,000       25,056  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $595,502)

      572,418  
   

 

 

 
Food Service — 0.4%            

Aramark Services, Inc., 144A,
5.00%, 2/1/28 (a)

    50,000       50,144  

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

    20,000       19,825  

144A, 10.50%, 5/15/29

    20,000       20,536  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $92,342)

      90,505  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   12  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Home Builders — 0.5%            

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

  $ 14,000     $ 13,212  

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

    25,000       25,093  

144A, 4.875%, 2/15/30

    17,000       15,533  

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

    18,000       16,723  

Mattamy Group Corp., 144A,
4.625%, 3/1/30

    21,000       19,778  

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

    27,000       26,955  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $123,236)

      117,294  
   

 

 

 
Home Furnishings — 0.1%            

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

   

(Cost $30,736)

    31,000       27,900  
   

 

 

 
Housewares — 0.2%            

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.
4.00%, 4/1/31

    19,000       17,462  

4.375%, 2/1/32

    23,000       21,268  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $41,407)

      38,730  
   

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 3.8%            

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

    26,000       29,219  

144A, 7.625%, 3/1/26

    56,000       57,624  

144A, 5.75%, 3/1/27

    137,000       133,410  

144A, 9.875%, 8/1/27

    35,000       39,337  

144A, 4.00%, 8/1/28

    100,000       95,644  

144A, 6.00%, 5/1/29

    78,000       75,380  

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

    40,000       39,841  

144A, 8.00%, 4/15/26 (a)

    10,000       9,994  

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

    16,000       15,020  

144A, 5.875%, 3/15/26

    53,000       51,331  

144A, 5.875%, 2/15/27

    39,000       39,024  

144A, 7.75%, 2/15/29

    28,000       28,875  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
144A, 4.25%, 7/1/26

    21,000       19,920  

144A, 5.50%, 8/31/26

    35,000       34,711  

144A, 5.375%, 7/15/27

    36,000       35,412  

3.70%, 3/15/28 (a)

    71,000       64,440  

144A, 5.50%, 4/1/28

    18,000       17,663  

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

    26,000       28,928  

144A, 5.875%, 9/15/27

    29,000       27,076  

144A, 7.00%, 2/15/29

    22,000       20,823  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $883,444)

      863,672  
   

 

 

 
Lodging — 2.5%            

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

    44,000       44,116  

144A, 4.75%, 6/15/31

    35,000       34,421  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Lodging (Continued)            

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

  $ 31,000     $ 30,427  

144A, 4.875%, 7/1/31

    22,000       20,922  

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

    19,000       18,026  

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

    35,000       33,408  

144A, 5.25%, 4/26/26

    19,000       17,741  

144A, 5.625%, 7/17/27

    23,000       21,500  

144A, 5.75%, 7/21/28

    43,000       38,937  

144A, 5.375%, 12/4/29

    38,000       33,045  

MGM Resorts International
5.50%, 4/15/27

    24,000       24,814  

4.75%, 10/15/28

    27,000       26,932  

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

    25,000       24,063  

144A, 4.625%, 12/1/31

    18,000       16,986  

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

    27,000       28,861  

6.00%, 4/1/27

    20,000       20,932  

144A, 4.50%, 12/1/29

    23,000       22,008  

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

    78,000       79,193  

144A, 5.25%, 5/15/27 (a)

    32,000       31,718  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $593,259)

      568,050  
   

 

 

 
Retail — 6.1%            

1011778 BC ULC / New Red Finance, Inc.
144A, 4.375%, 1/15/28

    35,000       34,446  

144A, 3.50%, 2/15/29

    26,000       24,553  

144A, 4.00%, 10/15/30

    114,000       105,699  

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

    14,000       13,784  

144A, 4.625%, 11/15/29

    38,000       37,120  

4.75%, 3/1/30

    16,000       15,550  

144A, 5.00%, 2/15/32

    21,000       20,417  

Bath & Body Works, Inc., 144A,
6.625%, 10/1/30

    35,000       37,932  

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

    24,000       22,824  

144A, 5.50%, 4/15/27

    26,000       23,284  

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

    18,000       16,097  

144A, 4.875%, 9/1/29 (a)

    29,000       24,270  

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

    21,000       21,026  

144A, 8.50%, 10/30/25

    27,000       27,323  

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

    23,000       21,534  

144A, 5.875%, 4/1/29

    39,000       35,892  

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

    37,000       35,471  

144A, 6.75%, 1/15/30

    50,000       47,562  

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

    20,000       18,907  

144A, 5.625%, 1/1/30

    18,000       17,903  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   13  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Retail (Continued)            

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

  $ 29,000     $ 26,267  

144A, 3.875%, 10/1/31

    26,000       23,205  

IRB Holding Corp., 144A,
6.75%, 2/15/26

    19,000       19,161  

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

    29,000       26,946  

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

    36,000       34,351  

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

    20,000       20,474  

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

    46,000       43,200  

144A, 7.875%, 5/1/29

    45,000       39,459  

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

    39,000       40,190  

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

    26,000       23,730  

4.25%, 8/1/31 (a)

    16,000       14,350  

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

    26,000       26,065  

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

    52,000       51,944  

144A, 7.75%, 2/15/29

    40,000       42,091  

QVC, Inc.
4.75%, 2/15/27

    20,000       18,632  

4.375%, 9/1/28

    18,000       16,342  

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

    22,000       21,165  

144A, 8.00%, 11/15/26

    39,000       37,126  

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

    33,000       31,378  

144A, 4.875%, 11/15/31

    18,000       16,994  

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

    24,000       22,949  

144A, 6.125%, 7/1/29

    23,000       22,004  

144A, 6.00%, 12/1/29

    30,000       28,427  

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

    85,000       84,203  

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

    35,000       32,701  

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

    25,000       23,780  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,455,894)

      1,388,728  
   

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 18.1%    
Agriculture — 0.2%            

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

    20,000       20,568  

144A, 5.75%, 2/1/29

    31,000       28,652  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $52,728)

      49,220  
   

 

 

 
Beverages — 0.1%            

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

   

(Cost $25,966)

    26,000       24,247  
   

 

 

 
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Biotechnology — 0.1%            

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

   

(Cost $25,491)

  $ 27,000     $ 25,481  
   

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 4.1%            

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

    53,000       50,062  

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

    68,000       69,720  

144A, 9.75%, 7/15/27

    37,000       38,702  

144A, 6.00%, 6/1/29 (a)

    46,000       42,837  

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

    47,000       44,689  

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

    42,000       43,171  

144A, 5.75%, 7/15/29

    17,000       15,268  

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC / Avis Budget Finance, Inc.
144A, 4.75%, 4/1/28

    20,000       19,167  

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

    27,000       26,607  

CoreCivic, Inc.,
8.25%, 4/15/26 (a)

    27,000       27,456  

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

    27,000       26,199  

144A, 9.50%, 11/1/27

    21,000       21,691  

144A, 6.00%, 6/1/29

    19,000       17,265  

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

    18,000       17,164  

144A, 5.00%, 12/1/29

    36,000       33,626  

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

    37,000       35,955  

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

    56,000       50,602  

Nielsen Finance LLC / Nielsen Finance Co.
144A, 5.625%, 10/1/28

    35,000       33,574  

144A, 4.50%, 7/15/29

    22,000       19,807  

144A, 5.875%, 10/1/30

    27,000       25,972  

144A, 4.75%, 7/15/31

    31,000       27,701  

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC / Prime Finance, Inc.
144A, 5.75%, 4/15/26

    45,000       46,236  

144A, 3.375%, 8/31/27

    40,000       37,063  

144A, 6.25%, 1/15/28

    46,000       44,445  

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

    27,000       30,484  

144A, 7.375%, 9/1/25

    30,000       31,125  

Service Corp. International,
4.00%, 5/15/31

    28,000       26,575  

Sotheby’s, 144A,
7.375%, 10/15/27

    25,000       26,063  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $967,052)

      929,226  
   

 

 

 
Cosmetics/Personal Care — 0.3%            

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

    29,000       28,960  

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

    21,000       21,365  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   14  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Cosmetics/Personal Care (Continued)            

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

  $ 18,000     $ 16,934  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $68,383)

      67,259  
   

 

 

 
Food — 1.6%            

B&G Foods, Inc.,
5.25%, 9/15/27

    20,000       19,963  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
144A, 4.125%, 1/31/30

    35,000       33,925  

144A, 4.375%, 1/31/32

    34,000       33,091  

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

    35,000       33,435  

Post Holdings, Inc.
144A, 5.50%, 12/15/29

    45,000       45,437  

144A, 4.625%, 4/15/30

    61,000       57,562  

144A, 4.50%, 9/15/31

    73,000       67,697  

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

    17,000       14,988  

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

    35,000       34,666  

144A, 4.625%, 6/1/30

    16,000       15,420  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $372,302)

      356,184  
   

 

 

 
Healthcare-Products — 1.2%            

Mozart Debt Merger Sub, Inc.
144A, 3.875%, 4/1/29

    177,000       167,303  

144A, 5.25%, 10/1/29 (a)

    98,000       93,727  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $274,090)

      261,030  
   

 

 

 
Healthcare-Services — 4.5%            

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

    83,000       86,230  

144A, 5.625%, 3/15/27

    71,000       71,253  

144A, 8.00%, 12/15/27

    27,000       28,511  

144A, 6.875%, 4/1/28

    27,000       24,988  

144A, 6.00%, 1/15/29

    35,000       35,103  

144A, 6.875%, 4/15/29

    65,000       63,104  

144A, 6.125%, 4/1/30 (a)

    68,000       63,324  

144A, 5.25%, 5/15/30

    52,000       50,468  

144A, 4.75%, 2/15/31

    45,000       42,414  

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

    106,000       101,934  

144A, 3.75%, 2/15/31

    58,000       53,088  

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

    30,000       28,464  

4.625%, 4/1/31

    15,000       14,177  

Envision Healthcare Corp., 144A,
8.75%, 10/15/26

    40,000       21,270  

Legacy LifePoint Health LLC, 144A,
4.375%, 2/15/27

    30,000       28,464  

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

    18,000       16,669  

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

    25,000       24,980  

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

    50,000       52,495  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Healthcare-Services (Continued)            

Tenet Healthcare Corp.
144A, 4.625%, 6/15/28

  $ 22,000     $ 21,535  

144A, 6.125%, 10/1/28

    99,000       99,646  

144A, 4.25%, 6/1/29

    58,000       56,049  

144A, 4.375%, 1/15/30

    51,000       49,294  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,070,247)

      1,033,460  
   

 

 

 
Household Products/Wares — 0.3%            

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

    20,000       19,023  

144A, 4.125%, 4/30/31

    12,000       11,237  

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

    10,000       9,036  

144A, 7.00%, 12/31/27 (a)

    23,000       19,242  

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

    16,000       14,678  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $81,921)

      73,216  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 5.7%            

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

    16,000       14,453  

144A, 5.125%, 3/1/30

    23,000       21,247  

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

    54,000       55,929  

144A, 8.50%, 1/31/27

    50,000       50,724  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc.
144A, 6.125%, 4/15/25

    96,000       96,540  

144A, 9.00%, 12/15/25

    60,000       61,943  

144A, 6.125%, 2/1/27

    39,000       39,372  

144A, 5.75%, 8/15/27

    18,000       17,908  

144A, 7.00%, 1/15/28

    11,000       10,082  

144A, 5.00%, 1/30/28

    75,000       62,940  

144A, 4.875%, 6/1/28

    58,000       55,817  

144A, 6.25%, 2/15/29

    90,000       76,913  

144A, 7.25%, 5/30/29

    25,000       21,922  

144A, 5.25%, 1/30/30

    68,000       54,939  

144A, 5.25%, 2/15/31 (a)

    35,000       27,882  

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

    17,000       17,011  

Endo Dac / Endo Finance LLC / Endo Finco, Inc.
144A, 9.50%, 7/31/27 (a)

    40,000       39,065  

144A, 6.00%, 6/30/28

    47,000       31,099  

Endo Luxembourg Finance Co I Sarl / Endo US, Inc., 144A,
6.125%, 4/1/29

    47,000       44,131  

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

    20,000       18,381  

Organon & Co. / Organon Foreign Debt Co.-Issuer BV, 144A,
5.125%, 4/30/31

    80,000       79,479  

Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., 144A,
7.50%, 4/1/27

    79,000       79,091  

Prestige Brands, Inc., 144A,
3.75%, 4/1/31

    23,000       21,224  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   15  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Pharmaceuticals (Continued)            

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

  $ 40,000     $ 42,053  

3.15%, 10/1/26

    125,000       113,594  

4.75%, 5/9/27

    36,000       34,740  

6.75%, 3/1/28 (a)

    50,000       52,535  

5.125%, 5/9/29

    46,000       44,160  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,372,669)

      1,285,174  
   

 

 

 
Energy — 11.7%    
Energy-Alternate Sources — 0.2%            

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

    25,000       25,108  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/30

    30,000       29,494  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $57,234)

      54,602  
   

 

 

 
Oil & Gas — 6.7%            

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

    19,000       20,592  

144A, 5.375%, 3/1/30 (a)

    22,000       22,452  

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

    36,000       35,611  

144A, 5.875%, 6/30/29

    14,000       13,344  

Callon Petroleum Co.
6.125%, 10/1/24

    14,000       13,961  

144A, 8.00%, 8/1/28 (a)

    24,000       24,989  

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

    20,000       21,084  

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 144A,
6.75%, 4/15/29

    34,000       35,994  

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

    62,000       62,420  

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

    28,000       28,032  

144A, 6.375%, 6/15/26

    35,000       34,830  

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

    24,000       25,260  

144A, 6.00%, 1/15/29

    18,000       18,410  

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

    25,000       25,780  

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

    52,000       52,974  

144A, 5.875%, 1/15/30

    35,000       34,013  

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

    64,000       64,804  

144A, 5.00%, 5/1/29

    12,000       12,228  

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

    32,000       31,020  

144A, 5.75%, 2/15/28 (a)

    8,000       7,551  

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

    24,000       24,508  

144A, 5.75%, 2/1/29

    22,000       22,148  

144A, 6.00%, 2/1/31

    25,000       25,412  

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

    23,000       23,704  

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

    13,000       12,629  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Oil & Gas (Continued)            

Leviathan Bond Ltd.
144A, REGS, 6.50%, 6/30/27

  $ 22,000     $ 22,638  

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

    19,000       19,352  

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

    37,000       37,601  

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

    35,000       36,613  

144A, 5.875%, 2/1/29

    26,000       26,320  

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

    56,000       49,662  

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

    19,000       19,381  

6.375%, 7/15/28

    20,000       20,749  

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

    20,000       19,533  

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

    22,000       21,142  

144A, 7.375%, 5/15/27

    25,000       25,844  

Parkland Corp.
144A, 4.50%, 10/1/29

    28,000       26,449  

144A, 4.625%, 5/1/30

    38,000       35,969  

PBF Holding Co. LLC / PBF Finance Corp. 144A, 9.25%, 5/15/25 (a)

    44,000       44,575  

6.00%, 2/15/28

    53,000       38,866  

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

    50,000       49,124  

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

    21,000       23,039  

144A, 4.75%, 2/15/30

    21,000       20,584  

SM Energy Co.
144A, 10.00%, 1/15/25

    16,000       17,563  

6.75%, 9/15/26 (a)

    22,000       22,248  

6.625%, 1/15/27

    27,000       27,303  

6.50%, 7/15/28 (a)

    11,000       11,288  

Southwestern Energy Co.
5.375%, 3/15/30

    44,000       45,462  

4.75%, 2/1/32

    49,000       48,802  

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

    27,000       25,921  

144A, 4.50%, 4/30/30

    31,000       29,664  

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

    15,000       11,675  

144A, 7.50%, 1/15/26

    20,000       15,533  

144A, 11.50%, 1/30/27

    24,000       24,045  

144A, 8.00%, 2/1/27

    31,000       23,011  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,536,287)

      1,533,706  
   

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 0.9%            

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

    18,000       18,497  

144A, 6.25%, 4/1/28

    27,000       27,031  

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

    20,000       19,538  

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

    25,000       25,140  

6.875%, 9/1/27

    27,000       27,056  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   16  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Oil & Gas Services (Continued)            

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

  $ 18,000     $ 18,658  

144A, 8.625%, 4/30/30

    66,000       67,011  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $206,864)

      202,931  
   

 

 

 
Pipelines — 3.9%            

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

    34,000       34,557  

144A, 5.75%, 1/15/28

    22,000       22,358  

144A, 5.375%, 6/15/29

    26,000       26,163  

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

    18,000       17,129  

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

    59,000       58,779  

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

    21,000       20,879  

144A, 6.00%, 2/1/29

    25,000       25,193  

144A, 8.00%, 4/1/29

    22,000       23,437  

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

    15,000       14,949  

EQM Midstream Partners LP
144A, 6.50%, 7/1/27

    31,000       32,269  

144A, 4.50%, 1/15/29

    33,000       30,870  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/31

    45,000       42,250  

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

    19,000       18,544  

8.00%, 1/15/27

    44,000       44,550  

7.75%, 2/1/28 (a)

    26,000       25,719  

Hess Midstream Operations LP, 144A,
4.25%, 2/15/30

    27,000       26,108  

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

    47,000       44,132  

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

    44,000       42,379  

144A, 6.50%, 9/30/26

    63,000       60,397  

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

    79,000       79,419  

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

    18,000       17,308  

NuStar Logistics LP
5.625%, 4/28/27

    15,000       15,043  

6.375%, 10/1/30

    24,000       24,356  

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

    19,000       18,414  

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

    15,000       15,771  

144A, 6.00%, 3/1/27

    28,000       28,046  

144A, 5.50%, 1/15/28

    20,000       19,157  

144A, 6.00%, 12/31/30

    36,000       34,481  

144A, 6.00%, 9/1/31

    18,000       16,994  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $905,135)

      879,651  
   

 

 

 
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Financial — 9.6%    
Banks — 0.4%            

Freedom Mortgage Corp.
144A, 8.25%, 4/15/25

  $ 22,000     $ 21,986  

144A, 7.625%, 5/1/26

    24,000       23,085  

144A, 6.625%, 1/15/27

    34,000       31,430  

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

    27,000       24,441  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $106,502)

      100,942  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 3.5%            

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

    43,000       39,262  

144A, 3.625%, 10/1/31

    38,000       33,535  

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

    35,000       31,126  

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

    43,000       41,459  

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

    11,000       10,469  

144A, 6.125%, 4/1/28

    29,000       25,917  

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

    36,000       35,129  

144A, 5.625%, 1/15/30

    13,000       11,887  

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

    15,000       15,244  

144A, 5.50%, 8/15/28

    30,000       29,955  

144A, 5.125%, 12/15/30

    30,000       28,160  

144A, 5.75%, 11/15/31

    27,000       26,154  

Navient Corp.
6.75%, 6/15/26

    29,000       30,124  

5.00%, 3/15/27

    28,000       27,063  

4.875%, 3/15/28

    18,000       16,856  

5.50%, 3/15/29

    26,000       24,616  

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

    13,000       12,430  

144A, 6.875%, 8/15/28

    93,000       86,613  

OneMain Finance Corp.
3.875%, 9/15/28

    21,000       19,484  

5.375%, 11/15/29

    17,000       17,128  

4.00%, 9/15/30

    51,000       46,548  

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

    21,000       20,919  

144A, 4.25%, 2/15/29

    23,000       20,616  

144A, 5.75%, 9/15/31

    23,000       21,708  

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

    28,000       26,988  

144A, 5.75%, 6/15/27

    18,000       17,231  

144A, 5.50%, 4/15/29 (a)

    35,000       32,085  

VistaJet Malta Finance PLC / XO Management Holding, Inc., 144A,
6.375%, 2/1/30 (a)

    37,000       35,280  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $827,821)

      783,986  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 1.1%            

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

    56,000       55,500  

144A, 10.125%, 8/1/26

    5,000       5,304  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   17  


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Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Insurance (Continued)            

144A, 4.25%, 2/15/29

  $ 25,000     $ 23,530  

144A, 6.00%, 8/1/29

    18,000       16,259  

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

    31,000       29,304  

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

    22,000       21,259  

144A, 6.75%, 10/15/27

    50,000       48,932  

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

    18,000       17,838  

144A, 5.625%, 1/15/29

    19,000       17,508  

HUB International Ltd., 144A,
5.625%, 12/1/29

    20,000       19,025  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $263,008)

      254,459  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate — 1.0%            

Howard Hughes Corp., 144A,
4.375%, 2/1/31

    30,000       28,287  

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

    28,000       27,405  

4.75%, 2/1/30

    28,000       26,828  

5.00%, 3/1/31

    18,000       17,495  

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

    40,000       39,738  

144A, 5.25%, 4/15/30

    37,000       35,310  

WeWork Cos. LLC / WW Co.-Obligor, Inc., 144A,
5.00%, 7/10/25

    21,000       17,679  

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

    26,000       23,577  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $223,336)

      216,319  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 3.1%            

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., 144A,
4.625%, 6/15/29

    18,000       16,276  

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

    31,000       30,645  

144A, 4.50%, 4/1/27

    34,000       31,764  

Diversified Healthcare Trust
4.75%, 2/15/28

    18,000       16,302  

4.375%, 3/1/31

    17,000       14,628  

Iron Mountain, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 7/15/28

    15,000       14,884  

144A, 4.875%, 9/15/29

    39,000       37,696  

144A, 5.25%, 7/15/30

    56,000       55,522  

144A, 4.50%, 2/15/31

    40,000       37,455  

144A, 5.625%, 7/15/32

    26,000       25,759  

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

    27,000       26,340  

144A, 4.75%, 6/15/29

    19,000       18,440  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)            

Park Intermediate Holdings LLC / PK Domestic Property LLC / PK Finance Co.-Issuer
144A, 5.875%, 10/1/28

  $ 17,000     $ 17,275  

144A, 4.875%, 5/15/29

    34,000       32,810  

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

    26,000       25,499  

144A, 4.50%, 2/15/29

    26,000       24,602  

RLJ Lodging Trust LP, 144A,
4.00%, 9/15/29

    20,000       18,814  

Service Properties Trust
4.50%, 6/15/23

    19,000       18,839  

7.50%, 9/15/25

    55,000       57,833  

5.50%, 12/15/27

    28,000       27,440  

3.95%, 1/15/28

    25,000       21,721  

4.95%, 10/1/29

    33,000       29,892  

4.375%, 2/15/30

    10,000       8,743  

Uniti Group LP / Uniti Fiber Holdings, Inc. / CSL Capital LLC, 144A,
6.00%, 1/15/30

    25,000       22,393  

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

    20,000       19,070  

144A, 6.50%, 2/15/29

    49,000       45,491  

XHR LP, 144A,
4.875%, 6/1/29

    15,000       14,548  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $741,032)

      710,681  
   

 

 

 
Venture Capital — 0.5%            

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

    35,000       33,874  

Icahn Enterprises LP / Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.
5.25%, 5/15/27

    51,000       50,719  

4.375%, 2/1/29

    34,000       31,591  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $122,231)

      116,184  
   

 

 

 
Industrial — 8.7%    
Aerospace/Defense — 2.6%            

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

    35,000       36,263  

144A, 7.50%, 3/15/25

    65,000       64,906  

144A, 7.125%, 6/15/26

    42,000       41,991  

144A, 7.875%, 4/15/27 (a)

    91,000       91,626  

144A, 6.00%, 2/15/28

    26,000       24,866  

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.,
4.60%, 6/15/28 (a)

    25,000       23,902  

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

    37,000       37,764  

7.50%, 3/15/27

    40,000       41,390  

5.50%, 11/15/27

    122,000       121,217  

4.625%, 1/15/29

    15,000       14,223  

4.875%, 5/1/29

    35,000       33,296  

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

    19,000       20,294  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   18  


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Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Aerospace/Defense (Continued)            

144A, 6.25%, 9/15/24

  $ 19,000     $ 18,877  

7.75%, 8/15/25 (a)

    18,000       18,086  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $591,586)

      588,701  
   

 

 

 
Building Materials — 1.3%            

Builders FirstSource, Inc., 144A,
4.25%, 2/1/32

    56,000       53,726  

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

    35,000       34,835  

JELD-WEN, Inc., 144A,
4.875%, 12/15/27

    16,000       15,581  

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

    42,000       41,952  

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

    35,000       34,359  

144A, 4.375%, 7/15/30

    56,000       53,107  

144A, 3.375%, 1/15/31

    54,000       47,861  

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

    25,000       25,126  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $322,620)

      306,547  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.2%  

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

    21,000       19,973  

144A, 4.375%, 3/31/29 (a)

    28,000       25,305  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $49,551)

      45,278  
   

 

 

 
Electronics — 0.5%            

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

    35,000       34,975  

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

    80,000       77,717  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $117,181)

      112,692  
   

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.2%            

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

    35,000       32,172  

Promontoria Holding 264 BV, 144A,
7.875%, 3/1/27

    16,000       15,731  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $51,402)

      47,903  
   

 

 

 
Environmental Control — 0.9%            

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

    29,000       27,786  

5.00%, 9/1/30

    15,000       14,433  

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

    26,000       24,078  

144A, 4.75%, 6/15/29

    31,000       29,334  

144A, 4.375%, 8/15/29

    25,000       23,252  

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

    38,000       35,997  

144A, 5.875%, 6/30/29

    37,000       33,625  

Stericycle, Inc., 144A,
3.875%, 1/15/29

    15,000       13,990  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $216,157)

      202,495  
   

 

 

 
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Machinery-Diversified — 0.3%            

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

  $ 14,000     $ 14,259  

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

    56,000       55,508  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $73,293)

      69,767  
   

 

 

 
Miscellaneous Manufacturing — 0.2%            

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

    18,000       17,752  

144A, 12.25%, 11/15/26

    25,000       26,781  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $45,159)

      44,533  
   

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 2.0%            

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

    43,000       40,385  

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC / Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc.
144A, 5.25%, 8/15/27

    45,000       42,826  

144A, 5.25%, 8/15/27

    28,000       26,647  

Flex Acquisition Co., Inc.
144A, 6.875%, 1/15/25

    24,000       24,079  

144A, 7.875%, 7/15/26

    19,000       19,613  

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

    25,000       25,092  

144A, 10.50%, 7/15/27

    24,000       24,644  

144A, 5.875%, 11/1/28

    18,000       17,263  

144A, 8.25%, 11/1/29 (a)

    21,000       19,569  

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

    58,000       57,768  

144A, 7.25%, 4/15/25

    52,000       51,183  

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

    14,000       13,422  

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

    30,000       31,157  

Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer Inc/Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Gro, 144A,
4.00%, 10/15/27 (a)

    40,000       37,058  

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

    27,000       27,722  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $471,321)

      458,428  
   

 

 

 
Transportation — 0.1%            

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

   

(Cost $26,093)

    26,000       24,813  
   

 

 

 
Trucking & Leasing — 0.4%            

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

    30,000       30,409  

144A, 9.75%, 8/1/27

    14,000       15,382  

144A, 5.50%, 5/1/28

    45,000       43,056  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $89,701)

      88,847  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   19  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Technology — 4.0%    
Computers — 1.4%            

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

  $ 78,000     $ 75,417  

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.
8.50%, 4/15/24 (a)

    14,000       13,812  

144A,9.375%, 7/15/25

    25,000       26,063  

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

    44,000       25,960  

NCR Corp.
144A,5.00%, 10/1/28

    38,000       37,530  

144A,5.125%, 4/15/29

    42,000       41,374  

144A,6.125%, 9/1/29

    18,000       18,713  

144A,5.25%, 10/1/30

    15,000       14,531  

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

    19,000       18,012  

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

    43,894       44,882  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $330,365)

      316,294  
   

 

 

 
Office/Business Equipment — 0.2%            

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

    14,000       13,203  

Xerox Holdings Corp., 144A,
5.50%, 8/15/28 (a)

    32,000       31,976  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $47,335)

      45,179  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 0.1%            

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

   

(Cost $18,784)

    18,000       18,676  
   

 

 

 
Software — 2.3%            

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

    21,000       21,756  

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

    51,000       50,758  

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

    40,000       37,859  

144A,4.875%, 7/1/29

    34,000       32,057  

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

    19,000       18,359  

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

    91,000       87,737  

Open Text Corp., 144A,
3.875%, 12/1/29

    30,000       28,359  

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

    32,000       30,687  

144A,4.125%, 12/1/31

    33,000       31,397  

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

    33,000       29,983  

144A,5.375%, 12/1/28 (a)

    13,000       11,681  

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

    35,000       33,330  

Twilio, Inc.,
3.875%, 3/15/31

    20,000       18,809  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Software (Continued)            

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

  $ 68,000     $ 67,340  

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

    24,000       23,124  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $540,674)

      523,236  
   

 

 

 
Utilities — 2.2%    
Electric — 2.2%            

Calpine Corp.
144A,4.50%, 2/15/28

    44,000       42,972  

144A,5.125%, 3/15/28

    55,000       53,042  

144A,4.625%, 2/1/29

    25,000       23,224  

144A,5.00%, 2/1/31

    38,000       35,237  

144A,3.75%, 3/1/31

    31,000       28,261  

Clearway Energy Operating LLC, 144A,
3.75%, 2/15/31

    32,000       29,816  

NRG Energy, Inc.
144A,3.625%, 2/15/31

    46,000       42,371  

144A,3.875%, 2/15/32

    39,000       36,237  

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

    40,000       39,666  

5.25%, 7/1/30

    38,000       37,808  

Talen Energy Supply LLC
6.50%, 6/1/25

    21,000       8,644  

144A,10.50%, 1/15/26

    23,000       10,390  

144A,7.25%, 5/15/27

    33,000       29,430  

144A,6.625%, 1/15/28

    36,000       31,290  

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

    44,000       42,714  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $537,854)

      491,102  
   

 

 

 
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS            

(Cost $23,380,005)

      22,355,274  
   

 

 

 
   

Number
of Shares

       
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL — 6.9%  

DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 0.01% (c)(d)
(Cost $1,561,891)

    1,561,891       1,561,891  
   

 

 

 
CASH EQUIVALENTS — 0.6%            

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 0.04% (c)
(Cost $131,179)

    131,179       131,179  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 105.8%
(Cost $25,073,075)

    $ 24,048,344  

Other assets and liabilities, net — (5.8%)

      (1,315,597
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 22,732,747  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   20  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

A summary of the Fund’s transactions with affiliated investments during the period ended February 28, 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
($)
     Number of
Shares at
2/28/2022
     Value ($) at
2/28/2022
 

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL6.9%

 

           

DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 0.01% (c)(d)

 

  
     1,444,823        117,068 (e)                           63               1,561,891        1,561,891  
CASH EQUIVALENTS0.6%

 

           

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 0.04% (c)

 

  
     171,850        962,584       (1,003,255                    18               131,179        131,179  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
       1,616,673          1,079,652         (1,003,255          —            —          81            —          1,693,070          1,693,070  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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 February 28, 2022 amounted to $1,999,184, which is 8.8% of net assets.

(b)

Defaulted security or security for which income has been deemed uncollectible.

(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 $524,247.

(e)

Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested in cash collateral for the period ended February 28, 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.

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 February 28, 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 (f)

     $        $ 22,355,274        $     —        $ 22,355,274  

Short-Term Investments (f)

       1,693,070                            1,693,070  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL

     $ 1,693,070        $ 22,355,274        $        $ 24,048,344  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(f)

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   21  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
CORPORATE BONDS — 98.5%    
Basic Materials — 2.8%    
Chemicals — 0.9%            

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

  $ 1,352,000     $ 1,245,963  

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

    1,444,000       1,380,645  

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

    2,893,000       2,932,692  

144A, 5.00%, 5/1/25

    1,600,000       1,618,200  

Olin Corp.
5.125%, 9/15/27

    1,444,000       1,463,826  

5.625%, 8/1/29 (a)

    2,212,000       2,311,197  

5.00%, 2/1/30

    1,647,000       1,662,243  

Tronox, Inc., 144A,
6.50%, 5/1/25 (a)

    1,475,000       1,533,594  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $14,497,962)

      14,148,360  
   

 

 

 
Iron/Steel — 0.4%            

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.
144A, 9.875%, 10/17/25

    1,802,000       2,002,418  

144A, 6.75%, 3/15/26

    2,507,000       2,647,066  

5.875%, 6/1/27

    1,762,000       1,817,151  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $6,465,873)

      6,466,635  
   

 

 

 
Mining — 1.5%            

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV
144A, 5.50%, 12/15/27

    2,212,000       2,308,852  

144A, 6.125%, 5/15/28

    1,547,000       1,630,213  

144A, 4.125%, 3/31/29

    1,475,000       1,481,258  

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

    2,137,000       2,206,453  

144A, 6.125%, 2/15/28

    2,605,000       2,667,481  

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

    2,212,000       2,276,170  

144A, 4.50%, 9/15/27

    1,770,000       1,772,974  

144A, 4.375%, 4/1/31

    4,440,000       4,315,791  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.,
4.55%, 11/14/24

    1,452,000       1,517,594  

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

    2,212,000       2,101,909  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $22,626,034)

      22,278,695  
   

 

 

 
Communications — 17.0%    
Advertising — 0.6%            

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

    3,687,000       3,688,106  

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

    1,816,000       1,747,900  

4.00%, 2/15/30

    1,622,000       1,558,556  

3.625%, 1/15/31

    1,622,000       1,525,126  

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

    1,136,000       1,177,083  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $9,855,111)

      9,696,771  
   

 

 

 
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Internet — 2.0%            

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

  $ 2,802,000     $ 2,656,422  

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

    1,728,000       1,760,530  

144A, 3.50%, 3/1/29

    2,360,000       2,223,828  

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

    1,340,000       1,341,648  

144A, 4.625%, 6/1/28

    1,475,000       1,481,977  

144A, 4.125%, 8/1/30 (a)

    1,569,000       1,521,326  

144A, 3.625%, 10/1/31 (a)

    1,394,000       1,302,024  

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

    3,245,000       3,254,767  

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

    2,065,000       2,033,612  

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

    2,950,000       3,070,950  

144A, 8.00%, 11/1/26

    4,425,000       4,704,815  

144A, 7.50%, 9/15/27

    3,540,000       3,765,339  

144A, 6.25%, 1/15/28

    1,475,000       1,507,892  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $31,054,221)

      30,625,130  
   

 

 

 
Media — 7.6%            

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

    1,236,000       1,235,852  

4.75%, 8/1/25 (a)

    2,321,000       2,319,549  

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

    1,924,000       1,782,086  

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

    1,483,000       1,482,815  

144A, 5.50%, 5/1/26

    2,225,000       2,272,259  

144A, 5.125%, 5/1/27

    9,643,000       9,760,934  

144A, 5.00%, 2/1/28

    7,428,000       7,455,298  

144A, 5.375%, 6/1/29

    4,450,000       4,513,235  

144A, 4.75%, 3/1/30

    9,049,000       8,883,992  

CSC Holdings LLC
5.25%, 6/1/24

    2,212,000       2,238,632  

144A, 5.50%, 4/15/27

    3,864,000       3,859,015  

144A, 5.375%, 2/1/28

    2,950,000       2,876,250  

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

    4,425,000       4,478,100  

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

    2,065,000       2,113,971  

144A, 7.00%, 5/15/27

    2,212,000       2,330,762  

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

    2,359,874       2,436,452  

144A, 5.25%, 8/15/27

    2,207,000       2,201,041  

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

    2,967,000       2,846,095  

144A, 5.125%, 2/15/32

    1,480,000       1,515,683  

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

    5,265,000       5,386,753  

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

    1,622,000       1,525,694  

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

    2,967,000       2,837,521  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   22  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Media (Continued)            

144A, 5.00%, 8/1/27

  $ 4,450,000     $ 4,499,662  

144A, 4.00%, 7/15/28

    5,934,000       5,715,035  

144A, 5.50%, 7/1/29

    3,709,000       3,798,851  

144A, 4.125%, 7/1/30

    4,440,000       4,203,681  

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

    1,634,000       1,646,794  

Telenet Finance Luxembourg Notes SARL, 144A,
5.50%, 3/1/28

    3,000,000       3,000,000  

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

    4,364,000       4,397,708  

144A, 6.625%, 6/1/27

    4,425,000       4,596,026  

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

    1,560,000       1,554,002  

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

    1,681,000       1,743,701  

144A, 5.125%, 4/15/27

    1,881,000       1,916,438  

144A, 3.625%, 6/15/29

    1,475,000       1,405,852  

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

    1,844,000       1,868,995  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $119,066,029)

      116,698,734  
   

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 6.8%            

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

    5,192,000       5,471,070  

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

    2,206,000       2,268,695  

6.625%, 8/1/26 (a)

    2,209,000       2,303,545  

Level 3 Financing, Inc.
5.375%, 5/1/25

    2,459,000       2,468,787  

5.25%, 3/15/26

    2,193,000       2,199,952  

144A, 4.625%, 9/15/27

    2,950,000       2,842,133  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

   

Series W, 6.75%, 12/1/23

    2,332,000       2,439,738  

Series Y, 7.50%, 4/1/24

    2,950,000       3,099,344  

5.625%, 4/1/25

    1,391,000       1,384,480  

144A, 5.125%, 12/15/26

    3,751,000       3,488,430  

144A, 4.00%, 2/15/27

    3,687,000       3,508,549  

Nokia OYJ,
4.375%, 6/12/27

    1,475,000       1,529,597  

Sprint Corp.
7.875%, 9/15/23

    12,610,000       13,563,631  

7.125%, 6/15/24

    7,417,000       8,035,652  

7.625%, 2/15/25

    4,450,000       4,933,937  

7.625%, 3/1/26

    4,493,000       5,127,412  

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

    1,733,000       1,646,870  

144A, 4.125%, 6/15/29

    1,519,000       1,456,675  

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

    4,425,000       4,559,078  

T-Mobile USA, Inc.
2.25%, 2/15/26

    2,967,000       2,866,552  

2.625%, 4/15/26

    3,540,000       3,463,093  

5.375%, 4/15/27

    1,483,000       1,529,299  

4.75%, 2/1/28

    4,425,000       4,573,127  

2.625%, 2/15/29

    2,950,000       2,771,658  

3.375%, 4/15/29

    3,709,000       3,640,903  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Telecommunications (Continued)            

2.875%, 2/15/31

  $ 2,967,000     $ 2,788,298  

3.50%, 4/15/31

    4,005,000       3,936,214  

VEON Holdings BV
144A, 5.95%, 2/13/23

    1,370,000       863,100  

144A, 7.25%, 4/26/23 (a)

    2,065,000       1,350,562  

144A, 4.95%, 6/16/24

    1,579,000       884,240  

144A, 4.00%, 4/9/25

    2,950,000       1,283,250  

144A, 3.375%, 11/25/27

    3,687,000       1,622,280  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $111,734,066)

      103,900,151  
   

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 20.1%    
Airlines — 1.3%            

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

    3,540,000       3,447,553  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.
3.80%, 4/19/23

    1,419,000       1,431,366  

2.90%, 10/28/24

    2,655,000       2,624,441  

7.375%, 1/15/26

    3,187,000       3,557,871  

4.375%, 4/19/28 (a)

    1,519,000       1,521,552  

3.75%, 10/28/29 (a)

    1,770,000       1,686,279  

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

    5,900,000       5,910,384  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $20,523,086)

      20,179,446  
   

 

 

 
Apparel — 0.6%            

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

    2,655,000       2,694,520  

144A, 4.875%, 5/15/26

    2,655,000       2,706,945  

Levi Strauss & Co., 144A,
3.50%, 3/1/31

    1,475,000       1,376,891  

William Carter Co.
144A, 5.50%, 5/15/25

    1,475,000       1,513,571  

144A, 5.625%, 3/15/27

    1,494,000       1,523,932  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $10,027,955)

      9,815,859  
   

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 4.4%            

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

    1,276,000       1,270,564  

144A, 5.875%, 6/1/29

    1,394,000       1,464,641  

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

    3,187,000       3,698,912  

4.346%, 12/8/26

    4,450,000       4,555,687  

9.625%, 4/22/30

    1,282,000       1,763,833  

3.25%, 2/12/32

    7,417,000       7,006,469  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
3.096%, 5/4/23

    1,714,000       1,728,998  

4.375%, 8/6/23

    1,714,000       1,741,638  

3.37%, 11/17/23

    1,714,000       1,723,787  

3.81%, 1/9/24

    1,286,000       1,302,461  

5.584%, 3/18/24

    2,571,000       2,686,129  

3.664%, 9/8/24

    1,374,000       1,377,263  

4.063%, 11/1/24

    2,480,000       2,519,948  

2.30%, 2/10/25

    2,066,000       2,006,716  

4.687%, 6/9/25

    1,028,000       1,060,891  

5.125%, 6/16/25

    2,928,000       3,044,710  

4.134%, 8/4/25

    2,400,000       2,430,000  

3.375%, 11/13/25

    3,599,000       3,549,118  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   23  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Auto Manufacturers (Continued)            

GMTN, 4.389%, 1/8/26

  $ 2,057,000     $ 2,100,876  

4.542%, 8/1/26

    1,286,000       1,326,316  

2.70%, 8/10/26

    2,571,000       2,464,946  

4.271%, 1/9/27

    1,543,000       1,557,196  

4.125%, 8/17/27

    2,146,000       2,164,992  

3.815%, 11/2/27

    1,286,000       1,276,059  

2.90%, 2/16/28

    1,306,000       1,238,996  

2.90%, 2/10/29

    1,451,000       1,357,411  

5.113%, 5/3/29

    2,549,000       2,691,349  

4.00%, 11/13/30

    2,828,000       2,810,127  

3.625%, 6/17/31

    1,714,000       1,650,818  

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

    2,065,000       2,178,575  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $68,983,478)

      67,749,426  
   

 

 

 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 1.3%            

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
6.25%, 3/15/26

    1,081,000       1,097,799  

6.50%, 4/1/27 (a)

    1,539,000       1,575,166  

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

    1,111,000       1,154,140  

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

    2,693,000       2,790,931  

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

    955,000       968,165  

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

    1,413,000       1,443,033  

5.625%, 6/15/28

    1,098,000       1,124,083  

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

    2,360,000       2,515,170  

5.00%, 5/31/26

    2,505,000       2,517,500  

4.875%, 3/15/27

    2,147,000       2,149,748  

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

    3,178,000       3,229,547  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $20,822,852)

      20,565,282  
   

 

 

 
Distribution/Wholesale — 0.4%            

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

    2,065,000       2,022,007  

Avient Corp.
5.25%, 3/15/23

    1,898,000       1,947,946  

144A, 5.75%, 5/15/25

    1,833,000       1,883,444  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $5,920,108)

      5,853,397  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 4.3%            

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

    1,189,000       1,178,299  

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

    10,029,000       10,406,742  

144A, 8.125%, 7/1/27 (a)

    5,310,000       5,713,932  

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

    2,950,000       3,028,322  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Entertainment (Continued)            

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

  $ 2,954,000     $ 3,039,858  

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

    1,770,000       1,798,630  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/28

    2,065,000       2,030,876  

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

    3,245,000       3,451,625  

144A, 4.125%, 4/15/26

    2,313,000       2,281,173  

144A, 6.25%, 1/15/27

    2,154,000       2,286,126  

144A, 5.25%, 1/15/29

    2,212,000       2,259,116  

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

    1,696,000       1,715,979  

144A, 6.50%, 5/15/27

    3,540,000       3,794,066  

144A, 3.75%, 1/15/28

    1,480,000       1,418,950  

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

    10,000       10,298  

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

    1,727,000       1,832,347  

144A, 5.00%, 10/15/25

    3,687,000       3,728,368  

144A, 8.25%, 3/15/26

    3,245,000       3,382,199  

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

    2,967,000       2,970,382  

Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., 144A,
7.00%, 7/1/25

    2,162,000       2,256,577  

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

    1,753,000       1,807,921  

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

    1,598,000       1,528,870  

144A, 3.875%, 7/15/30

    1,578,000       1,517,381  

144A, 3.00%, 2/15/31

    2,360,000       2,127,977  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $66,325,282)

      65,566,014  
   

 

 

 
Food Service — 0.4%            

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

    1,770,000       1,786,142  

144A, 6.375%, 5/1/25

    4,442,000       4,592,340  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $6,393,977)

      6,378,482  
   

 

 

 
Home Builders — 0.7%            

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

    1,475,000       1,528,321  

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

    1,494,000       1,501,485  

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

    1,236,000       1,317,823  

144A, 3.875%, 4/15/29

    1,307,000       1,279,756  

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

    1,399,000       1,469,370  

144A, 5.75%, 1/15/28

    1,410,000       1,472,371  

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

    1,480,000       1,461,500  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $10,258,088)

      10,030,626  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   24  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Home Furnishings — 0.2%            

Tempur Sealy International, Inc., 144A,
4.00%, 4/15/29
(Cost $2,353,123)

  $ 2,360,000     $ 2,228,453  
   

 

 

 
Housewares — 0.8%            

Newell Brands, Inc.
4.35%, 4/1/23

    3,225,000       3,294,708  

4.875%, 6/1/25

    1,694,000       1,784,849  

4.70%, 4/1/26

    5,828,000       6,039,557  

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

    1,217,000       1,176,462  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $12,495,896)

      12,295,576  
   

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 0.7%            

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
144A, 10.875%, 6/1/23

    3,027,000       3,252,633  

144A, 9.125%, 6/15/23

    2,950,000       3,082,602  

144A, 11.50%, 6/1/25

    4,106,000       4,543,823  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $10,923,717)

      10,879,058  
   

 

 

 
Lodging — 1.9%            

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

    1,475,000       1,523,675  

144A, 5.75%, 5/1/28

    1,483,000       1,551,522  

144A, 3.75%, 5/1/29

    2,374,000       2,294,649  

4.875%, 1/15/30

    2,967,000       3,057,509  

144A, 4.00%, 5/1/31

    3,256,000       3,186,647  

144A, 3.625%, 2/15/32

    4,440,000       4,229,233  

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

    1,780,000       1,820,148  

MGM Resorts International
6.00%, 3/15/23

    3,610,000       3,727,325  

6.75%, 5/1/25

    2,384,000       2,470,086  

5.75%, 6/15/25

    1,933,000       2,005,488  

4.625%, 9/1/26

    1,184,000       1,182,496  

Travel + Leisure Co.,
3.90%, 3/1/23

    1,136,000       1,140,220  

Wynn Las Vegas LLC / Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 144A,
4.25%, 5/30/23

    1,475,000       1,483,865  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $29,889,943)

      29,672,863  
   

 

 

 
Retail — 2.7%            

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

    1,551,000       1,599,329  

144A, 3.875%, 1/15/28

    4,572,000       4,453,585  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.
5.25%, 2/1/28

    1,475,000       1,530,312  

7.50%, 6/15/29

    1,544,000       1,699,141  

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

    2,132,000       2,230,051  

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

    2,212,000       2,270,341  

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

    1,036,000       1,060,538  

144A, 3.875%, 6/1/29

    2,471,000       2,438,309  

144A, 4.375%, 1/15/31

    1,624,000       1,638,843  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Retail (Continued)            

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

  $ 1,419,000     $ 1,425,052  

144A, 3.75%, 2/15/31

    1,519,000       1,422,741  

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

    1,530,000       1,516,674  

3.75%, 6/15/29

    1,516,000       1,418,256  

QVC, Inc.
4.375%, 3/15/23

    2,342,000       2,385,807  

4.85%, 4/1/24

    1,628,000       1,646,266  

4.45%, 2/15/25

    1,778,000       1,771,181  

Yum! Brands, Inc.
144A, 7.75%, 4/1/25

    1,770,000       1,845,358  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/30

    2,360,000       2,399,672  

3.625%, 3/15/31

    3,097,000       2,898,684  

4.625%, 1/31/32

    3,245,000       3,185,130  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $41,849,596)

      40,835,270  
   

 

 

 
Toys/Games/Hobbies — 0.4%            

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

    1,753,000       1,743,236  

144A, 5.875%, 12/15/27

    1,703,000       1,807,292  

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

    1,803,000       1,808,048  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $5,417,932)

      5,358,576  
   

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 19.9%    
Agriculture — 0.1%            

Darling Ingredients, Inc., 144A,
5.25%, 4/15/27
(Cost $1,509,431)

    1,475,000       1,502,700  
   

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 3.8%            

ADT Security Corp.,
4.125%, 6/15/23

    2,037,000       2,078,351  

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

    1,136,000       1,146,667  

Block, Inc.
144A, 2.75%, 6/1/26

    2,950,000       2,865,350  

144A, 3.50%, 6/1/31 (a)

    2,950,000       2,774,711  

Brink’s Co.
144A, 5.50%, 7/15/25

    1,180,000       1,208,007  

144A, 4.625%, 10/15/27

    1,770,000       1,730,511  

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

    2,371,000       2,404,763  

144A, 3.625%, 6/15/29

    1,780,000       1,730,142  

144A, 3.75%, 10/1/30

    2,368,000       2,288,779  

Grand Canyon University,
4.125%, 10/1/24 (a)

    1,444,000       1,463,581  

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

    3,540,000       3,632,925  

Nielsen Co. Luxembourg SARL, 144A,
5.00%, 2/1/25 (a)

    1,475,000       1,488,017  

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

    2,212,000       2,259,149  

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, Inc., 144A,
5.375%, 1/15/25

    1,475,000       1,499,928  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   25  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Commercial Services (Continued)            

RR Donnelley & Sons Co., 144A,
6.125%, 11/1/26

  $ 1,265,000     $ 1,348,806  

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

    2,117,000       2,140,837  

5.125%, 6/1/29

    1,942,000       1,994,143  

3.375%, 8/15/30

    2,451,000       2,256,648  

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

    2,950,000       3,046,745  

4.875%, 1/15/28

    4,924,000       5,019,464  

5.25%, 1/15/30

    2,312,000       2,408,561  

4.00%, 7/15/30

    2,212,000       2,181,585  

3.875%, 2/15/31

    3,245,000       3,140,235  

3.75%, 1/15/32

    2,212,000       2,110,171  

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

    3,245,000       3,386,514  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $58,550,645)

      57,604,590  
   

 

 

 
Cosmetics/Personal Care — 0.1%            

Edgewell Personal Care Co., 144A,
5.50%, 6/1/28
(Cost $2,314,276)

    2,212,000       2,226,245  
   

 

 

 
Food — 3.5%            

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

    2,332,000       2,248,048  

144A, 7.50%, 3/15/26

    1,776,000       1,884,718  

144A, 4.625%, 1/15/27

    3,982,000       4,004,409  

144A, 5.875%, 2/15/28

    2,212,000       2,289,708  

144A, 3.50%, 3/15/29

    3,970,000       3,700,794  

144A, 4.875%, 2/15/30

    2,950,000       2,964,750  

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

    2,655,000       2,671,581  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.
3.00%, 6/1/26

    5,637,000       5,640,241  

3.875%, 5/15/27

    4,293,000       4,461,286  

3.75%, 4/1/30

    1,917,000       1,963,583  

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

    1,494,000       1,535,720  

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

    3,127,000       3,185,881  

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

    2,507,000       2,579,665  

144A, 4.25%, 4/15/31

    2,982,000       2,885,085  

144A, 3.50%, 3/1/32

    2,630,000       2,410,500  

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

    3,833,000       3,875,163  

144A, 5.625%, 1/15/28

    2,776,000       2,789,394  

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

    2,950,000       3,056,879  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $55,585,144)

      54,147,405  
   

 

 

 
Healthcare-Products — 0.9%            

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

    4,599,000       4,673,504  

144A, 3.875%, 11/1/29

    2,368,000       2,282,385  

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

    1,176,000       1,215,637  

144A, 3.25%, 2/15/29

    2,802,000       2,659,714  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Healthcare-Products (Continued)            

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

  $ 1,475,000     $ 1,500,082  

144A, 4.25%, 6/1/28

    1,478,000       1,462,171  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $13,968,308)

      13,793,493  
   

 

 

 
Healthcare-Services — 9.1%            

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

    1,475,000       1,510,009  

144A, 3.125%, 2/15/29

    1,639,000       1,520,181  

144A, 3.50%, 4/1/30

    1,917,000       1,787,056  

Centene Corp.
4.25%, 12/15/27

    7,367,000       7,550,254  

2.45%, 7/15/28

    6,784,000       6,400,840  

4.625%, 12/15/29

    10,324,000       10,650,806  

3.375%, 2/15/30

    5,892,000       5,662,124  

3.00%, 10/15/30

    6,489,000       6,195,347  

2.50%, 3/1/31

    6,489,000       6,003,915  

2.625%, 8/1/31

    3,835,000       3,541,738  

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

    1,419,000       1,408,918  

144A, 3.75%, 3/15/29

    1,519,000       1,460,807  

144A, 4.00%, 3/15/31

    1,475,000       1,414,341  

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

    2,360,000       2,300,528  

HCA, Inc.
5.875%, 5/1/23

    3,709,000       3,861,533  

5.375%, 2/1/25

    7,714,000       8,177,843  

5.875%, 2/15/26

    4,450,000       4,814,569  

5.375%, 9/1/26

    2,967,000       3,196,141  

5.625%, 9/1/28

    4,450,000       4,937,876  

5.875%, 2/1/29

    2,967,000       3,327,639  

3.50%, 9/1/30

    8,011,000       7,942,906  

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

    3,097,000       3,166,713  

144A, 5.00%, 5/15/27

    3,245,000       3,313,534  

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

    1,770,000       1,834,552  

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

    1,475,000       1,482,065  

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

    2,374,000       2,367,982  

144A, 3.875%, 11/15/30

    1,929,000       1,896,930  

144A, 3.875%, 5/15/32

    2,220,000       2,157,185  

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

    3,613,000       3,630,162  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.
6.75%, 6/15/23

    5,521,000       5,747,747  

4.625%, 7/15/24

    2,285,000       2,296,105  

144A, 4.625%, 9/1/24

    1,919,000       1,947,113  

144A, 4.875%, 1/1/26

    6,195,000       6,218,789  

144A, 6.25%, 2/1/27

    4,425,000       4,555,715  

144A, 5.125%, 11/1/27

    4,425,000       4,468,808  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $141,586,405)

      138,748,771  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   26  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Household Products/Wares — 0.1%            

Spectrum Brands, Inc.,
5.75%, 7/15/25
(Cost $1,348,538)

  $ 1,327,000     $ 1,351,928  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 2.3%            

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

    5,192,000       5,211,470  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.
5.772%, 8/28/23

    2,212,000       2,281,235  

6.40%, 8/28/28

    2,179,000       2,364,869  

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

    4,440,000       4,405,457  

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

    6,216,000       6,124,625  

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

    2,065,000       2,063,390  

4.375%, 3/15/26

    2,134,000       2,141,939  

3.90%, 6/15/30

    2,212,000       2,029,705  

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

    1,136,000       1,138,868  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV
2.80%, 7/21/23

    4,289,000       4,206,222  

6.00%, 4/15/24

    3,682,000       3,752,952  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $36,328,398)

      35,720,732  
   

 

 

 
Energy — 12.8%    
Oil & Gas — 5.8%            

Antero Resources Corp.,
5.00%, 3/1/25

    1,527,000       1,546,087  

Apache Corp.
4.625%, 11/15/25

    1,519,000       1,570,016  

4.375%, 10/15/28

    2,045,000       2,074,019  

4.25%, 1/15/30 (a)

    1,710,000       1,725,766  

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

    1,530,000       1,574,133  

144A, 5.875%, 2/1/29

    1,425,000       1,476,770  

Endeavor Energy Resources LP / EER Finance, Inc.
144A, 6.625%, 7/15/25

    1,770,000       1,851,942  

144A, 5.75%, 1/30/28

    2,950,000       3,059,062  

EQT Corp.
6.625%, 2/1/25

    2,950,000       3,190,012  

144A, 3.125%, 5/15/26

    1,534,000       1,510,530  

3.90%, 10/1/27

    3,687,000       3,729,788  

7.50%, 2/1/30

    2,212,000       2,642,245  

144A, 3.625%, 5/15/31 (a)

    1,475,000       1,436,680  

Leviathan Bond Ltd.
144A, REGS, 5.75%, 6/30/23

    1,474,488       1,487,896  

144A, REGS, 6.125%, 6/30/25

    1,770,385       1,812,653  

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

    1,618,000       1,650,344  

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

    1,658,000       1,800,986  

2.90%, 8/15/24

    2,700,000       2,706,534  

8.00%, 7/15/25

    1,445,000       1,636,679  

5.875%, 9/1/25

    2,561,000       2,750,104  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Oil & Gas (Continued)            

5.50%, 12/1/25

  $ 2,134,000     $ 2,296,045  

5.55%, 3/15/26

    3,078,000       3,305,880  

3.40%, 4/15/26

    2,223,000       2,225,923  

3.20%, 8/15/26

    2,185,000       2,188,234  

3.00%, 2/15/27

    1,805,000       1,763,151  

8.50%, 7/15/27

    1,384,000       1,670,087  

6.375%, 9/1/28

    1,707,000       1,931,931  

3.50%, 8/15/29

    4,193,000       4,189,541  

8.875%, 7/15/30

    2,890,000       3,723,462  

6.625%, 9/1/30

    4,258,000       4,961,549  

6.125%, 1/1/31 (a)

    3,548,000       4,041,278  

7.50%, 5/1/31

    2,468,000       2,996,411  

7.875%, 9/15/31

    1,376,000       1,704,052  

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

    1,475,000       1,494,669  

Range Resources Corp.
5.00%, 3/15/23

    1,570,000       1,591,226  

4.875%, 5/15/25

    2,212,000       2,243,377  

Southwestern Energy Co.
7.75%, 10/1/27 (a)

    1,305,000       1,383,170  

5.375%, 2/1/29

    2,101,000       2,164,051  

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

    1,778,000       1,837,661  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $89,796,523)

      88,943,944  
   

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 0.1%            

TechnipFMC PLC, 144A,
6.50%, 2/1/26
(Cost $1,964,821)

    1,867,000       1,930,095  
   

 

 

 
Pipelines — 6.9%            

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

    1,622,000       1,745,718  

Buckeye Partners LP
4.15%, 7/1/23

    1,475,000       1,494,868  

144A, 4.125%, 3/1/25

    1,451,000       1,432,906  

3.95%, 12/1/26

    1,878,000       1,815,162  

4.125%, 12/1/27

    1,127,000       1,066,018  

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

    4,524,000       4,595,796  

4.00%, 3/1/31

    4,421,000       4,361,383  

144A, 3.25%, 1/31/32

    3,540,000       3,333,689  

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

    5,898,000       6,009,118  

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

    1,475,000       1,486,114  

DCP Midstream Operating LP
3.875%, 3/15/23

    1,483,000       1,501,486  

5.375%, 7/15/25

    2,525,000       2,677,258  

5.625%, 7/15/27

    1,475,000       1,586,635  

5.125%, 5/15/29

    1,770,000       1,865,961  

3.25%, 2/15/32

    1,180,000       1,101,849  

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

    3,245,000       3,145,233  

144A, 4.375%, 6/15/31

    2,950,000       2,886,560  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   27  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Pipelines (Continued)            

EnLink Midstream Partners LP
4.40%, 4/1/24

  $ 1,676,000     $ 1,708,996  

4.15%, 6/1/25

    2,126,000       2,131,474  

4.85%, 7/15/26

    1,381,000       1,399,961  

EQM Midstream Partners LP
4.75%, 7/15/23

    1,669,000       1,679,581  

4.00%, 8/1/24

    1,475,000       1,447,359  

144A, 6.00%, 7/1/25

    2,134,000       2,179,486  

4.125%, 12/1/26

    1,475,000       1,411,155  

5.50%, 7/15/28

    2,507,000       2,471,426  

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

    2,358,000       2,419,933  

144A, 5.125%, 6/15/28

    1,622,000       1,658,657  

NuStar Logistics LP
5.75%, 10/1/25

    1,809,000       1,886,036  

6.00%, 6/1/26

    1,450,000       1,475,129  

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

    1,180,000       1,157,863  

Targa Resources Partners LP / Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.
5.875%, 4/15/26

    3,079,000       3,182,531  

5.375%, 2/1/27

    1,212,000       1,246,887  

6.50%, 7/15/27

    2,019,000       2,142,825  

5.00%, 1/15/28

    2,066,000       2,135,841  

6.875%, 1/15/29

    2,004,000       2,184,019  

5.50%, 3/1/30

    2,801,000       2,974,606  

4.875%, 2/1/31

    2,950,000       3,043,338  

4.00%, 1/15/32

    2,950,000       2,917,653  

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

    3,687,000       3,615,933  

144A, 4.125%, 8/15/31

    3,687,000       3,655,716  

144A, 3.875%, 11/1/33

    3,687,000       3,556,130  

Western Midstream Operating LP
3.60%, 2/1/25

    2,160,000       2,171,999  

4.65%, 7/1/26

    1,399,000       1,451,407  

4.50%, 3/1/28

    1,236,000       1,285,786  

4.75%, 8/15/28

    1,173,000       1,216,055  

4.55%, 2/1/30

    3,540,000       3,646,837  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $107,579,179)

      105,560,373  
   

 

 

 
Financial — 11.6%    
Banks — 1.5%            

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

    2,950,000       3,173,545  

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

    1,475,000       1,600,705  

3.729%, 1/14/32 (b)

    3,687,000       3,459,080  

3.742%, 1/7/33 (b)

    3,687,000       3,453,656  

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

    5,900,000       6,080,856  

144A, 5.71%, 1/15/26

    4,425,000       4,671,469  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $23,029,107)

      22,439,311  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 3.3%  

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

    3,097,000       3,302,075  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Diversified Financial Services (Continued)  

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

  $ 1,180,000     $ 1,176,130  

144A, 4.00%, 3/15/29

    2,655,000       2,582,704  

144A, 4.375%, 5/15/31

    1,180,000       1,152,471  

Navient Corp. MTN,
6.125%, 3/25/24

    2,507,000       2,585,269  

5.875%, 10/25/24

    1,475,000       1,527,392  

6.75%, 6/25/25

    1,475,000       1,533,801  

OneMain Finance Corp.
5.625%, 3/15/23

    2,581,000       2,648,622  

6.125%, 3/15/24

    3,835,000       3,954,748  

6.875%, 3/15/25

    3,687,000       3,938,933  

8.875%, 6/1/25

    1,770,000       1,869,607  

7.125%, 3/15/26

    4,820,000       5,230,833  

3.50%, 1/15/27

    2,212,000       2,095,781  

6.625%, 1/15/28

    2,360,000       2,499,830  

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

    3,392,000       3,194,043  

144A, 3.625%, 3/1/29

    2,212,000       2,075,276  

144A, 3.875%, 3/1/31

    3,687,000       3,457,705  

144A, 4.00%, 10/15/33

    2,507,000       2,337,552  

SLM Corp.
4.20%, 10/29/25

    1,475,000       1,484,160  

3.125%, 11/2/26

    1,494,000       1,434,038  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $51,370,954)

      50,080,970  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 0.7%            

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

    4,926,000       4,963,930  

MGIC Investment Corp.,
5.25%, 8/15/28

    1,917,000       1,944,720  

Radian Group, Inc.
4.50%, 10/1/24

    1,395,000       1,410,638  

6.625%, 3/15/25

    1,633,000       1,730,955  

4.875%, 3/15/27

    1,235,000       1,277,231  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $11,504,356)

      11,327,474  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate — 0.3%            

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

    2,161,000       2,187,062  

144A, 4.125%, 2/1/29

    1,954,000       1,850,174  

Realogy Group LLC / Realogy Co.-Issuer Corp., 144A,
4.875%, 6/1/23

    1,228,000       1,256,956  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $5,351,527)

      5,294,192  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.2%  

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

    1,180,000       1,116,781  

Diversified Healthcare Trust,
9.75%, 6/15/25

    2,950,000       3,119,861  

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

    1,147,000       1,184,450  

144A, 3.375%, 6/15/26

    2,950,000       2,800,376  

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

    2,889,000       2,886,371  

144A, 5.25%, 3/15/28

    2,481,000       2,485,962  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   28  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)  

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

  $ 2,286,000     $ 2,303,042  

4.25%, 8/1/25

    1,609,000       1,597,174  

5.50%, 2/15/26

    1,180,000       1,209,146  

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP / MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc.
5.625%, 5/1/24 (a)

    1,858,000       1,931,063  

144A, 4.625%, 6/15/25

    2,210,000       2,279,792  

4.50%, 9/1/26 (a)

    940,000       960,045  

5.75%, 2/1/27

    1,559,000       1,688,701  

144A, 3.875%, 2/15/29 (a)

    2,109,000       2,123,341  

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

    1,494,000       1,525,568  

5.00%, 10/15/27

    4,130,000       4,224,660  

4.625%, 8/1/29

    2,655,000       2,669,616  

3.50%, 3/15/31

    3,835,000       3,619,243  

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

    1,683,000       1,760,738  

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

    1,475,000       1,438,567  

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

    4,412,000       4,406,816  

3.125%, 2/1/29

    4,420,000       4,110,909  

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

    1,274,000       1,246,775  

4.75%, 3/15/25

    1,294,000       1,308,994  

144A, 3.625%, 7/15/26

    1,249,000       1,184,014  

144A, 4.375%, 1/15/27

    1,480,000       1,438,868  

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

    6,637,000       6,914,261  

VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co., Inc.
144A, 3.50%, 2/15/25

    2,047,000       2,054,318  

144A, 4.25%, 12/1/26

    3,821,000       3,863,509  

144A, 3.75%, 2/15/27

    2,217,000       2,204,108  

144A, 4.625%, 12/1/29

    2,950,000       3,013,823  

144A, 4.125%, 8/15/30

    2,950,000       2,932,344  

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

    1,444,000       1,488,858  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $80,267,607)

      79,092,094  
   

 

 

 
Venture Capital — 0.6%            

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

    3,239,000       3,218,481  

6.375%, 12/15/25

    2,202,000       2,234,700  

6.25%, 5/15/26

    3,682,000       3,713,610  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $9,319,090)

      9,166,791  
   

 

 

 
Industrial — 7.6%    
Aerospace/Defense — 2.3%            

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
5.125%, 10/1/24 (a)

    3,392,000       3,563,228  

6.875%, 5/1/25

    1,778,000       1,960,419  

3.00%, 1/15/29

    2,065,000       1,962,679  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Aerospace/Defense (Continued)            

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

  $ 2,950,000     $ 2,884,510  

144A, 5.75%, 10/15/27

    2,950,000       3,044,356  

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

    1,475,000       1,517,590  

144A, 7.50%, 4/15/25

    3,540,000       3,676,290  

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

    3,245,000       3,392,193  

144A, 6.25%, 3/15/26

    13,079,000       13,501,386  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $35,799,112)

      35,502,651  
   

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.5%            

Builders FirstSource, Inc.
144A, 6.75%, 6/1/27

    1,807,000       1,881,476  

144A, 5.00%, 3/1/30

    1,622,000       1,648,276  

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

    1,180,000       1,159,674  

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

    2,507,000       2,525,765  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $7,321,238)

      7,215,191  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.6%  

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

    4,425,000       4,642,666  

144A, 7.25%, 6/15/28

    3,908,000       4,170,578  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $8,842,010)

      8,813,244  
   

 

 

 
Electronics — 0.7%            

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

    1,475,000       1,513,490  

144A, 5.625%, 11/1/24

    1,180,000       1,244,664  

144A, 5.00%, 10/1/25

    2,065,000       2,137,895  

144A, 4.00%, 4/15/29

    2,950,000       2,837,177  

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

    1,314,000       1,280,079  

144A, 3.75%, 2/15/31

    2,212,000       2,060,721  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $11,476,058)

      11,074,026  
   

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.1%            

Fluor Corp.,
4.25%, 9/15/28 (a)
(Cost $1,785,787)

    1,770,000       1,732,618  
   

 

 

 
Environmental Control — 0.6%            

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

    1,357,000       1,356,817  

144A, 3.75%, 8/1/25

    2,389,000       2,368,001  

144A, 5.125%, 12/15/26

    1,509,000       1,542,485  

144A, 3.50%, 9/1/28 (a)

    2,212,000       2,115,402  

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

    1,770,000       1,811,794  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $9,312,982)

      9,194,499  
   

 

 

 
Miscellaneous Manufacturing — 0.1%            

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

   

(Cost $1,222,143)

    1,180,000       1,224,716  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   29  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Packaging & Containers — 2.5%            

Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA LLC / Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance PLC, 144A,
3.25%, 9/1/28

  $ 1,770,000     $ 1,667,021  

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

    1,998,000       2,018,000  

144A, 4.125%, 8/15/26

    3,635,000       3,522,897  

Ball Corp.
4.00%, 11/15/23

    2,950,000       3,016,080  

5.25%, 7/1/25

    2,950,000       3,130,393  

4.875%, 3/15/26

    2,242,000       2,344,706  

2.875%, 8/15/30

    3,835,000       3,511,767  

3.125%, 9/15/31

    2,507,000       2,301,226  

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

    1,475,000       1,513,180  

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

    1,315,000       1,251,084  

144A, 3.75%, 2/1/30

    1,197,000       1,142,285  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 144A,
5.875%, 8/15/23

    2,065,000       2,103,481  

Sealed Air Corp.
144A, 5.25%, 4/1/23

    1,261,000       1,284,600  

144A, 5.125%, 12/1/24

    1,125,000       1,165,708  

144A, 5.50%, 9/15/25

    1,361,000       1,427,362  

144A, 4.00%, 12/1/27

    1,254,000       1,243,548  

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

    1,681,000       1,651,465  

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

    3,097,000       3,128,868  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $38,384,311)

      37,423,671  
   

 

 

 
Transportation — 0.2%            

XPO Logistics, Inc., 144A,
6.25%, 5/1/25
(Cost $3,572,431)

    3,448,000       3,582,644  
   

 

 

 
Technology — 3.9%    
Computers — 1.0%            

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

    2,065,000       2,024,815  

144A, 4.00%, 7/1/29

    1,524,000       1,506,261  

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

    1,475,000       1,491,631  

Seagate HDD Cayman
4.75%, 6/1/23

    1,603,000       1,648,982  

4.875%, 3/1/24

    1,584,000       1,635,559  

4.75%, 1/1/25

    1,414,000       1,458,095  

4.875%, 6/1/27 (a)

    1,508,000       1,551,935  

4.091%, 6/1/29

    1,483,000       1,430,035  

3.125%, 7/15/29

    1,483,000       1,353,252  

3.375%, 7/15/31

    1,480,000       1,337,099  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $15,822,229)

      15,437,664  
   

 

 

 
Office/Business Equipment — 0.4%            

Xerox Corp.,
4.375%, 3/15/23

    2,950,000       2,983,261  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Office/Business Equipment (Continued)            

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

  $ 2,242,000     $ 2,286,840  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $5,280,035)

      5,270,101  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 0.1%            

ON Semiconductor Corp., 144A,
3.875%, 9/1/28
(Cost $1,984,698)

    1,962,000       1,947,658  
   

 

 

 
Software — 2.4%            

Black Knight InfoServ LLC, 144A,
3.625%, 9/1/28

    2,960,000       2,809,588  

CDK Global, Inc.
5.00%, 10/15/24

    1,475,000       1,546,508  

4.875%, 6/1/27

    1,770,000       1,814,861  

144A, 5.25%, 5/15/29

    1,458,000       1,497,060  

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

    1,286,000       1,366,330  

144A, 4.00%, 6/15/28

    2,580,000       2,535,830  

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

    2,914,000       2,934,485  

144A, 3.625%, 9/1/30

    2,919,000       2,866,925  

144A, 3.875%, 2/15/31

    2,734,000       2,725,798  

144A, 3.625%, 11/1/31

    1,770,000       1,741,361  

144A, 3.25%, 8/15/33

    2,065,000       1,954,502  

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

    2,655,000       2,567,199  

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

    1,544,000       1,543,491  

144A, 4.00%, 2/15/28

    1,475,000       1,440,625  

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

    5,900,000       6,068,858  

Twilio, Inc.,
3.625%, 3/15/29 (a)

    1,475,000       1,411,929  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $37,577,461)

      36,825,350  
   

 

 

 
Utilities — 2.8%    
Electric — 2.3%            

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

    1,239,000       1,252,846  

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

    2,507,000       2,524,323  

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

    1,221,000       1,216,373  

FirstEnergy Corp.

   

Series B, 4.40%, 7/15/27

    4,425,000       4,581,623  

2.65%, 3/1/30

    1,724,000       1,619,129  

Series B, 2.25%, 9/1/30

    1,394,000       1,266,860  

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

    2,065,000       2,108,097  

144A, 3.875%, 10/15/26

    1,419,000       1,404,342  

144A, 4.50%, 9/15/27

    1,674,000       1,685,107  

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

    2,472,000       2,530,685  

144A, 3.375%, 2/15/29

    1,548,000       1,440,259  

144A, 5.25%, 6/15/29

    2,048,000       2,092,984  

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

    3,050,000       3,101,865  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   30  


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Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Electric (Continued)            

144A, 5.625%, 2/15/27

  $ 3,823,000     $ 3,921,786  

144A, 5.00%, 7/31/27

    3,835,000       3,867,943  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $35,168,221)

      34,614,222  
   

 

 

 
Gas — 0.5%            

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

    1,991,000       2,033,518  

5.50%, 5/20/25

    2,065,000       2,104,018  

5.875%, 8/20/26

    1,991,000       2,030,820  

5.75%, 5/20/27

    1,549,000       1,567,015  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $8,117,247)

      7,735,371  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $1,540,524,601)

      1,507,747,538  
   

 

 

 
   

Number
of Shares

   

Value

 
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL — 1.3%        

DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 0.01% (c)(d)
(Cost $20,540,953)

    20,540,953     $ 20,540,953  
   

 

 

 
CASH EQUIVALENTS — 0.9%            

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 0.04% (c)
(Cost $13,841,389)

    13,841,389       13,841,389  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.7%
(Cost $1,574,906,943)

    $ 1,542,129,880  

Other assets and liabilities, net — (0.7%)

      (10,926,864
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 1,531,203,016  
   

 

 

 

A summary of the Fund’s transactions with affiliated investments during the period ended February 28, 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
($)
     Number of
Shares at
2/28/2022
     Value ($) at
2/28/2022
 

CORPORATE BONDS0.6%

 

          

Financial0.6%

 

Deutsche Bank AG , 3.73% (b)

 

     1,672,217        2,022,115                    (235,252     40,950               3,687,000        3,459,080  

Deutsche Bank AG , 5.88% (b)

 

            1,639,302                    (38,597     5,604               1,475,000        1,600,705  

Deutsche Bank AG , 3.74% (b)

 

            3,536,487                    (82,831     8,929               3,687,000        3,453,656  

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL1.3%

 

          

DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 0.01% (c)(d)

 

     4,866,433        15,674,520 (e)                         423               20,540,953        20,540,953  

CASH EQUIVALENTS — 0.9%

 

          

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 0.04% (c)

 

       29,654,545        114,683,954         (130,497,110       —              2,007               13,841,389        13,841,389  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     36,193,195        137,556,378       (130,497,110         —          (356,680       57,913            —          43,231,342          42,895,783  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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 February 28, 2022 amounted to $29,095,050, which is 1.9% 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 $9,610,830.

(e)

Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested in cash collateral for the period ended February 28, 2022.

 

GMTN:   Global Medium Term Note
MTN:   Medium Term Note
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.   31  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

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 February 28, 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 (f)

     $        $ 1,507,747,538        $   —        $ 1,507,747,538  

Short-Term Investments (f)

       34,382,342                            34,382,342  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL

     $ 34,382,342        $ 1,507,747,538        $        $ 1,542,129,880  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(f)

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   32  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Number
of Shares

   

Value

 
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 99.8%        

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (a)

    14,520     $ 661,774  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (a)

    743,858       28,504,638  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS
(Cost $28,972,812)

      29,166,412  
   

 

 

 
CASH EQUIVALENTS — 0.2%            

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 0.04% (b)
(Cost $61,597)

    61,597       61,597  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%
(Cost $29,034,409)

    $ 29,228,009  

Other assets and liabilities, net — (0.0)%

      (1,775
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 29,226,234  
   

 

 

 

A summary of the Fund’s transactions with affiliated investments during the period ended February 28, 2022 is as follows:

 

 

  Value ($) at
2/10/2022
(Commenc-
ement of
Operations)
     Purchases
Cost ($)
     Sales
Proceeds ($)
     Net Realized
Gain/(Loss) ($)
     Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
($)
     Income ($)      Capital Gain
Distributions
($)
     Number of
Shares at
2/28/2022
     Value ($) at
2/28/2022
 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS99.8%

 

           

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF (a)

        —        657,658            —            —        4,116                   —        14,520        661,774  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (a)

           28,315,154                      189,484                      743,858        28,504,638  

CASH EQUIVALENTS0.2%

 

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 0.04% (b)

 

           61,597                             1               61,597        61,597  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
           29,034,409                      193,600        1               819,975        29,228,009  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   33  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

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 February 28, 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

     $ 29,166,412        $   —        $   —        $ 29,166,412  

Short-Term Investments (c)

       61,597                            61,597  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL

     $ 29,228,009        $        $        $ 29,228,009  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(c)

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   34  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
CORPORATE BONDS — 98.6%    
Basic Materials — 1.9%    
Chemicals — 1.0%            

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

  $ 150,000     $ 150,035  

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

    115,000       109,954  

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

    244,000       247,348  

144A, 5.00%, 5/1/25

    150,000       151,706  

TPC Group, Inc., 144A,
10.50%, 8/1/24 (a)

    190,000       104,500  

Tronox, Inc., 144A,
6.50%, 5/1/25 (b)

    97,000       100,853  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $952,104)

      864,396  
   

 

 

 
Iron/Steel — 0.2%            

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. 144A,
9.875%, 10/17/25

    124,000       137,791  

144A, 6.75%, 3/15/26

    79,000       83,414  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $221,166)

      221,205  
   

 

 

 
Mining — 0.7%            

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

    150,000       154,875  

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

    170,000       174,932  

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

    85,000       82,234  

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

    200,000       190,046  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $621,067)

      602,087  
   

 

 

 
Communications — 15.8%    
Advertising — 0.1%            

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

   

(Cost $66,814)

    65,000       67,351  
   

 

 

 
Internet — 1.5%            

NortonLifeLock, Inc.
3.95%, 6/15/22

    376,000       373,637  

144A, 5.00%, 4/15/25

    130,000       130,391  

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

    150,000       149,232  

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

    175,000       182,175  

144A, 8.00%, 11/1/26

    450,000       478,456  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,320,061)

      1,313,891  
   

 

 

 
Media — 5.6%            

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

    111,000       110,987  

4.75%, 8/1/25 (b)

    155,000       154,903  

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

    133,000       132,983  

144A, 5.50%, 5/1/26

    100,000       102,124  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Media (Continued)            

CSC Holdings LLC
5.875%, 9/15/22

  $ 219,000     $ 222,259  

5.25%, 6/1/24

    154,000       155,854  

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

    626,000       257,737  

DISH DBS Corp.
5.875%, 7/15/22

    385,000       388,785  

5.00%, 3/15/23

    278,000       281,336  

5.875%, 11/15/24

    407,000       407,407  

7.75%, 7/1/26

    507,000       514,019  

144A, 5.25%, 12/1/26

    590,000       579,491  

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

    160,000       163,794  

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

    130,000       134,218  

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

    157,000       159,936  

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

    174,000       166,461  

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

    270,000       258,217  

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

    102,000       102,799  

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

    337,000       339,603  

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

    261,000       270,735  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $5,123,939)

      4,903,648  
   

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 8.6%            

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

    266,000       261,064  

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

    355,000       362,554  

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

    400,000       405,400  

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

    200,000       201,023  

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

    125,000       128,553  

6.625%, 8/1/26 (b)

    160,000       166,848  

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

    250,000       249,056  

Level 3 Financing, Inc.
5.375%, 5/1/25

    160,000       160,637  

5.25%, 3/15/26

    160,000       160,507  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

   

Series T, 5.80%, 3/15/22

    246,000       246,417  

Series W, 6.75%, 12/1/23

    245,000       256,319  

Series Y, 7.50%, 4/1/24

    194,000       203,821  

5.625%, 4/1/25

    97,000       96,545  

144A, 5.125%, 12/15/26

    318,000       295,740  

144A, 4.00%, 2/15/27

    200,000       190,320  

Sprint Communications, Inc.,
6.00%, 11/15/22

    457,000       470,335  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   35  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Telecommunications (Continued)            

Sprint Corp.
7.875%, 9/15/23

  $ 993,000     $ 1,068,096  

7.125%, 6/15/24

    595,000       644,629  

7.625%, 2/15/25

    278,000       308,233  

7.625%, 3/1/26

    265,000       302,418  

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

    259,000       266,848  

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

    130,000       95,796  

T-Mobile USA, Inc.
4.00%, 4/15/22

    324,000       324,162  

2.25%, 2/15/26

    200,000       193,229  

2.625%, 4/15/26

    235,000       229,895  

VEON Holdings BV, 144A,
4.00%, 4/9/25

    445,000       193,575  

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

    136,000       130,099  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $8,054,677)

      7,612,119  
   

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 25.4%    
Airlines — 2.8%            

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

    282,000       274,636  

American Airlines Group, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 6/1/22

    250,000       250,910  

144A, 3.75%, 3/1/25 (b)

    97,000       90,452  

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

    484,000       588,205  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.
3.80%, 4/19/23

    115,000       116,002  

2.90%, 10/28/24

    245,000       242,180  

7.375%, 1/15/26 (b)

    284,000       317,049  

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

    237,252       240,498  

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

    370,000       370,651  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $2,497,786)

      2,490,583  
   

 

 

 
Apparel — 0.5%            

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

    137,000       139,040  

144A, 4.875%, 5/15/26

    172,000       175,365  

William Carter Co., 144A,
5.50%, 5/15/25

    75,000       76,961  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $401,821)

      391,366  
   

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 4.0%            

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

    260,000       301,762  

4.346%, 12/8/26

    200,000       204,750  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
MTN, 3.55%, 10/7/22

    368,000       370,521  

3.087%, 1/9/23

    200,000       201,498  

3.096%, 5/4/23

    250,000       252,188  

4.375%, 8/6/23

    218,000       221,515  

5.584%, 3/18/24

    115,000       120,150  

3.664%, 9/8/24

    122,000       122,290  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Auto Manufacturers (Continued)            

4.063%, 11/1/24

  $ 200,000     $ 203,222  

4.687%, 6/9/25

    200,000       206,399  

5.125%, 6/16/25

    200,000       207,972  

4.134%, 8/4/25

    25,000       25,312  

3.375%, 11/13/25

    330,000       325,426  

GMTN, 4.389%, 1/8/26

    200,000       204,266  

2.70%, 8/10/26

    200,000       191,750  

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

    300,000       300,205  

144A, 7.75%, 10/15/25

    70,000       73,850  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $3,560,236)

      3,533,076  
   

 

 

 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 1.7%            

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

    250,000       250,679  

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.,
6.25%, 3/15/26

    60,000       60,932  

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

    134,000       139,203  

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

    165,000       171,000  

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

    310,000       330,383  

5.00%, 5/31/26

    196,000       196,978  

Tenneco, Inc.,
5.00%, 7/15/26 (b)

    97,000       96,890  

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

    246,000       249,990  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,509,848)

      1,496,055  
   

 

 

 
Distribution/Wholesale — 0.6%            

Avient Corp.
5.25%, 3/15/23

    67,000       68,763  

144A, 5.75%, 5/15/25

    141,000       144,880  

Wolverine Escrow LLC
144A, 8.50%, 11/15/24 (b)

    149,000       125,406  

144A, 9.00%, 11/15/26 (b)

    180,000       180,297  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $518,645)

      519,346  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 4.3%            

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

    310,000       287,289  

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

    125,000       123,875  

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

    709,000       735,704  

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

    218,000       223,788  

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

    192,000       197,580  

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

    78,000       76,908  

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

    175,000       186,143  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   36  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Entertainment (Continued)            

144A, 4.125%, 4/15/26

  $ 220,000     $ 216,973  

144A, 6.25%, 1/15/27

    200,000       212,268  

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

    126,000       127,484  

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

    248,000       250,778  

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

    52,000       55,172  

144A, 5.00%, 10/15/25

    330,000       333,703  

144A, 8.25%, 3/15/26

    225,000       234,513  

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

    315,000       315,359  

Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., 144A,
7.00%, 7/1/25

    134,000       139,862  

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

    50,000       51,567  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $3,807,276)

      3,768,966  
   

 

 

 
Food Service — 0.5%            

Aramark Services, Inc., 144A,
6.375%, 5/1/25
(Cost $424,577)

    410,000       423,876  
   

 

 

 
Home Builders — 0.2%            

Meritage Homes Corp.,
6.00%, 6/1/25
(Cost $176,007)

    164,000       174,857  
   

 

 

 
Housewares — 0.9%            

Newell Brands, Inc.
4.35%, 4/1/23

    189,000       193,085  

4.875%, 6/1/25

    68,000       71,647  

4.70%, 4/1/26

    505,000       523,332  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $812,372)

      788,064  
   

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 3.4%            

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

    150,000       168,568  

144A, 7.625%, 3/1/26

    329,000       338,539  

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

    179,000       178,288  

144A, 8.00%, 4/15/26

    100,000       99,938  

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

    300,000       281,630  

144A, 5.875%, 3/15/26

    200,000       193,700  

144A, 5.875%, 2/15/27

    200,000       200,125  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
5.25%, 11/15/22

    155,000       156,336  

144A, 10.875%, 6/1/23

    194,000       208,461  

144A, 9.125%, 6/15/23

    185,000       193,316  

144A, 11.50%, 6/1/25

    358,000       396,174  

144A, 4.25%, 7/1/26

    110,000       104,344  

144A, 5.50%, 8/31/26

    300,000       297,524  

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

    152,000       169,116  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $3,015,992)

      2,986,059  
   

 

 

 
Lodging — 2.8%            

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

    81,000       83,673  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Lodging (Continued)            

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

  $ 200,000     $ 190,900  

144A, 5.25%, 4/26/26

    215,000       200,756  

MGM Resorts International
7.75%, 3/15/22

    345,000       346,116  

6.00%, 3/15/23

    232,000       239,540  

6.75%, 5/1/25

    91,000       94,286  

5.75%, 6/15/25 (b)

    192,000       199,200  

4.625%, 9/1/26

    120,000       119,848  

Travel + Leisure Co.
3.90%, 3/1/23

    77,000       77,286  

144A, 6.625%, 7/31/26

    126,000       134,684  

Wynn Las Vegas LLC / Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp.
144A, 4.25%, 5/30/23

    323,000       324,941  

144A, 5.50%, 3/1/25

    394,000       400,028  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $2,439,658)

      2,411,258  
   

 

 

 
Retail — 3.6%            

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

    147,000       151,581  

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

    165,000       156,915  

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

    200,000       200,251  

144A, 8.50%, 10/30/25

    90,000       91,078  

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

    126,000       117,970  

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

    337,000       352,499  

Macy’s Retail Holdings LLC,
2.875%, 2/15/23

    171,000       171,000  

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

    204,000       210,222  

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

    130,000       130,325  

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

    150,000       148,693  

QVC, Inc.
4.375%, 3/15/23

    139,000       141,600  

4.85%, 4/1/24

    116,000       117,302  

4.45%, 2/15/25

    116,000       115,555  

4.75%, 2/15/27

    50,000       46,581  

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

    220,000       211,645  

144A, 8.00%, 11/15/26

    185,000       176,112  

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

    500,000       495,312  

Yum! Brands, Inc., 144A,
7.75%, 4/1/25

    125,000       130,322  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $3,221,439)

      3,164,963  
   

 

 

 
Toys/Games/Hobbies — 0.1%            

Mattel, Inc., 144A,
3.375%, 4/1/26
(Cost $121,364)

    118,000       117,343  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   37  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 15.0%    
Agriculture — 0.1%            

Vector Group Ltd., 144A,
10.50%, 11/1/26
(Cost $113,688)

  $ 110,000     $ 113,125  
   

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 2.8%            

ADT Security Corp.,
4.125%, 6/15/23

    218,000       222,425  

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

    359,000       368,083  

Block, Inc., 144A,
2.75%, 6/1/26

    230,000       223,400  

CoreCivic, Inc.,
8.25%, 4/15/26 (b)

    140,000       142,365  

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

    125,000       121,293  

Grand Canyon University,
4.125%, 10/1/24 (b)

    115,000       116,559  

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

    100,000       95,357  

Nielsen Co. Luxembourg SARL, 144A,
5.00%, 2/1/25 (b)

    132,000       133,165  

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

    112,000       114,387  

144A, 5.75%, 4/15/26

    243,000       249,674  

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, Inc., 144A,
5.375%, 1/15/25

    100,000       101,690  

RR Donnelley & Sons Co., 144A,
6.125%, 11/1/26

    179,000       190,859  

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

    189,000       213,390  

144A, 7.375%, 9/1/25

    167,000       173,263  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $2,502,880)

      2,465,910  
   

 

 

 
Cosmetics/Personal Care — 0.3%            

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

    174,000       173,763  

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

    127,000       129,206  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $304,912)

      302,969  
   

 

 

 
Food — 2.0%            

Albertsons Cos., Inc. / Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons LP / Albertsons LLC
144A, 3.50%, 2/15/23

    117,000       117,455  

144A, 3.25%, 3/15/26

    195,000       187,980  

144A, 7.50%, 3/15/26

    150,000       159,182  

144A, 4.625%, 1/15/27

    280,000       281,576  

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

    220,000       221,374  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.,
3.00%, 6/1/26

    390,000       390,224  

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

    105,000       92,572  

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

    269,000       278,746  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,768,457)

      1,729,109  
   

 

 

 
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Healthcare-Services — 4.9%            

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

  $ 457,000     $ 474,786  

Envision Healthcare Corp., 144A,
8.75%, 10/15/26

    245,000       130,276  

HCA, Inc.
5.875%, 5/1/23

    232,000       241,541  

5.375%, 2/1/25

    522,000       553,388  

5.875%, 2/15/26

    328,000       354,872  

5.375%, 9/1/26

    250,000       269,307  

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

    225,000       230,065  

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

    136,000       140,960  

144A, 4.375%, 2/15/27

    150,000       142,321  

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

    120,000       120,575  

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

    100,000       104,990  

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

    277,000       278,316  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.
6.75%, 6/15/23

    357,000       371,662  

4.625%, 7/15/24

    90,000       90,437  

144A, 4.625%, 9/1/24

    131,000       132,919  

144A, 4.875%, 1/1/26

    539,000       541,070  

144A, 6.25%, 2/1/27

    100,000       102,954  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $4,360,510)

      4,280,439  
   

 

 

 
Household Products/Wares — 0.1%            

Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc. / KIK Custom Products, Inc., 144A,
5.00%, 12/31/26
(Cost $98,920)

    101,000       91,268  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 4.8%            

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

    300,000       310,719  

144A, 8.50%, 1/31/27

    400,000       405,792  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc.
144A, 6.125%, 4/15/25

    513,000       515,886  

144A, 5.50%, 11/1/25

    328,000       329,230  

144A, 9.00%, 12/15/25

    291,000       300,424  

144A, 6.125%, 2/1/27

    150,000       151,432  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.,
5.772%, 8/28/23

    147,000       151,601  

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

    100,000       99,922  

4.375%, 3/15/26

    200,000       200,744  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. BV,
2.95%, 12/18/22

    189,000       188,783  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV
2.80%, 7/21/23

    297,000       291,268  

6.00%, 4/15/24

    190,000       193,661  

7.125%, 1/31/25

    386,000       405,813  

3.15%, 10/1/26

    706,000       641,577  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $4,248,312)

      4,186,852  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   38  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Energy — 13.4%    
Energy-Alternate Sources — 0.3%            

TerraForm Power Operating LLC, 144A,
4.25%, 1/31/23
(Cost $275,040)

  $ 271,000     $ 271,660  
   

 

 

 
Oil & Gas — 7.9%            

Antero Resources Corp.,
5.00%, 3/1/25

    100,000       101,250  

Apache Corp.,
4.625%, 11/15/25

    100,000       103,358  

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

    120,000       118,704  

Callon Petroleum Co.,
6.125%, 10/1/24

    88,000       87,758  

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

    200,000       210,844  

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

    130,000       133,750  

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

    251,000       252,699  

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

    418,000       418,479  

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

    230,000       232,890  

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

    27,000       26,173  

Endeavor Energy Resources LP / EER Finance, Inc., 144A,
6.625%, 7/15/25

    116,000       121,370  

EQT Corp.
6.625%, 2/1/25

    174,000       188,157  

144A, 3.125%, 5/15/26

    91,000       89,608  

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

    169,000       174,176  

Leviathan Bond Ltd.
144A, REGS, 5.75%, 6/30/23

    87,000       87,791  

144A, REGS, 6.125%, 6/30/25

    208,000       212,966  

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

    310,000       315,037  

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

    250,000       261,525  

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

    186,000       164,948  

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

    100,000       101,999  

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

    110,000       107,430  

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

    119,000       114,359  

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

    150,000       162,936  

2.90%, 8/15/24

    256,000       256,620  

8.00%, 7/15/25

    50,000       56,632  

5.875%, 9/1/25

    264,000       283,494  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Oil & Gas (Continued)            

5.50%, 12/1/25

  $ 100,000     $ 107,593  

5.55%, 3/15/26

    194,000       208,363  

3.40%, 4/15/26

    175,000       175,230  

3.20%, 8/15/26

    150,000       150,222  

3.00%, 2/15/27

    150,000       146,522  

PBF Holding Co. LLC / PBF Finance Corp. 144A,
9.25%, 5/15/25 (b)

    282,000       285,683  

7.25%, 6/15/25 (b)

    130,000       109,436  

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

    200,000       196,494  

144A, 5.00%, 1/24/26

    200,000       196,272  

Range Resources Corp.
5.00%, 3/15/23

    197,000       199,663  

4.875%, 5/15/25

    151,000       153,142  

SM Energy Co.
144A, 10.00%, 1/15/25

    174,000       190,998  

6.625%, 1/15/27 (b)

    100,000       101,121  

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

    136,000       105,858  

144A, 7.50%, 1/15/26

    111,000       86,206  

144A, 11.50%, 1/30/27

    140,000       140,263  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $6,805,089)

      6,938,019  
   

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 0.4%            

TechnipFMC PLC, 144A,
6.50%, 2/1/26

    109,000       112,684  

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

    212,000       213,190  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $332,271)

      325,874  
   

 

 

 
Pipelines — 4.8%            

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

    75,000       80,721  

Buckeye Partners LP
4.15%, 7/1/23

    68,000       68,916  

144A, 4.125%, 3/1/25

    98,000       96,778  

3.95%, 12/1/26

    203,000       196,208  

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

    50,000       50,377  

DCP Midstream Operating LP
3.875%, 3/15/23

    73,000       73,910  

5.375%, 7/15/25

    162,000       171,768  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP
4.40%, 4/1/24

    180,000       183,544  

4.15%, 6/1/25

    50,000       50,129  

4.85%, 7/15/26

    166,000       168,279  

EQM Midstream Partners LP
4.75%, 7/15/23

    100,000       100,634  

4.00%, 8/1/24

    25,000       24,531  

144A, 6.00%, 7/1/25

    170,000       173,623  

4.125%, 12/1/26

    120,000       114,806  

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

    110,000       107,363  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   39  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Pipelines (Continued)            

8.00%, 1/15/27

  $ 210,000     $ 212,625  

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

    147,000       150,861  

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

    282,000       271,612  

144A, 6.50%, 9/30/26

    310,000       297,192  

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

    420,000       422,226  

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

    116,000       111,539  

NuStar Logistics LP
5.75%, 10/1/25

    131,000       136,579  

6.00%, 6/1/26

    150,000       152,599  

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

    54,000       52,987  

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

    113,000       118,810  

Targa Resources Partners LP / Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.,
5.875%, 4/15/26

    78,000       80,623  

Western Midstream Operating LP
4.00%, 7/1/22

    250,000       250,281  

3.60%, 2/1/25

    200,000       201,111  

4.65%, 7/1/26

    83,000       86,109  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $4,231,677)

      4,206,741  
   

 

 

 
Financial — 12.9%    
Banks — 1.9%            

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

    286,000       307,672  

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

    92,000       91,929  

144A, 8.25%, 4/15/25

    111,000       110,927  

144A, 7.625%, 5/1/26

    142,000       136,587  

144A, 6.625%, 1/15/27

    142,000       131,268  

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

    500,000       515,327  

144A, 5.71%, 1/15/26

    340,000       358,938  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,678,745)

      1,652,648  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 3.8%            

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

    180,000       191,919  

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

    95,000       90,418  

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

    120,000       121,952  

Navient Corp.
5.50%, 1/25/23

    181,000       185,031  

MTN, 6.125%, 3/25/24

    165,000       170,151  

5.875%, 10/25/24

    91,000       94,232  

6.75%, 6/25/25

    110,000       114,385  

6.75%, 6/15/26

    140,000       145,426  

OneMain Finance Corp.
5.625%, 3/15/23

    197,000       202,161  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Diversified Financial Services (Continued)            

6.125%, 3/15/24

  $ 241,000     $ 248,525  

6.875%, 3/15/25

    265,000       283,107  

8.875%, 6/1/25

    230,000       242,943  

7.125%, 3/15/26

    296,000       321,230  

3.50%, 1/15/27

    150,000       142,119  

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

    126,000       125,512  

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

    240,000       225,994  

SLM Corp.
4.20%, 10/29/25

    200,000       201,242  

3.125%, 11/2/26

    100,000       95,987  

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

    145,000       139,758  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $3,420,428)

      3,342,092  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 1.0%            

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

    209,000       207,134  

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

    226,000       223,966  

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

    250,000       251,925  

Radian Group, Inc.,
6.625%, 3/15/25

    210,000       222,597  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $914,466)

      905,622  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate — 0.4%            

Realogy Group LLC / Realogy Co.-Issuer Corp., 144A,
4.875%, 6/1/23

    62,000       63,462  

WeWork Cos. LLC / WW Co.-Obligor, Inc., 144A,
5.00%, 7/10/25

    125,000       105,235  

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

    150,000       136,022  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $308,332)

      304,719  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 5.0%            

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

    159,000       150,482  

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

    218,000       215,506  

Diversified Healthcare Trust,
9.75%, 6/15/25

    263,000       278,144  

HAT Holdings I LLC / HAT Holdings II LLC, 144A,
3.375%, 6/15/26

    250,000       237,320  

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

    159,000       160,185  

4.25%, 8/1/25 (b)

    107,000       106,214  

5.50%, 2/15/26

    85,000       87,099  

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

    125,000       121,943  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   40  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)            

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP / MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc.
5.625%, 5/1/24

  $ 102,000     $ 106,011  

144A, 4.625%, 6/15/25

    122,000       125,853  

4.50%, 9/1/26

    100,000       102,132  

5.75%, 2/1/27

    100,000       108,319  

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

    115,000       112,159  

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

    250,000       249,706  

Service Properties Trust
5.00%, 8/15/22

    168,000       167,562  

4.35%, 10/1/24

    145,000       139,014  

7.50%, 9/15/25

    211,000       221,867  

4.75%, 10/1/26

    100,000       92,673  

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

    70,000       68,504  

4.75%, 3/15/25

    70,000       70,811  

144A, 3.625%, 7/15/26

    150,000       142,196  

144A, 4.375%, 1/15/27

    100,000       97,221  

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

    522,000       543,807  

VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co., Inc.
144A, 3.50%, 2/15/25

    204,000       204,729  

144A, 4.25%, 12/1/26

    215,000       217,392  

144A, 3.75%, 2/15/27

    150,000       149,128  

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

    97,000       100,013  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $4,447,983)

      4,375,990  
   

 

 

 
Venture Capital — 0.8%            

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

    293,000       291,144  

6.375%, 12/15/25

    175,000       177,599  

6.25%, 5/15/26

    235,000       237,017  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $715,593)

      705,760  
   

 

 

 
Industrial — 9.6%    
Aerospace/Defense — 4.0%            

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

    200,000       207,215  

144A, 7.50%, 3/15/25

    291,000       290,580  

144A, 7.125%, 6/15/26

    282,000       281,938  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
5.125%, 10/1/24 (b)

    256,000       268,923  

6.875%, 5/1/25

    175,000       192,955  

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

    186,000       181,871  

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

    130,000       133,754  

144A, 7.50%, 4/15/25

    145,000       150,582  

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

    195,000       203,845  

144A, 6.25%, 3/15/26

    1,015,000       1,047,779  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Aerospace/Defense (Continued)            

6.375%, 6/15/26

  $ 205,000     $ 209,232  

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

    138,000       147,401  

144A, 6.25%, 9/15/24

    71,000       70,539  

7.75%, 8/15/25 (b)

    118,000       118,561  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $3,456,614)

      3,505,175  
   

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.1%            

JELD-WEN, Inc., 144A,
4.625%, 12/15/25
(Cost $95,875)

    95,000       93,364  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.4%  

WESCO Distribution, Inc., 144A,
7.125%, 6/15/25
(Cost $340,733)

    325,000       340,987  
   

 

 

 
Electronics — 0.3%            

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

    76,000       77,983  

144A, 5.625%, 11/1/24

    66,000       69,617  

144A, 5.00%, 10/1/25

    156,000       161,507  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $315,072)

      309,107  
   

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.2%            

Brand Industrial Services, Inc., 144A,
8.50%, 7/15/25 (b)
(Cost $200,709)

    203,000       186,598  
   

 

 

 
Environmental Control — 0.6%            

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

    282,000       281,962  

144A, 3.75%, 8/1/25

    130,000       128,857  

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

    149,000       152,518  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $570,184)

      563,337  
   

 

 

 
Miscellaneous Manufacturing — 0.5%            

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

    140,000       138,070  

144A, 12.25%, 11/15/26

    160,000       171,402  

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

    94,000       97,562  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $412,528)

      407,034  
   

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 3.0%            

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

    215,000       217,152  

144A, 4.125%, 8/15/26

    265,000       256,827  

Ball Corp.
4.00%, 11/15/23

    185,000       189,144  

5.25%, 7/1/25

    250,000       265,288  

4.875%, 3/15/26

    139,000       145,368  

Flex Acquisition Co., Inc., 144A,
6.875%, 1/15/25

    206,000       206,678  

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

    185,000       185,682  

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

    425,000       423,300  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   41  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Packaging & Containers (Continued)            

144A, 7.25%, 4/15/25

  $ 250,000     $ 246,071  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 144A,
5.875%, 8/15/23

    136,000       138,534  

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

    50,000       51,809  

144A, 5.50%, 9/15/25

    100,000       104,876  

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

    200,000       202,058  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $2,670,328)

      2,632,787  
   

 

 

 
Transportation — 0.3%            

XPO Logistics, Inc., 144A,
6.25%, 5/1/25
(Cost $247,091)

    238,000       247,294  
   

 

 

 
Trucking & Leasing — 0.2%            

Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC, 144A,
6.50%, 10/1/25
(Cost $188,065)

    185,000       187,521  
   

 

 

 
Technology — 2.8%    
Computers — 1.1%            

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.
8.50%, 4/15/24 (b)

    33,000       32,556  

144A, 9.375%, 7/15/25

    145,000       151,164  

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

    236,000       139,240  

Seagate HDD Cayman
4.75%, 6/1/23

    110,000       113,155  

4.875%, 3/1/24

    97,000       100,157  

4.75%, 1/1/25

    113,000       116,524  

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

    277,000       283,233  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $956,628)

      936,029  
   

 

 

 
Office/Business Equipment — 0.4%            

Xerox Corp.,
4.375%, 3/15/23

    185,000       187,086  

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

    147,000       149,940  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $337,795)

      337,026  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 0.1%            

ams-OSRAM AG, 144A,
7.00%, 7/31/25
(Cost $132,174)

    125,000       129,695  
   

 

 

 
Software — 1.2%            

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

    137,000       141,932  

CDK Global, Inc.,
5.00%, 10/15/24 (b)

    87,000       91,218  

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

    260,000       258,765  

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

    80,000       84,997  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Software (Continued)            

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

  $ 162,000     $ 161,946  

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

    353,000       349,576  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,103,751)

      1,088,434  
   

 

 

 
Utilities — 1.8%    
Electric — 1.3%            

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

    84,000       84,939  

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

    80,000       79,697  

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

    350,000       357,304  

Talen Energy Supply LLC
6.50%, 6/1/25

    115,000       47,338  

144A, 10.50%, 1/15/26

    120,000       54,209  

TransAlta Corp.,
4.50%, 11/15/22

    69,000       69,427  

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

    230,000       233,911  

144A, 5.625%, 2/15/27

    200,000       205,168  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $1,176,259)

      1,131,993  
   

 

 

 
Gas — 0.5%            

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

    121,000       123,584  

5.50%, 5/20/25

    107,000       109,022  

5.875%, 8/20/26

    175,000       178,500  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $435,741)

      411,106  
   

 

 

 
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $88,033,699)
      86,556,793  
   

 

 

 
   

Number
of Shares

       
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL — 4.0%        

DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 0.01% (c)(d)
(Cost $3,496,240)

    3,496,240       3,496,240  
   

 

 

 
CASH EQUIVALENTS — 0.4%            

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 0.04% (c)
(Cost $346,281)

    346,281       346,281  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 103.0%
(Cost $91,876,220)

    $ 90,399,314  

Other assets and liabilities, net — (3.0%)

      (2,598,530
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 87,800,784  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   42  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

A summary of the Fund’s transactions with affiliated investments during the period ended February 28, 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
($)
     Number of
Shares at
2/28/2022
     Value ($) at
2/28/2022
 

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL4.0%

 

DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 0.01% (c)(d)

 

     1,323,612        2,172,628 (e)                          119               3,496,240        3,496,240  

CASH EQUIVALENTS0.4%

 

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 0.04% (c)

 

     5,311,866        12,755,308       (17,720,893                   549               346,281        346,281  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
       6,635,478          14,927,936         (17,720,893         —            —          668            —          3,842,521          3,842,521  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Defaulted security or security for which income has been deemed uncollectible.

(b)

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 February 28, 2022 amounted to $4,335,578, which is 4.9% of net assets.

(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 $1,011,020.

(e)

Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested in cash collateral for the period ended February 28, 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.

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 February 28, 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 (f)

     $        $ 86,556,793        $     —        $ 86,556,793  

Short-Term Investments (f)

       3,842,521                            3,842,521  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL

     $ 3,842,521        $ 86,556,793        $        $ 90,399,314  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(f)

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   43  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
CORPORATE BONDS — 98.3%    
Basic Materials — 3.2%

 

Chemicals — 1.7%  

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

  $ 1,812,000     $ 1,669,885  

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

    3,460,000       3,318,763  

144A, 7.50%, 9/30/29 (a)

    1,700,000       1,554,047  

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

    2,975,000       2,718,971  

Chemours Co.
5.375%, 5/15/27 (a)

    2,175,000       2,185,875  

144A, 5.75%, 11/15/28

    3,475,000       3,419,261  

144A, 4.625%, 11/15/29

    2,762,000       2,562,584  

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

    1,853,000       1,853,426  

144A, 5.625%, 10/15/28

    2,231,000       2,064,902  

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

    2,135,000       2,041,327  

Methanex Corp.
5.125%, 10/15/27

    3,050,000       3,101,621  

5.25%, 12/15/29 (a)

    2,975,000       3,010,402  

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

    4,462,000       4,523,219  

144A, 5.00%, 5/1/25

    2,111,000       2,135,013  

144A, 5.25%, 6/1/27

    4,327,000       4,345,303  

144A, 4.25%, 5/15/29 (a)

    2,479,000       2,327,187  

Olin Corp.
5.125%, 9/15/27

    2,292,000       2,323,469  

5.625%, 8/1/29

    3,331,000       3,480,379  

5.00%, 2/1/30

    2,019,000       2,037,686  

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

    3,463,000       3,233,749  

144A, 6.25%, 10/1/29 (a)

    1,750,000       1,607,655  

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

    4,975,000       4,763,563  

144A, 6.625%, 5/1/29 (a)

    2,975,000       2,800,412  

TPC Group, Inc., 144A,
10.50%, 8/1/24 (b)

    1,900,000       1,045,000  

Tronox, Inc.
144A, 6.50%, 5/1/25

    2,125,000       2,209,416  

144A, 4.625%, 3/15/29

    4,568,000       4,311,941  

Valvoline, Inc.
144A, 4.25%, 2/15/30

    2,556,000       2,425,133  

144A, 3.625%, 6/15/31

    2,349,000       2,107,675  

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

    3,156,000       3,156,852  

144A, 5.625%, 8/15/29

    4,908,000       4,711,680  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $88,784,351)

      83,046,396  
   

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 0.1%  

Mercer International, Inc.,
5.125%, 2/1/29
(Cost $3,813,941)

    3,706,000       3,629,536  
   

 

 

 
Iron/Steel — 0.3%  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.
144A, 9.875%, 10/17/25

    2,581,000       2,868,059  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Iron/Steel (Continued)  

144A, 6.75%, 3/15/26

  $ 3,591,000     $ 3,791,629  

5.875%, 6/1/27

    2,458,000       2,534,935  

144A, 4.625%, 3/1/29 (a)

    2,125,000       2,054,121  

144A, 4.875%, 3/1/31 (a)

    2,125,000       2,053,834  

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

    3,187,000       3,278,706  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $16,984,269)

      16,581,284  
   

 

 

 
Mining — 1.1%  

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV
144A, 5.50%, 12/15/27

    3,302,000       3,446,578  

144A, 6.125%, 5/15/28

    2,125,000       2,239,304  

144A, 4.125%, 3/31/29

    2,135,000       2,144,059  

Arconic Corp.
144A, 6.00%, 5/15/25

    2,959,000       3,055,167  

144A, 6.125%, 2/15/28

    3,896,000       3,989,446  

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

    2,135,000       1,965,470  

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

    3,187,000       3,279,455  

144A, 4.50%, 9/15/27

    2,571,000       2,575,319  

144A, 4.375%, 4/1/31

    6,479,000       6,297,750  

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

    2,589,000       2,504,741  

144A, 6.125%, 4/1/29 (a)

    2,550,000       2,610,907  

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

    2,149,000       2,032,707  

144A, 4.50%, 6/1/31

    2,363,000       2,131,863  

Novelis Corp.
144A, 3.25%, 11/15/26

    3,237,000       3,075,894  

144A, 4.75%, 1/30/30

    6,700,000       6,568,177  

144A, 3.875%, 8/15/31

    3,237,000       2,986,408  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $53,785,150)

      50,903,245  
   

 

 

 
Communications — 18.7%

 

Advertising — 0.8%  

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

    5,285,000       5,286,585  

144A, 7.75%, 4/15/28

    4,387,000       4,555,900  

144A, 7.50%, 6/1/29

    4,462,000       4,632,738  

Lamar Media Corp.
3.75%, 2/15/28

    2,632,000       2,533,300  

4.00%, 2/15/30

    2,337,000       2,245,588  

3.625%, 1/15/31

    2,337,000       2,197,423  

Midas OpCo Holdings LLC, 144A,
5.625%, 8/15/29

    4,675,000       4,587,391  

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

    1,609,000       1,667,189  

144A, 5.00%, 8/15/27

    2,906,000       2,872,218  

144A, 4.25%, 1/15/29

    2,125,000       2,029,449  

144A, 4.625%, 3/15/30

    2,125,000       2,013,342  

Terrier Media Buyer, Inc., 144A,
8.875%, 12/15/27

    4,413,000       4,528,312  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $40,489,287)

      39,149,435  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   44  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Internet — 1.2%  

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

  $ 4,037,000     $ 3,827,258  

144A, 6.125%, 12/1/28

    2,125,000       1,992,825  

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

    2,496,000       2,542,987  

144A, 3.50%, 3/1/29

    3,400,000       3,203,820  

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

    1,822,000       1,824,241  

144A, 4.625%, 6/1/28 (a)

    2,122,000       2,132,037  

144A, 4.125%, 8/1/30

    2,147,000       2,081,764  

144A, 3.625%, 10/1/31

    2,260,000       2,110,885  

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

    4,775,000       4,789,373  

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

    3,336,000       3,318,920  

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

    2,975,000       2,929,780  

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

    4,250,000       4,424,250  

144A, 8.00%, 11/1/26

    6,431,000       6,837,664  

144A, 7.50%, 9/15/27

    5,144,000       5,471,441  

144A, 6.25%, 1/15/28 (a)

    2,267,000       2,317,554  

144A, 4.50%, 8/15/29

    6,375,000       6,115,378  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $57,763,382)

      55,920,177  
   

 

 

 
Media — 9.7%  

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

    5,180,000       4,673,344  

144A, 5.75%, 8/15/29

    8,648,000       7,891,214  

AMC Networks, Inc.
5.00%, 4/1/24

    1,896,000       1,895,772  

4.75%, 8/1/25

    3,400,000       3,397,875  

4.25%, 2/15/29

    4,350,000       4,079,495  

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

    1,997,000       1,899,626  

144A, 6.75%, 3/31/29 (a)

    2,295,000       2,178,643  

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

    2,762,000       2,558,275  

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

    2,141,000       2,140,732  

144A, 5.50%, 5/1/26

    3,187,000       3,254,692  

144A, 5.125%, 5/1/27

    14,211,000       14,384,801  

144A, 5.00%, 2/1/28

    10,624,000       10,663,043  

144A, 5.375%, 6/1/29

    6,375,000       6,465,589  

144A, 4.75%, 3/1/30

    12,962,000       12,725,638  

144A, 4.50%, 8/15/30

    11,687,000       11,210,054  

144A, 4.25%, 2/1/31

    12,899,000       12,107,259  

144A, 4.75%, 2/1/32

    5,100,000       4,958,296  

4.50%, 5/1/32

    12,337,000       11,717,498  

144A, 4.50%, 6/1/33

    7,437,000       6,983,157  

144A, 4.25%, 1/15/34

    8,549,000       7,843,003  

CSC Holdings LLC
5.25%, 6/1/24

    3,187,000       3,225,371  

144A, 5.50%, 4/15/27

    5,567,000       5,559,819  

144A, 5.375%, 2/1/28

    4,359,000       4,250,025  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Media (Continued)  

144A, 7.50%, 4/1/28

  $ 4,445,000     $ 4,443,978  

144A, 6.50%, 2/1/29

    7,437,000       7,541,676  

144A, 5.75%, 1/15/30

    9,873,000       8,719,217  

144A, 4.125%, 12/1/30

    4,675,000       4,204,578  

144A, 4.625%, 12/1/30

    9,886,000       8,249,743  

144A, 3.375%, 2/15/31

    4,280,000       3,651,921  

144A, 4.50%, 11/15/31

    6,375,000       5,810,175  

144A, 5.00%, 11/15/31

    2,350,000       1,959,148  

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

    12,962,000       5,336,715  

144A, 6.625%, 8/15/27

    7,411,000       1,797,167  

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

    15,624,000       15,648,842  

DISH DBS Corp.
5.00%, 3/15/23

    6,575,000       6,653,900  

5.875%, 11/15/24

    8,906,000       8,914,906  

7.75%, 7/1/26

    8,581,000       8,699,804  

144A, 5.25%, 12/1/26

    11,897,000       11,685,085  

7.375%, 7/1/28 (a)

    4,245,000       3,997,856  

144A, 5.75%, 12/1/28

    10,574,000       10,141,259  

5.125%, 6/1/29

    6,474,000       5,474,026  

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

    5,525,000       5,270,242  

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

    3,075,000       3,147,924  

144A, 7.00%, 5/15/27

    3,148,000       3,317,016  

144A, 4.75%, 10/15/30

    3,400,000       3,192,073  

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

    3,362,004       3,471,101  

8.375%, 5/1/27

    6,274,305       6,542,343  

144A, 5.25%, 8/15/27

    3,187,000       3,178,395  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/28

    2,163,000       2,095,179  

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

    5,022,000       5,115,133  

144A, 5.125%, 7/15/29

    3,547,000       3,414,892  

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

    3,880,000       3,686,000  

144A, 8.00%, 8/1/29

    3,126,000       2,811,431  

News Corp.
144A, 3.875%, 5/15/29

    4,250,000       4,076,813  

144A, 5.125%, 2/15/32

    2,505,000       2,565,396  

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

    7,786,000       7,966,051  

144A, 4.75%, 11/1/28

    4,250,000       4,138,650  

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

    3,825,000       3,659,263  

144A, 6.50%, 9/15/28

    4,250,000       3,996,764  

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

    2,437,000       2,292,303  

144A, 5.375%, 1/15/31 (a)

    2,170,000       2,061,500  

Sinclair Television Group, Inc.
144A, 5.125%, 2/15/27

    1,700,000       1,548,938  

144A, 5.50%, 3/1/30

    2,125,000       1,867,184  

144A, 4.125%, 12/1/30

    3,187,000       2,857,400  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   45  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Media (Continued)  

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

  $ 4,236,000     $ 4,051,142  

144A, 5.00%, 8/1/27

    6,737,000       6,812,185  

144A, 4.00%, 7/15/28

    8,499,000       8,185,387  

144A, 5.50%, 7/1/29

    5,245,000       5,372,060  

144A, 4.125%, 7/1/30

    6,375,000       6,035,691  

144A, 3.875%, 9/1/31

    6,324,000       5,835,882  

TEGNA, Inc.
144A, 4.75%, 3/15/26

    2,346,000       2,364,369  

4.625%, 3/15/28

    4,448,000       4,453,582  

5.00%, 9/15/29

    4,727,000       4,723,124  

Telenet Finance Luxembourg Notes SARL, 144A,
5.50%, 3/1/28

    4,200,000       4,200,000  

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

    6,414,000       6,463,542  

144A, 6.625%, 6/1/27

    6,321,000       6,565,307  

144A, 4.50%, 5/1/29

    4,568,000       4,345,561  

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

    5,382,000       5,147,937  

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

    2,427,000       2,417,668  

Videotron Ltd.
144A, 5.375%, 6/15/24

    2,821,000       2,926,223  

144A, 5.125%, 4/15/27

    2,417,500       2,463,046  

144A, 3.625%, 6/15/29

    2,113,000       2,013,943  

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

    3,931,000       3,699,444  

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

    6,056,000       6,060,023  

144A, 4.50%, 8/15/30

    4,038,000       3,781,708  

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

    6,631,000       6,342,518  

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

    2,656,000       2,692,002  

144A, 5.125%, 2/28/30 (a)

    2,125,000       1,984,155  

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

    4,211,000       4,024,516  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $507,296,613)

      464,226,223  
   

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 7.0%  

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

    6,813,000       7,144,487  

144A, 6.00%, 2/15/28

    5,206,000       4,603,405  

Altice France SA
144A, 8.125%, 2/1/27

    7,781,000       8,199,229  

144A, 5.50%, 1/15/28

    5,115,000       4,788,714  

144A, 5.125%, 1/15/29

    1,941,000       1,763,651  

144A, 5.125%, 7/15/29

    10,630,000       9,633,278  

144A, 5.50%, 10/15/29

    8,554,000       7,849,706  

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

    4,250,000       4,102,185  

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

    5,185,000       5,382,860  

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

    5,550,000       5,447,020  

144A, 5.00%, 3/15/27

    3,230,000       2,862,717  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Telecommunications (Continued)  

CommScope, Inc.
144A, 6.00%, 3/1/26

  $ 6,456,000     $ 6,593,384  

144A, 8.25%, 3/1/27

    4,307,000       4,293,067  

144A, 7.125%, 7/1/28 (a)

    3,010,000       2,826,962  

144A, 4.75%, 9/1/29

    5,312,000       4,962,072  

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

    8,923,000       9,043,460  

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

    1,686,000       1,599,458  

144A, 6.50%, 10/1/28 (a)

    3,187,000       3,179,032  

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

    1,892,000       1,901,679  

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

    4,787,000       4,859,738  

144A, 5.00%, 5/1/28

    6,587,000       6,404,211  

144A, 6.75%, 5/1/29

    4,250,000       4,133,125  

5.875%, 11/1/29

    3,243,303       2,989,709  

144A, 6.00%, 1/15/30

    4,250,000       3,922,771  

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

    3,279,000       3,372,189  

6.625%, 8/1/26 (a)

    3,182,500       3,318,711  

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

    5,116,000       5,096,687  

144A, 7.00%, 10/15/28

    3,825,000       3,811,192  

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

    12,000,000       12,210,000  

Level 3 Financing, Inc.
5.375%, 5/1/25

    2,337,000       2,346,301  

5.25%, 3/15/26

    3,401,000       3,411,781  

144A, 4.625%, 9/15/27

    4,350,000       4,190,942  

144A, 4.25%, 7/1/28

    5,242,000       4,848,850  

144A, 3.625%, 1/15/29

    3,654,000       3,206,484  

144A, 3.75%, 7/15/29

    3,915,000       3,461,017  

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

    3,387,000       3,543,479  

Series Y, 7.50%, 4/1/24

    4,215,000       4,428,384  

5.625%, 4/1/25

    2,130,000       2,120,016  

144A, 5.125%, 12/15/26

    5,312,000       4,940,160  

144A, 4.00%, 2/15/27

    5,341,000       5,082,496  

144A, 4.50%, 1/15/29

    4,350,000       3,639,710  

144A, 5.375%, 6/15/29

    4,200,000       3,651,942  

Nokia OYJ,
4.375%, 6/12/27

    2,125,000       2,203,657  

Sprint Corp.
7.875%, 9/15/23

    18,211,000       19,588,207  

7.125%, 6/15/24

    11,324,000       12,268,535  

7.625%, 2/15/25

    6,515,000       7,223,506  

7.625%, 3/1/26

    6,225,000       7,103,970  

Switch Ltd.
144A, 3.75%, 9/15/28

    2,550,000       2,423,265  

144A, 4.125%, 6/15/29

    2,225,000       2,133,708  

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

    6,475,000       6,671,193  

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

    2,170,000       1,599,062  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   46  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Telecommunications (Continued)  

144A, 4.875%, 6/1/27

  $ 1,775,000     $ 1,263,525  

144A, 6.50%, 10/15/27

    2,337,000       1,172,391  

T-Mobile USA, Inc.
2.25%, 2/15/26

    4,250,000       4,106,116  

2.625%, 4/15/26

    5,230,000       5,116,378  

5.375%, 4/15/27

    2,125,000       2,191,343  

4.75%, 2/1/28

    6,375,000       6,588,403  

2.625%, 2/15/29

    4,250,000       3,993,066  

3.375%, 4/15/29

    5,312,000       5,214,472  

2.875%, 2/15/31

    4,250,000       3,994,023  

3.50%, 4/15/31

    5,737,000       5,638,467  

VEON Holdings BV
144A, 5.95%, 2/13/23

    2,249,000       1,416,870  

144A, 7.25%, 4/26/23

    2,975,000       1,945,724  

144A, 4.95%, 6/16/24

    2,263,000       1,267,280  

144A, 4.00%, 4/9/25

    4,250,000       1,848,750  

144A, 3.375%, 11/25/27

    5,312,000       2,337,280  

Viasat, Inc.
144A, 5.625%, 9/15/25

    2,975,000       2,845,915  

144A, 5.625%, 4/15/27

    2,480,000       2,480,273  

144A, 6.50%, 7/15/28

    1,734,000       1,602,849  

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

    5,737,000       5,286,588  

144A, 4.75%, 7/15/31

    5,950,000       5,712,595  

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

    5,950,000       6,012,713  

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

    6,479,000       6,168,526  

144A, 6.125%, 3/1/28 (a)

    4,660,000       4,339,206  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $367,814,108)

      338,924,117  
   

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 20.6%

 

Airlines — 1.2%  

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

    5,100,000       4,966,814  

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

    2,125,000       1,981,563  

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

    10,624,000       12,911,347  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.
3.80%, 4/19/23

    2,170,000       2,188,912  

2.90%, 10/28/24

    3,825,000       3,780,974  

7.375%, 1/15/26

    4,592,000       5,126,371  

4.375%, 4/19/28 (a)

    2,025,000       2,028,402  

3.75%, 10/28/29 (a)

    2,605,000       2,481,784  

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

    5,199,506       5,270,635  

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

    8,203,000       8,217,437  

144A, 4.625%, 4/15/29

    8,651,000       8,440,737  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $59,007,784)

      57,394,976  
   

 

 

 
Apparel — 0.3%  

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

    3,825,000       3,881,935  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Apparel (Continued)  

144A, 4.875%, 5/15/26

  $ 3,825,000     $ 3,899,836  

Levi Strauss & Co., 144A,
3.50%, 3/1/31 (a)

    2,225,000       2,077,004  

William Carter Co.
144A, 5.50%, 5/15/25

    2,125,000       2,180,569  

144A, 5.625%, 3/15/27

    2,197,000       2,241,017  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $14,750,115)

      14,280,361  
   

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 3.3%  

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

    1,824,000       1,816,230  

144A, 5.875%, 6/1/29

    2,125,000       2,232,684  

144A, 3.75%, 1/30/31

    4,285,000       3,985,350  

Ford Motor Co.
9.00%, 4/22/25

    4,951,000       5,746,254  

4.346%, 12/8/26

    6,344,000       6,494,670  

9.625%, 4/22/30

    1,861,000       2,560,448  

3.25%, 2/12/32

    10,624,000       10,035,962  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
3.096%, 5/4/23

    4,250,000       4,287,188  

4.375%, 8/6/23

    4,250,000       4,318,531  

3.37%, 11/17/23

    4,093,000       4,116,371  

3.81%, 1/9/24

    3,187,000       3,227,794  

5.584%, 3/18/24

    6,375,000       6,660,473  

3.664%, 9/8/24

    3,162,000       3,169,510  

4.063%, 11/1/24

    6,024,000       6,121,035  

2.30%, 2/10/25

    5,437,000       5,280,985  

4.687%, 6/9/25

    2,550,000       2,631,587  

5.125%, 6/16/25

    7,537,000       7,837,425  

4.134%, 8/4/25

    5,950,000       6,024,375  

3.375%, 11/13/25

    8,924,000       8,800,313  

GMTN, 4.389%, 1/8/26

    5,200,000       5,310,916  

4.542%, 8/1/26

    3,247,000       3,348,793  

2.70%, 8/10/26

    6,494,000       6,226,122  

4.271%, 1/9/27

    3,896,000       3,931,843  

4.125%, 8/17/27

    5,569,000       5,618,286  

3.815%, 11/2/27

    3,332,000       3,306,244  

2.90%, 2/16/28

    3,243,000       3,076,618  

2.90%, 2/10/29

    3,187,000       2,981,438  

5.113%, 5/3/29

    6,319,000       6,671,885  

4.00%, 11/13/30

    6,977,000       6,932,905  

3.625%, 6/17/31

    4,250,000       4,093,334  

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

    2,237,000       2,360,035  

144A, 4.50%, 10/1/27

    2,389,000       2,201,045  

144A, 5.875%, 1/15/28

    2,897,000       2,876,721  

144A, 5.50%, 7/15/29

    2,165,000       2,083,899  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $162,324,667)

      156,367,269  
   

 

 

 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 1.4%  

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

    3,565,000       3,574,679  

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
6.25%, 3/15/26

    1,820,000       1,848,283  

6.50%, 4/1/27 (a)

    2,108,000       2,157,538  

6.875%, 7/1/28 (a)

    1,700,000       1,754,825  

5.00%, 10/1/29 (a)

    2,550,000       2,423,112  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   47  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Auto Parts & Equipment (Continued)  

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

  $ 1,912,000     $ 1,986,243  

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

    3,825,000       3,964,096  

144A, 8.50%, 5/15/27

    8,302,000       8,652,760  

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

    1,849,000       1,874,488  

Dana, Inc.
5.375%, 11/15/27

    1,577,000       1,610,519  

5.625%, 6/15/28

    1,744,000       1,785,429  

4.25%, 9/1/30

    1,769,000       1,683,283  

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

    3,449,000       3,675,772  

5.00%, 5/31/26

    3,915,000       3,934,536  

4.875%, 3/15/27

    2,975,000       2,978,808  

144A, 5.00%, 7/15/29

    3,612,000       3,558,217  

5.25%, 4/30/31

    2,737,000       2,664,894  

144A, 5.25%, 7/15/31

    2,432,000       2,371,930  

5.625%, 4/30/33

    1,948,000       1,875,924  

Tenneco, Inc.
5.00%, 7/15/26 (a)

    2,125,000       2,122,588  

144A, 7.875%, 1/15/29

    2,225,000       2,352,448  

144A, 5.125%, 4/15/29

    3,400,000       3,379,481  

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

    4,579,000       4,653,271  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $68,896,698)

      66,883,124  
   

 

 

 
Distribution/Wholesale — 0.5%  

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

    2,975,000       2,913,060  

144A, 3.875%, 11/15/29

    1,700,000       1,600,660  

Avient Corp.
5.25%, 3/15/23

    2,550,000       2,617,103  

144A, 5.75%, 5/15/25

    2,980,000       3,062,010  

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

    5,312,000       4,977,796  

Wolverine Escrow LLC
144A, 8.50%, 11/15/24 (a)

    2,811,000       2,365,878  

144A, 9.00%, 11/15/26 (a)

    3,635,000       3,640,997  

144A, 13.125%, 11/15/27 (a)

    2,231,000       1,104,345  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $24,409,451)

      22,281,849  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 3.3%  

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

    6,585,730       6,103,259  

144A, 7.50%, 2/15/29

    3,800,000       3,758,903  

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

    1,763,000       1,747,133  

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

    14,495,000       15,040,954  

144A, 8.125%, 7/1/27

    7,673,000       8,256,685  

144A, 4.625%, 10/15/29

    5,169,000       4,925,023  

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

    4,111,000       4,220,147  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Entertainment (Continued)  

Cedar Fair LP,
5.25%, 7/15/29 (a)

  $ 2,125,000     $ 2,126,328  

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

    4,450,000       4,579,339  

5.375%, 4/15/27 (a)

    2,125,000       2,143,201  

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

    2,550,000       2,591,246  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/28

    3,075,000       3,024,186  

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

    1,721,000       1,696,906  

144A, 5.25%, 7/15/28 (a)

    3,251,000       3,080,193  

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

    4,834,000       5,141,805  

144A, 4.125%, 4/15/26

    3,278,000       3,232,895  

144A, 6.25%, 1/15/27

    3,187,000       3,382,491  

144A, 5.25%, 1/15/29

    3,237,000       3,305,948  

Lions Gate Capital Holdings LLC, 144A,
5.50%, 4/15/29

    4,270,000       4,066,321  

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

    2,444,000       2,472,790  

144A, 6.50%, 5/15/27

    5,100,000       5,466,027  

144A, 4.75%, 10/15/27

    4,037,000       3,971,439  

144A, 3.75%, 1/15/28

    2,225,000       2,133,219  

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

    5,314,000       5,373,517  

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

    1,700,000       1,725,466  

144A, 4.125%, 7/1/29

    1,700,000       1,574,336  

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

    3,187,000       2,895,278  

144A, 5.875%, 9/1/31

    3,187,000       2,872,395  

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

    4,290,000       4,019,594  

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

    2,386,000       2,531,546  

144A, 5.00%, 10/15/25

    5,412,000       5,472,723  

144A, 8.25%, 3/15/26

    4,768,000       4,969,591  

144A, 7.00%, 5/15/28

    2,975,000       3,067,225  

144A, 7.25%, 11/15/29

    2,125,000       2,259,938  

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

    4,250,000       4,254,845  

144A, 5.50%, 4/15/27

    2,125,000       2,145,591  

Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., 144A,
7.00%, 7/1/25

    3,085,000       3,219,953  

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

    2,650,000       2,733,025  

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

    2,295,000       2,195,718  

144A, 3.875%, 7/15/30 (a)

    2,314,000       2,225,108  

144A, 3.00%, 2/15/31

    3,460,000       3,119,830  

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

    2,550,000       2,664,992  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   48  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Entertainment (Continued)  

144A, 5.125%, 10/1/29

  $ 3,187,000     $ 3,071,296  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $164,312,081)

      158,858,405  
   

 

 

 
Food Service — 0.4%  

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

    2,550,000       2,573,256  

144A, 6.375%, 5/1/25

    6,575,000       6,797,531  

144A, 5.00%, 2/1/28 (a)

    5,030,000       5,044,537  

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

    1,806,000       1,790,170  

144A, 10.50%, 5/15/29

    2,869,000       2,945,904  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $19,506,234)

      19,151,398  
   

 

 

 
Home Builders — 0.6%  

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

    1,698,000       1,602,462  

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

    2,600,000       2,609,633  

144A, 4.875%, 2/15/30

    2,125,000       1,941,655  

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

    2,301,000       2,384,181  

144A, 3.875%, 8/15/29

    2,125,000       1,974,231  

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

    2,245,000       2,256,247  

144A, 4.625%, 3/1/30

    2,640,000       2,486,418  

Meritage Homes Corp.
6.00%, 6/1/25

    2,100,000       2,239,020  

144A, 3.875%, 4/15/29

    1,962,000       1,921,102  

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

    1,975,000       2,074,343  

144A, 5.75%, 1/15/28

    1,912,000       1,996,577  

144A, 5.125%, 8/1/30

    2,175,000       2,171,346  

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

    2,325,000       2,295,938  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $29,588,641)

      27,953,153  
   

 

 

 
Home Furnishings — 0.1%  

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

    3,400,000       3,210,484  

144A, 3.875%, 10/15/31

    3,300,000       2,970,000  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $6,801,628)

      6,180,484  
   

 

 

 
Housewares — 0.4%  

Newell Brands, Inc.
4.35%, 4/1/23

    4,646,000       4,746,423  

4.875%, 6/1/25

    2,125,000       2,238,964  

4.70%, 4/1/26

    8,624,000       8,937,051  

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

    2,147,000       2,075,484  

4.00%, 4/1/31

    1,875,000       1,723,200  

4.375%, 2/1/32

    1,750,000       1,618,225  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $22,422,869)

      21,339,347  
   

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 2.3%  

Carnival Corp.
144A, 10.50%, 2/1/26

    3,294,000       3,701,764  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Leisure Time (Continued)  

144A, 7.625%, 3/1/26

  $ 6,034,000     $ 6,208,956  

144A, 5.75%, 3/1/27

    14,934,000       14,542,655  

144A, 9.875%, 8/1/27

    3,923,000       4,409,079  

144A, 4.00%, 8/1/28

    10,349,000       9,898,198  

144A, 6.00%, 5/1/29

    8,574,000       8,285,956  

Life Time, Inc.
144A, 5.75%, 1/15/26

    3,997,000       3,981,112  

144A, 8.00%, 4/15/26 (a)

    2,289,000       2,287,581  

NCL Corp. Ltd.
144A, 3.625%, 12/15/24

    2,601,000       2,441,728  

144A, 5.875%, 3/15/26

    6,056,000       5,865,236  

144A, 5.875%, 2/15/27

    4,000,000       4,002,500  

144A, 7.75%, 2/15/29

    2,500,000       2,578,100  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
144A, 10.875%, 6/1/23

    4,079,000       4,383,049  

144A, 9.125%, 6/15/23

    4,250,000       4,441,037  

144A, 11.50%, 6/1/25

    6,167,000       6,824,587  

144A, 4.25%, 7/1/26

    2,762,000       2,619,992  

144A, 5.50%, 8/31/26

    4,250,000       4,214,916  

144A, 5.375%, 7/15/27

    4,316,000       4,245,563  

3.70%, 3/15/28 (a)

    2,251,000       2,043,030  

144A, 5.50%, 4/1/28

    6,375,000       6,255,756  

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

    2,982,000       3,317,788  

144A, 5.875%, 9/15/27

    3,581,000       3,343,472  

144A, 7.00%, 2/15/29

    2,195,000       2,077,589  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $115,309,682)

      111,969,644  
   

 

 

 
Lodging — 2.2%  

Boyd Gaming Corp.
4.75%, 12/1/27 (a)

    4,249,000       4,260,154  

144A, 4.75%, 6/15/31

    3,825,000       3,761,734  

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

    2,125,000       2,195,125  

144A, 5.75%, 5/1/28

    2,215,000       2,317,344  

144A, 3.75%, 5/1/29

    3,350,000       3,238,026  

4.875%, 1/15/30

    4,650,000       4,791,848  

144A, 4.00%, 5/1/31

    4,675,000       4,575,422  

144A, 3.625%, 2/15/32

    6,375,000       6,072,379  

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

    3,712,000       3,643,365  

144A, 4.875%, 7/1/31

    2,125,000       2,020,843  

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

    2,550,000       2,607,515  

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

    2,225,000       2,110,958  

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

    4,410,000       4,209,345  

144A, 5.25%, 4/26/26 (a)

    2,125,000       1,984,219  

144A, 5.625%, 7/17/27

    2,550,000       2,383,740  

144A, 5.75%, 7/21/28

    3,812,000       3,451,804  

144A, 5.375%, 12/4/29

    4,887,000       4,249,735  

MGM Resorts International
6.00%, 3/15/23

    5,412,000       5,587,890  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   49  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Lodging (Continued)  

6.75%, 5/1/25

  $ 3,200,000     $ 3,315,552  

5.75%, 6/15/25

    2,880,000       2,988,000  

4.625%, 9/1/26

    1,557,000       1,555,023  

5.50%, 4/15/27

    2,902,000       3,000,421  

4.75%, 10/15/28

    3,071,000       3,063,284  

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

    3,248,000       3,126,200  

144A, 4.625%, 12/1/31

    2,125,000       2,005,320  

Travel + Leisure Co.
3.90%, 3/1/23

    1,689,000       1,695,275  

144A, 6.625%, 7/31/26

    2,762,000       2,952,357  

6.00%, 4/1/27

    1,700,000       1,779,237  

144A, 4.50%, 12/1/29

    2,762,000       2,642,889  

Wynn Las Vegas LLC / Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp.
144A, 4.25%, 5/30/23

    2,125,000       2,137,771  

144A, 5.50%, 3/1/25

    7,649,000       7,766,030  

144A, 5.25%, 5/15/27 (a)

    3,825,000       3,791,302  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $110,562,391)

      105,280,107  
   

 

 

 
Retail — 4.4%  

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

    1,929,000       1,989,108  

144A, 3.875%, 1/15/28

    6,581,000       6,410,552  

144A, 4.375%, 1/15/28

    3,237,000       3,185,807  

144A, 3.50%, 2/15/29

    3,237,000       3,056,845  

144A, 4.00%, 10/15/30

    12,324,000       11,426,659  

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

    1,731,000       1,704,273  

144A, 4.625%, 11/15/29

    3,400,000       3,321,307  

4.75%, 3/1/30

    1,891,000       1,837,797  

144A, 5.00%, 2/15/32

    2,550,000       2,479,161  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.
5.25%, 2/1/28

    2,125,000       2,204,687  

7.50%, 6/15/29

    2,125,000       2,338,520  

144A, 6.625%, 10/1/30

    4,150,000       4,497,645  

Carvana Co.
144A, 5.625%, 10/1/25 (a)

    2,125,000       2,020,875  

144A, 5.50%, 4/15/27

    2,550,000       2,283,576  

144A, 5.875%, 10/1/28 (a)

    2,550,000       2,280,401  

144A, 4.875%, 9/1/29 (a)

    3,287,000       2,750,874  

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

    3,441,000       3,445,318  

144A, 8.50%, 10/30/25

    2,612,000       2,643,292  

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

    2,762,000       2,585,978  

144A, 5.875%, 4/1/29

    3,556,000       3,272,587  

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

    4,250,000       4,074,369  

144A, 6.75%, 1/15/30

    5,442,000       5,176,675  

FirstCash, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 9/1/28

    2,125,000       2,008,869  

144A, 5.625%, 1/1/30

    2,387,000       2,374,194  

Gap, Inc.
144A, 3.625%, 10/1/29

    2,962,000       2,682,831  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Retail (Continued)  

144A, 3.875%, 10/1/31

  $ 3,262,000     $ 2,911,335  

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

    3,333,000       3,486,285  

144A, 6.75%, 2/15/26

    2,061,000       2,078,518  

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

    2,748,000       2,820,478  

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

    3,485,000       3,238,175  

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

    4,250,000       4,055,329  

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

    1,725,000       1,765,857  

144A, 3.875%, 6/1/29

    3,400,000       3,355,018  

144A, 4.375%, 1/15/31

    2,337,000       2,358,360  

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

    2,157,000       2,208,089  

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

    3,612,000       3,392,101  

144A, 7.875%, 5/1/29

    5,525,000       4,844,679  

Murphy Oil USA, Inc.
4.75%, 9/15/29

    2,175,000       2,184,276  

144A, 3.75%, 2/15/31 (a)

    2,175,000       2,037,170  

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

    5,175,000       5,332,838  

Nordstrom, Inc.
4.375%, 4/1/30 (a)

    2,125,000       1,939,488  

4.25%, 8/1/31 (a)

    1,804,000       1,617,908  

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

    3,187,000       3,194,968  

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

    2,348,000       2,327,549  

3.75%, 6/15/29 (a)

    2,125,000       1,987,991  

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

    5,100,000       5,094,543  

144A, 7.75%, 2/15/29

    5,152,000       5,421,269  

QVC, Inc.
4.375%, 3/15/23

    3,248,000       3,308,754  

4.85%, 4/1/24

    2,556,000       2,584,678  

4.45%, 2/15/25

    2,551,000       2,541,217  

4.75%, 2/15/27

    2,472,000       2,302,965  

4.375%, 9/1/28

    2,125,000       1,929,256  

Rite Aid Corp.
144A, 7.50%, 7/1/25

    2,525,000       2,429,113  

144A, 8.00%, 11/15/26

    3,612,000       3,438,461  

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

    2,762,000       2,626,234  

144A, 4.875%, 11/15/31

    2,225,000       2,100,656  

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

    2,762,000       2,641,080  

144A, 6.125%, 7/1/29

    1,947,000       1,862,714  

144A, 6.00%, 12/1/29

    3,677,000       3,484,141  

Staples, Inc.
144A, 7.50%, 4/15/26

    8,586,000       8,505,506  

144A, 10.75%, 4/15/27 (a)

    4,175,000       3,900,765  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   50  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Retail (Continued)  

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

  $ 2,837,000     $ 2,698,512  

Yum! Brands, Inc.
144A, 7.75%, 4/1/25

    1,908,000       1,989,233  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/30

    3,455,000       3,513,079  

3.625%, 3/15/31

    4,359,000       4,079,871  

4.625%, 1/31/32

    4,828,000       4,738,923  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $223,113,151)

      210,379,582  
   

 

 

 
Toys/Games/Hobbies — 0.2%  

Mattel, Inc.
144A, 3.375%, 4/1/26

    2,650,000       2,635,239  

144A, 5.875%, 12/15/27

    2,508,000       2,661,590  

144A, 3.75%, 4/1/29 (a)

    2,550,000       2,557,140  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $8,058,212)

      7,853,969  
   

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 18.6%  
Agriculture — 0.2%  

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

    2,125,000       2,164,908  

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

    2,459,000       2,528,860  

144A, 5.75%, 2/1/29

    3,718,000       3,436,343  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $8,599,958)

      8,130,111  
   

 

 

 
Beverages — 0.1%  

Primo Water Holdings, Inc., 144A,
4.375%, 4/30/29
(Cost $3,192,251)

    3,187,000       2,972,053  
   

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 0.1%  

Grifols Escrow Issuer SA, 144A,
4.75%, 10/15/28
(Cost $2,549,097)

    2,700,000       2,548,058  
   

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 3.9%  

ADT Security Corp.
4.125%, 6/15/23

    3,003,000       3,063,961  

144A, 4.125%, 8/1/29

    4,250,000       4,014,359  

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

    8,348,000       8,559,204  

144A, 9.75%, 7/15/27

    4,667,000       4,881,682  

144A, 6.00%, 6/1/29 (a)

    4,237,000       3,945,664  

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

    5,268,000       5,008,946  

APX Group, Inc.
144A, 6.75%, 2/15/27

    2,650,000       2,723,882  

144A, 5.75%, 7/15/29 (a)

    3,400,000       3,053,489  

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

    2,110,000       2,129,813  

144A, 4.75%, 4/1/28

    2,158,000       2,068,098  

144A, 5.375%, 3/1/29 (a)

    2,590,000       2,552,302  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Commercial Services (Continued)  

Block, Inc.
144A, 2.75%, 6/1/26

  $ 4,250,000     $ 4,128,046  

144A, 3.50%, 6/1/31 (a)

    4,350,000       4,091,523  

Brink’s Co.
144A, 5.50%, 7/15/25

    1,700,000       1,740,349  

144A, 4.625%, 10/15/27

    2,720,000       2,659,317  

CoreCivic, Inc.,
8.25%, 4/15/26 (a)

    2,869,000       2,917,472  

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

    2,788,000       2,705,308  

144A, 9.50%, 11/1/27

    2,592,000       2,677,316  

144A, 6.00%, 6/1/29

    2,195,000       1,994,542  

Gartner, Inc.
144A, 4.50%, 7/1/28

    3,470,000       3,519,413  

144A, 3.625%, 6/15/29

    2,550,000       2,478,574  

144A, 3.75%, 10/1/30

    3,400,000       3,286,253  

Grand Canyon University,
4.125%, 10/1/24 (a)

    2,125,000       2,153,815  

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

    5,200,000       5,336,500  

Hertz Corp.
144A, 4.625%, 12/1/26

    2,125,000       2,026,326  

144A, 5.00%, 12/1/29

    4,365,000       4,077,194  

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

    4,532,000       4,404,039  

144A, 5.75%, 11/1/28 (a)

    5,525,000       4,992,445  

Nielsen Co. Luxembourg SARL, 144A,
5.00%, 2/1/25 (a)

    2,187,000       2,206,300  

Nielsen Finance LLC / Nielsen Finance Co.
144A, 5.625%, 10/1/28

    4,250,000       4,076,834  

144A, 4.50%, 7/15/29

    2,656,000       2,391,197  

144A, 5.875%, 10/1/30

    3,214,000       3,091,579  

144A, 4.75%, 7/15/31

    2,609,000       2,331,363  

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

    3,228,000       3,296,805  

144A, 5.75%, 4/15/26

    5,712,000       5,868,880  

144A, 3.375%, 8/31/27

    4,250,000       3,937,952  

144A, 6.25%, 1/15/28

    5,625,000       5,434,847  

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, Inc., 144A,
5.375%, 1/15/25

    2,125,000       2,160,912  

RR Donnelley & Sons Co., 144A,
6.125%, 11/1/26

    1,912,000       2,038,670  

Sabre GLBL, Inc.
144A, 9.25%, 4/15/25

    3,294,000       3,719,091  

144A, 7.375%, 9/1/25

    3,712,000       3,851,200  

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

    2,337,000       2,363,314  

5.125%, 6/1/29

    3,187,000       3,272,571  

3.375%, 8/15/30

    3,462,000       3,187,481  

4.00%, 5/15/31

    3,400,000       3,226,991  

Sotheby’s, 144A,
7.375%, 10/15/27

    3,321,000       3,462,142  

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

    4,669,000       4,822,120  

4.875%, 1/15/28

    6,698,000       6,827,857  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   51  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Commercial Services (Continued)  

5.25%, 1/15/30

  $ 3,240,000     $ 3,375,318  

4.00%, 7/15/30

    3,187,000       3,143,179  

3.875%, 2/15/31 (a)

    4,752,000       4,598,582  

3.75%, 1/15/32

    3,233,000       3,084,169  

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

    4,675,000       4,878,877  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $196,720,486)

      187,838,063  
   

 

 

 
Cosmetics/Personal Care — 0.2%  

Coty, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 4/15/26

    3,895,000       3,889,703  

144A, 6.50%, 4/15/26 (a)

    2,437,000       2,479,331  

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

    3,287,000       3,308,168  

144A, 4.125%, 4/1/29

    2,125,000       1,999,125  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $12,072,033)

      11,676,327  
   

 

 

 
Food — 2.4%  

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

    3,602,000       3,472,328  

144A, 7.50%, 3/15/26

    2,308,000       2,449,284  

144A, 4.625%, 1/15/27

    5,352,000       5,382,118  

144A, 5.875%, 2/15/28

    3,252,000       3,366,243  

144A, 3.50%, 3/15/29

    5,921,000       5,519,497  

144A, 4.875%, 2/15/30

    4,353,000       4,374,765  

B&G Foods, Inc.
5.25%, 4/1/25

    4,181,000       4,207,110  

5.25%, 9/15/27

    2,337,000       2,332,630  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.
3.00%, 6/1/26

    7,765,000       7,769,465  

3.875%, 5/15/27

    5,734,000       5,958,773  

3.75%, 4/1/30

    3,203,000       3,280,833  

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

    2,125,000       2,184,341  

144A, 4.125%, 1/31/30

    4,089,000       3,963,427  

144A, 4.375%, 1/31/32

    2,975,000       2,895,448  

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

    4,505,000       4,589,829  

144A, 4.25%, 8/1/29

    4,350,000       4,155,555  

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

    3,312,000       3,407,998  

144A, 4.25%, 4/15/31

    4,350,000       4,208,625  

144A, 3.50%, 3/1/32

    3,825,000       3,505,765  

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

    5,522,000       5,582,742  

144A, 5.625%, 1/15/28

    3,769,000       3,787,185  

144A, 5.50%, 12/15/29

    5,410,000       5,462,477  

144A, 4.625%, 4/15/30

    7,096,000       6,696,105  

144A, 4.50%, 9/15/31

    7,649,000       7,093,377  

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

    2,071,000       1,825,866  

US Foods, Inc.
144A, 6.25%, 4/15/25

    4,320,000       4,476,514  

144A, 4.75%, 2/15/29

    3,825,000       3,788,529  

144A, 4.625%, 6/1/30

    2,125,000       2,047,969  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $123,670,374)

      117,784,798  
   

 

 

 
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Healthcare-Products — 1.0%  

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

  $ 6,587,000     $ 6,693,709  

144A, 3.875%, 11/1/29

    3,400,000       3,277,073  

Hologic, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 2/1/28

    1,528,000       1,579,501  

144A, 3.25%, 2/15/29

    4,085,000       3,877,564  

Mozart Debt Merger Sub, Inc.
144A, 3.875%, 4/1/29

    19,124,000       18,076,292  

144A, 5.25%, 10/1/29 (a)

    10,724,000       10,256,434  

Teleflex, Inc.
4.625%, 11/15/27

    2,125,000       2,161,136  

144A, 4.25%, 6/1/28

    2,222,000       2,198,202  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $50,491,579)

      48,119,911  
   

 

 

 
Healthcare-Services — 6.6%  

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

    2,125,000       2,175,437  

144A, 3.125%, 2/15/29

    2,346,000       2,175,927  

144A, 3.50%, 4/1/30

    2,762,000       2,574,778  

Centene Corp.
4.25%, 12/15/27

    10,847,000       11,116,819  

2.45%, 7/15/28

    9,883,000       9,324,808  

4.625%, 12/15/29

    14,901,000       15,372,691  

3.375%, 2/15/30

    8,488,000       8,156,841  

3.00%, 10/15/30

    9,755,000       9,313,547  

2.50%, 3/1/31

    9,349,000       8,650,116  

2.625%, 8/1/31

    5,665,000       5,231,797  

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

    2,250,000       2,234,014  

144A, 3.75%, 3/15/29

    2,125,000       2,043,591  

144A, 4.00%, 3/15/31

    2,125,000       2,037,609  

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

    9,028,000       9,379,370  

144A, 5.625%, 3/15/27

    8,374,000       8,403,853  

144A, 8.00%, 12/15/27

    2,974,000       3,140,455  

144A, 6.875%, 4/1/28 (a)

    3,360,000       3,109,646  

144A, 6.00%, 1/15/29

    3,825,000       3,836,265  

144A, 6.875%, 4/15/29

    7,543,000       7,322,971  

144A, 6.125%, 4/1/30 (a)

    6,270,000       5,838,875  

144A, 5.25%, 5/15/30

    6,700,000       6,502,618  

144A, 4.75%, 2/15/31

    4,653,000       4,385,592  

DaVita, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 6/1/30

    11,787,000       11,334,910  

144A, 3.75%, 2/15/31

    6,375,000       5,835,101  

Encompass Health Corp.
4.50%, 2/1/28

    3,400,000       3,314,320  

4.75%, 2/1/30

    3,475,000       3,297,080  

4.625%, 4/1/31

    1,700,000       1,606,729  

Envision Healthcare Corp., 144A,
8.75%, 10/15/26

    4,412,000       2,346,037  

HCA, Inc.
5.875%, 5/1/23

    5,312,000       5,530,456  

5.375%, 2/1/25

    11,098,000       11,765,323  

5.875%, 2/15/26

    6,475,000       7,005,469  

5.375%, 9/1/26

    4,350,000       4,685,950  

5.625%, 9/1/28

    6,480,000       7,190,435  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   52  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Healthcare-Services (Continued)  

5.875%, 2/1/29

  $ 4,200,000     $ 4,710,510  

3.50%, 9/1/30

    11,735,000       11,635,252  

IQVIA, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 10/15/26

    4,562,000       4,664,691  

144A, 5.00%, 5/15/27

    4,960,000       5,064,755  

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

    2,550,000       2,642,998  

144A, 4.375%, 2/15/27

    2,750,000       2,609,214  

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

    2,125,000       1,967,846  

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

    2,167,000       2,177,380  

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

    3,400,000       3,391,381  

144A, 3.875%, 11/15/30

    2,762,000       2,716,082  

144A, 3.875%, 5/15/32

    3,187,000       3,096,824  

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

    3,047,000       3,044,593  

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

    6,056,000       6,358,194  

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

    5,206,000       5,230,728  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.
6.75%, 6/15/23

    7,954,000       8,280,671  

4.625%, 7/15/24

    3,272,000       3,287,902  

144A, 4.625%, 9/1/24

    2,550,000       2,587,358  

144A, 4.875%, 1/1/26

    9,324,000       9,359,804  

144A, 6.25%, 2/1/27

    6,445,000       6,635,385  

144A, 5.125%, 11/1/27

    6,375,000       6,438,113  

144A, 4.625%, 6/15/28

    2,562,000       2,507,788  

144A, 6.125%, 10/1/28

    10,822,000       10,892,559  

144A, 4.25%, 6/1/29

    5,950,000       5,749,812  

144A, 4.375%, 1/15/30

    6,162,000       5,955,881  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $332,904,536)

      317,245,151  
   

 

 

 
Household Products/Wares — 0.2%  

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

    2,125,000       2,021,226  

144A, 4.125%, 4/30/31

    1,750,000       1,638,647  

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

    2,019,000       1,824,449  

144A, 7.00%, 12/31/27 (a)

    2,231,000       1,866,455  

Spectrum Brands, Inc.
5.75%, 7/15/25

    1,912,000       1,947,917  

144A, 3.875%, 3/15/31

    2,125,000       1,949,475  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $12,447,305)

      11,248,169  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 3.9%  

AdaptHealth LLC
144A, 4.625%, 8/1/29

    2,125,000       1,919,512  

144A, 5.125%, 3/1/30

    2,550,000       2,355,639  

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

    6,375,000       6,602,779  

144A, 8.50%, 1/31/27

    7,437,000       7,544,688  

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

    7,787,000       7,816,201  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Pharmaceuticals (Continued)  

144A, 9.00%, 12/15/25

  $ 6,657,000     $ 6,872,587  

144A, 6.125%, 2/1/27

    3,500,000       3,533,407  

144A, 5.75%, 8/15/27

    2,259,000       2,247,457  

144A, 7.00%, 1/15/28

    3,187,000       2,920,885  

144A, 5.00%, 1/30/28

    5,312,000       4,457,857  

144A, 4.875%, 6/1/28

    6,850,000       6,592,166  

144A, 5.00%, 2/15/29

    4,476,000       3,622,270  

144A, 6.25%, 2/15/29

    6,545,000       5,593,259  

144A, 7.25%, 5/30/29

    3,237,000       2,838,477  

144A, 5.25%, 1/30/30

    5,312,000       4,291,724  

144A, 5.25%, 2/15/31 (a)

    4,450,000       3,545,026  

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

    2,225,000       2,226,468  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.
5.772%, 8/28/23

    3,248,000       3,349,662  

6.40%, 8/28/28

    3,145,000       3,413,268  

Endo Dac / Endo Finance LLC / Endo Finco, Inc.
144A, 9.50%, 7/31/27

    4,040,000       3,945,565  

144A, 6.00%, 6/30/28 (a)

    5,441,000       3,600,174  

Endo Luxembourg Finance Co I Sarl / Endo US, Inc., 144A,
6.125%, 4/1/29

    5,531,000       5,193,305  

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

    2,800,000       2,573,340  

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

    6,875,000       6,821,513  

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

    8,924,000       8,792,817  

144A, 5.125%, 4/30/31

    8,649,000       8,592,695  

Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., 144A,
7.50%, 4/1/27

    8,684,000       8,694,030  

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

    2,985,000       2,982,673  

4.375%, 3/15/26

    3,047,000       3,058,335  

3.90%, 6/15/30

    3,187,000       2,924,353  

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

    1,820,000       1,824,596  

144A, 3.75%, 4/1/31

    2,550,000       2,353,140  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV
2.80%, 7/21/23

    6,179,000       6,059,745  

6.00%, 4/15/24 (a)

    5,604,000       5,711,989  

7.125%, 1/31/25

    4,442,000       4,670,008  

3.15%, 10/1/26 (a)

    14,874,000       13,516,748  

4.75%, 5/9/27

    4,250,000       4,101,250  

6.75%, 3/1/28 (a)

    5,340,000       5,610,765  

5.125%, 5/9/29 (a)

    4,470,000       4,291,144  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $201,575,629)

      187,061,517  
   

 

 

 
Energy — 12.2%

 

Energy-Alternate Sources — 0.1%  

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

    2,975,000       2,987,793  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/30

    3,125,000       3,072,328  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $6,553,506)

      6,060,121  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   53  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Oil & Gas — 6.3%  

Antero Resources Corp.
5.00%, 3/1/25

  $ 2,507,000     $ 2,538,337  

144A, 7.625%, 2/1/29

    2,482,000       2,689,905  

144A, 5.375%, 3/1/30 (a)

    2,550,000       2,602,377  

Apache Corp.
4.625%, 11/15/25

    2,052,000       2,120,916  

4.375%, 10/15/28

    2,987,000       3,029,386  

4.25%, 1/15/30 (a)

    2,463,000       2,485,709  

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

    2,650,000       2,621,380  

144A, 5.875%, 6/30/29

    1,700,000       1,620,312  

Callon Petroleum Co.
6.125%, 10/1/24

    2,015,000       2,009,459  

144A, 8.00%, 8/1/28 (a)

    2,812,000       2,927,897  

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

    2,337,000       2,463,712  

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

    2,175,000       2,237,738  

144A, 5.875%, 2/1/29

    2,175,000       2,254,018  

144A, 6.75%, 4/15/29

    4,037,000       4,273,750  

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

    5,922,000       5,962,092  

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

    4,781,000       4,786,474  

144A, 6.375%, 6/15/26

    2,762,000       2,748,590  

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

    3,075,000       3,236,407  

144A, 6.00%, 1/15/29

    2,125,000       2,173,450  

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

    2,975,000       3,067,850  

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

    5,333,000       5,432,860  

144A, 5.875%, 1/15/30

    4,326,000       4,203,964  

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

    5,036,000       5,099,277  

144A, 5.00%, 5/1/29

    1,800,000       1,834,137  

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

    2,550,000       2,471,881  

144A, 5.75%, 2/15/28 (a)

    2,100,000       1,982,148  

Endeavor Energy Resources LP / EER Finance, Inc.
144A, 6.625%, 7/15/25

    2,641,000       2,763,265  

144A, 5.75%, 1/30/28

    4,262,000       4,419,566  

EQT Corp.
6.625%, 2/1/25

    3,996,000       4,321,115  

144A, 3.125%, 5/15/26

    2,125,000       2,092,487  

3.90%, 10/1/27

    5,340,700       5,402,679  

7.50%, 2/1/30

    3,287,000       3,926,338  

144A, 3.625%, 5/15/31 (a)

    2,125,000       2,069,792  

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

    2,618,000       2,673,423  

144A, 5.75%, 2/1/29

    2,552,000       2,569,213  

144A, 6.00%, 2/1/31

    2,550,000       2,592,075  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Oil & Gas (Continued)  

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.
9.50%, 1/15/25

  $ 2,456,000     $ 2,531,215  

144A, 7.75%, 7/31/29 (a)

    1,780,000       1,729,208  

Leviathan Bond Ltd.
144A, REGS, 5.75%, 6/30/23

    2,124,495       2,143,813  

144A, REGS, 6.125%, 6/30/25

    2,609,379       2,671,678  

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

    2,550,379       2,624,350  

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

    2,337,668       2,381,032  

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

    4,462,000       4,534,508  

MEG Energy Corp.
144A, 7.125%, 2/1/27

    5,100,000       5,335,110  

144A, 5.875%, 2/1/29

    2,657,000       2,689,681  

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

    3,045,000       2,700,352  

144A, 10.50%, 5/15/27

    2,125,000       2,006,584  

Murphy Oil Corp.
5.75%, 8/15/25

    2,332,000       2,378,617  

5.875%, 12/1/27

    2,309,000       2,355,261  

6.375%, 7/15/28

    2,337,000       2,424,579  

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

    2,380,000       2,324,391  

Nabors Industries, Inc.
5.75%, 2/1/25

    2,830,000       2,719,630  

144A, 7.375%, 5/15/27

    3,045,000       3,147,784  

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

    2,506,000       2,722,117  

2.90%, 8/15/24

    4,084,000       4,093,883  

8.00%, 7/15/25

    2,152,000       2,437,463  

5.875%, 9/1/25

    3,825,000       4,107,438  

5.50%, 12/1/25

    3,228,000       3,473,118  

5.55%, 3/15/26

    4,598,000       4,938,413  

3.40%, 4/15/26

    3,309,000       3,313,351  

3.20%, 8/15/26

    3,389,000       3,394,016  

3.00%, 2/15/27

    2,696,000       2,633,493  

8.50%, 7/15/27

    2,125,000       2,564,259  

6.375%, 9/1/28

    2,550,000       2,886,014  

3.50%, 8/15/29

    6,378,000       6,372,738  

8.875%, 7/15/30

    4,250,000       5,475,679  

6.625%, 9/1/30

    6,375,000       7,428,341  

6.125%, 1/1/31 (a)

    5,312,000       6,050,527  

7.50%, 5/1/31

    3,695,000       4,486,118  

7.875%, 9/15/31

    2,160,000       2,674,966  

Parkland Corp.
144A, 5.875%, 7/15/27

    2,053,000       2,080,377  

144A, 4.50%, 10/1/29

    3,505,000       3,310,805  

144A, 4.625%, 5/1/30

    3,307,000       3,130,241  

PBF Holding Co. LLC / PBF Finance Corp.
144A, 9.25%, 5/15/25 (a)

    5,312,000       5,381,375  

7.25%, 6/15/25 (a)

    2,841,000       2,391,596  

6.00%, 2/15/28

    3,686,000       2,702,999  

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

    2,640,000       2,593,721  

144A, 5.00%, 1/24/26

    3,248,000       3,187,457  

Range Resources Corp.
5.00%, 3/15/23

    2,762,000       2,799,342  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   54  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Oil & Gas (Continued)  

4.875%, 5/15/25

  $ 3,406,000     $ 3,454,314  

8.25%, 1/15/29

    2,550,000       2,797,554  

144A, 4.75%, 2/15/30

    1,700,000       1,666,340  

SM Energy Co.
144A, 10.00%, 1/15/25

    1,898,000       2,083,416  

6.75%, 9/15/26 (a)

    1,782,000       1,802,083  

6.625%, 1/15/27 (a)

    1,771,000       1,790,844  

6.50%, 7/15/28

    1,700,000       1,744,566  

Southwestern Energy Co.
7.75%, 10/1/27 (a)

    1,870,000       1,982,013  

5.375%, 2/1/29

    2,939,000       3,027,199  

5.375%, 3/15/30

    5,100,000       5,269,422  

4.75%, 2/1/32

    5,037,000       5,016,651  

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

    2,593,000       2,680,009  

4.50%, 5/15/29

    3,607,000       3,462,900  

144A, 4.50%, 4/30/30

    3,300,000       3,157,820  

Transocean, Inc.
144A, 7.25%, 11/1/25

    1,760,000       1,369,922  

144A, 7.50%, 1/15/26

    2,487,000       1,931,491  

144A, 11.50%, 1/30/27

    2,941,000       2,946,529  

144A, 8.00%, 2/1/27

    2,619,000       1,944,058  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $310,441,920)

      303,158,750  
   

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 0.6%  

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

    2,215,000       2,276,178  

144A, 6.25%, 4/1/28

    3,600,000       3,604,176  

CGG SA, 144A,
8.75%, 4/1/27 (a)

    2,125,000       2,075,891  

TechnipFMC PLC, 144A,
6.50%, 2/1/26

    3,044,000       3,146,872  

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

    3,081,000       3,098,300  

6.875%, 9/1/27

    3,187,000       3,193,661  

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

    2,161,000       2,239,931  

144A, 8.625%, 4/30/30

    6,714,000       6,816,791  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $27,165,172)

      26,451,800  
   

 

 

 
Pipelines — 5.2%  

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

    2,383,000       2,564,763  

144A, 5.75%, 3/1/27

    2,812,000       2,858,061  

144A, 5.75%, 1/15/28

    2,866,000       2,912,687  

144A, 5.375%, 6/15/29

    3,187,000       3,207,030  

Buckeye Partners LP
4.15%, 7/1/23

    2,125,000       2,153,624  

144A, 4.125%, 3/1/25

    2,125,000       2,098,501  

3.95%, 12/1/26

    2,550,000       2,464,677  

4.125%, 12/1/27

    1,827,000       1,728,141  

144A, 4.50%, 3/1/28

    2,125,000       2,022,182  

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

    6,374,000       6,475,155  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Pipelines (Continued)  

4.00%, 3/1/31

  $ 6,369,000     $ 6,283,114  

144A, 3.25%, 1/31/32

    5,100,000       4,802,772  

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

    8,898,000       9,065,638  

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

    6,050,000       6,027,312  

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

    2,125,000       2,141,012  

144A, 5.625%, 5/1/27

    2,550,000       2,535,312  

144A, 6.00%, 2/1/29

    2,975,000       2,997,937  

144A, 8.00%, 4/1/29

    1,500,000       1,597,950  

DCP Midstream Operating LP
3.875%, 3/15/23

    1,797,000       1,819,400  

5.375%, 7/15/25

    3,634,000       3,853,130  

5.625%, 7/15/27

    2,125,000       2,285,831  

5.125%, 5/15/29

    2,550,000       2,688,248  

3.25%, 2/15/32

    1,600,000       1,494,032  

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

    4,775,000       4,628,193  

144A, 4.375%, 6/15/31

    4,250,000       4,158,604  

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

    2,166,000       2,158,592  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP
4.40%, 4/1/24

    2,262,000       2,306,533  

4.15%, 6/1/25

    3,112,000       3,120,013  

4.85%, 7/15/26

    2,111,000       2,139,984  

EQM Midstream Partners LP
4.75%, 7/15/23

    2,601,000       2,617,490  

4.00%, 8/1/24

    1,978,000       1,940,932  

144A, 6.00%, 7/1/25

    2,998,000       3,061,902  

4.125%, 12/1/26

    2,064,000       1,974,660  

144A, 6.50%, 7/1/27

    3,896,000       4,055,502  

5.50%, 7/15/28

    3,856,000       3,801,283  

144A, 4.50%, 1/15/29

    3,400,000       3,180,598  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/31

    4,675,000       4,389,264  

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

    2,343,000       2,286,827  

8.00%, 1/15/27

    4,300,000       4,353,750  

7.75%, 2/1/28

    3,064,000       3,030,832  

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

    3,378,000       3,466,723  

144A, 5.125%, 6/15/28

    2,337,000       2,389,816  

144A, 4.25%, 2/15/30

    3,112,000       3,009,148  

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

    5,255,000       4,934,340  

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

    5,312,000       5,116,332  

144A, 6.50%, 9/30/26

    6,375,000       6,111,617  

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

    8,712,000       8,758,174  

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

    2,108,000       2,026,926  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   55  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Pipelines (Continued)  

NuStar Logistics LP
5.75%, 10/1/25

  $ 2,550,000     $ 2,658,592  

6.00%, 6/1/26

    2,125,000       2,161,826  

5.625%, 4/28/27

    2,385,000       2,391,905  

6.375%, 10/1/30

    2,602,000       2,640,549  

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

    1,700,000       1,668,108  

144A, 4.95%, 7/15/29

    2,387,000       2,313,409  

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

    2,550,000       2,681,108  

144A, 6.00%, 3/1/27

    1,927,000       1,930,151  

144A, 5.50%, 1/15/28

    3,187,000       3,052,679  

144A, 6.00%, 12/31/30

    3,237,000       3,100,382  

144A, 6.00%, 9/1/31

    2,125,000       2,006,298  

Targa Resources Partners LP / Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.
5.875%, 4/15/26

    4,302,000       4,446,655  

5.375%, 2/1/27

    1,836,000       1,888,849  

6.50%, 7/15/27

    3,067,000       3,255,099  

5.00%, 1/15/28

    3,407,000       3,522,174  

6.875%, 1/15/29

    2,887,000       3,146,339  

5.50%, 3/1/30

    4,253,000       4,516,601  

4.875%, 2/1/31

    4,300,000       4,436,052  

4.00%, 1/15/32

    4,300,000       4,252,851  

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

    5,537,000       5,430,274  

144A, 4.125%, 8/15/31

    5,312,000       5,266,928  

144A, 3.875%, 11/1/33

    5,312,000       5,123,451  

Western Midstream Operating LP
3.60%, 2/1/25

    3,111,000       3,128,282  

4.65%, 7/1/26

    2,015,000       2,090,482  

4.50%, 3/1/28

    1,700,000       1,768,476  

4.75%, 8/15/28

    1,700,000       1,762,399  

4.55%, 2/1/30

    5,200,000       5,356,936  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $261,514,000)

      251,091,399  
   

 

 

 
Financial — 10.6%

 

Banks — 0.9%  

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

    4,255,000       4,577,435  

Deutsche Bank AG
5.882%, 7/8/31 (c)

    2,154,000       2,337,571  

3.729%, 1/14/32 (c)

    5,308,000       4,979,874  

3.742%, 1/7/33 (c)

    5,312,000       4,975,813  

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

    1,823,000       1,821,587  

144A, 8.25%, 4/15/25

    2,292,000       2,290,487  

144A, 7.625%, 5/1/26

    2,550,000       2,452,794  

144A, 6.625%, 1/15/27

    2,797,000       2,585,617  

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

    8,523,000       8,784,261  

144A, 5.71%, 1/15/26

    6,497,000       6,858,877  

144A, 4.198%, 6/1/32

    3,187,000       2,884,880  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $46,611,384)

      44,549,196  
   

 

 

 
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Diversified Financial Services — 3.3%  

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

  $ 4,462,000     $ 4,757,462  

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

    4,250,000       3,880,526  

144A, 3.625%, 10/1/31

    4,375,000       3,860,937  

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

    4,250,000       3,779,546  

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

    4,250,000       4,097,701  

LD Holdings Group LLC
144A, 6.50%, 11/1/25

    2,125,000       2,022,511  

144A, 6.125%, 4/1/28

    2,550,000       2,278,884  

LPL Holdings, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 11/15/27

    1,950,000       1,943,604  

144A, 4.00%, 3/15/29

    3,825,000       3,720,845  

144A, 4.375%, 5/15/31

    1,700,000       1,660,339  

Midcap Financial Issuer Trust
144A, 6.50%, 5/1/28

    4,321,000       4,216,475  

144A, 5.625%, 1/15/30

    1,729,000       1,580,903  

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.
144A, 6.00%, 1/15/27

    2,800,000       2,845,542  

144A, 5.50%, 8/15/28

    3,612,000       3,606,582  

144A, 5.125%, 12/15/30

    2,901,000       2,723,111  

144A, 5.75%, 11/15/31

    2,550,000       2,470,070  

Navient Corp.MTN,
6.125%, 3/25/24

    3,158,000       3,256,593  

5.875%, 10/25/24

    2,125,000       2,200,480  

6.75%, 6/25/25

    2,525,000       2,625,659  

6.75%, 6/15/26

    2,252,000       2,339,276  

5.00%, 3/15/27

    2,975,000       2,875,471  

4.875%, 3/15/28

    2,152,000       2,015,251  

5.50%, 3/15/29

    3,187,000       3,017,372  

NFP Corp.
144A, 4.875%, 8/15/28

    2,368,000       2,264,175  

144A, 6.875%, 8/15/28

    8,737,000       8,136,987  

OneMain Finance Corp.
5.625%, 3/15/23

    3,719,000       3,816,438  

6.125%, 3/15/24

    5,153,000       5,313,902  

6.875%, 3/15/25

    5,377,000       5,744,410  

8.875%, 6/1/25

    2,006,000       2,118,888  

7.125%, 3/15/26

    7,150,000       7,759,430  

3.50%, 1/15/27

    3,197,000       3,029,030  

6.625%, 1/15/28

    3,400,000       3,601,450  

3.875%, 9/15/28

    2,700,000       2,505,128  

5.375%, 11/15/29

    3,237,000       3,261,278  

4.00%, 9/15/30

    3,802,000       3,470,104  

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.
144A, 5.375%, 10/15/25

    2,862,000       2,850,910  

144A, 4.25%, 2/15/29

    2,762,000       2,475,719  

144A, 5.75%, 9/15/31

    2,125,000       2,005,660  

Rocket Mortgage LLC / Rocket Mortgage Co.-Issuer, Inc.
144A, 2.875%, 10/15/26

    4,935,000       4,646,993  

144A, 3.625%, 3/1/29

    3,187,000       2,990,012  

144A, 3.875%, 3/1/31

    5,364,000       5,030,413  

144A, 4.00%, 10/15/33

    3,612,000       3,367,865  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   56  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Diversified Financial Services (Continued)  

SLM Corp.
4.20%, 10/29/25

  $ 2,162,000     $ 2,175,426  

3.125%, 11/2/26

    2,046,000       1,963,884  

United Wholesale Mortgage LLC
144A, 5.50%, 11/15/25

    3,400,000       3,277,073  

144A, 5.75%, 6/15/27

    2,125,000       2,034,199  

144A, 5.50%, 4/15/29 (a)

    3,075,000       2,818,929  

VistaJet Malta Finance PLC / XO Management Holding, Inc., 144A,
6.375%, 2/1/30 (a)

    4,492,000       4,283,212  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $168,395,126)

      158,716,655  
   

 

 

 
Insurance — 0.9%  

Acrisure LLC / Acrisure Finance, Inc.
144A, 7.00%, 11/15/25

    3,931,000       3,895,896  

144A, 10.125%, 8/1/26

    1,544,000       1,637,921  

144A, 4.25%, 2/15/29

    2,875,000       2,706,007  

144A, 6.00%, 8/1/29

    2,181,000       1,970,075  

Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC / Alliant Holdings Co.-Issuer, 144A,
5.875%, 11/1/29

    2,014,000       1,903,834  

Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC / Alliant Holdings Co-Issuer
144A, 4.25%, 10/15/27

    3,187,000       3,079,614  

144A, 6.75%, 10/15/27

    5,695,000       5,573,298  

AssuredPartners, Inc.
144A, 7.00%, 8/15/25

    2,184,000       2,164,344  

144A, 5.625%, 1/15/29

    2,337,000       2,153,499  

HUB International Ltd.
144A, 7.00%, 5/1/26

    7,697,000       7,756,267  

144A, 5.625%, 12/1/29

    2,337,000       2,223,071  

MGIC Investment Corp.,
5.25%, 8/15/28

    2,812,000       2,852,662  

Radian Group, Inc.
4.50%, 10/1/24

    2,012,000       2,034,555  

6.625%, 3/15/25

    2,231,000       2,364,827  

4.875%, 3/15/27

    1,912,000       1,977,381  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $46,210,767)

      44,293,251  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate — 0.6%  

Howard Hughes Corp.
144A, 5.375%, 8/1/28

    3,190,000       3,228,471  

144A, 4.125%, 2/1/29

    2,762,000       2,615,241  

144A, 4.375%, 2/1/31

    2,862,000       2,698,551  

Kennedy-Wilson, Inc.
4.75%, 3/1/29

    2,550,000       2,495,813  

4.75%, 2/1/30

    2,600,000       2,491,138  

5.00%, 3/1/31

    2,550,000       2,478,524  

Realogy Group LLC / Realogy Co.-Issuer Corp.
144A, 4.875%, 6/1/23

    1,729,000       1,769,770  

144A, 5.75%, 1/15/29

    4,025,000       3,998,636  

144A, 5.25%, 4/15/30

    4,350,000       4,151,314  

WeWork Cos. LLC / WW Co.-Obligor, Inc., 144A,
5.00%, 7/10/25

    2,382,000       2,005,358  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Real Estate (Continued)  

WeWork Cos., Inc., 144A,
7.875%, 5/1/25 (a)

  $ 2,843,000     $ 2,578,075  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $31,844,963)

      30,510,891  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts — 4.3%  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., 144A,
4.625%, 6/15/29

    2,125,000       1,921,467  

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., 144A,
3.75%, 1/15/27

    1,750,000       1,656,244  

Brookfield Property REIT, Inc. / BPR Cumulus LLC / BPR Nimbus LLC / GGSI Sellco LL
144A, 5.75%, 5/15/26 (a)

    4,017,000       3,971,046  

144A, 4.50%, 4/1/27

    3,187,000       2,977,423  

Diversified Healthcare Trust
9.75%, 6/15/25

    4,557,000       4,819,392  

4.75%, 2/15/28

    2,158,000       1,954,425  

4.375%, 3/1/31

    2,125,000       1,828,446  

HAT Holdings I LLC / HAT Holdings II LLC
144A, 6.00%, 4/15/25

    1,721,000       1,777,191  

144A, 3.375%, 6/15/26

    4,274,000       4,057,223  

Iron Mountain, Inc.
144A, 4.875%, 9/15/27

    4,324,000       4,320,065  

144A, 5.25%, 3/15/28

    3,706,000       3,713,412  

144A, 5.00%, 7/15/28

    2,125,000       2,108,595  

144A, 4.875%, 9/15/29

    4,250,000       4,107,923  

144A, 5.25%, 7/15/30

    5,525,000       5,477,844  

144A, 4.50%, 2/15/31

    4,675,000       4,377,530  

144A, 5.625%, 7/15/32

    2,550,000       2,526,374  

iStar, Inc.
4.75%, 10/1/24

    3,290,000       3,314,527  

4.25%, 8/1/25

    2,346,000       2,328,757  

5.50%, 2/15/26

    1,406,000       1,440,728  

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP / Ladder Capital Finance Corp.
144A, 4.25%, 2/1/27

    2,770,000       2,702,260  

144A, 4.75%, 6/15/29

    2,762,000       2,680,549  

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP / MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc.
5.625%, 5/1/24

    6,011,000       6,247,373  

144A, 4.625%, 6/15/25

    4,753,000       4,903,100  

4.50%, 9/1/26

    2,807,000       2,866,859  

5.75%, 2/1/27

    4,196,000       4,545,086  

144A, 3.875%, 2/15/29

    6,795,000       6,841,206  

MPT Operating Partnership LP / MPT Finance Corp.
5.25%, 8/1/26

    2,148,000       2,193,387  

5.00%, 10/15/27

    5,515,000       5,641,404  

4.625%, 8/1/29

    3,866,000       3,887,282  

3.50%, 3/15/31

    5,645,000       5,327,412  

Park Intermediate Holdings LLC / PK Domestic Property LLC / PK Finance Co.-Issuer
144A, 7.50%, 6/1/25

    1,546,000       1,617,410  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   57  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (Continued)  

144A, 5.875%, 10/1/28

  $ 3,181,000     $ 3,232,548  

144A, 4.875%, 5/15/29

    3,187,000       3,075,455  

RHP Hotel Properties LP / RHP Finance Corp.
4.75%, 10/15/27

    3,367,500       3,302,659  

144A, 4.50%, 2/15/29

    2,585,000       2,446,056  

RLJ Lodging Trust LP
144A, 3.75%, 7/1/26

    2,125,000       2,072,513  

144A, 4.00%, 9/15/29

    2,125,000       1,999,019  

SBA Communications Corp.
3.875%, 2/15/27

    6,844,000       6,835,958  

3.125%, 2/1/29

    6,548,000       6,090,098  

Service Properties Trust
4.50%, 6/15/23

    2,125,000       2,106,980  

4.35%, 10/1/24

    3,506,000       3,361,272  

7.50%, 9/15/25

    3,400,000       3,575,100  

4.75%, 10/1/26

    1,912,000       1,771,917  

4.95%, 2/15/27 (a)

    1,700,000       1,583,898  

5.50%, 12/15/27

    2,012,000       1,971,760  

3.95%, 1/15/28

    1,700,000       1,477,062  

4.95%, 10/1/29

    1,806,000       1,635,902  

4.375%, 2/15/30

    1,700,000       1,486,259  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.
144A, 3.75%, 12/31/24

    1,700,000       1,663,671  

4.75%, 3/15/25

    2,161,000       2,186,040  

144A, 3.625%, 7/15/26

    1,729,000       1,639,040  

144A, 4.375%, 1/15/27

    2,161,000       2,100,942  

Uniti Group LP / Uniti Fiber Holdings, Inc. / CSL Capital LLC
144A, 7.875%, 2/15/25

    9,562,000       9,961,453  

144A, 6.00%, 1/15/30

    2,990,000       2,678,158  

Uniti Group LP / Uniti Group Finance, Inc. / CSL Capital LLC
144A, 4.75%, 4/15/28

    2,838,000       2,705,976  

144A, 6.50%, 2/15/29

    4,717,000       4,379,192  

VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co., Inc.
144A, 3.50%, 2/15/25

    3,262,000       3,273,662  

144A, 4.25%, 12/1/26

    5,312,000       5,371,096  

144A, 3.75%, 2/15/27

    3,402,000       3,382,217  

144A, 4.625%, 12/1/29

    4,400,000       4,495,194  

144A, 4.125%, 8/15/30

    4,250,000       4,224,564  

XHR LP
144A, 6.375%, 8/15/25

    2,125,000       2,191,013  

144A, 4.875%, 6/1/29

    2,125,000       2,060,899  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $217,540,999)

      208,469,513  
   

 

 

 
Venture Capital — 0.6%  

Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC, 144A,
5.25%, 4/15/29

    4,250,000       4,113,278  

Icahn Enterprises LP / Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.
4.75%, 9/15/24

    4,714,000       4,684,137  

6.375%, 12/15/25

    3,172,000       3,219,104  

6.25%, 5/15/26

    5,007,000       5,049,985  

5.25%, 5/15/27

    6,203,000       6,168,790  

4.375%, 2/1/29

    3,243,000       3,013,266  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $27,428,054)

      26,248,560  
   

 

 

 
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Industrial — 8.1%    
Aerospace/Defense — 2.4%            

Bombardier, Inc.
144A, 7.50%, 12/1/24

  $ 4,318,000     $ 4,473,772  

144A, 7.50%, 3/15/25

    5,978,000       5,969,362  

144A, 7.125%, 6/15/26

    5,162,000       5,160,864  

144A, 7.875%, 4/15/27 (a)

    8,769,000       8,829,331  

144A, 6.00%, 2/15/28 (a)

    3,187,000       3,048,047  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
5.125%, 10/1/24

    5,016,000       5,269,207  

6.875%, 5/1/25

    2,550,000       2,811,623  

3.00%, 1/15/29

    2,975,000       2,827,589  

Rolls-Royce PLC
144A, 3.625%, 10/14/25

    4,380,000       4,282,764  

144A, 5.75%, 10/15/27

    4,250,000       4,385,936  

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
144A, 5.50%, 1/15/25

    2,147,000       2,208,993  

144A, 7.50%, 4/15/25

    4,996,000       5,188,346  

4.60%, 6/15/28 (a)

    3,134,000       2,996,370  

TransDigm, Inc.
144A, 8.00%, 12/15/25

    4,713,000       4,926,782  

144A, 6.25%, 3/15/26

    18,878,000       19,487,665  

6.375%, 6/15/26

    4,037,000       4,120,344  

7.50%, 3/15/27

    2,356,000       2,437,871  

5.50%, 11/15/27

    11,020,000       10,949,307  

4.625%, 1/15/29

    5,178,000       4,909,872  

4.875%, 5/1/29

    3,186,000       3,030,842  

Triumph Group, Inc.
144A, 8.875%, 6/1/24

    2,393,000       2,556,023  

144A, 6.25%, 9/15/24

    2,433,000       2,417,210  

7.75%, 8/15/25 (a)

    2,250,000       2,260,687  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $117,112,937)

      114,548,807  
   

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.9%  

Builders FirstSource, Inc.
144A, 6.75%, 6/1/27

    2,203,000       2,293,797  

144A, 5.00%, 3/1/30

    2,337,000       2,374,859  

144A, 4.25%, 2/1/32

    5,625,000       5,396,541  

Griffon Corp.,
5.75%, 3/1/28

    4,647,000       4,625,159  

JELD-WEN, Inc.
144A, 4.625%, 12/15/25

    1,700,000       1,670,717  

144A, 4.875%, 12/15/27 (a)

    1,700,000       1,655,451  

SRM Escrow Issuer LLC, 144A,
6.00%, 11/1/28

    4,675,000       4,669,624  

Standard Industries, Inc.
144A, 5.00%, 2/15/27

    3,612,000       3,639,036  

144A, 4.75%, 1/15/28

    4,250,000       4,172,182  

144A, 4.375%, 7/15/30

    6,900,000       6,543,581  

144A, 3.375%, 1/15/31

    4,687,000       4,154,158  

Summit Materials LLC / Summit Materials Finance Corp., 144A,
5.25%, 1/15/29

    2,975,000       2,990,039  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $46,920,661)

      44,185,144  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.4%  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.
144A, 4.75%, 6/15/28

    2,600,000       2,472,795  

144A, 4.375%, 3/31/29 (a)

    3,525,000       3,185,719  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   58  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Electrical Components & Equipment (Continued)  

WESCO Distribution, Inc.
144A, 7.125%, 6/15/25

  $ 6,526,000     $ 6,847,014  

144A, 7.25%, 6/15/28

    5,631,000       6,009,347  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $19,242,529)

      18,514,875  
   

 

 

 
Electronics — 0.6%  

II-VI, Inc., 144A,
5.00%, 12/15/29

    4,207,000       4,204,013  

Imola Merger Corp., 144A,
4.75%, 5/15/29

    8,499,000       8,256,438  

Sensata Technologies BV
144A, 4.875%, 10/15/23

    2,125,000       2,180,452  

144A, 5.625%, 11/1/24

    1,700,000       1,793,160  

144A, 5.00%, 10/1/25

    3,200,000       3,312,960  

144A, 4.00%, 4/15/29

    4,250,000       4,087,459  

Sensata Technologies, Inc.
144A, 4.375%, 2/15/30

    1,912,000       1,862,642  

144A, 3.75%, 2/15/31

    3,187,000       2,969,041  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $30,292,763)

      28,666,165  
   

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.2%  

Brand Industrial Services, Inc., 144A,
8.50%, 7/15/25 (a)

    4,275,000       3,929,601  

Fluor Corp.,
4.25%, 9/15/28 (a)

    2,511,000       2,457,968  

Promontoria Holding 264 BV, 144A,
7.875%, 3/1/27

    1,500,000       1,474,800  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $8,424,415)

      7,862,369  
   

 

 

 
Environmental Control — 0.7%  

Covanta Holding Corp.
144A, 4.875%, 12/1/29

    3,271,000       3,134,055  

5.00%, 9/1/30

    1,710,000       1,645,362  

GFL Environmental, Inc.
144A, 4.25%, 6/1/25

    2,250,000       2,249,696  

144A, 3.75%, 8/1/25

    3,187,000       3,158,986  

144A, 5.125%, 12/15/26

    2,125,000       2,172,154  

144A, 4.00%, 8/1/28 (a)

    3,187,000       2,951,385  

144A, 3.50%, 9/1/28

    3,187,000       3,047,824  

144A, 4.75%, 6/15/29

    3,187,000       3,015,699  

144A, 4.375%, 8/15/29

    2,337,000       2,173,609  

Madison IAQ LLC
144A, 4.125%, 6/30/28

    2,975,000       2,818,217  

144A, 5.875%, 6/30/29

    4,391,000       3,990,431  

Stericycle, Inc.
144A, 5.375%, 7/15/24

    2,650,000       2,712,574  

144A, 3.875%, 1/15/29

    2,125,000       1,981,892  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $37,271,398)

      35,051,884  
   

 

 

 
Machinery-Diversified — 0.2%  

TK Elevator Holdco GmbH, 144A,
7.625%, 7/15/28

    1,702,000       1,733,487  

TK Elevator US Newco, Inc., 144A,
5.25%, 7/15/27

    6,795,000       6,735,306  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $8,908,634)

      8,468,793  
   

 

 

 
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Miscellaneous Manufacturing — 0.1%  

FXI Holdings, Inc.
144A, 7.875%, 11/1/24

  $ 2,145,000     $ 2,115,431  

144A, 12.25%, 11/15/26

    3,237,000       3,467,669  

Hillenbrand, Inc.,
5.75%, 6/15/25

    1,700,000       1,764,421  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $7,503,301)

      7,347,521  
   

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 2.2%  

Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA LLC / Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance PLC
144A, 3.25%, 9/1/28

    2,550,000       2,401,641  

144A, 4.00%, 9/1/29

    4,512,000       4,237,625  

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC / Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc.
144A, 5.25%, 4/30/25

    3,001,000       3,031,040  

144A, 4.125%, 8/15/26

    4,968,000       4,814,787  

144A, 5.25%, 8/15/27

    4,250,000       4,044,632  

144A, 5.25%, 8/15/27

    3,469,000       3,301,372  

Ball Corp.
4.00%, 11/15/23

    4,250,000       4,345,200  

5.25%, 7/1/25

    4,250,000       4,509,888  

4.875%, 3/15/26

    3,337,000       3,489,868  

2.875%, 8/15/30

    5,525,000       5,059,325  

3.125%, 9/15/31

    3,612,000       3,315,527  

Berry Global, Inc., 144A,
5.625%, 7/15/27

    2,246,000       2,304,138  

Flex Acquisition Co., Inc.
144A, 6.875%, 1/15/25

    2,758,000       2,767,074  

144A, 7.875%, 7/15/26

    2,222,000       2,293,660  

Graphic Packaging International LLC
144A, 3.50%, 3/15/28

    1,912,000       1,819,067  

144A, 3.75%, 2/1/30

    1,754,000       1,673,825  

LABL, Inc.
144A, 6.75%, 7/15/26

    2,975,000       2,985,963  

144A, 10.50%, 7/15/27

    2,961,000       3,040,414  

144A, 5.875%, 11/1/28

    2,146,000       2,058,175  

144A, 8.25%, 11/1/29

    1,980,000       1,845,113  

Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co.
144A, 5.50%, 4/15/24

    6,290,000       6,264,840  

144A, 7.25%, 4/15/25

    5,877,000       5,784,643  

OI European Group BV, 144A,
4.75%, 2/15/30

    1,700,000       1,629,867  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.
144A, 5.875%, 8/15/23

    2,888,000       2,941,818  

144A, 6.625%, 5/13/27

    3,125,000       3,245,500  

Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer Inc/Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Gro, 144A,
4.00%, 10/15/27

    4,250,000       3,937,391  

Sealed Air Corp.
144A, 5.25%, 4/1/23

    1,806,000       1,839,799  

144A, 5.125%, 12/1/24

    1,806,000       1,871,350  

144A, 5.50%, 9/15/25

    1,746,000       1,831,135  

144A, 4.00%, 12/1/27

    1,906,000       1,890,113  

Silgan Holdings, Inc.,
4.125%, 2/1/28

    2,422,000       2,379,445  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   59  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Packaging & Containers (Continued)  

Trivium Packaging Finance BV
144A, 5.50%, 8/15/26

  $ 4,499,000     $ 4,545,295  

144A, 8.50%, 8/15/27

    2,802,000       2,876,925  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $108,843,379)

      104,376,455  
   

 

 

 
Transportation — 0.2%  

Seaspan Corp., 144A,
5.50%, 8/1/29

    3,197,000       3,051,025  

XPO Logistics, Inc., 144A,
6.25%, 5/1/25

    4,887,000       5,077,837  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $8,294,113)

      8,128,862  
   

 

 

 
Trucking & Leasing — 0.2%  

Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC
144A, 6.50%, 10/1/25

    3,612,000       3,661,231  

144A, 9.75%, 8/1/27

    1,850,000       2,032,697  

144A, 5.50%, 5/1/28

    4,250,000       4,066,379  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $10,144,059)

      9,760,307  
   

 

 

 
Technology — 3.9%

 

Computers — 1.2%  

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
144A, 3.875%, 9/1/28

    3,175,000       3,113,215  

144A, 4.00%, 7/1/29

    2,125,000       2,100,265  

Condor Merger Sub, Inc., 144A,
7.375%, 2/15/30

    8,650,000       8,363,555  

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.
8.50%, 4/15/24 (a)

    1,821,000       1,796,498  

144A, 9.375%, 7/15/25

    3,238,000       3,375,647  

Exela Intermediate LLC / Exela Finance, Inc., 144A,
11.50%, 7/15/26 (a)

    4,544,000       2,680,960  

NCR Corp.
144A, 5.75%, 9/1/27

    2,065,000       2,088,283  

144A, 5.00%, 10/1/28

    2,842,000       2,806,873  

144A, 5.125%, 4/15/29

    5,111,000       5,034,872  

144A, 6.125%, 9/1/29

    2,265,000       2,354,762  

144A, 5.25%, 10/1/30

    1,912,000       1,852,269  

Seagate HDD Cayman
4.75%, 6/1/23

    2,250,000       2,314,541  

4.875%, 3/1/24

    2,257,000       2,330,465  

4.75%, 1/1/25 (a)

    2,121,000       2,187,143  

4.875%, 6/1/27

    2,077,000       2,137,513  

4.091%, 6/1/29

    2,158,000       2,080,927  

3.125%, 7/15/29

    2,125,000       1,939,084  

4.125%, 1/15/31

    2,167,000       2,054,262  

3.375%, 7/15/31

    2,125,000       1,919,821  

Vericast Corp., 144A,
11.00%, 9/15/26

    5,304,301       5,423,648  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $60,922,983)

      57,954,603  
   

 

 

 
Office/Business Equipment — 0.3%  

Pitney Bowes, Inc., 144A,
6.875%, 3/15/27

    1,700,000       1,603,227  

Xerox Corp.,
4.375%, 3/15/23

    4,250,000       4,297,919  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Office/Business Equipment (Continued)  

Xerox Holdings Corp.
144A, 5.00%, 8/15/25

  $ 3,123,000     $ 3,185,460  

144A, 5.50%, 8/15/28 (a)

    3,347,000       3,344,440  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $12,927,417)

      12,431,046  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 0.1%  

ams-OSRAM AG, 144A,
7.00%, 7/31/25

    2,058,000       2,135,298  

ON Semiconductor Corp., 144A,
3.875%, 9/1/28

    3,375,000       3,350,329  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $5,664,975)

      5,485,627  
   

 

 

 
Software — 2.3%  

Black Knight InfoServ LLC, 144A,
3.625%, 9/1/28

    4,250,000       4,034,036  

Boxer Parent Co., Inc., 144A,
7.125%, 10/2/25

    2,550,000       2,641,800  

CDK Global, Inc.
5.00%, 10/15/24

    2,093,000       2,194,469  

4.875%, 6/1/27

    2,638,000       2,704,860  

144A, 5.25%, 5/15/29

    2,125,000       2,181,929  

Change Healthcare Holdings LLC / Change Healthcare Finance, Inc., 144A,
5.75%, 3/1/25

    5,656,000       5,629,134  

Clarivate Science Holdings Corp.
144A, 3.875%, 7/1/28

    3,915,000       3,705,450  

144A, 4.875%, 7/1/29

    3,916,000       3,692,240  

Fair Isaac Corp.
144A, 5.25%, 5/15/26

    1,561,000       1,658,508  

144A, 4.00%, 6/15/28

    4,121,000       4,050,449  

MicroStrategy, Inc., 144A,
6.125%, 6/15/28 (a)

    2,225,000       2,149,884  

Minerva Merger Sub, Inc., 144A,
6.50%, 2/15/30

    10,286,000       9,917,144  

MSCI, Inc.
144A, 4.00%, 11/15/29 (a)

    4,266,000       4,295,990  

144A, 3.625%, 9/1/30

    3,775,000       3,707,654  

144A, 3.875%, 2/15/31

    4,250,000       4,237,250  

144A, 3.625%, 11/1/31

    2,550,000       2,508,741  

144A, 3.25%, 8/15/33

    2,975,000       2,815,808  

Open Text Corp.
144A, 3.875%, 2/15/28

    3,825,000       3,698,507  

144A, 3.875%, 12/1/29

    3,612,000       3,414,424  

Open Text Holdings, Inc.
144A, 4.125%, 2/15/30

    3,825,000       3,668,060  

144A, 4.125%, 12/1/31

    2,762,000       2,627,808  

PTC, Inc.
144A, 3.625%, 2/15/25

    2,222,000       2,221,267  

144A, 4.00%, 2/15/28

    2,125,000       2,075,477  

Rackspace Technology Global, Inc.
144A, 3.50%, 2/15/28

    2,337,000       2,123,351  

144A, 5.375%, 12/1/28 (a)

    2,387,000       2,144,827  

ROBLOX Corp., 144A,
3.875%, 5/1/30 (a)

    4,350,000       4,142,505  

SS&C Technologies, Inc., 144A,
5.50%, 9/30/27

    8,499,000       8,742,241  

Twilio, Inc.
3.625%, 3/15/29 (a)

    2,125,000       2,034,135  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   60  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Software (Continued)  

3.875%, 3/15/31

  $ 2,125,000     $ 1,998,456  

Veritas US, Inc. / Veritas Bermuda Ltd., 144A,
7.50%, 9/1/25

    7,537,000       7,463,891  

Ziff Davis, Inc., 144A,
4.625%, 10/15/30

    2,833,000       2,729,581  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $116,003,612)

      111,209,876  
   

 

 

 
Utilities — 2.4%    
Electric — 2.2%            

Calpine Corp.
144A, 5.25%, 6/1/26

    1,910,000       1,931,344  

144A, 4.50%, 2/15/28

    5,312,000       5,187,885  

144A, 5.125%, 3/15/28

    6,327,000       6,101,727  

144A, 4.625%, 2/1/29

    2,672,000       2,482,155  

144A, 5.00%, 2/1/31

    3,688,000       3,419,882  

144A, 3.75%, 3/1/31

    3,825,000       3,487,080  

Clearway Energy Operating LLC
144A, 4.75%, 3/15/28

    3,712,000       3,737,650  

144A, 3.75%, 2/15/31

    4,016,000       3,741,948  

DPL, Inc.,
4.125%, 7/1/25

    1,759,000       1,752,333  

FirstEnergy Corp.
Series B, 4.40%, 7/15/27

    6,496,000       6,725,926  

2.65%, 3/1/30

    2,500,000       2,347,925  

Series B, 2.25%, 9/1/30

    1,869,000       1,698,538  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP
144A, 4.25%, 7/15/24

    2,975,000       3,037,088  

144A, 3.875%, 10/15/26

    2,125,000       2,103,049  

144A, 4.50%, 9/15/27

    2,346,000       2,361,566  

NRG Energy, Inc.
5.75%, 1/15/28

    3,508,000       3,591,280  

144A, 3.375%, 2/15/29

    2,125,000       1,977,100  

144A, 5.25%, 6/15/29

    3,115,000       3,183,421  

144A, 3.625%, 2/15/31

    4,281,000       3,943,251  

144A, 3.875%, 2/15/32

    4,727,000       4,392,069  

PG&E Corp.
5.00%, 7/1/28 (a)

    4,050,000       4,016,183  

5.25%, 7/1/30

    4,350,000       4,328,076  

Talen Energy Supply LLC
6.50%, 6/1/25

    2,306,000       949,230  

144A, 10.50%, 1/15/26

    2,591,000       1,170,458  

144A, 7.25%, 5/15/27

    3,233,000       2,883,238  

144A, 6.625%, 1/15/28

    2,166,000       1,882,611  

144A, 7.625%, 6/1/28

    1,725,000       1,546,773  

Vistra Operations Co. LLC
144A, 5.50%, 9/1/26

    4,542,000       4,619,237  

144A, 5.625%, 2/15/27

    5,525,000       5,667,766  

144A, 5.00%, 7/31/27

    5,525,000       5,572,460  

144A, 4.375%, 5/1/29

    5,312,000       5,156,730  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $113,687,040)

      104,995,979  
   

 

 

 
Gas — 0.2%  

AmeriGas Partners LP / AmeriGas Finance Corp.
5.625%, 5/20/24

    2,892,000       2,953,759  

5.50%, 5/20/25

    2,975,000       3,031,212  
   

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 
Gas (Continued)  

5.875%, 8/20/26

  $ 2,934,000     $ 2,992,680  

5.75%, 5/20/27

    2,543,000       2,572,575  
   

 

 

 

(Cost $12,355,345)

      11,550,226  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $4,978,243,405)

      4,723,266,914  
   

 

 

 
   

Number
of Shares

       
SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL — 3.8%  

DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 0.01% (d)(e)
(Cost $181,376,226)

    181,376,226       181,376,226  
   

 

 

 
CASH EQUIVALENTS — 0.8%  

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 0.04% (d)
(Cost $36,045,170)

    36,045,170       36,045,170  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 102.9%
(Cost $5,195,664,801)

    $ 4,940,688,310  

Other assets and liabilities,
net — (2.9%)

      (138,287,025
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 4,802,401,285  
   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   61  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Schedule of Investments

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (Continued)

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

A summary of the Fund’s transactions with affiliated investments during the period ended February 28, 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
($)
     Number of
Shares at
2/28/2022
     Value ($) at
2/28/2022
 

CORPORATE BONDS — 0.2%

 

Financial — 0.2%

 

Deutsche Bank AG, 3.73%, 1/14/2032 (c)

 

     7,207,371        2,024,956        (3,631,935     (26,785     (593,733     124,636              5,308,000        4,979,874  

Deutsche Bank AG, 5.88%, 7/8/2031 (c)

 

            2,604,667        (191,260     (4,602     (71,234     9,896              2,154,000        2,337,571  

Deutsche Bank AG, 3.74%, 1/7/2033 (c)

 

            6,313,110        (1,150,205     (23,401     (163,691     16,147              5,312,000        4,975,813  

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL — 3.8%

 

DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 0.01% (d)(e)

 

     219,083,931               (37,707,705 )(f)                  10,061              181,376,226        181,376,226  

CASH EQUIVALENTS — 0.8%

 

DWS Government Money Market Series “Institutional Shares”, 0.04% (d)

 

     168,443,173        554,429,485        (686,827,488                 7,500              36,045,170        36,045,170  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     394,734,475        565,372,218        (729,508,593     (54,788     (828,658     168,240           —        230,195,396        229,714,654  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(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 February 28, 2022 amounted to $223,357,220, which is 4.7% of net assets.

(b)

Defaulted security or security for which income has been deemed uncollectible.

(c)

Affiliated issuer. This security is owned in proportion with its representation in the index.

(d)

Affiliated fund managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

(e)

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 $51,196,425.

(f)

Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested in cash collateral for the period ended February 28, 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.

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 February 28, 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 (g)

     $        $ 4,723,266,914        $        $ 4,723,266,914  

Short-Term Investments (g)

       217,421,396                            217,421,396  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL

     $ 217,421,396        $ 4,723,266,914        $        $ 4,940,688,310  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(g)

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   62  


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63


DBX ETF Trust

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

     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

   $ 22,355,274     $ 1,499,234,097     $      $ 86,556,793  

Investment in affiliated securities at value

           8,513,441       29,166,412         

Investment in DWS Government Money Market Series

     131,179       13,841,389       61,597        346,281  

Investment in DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio*

     1,561,891       20,540,953              3,496,240  

Cash

                        353,131  
Receivables:          

Investment securities sold

     899,177       38,925,212              1,726,216  

Interest

     347,011       19,427,522       1        1,387,095  

Securities lending income

     1,026       4,722              2,072  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 25,295,558     $ 1,600,487,336     $ 29,228,010      $ 93,867,828  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

         

Payable upon return of securities loaned

   $ 1,561,891     $ 20,540,953     $      $ 3,496,240  
Payables:          

Investment securities purchased

     997,638       48,545,835              2,557,893  

Investment advisory fees

     3,282       197,532       1,776        12,911  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     2,562,811       69,284,320       1,776        6,067,044  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets, at value

   $ 22,732,747     $ 1,531,203,016     $ 29,226,234      $ 87,800,784  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of

         

Paid-in capital

   $ 34,208,269     $ 1,567,615,362     $ 29,034,409      $ 89,380,029  

Distributable earnings (loss)

     (11,475,522     (36,412,346     191,825        (1,579,245
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets, at value

   $ 22,732,747     $ 1,531,203,016     $ 29,226,234      $ 87,800,784  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Number of Common Shares outstanding

     500,001       31,400,001       1,175,001        1,900,001  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Asset Value

   $ 45.47     $ 48.76     $ 24.87      $ 46.21  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investment in non-affiliated securities at cost

   $ 23,380,005     $ 1,531,716,675     $      $ 88,033,699  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investment in affiliated securities at cost

   $     $ 8,807,926     $ 28,972,812      $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Value of securities loaned

   $ 1,999,184     $ 29,095,050     $      $ 4,335,578  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investment in DWS Government Money Market Series at cost

   $ 131,179     $ 13,841,389     $ 61,597      $ 346,281  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investment in DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio at cost*

   $ 1,561,891     $ 20,540,953     $      $ 3,496,240  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-cash collateral for securities on loan

   $ 524,247     $ 9,610,830     $      $ 1,011,020  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

Represents collateral on securities loaned.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   64  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Continued)

 

February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

     Xtrackers USD
High Yield
Corporate Bond
ETF
 

Assets

  

Investment in non-affiliated securities at value

   $ 4,710,973,656  

Investment in affiliated securities at value

     12,293,258  

Investment in DWS Government Money Market Series

     36,045,170  

Investment in DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio*

     181,376,226  
Receivables:   

Investment securities sold

     37,398,721  

Capital shares

     64,998,345  

Interest

     67,199,032  

Securities lending income

     119,872  
  

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 5,110,404,280  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

  

Payable upon return of securities loaned

   $ 181,376,226  
Payables:   

Investment securities purchased

     126,039,572  

Investment advisory fees

     587,197  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     308,002,995  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets, at value

   $ 4,802,401,285  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of

  

Paid-in capital

   $ 5,189,708,930  

Distributable earnings (loss)

     (387,307,645
  

 

 

 

Net Assets, at value

   $ 4,802,401,285  
  

 

 

 

Number of Common Shares outstanding

     125,587,501  
  

 

 

 

Net Asset Value

   $ 38.24  
  

 

 

 

Investment in non-affiliated securities at cost

   $ 4,965,333,367  
  

 

 

 

Investment in affiliated securities at cost

   $ 12,910,038  
  

 

 

 

Value of securities loaned

   $ 223,357,220  
  

 

 

 

Investment in DWS Government Money Market Series at cost

   $ 36,045,170  
  

 

 

 

Investment in DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio at cost*

   $ 181,376,226  
  

 

 

 

Non-cash collateral for securities on loan

   $ 51,196,425  
  

 

 

 

 

*

Represents collateral on securities loaned.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   65  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Statements of Operations

 

For the Six Months Ended February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

     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

   $ 563,883     $ 15,032,365     $     $ 1,680,950  

Affiliated interest income

           55,483              

Income distributions from affiliated funds

     18       2,007       1       549  

Affiliated securities lending income

     63       423             119  

Unaffiliated securities lending income, net of borrower rebates

     5,430       16,170             8,964  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

     569,394       15,106,448       1       1,690,582  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

        

Investment advisory fees

     36,947       1,206,461       3,574       81,702  

Other expenses

     57       1,147             172  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     37,004       1,207,608       3,574       81,874  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less fees waived (see note 3):

        

Waiver

     (15,982     (243,153     (1,798     (483
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net expenses

     21,022       964,455       1,776       81,391  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     548,372       14,141,993       (1,775     1,609,191  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

        

Net realized gain (loss) from:

        

Investments

     (7,013     (99,493           285,649  

In-kind redemptions

     5,089                   59,151  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,924     (99,493           344,800  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

        

Investments

     (1,207,827     (43,321,017           (3,202,181

Investments in affiliates

           (356,680     193,600        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (1,207,827     (43,677,697     193,600       (3,202,181
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     (1,209,751     (43,777,190     193,600       (2,857,381
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

   $ (661,379   $ (29,635,197   $ 191,825     $ (1,248,190
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

For the period February 10, 2022 (commencement of operations) through February 28, 2022.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   66  


DBX ETF Trust

 

Statements of Operations (Continued)

 

For the Six Months Ended February 28, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

     Xtrackers USD
High Yield
Corporate Bond
ETF
 

Investment Income

  

Unaffiliated interest income

   $ 127,214,198  

Affiliated interest income

     150,679  

Income distributions from affiliated funds

     7,500  

Affiliated securities lending income

     10,061  

Unaffiliated securities lending income, net of borrower rebates

     816,544  
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

     128,198,982  
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Investment advisory fees

     6,306,511  

Other expenses

     4,147  
  

 

 

 

Total expenses

     6,310,658  
  

 

 

 

Less fees waived (see note 3):

  

Waiver

     (1,583,562
  

 

 

 

Net expenses

     4,727,096  
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     123,471,886  
  

 

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments

     8,145,351  

Investments in affiliates

     (20,008

In-kind redemptions

     (38,409,021

In-kind redemptions in affiliates

     (34,780
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (30,318,458
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

  

Investments

     (282,596,410

Investments in affiliates

     (828,658
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (283,425,068
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     (313,743,526
  

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

   $ (190,271,640
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   67  


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Xtrackers High Beta High Yield
Bond ETF
    Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield
Bond ETF
 
     For the
Six Months Ended
February 28, 2022
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
August 31, 2021
    For the
Six Months Ended
February 28, 2022
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
August 31, 2021
 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 548,372     $ 680,195     $ 14,141,993     $ 8,011,095  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,924     331,044       (99,493     2,106,618  

Net change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (1,207,827     178,690       (43,677,697     10,048,247  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (661,379     1,189,929       (29,635,197     20,165,960  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders

     (588,992     (825,490     (14,867,722     (8,258,522
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fund Shares Transactions

        

Proceeds from shares sold

     6,992,436       11,992,336       825,321,667       715,759,317  

Value of shares redeemed

     (2,347,951                 (15,156,196
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from fund share transactions

     4,644,485       11,992,336       825,321,667       700,603,121  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net increase (decrease) in Net Assets

     3,394,114       12,356,775       780,818,748       712,510,559  

Net Assets

        

Beginning of period

     19,338,633       6,981,858       750,384,268       37,873,709  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 22,732,747     $ 19,338,633     $ 1,531,203,016     $ 750,384,268  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding

        

Shares outstanding, beginning of period

     400,001       150,001       14,700,001       750,001  

Shares sold

     150,000       250,000       16,700,000       14,250,000  

Shares redeemed

     (50,000                 (300,000
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of period

     500,001       400,001       31,400,001       14,700,001  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   68  


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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
February 28, 2022

(Unaudited)
    For the
Six Months Ended
February 28, 2022
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
August 31, 2021
 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations

      

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (1,775   $ 1,609,191     $ 2,489,447  

Net realized gain (loss)

           344,800       1,271,532  

Net change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     193,600       (3,202,181     185,876  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     191,825       (1,248,190     3,946,855  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders

           (1,748,843     (2,657,928
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fund Shares Transactions

      

Proceeds from shares sold

     29,034,384       18,867,538       45,259,188  

Value of shares redeemed

           (4,697,674     (7,179,887
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from fund share transactions

     29,034,384       14,169,864       38,079,301  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net increase (decrease) in Net Assets

     29,226,209       11,172,831       39,368,228  

Net Assets

      

Beginning of period

     25       76,627,953       37,259,725  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 29,226,234     $ 87,800,784     $ 76,627,953  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding

      

Shares outstanding, beginning of period

     1       1,600,001       800,001  

Shares sold

     1,175,000       400,000       950,000  

Shares redeemed

           (100,000     (150,000
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of period

     1,175,001       1,900,001       1,600,001  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

Commencement of Operations.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.   69  


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

 

     Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate
Bond ETF
 
     For the
Six Months Ended
February 28, 2022
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
August 31, 2021
 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations

    

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 123,471,886     $ 294,840,227  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (30,318,458     261,534,954  

Net change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (283,425,068     (13,795,630
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (190,271,640     542,579,551  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders

     (136,451,771     (328,072,536
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fund Shares Transactions

    

Proceeds from shares sold

     2,229,405,684       8,910,076,826  

Value of shares redeemed

     (3,766,777,870     (8,666,637,450
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from fund share transactions

     (1,537,372,186     243,439,376  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net increase (decrease) in Net Assets

     (1,864,095,597     457,946,391  

Net Assets

    

Beginning of period

     6,666,496,882       6,208,550,491  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 4,802,401,285     $ 6,666,496,882  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Changes in Shares Outstanding

    

Shares outstanding, beginning of period

     165,387,501       158,937,501

Shares sold

     56,200,000       224,750,000

Shares redeemed

     (96,000,000     (218,300,000 )* 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of period

     125,587,501       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.   70  


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Financial Highlights

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF
Selected Per Share Data
   For the
Six Months Ended
2/28/2022
(Unaudited)
    Years Ended August 31,     Period Ended
8/31/2018(a)
 
  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)

     1.21       2.60       3.01 (c)      3.32       2.07  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (2.78     2.65       (1.95 )(c)      (0.58     (1.11
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     (1.57     5.25       1.06       2.74       0.96  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

     (1.31     (3.45     (3.12     (3.30     (1.79
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (1.31     (3.45     (3.12     (3.30     (1.79
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, end of period

   $ 45.47     $ 48.35     $ 46.55     $ 48.61     $ 49.17  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return (%)

     (3.32 )**(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)

     23       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) (%)

     5.19     5.45       6.50 (c)      6.91       6.71

Portfolio turnover rate (%)(e)

     29 **      98       98       51       34 ** 
Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF
Selected Per Share Data
   For the
Six Months Ended
2/28/2022
(Unaudited)
    Years Ended August 31,     Period Ended
8/31/2018(a)
 
  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)

     0.72       1.45       2.02 (c)      2.29       1.37  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (2.20     1.07       0.12 (c)      1.44       (1.05
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     (1.48     2.52       2.14       3.73       0.32  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Less distributions from:           

Net investment income

     (0.81     (1.97     (2.26     (2.27     (1.16
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (0.81     (1.97     (2.26     (2.27     (1.16
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, end of period

   $ 48.76     $ 51.05     $ 50.50     $ 50.62     $ 49.16  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return (%)

     (2.93 )**(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)

     1,531       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) (%)

     2.93     2.89       4.09 (c)      4.66       4.44

Portfolio turnover rate (%)(e)

     31 **      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.   71  


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Financial Highlights (Continued)

 

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield
Strategy ETF
Selected Per Share Data
  Period Ended
2/28/2022(a)
(Unaudited)
 

Net Asset Value, beginning of period

  $ 25.00  
 

 

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:  

Net investment income (loss)(b)

    (0.00 )(c) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.13 )(d) 
 

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    (0.13
 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, end of period

  $ 24.87  
 

 

 

 

Total Return (%)(e)

    (0.52 )** 

Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data

 

Net Assets, end of period ($ millions)

    29  

Ratio of expenses before fee waiver (%)(f)

    0.30

Ratio of expenses after fee waiver (%)(f)

    0.15

Ratio of net investment income (loss) (%)

    (0.15 )* 

Portfolio turnover rate (%)(g)

    0 ** 

 

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF
Selected Per Share Data
   For the
Six Months Ended
2/28/2022
(Unaudited)
    Years Ended August 31,     Period Ended
8/31/2018(h)
 
  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)

     0.92       2.34       2.69 (i)      2.83       1.76  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (1.59     1.67       (2.47 )(i)      (0.54     (0.59
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     (0.67     4.01       0.22       2.29       1.17  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

     (1.01     (2.69     (2.78     (2.85     (1.48
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (1.01     (2.69     (2.78     (2.85     (1.48
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, end of period

   $ 46.21     $ 47.89     $ 46.57     $ 49.13     $ 49.69  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return (%)

     (1.42 )**(e)      8.86 (e)      0.61 (e)      4.79 (e)      2.41 ** 

Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data

          

Net Assets, end of period ($ millions)

     88       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) (%)

     3.94     4.95       6.13 (i)      5.78       5.56

Portfolio turnover rate (%)(g)

     25 **      52       150       45       37 ** 

 

(a)

For the period February 10, 2022 (commencement of operations) through February 28, 2022.

(b)

Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(c)

Amount represents less than $0.005.

(d)

Because of the timing of subscriptions and redemptions in relation to fluctuating markets at value, the amount shown may not agree with the change in aggregate gains and losses.

(e)

Total Return would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reimbursed by the Advisor.

(f)

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.

(g)

Portfolio turnover rate does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

(h)

For the period January 10, 2018 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2018.

(i)

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.   72  


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Financial Highlights (Continued)

 

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Selected Per Share Data
  For the
Six Months Ended
2/28/2022
(Unaudited)
    Years Ended August 31,     Period Ended
8/31/2017(a)(b)
 
  2021     2020(b)     2019(b)     2018(b)  

Net Asset Value, beginning of period

  $ 40.31     $ 39.06 (b)    $ 40.19     $ 39.90     $ 40.97     $ 40.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:            

Net investment income (loss)(c)

    0.77       1.70       2.03 (d)      2.39       2.32       1.66  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (2.00     1.79       (0.95 )(d)      0.23       (1.24     0.89  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    (1.23     3.49       1.08       2.62       1.08       2.55  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.84     (2.24     (2.21     (2.34     (2.15     (1.58
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.84     (2.24     (2.21     (2.34     (2.15     (1.58
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, end of period

  $ 38.24     $ 40.31     $ 39.06     $ 40.19     $ 39.90     $ 40.97  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return (%)

    (3.10 )**(e)      8.31 (e)      2.91 (e)      6.87 (e)      2.76 (e)      6.43 ** 

Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data

           

Net Assets, end of period ($ millions)

    4,802       6,666       6,209       3,062       1,796       220  

Ratio of expenses before fee waiver (%)

    0.20     0.20       0.20       0.20       0.20       0.25

Ratio of expenses after fee waiver (%)

    0.15     0.15       0.15       0.17       0.20       0.25

Ratio of net investment income (loss) (%)

    3.92     4.27       5.27 (d)      6.06       5.86       5.57

Portfolio turnover rate (%)(f)

    13 **      37       54       29       32       36 ** 

 

(a)

For the period December 7, 2016 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2017.

(b)

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.

(c)

Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(d)

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.

(e)

Total Return would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reimbursed by the Advisor.

(f)

Portfolio turnover rate does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.

*

Annualized.

**

Not Annualized.

 

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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 February 28, 2022, the Trust consists of thirty-six 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, each a diversified series of the Trust:

 

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.

 

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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.

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.

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 Funds’ Board. 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 Board 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 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.

 

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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.

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 period ended February 28, 2022, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

At August 31, 2021, 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

   $ 2,689,526      $ 7,800,548      $ 10,490,074  

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     2,299,291        945,160        3,244,451  

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

            420,709        420,709  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     16,148,977        61,720,592        77,869,569  

 

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As of August 31, 2021, 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

   $ 20,413,294      $ 157,148      $ 334,227      $ (177,079

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     763,246,426        9,656,626        10,135,340        (478,714

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

     77,497,802        1,588,348        1,672,322        (83,974

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     6,974,502,514        (58,833      58,267,957        (58,326,790

The tax character of current year distributions will be determined at the end of the current fiscal year.

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 February 28, 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 period ended February 28, 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 February 28, 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 February 28, 2022, the Funds listed below had securities on loan. The value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the securities loaned at year end.

 

Remaining Contractual Maturity of the Agreements, as of February 28, 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

  $ 1,561,891     $     $ 63,631     $ 460,616     $ 2,086,138  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross amount of recognized liabilities and non-cash collateral for securities lending transactions

 

  $ 2,086,138  

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

 

       

Corporate Bonds

  $ 20,540,953     $     $ 932,305     $ 8,678,525     $ 30,151,783  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross amount of recognized liabilities and non-cash collateral for securities lending transactions

 

  $ 30,151,783  

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

 

       

Corporate Bonds

  $ 3,496,240     $     $ 123,297     $ 887,723     $ 4,507,260  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross amount of recognized liabilities and non-cash collateral for securities lending transactions

 

  $ 4,507,260  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

 

       

Corporate Bonds

  $ 181,376,226     $     $ 5,789,407     $ 45,407,018     $ 232,572,651  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross amount of recognized liabilities and non-cash collateral for securities lending transactions

 

  $ 232,572,651  

As of February 28, 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 period ended February 28, 2022, the Advisor waived $15,834 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 period ended February 28, 2022, the Advisor waived $241,292 of expenses to the Fund.

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 period ended February 28, 2022, the Advisor waived $1,576,628 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 Funds. For the period ended February 28, 2022, the Advisor waived expenses of the Funds as follows:

 

     Expenses
Waived
 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

   $ 148  

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     1,861  

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

     1,798  

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

     483  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     6,934  

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 period ended February 28, 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

   $ 6,265,150      $ 6,191,773  

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     313,208,740        301,890,012  

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

     533,752         

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

     21,978,414        19,443,624  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     777,926,589        810,013,820  

 

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For the period ended February 28, 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      $ 2,273,725  

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     810,168,401         

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

     28,439,060         

Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF

     18,992,161        4,410,318  

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     2,200,896,083        3,686,941,094  

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 period ended February 28, 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

   $ 1,604,138      $ 3,693,538      $ 18,541  

Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF

     4,960,334        2,470,999        (76,784

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     866,861        1,266,796        18,258  

5. Fund Share Transactions

As of February 28, 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 February 28, 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 low vaccination rates 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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Liquidity Risk Management (Unaudited)

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF, Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF, Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF and Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

In accordance with Rule 22e-4 (the “Liquidity Rule”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), your Fund has adopted a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”), and the Board has designated DBX Advisors LLC (“Advisors”) as Program administrator. The Program is designed to assess and manage your Fund’s liquidity risk (the risk that the Fund would be unable to meet requests to redeem shares of the Fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the Fund). Advisors has designated a committee (the “Committee”) composed of personnel from multiple departments within an affiliate of Advisors that is responsible for the implementation and ongoing administration of the Program, which includes assessing the Fund’s liquidity risk under both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions. Under the Program, every investment held by a Fund is classified on a daily basis into one of four liquidity categories based on estimations of the investment’s ability to be sold during designated timeframes in current market conditions without significantly changing the investment’s market value.

In February 2022, as required by the Program and the Liquidity Rule, Advisors provided the Board with an annual written report (the “Report”) addressing the operation of the Program and assessing the adequacy and effectiveness of its implementation during the period from December 1, 2020 through November 30, 2021 (the “Reporting Period”). During the Reporting Period, your Fund was primarily invested in highly liquid investments (investments that the Fund anticipates can be converted to cash within 3 business days or less in current market conditions without significantly changing their market value). As a result, your Fund is not required to adopt, and has not adopted, a “Highly Liquid Investment Minimum” as defined in the Liquidity Rule. During the Reporting Period, the Fund did not approach the 15% limit imposed by the Liquidity Rule on holdings in illiquid investments (investments that cannot be sold or disposed of in seven days or less in current market conditions without the sale of the investment significantly changing the market value of the investment). Your Fund did not experience any issues meeting investor redemptions at any time during the Reporting Period. In the Report, Advisors stated that it believes the Program has operated adequately and effectively to manage the Fund’s liquidity risk during the Reporting Period. Advisors also reported that there were no material changes made to the Program during the Reporting Period.

 

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Board Considerations in Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts (Unaudited)

 

Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF, Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF, Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF, and Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

Board Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement with DBX Advisors LLC

After discussions at the meeting of the Board of Trustees (“Board” or “Trustees”) held on February 16-17, 2022 (the “Meeting”), the Trustees, all of whom are the Independent Trustees (those not affiliated with DBX ETF Trust (the “Trust”) or its service providers), unanimously approved the continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement with respect to Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF, Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF, Xtrackers Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF, and Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (each a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”). The Independent Trustees were advised throughout the review and Meeting by K&L Gates LLP (“Independent Trustee Counsel”).

Before reaching their decision to approve the Investment Advisory Agreement for another annual period, the Independent Trustees evaluated the materials furnished to them in advance of the Meeting from DBX Advisors LLC (“DBX” or the “Advisor”) for purposes of reviewing the agreement’s terms, including statistical information prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”) regarding (a) fee and expense information for each Fund (including the fee and expense components and any amounts waived or reimbursed) as compared to a peer group of other exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) selected pursuant to Broadridge’s proprietary methodology (each, a “Peer Group”) and (b) each Fund’s tracking error as compared to its underlying index over the previous five years (or since inception, if shorter). The Independent Trustees also took into consideration the discussions they had with management during the Meeting and among themselves during their Executive Sessions held on February 16 and February 17, 2022. The Independent Trustees also noted that they had received and should take into consideration a substantial amount of information furnished throughout the year at regular Board meetings, which information included, among other things, an analysis of each Fund’s investment performance, tracking error and related financial information, presentations given by DBX, as well as its periodic reports on brokerage commissions, portfolio execution and other services provided to the Funds.

In reaching its decision to continue in effect the Investment Advisory Agreement for another annual period, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (1) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Funds and their shareholders; (2) the financial resources of DBX and its resulting ability to perform its obligations under the Investment Advisory Agreement; (3) the competitiveness of the advisory fee; (4) the total cost of the services provided by and the profits realized by the Advisor from its relationship with the Funds; (5) the extent to which economies of scale have been realized, and if the Funds’ shareholders have benefitted from those economies; and (6) fall out benefits, if any, enjoyed by the Advisor.

The Board reached a determination, with the assistance of Independent Trustee Counsel and Vedder Price P.C. (“Trust Counsel”) and through the exercise of its business judgment, that approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement and the compensation to be received thereunder is in the best interests of each Fund and its shareholders as well as consistent with the Board’s duties under state and federal law. The Board reached this conclusion based on multiple factors.

The Board considered the following in determining whether to approve the Investment Advisory Agreement:

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services.    The Board reviewed in detail the nature, extent and quality of services provided and the risks incurred by the Advisor under the Investment Advisory Agreement. In doing so, the Board considered the information it had received from and the discussions it had with the Advisor continuously during the prior year, in addition to the information the Advisor had provided in response to the Board’s requests prior to the Meeting. The Board considered that these services include, among other things, furnishing a continuous investment program for the Funds, including arranging for, or implementing, the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, the provision of general corporate services such as portfolio management compliance services and the preparation and filing of certain reports on behalf of the Trust. The Board also considered, among other things, the professional experience, qualifications and performance of the senior management and key professional personnel of the Advisor, including portfolio management.

 

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The Board considered that the Advisor provides, at its own expense, office facilities and equipment for use by the Funds and supervisory persons responsible for supervising and monitoring the Trust’s service providers. The Board also considered that the Advisor pays or arranges for the compensation of officers of the Trust who are also officers or employees of the Advisor or one of its DWS Group affiliates, except as may otherwise be determined by the Board. In addition, the Board considered that the Advisor arranges for the provision of transfer agency, custody, fund administration and accounting, and other non-distribution services necessary for the Funds’ operations. The Board also considered that in addition to managing the Funds’ portfolios directly, the Advisor provides oversight of day-to-day operations, including monitoring tracking error, providing services in connection with the creation and redemption of creation units and assistance in meeting legal, compliance and regulatory requirements applicable to the Funds.

The Board considered the information regarding each Fund’s tracking error compared to its underlying index that had been provided by the Advisor and by Broadridge. The Board took note of the detailed information provided by the Advisor throughout the year with respect to each Fund’s tracking error and the sources thereof. The Trustees noted that tracking error for each Fund during the year was in an expected range.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided by the Advisor under the Investment Advisory Agreement are reasonable and appropriate in relation to the fees paid to the Advisor, taking special consideration of the fact that the advisory fee is a unitary fee and, as a result, a portion of the unitary advisory fee will be used to compensate the Funds’ service providers. The Board considered the staffing of the Advisor, including the training, qualifications and experience of investment personnel in managing the Funds. The Board also considered the expertise of the Advisor in supervising third party service providers to the Funds, such as the administrator and the custodian, noting the Advisor’s extensive work with these service providers (including onsite due diligence sessions) to conduct such supervision. The Board further considered the compliance program of the Advisor, which supports the Funds’ compliance program.

Advisor’s Financial Resources.    In connection with the assessment of the ability of the Advisor to perform its duties under the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board considered the Advisor’s financial condition and whether it has the resources necessary to carry out its functions. The Board concluded that the Advisor has the financial resources necessary to perform its obligations under the Investment Advisory Agreement.

Reasonableness of Advisory Fee.    The Board compared each Fund’s advisory fee and total expenses to those of the other ETFs in its Peer Group. The Board noted that due to the special characteristics of certain Funds, there were limitations faced by Broadridge in providing comparable funds in the Peer Groups and the information in the Broadridge reports accordingly may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Funds. The Board also noted that the advisory fees and total expenses (after waivers/reimbursements) for each of the Funds were below or equal to the average and/or median of the ETFs in each Fund’s respective Peer Group compiled by Broadridge. The Board accordingly noted that each Fund’s fee is competitive with the fees of applicable peer ETFs.

The Board considered that the fee for each of the Funds is a unitary fee pursuant to which the Advisor pays all of the Funds’ costs (subject to certain specified exceptions). The Board considered that each Fund’s fee had been priced to scale when it was established. The Board also considered that each Fund’s portfolio is managed on a day-to-day basis by the Advisor and that the Advisor also provides oversight of day-to-day operations, including monitoring tracking error, providing services in connection with creation and redemption units and assistance in meeting legal and regulatory requirements applicable to the Funds. Based on its review, the Board concluded that the advisory fee for each Fund is reasonable in light of the services provided.

Costs of Services and Profitability.    The Board considered the expenses of the Advisor in developing and rendering services provided to the Funds and the information provided by the Advisor to the Board regarding the Funds’ profitability. The Board considered that the Advisor had provided extensive information about the Advisor’s profitability and the Advisor’s methodology in determining profitability. While the Advisor had provided information about the Advisor’s expenses relating to marketing the Funds, the Board considered the Advisor’s profitability without accounting for such expenses. The Board determined that, although only some of the Funds were profitable as of this time, the Advisor’s profitability with respect to each profitable Fund was not excessive.

 

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Board Considerations in Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

The Board considered whether the Advisor would benefit in other ways from its relationships with the Funds and concluded that there were no material fall-out benefits likely to accrue to the Advisor related to the operation of the Funds.

Economies of Scale.    The Board considered that certain Funds had attracted a substantial amount of assets, but determined that those Funds were not experiencing economies of scale beyond what was reflected in each Fund’s unitary fee, which the Board noted was very competitive. The Board considered that the other Funds were not experiencing economies of scale at this time and determined to revisit this matter after the Funds had attracted more assets.

Given all the information available to it and considering all material factors, the Board concluded that the Investment Advisory Agreement was fair and reasonable and it was unanimously approved.

Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF

Board Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement with DBX Advisors LLC

After discussions at the meeting of the Board of Trustees (“Board” or “Trustees”) held on November 16, 2021, the Trustees, all of who are not “interested persons,” as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), of DBX ETF Trust (the “Trust”) or its service providers, unanimously approved the (i) Investment Advisory Agreement between DBX Advisors LLC (“DBX” or the “Advisor”) and the Trust, with respect to Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield ETF (subsequently renamed as Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF) (the “Fund”). The Independent Trustees were advised throughout the review and meeting by K&L Gates LLP (“Independent Trustee Counsel”).

In reaching this decision, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (1) the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided to the Fund and its shareholders; (2) the financial resources of DBX and its resulting ability to perform its obligations under the Investment Advisory Agreement; (3) the competitiveness of the Fund’s advisory fee; (4) the total cost of the services to be provided by, and the anticipated profits to be realized, by the Advisor from its relationship with the Fund; and (5) the extent to which economies of scale would be realized, and if the Fund’s shareholders would benefit from those economies.

The Board reached a determination, with the assistance of Vedder Price P.C. (“Trust Counsel”) and through the exercise of its business judgment, that approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement and the compensation to be received thereunder is in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders as well as consistent with the Board’s duties under state and federal law. The Board reached this conclusion based on multiple factors.

The Board considered the following in determining whether to approve the Investment Advisory Agreement:

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services.    The Board reviewed in detail the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided by the Advisor under the Investment Advisory Agreement. The Board considered that these services include, among other things, furnishing a continuous investment program for the Fund, including arranging for, or implementing, the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, the provision of general corporate services, such as portfolio management compliance services and the preparation and filing of certain reports on behalf of the Trust. The Board also considered, among other things, the professional experience, qualifications and performance of the senior management and key professional personnel of the Advisor, including portfolio management.

The Board considered that the Advisor will provide, at its own expense, office facilities and equipment for use by the Fund and supervisory persons responsible for supervising and monitoring the Trust’s service providers. The Board also considered that the Advisor will pay or arrange for the compensation of officers of the Trust who are also officers or employees of the Advisor or one of its DWS Group affiliates, except as may otherwise be determined by the Board. In addition, the Board considered that the Advisor arranges for the provision of transfer agency, custody, fund administration and accounting, and other non-distribution services necessary for the Fund’s operations. The Board also considered that in addition to managing the Fund’s portfolio directly, the

 

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Board Considerations in Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

Advisor will provide oversight of day-to-day operations, including monitoring tracking error, providing services in connection with the creation and redemption of creation units and assistance in meeting legal, compliance and regulatory requirements applicable to the Fund.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services to be provided by the Advisor under the Investment Advisory Agreement are reasonable and appropriate in relation to the fee to be paid to the Advisor, taking special consideration of the fact that the advisory fee is a unitary fee and, as a result, a portion of the unitary advisory fee will be used to compensate the Fund’s service providers. The Board considered the staffing of the Advisor, including the training, qualifications and experience of investment personnel in managing the Fund. The Board also considered the expertise of the Advisor in supervising third party service providers to its currently managed funds, such as the administrator and the custodian (which would also provide those services to the Fund), noting the Advisor’s extensive work with these service providers (including onsite and virtual due diligence sessions) to conduct such supervision (which would cover the Fund as well). The Board further considered the compliance program of the Advisor, which supports the compliance program of the Advisor’s currently managed funds (which would also cover the Fund).

Advisor’s Financial Resources.    In connection with the assessment of the ability of the Advisor to perform its duties under the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board considered the Advisor’s financial condition and whether it has the resources necessary to carry out its functions. The Board concluded that the Advisor has the financial resources necessary to perform its obligations under the Investment Advisory Agreement.

Reasonableness of Advisory Fee.    The Board compared the Fund’s advisory fee to that of other pertinent exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and noted that the Fund’s fee is below the average and median fee of the ETFs in the Fund’s peer group. The Board accordingly noted that the Fund’s fee is competitive with the fees of its respective peer group. The Board agreed that it was familiar with the Advisor’s methodology for selecting the Fund’s peer group and believed that the Fund’s peer group was appropriate. The Board considered that the proposed fee for the Fund is a unitary fee pursuant to which the Advisor pays all of the Fund’s costs (subject to certain specified exceptions). Based on its review, the Board concluded that the advisory fee for the Fund is reasonable in light of the services to be provided.

Costs of Services and Profitability.    The Board considered the anticipated expenses of the Advisor in developing and rendering services to be provided to the Fund and the likelihood and level of profits in the early years of the Fund’s operations. The Board noted that because the Fund is new, it is difficult to estimate the profitability of the Fund to the Advisor at this time. The Board considered whether the Advisor would benefit in other ways from its relationships with the Fund and concluded that there were no material fall-out benefits likely to accrue to the Advisor related to the operation of the Fund.

Economies of Scale.    The Board noted that the Fund’s advisory fee was set at a competitive level that was designed to reflect scale in assets from the Fund’s commencement of operations. The Board noted that because the Fund is new, it is difficult to estimate whether the Fund would experience economies of scale beyond those already reflected in the advisory fee. The Board determined to evaluate economies of scale on an ongoing basis as a result of asset growth of the Fund.

Given all the information available to it and considering all material factors, the Board concluded that the Investment Advisory Agreement was fair and reasonable and it was unanimously approved.

 

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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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Privacy Policy Notice (Unaudited)

 

DBX Advisors LLC (“Advisors”) collects non-public information about you from the following sources: (i) information received from you on applications or other forms; and (ii) information about your transactions with the Advisors, Advisors’ affiliates and third-party service providers and vendors. Advisors does not disclose any non-public personal information about you to anyone, other than as set forth below, as permitted by applicable law and regulation. Advisors may disclose non-public personal information about you to the funds in which you invest, to Advisors’ affiliates, and to non-affiliated companies that work with Advisors to service your account(s), or to provide services or process transactions that you have requested. Advisors may disclose non-public personal information in situations that may include, but are not limited to, in response to legal and/or regulatory inquiries and the proposed or actual sale, assignment merger or other transfer of all or a portion of Advisors’ business to another business entity. Advisors may also disclose non-public personal information about you to parties representing you, such as your investment representative, your accountant, your tax advisor, or to other third parties at your direction/consent. Advisors will not sell, rent, license or trade your personal and financial information to or with third parties for their own direct marketing use unless you give us general or specific consent to do so. If you decide to close your account(s) or become an inactive customer, Advisors will adhere to the privacy policies and practices as described in this notice. Advisors restricts access to your personal and account information to those employees who need to know that information to provide products and services to you. Advisors maintains reasonable and customary physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to guard your non-public personal information.

California residents may go to https://fundsus.dws.com/us/en-us/legal-resources/privacy-policy.html to obtain additional information relating to their rights under California state law.

Advisors reserves the right, at their discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy Notice, and any of the policies described herein, at any time. Advisors will indicate any such changes to the Privacy Policy Notice at the privacy link which can be found at www.Xtrackers.com. At all times, you are bound by the then-current version of the Privacy Policy and all applicable laws. Advisors highly recommends that you review this Privacy Policy Notice from time to time to ensure that you are familiar with the most recent version. The examples contained in this Privacy Policy Notice are illustrations; they are not intended to be exclusive.

Rev. 12/2021

 

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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. 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 its 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.

 

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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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